This week for our final Spooktober episode we check out 1983's Of Unknown Origin   Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and child leave for a vacation, Bart inadvertently destroys the house while in pursuit of a rat. Release date: November 24, 1983 (USA) Director: George P. Cosmatos Distributed by: Warner Bros. Based on: The Visitor; by Chauncey G. Parker III Box office: $1.1...

This week we cover an all time banger in 1985's Re-Animator. At the University of Zurich, Herbert West brings his dead professor back to life. Following the horrific side-effects involved in the procedure, West moves to the USA to further his studies. Release date: October 18, 1985 (USA) Director: Stuart Gordon Story by: H. P. Lovecraft Distributed by: Empire International Pictures Adapted from: Herbert West–Reanimator Budget: $900,000-$1.3 million

We kickoff Spooktober with this delightfully gory movie about killer Slugs taking over a small town. A health inspector (Michael Garfield) and two helpers hunt mutant killer slugs that call the sewer home. Release date: February 5, 1988 (USA) Director: Juan Piquer Simón Distributed by: New World Pictures Adapted from: Slugs Music by: Tim Souster Production company: Dister Films

A train to New Delhi becomes a combat battleground as a pair of commandos faces off against an army of invading bandits. Release date: July 4, 2024 (USA) Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat Distributed by: AA Films Box office: est. ₹47.12 crore Cinematography: Rafey Mehmood Music by: Score: Ketan Sodha; Songs:: Vikram Montrose; Shashwat Sachdev; Haroon-Gavin

This week we cover 1988's Midnight Run When Eddie Moscone (Joe Pantoliano) hires tight-lipped bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) to locate a mob accountant named "The Duke" (Charles Grodin) and bring him to L.A., Eddie tells Jack that the job will be simple, or a "midnight run." But when Jack finds The Duke, the FBI and the mob are anxious to get their hands on him. In a cross-country chase, Jack must evade the authorities, hide from the mob and prevent The Duke's erratic personality...

This week we take a trip back to Dustin's childhood and watch "Best of The Best" Martial arts drama in which a misfit team of American kickboxers must undergo rigorous training for an all-important contest against a ruthless Korean team. Along the way, the hardened fighters learn to lay their personal ghosts to rest. Release date: November 10, 1989 (USA) Director: Robert Radler Sequel: Best of the Best II Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Taurus Entertainment Box office: $1.7 million...

I can't believe we haven't covered this movie yet! So this week we get on it and cover 1984's Beverly Hills Cop. After his childhood buddy is murdered while visiting Detroit, rebellious cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) follows the leads to Beverly Hills, Calif., under the auspices of a vacation. He checks in with old friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) and starts to believe her boss, art dealer Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), might somehow be involved in the murder. However, Lt. Bogomil...

A drug dealer (Nina Li Chi) joins forces with two mismatched cops (Yun-Fat Chow, Conan Lee) to crack a band of heroin dealers. Release date: March 19, 1988 (Hong Kong) Director: Lau Kar-leung Box office: 27.87 million HKD Nominations: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography Distributed by: Cinema City Enterprises Language: Cantonese

This week we check out the directorial debut of Dev Patel with Monkey Man (2024) A young man ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he's beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, he discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city's sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with...

We are back! Dustin and James catch up on what they have been watching.

One man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after it's revealed he's a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers. Release date: January 12, 2024 (Canada) Director: David Ayer Budget: 40 million USD Distributed by: Amazon MGM Studios Cinematography: Gabriel Beristain Music by: David Sardy; Jared Michael Fry

Hong Kong policeman Keung (Jackie Chan) arrives in New York for the wedding of his uncle Bill (Bill Tung), a grocer who recently sold his Bronx store to the fetching Elaine (Anita Mui). After a biker gang bursts into the store to wreak havoc, Keung springs into action, giving up his vacation to defend the weak and protect the innocent with his extraordinary martial arts skills. As Keung investigates local gangs, he learns more about a criminal syndicate that needs to be brought to...

This week we are scraping the bottom of the cheap dvd bin to see if we can find some gold. Dustin is join this week by Andy (AKA Warchild) Hulk Hogan leads an elite Navy SEALS team chosen for an audacious mission to rescue a group of nationals being held captive by a drug lords soldiers who want their leader released. Director Jon Cassar Writers Calvin Clements Jr. Michael Berk Douglas Schwartz Stars Hulk Hogan Carl Weathers Shannon Tweed  

This week we drop in on our friend Steven Seagal A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole (Steven Seagal) is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell (Keenen Ivory Wayans). Although the two men clash, they gradually become effective partners as they uncover a conspiracy linked to the killings, which also involves terrorism and organized...

