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The Carpenter Queens

Nickolas Ruiz & Raymond Rodriguez

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Welcome to your favorite video rental spot! Here at TCQ Video, our star employee's Nick and Raymond record "live" to discuss all things campy, gay, and horror related! These two queens break down production history and story beats all while toking up and having some fun! Come on down and check out our weekly rentals for only 69 cents a day!
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SURPRISE SIDNEY! We decided to throw away the schedule to talk all about the newest edition of one our favorite franchises! Be warned! This is nothing but spoiler filled and we NEED to TALK about IT! Join us as we go to TCQ Movie Theater as we discuss this vicious, bloody, meta-good time! ----------- Keep up with the queens!: INSTA https://www.inst…
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Oh my god Jackie you can't just ask people what's wrong with their face... Kicking off our "Scream-akes: The Requel" themed month is. A. DOZY. Nick and Raymond discuss the remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" from 2010! They discuss the gloriously bad CGI, Jackie Earle Haley voice choices, and Rooney Mara questioning her acting career! It is a won…
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Thank you for your patience and understanding as we had to take some time off away from the store...but without further ado... HELLO QUEERDOS! We have missed you all and are ecstatic that we are BACK once again! We have a "lost tape" that was meant to be released back in October of 2022. Here it is in all of its glory as we discuss the absolutely t…
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Continuing our "ICONS" month with a trip to the wedding chapel! This week Nick and Raymond discuss the hilariously wild sequel to the "Child's Play" franchise! We are talking, "Bride of Chuck" from 1998! Jennifer Tilly, meta-humor, superb voice acting, horrible teen leads...and what everyone has been waiting for...PUPPET SEX! You won't want to miss…
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It is the BEST time of the year Queerdos! Halloween! What better way to kick off our themed month of "ICONS" than with the original 1978 classic, "Halloween"! *que lightning and thuder* Nick and Raymond are beyond elated to talk about our true love, our ultimate spooky month flick! We gush about John Carpenter, Debra Hill, and of course... the ulti…
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It's time to call the corners everyone... Closing out our "Back to School" month of September is the ULTIMATE witchy goth dream! This week Nick & Raymond discuss the 1996 classic, "The Craft"! Much to talk about from the fashion, the memorable dialogue, the core cast of actresses, AND Ray talks about their connection to Nancy! Keep up with the quee…
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After taking a week off, we are BACK! It's time to get ready for rush week! We are talking the offensive, yet very hilarious, Sorority Row from 2006! Much to discuss sisters as we dissect the film not many remember from the early 00's! Raymond discovers the film for the first time, Nick quotes almost the whole movie, and the lasting impression of 0…
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Welcome back students to a brand new month! The bell has rung on our theme of "Back to School" as we discuss the 90's meta-teen-sci-fi-flick, "The Faculty" from 1998! There is much to discuss! From Kevin Williamson's take on alien invaders, the hot young and STAR STUDDED cast, and the 90's time capsule love of it all! Keep up with the queens!: INST…
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Closing out our themed month of "Third Times the Charm" is a dreamscape run by an infamous villain! Our last in our line-up is "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors"! Nick and Raymond are stoked to talk 80's insane practical special effects, a very charming core cast of victims, the incomparable Robert Englund, and the surprising connection …
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Welcome back to TCQ Video! Do we have a doozy of a film for you this week! Our "Third Times the Charm" theme is bringing us on a terrifying ride to our deaths! Nick and Raymond talk all about "Final Destination 3"! They discuss their favorite queen of the earlly 2000s, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the deliciously gory-over-the-top-kills, their fear of …
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Welcome back to the store and WELCOME to SEASON 3!!! Nick and Raymond, your favorite VHS store employees, are kicking their third season off with the third in the Scream franchise! The queers are heading to Hollywood to act in the newest Stab film! Along the way they'll talk production on the hectic Scream set, the ever changing script, and their t…
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Welcome back our lovely queeridos! Before we say goodbye for the season... Let us celebrate our favorite TOPS and BOTTOMS of season 2! Not to mention our first real ranking episode of one of our favorite horror franchises...SCREAM! We will be ranking the Scream franchise as our send off episode! We will be taking a break from the store for the summ…
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Our last flick of our themed month, April Fools', AND our last flick of season 2! How else do we conclude a wild, insane, and spooky stupid season? By talking one of horror comedies BEST. Coming from across the pond is Edgar Wright's 2004 smash hit, "Shaun of the Dead"! Much to discuss, much to laugh at, and a wonderful cap to a wonderful season. T…
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The next stop in our April Fools’ Month is a visit from the frightfully hilarious Mistress herself… We discuss the wonderful, the spooky, the icon, "Elvira Mistress of the Dark" from 1988! So much to talk about, the looks, the jokes, the puns, the body, the endless supply of top notch 80's camp! Sit back, pop in the VHS copy, smoke a bowl and enjoy…
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Hello stoner fans! To celebrate our second annual 420 episode, we have invited our fellow stoney friends to compete in a scorching set of games! We compete in the very first Stoner Olympics! Three teams participate in stoner trivia, horror trivia, bong rips, and we get to know our lovely guests a bit better! It's a highly hilarious and fantastic ep…
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It's April Fools' month at TCQ Video and we are celebrating with killer horror comedies! Switching us off is the hilarious Christopher Landon slasher, "Freaky"! Nick and Ray talk the meta-ness of it all, if they are attracted to Vince Vaughn, the echoing noise of dick slapping, and why this film kind of fell under the radar! Sit back, pop in the VH…
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Your seven days are up and it's time for our last week in our "Scream-akes" month! Nick and Raymond venture into the wet and wild well of 2002's "The Ring"! Much to discuss! The eerie and gloomy vibes, Naomi Watts screaming, and how this remake fits into our love for the Remake Renaissance! Sit back, pop in the VHS copy, smoke a bowl and enjoy the …
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It's time to get groovy and talk one of our favorite remakes! This week's trek in our "Scream-akes" month is into the cabin to talk all about "Evil Dead" from 2013! Gory limbs, possessions, foul mouthed demons, and a truly bloody good time is discussed this week! Sit back, pop in the VHS copy, smoke a bowl and enjoy the show! ————— TCQ VIDEO, What …
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Put on your spectral glasses and join your ghostly guides as we talk our next step in our "Scream-akes" Month! This week's recommended rental is 2001's "Thir13en Ghosts"! And boy oh boy is it a doozy! We talk Mathew Lillard's spit takes, the EXCELLENT ghost designs, only being able to see Tony Shalhoub as Monk, and if this movie is as good as we re…
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Welcome to the stage.....THE TEXAS CHAINSAW DRAG BRUNCH! This week's trek in our "Scream-akes" month is in the demented and brutal remake of a horror classic! "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" from 2003! Joining us talk a heavy weight remake is a very special guest joining us once again... Oombi Flores! We talk the hottest damn cast, Jessica Biel screa…
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The theme this month is "SCREAMAKES!" It's a month to celebrate, what we like to call, the Remake Renaissance of the early 2000s! Kicking us off is the moody teen horror slasher all dressed up in Juicy Couture tracksuits... "House of Wax"! We talk all about the Paris Hilton starring remake! The full behind the scenes on set drama, the surprisingly …
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This week is our very first LISTENER PICKED EPISODE! You all have spoken and we have answered! We are talking about the extremely divisive and strange, James Wan’s “Malignant”! It’s all on the table, the twists and turns, the acting, the style, and of course…GABRIEL! Sit back, pop in the VHS copy, smoke a bowl and enjoy the show! ————— TCQ VIDEO, W…
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It's time for a science experiment gone to hell! *cue lightning and thunder*This week's recommended rental is an 80's body horror classic! Nick and Raymond are talking David Cronenberg's "The Fly"! They discuss and worship at the altar of Geena Davis and, of course, drool over the incredibly sexy Jeff Goldblum! Break down the themes of aging, AIDs,…
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Ready for a modern day slasher with some bite? Kicking off our second week in our "February Free-For-All" month is Adam Wingard's "You're Next"! Raymond and Nick have much to say about the black comedy horror romp! From world's worst in-laws, to brutal kills, and one of the best Final Girls to grace our screens in quite some time! Sit back, pop in …
