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Cinema Shock — 201 episodes

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1

THE FOG (1980) | Saving A Sinking Ship | Part 2

2

THE FOG (1980): Carpenter's Ghost Story | Part 1

3

EVIL DEAD BURN (2026) Review | Bonus Episode

4

HALLOWEEN (1978): Defining The Slasher | Part 3

5

HALLOWEEN (1978): Constructing The Shape | Part 2

6

HALLOWEEN (1978): The Babysitter Murders | Part 1

7

ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976): Outsmarting the Censors | Part 2

8

ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976): Urban Western Origins | Part 1

9

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (2026) Review | CinemaShock+ Picks

10

DARK STAR (1974): John Carpenter's Beginnings (From the Archives)

11

I LOVE BOOSTERS Review: Boots Riley’s Anti-Capitalist Shoplifting Comedy | CinemaShock+ Pick

12

FACES OF DEATH (2026) Review: Analyzing the New Era of Shock Cinema | CinemaShock+ Pick

13

THE BRIDE! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley Reinvent Shelley | CinemaShock+ Pick

14

WUTHERING HEIGHTS Review: Brontë Reimagined | CinemaShock+ Pick

15

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN — Resurrecting David Lynch and Mark Frost's Magnum Opus | Fire Shock With Me

16

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE Review: The Rage Returns | CinemaShock+ Pick

17

ANACONDA (2025) Review: Jack Black & Paul Rudd’s Meta-Reboot | CinemaShock+ Pick

18

Unwrapping the BLACK CHRISTMAS Remakes | Bonus Episode

19

BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974): Bob Clark’s Holiday Masterpiece

20

INLAND EMPIRE Pt 2: Laura Dern, Lost Girls, and Lynch’s Quest for Transcendence

21

INLAND EMPIRE Pt 1: David Lynch's Digital Revolution and the Unscripted Descent

22

MULHOLLAND DRIVE Pt 2: Behind the Blue Box

23

MULHOLLAND DRIVE Pt 1: Dreams, Detours & David Lynch’s Hollywood

24

THE STRAIGHT STORY Pt 2: How David Lynch Made a G-Rated Masterpiece

25

THE STRAIGHT STORY Pt 1: David Lynch, Disney, and a Very True Story

26

LOST HIGHWAY Pt 2: The Split and the Spiral

27

LOST HIGHWAY Pt 1: The Road to Madness

28

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, Pt 2: From Pariah to Masterpiece

29

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, Pt 1: How Lynch Reclaimed Twin Peaks

30

50 Years of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

31

STRANGE DAYS Pt 2: The Future No One Was Ready For | Virtual Insanity

32

STRANGE DAYS Pt 1: Kathryn Bigelow and The End of the Millennium | Virtual Insanity

33

We Saw THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS! | Bonus Episode

34

GHOST IN THE SHELL Pt 2: From Cult Hit to Global Influence | Virtual Insanity

35

GHOST IN THE SHELL Pt 1: Animating a Cyberpunk Landmark | Virtual Insanity

36

We Saw SUPERMAN! | Bonus Episode

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HACKERS Pt 2: From Box Office Bomb to Cyberpunk Cult Classic | Virtual Insanity

38

HACKERS Pt 1: Hacktivism, Angelina Jolie, and The Birth of Digital Cool | Virtual Insanity

39

VIRTUOSITY Pt 2: Denzel Washington vs. Russell Crowe’s Virtual Killer | Virtual Insanity

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VIRTUOSITY Pt 1: Brett Leonard, The Lawnmower Man, and the VR Revolution | Virtual Insanity

41

JOHNNY MNEMONIC Pt 2: Keanu Reeves vs. Corporate Dystopia | Virtual Insanity

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JOHNNY MNEMONIC Pt 1: William Gibson and the Birth of Cyberspace | Virtual Insanity

43

The Legacy of Jim Henson | Jim Henson: Heart Felt (Epilogue)

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LABYRINTH (1986) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

45

Rewind: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986)

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THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (1984) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

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THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

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THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (1981) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

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THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

50

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE SHOCK WITH ME | Free Preview of CinemaShock+

51

How They Made THE MUPPET SHOW | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

