We're discussing the late-career output of legendary director John Frankenheimer—a man whose films always looked great, even when everything else about them was bad. DEAD BANG (1989)YEAR OF THE GUN (1991)RONIN (1998)By The Suspense is Killing Us

This episode gonna be wicked pissah because we're covering the work of writer Dennis Lehane, who writes bleak crime fiction that often takes place in the Boston area. Make sure to listen while enjoying your Dunkin' and other such items! MYSTIC RIVER (2003, Clint Eastwood)GONE BABY GONE (2007, Ben Affleck)THE DROP (2014, Michaël R. Roskam)…

10-4 breaker one niner good buddies, we're hauling out a big heavy load of trucker-oriented thrillers, copy. So put the hammer down and look out for checkpoint Charlie. What? That's just how I talk. WHITE LINE FEVER (1975, Jonathan Kaplan)ROLLING VENGEANCE (1987, Steven Hilliard Stern)BLACK DOG (1998, Kevin Hooks)…

The great Jeff Bridges finally gets his own episode, and all three of the movies are about crazy conspiracies! Hopefully he'll be adhering to a strict drug regimen to keep his mind limber. WINTER KILLS (1979, William Richert)CUTTER'S WAY (1981, Ivan Passer)ARLINGTON ROAD (1999, Mark Pellington)By The Suspense is Killing Us

At long last we are tackling movies that delve into the esoterica of ancient Catholicism! That's right, we got three movies about monks, monasteries and MURDER, two of which finally stick it to the dastardly Benedictines! THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986, Jean-Jacques Annaud)THE ORDER (2003, Brian Helgeland)THE RECKONING (2004, Paul McGuigan)…

We're discussing three out of this world sci-fi cop thrillers! Well technically only one is out of this world. The other two have robot spiders and aliens, but they are, in fact, of this world. OUTLAND (1981, Peter Hyams)RUNAWAY (1984, Michael Crichton)ALIEN NATION (1988, Graham Baker)By The Suspense is Killing Us

The big banks are Big Bads in this trio of finance-based potboilers! You're about to overdraft...on death! BOILER ROOM (2000, Ben Younger)THE INTERNATIONAL (2009, Tom Tykwer)ARBITRAGE (2012, Nicholas Jarecki)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We're talking about three movies based on Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley series, in descending order of likelihood you've ever seen it! THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY (1999, Anthony Minghella)RIPLEY'S GAME (2002, Liliana Cavani)RIPLEY UNDER GROUND (2005, Roger Spottiswoode)By The Suspense is Killing Us

To analyze the work of cantankerous crime writer James Ellroy, we're discussing an award winning classic, a notorious Brian DePalma flop and also Street Kings. Whatever you desire, this episode has it! LA CONFIDENTIAL (1997, Curtis Hanson)THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006, Brian DePalma)STREET KINGS (2008, David Ayer)…

Special guest Seth Goodkind joins us to discuss the iconic Charles Bronson, specifically the time in his career when he made movies for Golan/Globus that were directed by J. Lee Thompson. It wasn't exactly the prime of his career...or was it? No.10 TO MIDNIGHT (1983, J. Lee Thompson)MURPHY'S LAW (1986, J. Lee Thompson)KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SUBJECTS (1…

We take a look at some of the, uh, lesser known output of actress/movie star Halle Berry. Hey, they can't all be GOTHIKA. RICH MAN'S WIFE (1996, Amy Holden Jones)THE CALL (2013, Brad Anderson)KIDNAP (2017, Luis Prieto)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Greetings and salutations, we're taking a look at the career of counterculture icon Christian Slater! GLEAMING THE CUBE (1989, Graeme Clifford)KUFFS (1992, Bruce A. Evans)HARD RAIN (1998, Mikael Salomon)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Baby it's cold outside! And also, baby there's a killer on the loose? We gathered close to the warmth of our televisions to watch three thrillers where more than just the weather outside is frightful. TRANSSIBERIAN (2008, Brad Anderson)WHITEOUT (2009, Dominic Sena)THE SNOWMAN (2017, Tomas Alfredson)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Get ready to experience roughy 30-35% pure adrenaline with three totally awesome extreme thrillers that totally rip off Point Break! But are you crazy enough? TERMINAL VELOCITY (1994, Deran Sarafian)DROP ZONE (1994, John Badham)EXTREME OPS (2002, Christian Duguay)By The Suspense is Killing Us

It's Burt part 2! Yes, Burt Reynolds is back and he's bringing his signature laconic charm, his signature catchphrase ("Yeah") and even his signature directorial style? Well, for one of them, yeah!SHARKY'S MACHINE (1981, Burt Reynolds)MALONE (1987, Harley Cokeliss)THE MADDENING (1995, Danny Huston)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We talk about the dizzying highs and devastating lows of our man Kurt Russell and pretty much run out of his movies in the process. We've done them all! Why else would we have 3000 Miles on here? TEQUILA SUNRISE (1988, Robert Towne)BACKDRAFT (1990, Ron Howard)3000 MILES TO GRACELAND (2001, Demian Lichtenstein)…