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This week, we are celebrating our 1 year anniversary as a show! (Yay!) In order to say thank you to our listeners and as a way to mark the occasion, we feature listener submissions, some classic bloopers, and discuss our TOP's and BOTTOM's in our FIRST ranking segment! Help Nick and Ray remember their first year as a show! ------- We want to give a…
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In our last week of January, we dive right back into the filmography of our one and only...John Carpenter! (duh.) We wear our sunglasses at night, discover the alien overlords and talk all about the insane action from 1988's "They Live"! Nick and Raymond discuss their absolute lustful feelings for Roddy Piper, the films not so subtle feelings towar…
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It's Raymond's birthday so you know what that means! Time to go-go not cry-cry in this week's recommended rental! To celebrate one of our star employee's, Raymond has picked 2007's pulp-filled-action-packed-flick, "Planet Terror"! Nick and Raymond are beyond excited to talk about one of their favorite directors, Robert Rodriguez, discuss the bloody…
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It is the end of the holiday season and the end of our Slay Bells month! We are ringing in the end of the year with our last film of 2021! It is time to talk the return of our queen Toni Collette in 2015's "Krampus"! It's time to get merry and have a holiday ball with one of our absolute personal favs! Thank you for listening to us this year Queeri…
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Bat Nipples. Need we say more? This week we celebrate the greatest of holidays...NICK'S BIRTHDAY! In order to enjoy the merriest of birthdays, we asked the listeners to pick from Nick's top choices and you all chose.. The caped crusader's ultimate adventure into the campy, the bizarre, THE QUEER, "BATMAN & ROBIN"! from 1997! Oh boy, oh boy! Ray and…
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This week's celebration for the holiday's we are joined by two extremely wonderful guests! Picking up a shift at TCQ Video is the one and only, The Horror Bandwagon! Sergio and Cody help the queens with a wonderful holiday edition of, "Would You Rather?" and truly breakdown the WILD, insane, Weinstein field remake from 2006! We talk all about 2006'…
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Hello Queeridos! Our second week in our "Slay Bells" month continues with a divisive Christmas Horror Flick with an edge! We are talking all about 2017's "Better Watch Out"! A vicious indie that has Nick and Raymond split about their feelings! They discuss the Australian-American production, the wild doorknobs on set, tonal shifts and if this 'horr…
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Happy Holiday's Queeridos! We are kicking off a new themed month with the chaotic and cheerful holiday classic, "Gremlins" from 1984! The queens gather round the roaring fire to talk their favorite sub-genre...HOLIDAY HORROR! Our new themed month, Slay Bells, starts off with a childhood classic for Nick and Raymond! They do their best Gremlin impre…
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It is finally time to end this hangover with a cult classic! Ending our "Halloween Hangover" month, is the child killing, Daddy Tom Atkins staring, insane trip in a franchise that is...."Halloween III: Season of the Witch"! We talk stellar practical special effects, our deep love (and lust) for Tom Atkins, the highs and lows of one of our favorite …
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Picking up a shift at TCQ Video are the lovely ladies of Destination 180 this week! They're dropping by the store to help with our "Halloween Hangover" themed month and to talk a legendary Disney Channel Original movie! We are all talking... "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge!" from 2001! While talking the super nostalgic tween film; we play a hi…
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Welcome back, Queeridos! It's the season of the witch B*TCH! and we are telling our favorite scary stories! This week in our Halloween Hangover month, we venture into a highly anticipated film adaptation! We are talking André Øvredal's gateway horror flick, "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" from 2019! Nick and Raymond discuss their first memories…
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Welcome to TCQ Video Store! Kicking off the month of November is our very first trek into the dividing genre of found footage AND our first time talking about an anthology flick! We are talking 2012's "V/H/S"! The cult classic film divides Nick and Raymond on the genre of found footage and they also talk the films depiction of male nudity in contra…
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Want a sneak peek into the horror-stoner-love fest that is "The Carpenter Queens"? Well look no further! Subscribe to become a TCQ Video Member! Our star employee's Nick and Raymond, talk the best and worst that horror has to offer! Join our weekly stoner fest as we discuss our recommended rentals! Sit back, pop in the VHS copy, smoke a bowl and en…