52

From the Arthouse to SESAME STREET | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

53

The Birth of The Muppets | Jim Henson: Heart Felt

54

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT: How a $60K Indie Film Changed Horror Forever | Class of 1999

55

THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (1999)

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THE IRON GIANT (1999)

57

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) | Cinema Shock Roulette

58

WILD AT HEART: David Lynch, Nicolas Cage & the Road to Cannes

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TWIN PEAKS: David Lynch’s Northwest Passage to Primetime Weirdness

60

BLUE VELVET: David Lynch’s American Nightmare

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Interview with Max Evry, author of 'A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune - An Oral History'

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DUNE: David Lynch’s Desert Disaster

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THE ELEPHANT MAN: How David Lynch Broke Into Hollywood

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ERASERHEAD: David Lynch's Dreams of Darkness and Decay

65

David Lynch: Strange Beginnings

66

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: The Rise of the Ultimate Midnight Movie

67

DONNIE DARKO (2001)

68

ZODIAC (2007) | David Fincher, Part 7

69

PANIC ROOM (2002) | David Fincher, Part 6

70

FIGHT CLUB (1999) | David Fincher, Part 5

71

THE GAME (1997) | David Fincher, Part 4

72

SE7EN (1995) | David Fincher, Part 3

73

ALIEN 3 (1992) | David Fincher, Part 2

74

David Fincher: Rules of the Game, Part 1

75

Cinema Shock Rewind: ALIENS (1986)

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Cinema Shock Rewind: ALIEN (1979)

77

Extras: The ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA Sequels

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA (1991) | Cinema Shock Roulette

79

Cinema Shock Rewind: THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (1978)

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Cinema Shock Rewind: GAME OF DEATH (1978)

81

POSSESSION (1981) | Cinema Shock Roulette

82

THE IRON CLAW with Thrillbilly Silas Mason

83

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PARTS 3-5 | Extras: Further Viewing

84

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT & PART 2: Killer Santas and Garbage Day Delights | Cinema Shock Roulette

85

EVENT HORIZON (1997): The Sci-Fi Horror That Went to Hell | Cinema Shock Roulette

86

HEATHERS: The Cult Classic That Killed the Teen Movie | Cinema Shock Roulette

87

HOUSE (1977): Japan’s Surreal Horror Masterpiece | Cinema Shock Roulette

88

NOSFERATU: The Birth of Cinematic Horror | Cinema Shock Halloween Special

89

HAIRSPRAY (2007): From Cult Classic to Broadway Legacy | John Waters: Divine Filth

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HAIRSPRAY: John Waters Goes Family-Friendly | John Waters: Divine Filth

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POLYESTER: Odorama, Suburbia, and Waters Goes Mainstream | John Waters: Divine Filth

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DESPERATE LIVING: Waters Goes Full Anarchy | John Waters: Divine Filth

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FEMALE TROUBLE: Divine Goes on a Crime Spree | John Waters: Divine Filth

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PINK FLAMINGOS: Filth, Fame, and the Ultimate Midnight Movie | John Waters: Divine Filth

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MULTIPLE MANIACS: The Birth of Trash Cinema | John Waters: Divine Filth

96

THE STEPFATHER: Behind the Mask of 1980s Horror | Cinema Shock Roulette

97

SPIDER-MAN 3: The Sequel That Broke Raimi | Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy

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SPIDER-MAN 2: The Superior Sequel | Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy

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SPIDER-MAN: The Birth of the Modern Superhero Movie | Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy

100

THE ROAD TO SPIDER-MAN: Hollywood’s Longest Web | Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy

101

THE NICE GUYS: Shane Black’s Underrated Cult Classic | Cinema Shock Roulette

102

• SANTA SANGRE: A Circus of Blood and Redemption | Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cinema of Cruelty

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THE HOLY MOUNTAIN: Jodorowsky Ascends | Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cinema of Cruelty

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EL TOPO: The Birth of the Midnight Movie | Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cinema of Cruelty

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FANDO Y LIS: Jodorowsky’s Taboo-Breaking Debut | Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cinema of Cruelty

106

MIAMI CONNECTION: The Taekwondo Cult Classic That Came Back from the Dead | Cinema Shock Roulette

107

Cinema Shock Roundtable #15 | Announcing our next Cinema Shock Roulette entry!

