Nighthawks' Podcast

Once again it’s time for a glamorous strut on the red carpet, outside the Nighthawks conceptual diner, to talk about Hollywood’s most prestigious night.Oscar Czar and Nighthawks house band musician Cameron Maris, Nineteen Cent Feast, is back for a very informal discussion of the Oscar horserace in 2026. The precious metal humanoid is back at it again and there’s a whole new roster of movies to discuss including One Battle After Another, Sinners, Bugonia, F1, and many others.Slide up with a slice of pie and a cup of coffee and talk about this year’s best.

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?Pull up a seat in the Nighthawks booth and grab a heaping helping of pod-fodder.Play Dirty– A new Shane Black movie...seemingly out of nowhereV The Mini Series- A rewatch of the 80s miniseries draws comparison to modern day.On Battle After Another- An accessible Paul Thomas Anderson movie, but is it a movie to love?Bugonia- Does Yorgos Lanthimos do justice in his remake of a South Korean film?The Long Walk- Mark Hamill joins the pantheon of Stephen King cinematic villains that you just want to strangle.The Haar- a novel by Steven Sodergren about a lady holding out against a wealthy land developer, when a shape-shifting creature washes up on the beach.

A warning to the wary listener, there be spoilers here.From the Nerds at Night podcast- Terry Flemings joins the Nighthawks at the Diner for a stripped-down reaction episode discussing the finale season of Stranger Things.Ten years ago, the Nighthawks actually felt the need to advocate for Season 1 of Stranger Things, a little plucky show that they really wanted people to watch. Now, with a decade behind it, Stranger Things is a certified cultural phenomenon. But does the wrap-up match the overwhelming love they felt for the first season?Nighthawks on Stranger Things Season 1Terry Flemings With the Nighthawks:Nighthawks covers Boyz n the HoodNighthawks covers The Matrix Resurrections

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?Pull up a seat in the Nighthawks booth and grab a heaping helping of pod-fodder.Black Phone 2– The Grabber is back, and this time he's killing you in your dreams. A little too Freddy? Maybe.Shelby Oaks- Part Found Footage, part finder of footage, all horror. Vodoo Macbeth- An academic experimental film, chronicling the groundbreaking production of Macbeth mounted by Orson Welles during the Works Projects Administration's Negro Theatre Project. The Powers of Darkness Podcast- After it is discovered that the Icelandic and Swedish translations of Bram Stoker's DRACULA are wildly different from the author's English language original, an investigation is mounted to discover where this "new" version of Dracula came from.The Witcher (SSN 4)- Dick York is replaced by Dick Sergeant and the budget is cut, can the Witcher withstand his greatest enemy: Market Forces?

We sliced our way through THANKSGIVING (2023), we got absolutely SCROOGED (1988) for Christmas, and now we're going to let the ball drop in Manhattan for New Year's Eve as the Nighthawks pop the champagne and caviar for GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1989).Rounding out our spooky holiday offerings we bring you a movie that absolutely isn't set during New Year's Eve, but has BIG New Year's Eve vibes- including wall-to-wall partying, a musical number of a crooner standard, a New York City setting, and a focus on getting things done before midnight. Gremlins 2 has all of these things, and as a follow-up to the undeniable Christmas-time-set original, it's hard to turn down singing monsters to ring in 2026.The Nighthawks covered the original GREMLINS (1984) as part of their 2020 holiday special. During that conversation a return to the world of the mogwai was teased, but the time as come six years later.Join Matt and Trevor in an after-midnight toast to the outgoing year and looking forward to a bright future... but not too bright. Especially not sunlight, it will kill them.

A classic Christmas time-travelling ghost story, told in five staves, becomes an 80s-drenched "modern" film told in three acts: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol from 1843 becomes Dick Donner's SCROOGED from 1988.Join Matt and Trevor in the Nighthawks diner, order up a cup of hot mulled wine, and chat with us about the classic tale of the redemption of Ebeneezer Scrooge and how it was reimagined to fit Frank Cross (Bill Murray) the Youngest Network Television President in (fictional) history. Frank is trying to mount a daring live presentation of Dickens' classic story, but life begins to imitate art as Frank is haunted by spirits that will take him on a whirlwind tour of past, present, and future trying to figure out where exactly Frank went wrong.Murray brings his trademark energy, volume, and talent to a stacked cast of actors, extras, and walk-on cameos, meanwhile the semi-dark story has gone from Christmastime oddity to 21st Century holiday classic.What's the big deal about a rich jerk who changes his ways? Parse it with us as we beat the Dickens out of SCROOGED.

Matt and Trevor are deep in the Holiday leftovers as they serve themselves a diner slice of pumpkin pie along with an appropriately themed holiday horror film in the Nighthawks’ MONSTEMBERFEST!The holidays are a time for family, togetherness, mercy, charity, blood and guts as we remind our listeners that spooky movies aren’t exclusive to Halloween! This time around, we have Horror director Eli Roth delivering on a movie idea he introduced us to in 2007. Part of the slate of phony trailers in the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez “Grindhouse” presentation, THANKSGIVING is a slasher movie that is looking to carve its way into your annual traditions.However the movie that we were advertised in 2007, and the movie that was released in 2023 are two completely different animals, and it seems like Roth may have done it that way on purpose.It’s a Thanksgiving holiday hangover that can only be cured with a little booth time at the Nighthawks diner.