Our 300th Episode!!! We are so original that we are cover 2007th 300 for our 300th episode.  In 480 B.C. a state of war exists between Persia, led by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), and Greece. At the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas (Gerard Butler), king of the Greek city state of Sparta, leads his badly outnumbered warriors against the massive Persian army. Though certain death awaits the Spartans, their sacrifice inspires all of Greece to unite against their common enemy. Release date: March...

This week we do a Patreon pick with 1990's Lady Dragon starring Cynthia Rothrock & Richard Norton 89% liked this movie Google users An old master heals a left-for-dead widow (Cynthia Rothrock) and teaches her how to kickbox for revenge.Description Initial release: 1990 Director: David Worth

This week we have Alex and Dean from Return Revenge Resurrection to cover this over the top action packed movie! After saving a newborn infant from assassins, carrot-crunching gunman Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) teams up with a prostitute named DQ (Monica Bellucci) to protect the baby from further attacks. With hit man Hertz (Paul Giamatti) hot on their trail, Smith and DQ uncover a dying senator's plot to harvest bone marrow from babies just like the one in their arms. Release date: September 7,...

Not sure why, but this week we watched Transformers (2007) The fate of humanity is at stake when two races of robots, the good Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, bring their war to Earth. The robots have the ability to change into different mechanical objects as they seek the key to ultimate power. Only a human youth, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) can save the world from total destruction. Release date: July 2, 2007 (Canada) Director: Michael Bay Budget: 147 million USD Sequel:...

When architect-turned-vigilante Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) returns to New York City, he discovers that one of his friends has been murdered by gang members. After the cops bring Paul in for questioning, he receives a tempting offer from the police chief (Ed Lauter) : Paul can have free rein to eliminate the gangsters, as long as the police get the credit. Paul agrees and goes to war against Manny Fraker (Gavan O'Herlihy) and his vicious gang of thugs. Initial release: November 1,...

This week we get a little 90s Goth with Brandon Lee's "The Crow"  The night before his wedding, musician Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiancée are brutally murdered by members of a violent inner-city gang. On the anniversary of their death, Eric rises from the grave and assumes the gothic mantle of the Crow, a supernatural avenger. Tracking down the thugs responsible for the crimes and mercilessly murdering them, Eric eventually confronts head gangster Top Dollar (Michael Wincott) to...

This week we visit our old friend Bruce in "Last Man Standing" Loyal to nobody but himself, John Smith (Bruce Willis) hires his services out to Fredo Strozzi (Ned Eisenberg), a bootlegging gangster who operates in a drab Texas town. However, he is quick to trade information to Strozzi's rival, Doyle (David Patrick Kelly). Then, having learned about Doyle's infatuation with beautiful Felina (Karina Lombard), Smith uses her to push both bosses into full-scale bloodshed. The only one who...

This week we go all out in this adrenaline filled Action flick! Chev Chelios (Jason Statham), a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away, then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote. Release date: September 1, 2006 (USA) Directors: Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine Budget: 12 million USD Box office: 42.9 million...

This week we have a double feature: Tiger Cage 1&2 Tiger Cage (1988) Two drug agents find that members of the police force work for a narcotics kingpin. Initial release: July 28, 1988 Director: Vien Hoa Binh Language: Cantonese Simplified Chinese: 特警屠龙   Tiger Cage 2 (1990) Gangsters pursue a Hong Kong lawman (Donnie Yen) framed for murder and a lawyer (Rosamund Kwan) they believe is linked to laundered money. Initial release: August 11, 1990 Director: Vien Hoa Binh Film series: Tiger...

This week we cover 1984's Red Dawn.   In an alternate 1980s, the United States stands alone as communism grows stronger. When Soviet soldiers invade a small Colorado town, brothers Jed (Patrick Swayze) and Matt Eckert (Charlie Sheen) escape with friends to the forest. With their father, Tom (Harry Dean Stanton), a prisoner of the invading army, the children decide to fight against the Soviets. As the country comes under increasing attack, the group teams up with Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner (Powers...