Sidney Lumet is one of the all time greats. He made masterpieces in every decade, going back to the early 1800s. But he also just made regular movies sometimes. We take a look at the ageing master in the final several decades of his career. THE MORNING AFTER (1986)Q & A (1990)NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN (1996)…

We're turning up the cringe factor with three movies about fishes out of water, strangers in strange lands, dumb cops forced to spend time with people different from them. What could go wrong?A STRANGER AMONG US (1992, Sidney Lumet)RISING SUN (1993, Philip Kaufman)THE KINGDOM (2007, Peter Berg)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We're dipping back in to the Willis well, with a little bit of a twist! This time it's three movies where Bruce gets to play the bad guy. Sorry not sorry, pal! MORTAL THOUGHTS (1991, Alan Rudolph)THE JACKAL (1997, Michael Caton-Jones)THE SIEGE (1998, Edward Zwick)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Hello, kiddies! It's time for our annual Spooky Season tradition of talking about movies that are thrilling in a slightly different way from our usual fare! In this case, in addition to the usual murders, now we got GHOSTS, baby! And some creepy kids. STIR OF ECHOES (1999, David Koepp)THE SIXTH SENSE (1999, M Night Shyamalan)THE RING (2002, Gore Ve…

Scott Frank is a talented, Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter with a distinctive career and many worthwhile credits. But mainly we just wanted to do Out of Sight. A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (2014, Scott Frank)THE LOOKOUT (2007, Scott Frank)OUT OF SIGHT (1998, Steven Soderbergh)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We pay homage to the New Hollywood master of grit and grime, the great William Friedkin. A guy who loved movies, hurting his actors and just asking questions. CRUISING (1980)TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985)RAMPAGE (1987)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Mike check one two three! That's right, we're talking about The Fallens, featuring the manliest, violentest, thirstiest hero ever to save the world three times: MIKE BANNING! As Mike himself would say: FUCK! OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (2013, Antoine Fuqua)LONDON HAS FALLEN (2016, Babak Najafi)ANGEL HAS FALLEN (2019, Ric Roman Waugh)…

We're taking on three movies about spy craft, international intrigue and the murky doings of the CIA. Pretty compelling stuff, right? You'd think so!BAD COMPANY (2002, Joel Schumacher)BODY OF LIES (2008, Ridley Scott)SAFE HOUSE (2012, Daniel Espinosa)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We're putting the SYSTEM on trial with this episode. And in this case the system is found GUILTY of driving decent men to take hospitals hostage, break their wives out of prison and construct deadly kill bots to take out City Hall. JOHN Q (2002, Nick Cassavetes)LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (2009, F. Gary Gray)THE NEXT THREE DAYS (2010, Paul Haggis)…

It’s a SIKU job fair as we take a look at three (fairly insane) movies about occupations! THE PAPERBOY (2012, Lee Daniels)THE COUNSELOR (2013, Ridley Scott)THE ACCOUNTANT (2016, Gavins O'Connor)By The Suspense is Killing Us

In which we explore some "white people get trapped in the inner city" films, a purely fun and innocent genre with zero problematic undertones! ENEMY TERRITORY (1987, Peter Manoogian)TRESPASS (1992, Walter Hill)JUDGEMENT NIGHT (1993, Stephen Hopkins)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We heard somewhere that relationships based on intense experiences never last. But on the flip side, if an intense experience happens to an estranged married couple, it brings them back together! It's just science. COLD CREEK MANOR (2003, Mike Figgis)VACANCY (2007, Nimrod Antal)TRESPASS (2011, Joel Schumacher)…

We go back to the mediocre serial killer well, with three more movies about psychos that just can't thrill us with their acumen. But we get our first (and last) appearance of Dane Cook on the podcast, so that's something?SUSPECT ZERO (2004, E. Elias Merge)TAKING LIVES (2004, DJ Caruso)MR. BROOKS (2007, Bruce A. Evans)…

We're mixing things up, taking on a "classic" 90's cable TV softcore franchise and seeing if there's any value beyond the boobies. In this (perhaps only?) installment we're talking about an odd series starring Tanya Roberts, Shannon Tweed and future super producer Andrew Stevens. We hope you can take the HEAT!…

Renowned Seagalogist VERN drops by to talk us through the career of one Steven Seagal: actor, martial artist, former CIA operative, blues master, Russian diplomat, pathological liar and all around singular human being. And you can take that to the bank! HARD TO KILL (1990, Bruce Malmuth)THE GLIMMER MAN (1996, John Gray)BELLY OF THE BEAST (2003, Siu…

