They Called This a Movie
by Anthony Del Vecchio
Testing the strength of friendships one terrible movie at a time. NOW RELEASING ON FRIDAYS
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Episodes
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Episode 394 - Basket Case 2 (1990)
We put one last bow on this spooky season with our October Movie of the Month, as voted by our Patreon subscribers. This time around, we're checking in with old friend Frank Henenlotter, as we watch his follow up to his cult classic, Basket Case 2. Join us as we discuss the crazy freak designs,...
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Episode 393 - Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
We get religious in Paterson, New Jersey, as we try and figure out who killed a young Brooke Shields in Alice, Sweet Alice on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. Join us as we discuss the religious elements, the killer reveal, and adults being creepy around children. Find us on...
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Episode 392 - CHUD 2: Bud the CHUD (1989)
As the Halloween season rolls along, we're joined by Steve from Halloween is Forever to discuss CHUD 2: Bud the CHUD, the straight-to-video sequel to the cult classic. Join us as we discuss the shift to comedy from the first film, the similarities to Day of the Dead, and the complete lack of…
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Episode 391 - Body Bags (1993)
We spends some time with John Carpenter and three spooky tales, as we watch Body Bags, an anthology film that originally aired on Showtime. Join us as we discuss where this measures up to other anthology films, Stacy Keach's hair, and Mark Hamill's professional baseball career. Find us on…
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Episode 390 - Scanner Cop (1994)
The leaves are falling, the air is getting crisp, and the sun is setting earlier. It's Spooky Season, baby! We kick off our full month of horror-themed episodes with Scanner Cop, the third sequel in the Scanners franchise. Join us as we discuss RIchard Lynch's mullet, a good cop going scanner…
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Episode 389 - Battlefield Earth (2000) w/ Jamie Broadnax
This week, we're joined by Jamie Broadnax from Black Girl Nerds to discuss the Scientology passion project Battlefield Earth, starring John Travolta. We discuss all the dutch angles and wipes, John Travolta's camp performance, and the career of Barry Pepper. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and...
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Episode 388 - Gorgo (1961)
We go back 65 million years to celebrate our September Movie of the Month, as we talk dinosaurs. Well... sort of. We watched the 1961 King Kong and Godzilla ripoff, Gorgo. Join us as we talk the rubber monsters, the lack of interesting characters, and how unwilling we would be to enter the…
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Episode 387 - Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD (1990)
We're headed to Tromaville this week with a cultural-appropriating police detective, as we watch Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD. Join us as we discuss the jokes, the transformations, and the villain's performance. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie. Our...
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Episode 386 - Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1996)
With one less host this week, we decide to keep it simple and talk a short film, one of which is mostly singing and dancing. Mark and Anthony discuss Michael Jackson's Ghosts. Join us as we discuss Michael Jackson as a talent and as a complicated figure, Mos Def, and discuss whether MJ's dance...
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Episode 385 - The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
It's the end of August, which means it's time for our August Movie of the Month, as voted on by our Patreon subscribers. With Dan out this week, we decided to watch a sword and sandals movie, at our winning pick was The Sword and the Sorcerer, directed by Albert Pyun. Join us as we have very...
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Episode 384 - Cars 2 (2011) w/ Alex Pearlman
We go globetrotting with Larry the Cable Guy and special guest Alex Pearlman (Too Many Tabs | Crashing Out Podcast) to discuss the 2011 Pixar film, Cars 2. Join us as we discuss the departure the film takes from the original film, the Cars Universe lore, and our thoughts about Larry the Cable…
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Episode 383 - Dead Heat (1988)
This week, we're on a ride along with a couple of cops. A couple of dead cops, to be exact. This week, we're watching the 1988 supernatural buddy cop film, Dead Heat. Join us as we discuss Joe Piscopo's career, the pretty solid action sequences, and the terrible one-liners. Find us on Bluesky,...
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Episode 382 - Freaked (1993)
We head to Santa Flan with Alex Winter and the girl from Encino Man, as we watch the Gen-X oddball comedy, Freaked. Join us as we discuss the 90s MTV aesthetic, the impressive cast, and dissect which jokes work and which ones don't. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on…
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Episode 381 - Happy Days: "Hollywood" (1977)
We celebrate Shark Week this week with one of the most infamous moments in sitcom history. We're watching Fonzie jump the shark in a three-part episode of Happy Days for our Movie of the Month, as voted on by our Patreon members. Join us as we discuss Fonzie never taking his jacket off, the fact...
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Episode 380 - Angel (1984)
We're hitting Hollywood Boulevard with the stunt double for Tom Mix, as we watch 1980s cult hit, Angel. Join us as we discuss how much this movie resembles Maxxxine, the cast of characters, and that egg drinking scene. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok...
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Episode 379 - Damage (2009)
We're practicing our lefts and rights, as we follow Stone Cold Steve Austin and Walton Goggins into the world of gimmicky underground street fights, as we watch the direct-to-video Damage on this week's episode. Join us as we discuss Walton Goggins being too good for this movie, Steve Austin's...
