Saturday Night Freak Show
by Saturday Night Freak Show
Each Saturday, the Internet Radio Superstars (Colin, Sean, Holly and Michaela) assemble for some movie watchin' and analysis, with the accent on geek cinema, horror, sci-fi, and action films - chosen round-robin style by the Saturday Night Freak Show!
Episodes
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Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Colin resurrects the Universal Monsters for Halloween with Son of Frankenstein (1939). Basil Rathbone plays the titular heir, who returns to the ancestral family castle only to find the Monster (Boris Karloff) still alive and under the command of the sinister Ygor (Bela Lugosi), who seeks revenge...
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Dark Harvest (2023)
Michaela visits the Halloweentown cursed by Sawtooth Jack the pumpkinhead in Dark Harvest (2023), a 1960s set tale in which all the boys in town must participate in an yearly ritual, in which they are required to hunt down a creature annually birthed from the corn rows to save themselves and the...
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Ms. 45 (1981)
Holly unloads pure New York grit on the Freak Show with Ms. 45 (1981), Abel Ferrara's no-holds barred revenge flick about a mute seamstress who is assaulted twice in one day, arms herself with a .45 and begins a methodical campaign of revenge against all the men of NYC. Listen as we dig into...
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Crawl (2019)
Sean traps us in a flooded Florida nightmare with Crawl (2019), as a competitive swimmer goes to check on her estranged father during a Category 5 hurricane, only to find the basement filling with water and hungry alligators! Listen as we talk about: realistic pain response, sand sharks, visiting...
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Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Colin spent his whole life avoiding Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) because he believed what they told him - that it was one of the worst movies ever made. Linda Blair returns as Regan MacNeil, recovering just fine from her exorcism until a whackadoodle shrink (Louise Fletcher) gets the idea to...
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Amsterdamned (1988)
Michaela likes her European travelogue with a side of slaughter and finds Amsterdamned (1988), a movie which finds a grizzled police detective hunting for the slasher-in-a-wet-suit who prowls Amsterdam's canals for victims, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. Listen as we complete our hat…
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Body Heat (1981)
Holly sets the temperature to sizzling with Body Heat (1981), a sweaty throwback to 40s-era film noir made with 80s-era permissive on-screen sexuality with Kathleen Turner (in her film debut) starring as a smoldering femme fatale ensnaring sleazy lawyer William Hurt in a plot to murder her…
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Nightmare Weekend (1986)
Sean spends spends a Nightmare Weekend (1986) making sense of a flick that combines hot coeds and a killer computer and ends in blood and guts! A telekinetic computer system makes drooling zombies out of visitors who've been invited to a scientist's home for a softcore sex romp. Pet Sematary's…
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Timerider (1982)
Colin gets zapped back to the Old West on a motocross bike in Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swan (1982), a movie co-concocted, produced, and scored by original Monkee Michael Nesmith. Fred Ward stars as our hero, who wanders into a time travel experiment while racing the Baja 1000, and finds...
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Perfect Stranger (2007)
Michaela resurrects a memory-holed Halle Berry-Bruce Willis erotic thriller called Perfect Stranger (2007), about a disgraced reporter seeking to get close to a philandering murder suspect, a powerful NYC advertising executive, while her friend-zoned cyberhacker buddy snoops around for evidence....
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Commando (1985)
Holly goes to war with Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime as Commando (1985), the quippiest, explodiest, gunniest of all the 80s "one man army" actioners, with Big Arnie punching bad guys through plate glass windows, dropping them off cliffsides, scalping them with circular saw blades, and…
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Ice Cream Man (1995)
Sean screams, you scream, we all scream for the Ice Cream Man (1995), with Clint Howard playing the adult version of a boy who witnessed the mob execution of his favorite ice cream man; after escaping(?) from an asylum, he assumes the duties but adds his own extra special ingredients for naughty...
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Hokum (2026)
Colin spends the night is a creepy Irish hotel despite warnings of a witch locked in the honemoon suite, calling it Hokum (2026). The latest film from scare-master Damian McCarthy casts Adam Scott as a boorish novelist who begins investigating the strange goings on after a mysterious…
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Last Stop in Yuma County (2023)
Michaela is out of gas and stranded at the Last Stop in Yuma County (2023), taking refuge in a twisty, Tarantino-esque character thriller about a group of people (and two on-the-lam bank robbers) waiting uncomfortably at a roadside diner for a refueling truck to appear. Listen as we recast…
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Psycho (1998)
Holly takes a film school detour to examine Gus Van Sant's experimental "remake" of Psycho (1998), a shot-for-shot, line-for-line remake of Alfred Hitchcock's horror masterpiece. Is it the ultimate work of homage or wholesale cinematic theft? Listen as we debate the wisdom of peephole…
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Cherry Falls (2000)
Sean comes up with a plan to save virginal high school students from a virgin-killing slasher in Cherry Falls (2000), a bizarre slasher-comedy that stars Brittany Murphy as a student at a school where the sexually inexperienced teens are falling victim to a rampaging killer. Listen as we try to...