We're celebrating Mother's Day the only way we know how: by watching three middle-to-low brow thrillers in which legendary actresses play psychotic moms! It's better than breakfast in bed! MOTHER'S BOYS (1993, Yves Simoneau)HUSH (1998, Jonathan Darby)MOTHER'S DAY (2010, Darren Lynn Bousman)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Wherein we ask the important question: is Ewan McGregor good? Is he maybe, just maybe, actually kinda bad? You'll have to listen to the entire episode to hear our stunning conclusions!DECEPTION (2008, Marcel Langenegger)STAY (2005, Marc Forster)EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (1999, Stephan Elliott)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Break out the Dunkin' and smokes, we're getting wicked pisser with three thrillers from everyone's 6th or 7th favorite Batman, Ben Affleck! We swear it'll be the best part of your day! CHANGING LANES (2002, Roger Michell)GONE GIRL (2014, David Fincher)DEEP WATER (2022, Adrian Lyne)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We're devoting this whole episode to the mid-career downturn of one Burt Reynolds, famed mega-star, nude pinup and mustache-haver. Yes, we're killing three Burts with one stone, so to speak. HEAT (1986, Dick Richards)RENT A COP (1987, Jerry London)PHYSICAL EVIDENCE (1989, Michael Crichton!)By The Suspense is Killing Us

You've seen all the "famous" and "popular" buddy cop movies, so why not take the road less travelled, with these three second-tier team-ups that put the "WHOA" in duo! SHAKEDOWN (1988, James Glickenhaus)RENEGADES (1989, Jack Sholder)DOWNTOWN (1990, Richard Benjamin)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We hope there are no OBJECTIONS to us discussing three movies about the law and courts and judges and such. But if you don't like it, SUE us! Okay, that's all the law words we know. RUNAWAY JURY (2003, Gary Fleder)BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (2009, Peter Hyams)THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2011, Bret Furman)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We chose to waive our right to remain silent because we wanted to talk about these three movies about crooked cops and filthy streets. It might get gritty! TRAINING DAY (2001, Antoine Fuqua)NARC (2002, Joe Carnahan)DARK BLUE (2002, Ron Shelton)By The Suspense is Killing Us

We've got a FEVER. And the only PRESCRIPTION are these three *incredibly* varied Christopher Walken movies. And now...little man...we give the podcast to you. AT CLOSE RANGE (1986, James Foley)MCBAIN (1991, James Glickenhaus)WILD SIDE (1995, Donald Cammell)By The Suspense is Killing Us

You thought the kiss of death was bad news, you should try these movies! The whole trio is out of order! Say hello to my little three terrible movies starring Al Pacino! Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown! THE RECRUIT (2003, Roger Donaldson)88 MINUTES (2007, Jon Avnet)RIGHTEOUS KILL (2008, also Jon Avnet)…

Your number is up, because we're talking about three (dumb) thrillers that have the word "number" in the title! Mostly they're not really about numbers at all, but one of the movies is literally about a killer number. Try to guess which one! We'll give you twenty three guesses. MURDER BY NUMBERS (2002, Barbet Schroeder)LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN (2006, Pa…

The heat is on! We're talking all things Beverly Hills Cop: the good, the crazy and the completely worthless. It's better than a banana in the tailpipe! BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984, Martin Brest)BEVERLY HILLS COP 2 (1987, Tony Scott)BEVERLY HILLS COP 3 (1994, John Landis)By The Suspense is Killing Us

TONYVEMBER comes to a triumphant conclusion as we discuss some of the maestro's work from the aughts. You think God will forgive us for what we've done?SPY GAME (2001)MAN ON FIRE (2004)DEJA VU (2006)By The Suspense is Killing Us

TONYVEMBER BEGINS! Tony Scott and the nineties went together like bangers and mash, which we can only assume Mr. Scott enjoyed. We explore three violent, flashy 90's classics in which he continued to forge his trademark style. REVENGE (1990)THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991)ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Just in time for two days after Halloween, here are three movies about Satan's monkeyshines at the end of the previous millennium. The late 90's were a pretty productive time for Old Scratch!STIGMATA (1999, Rupert Wainwright)END OF DAYS (1999, Peter Hyams)LOST SOULS (2000, Janusz Kaminski)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Hope you're hungry! We ring in Spooky Season with a trio of Thomas Harris also-rans that are only suitable for a well-scrubbed rube. Okey dokey! HANNIBAL (2001, Ridley Scott)RED DRAGON (2002, Brett Ratner)HANNIBAL RISING (2007, Peter Webber)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Celebrating the work of the recently departed Wolfgang Petersen, who had an amazing career, punctuated by a string of huge hits in the 90's. What was the secret to his populist magic? How was he able to create a body of work so perfectly tailored for dads? IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993)OUTBREAK (1995)AIR FORCE ONE (1997)…

We celebrate Long Island's most prestigious acting family with a trio of movies showcasing Alec (the talented one), Billy (the hot one) and Stephen (one of the other ones). THE GETAWAY (1994, Roger Donaldson)FAIR GAME (1995, Andrew Sipes)FLED (1996, Kevin Hooks)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Are you READY to get BLAND and MIDDLEBROW? That's right, it's a celebration of the valiantly mediocre captain of conventionality, DAVID KOEPP! He's more than just the guy who wrote Jurassic Park!THE TRIGGER EFFECT (1996)SECRET WINDOW (2004)PREMIUM RUSH (2012)By The Suspense is Killing Us

Bad houses with creepy people in them are no match for plucky blonde teens! Watch out, ya lousy houses!GLASS HOUSE (2001, Daniel Sackheim)THE QUIET (2005, Jamie Babbit)HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET (2012, Mark Tonderai)By The Suspense is Killing Us