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Episode 378 - Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
We dip into the world of student films this week, with perhaps one of the most infamous. Nearly lost due to copyright lawsuits, we watched Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, made by director Todd Haynes when he was a film student. Join us as we discuss the use of Barbies to tell the story, the...
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Episode 377 - American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
It's time to put on our blue jeans, grab a Budweiser, and maybe blowup part of your hand with a firework, as we get ready to celebrate America on its 250th birthday. It's America: Fuck Yeah! for our June Movie of the Month, and we're celebrating with American Ninja 2: The Confrontation. Join us…
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Episode 376 - Man of Steel (2013)
Take a step back to 2013, when superheroes were all the rage and every movie was underlit and blue. We're watching Zack Snyder's Man of Steel on this week's episode. Join us as we discuss the muted colors, that bloated third act, and whether we'd be happy to have this Superman at our party. Find…
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Episode 375 - Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)
Get ready for some SUPA ACTION, as we watch Uganda's first action film, Who Killed Captain Alex? Join us as we discuss the voice over, the DIY nature of the movie, and try to figure out who Captain Alex was. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie....
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Episode 374 - Blank Check (1994)
This week, we're committing bank fraud all in the name of 90's nostalgia, as we watch Blank Check. Join us as we discuss the kid fantasy of buying anything you can dream of, a solid supporting cast of character actors, and that infamous kiss between a supermodel and a 10-year old boy. Find us on...
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Episode 373 - Punky Brewster "Cherie Lifesaver" (1986)
This month, our "Movie of the Month" is actually a television episode. We're celebrating May with May sweeps as we decided to watch a "Very Special Episode" of Punky Brewster, as voted on by our Patreon subscribers. Join us as we discuss refrigerator safety, the dramatic music, and the pressure…
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Episode 372 - Colony Mutation (1995)
Science goes off the rails this week, as we watched the shot-on-video body horror film, Colony Mutation. Join us as we talk about the low budget grittiness, the main character's philandering, and not being able to see what's going on through most of the film. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and...
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Episode 371 - Forbidden Zone (1980)
This week, we cross into the sixth dimension and catch the eye of King Faust, as we watched Forbidden Zone. Join us as we discuss the bad vibes, Susan Tyrell's performance, and the more unsavory parts of a dated film. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok...
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Episode 370 - Stalked By My Amish Boyfriend (2024)
This week, we're hiding in the bushes during rumpsringa with the most obvious stalker we've ever seen, as we watched Stalked By My Amish Boyfriend. Join us as we discuss creepy boyfriend behavior, Amish traditions, and how this holds up to being stalked by Eric Roberts. Find us on Bluesky,...
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Episode 369 - Mortal Kombat (2021)
It has begun! This week, with Mortal Kombat 2 looming, we decided to take a look at the 2021 reboot of the video game franchise. Join us as we discuss the main character created specifically for the film, the fact that there's no tournament in the film, and find out which host fell asleep while...
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Episode 368 - Raw Justice (1994)
It's time for our Movie of the Month for the month of April. This month, we "Spring into Action" as we cover Raw Justice, also known as Good Cop, Bad Cop, as voted on by our Patrons. Join us as we discuss David Keith in drag, the baffling casting of Robert Hays, and Stacy Keach's untimely demise....
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Episode 367 - The People's Joker (2022)
This week, we're heading to Gotham and watching the most divisive movie featuring the Caped Crusader and his Rogues Gallery. It's The People's Joker on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. Join us as we discuss the art style, the beef with Lorne Michaels, and how this movie is the…
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Episode 366 - Undefeatable (1993)
Cynthia Rothrock teams up with yet another boring white guy that winds up getting all the glory, as they try to track down a serial killer, as we watched Undefeatable on this week's episode. Join us as we discuss the villain known as Stingray, Cynthia Rothrock taking a back seat to someone less...
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Episode 365 - Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)
This week, the Italians decided it was their turn to remake King Kong, as we watched the 1977 Canadian/Italian production Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century. Join us as we discuss yeti body parts (or lack thereof), the blatantness of the ripoff, and crossing over into intentional homicide. Find us…
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Episode 364 - Gramps Goes to College (2014)
It's our Movie of the Month for the month of March, as voted on by our Patreon subscribers. We're getting a little bit ahead of ourselves this week, as we decided to celebrate Easter a little bittle early by watching the Christian propaganda film, Gramps Goes to College. Join us as we discuss the...
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Episode 363 - Baby Cat (2023)
We've stumbled upon someone's very poorly disguised fetish this week, as we talk about the lesbian catgirl romcom, Baby Cat. Join us as we discuss the genuinely funny moments, the baffling places this movie goes, and commend all involved for the commitment to the bit. Find us on Bluesky…
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Episode 362 - A Very Unlucky Leprechaun (1998)
It's St. Patrick's Day week (sort of), and we've run out of movies from the Leprechaun horror franchise (also sort of), so we decided to stick with Warwick Davis instead and watched the kids' movie, A Very Unlucky Leprechaun. Join us as we discuss Warwick Davis being typecast as a leprechaun,...