108

DRAG ME TO HELL: Raimi Returns to Horror | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer

109

THE QUICK & THE DEAD: Sharon Stone’s Western Gamble | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer

110

ARMY OF DARKNESS: The Comic Book Multiverse of Ash Williams | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer (Bonus)

111

ARMY OF DARKNESS: Ash Goes Medieval | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer

112

DARKMAN II & III: THE RETURN OF DURANT…and Direct-to-Video Chaos | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer (Bonus)

113

DARKMAN: Raimi’s Original Superhero Vision | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer

114

EVIL DEAD 2: Bruce Campbell’s Horror-Comedy Triumph | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer

115

Cinema Shock Roundtable #12: Tips on starting your own podcast from the Cinema Shock gang

116

CRIMEWAVE: Raimi's Slapstick Noir Disaster | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer

117

Cinema Shock Roundtable #11: Is MOON (2009) a STAR TREK movie?

118

THE EVIL DEAD: Raimi’s Microbudget Debut | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer

119

Cinema Shock Roundtable #10: Announcing our next series!

120

PUMPKINHEAD: Stan Winston’s Backwoods Revenge Horror | Cinema Shock Roulette

121

Cinema Shock Roundtable #9: Announcing our next Cinema Shock Roulette entry

122

AVATAR: Building Pandora | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow

123

Cinema Shock Roundtable #8: Looking ahead to AVATAR

124

JAMES CAMERON’S 12-YEAR INTERMISSION | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow

125

TITANIC Pt 2: Icebergs, Oscars, and Box Office History | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow

126

TITANIC Pt 1: Building the Unsinkable Ship | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow

127

TRUE LIES: Spies, Stunts, and Cameron’s Big Swing | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow

128

Cinema Shock Roundtable #7: Looking ahead to TRUE LIES

129

TERMINATOR 2: The Sequel That Shattered Expectations | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow

130

THE ABYSS: Cameron's Deep Sea Obsession Begins | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow

131

ALIENS: The Sequel That Changed the Game | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow

132

THE TERMINATOR: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Killer Breakthrough | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow

133

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS: Frank Oz’s Cult Musical Misfit | Cinema Shock Roulette

134

Cinema Shock Roundtable #4: Announcing the next Cinema Shock Roulette entry

135

THE FLY: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh

136

THE DEAD ZONE: Cronenberg Meets King | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh

137

VIDEODROME: Long Live the New Flesh | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh

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SCANNERS: The Head Explosion Heard ’Round the World | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh

139

An Interview with Spencer Garrett

140

THE BROOD: Birth of Rage | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh

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RABID: Marilyn Chambers in Cronenberg’s Contagious Classic | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh

142

SHIVERS: The Birth of the New Flesh | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh

143

BATTLE ROYALE: Kinji Fukasaku’s Ultraviolent Cult Classic | Cinema Shock Roulette I

144

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS: How Lana Wachowski Rewrote the Code One Last Time | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

145

SENSE8: The Wachowskis’ Global, Queer, Sci-Fi Masterwork | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

146

JUPITER ASCENDING: The Wachowskis’ Space Opera Flop—or Secret Masterpiece? | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

147

CLOUD ATLAS: The Wachowskis’ Ambitious, Divisive Epic | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

148

SPEED RACER: The Wachowskis’ Candy-Colored Cult Classic | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

149

V FOR VENDETTA: The Wachowskis’ Radical Rewrite of a Dystopian Classic | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

150

The Cinema Shock Halloween Special: Todd‘s Favorite Horror Movies

151

THE MATRIX RELOADED & REVOLUTIONS: Bigger, Wilder, and Deeply Divisive | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

152

THE ANIMATRIX: How the Wachowskis Expanded Their Universe Through Anime | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

153

THE MATRIX: How the Cyberpunk Classic Rewired Hollywood | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

154

BOUND: Neo-Noir and a Queer Cinema Breakthrough | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