Sit down to cannoli and espresso at The Nighthawks Diner, as the co-hosts parse one of the greatest films of the 70s.Written by the man who wrote Superman The Movie, directed by the man who directed Bram Stoker’s Dracula, starring the man who would star in The Island of Doctor Moreau, and co-starring at least one guy from The Irishman; this is the quintessential family mob drama that you can’t refuse.Also featuring Adrian from Rocky, that palooka guy from Big City Brawl, John Travolta’s dad from Look Who’s Talking, the guy from the oft-forgotten and underrated NBC drama Las Vegas, the old man from Get Low, and that gal from Annie Hall.

In 2018 the Nighthawks took a deep granular dive into the 1938 radio adaptation of War of the Worlds, that famously made Orson Welles a household name and (allegedly) scared some undetermined number of people into thinking that the United States was being invaded by an outside force.In 2020, a movie was made based on the same Public Domain story that sought to imagine the end of the world, not through radio but, through the media of the time- webcams and device screens. The resulting movie sat on the shelf for approximately five years before being sprung on an unsuspecting public in 2025. Ice Cube and Eva Longoria lead the cast in a brand new adaptation of War of the Worlds that has viewers panicking for another reason entirely:It’s not a very good movie.Join co-hosts Trevor and Matt as they dig into the latest mainstream adaptation of War of the Worlds and discuss if it’s the worst movie of the year, or if it’s “just another movie this year.”

The co-hosts at the Nighthawks Diner triple down on a glass of Beetlejuice and contend with the self-proclaimed "Ghost With The Most."Hot off of his success with Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, former Disney animator turned director, Tim Burton, chooses life, death, and the afterlife for the subject of this early effort in his career. The resulting horror comedy would cement Burton as someone who could balance four-color antics with a dark sensibility, paving the way for Burton's Batman, a year later.Join the co-hosts for this "episode from the vault," originally recorded for release in October of 2024, this lost-and-found episode discusses a classic of the Nighthawks' respective childhoods. 

Wow... ten years. TEN YEARS! (Cue clip from Gross Pointe Blank)Folks, it has been an honor and a privilege to have been sitting in our imaginary diner having real conversations with you (okay, at you) about movies. It's been ten years of some truly remarkable films...and Shark Week.For this edition of the Nighthawks Podcast, the guys in the corner booth decide to take it back to the franchise that started it all...sort of. Is it a prequel? Is it a spinoff? Is it a sequel? We just don't know. But we do know that it's fully bad ass.Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is the 2024 film from genre auteur George Miller, dropping off where Mad Max: Fury Road picks up. But before we get to the events of the 2015 film, we are treated to the backstory of Fury Road's undeniable main character: Imperator Furiosa.Join the conversation as we hit the road, ten years later and parse the latest wasteland film from George Miller, rank our favorite Mad Max films, and reminisce about the podcast up to this point.

When The East meets The West- La Cosa Nostra will be turned on its ear by the man who does all his own stunts: Jackie Chan!The Nighthawks take a peek at Jackie Chan's first attempt to break out for western audiences, in this Hong Kong/U.S.A. co-production that pits Chan against The Mafia, roller skating, American women, Luca Brazi, and the dad of that guy that was in Twin Peaks and Robo-Cop.Struggling to wrap their head around Chan as a phenomenon, the U.S. shoehorns Chan into a convoluted plot involving underground sports, above ground fights, and under-the-table crime syndicate gamblers in BATTLE CREEK BRAWL, aka THE BIG BRAWL! While some of the movie doesn't really work, spme of the movie really does! Everything that works in the movie involves Jackie Chan.A museum piece of early Kung Fu Action/Comedy, showcasing how good Chan is and was, that also illustrates how much the U.S. wasn't quite sure who Chan would become.Culminating in the advertised big brawl in the streets of Battle Creek Texas, join the Nighthawks as they discuss this oft overlooked english language entry in Chan's filmography.

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?Pull up a seat in the Nighthawks booth and grab a heaping helping of pod-fodder.Alien Romulus– The guy who remade Evil Dead remakes the first four ALIEN films and crams them into one movie. Does it work? I mean...Star Wars did it, right?Chop and Steele- It's two comedians, who show old VHS tapes around the country, versus the Morning News Industrial Complex when two imposters infiltrate the morning show circuit for lolz. Unfortunately there is a lawsuit and our two likable heroes are in danger. Matt has feelings about the lawsuit.Born Evil The Serial Killer and The Savior- A convict who looks a little like White Jesus finds himself the recipient of confessions from a serial killer. Can this weed-dealing convicted-of-murder Jesus help investigators find where a serial killer hid his evidence and victims?Batman Caped Crusader- An heir apparent to the Batman The Animated Series from the 90s, this more mature and more adult animated series carves its own path by dealing with some major changes to a few characters. A fantastic series that pulls stylistic cues from the very earliest Batman stories. Chimp Crazy- Despite what you may have heard or may have come to believe, chimps are bad pets. Full stop.