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Stunt Rock (1978)
Colin wants to see if he has a death wish at 120 decibels with Stunt Rock (1978), in which Aussie stuntman Grant Page stars as himself, crossing the ocean to Hollywood and teaming up with the magic-themed hard rockers Sorcery to enliven their pyrotechnic show and romancing a pretty journalist…
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A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Michaela packs her bags and heads off on A Perfect Getaway (2009) to Hawaii's paradise island of Kaua'i while there's a newlywed killer on the loose and meets up with an American Jedi who's really hard to kill. Milla Jovovich and Steve Zahn are the hapless vacationing travelers, while Timothy...
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Under Siege (1992)
Holly hits the high seas with a Navy SEAL-turned cook who is all that stands between us and nuclear armageddon in Under Siege (1992), a starring vehicle for Steven Seagal which surrounds him with an A+ supporting cast and the biggest budget of his career. Listen as realize that Erika Elaniak's…
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Megaforce (1982)
Sean blasts us into pure '80s cheese with Megaforce (1982)! Barry Bostwick stars as Ace Hunter, leader of the high-tech, elite strike team with tricked-out motorcycles, flying vehicles, and enough one-liners to level a small country. When a ruthless dictator threatens peace, these mercenaries…
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Night of the Werewolf (1981)
Colin pits a wolf man against a vampire woman in Night of the Werewolf (1981), the ninth of thirteen films starring "the Spanish Lon Chaney," Paul Naschy, as the lycanthropy-cursed Polish nobleman, Waldemar Daninsky. This time, an evil witch resurrects his ancient nemesis, the vampire Countess...
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Ninja Terminator (1985)
Michaela celebrates our 700th episode with warring ninjas and becomes the Ninja Terminator (1985)! Three parts of a magical golden ninja statue are stolen by a trio of ninja warriors. One becomes a mob boss and tries to steal back the other two, resulting in kick-punching mayhem that punches…
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Masters of the Universe (1987, Re-Watch)
Holly hopes to wrestle the power of Grayskull from Skeletor in Masters of the Universe (1987, re-watch), with Dolph Lundgren as the live action version of Mattel's He-Man action figure, teaming up with Courtney Cox to save the Earth from Frank Langella's deliciously hammy villain in this Cannon...
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Mimic (1997)
Sean takes us underground with Mimic (1997), Guillermo del Toro's first English language feature about a miracle bug fix for Manhattan's roach problem that evolves into something far worse, and a team of scientists find themselves hunted by creatures that have learned to walk on two legs. Listen…
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Alucarda (1977)
Colin wonders what you get if you spell Alucarda (1977) backwards, but instead of what he expects, gets a Mexican satanic panic movie instead! The new girl at a strange convent falls under the spell of the troubled title character who unleashes a torrent of non-stop screaming, woodland orgies…
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The Quest (1996)
Michaela steps into the ring with the "the Ben-Hur of karate movies," The Quest (1996), writer-director-star Jean-Claude Van Damme's ambitiously expensive passion project, that finds him on a globetrotting odyssey from the streets of 1925 New York to the hidden temples of Tibet to compete in a...
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Red Eye (2005)
Holly’s boarding a Red Eye (2005) with a charming stranger… and it quickly turns into a nightmare at 30,000 feet. Rachel McAdams stars as a young woman who meets the smooth-talking Cillian Murphy at the airport — only to discover he’s a cold-blooded assassin who needs her help pulling off a...
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Fright Night (2011)
Sean discovers a beer-swillin', apple chompin' vampire has moved in next door in Fright Night (2011), a remake of the beloved 80s horror classic which casts the late Anton Yelchin as the hapless teen whose mom and girlfriend fall under the spell of Colin Farrell's bloodsucker, with former Doctor...
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The New York Ripper (1982)
Colin explores the sleazeorama of NYC's grindhouses while hunting down The New York Ripper (1982), from the Italian Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci, an experience in gorenography and bad taste. A psycho who talks like Donald Duck is murdering prostitutes in the Big Apple while the cops close in....
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Hider in the House (1989)
Michaela checks all the closets, cupboards, and attics for the Hider in the House (1989) after watching crazy Gary Busey living secretly within the walls of Mimi Rogers' new family home! Lifetime thriller fans take note. Listen as we talk cigarette burn trauma, 1,000 yard death stares, marital...
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Under the Skin (2013)
Holly tags along with an alien seductress wearing the face of Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin (2013), a movie that plays like an arthouse version of Species. The sexy predator seduces randos throughout Scotland and pickles them in a black ink pool before developing empathy for the human...
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Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
Sean gets gnarly by sewing reanimated body parts together like a mad scientist in Bride of Re-Animator (1990)! Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain are once again building living corpses from discarded bodies but, following in the footsteps of the Universal Monsters that preceded them, dare to…
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Freddy vs Jason (2003)
Colin buys a ringside seat to the title fight matchup of Freddy vs Jason (2003), bringing together the titans of 80s slasher cinema for one last dance. The kids of Springwood have forgotten about Freddy Krueger, so he resurrects Jason Voorhees to generate some carnage, and gets irritated when ole...