155

HOLLOW MAN: Verhoeven’s Hollywood Exit | Sex + Violence

156

STARSHIP TROOPERS: Would You Like to Know More? | Sex + Violence

157

SHOWGIRLS: The NC-17 Disaster That Became a Cult Classic | Sex + Violence

158

BASIC INSTINCT: Sharon Stone, Joe Eszterhas, and the Most Controversial Film of the ’90s | Sex + Violence

159

TOTAL RECALL: Paul Verhoeven, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the Philip K. Dick Mind Trip | Sex + Violence

160

Let's Talk About the ROBOCOP Sequels | Bonus Episode

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ROBOCOP: Paul Verhoeven, Corporate Satire, and Ultraviolent Salvation | Sex + Violence

162

FLESH + BLOOD: The Bloody American Debut of Paul Verhoeven | Sex + Violence

163

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2: Hooper Goes Wild With a Cult Sequel | Tobe Hooper: The Cannon Years

164

INVADERS FROM MARS: The Cannon Remake That Crashed Back to Earth | Tobe Hooper: The Cannon Years

165

LIFEFORCE: Tobe Hooper, Space Vampires, and Cannon Chaos | Tobe Hooper: The Cannon Years

166

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: Punk Rock Zombies and a Long-Overdue Breakthrough | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon

167

BLUE THUNDER: Helicopters, Hollywood, and Another Vision Lost | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon

168

HEAVY METAL: Comics, Chaos, and O’Bannon’s Strange Contribution | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon

169

DEAD & BURIED: Small Town Zombies and a Credit Controversy | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon

170

ALIEN Pt 2: Ridley Scott, Giger’s Beast, and the Legacy of O’Bannon’s Vision | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon

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ALIEN Pt 1: Dan O’Bannon, Roger Corman, and the Origins of a Sci-Fi Nightmare | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon

172

DARK STAR: Dan O’Bannon, John Carpenter, and the Student Film That Launched a Career | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon

173

POLTERGEIST: Hooper vs. Spielberg & The Directing Debate

174

THE FUNHOUSE: Tobe Hooper, Carnivals & The Slasher Craze

175

SALEM’S LOT: Stephen King, Tobe Hooper & The TV Nightmare

176

EATEN ALIVE: Tobe Hooper, Killer Crocs & A Career Derailed

177

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE: Tobe Hooper, Leatherface & The Birth of the Slasher

178

KILL BILL: Uma Thurman, Tarantino & The Whole Bloody Affair

179

SHOGUN ASSASSIN: Lone Wolf & Cub & The Grindhouse Remix

180

THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN: Gordon Liu, Shaw Bros & Wu-Tang

181

GAME OF DEATH: Bruce Lee’s Unfinished Epic

182

THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE: Christina Lindberg & The Origin of Elle Driver

183

LADY SNOWBLOOD: Meiji Revenge, Manga & The DNA of Kill Bill

184

DEATH RIDES A HORSE: The Spaghetti Western Origins of Kill Bill

185

KISS KISS BANG BANG: Shane Black’s Return & The RDJ Comeback

186

THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT: Geena Davis & The $4 Million Script

187

THE LAST BOY SCOUT: Bruce Willis, Shane Black & Production Hell

188

LETHAL WEAPON: A Shane Black Christmas & The Buddy Cop Blueprint

189

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: Breaking the Bat & Nolan’s Grand Finale

190

THE DARK KNIGHT: Ledger, Nolan, and the Rise of the Modern Superhero Film

191

BATMAN BEGINS: Nolan Reboots a Legend

192

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990): Tom Savini’s Directorial Debut & Reclaiming the Dead

193

TWO EVIL EYES: Poe, Argento, and Macabre Tales

194

MONKEY SHINES: When Romero Went Hollywood

195

DAY OF THE DEAD: Romero’s Darkest Day & Savini’s Masterpiece

196

CREEPSHOW: Stephen King, Romero & A Comic Book Nightmare

197

KNIGHTRIDERS: KNIGHTRIDERS: Ed Harris & Romero’s Asphalt Camelot

198

EFFECTS: Guerrilla Filmmaking and Practical Gore

199

DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978): Consumerism, Tom Savini, and the Mall at the End of the World

200

MARTIN: Vampires, Ambiguity, and 70s Horror

201

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968): George Romero & The Birth of Modern Horror