A tragic comic book, with a tragic real-life backstory, is translated into a tragic film, with a real-life tragic production, which was dropped onto an unsuspecting 1990s audience who were still reeling from the death of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.The Crow (1994) was a strangely perfect movie for a very imperfect time and place. A comic book adaptation in a world where the comic book fad was still many years off.Join Matt and Trevor as they explore this original (and maybe a little of the remake and sequels) The Crow: a movie steeped in culture, legend, and MTV.

It's the story of love and hate, the story of tradition and modernity, the story of good and evil, the story of old right hand left hand.It's 1955's The Night of the Hunter starring Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters, and Peter Graves is that story. Adapted from a novel of the same name the film is a bold experimental feature film for actor turned director Charles Laughton. Despite taking some big swings and taking great care with the craft, the movie was a box office dud at the time and Laughton never directed a film again.The Nighthawks think that this story of a serial killer charlatan preacher stalking the Apalachin countryside after two children and a fortune in cash has come. But can Laughton's 1955 vision reach the right people in 2024? Matt and Trevor go to the Nighthawks annual picnic and serve up a potluck of grist for this movie that was unsung in its era and is recognized as one of the best movies of all time by critics today.

This ain't your kids' monsters scaring people in their bedrooms movie! This is the one for the elder millennials who were traumatized or seduced by the dark horrors of a movie that is, for all intents and purposes, Night Breed Babies.Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern, Rick Ducommun, Frank Whaley, and Devin Ratray put together a pretty impressive cast of "hey I think I know that actor" roles in a bizarre waking mirage of a movie. Fred Savage plays Brian, not Shawn as we call him in the episode, a boy who is protecting his little brother from the boogie man under the bed. But as it turns out, a guy can have a lot of fun hanging out with the boogie man under the bed.Shades of the Lost Boys, Night Breed, Monster Squad, and the Scholastic Book Fair color our analysis of this movie, that had previously been slated for a Nighthawks episode over 8 years ago.Come for the Fred Savage analysis, stay for the frank discussion of Steven Seagal's music career.

And now, what the entire world has been waiting for...two men give you their hot takes on Greta Gerwig's 2023 film BARBIE.This is, of course, an exaggeration. This movie could use fewer male hot takes. That said, we felt it was unfair to disqualify the movie from our RSS feed just because other people had been loud and cranky, so we felt the need to get in and defend this Oscar nominee.The film stars Nighthawks favorites Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, with a host of cameos and celebrity walk-ons that are, frankly, just fun to watch. But that's not the only fun you'll be having with this subversive, techno-color, cornball satire of our times. Pull up a stool at the Nighthawks counter while Trevor and Matt man the booth to talk about this one.Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, find us on Facebook, and rate and review us where applicable. Also, if you really dig the show please consider contributing to our Ko-Fi campaign to help make the show extra special.Support us via Ko-Fi!Need to find us on a specific podcatcher? Look for us here.

The Nighthawks Podcast enthusiastically recommends: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes.This delightful, tight, Japanese film from a Kyoto-based theatre troupe is the debut film of director Junta Yamaguchi, and we think you should see it. This movie is low budget, non-American, subtitled, and high concept which seems to have doomed this movie to be underseen and underdiscussed.Join the Nighthawks and see if we can turn you on to watching this nifty little sci-fi comedy that (as of press time) was highly accessible on streaming.If you are among the blessed masses who HAVE seen this movie, stick with the back half of the episode for a spoiler-filler deep dive into the plot.

Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, find us on Facebook, and rate and review us where applicable. Also, if you really dig the show please consider contributing to our Ko-Fi campaign to help make the show extra special.Support us via Ko-Fi!It has long been told, in select circles, that The Nighthawks recorded an episode covering Tobe Hooper's 1982 family horror classic Poltergeist during the early years of the podcast.The stuff of legend, the evidence does not exist that this episode was ever committed to record.Until now.Join Matt and Trevor in this brand-spanking-new Halloween treat, closing out the Curse of Monstoberfest as they discuss this PG rated, PG-13 in spirit, childhood-shaking haunted house movie starring Coach T. Nelson, Jo Beth Williams, and Zelda Rubenstein among others.Is it tame? Is it frightening? Is it cursed? It's Poltergeist. 

Just when you thought it was safe to undress in front of your tech devices, one Hollywood movie decides to blend post-Y2k tech panic with the classic formula of the killer doll, and manages to keep things fresh enough to keep The Nighthawks nodding along throughout the movie.This 2022 movie seems to share a lot of grace notes with a 2019 remake of the iconic Child's Play property, but seems to strike more of those notes in a clean and well executed manner and it makes for a better movie with no obiligation to an existing license.Support us via Ko-Fi!When a young girl, Cady, is involved in a wintertime car accident that claims the lives of her parents, she is sent to live with her career-minded aunt, Gemma. As it happens Gemma is the lead developer on a high-tech toy project that has seen a lot of success, and she struggling with the follow-up. Gemma wants to push the envelope on a super advanced AI driven humanoid playmate for kids, her boss wants a cheaper Furby. Cady’s presence is just what Gemma needs as inspiration to kick off M3GAN, a child-size doll that acts just like another person. But when its time for Cady and M3GAN to integrate with other children Cady’s age, Cady has some difficulty and M3GAN decides that she’ll do anything to protect Cady- including killing people. It’s tech paranoia packaged in a 4-foot tall iBarbie from Hell.Join Matt and Trevor as they play with their dolls, talk about their fears, and parse if the R or PG-13 after the title of any given horror movie is all that important.

Support us via Ko-Fi!From the world of superstition, from the bowels of the Earth, long forgotten: IT'S THE NIGHTHAWKS PODCAST!!!We're here to get you as much Monstoberfest as our lives will allow with a comeback holiday special to chill the very bones. 2023's Halloween season kicks off with an action monster extravaganza known as THE RELIC from 1997, starring Penelope Ann Miller and Tom Sizemore (RIP).Loosely adapted from a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, the film version of The Relic finds a hulking monster eating the brains of people at the Chicago Field Museum on the eve of a new blockbuster exhibition based around superstition. It is up to no-nonsense Chicago cop Vincent D'Agosta and Museum Scientist Nora Kelly to get to the bottom of what's happening and hopefully avert disaster.Matt and Trevor grabbed this one at random and are faced with the consequences, as they parse the film as both a stand-alone entity and an adaptation of a book that spawned many sequel novels. The movie wasn't so well received...

Once again it’s time for a glamorous strut on the red carpet, out front of the Nighthawks conceptual diner, to talk about Hollywood’s most prestigious night.Oscar Czar and Nighthawks house band musician Cameron Maris, Nineteen Cent Feast, is coming out of cold storage and Matt is going in. Cameron and Trevor to talk about the EGOTS, the controversies, the nominations, and the snubs. Matt, chills himself elsewhere.The small and valuable metal humanoid is back at it again and there’s a whole new roster of movies to discuss including Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans, Tàr, All Quiet On the Western Front, and many others.  Up for grabs in this episode is Best Writing, Best Direction, and Best Film, among others.Slide up with a slice of pie and a cup of coffee and talk about this year’s best.For this year’s Oscar ballot pdf, click here

Once again it's time for a glamorous night on the red carpet out front of the Nighthawks conceptual diner, to talk about Hollywood's most prestigious night.Oscar Czar and Nighthawks house band musician Cameron Maris, Nineteen Cent Feast, is coming out of cold storage and Matt is going in. Cameron and Trevor to talk about the EGOTS, the controversies, the nominations, and the snubs. Matt, chills himself elsewhere.The small and valuable metal humanoid is back at it again and there’s a whole new roster of movies to discuss including Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans, Tàr, All Quiet On the Western Front, and many others.  Keep your podcatchers subscribed to the channel and catch part 2 later this week where we will discuss the remaining categories including Best Director and Best Picture.Slide up with a slice of pie and a cup of coffee and talk about this year’s best.For this year's Oscar ballot, visit Nighthawkspodcast.com

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?Mysteries, murder, and rebellion on the menu at the Nighthawks Diner for a discussion of what Matt and Trevor have been watching. Pull up a seat in the Nighthawks booth and grab a heaping helping of pod-fodder.Confess, Fletch– Is it a book adaptation, a Chevy Chase sequel, neither, or both? John Hamm dons the Los Angeles Lakers hat of the mononymed Fletch, a former investigative reporter of some note. A retired fletch is on the heels of an art theft when he finds a dead woman in his rental. What is a guy to do?Dahmer- Important question: does a rapist, murderer, terrorist, criminal, cannibal deserve an on-screen treatment this good? This one left us feeling a little funny.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery– Rian Johnson continues his unimpeachable record for mystery films with the first Benoit Blanc sequel, starring the absolutely fabulous Daniel Craig and the stone cold Janelle Monet, with a supporting cast that will leave your jaw on the floor.See also: Matt and Trevor parse Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, directed by Rian Johnson Ti West’s X and Pearl- A high quality slasher with overtones of 70s pornography AND it’s early 20th Century Wizard of Oz prequel in this same year?! It’s true! The guys talk about the latest horror sensation and Trevor confesses his complicated feelings about the films of Ti West.Andor- Matt says it’s the best Star Wars property in a while. Do you agree? He makes the case for the story about the roots of rebellion, currently playing on Disney+.

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?An all-franchise edition of WHYBW has us looking at three sequels and one prequel from the recently-released and recently-streaming bin. A mixed bag of continuing stories for both the large and small screens. Join the Nighthawks as we serve up another hot and fresh plate of takes.Jurassic World Dominion– A disappointing end to a disappointing franchise that began with one hell of a good movie. See also: Mini-episode review on Jurassic World See also: Full episode on Jurassic Park Avatar: The Way of Water- It's a "sploosh" from Matt, but the runtime might have Trevor leaving this one high and dry. An effects marvel that is a treat for the eyes, and it has...a story.Willow– 35 years after the original 1988 feature from George Lucas and Ron Howard, Willow gets his own sequel series on Disney+. Matt and Trevor touch on it briefly, but leave the big review for...See also: Matt and Trevor join the One of Us panel for a complete no-spoiler review of Willow on Disney+ The Witcher: Blood Origin- Toss a coin to your Witcher and have them banish this beast from your Netflix queue. Matt discusses why he finds this The Witcher prequel to be disappointing.See also: Matt joins the One of Us panel for a complete no-spoiler review of The Witcher: Blood Origin 

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?An examination of some of the best movies of the year, and one book that gave Trevor comfort in a time of need. Join Matt and Trevor in the conceptual Nighthawks Diner to go over a menu of some of 2022's bestEverything Everywhere All At Once– The bonkers kung-fu tale of multiverses, taxes, laundry and family.RRR- "The Indian Bromance Action-Adventure Musical that we need right now" -Trevor The Banshees of Inisherin– Matt discusses the latest darkly funny film from Martin McDonagh about two men who used to be friends, but now they aren't. Is it another In Bruges? Or is this Golden Globe winner (Best Comedy or Musical) something else?Leonard Maltin's Star Struck- A book recommendation from Trevor regarding the latest from THE Hollywood Historian, Leonard Maltin. The audiobook recording of this new memoir gave Trevor some peace during tumultuous times.

When you sit in a booth at the Nighthawks Diner you break bread at the crossroads of human experience, and tonight a very special guest is bringing their experience with them.At topic is the 2021 holiday drama A Christmas Sunset, which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Matt and Trevor invite writer, director, and actor T.C. De Witt to discuss the film and the craft he deploys in his work.The film is about five friends on a holiday reunion that has been marked by the traumatic passing of the man who brought them all together. The sincere and emotional story rises above the cable-TV holiday movies to become something more substantive. T.C. talks about crafting the script, casting the performers, and making the jump from a stage play to a fully realized film.You can find A Christmas Sunset at Amazon.T.C. can be found at The Studio Demands It Podcast You can also catch up with him on Twitter @TCsBigHeadDonate to the Nighthawks Podcast Ko-Fi here

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?A rewatch of an undeniable piece of filth, a classic film watch blossoms from a Looney Tunes short, a festival favorite African film, an update on Trevor’s journey through the Spenser novels, and Matt recommends a Hindi horror fable. All of this and more as we check in with what the Nighthawks have been up to lately.Pink Flamingos– Matt revisits the type of movie that the term “cult classic” was coined for, from shock, shlock, and filthmeister John Waters. Who is the most filthy person in Baltimore?Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)- Trevor is inspired by a revisit of the immortal Bugs Bunny’s Buccaneer Bunny to explore Charles Laughton in Mutiny on the Bounty. Also starring a moustache-less Clark Gable, the film is worth the rabbit hole of historicity that Trevor found himself in. Saloum– The Fantastic Fest favorite is now streaming, a movie Matt describes as an action noir with a supernatural twist. From Congolese filmmaker Jean Luc Herbulot.Robert B. Parker’s Spenser (Books)– After episode 99 Trevor embarked on a quest to read the Spenser novels by Robert B. Parker. Trevor is nearly 25% of the way through the books penned by Parker himself, and we check in with his Spenser feelings while Matt expounds on some highlights from the full Parker library.Tumbbad– Matt brings a dark fantasy fable to the table in this Hindi horror film, in his quest to add more Indian films to his repertoire. “Big old school Hammer vibes.” – Matt

On this, the Blackest of Fridays, Matt is joined by guest co-host Greg Orme. Greg is a stand up comedian emeritus, a comedy promoter, and punk rocker and he tests his constitution by joining Matt on a ten-film journey through the original Hellraiser franchise.Featuring the high points of the original trilogy, the low points of the franchise's diminishing returns, and a surprising thumbs-up for a mid-franchise entry.Keep up with Greg's band The Zissous on Facebook.

Like Laurie Strode we emerge from our nightmare (Monstoberfest be thy name) into the dawn of a new day...BUT the Halloween season has one more surprise for Matt and Trevor.Wrapping up Monstoberfest 2022, Matt and Trevor find out exactly how HALLOWEEN ENDS via the movie of that name from David Gordon Green and Danny McBride. It's closing out a reboot sequel trilogy in a franchise whose continuity is more convoluted than Highlander.Witness a new direction for the classic slasher franchise, are the boys up for the change in direction? Is it enough change to breathe life into Halloween for one more rodeo?

Take a seat in the booth at the Nighthawks Diner where they're about to party like it's 1999! As we discuss horror sequels, remakes, and retreads for this year's Monstoberfest, one franchise dares to look back...back to a simpler time of Y2k panic, The Matrix fandom, and ball busting elder millennials.You need not be familiar with any other V/H/S films to enjoy V/H/S 99, but you'll want to have watched V/H/S 99 before listening, because this is a SPOILER LADEN EPISODE. THERE WILL BE NO FORMAL SPOILER CURTAIN.If you want a spoiler-free review of V/H/S 99, listen to Matt and Trevor join the panel discussion at OneOfUs.net's Screener Squad.V/H/S is a series of horror anthology features that have been a historical mixed bag. Will the conceit of the impending millennium bring anything new to this nostalgic series of horror shorts?

Matt and Trevor off of the current release menu for Monstoberfest this year, first up is an examination of the rebooted/retooled/relaunced HELLRAISER film released in 2022. Fans seem bitterly divided about changes made to the franchise, other seem okay with the direction the new film is going in. The Nighthawks weigh in over coffee and pie to talk about this seasonal horror offering from Hulu.

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?The latest fairy tale from a beloved film auteur as well as several tips into horror for the upcoming Halloween season. Pull up a seat in the booth and join the boys for a discussion of what they've been watching lately.3,000 Years of Longing– A modern fable from a modern master. Matt checked out this new genie-in-a-bottle movie from Mad Max creator George Miller.The Black Phone- C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson queue up a balloon bouquet of horror, from a short story by Joe Hill. Nope– According to Matt: Hit it as cold as possible.Bodies Bodies Bodies– Horror comedy skewers the elite influencer class in this unique take on the slasher genre.Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)– Leatherface vs. HipstersHammer Dracula- Trevor has seen all the Hammer Dracula films featuring either Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee or both. What did he learn?

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?Matt and Trevor wade out of the shadow of their own absence, and into the bright light of controversy. It's an al Big-time franchise streaming TV discussion in the booth at the Nighthawks conceptual diner.Quit bitching about the color of fictional characters in fictional stories- Just quit it.LOTR The Rings of Power– Aside from the controversial addition of melanin to the Lord of the Rings Franchise, Matt and Trevor discuss the new Amazon Prime offering, based on the works of the legendary J.R.R. Tolkien.Obi-Wan Kenobi– Stopping at Tatooine, a planet described as being the furthest to a bright center of the universe, the boys check in on their favorite hermit-in-space. We'll also stop briefly over to discuss The Book of Boba Fett, but mostly it's just talking about how fine things are.Moon Knight– It’s not your typical Marvel Series, but is that a good thing? Is it a bad thing?She-Hulk Attorney at Law– Matt discusses what he likes in a giant hero lady lawyer, and what he likes in this goofy new series from the Marvel stables.Ms. Marvel- It's another origin story from Marvel, but does it aspire to be original enough to stand out from the pack? Matt says that Trevor needs to make time for this one.

If it bleeds, we can kill it...And this particular entry in the PREDATOR franchise seeks to kill a different kind of "it" as they attempt to give new life to a C- franchise."Kill it" they do, and Trevor and Matt are in the Nighthawks Conceptual Diner to parse out what might be the best Predator sequel since the original film was released in 1987. The iconic monster has done battle over multiple media against humans, animals, Aliens, and themselves- but this time the warrior hunter race is out hunting 18th century first nations tribes.A prequel by definition, Prey could serve as a stand alone entry, or even a jumping on point for this sci-fi horror series, with a special treat of a cast primarily made up of first nations actors.

Whose house?!  ARThouse!I said whose house?! ARThouse!After a long stint of Hollywood blockbusters and major franchises, the Nighthawks order something off the International Menu at the conceptual diner.Director Andrei Tarkovsky's, STALKER is a Soviet era Russian film about three characters wandering into a heavily guarded exclusion zone where some untold calamity has rendered the area allegedly uninhabitable. Stalkers are people who you can hire to ferry you in and out of the exclusion zone for a price.Why would anyone do this? Legend has it that a room, inside an abandoned building, in the heart of The Zone has the ability to grant the heart's desire of anyone who enters.A far cry from most modern filmmaking with high paced action and fast cuts, STALKER is an example of deliberate and effective long-fuse filmmaking. The shot length in Stalker averages out to under one shot per minute. It's a pensive and existential examination of art, science, faith, humanity, and so many other things...or is it?No. Really. We're not being intentionally incomplete. We don't know.

Matt and Trevor check into their regular booth at the Nighthawks conceptual diner to just chin wag a little bit about some of the movies and projects they've been watching lately.Morbius- Dr. Michael Morbius is a sickly but brilliant doctor who uses his big brain and his equally sick friend's big wallet to fund radical bat research. Radical in that it is out of the ordinary, not in the Tony Hawk sense. This mad science goes awry and now Jared Leto is a vampire...or something like that. The new Spider-man extended universe is leaving Matt feeling like he bought a Marvel movie off of Wish.Uncharted- Based on the wildly successful Playstation game franchise this globetrotting treasure hunt features Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, and (controversially) Tom Holland as the rugged Nathaniel Drake. Going in with a heart full of hate meant that this one surpassed expectations for Matt.Jackass Forever- It's Jackass, but a fourth movie. The torch is passed, the guys get hurt, and the world looks back on an over 20 years of doing dumb stuff in front of video cameras. Blessedly, this one was not in 3D...which is not to say that the effects in part 3 weren't spectacular.Human Resources- What if we take the concept of Big Mouth, only go into more adult territory. Not adult as in R-rated, but adult like grown-ups dealing with aging parents. It's a juvenile humor take on the problems that adults can face in everyday life. Also there are horny monsters getting all over each other.

There it is folks! CODA wins best picture, Troy Kotsur wins Best Supporting Actor, Dune took home the most Oscars of the evening, and Encanto lost out on best song.Nothing else happened.Except the thing that most folks, Oscar fans or not, seem to be talking about.Yes, we will talk about Will Smith and Chris Rock. We will talk about "The Slap" (the news event not the limited television series. But before you get the tea on the Fresh Prince making the entire night awkward for everyone, you have to hear about how good some of these movies are.We can't avoid talking about the controversy, but that's also, really, not why we're here.In the meantime be sure to get out and see CODA.It’s Tinseltown’s most glamorous night out and you are invited to the conceptual Nighthawks Diner's after party. Oscar Czar and house band musician Cameron Maris, Nineteen Cent Feast, joins Matt and Trevor to talk about the results of the 94th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Awards, aka The Oscars.Slide up with a slice of pie and a cup of coffee and talk about this Hollywood’s best...and Hollywood's worst.