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This week's recommended rental closes out our Halloween Whore-ers month! We check out the very 90's "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later"! Your favorite rental store employees, Nick and Raymond, talk about their boy Michael Myers one last time with his family reunion in sunny California! They talk all things production hell, on set injuries, mask debacle…
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What better way to celebrate the best season of them all than with a cross-over event with the one and only, FEAR THE TALKING QUEERS!?! Jake and Frankie visit our store to help us discuss our very FIRST trek into Haddonfield, Illinois! They join us to discuss Michael's mask, the messy Halloween franchise timelines Jamie Lee Curtis at her best, and …
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Make tonight a horror night and come on down to TCQ Video Store! For this week's recommended rental we have the gruesome and menacing "House of 1000 Corpses"! Your favorite video store employee's dive deep into Rob Zombie's directorial debut! We talk about styling choices, the INSANE script, Raymond's unfortunate incident at Halloween Horror Nights…
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Welcome BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, again our lovely queeridos! Your favorite video store employee's are starting a new season! New season, new look, new style, who this? Starting off our sophomore season, is the highly anticipated sequel to the 1996 sleeper hit... "Scream 2" directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson! This is the third tim…
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Welcome back to TCQ Video! Before we close up shop for the season, The Carpenter Queens are hosting a Final Girl show down! Nick and Raymond have compiled the Final Girls from every film they've covered over Season One and are trying to find out who will be the Ultimate Scream Queen for their freshmen season! Join in as they reminisce on their firs…
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It's time to ki-ki-ki-ma-ma-ma.... Welcome to our final film of season one! The Carpenter Queens are so stoked to visit one of horror's favorite flicks, all told through a shiny new lens! The Queens are talking the polarizing remake that is 2009's "Friday the 13th"!!! For our final film, your favorite TCQ Video employee's talk all things the bigger…
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Join us MICHAEL! This week's Summer Getaway is to the sunny "Murder Capital of the World" in Santa Carla! We venture to the boardwalk to talk all things sexy-goth-vamp boys in Joel Schumacher's "The Lost Boys" from 1987! The Carpenter Queens talk peak 80s fashion and music, excellently sleek SPFX, wonderful one-liners, and the whole cast that could…
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Welcome Queeridos to a tropical island getaway! We've set our sights for Isla Nublar and we plan on learning a thing or two about DINOS! This week's rental is Steven Spielberg's classic, "Jurassic Park" (1993)! We unearth our favorite childhood film to discuss this horror gate-way movie! While talking the 3-year production of the film, we also disc…
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Creature designs, meta-reference after reference after reference, and Sigourney F**KING Weaver! Need we say more? The Carpenter Queens start off our month long vacation by getting away from it all and locking ourselves up in....Drew Goddard's "The Cabin in the Woods" from 2012! For our first trip in our "Summer Getaways" month, we party it up in a …
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It's time to finish out our "Summer Blockbusters" Month with a dip in Amity Islands infamous waters! We are talking the monster of all films! Steven Spielberg's smash hit, "JAWS"! The very first summer blockbuster! This week Nick and Raymond discuss this infamously bad production history, Bruce the shark causing tension on set, Nick's infatuation w…
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ARE YOU REAAAADYY TO RUMMMMBBBLE?! The Carpenter Queens are hosting the ultimate horror fight night event! We are talking the bloody, the absurd, the weirdly homophobic, and the offensive "Freddy Vs. Jason"! Everyone's favorite horror icons go head-to-head in 2003's horror blockbuster! Of course, we discuss the development hell in order for this fi…
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Are you ready to explore the world of the queer and the paranormal? This week's rental is 2013's massive summer hit, "The Conjuring" Staring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson! Our "Summer Blockbuster" month continues as Nick and Raymond discuss all things that go bump in the night for the Perron family! We talk fears of Catholicism, the need for tigh…
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Welcome back to your favorite local video store! A new month, means a new theme! The queens head to Derry, Maine to start off our "Summer Blockbuster" Series! Nick and Raymond face off against the infamous Pennywise the Dancing Clown in 2017's mega-hit "IT: Chapter One"! Directed by Andy Muschietti! We also talk about our wonderfully gay-horror vac…
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