We’re getting back to our Kaiju roots this week as Nick and Chris talk 1989’s Godzilla vs. Biollante. A mixed bag of incredible monster battles and bad 80’s action movie, that finds the King of the Monsters weeding out a flower powered titan.
Tag: 80's Movies
Big Dumb Monsters Ep. 176 – Fred Dead Redemption – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
At long last Nick and Chris are talking one of the biggest horror films of the 80’s, that set the standard for the genre for decades. We’re talking 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. Directed by horror master Wes Craven, starring Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund as horror icon, Freddy Krueger.
Big Dumb Monsters Ep. 174 – I’m a Joker, I’m a Smoker, I’m a Midnight Croaker – Hell Comes to Frogtown
Nick and Chris return to the world of Hammer Horror this week! Today’s episode centers on the 1968 blood soaked vampire flick, Dracula Has Risen From the Grave. Starring Christopher Lee and Veronica Carlson.
Big Dumb Monsters Ep. 163 – Toilet Terrors – Ghoulies II
After barely surviving their episode on Ghoulies Nick and Chris decide to do the only logical thing… go back for the sequel! This week they talk 1987’s Ghoulies II with the hopes that it can’t be worse than the first one.
Big Dumb Monsters Ep. 158 – Boardwalk Blood Fiends & the Un-Caged Killer- The Lost Boys & Longlegs
Nick and Chris are finally crossing off the last of the Big 5 Universal Monsters this week as the watch the delightfully insane 1933 version of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man. Directed by the legendary James Whale and starring Claude Rains.
Big Dumb Monsters Ep. 156 – Home Is Where the Haunt Is – House (1985)
This weeks movie brings Nick and Chris back to 1985 to see what you get when you mix a little psychological trauma with some supernatural terror as they talk 1985’s House. Directed by Steve Miner and starring William Katt.
Big Dumb Monsters Ep. 148 – Cinematic Satanic – Demons
Nick and Chris get some high culture this week by exploring some fine foreign cinema as they talk 1985’s Italian horror import Demons directed by Lamberto Brava and produced by giallo legend Dario Argento.
Big Dumb Monsters Ep. 147 – The Shrieks of San Francisco – Neon Maniacs
This week Nick and Chris are taking a film suggestion from a guest and going with the 1986 weird, disjointed, almost good, Gremlins on steroids, monster horde flick, Neon Maniacs.
Big Dumb Monsters Ep. 145 – New York Scare-anade – Friday the 13th Pt VIII
Chris and Nick are joined by one of our favorite guests, Ken Reid of the TV Guidance Counselor podcast, to talk the low point of the original Paramount produced Friday the 13th movies; the 8th entry and final franchise killing entry in the series, Jason Takes Manhattan.
Big Dumb Monsters Ep. 142 – The Secret Life of Undead Pets – Pet Sematary
Nick and Chris are heading beyond the trees to where the ground is sour to talk the 1989 adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary!