This week, we wrap up our Halloween season of comparing original/remake horror films with a look at Salem's Lot, both the original 1979 TV mini-series and the new version that Warner Brothers just dropped, recently on HBO Max. Listen in, and find out what we thought.By Three Geeky Dads

Last week, we were not only fortunate enough to be in New York City for Comic Con but we were joined by our podcast brothers-in-arms, Christopher and Tristan Ham of the Get Your Shinebox podcast! While we were all together, we thought it would be a good idea to record an episode and that's just what we did. So, after a few long days at Comic Con an…

Tonight, we're going to be looking in the mirror and saying "Candyman" 5 times because, this week we're looking at Candyman. The 1992 horror classic starring Tony Todd and also the 2021 remake/reboot/sequel starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen. Listen in and find out what we thought.By Three Geeky Dads

Beware of The Blob, it creeps And leaps and glides and slides Across the floor Right through the door And all around the wall A splotch, a blotch Be careful of The Blob! So warns the theme song to the 1958 original film, The Blob, starring Steve McQueen...and the same can be said of the 1988 remake starring Shawnee Smith and Kevin Dillon. Tonight, …

Tonight, it's the battle royale no one asked for as we pit Killer Tomatoes against Killer Klowns to see which cult horror comedy comes out on top!By Three Geeky Dads

This week, we're taking a look at Longlegs. FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer who calls himself "Longlegs" (played by Nicholas Cage). As the case takes many complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and now she…

HAMMER has a brand new film out and as it just so happens, we love us some HAMMER so we decided to check out 2024's Doctor Jekyll, starring Eddie Izzard as the titular tortured doctor with a dark secret. Tune in and find out what we all thought of it.By Three Geeky Dads

It's September and Halloween is one month away so, it's the perfect time to start looking back at some of our favorite HAMMER films. This week, we're taking a look at Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. This 1968 Hammer Dracula sequel again stars Christopher Lee as Dracula, Rupert Davies as the Monsignor, Veronica Carlson as his niece, Maria. In the …

So last week, we had the pleasure of being invited back, by friend of the show Josh Dahlin, to record at his 2nd annual Dark Arts Festival. We had a blast there, talking to, and interviewing Nick and Matt, the creative team behind the independent horror film, Curse of the Were-beard. We also talked again with our friend Harley Bean of Rhode Island'…

This week, we bring you our look at the hit MCU movie, Deadpool & Wolverine! Yes, you read that correctly, Deadpool and Wolverine are now part of the Disney/MCU family. And while you may think that this movie takes a big old dump all over their former FOX masters, you're mistaken...it's actually a love-letter to the FOX films of the past while maki…

Hey dear listeners, we're back from our summer break and we had a lot to talk about. We get caught up on what we've been doing while away from the mics this past month, where we've been and what we've watched. Most importantly, we're also joined by our good friend, Josh Dahlin who brought to us the latest independent horror film he had a hand in ma…

This week (by request) we will be taking a look at Uncle Buck, the John Hughes directed comedy from 1989 is about a laid back, unemployed bachelor named Buck who is forced to babysit his brother's 3 kids after a family emergency pulls their parents out of town. He wasn’t their first choice to watch over the kids but, with a little bit of luck and a…

Listen up, Bub! This week, we're taking a look at the new Disney+ animated series, X-Men '97. It is a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997), continuing the story of Marvel's mutant X-Men who face new challenges following the loss of their leader, Professor X. What did we all think? You won't need Cerebro to read out minds...just tune in…

This week we take a look at the hit film, Godzilla Minus One. The movie is set in the waning days of WWII and tells the story of Shikishima, a surviving Kamikaze pilot, who was attacked on Odo Island, along with a company of fighter plane mechanics, by a gargantuan monster. After the mechanics die because of Shikishima failing to shoot the monster,…

This week we have a new episode where we take a look at the new hit horror film, Late Night With The Devil! The movie is shot documentary style and tells the story of Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) who hosts a syndicated talk show 'Night Owls' that has been perpetually trailing Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show' in the ratings. A year after the tragi…

This week, we return to the wastelands with a look at the new film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga! Again, written and directed by visual genius, George Miller, it tells the back story of young Furiosa and how she was snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and fell into the hands of the Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the …

This week, we conclude our series of 4's (where we take a look at the, usually bad, 4th entry in a film franchise!) However, this week we bring you another good one! This week, we brave the post-apocalyptic wastelands as we venture through 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road! This film, directed by the genius, George Miller, tells the tale of Imperitor Furio…