Hooray for Hollywood...again! It's (still) Tinseltown's most glamorous night out and you continue to be invited to the red carpet......which is still the red carpet in front of the door in the conceptual Nighthawks Diner.Oscar Czar and house band musician Cameron Maris, of Nineteen Cent Feast, continues the conversation with Matt and Trevor discussing the 2022 94th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Awards, aka The Oscars. In this episode the Nighthawks parse the musical and performance categories, as well as the shorts and features categories.The Little Gold Film Man remains at it and there's a whole new roster of nominees to discuss including Steven Spielberg, Jane Campion, Lin Manuel Miranda, Jesse Plemmons, Kirsten Dunst, Olivia Colman, Will Smith, Denzel Washington and more! Keep your podcatchers subscribed to the channel and be sure to catch part 1, released earlier this week.Order a second slice of pie. top-off your cup of coffee and talk about this year's best.For the Official Nighthawks Unofficial Oscar Ballot visit our webpage at NighthawksPodcast.com

Hooray for Hollywood! It's Tinseltown's most glamorous night out and you are invited to the red carpet......that is the red carpet in front of the door in the conceptual Nighthawks Diner.Oscar Czar and house band musician Cameron Maris, of Nineteen Cent Feast, joins Matt and Trevor to talk about the Technical and Artistic categories for the 2022 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Awards, aka The Oscars. Big changes are in store for the ceremony and the awards, we'll parse those, too.The Little Gold Film Man is back at it again and there's a whole new roster of movies to discuss including Dune, The Power of The Dog, West Side Story, Nightmare Alley, tick tick...BOOM!, and many others. Keep your podcatchers Subscribed to the channel and catch part 2 later this week where we will discuss the remaining categories including Best Director and Best Picture.Slide up with a slice of pie and a cup of coffee and talk about this year's best.For the Official Nighthawks Unofficial Oscar Ballot visit our webpage at NighthawksPodcast.com

For the latest information on current events in Ukraine, please check these trusted global news outlets: Associated Press Reuters BBC The people of the Reno Sheriff's Department, after launching their successful hit television series 19 years ago, return for a brand new feature-length adventure.Long time fans of the Reno 911! television series (Comedy Central, Quibi, Roku Channel, syndication) Matt and Trevor do a body cavity search on the 2020 feature film offering from the nearly two-decade old franchise. Directed and starring Robert Ben Garrant, Reno 911! The Hunt for Q Anon also features Thomas Lennon, Kerry Kinney-Silver, Neicy Nash, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Cedric Yarbrough, Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, Ian Roberts, Patton Oswalt, Rob Hubbel, and Rikki Lindholm.Does the Reno Sheriff's Department still have what it takes to make us laugh at inept police work? Matt and Trevor sit down in the diner to talk about that very thing and to talk about a television show that just can't be kept down.Mentioned in this episode: Trevor joins the panel at OneOfUs.net's Screener Squad podcast to talk about Reno 911! The Hunt for Q Anon

Nighthawks guest host Terry Flemings is back in the Nighthawks diner, a place that is virtual and conceptual.Speaking of jokes used on the podcast, this episode covers the latest entry in The Matrix franchise: The Matrix Resurrections from director Lana Wachowski. The franchise began with Lana and her sister, Lilly Wachowski, behind the camera for The Matrix, a watershed film in blockbusters, action films, and pop culture.After two theatrically released sequels, two video games, and "The Animatrix" (a direct-to-video animation shorts collection) carried the canon of The Matrix into the 21st Century, the franchise seemed destined to get rebooted or remade in the 2020s. Instead Lana Wachowski elects to make a direct sequel.Featuring Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprising their original roles and Jonathan Groff swinging in from his Mindhunting Hamilton career to take on the role of the iconic Agent Smith. Some things change, some things stay the same, and many things are not what they seem.Pop a red pill and step into the diner...

The boys from the Nighthawks diner take a special look at George Roy Hill's classic 1969 film Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman.This episode was originally conceived of as a pilot episode for another podcast. Unfortunately the plans for production never came to fruition, but that pilot episode is now available to our Nighthawks Podcast listeners.The Jackalope Drive-In Podcast was intended to be a region specific travel podcast that examined films relating to Wyoming through the lens of tourist destinations and attractions. In the pilot we discuss the historicity of George Roy Hill's film with the real life Butch and Sundance. Helping Matt and Trevor to parse fact from fiction is Debra Cease, Site Superintendent for the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site in Laramie, Wyoming- the only prison in history to have held Butch Cassidy.

This time around the conceptual Nighthawks Diner is represented by a middle American roadside burger joint in a small town depressed by the energy downturn. This time the Ghostbusting will take place in Oklahoma and not New York City. It's been nearly 30 years since Ghostbusters 2 graced theaters and it's been nearly 30 years in canon that the Ghostbusters have been out of the public eye. The heirs to a dilapidated farmhouse in a rural Great Plains community begin to pick across the leftovers of the Ghostbusters legacy, and in doing so uncover their own connection to the men who made it happen.The movie is plagued by a new bout of Gozerism and the boys in the Nighthawks diner are going to parse the demon dogs from the full torso apparitions and discuss if this particular special offering was worth the wait.