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Episode 361 - Creating Rem Lezar (1989)
With Mark away, Dan and Anthony watch a weird children's musical that may also be an attempt to be a kid's show. It's Creating Rem Lezar on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. Join us as we discuss the songs, the significance of the medallion, and try to come away with whatever the...
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Episode 360 - Dracula 2000 (2000)
Gerarduary and our Movie of the Month collide this week, as we watch a Gerard Butler movie voted on by our Patreon subscribers. Sexy Dracula hits the streets of New Orleans as a pre-300 Gerard Butler plays the titular vampire in the Wes Craven produced Dracula 2000. Join us as we discuss how the...
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Episode 359 - First Daughter (2004)
America celebrated Presidents' Day this week, so we decided to watch First Daugher, the attempt to give Katie Holmes her own Princess Diaries. Join us as we discuss how Katie Holmes stacks up against Anne Hathaway, the wild decisions in the third act, and question whether or not Michael Keaton…
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Episode 358 - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)
It's the end of an era this week, as we close the book on our Valentine's Day tradition. We say goodbye to Bella, Edward, and Jacob, as we watch The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. Join us as we discuss how little Dan retains of these films, the crazy CGI decisions made for Renesmee, and…
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Episode 357 - Flash Gordon (1980) w/ Scott Weinberg
This week, we are joined by Scott Weinberg (@weinbergs.bsky.social), the host of the Overhated Podcast, to discuss one of his favorite cult classics, the 1980 adaptation of Flash Gordon. Join us as we discuss the music by Queen, the stellar supporting cast, and the striking visuals. We finish the...
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Episode 356 - Fortress (1992)
It's time for our January Movie of the Month, as voted by the members of our Patreon. This month, we're taking a look a dystopian societies, for no reason whatsoever, and our subscribers chose to look at this trope through the eyes of Stuart Gordon. It's Fortress on this week's episode of They...
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Episode 355 - Neighbors (1981)
With neighbors like these, who needs enemies? This week's movie is a forgotten comedy starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as neighbors at odds in the aptly titled Neighbors from 1981. Join us as we discuss the swapped lead roles, the vague references to the Third Reich, and how the characters...
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Episode 354 - Norm of the North (2016)
It's January and is there a better way to celebrate the bitter cold months than to watch Norm of the North on its tenth anniversary? Yes, but we did it anyway. Join us as we discuss how the animation compares to its contemporaries, how Rob Schneider's voice sounds for a polar bear, and the idiocy...
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Episode 353 - Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
We're back in the new year with an all-timer. Paul Walker doesn't let the fact that his body is a mechanical dinosaur stop him from falling in love with Denise Richards. It's Tammy and the T-Rex on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. Join us as we discuss the surprising amount of…
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2025 End of Year Wrap Up
We've made it through another year, so we're celebrating by taking a break from watching bad movies. As we close in on 2026, we take time to look back and reflect on the year that was 2025 and look ahead to next year. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok...
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Episode 352 - A Merry Little Ex-Mas (2025)
It's our final Christmas-themed episode before we wrap up 2025, and we've gone the Netflixmas route, with the brand new A Merry Little Ex-Mas, starring Alicia Silverstone and Oliver Hudson. Join us as we discuss our love for Alicia Silverstone and Melissa Joan Hart, celebrate gay grandpas, and…
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Episode 351 - A Wrestling Christmas Miracle (2020)
We check in on the psychosis of a filmmaker we've watched previously, as we take in A Wrestling Christmas Miracle, the spiritual sequel to A Karate Christmas Miracle. This is a film that could only be brought to us by the twisted mind of Ken Del Vecchio (no relation). Join us as we discuss all…
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Episode 350 - The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009)
It's a Christmas miracle: a dog that doesn't bark. We're kicking off the holiday season with a movie about a labrador and the family that mistakenly thinks labradors make good guard dogs. It's The Dog Who Saved Christmas this week to start December's month-long holiday movie-watching. Join us as…
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Patreon Unlocked - Move Blind Spots
We're taking a break this week to celebrate Thanksgiving, but we wanted to leave you with something, so we're unlocking one of our Patreon exclusive episodes so you can hear what you're missing if you're not already a subscriber. For Movie Blind Spots, we each picked a movie we've been meaning to...
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Episode 349 - Erotic Thriller Double Feature: Angel Eyes (1993) and Titanic 2000 (1999)
It's our November Movie of the Month Episode, as selected by our Patreon subscribers! This month, we are counter-programming No Nut November, by choosing to watch erotic thrillers in what we're calling "Go Nut November". This month's Patron poll wound up ending in a tie, so we decided to watch…
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Episode 348 - Champagne and Bullets (1993)
We're going through a midlife crisis as we watch John De Hart's entry into the black tank top subgenre of vanity projects, as we watch Champagne and Bullets AKA Road to Revenge AKA GetEven on this week's episode. Join us as we discuss the absolute fear on John De Hart's face, forcing Playboy...
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Episode 347 - Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
This week, we're joining William Shatner as he tries to stop a roving infestation of deadly tarantulas in Kingdom of the Spiders from 1977. Join us as we discuss the similarities to Arachnophobia, tarantula genocide, and William Shatner's persona on and off screen. Find us on Bluesky, Instagram,...