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Cinema Shock — 209 episodes
BATTLEFIELD EARTH (2000): The Prophet and the Star | Part 1
John Carpenter's THE THING (1982): Box Office Disaster | Part 4
John Carpenter's THE THING (1982): The Frozen Shoot & the Bus Crash | Part 3
John Carpenter’s THE THING (1982): Building a Monster From Scratch | Part 2
THE END OF OAK STREET (2026) | Review
John Carpenter’s THE THING (1982): Nobody Trusts Anybody | Part 1
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981): World Building on a Budget | Part 2
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981): A Script From the Trunk | Part 1
THE FOG (1980) | Saving A Sinking Ship | Part 2
THE FOG (1980): Carpenter's Ghost Story | Part 1
EVIL DEAD BURN (2026) Review | Bonus Episode
HALLOWEEN (1978): Defining The Slasher | Part 3
HALLOWEEN (1978): Constructing The Shape | Part 2
HALLOWEEN (1978): The Babysitter Murders | Part 1
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976): Outsmarting the Censors | Part 2
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976): Urban Western Origins | Part 1
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (2026) Review | CinemaShock+ Picks
DARK STAR (1974): John Carpenter's Beginnings (From the Archives)
I LOVE BOOSTERS Review: Boots Riley’s Anti-Capitalist Shoplifting Comedy | CinemaShock+ Pick
FACES OF DEATH (2026) Review: Analyzing the New Era of Shock Cinema | CinemaShock+ Pick
THE BRIDE! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley Reinvent Shelley | CinemaShock+ Pick
WUTHERING HEIGHTS Review: Brontë Reimagined | CinemaShock+ Pick
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN — Resurrecting David Lynch and Mark Frost's Magnum Opus | Fire Shock With Me
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE Review: The Rage Returns | CinemaShock+ Pick
ANACONDA (2025) Review: Jack Black & Paul Rudd’s Meta-Reboot | CinemaShock+ Pick
Unwrapping the BLACK CHRISTMAS Remakes | Bonus Episode
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974): Bob Clark’s Holiday Masterpiece
INLAND EMPIRE Pt 2: Laura Dern, Lost Girls, and Lynch’s Quest for Transcendence
INLAND EMPIRE Pt 1: David Lynch's Digital Revolution and the Unscripted Descent
MULHOLLAND DRIVE Pt 2: Behind the Blue Box
MULHOLLAND DRIVE Pt 1: Dreams, Detours & David Lynch’s Hollywood
THE STRAIGHT STORY Pt 2: How David Lynch Made a G-Rated Masterpiece
THE STRAIGHT STORY Pt 1: David Lynch, Disney, and a Very True Story
LOST HIGHWAY Pt 2: The Split and the Spiral
LOST HIGHWAY Pt 1: The Road to Madness
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, Pt 2: From Pariah to Masterpiece
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, Pt 1: How Lynch Reclaimed Twin Peaks
50 Years of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
STRANGE DAYS Pt 2: The Future No One Was Ready For | Virtual Insanity
STRANGE DAYS Pt 1: Kathryn Bigelow and The End of the Millennium | Virtual Insanity
We Saw THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS! | Bonus Episode
GHOST IN THE SHELL Pt 2: From Cult Hit to Global Influence | Virtual Insanity
GHOST IN THE SHELL Pt 1: Animating a Cyberpunk Landmark | Virtual Insanity
We Saw SUPERMAN! | Bonus Episode
HACKERS Pt 2: From Box Office Bomb to Cyberpunk Cult Classic | Virtual Insanity
HACKERS Pt 1: Hacktivism, Angelina Jolie, and The Birth of Digital Cool | Virtual Insanity
VIRTUOSITY Pt 2: Denzel Washington vs. Russell Crowe’s Virtual Killer | Virtual Insanity
VIRTUOSITY Pt 1: Brett Leonard, The Lawnmower Man, and the VR Revolution | Virtual Insanity
JOHNNY MNEMONIC Pt 2: Keanu Reeves vs. Corporate Dystopia | Virtual Insanity
JOHNNY MNEMONIC Pt 1: William Gibson and the Birth of Cyberspace | Virtual Insanity
The Legacy of Jim Henson | Jim Henson: Heart Felt (Epilogue)
LABYRINTH (1986) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt
Rewind: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986)
THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (1984) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt
THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt
THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (1981) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt
THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) | Jim Henson: Heart Felt
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE SHOCK WITH ME | Free Preview of CinemaShock+
How They Made THE MUPPET SHOW | Jim Henson: Heart Felt
From the Arthouse to SESAME STREET | Jim Henson: Heart Felt
The Birth of The Muppets | Jim Henson: Heart Felt
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT: How a $60K Indie Film Changed Horror Forever | Class of 1999
THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (1999)
THE IRON GIANT (1999)
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) | Cinema Shock Roulette
WILD AT HEART: David Lynch, Nicolas Cage & the Road to Cannes
TWIN PEAKS: David Lynch’s Northwest Passage to Primetime Weirdness
BLUE VELVET: David Lynch’s American Nightmare
Interview with Max Evry, author of 'A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune - An Oral History'
DUNE: David Lynch’s Desert Disaster
THE ELEPHANT MAN: How David Lynch Broke Into Hollywood
ERASERHEAD: David Lynch's Dreams of Darkness and Decay
David Lynch: Strange Beginnings
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: The Rise of the Ultimate Midnight Movie
DONNIE DARKO (2001)
ZODIAC (2007) | David Fincher, Part 7
PANIC ROOM (2002) | David Fincher, Part 6
FIGHT CLUB (1999) | David Fincher, Part 5
THE GAME (1997) | David Fincher, Part 4
SE7EN (1995) | David Fincher, Part 3
ALIEN 3 (1992) | David Fincher, Part 2
David Fincher: Rules of the Game, Part 1
Cinema Shock Rewind: ALIENS (1986)
Cinema Shock Rewind: ALIEN (1979)
Extras: The ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA Sequels
ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA (1991) | Cinema Shock Roulette
Cinema Shock Rewind: THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (1978)
Cinema Shock Rewind: GAME OF DEATH (1978)
POSSESSION (1981) | Cinema Shock Roulette
THE IRON CLAW with Thrillbilly Silas Mason
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PARTS 3-5 | Extras: Further Viewing
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT & PART 2: Killer Santas and Garbage Day Delights | Cinema Shock Roulette
EVENT HORIZON (1997): The Sci-Fi Horror That Went to Hell | Cinema Shock Roulette
HEATHERS: The Cult Classic That Killed the Teen Movie | Cinema Shock Roulette
HOUSE (1977): Japan’s Surreal Horror Masterpiece | Cinema Shock Roulette
NOSFERATU: The Birth of Cinematic Horror | Cinema Shock Halloween Special
HAIRSPRAY (2007): From Cult Classic to Broadway Legacy | John Waters: Divine Filth
HAIRSPRAY: John Waters Goes Family-Friendly | John Waters: Divine Filth
POLYESTER: Odorama, Suburbia, and Waters Goes Mainstream | John Waters: Divine Filth
DESPERATE LIVING: Waters Goes Full Anarchy | John Waters: Divine Filth
FEMALE TROUBLE: Divine Goes on a Crime Spree | John Waters: Divine Filth
PINK FLAMINGOS: Filth, Fame, and the Ultimate Midnight Movie | John Waters: Divine Filth
MULTIPLE MANIACS: The Birth of Trash Cinema | John Waters: Divine Filth
THE STEPFATHER: Behind the Mask of 1980s Horror | Cinema Shock Roulette
SPIDER-MAN 3: The Sequel That Broke Raimi | Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy
SPIDER-MAN 2: The Superior Sequel | Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy
SPIDER-MAN: The Birth of the Modern Superhero Movie | Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy
THE ROAD TO SPIDER-MAN: Hollywood’s Longest Web | Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy
THE NICE GUYS: Shane Black’s Underrated Cult Classic | Cinema Shock Roulette
•SANTA SANGRE: A Circus of Blood and Redemption | Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cinema of Cruelty
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN: Jodorowsky Ascends | Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cinema of Cruelty
EL TOPO: The Birth of the Midnight Movie | Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cinema of Cruelty
FANDO Y LIS: Jodorowsky’s Taboo-Breaking Debut | Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cinema of Cruelty
MIAMI CONNECTION: The Taekwondo Cult Classic That Came Back from the Dead | Cinema Shock Roulette
Cinema Shock Roundtable #15 | Announcing our next Cinema Shock Roulette entry!