This week we have a new episode, the latest in our annual series where we take a look at the (usually bad) 4th entry in a film franchise! This week, however, is different, for this time we're looking at John Wick: Chapter 4!By Three Geeky Dads

Hey now, we have a new episode coming your way, this week we are going to take a look at Expendables 4...it's the latest movie in the franchise that features half of the original cast, half the action and (apparently) half the effects budget as well. It also asks the question, "Why the hell didn't they stop after the 3rd one?"…

We have a special Escape Pod episode for you all...it also happens to be our 250th episode!!! Quinn, geek-dad Brien's daughter, really wanted to get behind the mic and talk all about her new, favorite movie, Lisa Frankenstein! It's the story of a misunderstood teenager (Kathryn Newton) and a reanimated corpse (Cole Sprouse) as they embark on a murd…

This week, we're kicking off our annual "series of 4s" where, in honor of May the 4th, we take a look at the (usually bad) 4th entry in a film franchise. This week, we're looking at yet another of SONY's abysmal attempts to hang on to their Spider-Man rights by giving us, yet another Spider-Man villain film that does not feature Spider-Man (after V…

Ok...this week, we wrap up the month of April (and our April fools series of episodes) with a look at a film that features Captain America and Spider-man on opposing sides...if you're thinking of Marvel's Civil War, you're mistaken because, this week, we have a real treat! Friend of the show, Josh Gravel, brings to us a film we've only heard rumors…

It's another week in April so that means that we may or may not be looking at Romancing the Stone. What we can tell you is that it's a movie about a couple of people trying to track down an ancient treasure. What did we really watch? Listen in and find out!!!By Three Geeky Dads

OK...April Fool's month continues as we take a look at Bruce Lee's Enter The Dragon...or do we? By now, you should know the drill. Tune in to find out what movie we're REALLY talking about!By Three Geeky Dads

This week we're taking a look at a classic movie where a man has to make some tough life choices. The fact is, in order to be truly happy, he resorts to dressing as a woman...secrets and lies keep piling up and his life begins to spin out of control...when his secret is revealed at the end, will the people he loves still accept him? Find out what w…

We have a new ESCAP3 POD episode for you to enjoy! Marc and Dean return (after a long absence) to the screening room to bring you another double-feature of horror highlights! This time they're talking up werewolves as they bring you In the Company of Wolves and Late Phases! Listen in and find out what they thought of these two hair-raising howlers!…

In this episode, we wrap up our In The March Of Madness series with a look at Donnie Darko, the 2001 film starring Jake Gyllenhall as the troubled Donnie who has visions of a large hideous bunny rabbit named Frank who informs him that the world will end in 28 days. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys Donnie’s bedroom, the accident seems t…

This week, we continue our In The March Of Madness series with a look at the 2000 horror/comedy film, American Psycho. It tells the story of Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), a young, wealthy, New York investment banking executive who tries to hide his murderous, psychopathic tendencies from his friends and co-workers. What did we all think? Tune i…

In the March of Madness month continues as, this week, we take a look at 1989's The Burbs. It tells the story of Ray (Tom Hanks) who just wants to spend his week off from work just hanging around the house, doing nothing. However, after one of his neighbors goes missing, the other neighbors on the street begin to suspect the Klopeks, a strange fami…

In the March of Madness continues as, this week, we're taking a look at Universal Studio's malevolent, maniacal monster...The Invisible Man. After Dr. Jack Griffin discovers a way to turn himself invisible, he runs off to a small isolated English village to find a quiet place to conduct his research into finding a way back to normal. But, he soon f…

"We all go a little mad sometimes..." Truer words were never spoken and with that chilling line, delivered with icy coolness by Norman Bates, we kick off this year's IN THE MARCH OF MADNESS series with, non other than, Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece, PSYCHO!By Three Geeky Dads

This week, we're taking a look at Ridley Scott's groundbreaking, visually striking 1982 movie, Blade Runner. It tells the story of a retired cop, Rick Deckerd, who happens to be a former BLADE RUNNER, a specially trained breed of cop whose sole duty is to hunt down “replicants”, artificial beings created for hard labor off-world. Replicants are not…

Tonight, we bring your the next episode in our Futuristic February series where we take a look at Terry Gilliam's 1984 film, Brazil. The film tells the story of Sam Lowry, an overworked technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. Sam dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureau…

The next in our Futuristic February series is here. This time we take a look at the 1999 film, The Thirteenth Floor. In the film, Douglas Hall awakens to discover a bloody shirt in his house and that his boss, friend and mentor was murdered the night before. Did he do it? Why can't he remember? The Thirteenth Floor is a sci-fi thriller that explore…