It was the best of Monstoberfests and it was the worst of Monstoberfests. The Nighthawks have been on an unanticipated hiatus and are back with a full episode update for you! Not only do we answer the burning question of “WTF?” we also let you in on our thoughts on some of the stuff we’ve been watching.Table of Contents below.Promoted in this episode:Children’s Hospital Colorado (click here to donate)Back from the Borderline PodcastYou’ve Never Heard This PodcastEpisode Contents: 00:00:00 – 00:02:12 Cold Open 00:02:12 – 00:08:06 Catching up with Nighthawks hosts Trevor T. Trujillo and Matt Foster 00:08:06 – 00:17:32 Marvel’s Hawkeye on Disney+ 00:17:32 – 00:25:35 Marvel’s The Eternals 00:25:35 – 00:31:03 DUNE 00:31:03 – 00:33:58 Jodorowsky’s Dune 00:33:58 – 00:38:52 Dark Star- HR Giger’s World 00:38:52 – 00:47:30 CHUCKY on SyFy 00:47:30 – 00:48:56 You’ve Never Heard This Podcast 00:48:56 – 00:53:20 Back from the Borderline Podcast 00:53:20 –  00:57:15 The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix 00:57:15 -01:09:58 8-Bit Christmas on HBOMax 01:09:58 – 01:11:06 Blooper Reel (Santa put us on the Naughty List for these brain farts)

The Nighthawks' time is nighttime, and nighttime is NOW!Welcome to:MONSTOBERFEST 2021 aka MonstoberGUESTFor this episode, writer and renaissance man podcaster, T.C. De Witt stops by the conceptual diner to discuss his contribution to the lovingly created and crowdfunded Friday the 13th Vengeance. A not-for-profit fan film that dares to build on one of the best love slasher sagas of the 20th century, and does so very well.T.C. also talks about his process and the art of writing, as Trevor and Matt slurp down pie-shakes and hurl questions.Happy Halloween Season to y'all, hope you enjoy the podcast and the film, available on Youtube.Important Links: Watch Friday the 13th Vengeance The Studio Demands It! Podcast   More about T.C. De Witt Other Episodes Referenced in This Episode: Episode 51: Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1981) Episode 88: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2008) Episode 91: Friday the 13th (2009) Episode 58: Galaxy Quest

Every sunset must have its twilight, and as Indiana Jones left into the sunset in 1989 and in the 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull we pick him up in his twilight.As easy a target as Harrison Ford's age is, 19 years after the previous entry in the franchise, the actor shows that he still has what it takes to punch fascists, quest for relics, and get into some dangerous daring do.Indy is joined by Ray Winstone as Mac, Shia Le Beouf as Mutt, Karen Allen as Marion Williams née Ravenwood, John Hurt as Harold Oxley, and Cate Blanchett as Irina Spakov. The communists are trying to round up the mortal remains of travelers extraterrestrial to Earth, which have been venerated by human cultures as gods. Indy deals with being an abandoning father, trusting the wrong people, getting blacklisted during the Red Scare, and rescuing old friends from new enemies.The fourth and final (for now) episode in our Indiana Jones special promises chills, spills, groans, eyerolls, and sighs.

The third time is the charm and we're getting the family involved.From the legendary minds of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas comes the third chapter of the Indiana Jones saga, and subsequently the third episode in the Nighthawks Indiana Jones Special!In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; our titular relic hunting archeologist is on the trail of the Christian Holy Grail with a soupçon of Arthurian Legend for flavor. The lesser-than-human Nazis are the bad guys once again and the race for one of Christianity's most sought after relics is on. Complicating things is the fact that Indy's Grail scholar father has fallen into enemy hands and it's up to him to rescue his patriarch and foil the Nazi's plan for global domination.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade stars Harrison Ford as the heroic Indiana Jones and also features Allison Doody, Denholm Elliott, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, and Sir Sean Connery.The Nighthawks go back for another helping of Jones and find that the third course may be the best? Join us at the conceptual table and decide for yourself.

The boys are back in town. The boys being The Nighthawks and that unflappable archeologist and relic hunter Indiana Jones.Tonight the boys discuss Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!In this prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, the titular Indiana Jones finds himself with Girl Friday Willie Scott and a plucky Chinese orphan as he embarks into the jungles of India in search of the lost Sankara Stones.The stones have magical properties precious to local villagers, but they are sought after by a mysterious Thugee cult that has occupied India's Pankot Palace. It's up to Indy, Willie, and Short Round to infiltrate the Temple of Doom, recover the stones, and emancipate the enslaved villager children.It's black magic and racial insensitivity from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas; in a film starring Harrison Ford, Cate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, and Amrish Puri...

For this episode, and the next several episodes, the Nighthawks Podcast embarks on a great quest that started in 1981.At the end of the 20th century, the world was introduced to a swashbuckling mid-century hero. Archeologist by day, relic-hunter and Nazi puncher by night.Harrison Ford stars as Indiana Jones whose first adventure started for the Lost Ark of the Covenant in the Steven Spielberg and George Lucas project Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's a juggernaut of a franchise that just won't die, the supporting cast features Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Paul Freeman, and Alfred Molina.Slide into the conceptual Nighthawks diner for coffee, pie, daring-do, scandalous affairs, rival polymaths, and evil Nazis.