DRAG ME TO HELL: Raimi Returns to Horror | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer
THE QUICK & THE DEAD: Sharon Stone’s Western Gamble | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer
ARMY OF DARKNESS: The Comic Book Multiverse of Ash Williams | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer (Bonus)
ARMY OF DARKNESS: Ash Goes Medieval | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer
DARKMAN II & III: THE RETURN OF DURANT…and Direct-to-Video Chaos | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer (Bonus)
DARKMAN: Raimi’s Original Superhero Vision | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer
EVIL DEAD 2: Bruce Campbell’s Horror-Comedy Triumph | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer
Cinema Shock Roundtable #12: Tips on starting your own podcast from the Cinema Shock gang
CRIMEWAVE: Raimi's Slapstick Noir Disaster | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer
Cinema Shock Roundtable #11: Is MOON (2009) a STAR TREK movie?
THE EVIL DEAD: Raimi’s Microbudget Debut | Sam Raimi: The Entertainer
Cinema Shock Roundtable #10: Announcing our next series!
PUMPKINHEAD: Stan Winston’s Backwoods Revenge Horror | Cinema Shock Roulette
Cinema Shock Roundtable #9: Announcing our next Cinema Shock Roulette entry
AVATAR: Building Pandora | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow
Cinema Shock Roundtable #8: Looking ahead to AVATAR
JAMES CAMERON’S 12-YEAR INTERMISSION | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow
TITANIC Pt 2: Icebergs, Oscars, and Box Office History | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow
TITANIC Pt 1: Building the Unsinkable Ship | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow
TRUE LIES: Spies, Stunts, and Cameron’s Big Swing | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow
Cinema Shock Roundtable #7: Looking ahead to TRUE LIES
TERMINATOR 2: The Sequel That Shattered Expectations | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow
THE ABYSS: Cameron's Deep Sea Obsession Begins | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow
ALIENS: The Sequel That Changed the Game | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow
THE TERMINATOR: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Killer Breakthrough | James Cameron: Man of Tomorrow
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS: Frank Oz’s Cult Musical Misfit | Cinema Shock Roulette
Cinema Shock Roundtable #4: Announcing the next Cinema Shock Roulette entry
THE FLY: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh
THE DEAD ZONE: Cronenberg Meets King | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh
VIDEODROME: Long Live the New Flesh | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh
SCANNERS: The Head Explosion Heard ’Round the World | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh
An Interview with Spencer Garrett
THE BROOD: Birth of Rage | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh
RABID: Marilyn Chambers in Cronenberg’s Contagious Classic | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh
SHIVERS: The Birth of the New Flesh | David Cronenberg: The New Flesh
BATTLE ROYALE: Kinji Fukasaku’s Ultraviolent Cult Classic | Cinema Shock Roulette I
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS: How Lana Wachowski Rewrote the Code One Last Time | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
SENSE8: The Wachowskis’ Global, Queer, Sci-Fi Masterwork | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
JUPITER ASCENDING: The Wachowskis’ Space Opera Flop—or Secret Masterpiece? | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
CLOUD ATLAS: The Wachowskis’ Ambitious, Divisive Epic | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
SPEED RACER: The Wachowskis’ Candy-Colored Cult Classic | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
V FOR VENDETTA: The Wachowskis’ Radical Rewrite of a Dystopian Classic | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
The Cinema Shock Halloween Special: Todd‘s Favorite Horror Movies
THE MATRIX RELOADED & REVOLUTIONS: Bigger, Wilder, and Deeply Divisive | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