To kick off sci-fi February, we're taking a look at Alex Proyas' 1998 neo-noir/sci-fi/detective film, Dark City. Starring Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connolly, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland and Richard O'Brien, the movie follows John Murdoch as he awakens to find he is wanted for a series of brutal murders. The only problem is that he can't remember a…

The year is 2024... That opening statement is pretty much the only thing that the film, Highland 2 got right. For, what happens when a sequel totally ignores the rules the first film established? What happens when the film's backers get rid of the director and edit the film without his input? What happens when pretty much everyone involved, includi…

This week, we're taking on the new Disney+ series, ECHO. The first of the new Marvel Spotlight shows to air on the streaming service, Echo continues the story of Maya Lopez, that began in 2022's Hawkeye series, as she reconnects with her Native American roots while making tough choices about leaving her past with the Kingpin behind and moving forwa…

Zack Snyder is back with his latest movie made exclusively for NETFLIX. The story goes that, back in the day, ol' Zack wanted to play in Lucasfilm's sandbox but they said "No!" so, Zack picked up his action figures (characters with names like Bloodaxe and Nemesis), went home and said "I'm gonna make my own Star Wars but with hookers and blackjack!"…

What a year this week has been! We're now a full week into 2024...yes, a new year is, once again upon us and that means it's time for looking back at the year that was...the good, the bad and everything in-between! We're dedicating our first episode of the new year to talk about what we liked and what we didn't like about what 2023 gave us the form…

We have a new holiday special! It's our own version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! Written by our own Marc Macrina (Marc also performs the role of Donner and Jack-Nicholson-in-the box) and starring Derek R as Rudolph and Christopher Walken, Brien R as Santa and Yukon Cornelius, Tito R as Fireball and Corey Feldman (NOT starring Chris R, despite…

This week, as Christmas fast approaches, we bring you a new ESCAPE POD episode. Marc & Dean invite Brien to tag along as they take a look at some of their favorite Christmas horror movies!By Three Geeky Dads

Back in 2018 when Marc asked his friend Brien what he knew about starting a podcast, did he realize that this little "hobby" would be going strong five years later? Who can say?!? What we do know, though, is that it's been a hilarious, wild and fun ride. For, what started out as 3 guys huddled around a single mic soon evolved into 4 guys, many, MAN…

Tonight friend of the show, frequent guest and all-around great guy, Josh Dahlin stops by to talk about a little movie he was lucky enough to be a part of...TROMA'S Curse Of The Weredeer! The film has not yet been released to the public but, Josh was kind enough to provide us with a screener of the film. Lisent in and find out what we all though of…

In this episode, we take a look at the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem movie! The mutated, sewer-dwelling, pizza-munching, bad guy-punching teen heroes are voiced (for the first time) by actual teen voice actors but they are not alone for they're supported by a veritable who's who of Hollywood's hottest to save New York city from Su…

Halloween and traditions go together like tricks and treats...what do we mean by that? Well, we Geeky Dads have a halloween tradition where we like to watch the movies of the Halloween franchise while commenting on them. So, join us in the screening room...listen along or, better yet, watch along with us as, this year, we take on Michael Myers agai…

To wrap up our month long look at Hammer films and "slashers", we thought it would be fun to look at a film that showcases what could be America's first slasher...the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow in Tim Burton's 1999 film, Sleepy Hollow, which in itself, is his love-letter to the Hammer films of old which Burton loved! Listen in and find out …

On this week's episode we reminisce about our recent trip to New York for NYCC 23 before we get into the meat of the episode...a look at the new Amazon Original Blumhouse production, Totally Killer...about the infamous "Sweet Sixteen Killer" returning 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, but 17-year-old Jamie travels back …

This week, as we get closer to Halloween, we thought we'd take a look at slasher movies. We talk about the good, the bad and the gory things that make a slasher film a slasher film! What do we like about slashers, what don't we like about them and what we think makes slasher films so popular year after year after year. Listen in and find out what w…

Our HAMMER Halloween series continues as friend of the show and frequent guest, Dean Calusdian joins us to talk about Dracula: Prince of Darkness! The 1966 HAMMER Dracula sequel finds four British tourists who, despite the warnings of others, do not steer clear of Castle Dracula and soon find themselves the victims of the recently resurrected count…

In our latest episode, your Geeky Dads begin our annual dive into the wonderful world of Hammer Horror! We kick it off with a look at the 1971 take on the old Jekyll and Hyde story...this time, Doctor Jekyll's formula transforms him into a murderous female! Listen in and find out what we thought!By Three Geekys Dads