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Primate (2026)
Michaela insists: don't monkey around with a Primate (2026) as a household pet 'cause they're certain rip your face off! This one, named Ben, gets a case of the Cujos after he's bitten by a rabid mongoose, stalking young revelers through a production designer's Hawaiian dream home. Listen as we…
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The Happening (2008)
Holly finds out it's not the Triffids but the trees that are out to get us in The Happening (2008), M. Night Shyamalan's eco-horror opus that finds Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel trying to out run the wind as nature attacks those pesky humans for destroying the planet. Listen as we…
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Hell High (1987)
Sean enrolls in nightmare school with Hell High (1987), in which a repressed biology teacher (Maureen Mooney as Miss Storm) with a tragic past finally snaps after relentless torment from a gang of delinquent students. Listen as we discuss swamp water mayhem, psychotic meltdowns, and teacher…
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Colin chases Captain Kirk 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round perdition's flames with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise encounter an old revenge seeking foe, slimy earworms, surprise offspring, and middle age. Listen as…
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Aenigma (1987)
Michaela trashes an all-girls' school with her psychic powers in Aenigma (1987), a late career entry from Lucio ("Zombie") Fulci that features a comatose student getting revenge on her jerk-o classmates via astral projection and Renaissance art. Listen as we discuss frozen-in-place horror, death…
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Raising Cain (1992)
Holly splits into multiple personalities while Raising Cain (1992), director Brian De Palma's return to the thriller genre after several bruising failures, reuniting with John Lithgow, who stars as a child psychologist with a more than a couple deadly family secrets. Listen as we dread fear from...
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
We take a return trip to hell with Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), the most requested movie of Listener Choice month, following first film survivor Kirsty as she rushes headfirst into the evil labyrinth in search of her dearly departed dad. Little does she know her wicked stepmother has been...
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When Evil Lurks (2023)
Your listener picks month payoff hits the #2 most requested flick When Evil Lurks (2023), in which an Argentine apocalypse finds brothers botching a demon dump and spreading "rotten" rot that ravages rules, livestock, and loved ones with unflinching brutality and zero mercy. Listen as we try to...
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A Bay of Blood (1971)
Mario Bava's A Bay of Blood (1971), often credited as a crucial pathway to the American slasher movie, begins as a wealthy countess is murdered and it isn't long before bodies begin to pile up at an abandoned bayside resort. Listen as we try to unravel a complicated plot, have octopi nightmares,...
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Freddy Krueger gets the John Waters treatment just in time for his cinematic comeuppance in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991). Tank Girl director Rachel Talalay brings an offbeat, surrealist take to the origin story of the screen's most famous dream demon. Listen as we find ourselves...
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Best and Worst Movies of 2025
Listen as we get all misty eyed as we look back over the Best & Worst of 2025 on our epic year end recommendations, combing over the highest highs and the lowest lows of a year of cinematic (and in the case of Sean, televised) entertainment.
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Gremlins 2 (1990)
Sean unleashes Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) inside a New York skyscraper and fills the corporate corridors with braniacs and bat winged beasts in Joe Dante's deliriously deranged sequel. Listen as we multiply the madness over mutant designs, meta musical numbers, and sequel superiority…
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Terrifier 3 (2024)
Colin clowns around in crimson with Terrifier 3 (2024), the highest grossing unrated film ever made, featuring Art the Clown making a Christmas comeback to hack through the holiday with record-breaking brutality in director Damien Leone's gore-soaked opus. Listen as we discuss lore upgrades,...
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P2 (2007)
Michaela finds herself trapped with a psycho inside a subterranean parking garage on Christmas Eve with P2 (2007), from the French Extreme folks who made High Tension. An NYC career girl plays cat and mouse with a sinister security guard in a multi-level maze of malice. Listen as we rev through...
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The Advent Calendar (2021)
Holly initiates a Christmastime countdown curse by unwrapping The Advent Calendar (2021), in which an antique box of 24 doors promises holiday miracles for a wheelchair bound dancer. Open at your own peril as we talk folklore frights, festive fallout, wish wrecking wraiths and more on this week's...
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
At long last, Sean follows the clues that lead to Dario Argento's maiden effort, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), the film that single-handedly kicked off a cottage industry of stylish giallo thrillers in Italy. An American writer witnesses a brutal attack, and then tries to solve the…
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Outland (1981)
Colin finds himself standing alone in defense of Outland (1981), a sci-fi riff on High Noon that stars Sean Connery as a marshal at a mining outpost on one of Jupiter's moons, fighting drugs and corruption on sets that feel borrowed from Alien. Listen as we talk space madness, exploding heads…
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About this show
Each Saturday, the Internet Radio Superstars (Colin, Sean, Holly and Michaela) assemble for some movie watchin' and analysis, with the accent on geek cinema, horror, sci-fi, and action films - chosen round-robin style by the Saturday Night Freak Show!
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