THE ANIMATRIX: How the Wachowskis Expanded Their Universe Through Anime | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
THE MATRIX: How the Cyberpunk Classic Rewired Hollywood | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
BOUND: Neo-Noir and a Queer Cinema Breakthrough | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity
HOLLOW MAN: Verhoeven’s Hollywood Exit | Sex + Violence
STARSHIP TROOPERS: Would You Like to Know More? | Sex + Violence
SHOWGIRLS: The NC-17 Disaster That Became a Cult Classic | Sex + Violence
BASIC INSTINCT: Sharon Stone, Joe Eszterhas, and the Most Controversial Film of the ’90s | Sex + Violence
TOTAL RECALL: Paul Verhoeven, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the Philip K. Dick Mind Trip | Sex + Violence
Let's Talk About the ROBOCOP Sequels | Bonus Episode
ROBOCOP: Paul Verhoeven, Corporate Satire, and Ultraviolent Salvation | Sex + Violence
FLESH + BLOOD: The Bloody American Debut of Paul Verhoeven | Sex + Violence
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2: Hooper Goes Wild With a Cult Sequel | Tobe Hooper: The Cannon Years
INVADERS FROM MARS: The Cannon Remake That Crashed Back to Earth | Tobe Hooper: The Cannon Years
LIFEFORCE: Tobe Hooper, Space Vampires, and Cannon Chaos | Tobe Hooper: The Cannon Years
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: Punk Rock Zombies and a Long-Overdue Breakthrough | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon
BLUE THUNDER: Helicopters, Hollywood, and Another Vision Lost | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon
HEAVY METAL: Comics, Chaos, and O’Bannon’s Strange Contribution | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon
DEAD & BURIED: Small Town Zombies and a Credit Controversy | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon
ALIEN Pt 2: Ridley Scott, Giger’s Beast, and the Legacy of O’Bannon’s Vision | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon
ALIEN Pt 1: Dan O’Bannon, Roger Corman, and the Origins of a Sci-Fi Nightmare | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon
DARK STAR: Dan O’Bannon, John Carpenter, and the Student Film That Launched a Career | The Unsung Legacy of Dan O’Bannon
POLTERGEIST: Hooper vs. Spielberg & The Directing Debate
THE FUNHOUSE: Tobe Hooper, Carnivals & The Slasher Craze
SALEM’S LOT: Stephen King, Tobe Hooper & The TV Nightmare
EATEN ALIVE: Tobe Hooper, Killer Crocs & A Career Derailed
THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE: Tobe Hooper, Leatherface & The Birth of the Slasher
KILL BILL: Uma Thurman, Tarantino & The Whole Bloody Affair
SHOGUN ASSASSIN: Lone Wolf & Cub & The Grindhouse Remix
THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN: Gordon Liu, Shaw Bros & Wu-Tang
GAME OF DEATH: Bruce Lee’s Unfinished Epic
THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE: Christina Lindberg & The Origin of Elle Driver
LADY SNOWBLOOD: Meiji Revenge, Manga & The DNA of Kill Bill
DEATH RIDES A HORSE: The Spaghetti Western Origins of Kill Bill
KISS KISS BANG BANG: Shane Black’s Return & The RDJ Comeback
THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT: Geena Davis & The $4 Million Script
THE LAST BOY SCOUT: Bruce Willis, Shane Black & Production Hell
LETHAL WEAPON: A Shane Black Christmas & The Buddy Cop Blueprint
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: Breaking the Bat & Nolan’s Grand Finale
THE DARK KNIGHT: Ledger, Nolan, and the Rise of the Modern Superhero Film
BATMAN BEGINS: Nolan Reboots a Legend
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990): Tom Savini’s Directorial Debut & Reclaiming the Dead
TWO EVIL EYES: Poe, Argento, and Macabre Tales
MONKEY SHINES: When Romero Went Hollywood
DAY OF THE DEAD: Romero’s Darkest Day & Savini’s Masterpiece
CREEPSHOW: Stephen King, Romero & A Comic Book Nightmare
KNIGHTRIDERS: KNIGHTRIDERS: Ed Harris & Romero’s Asphalt Camelot
EFFECTS: Guerrilla Filmmaking and Practical Gore
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978): Consumerism, Tom Savini, and the Mall at the End of the World
MARTIN: Vampires, Ambiguity, and 70s Horror
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968): George Romero & The Birth of Modern Horror