Episodes
Join the boys with guest Elisa Leichty for Bigfoot werewolves, a non-union zombie workforce, alien crabs, and the most evil thing of all, a priest. No, it's not the latest season of American Horror Story, it's 1988's kitchen sink horror Demonwarp.
Published 08/05/20
Fall comes early this year as Tessa Morrison returns to the show for matricide, picture perfect vehicular homicide, a surefire herpes cure, and topless podcasting. Join us for 1984's Fall Break aka The Mutilator.
Published 07/15/20
Italian Nazis create a mutant sex fiend in order to...well, not really sure. No, it's not the latest in 2020 news. This is 1977's exercise in poor taste, The Beast in Heat. Join the boys and guest Caroline Sulek for buttock skin tags, baby skeet shooting, milky slobbers, and some stuff we don't think we are allowed to say!
Published 06/24/20
What says charisma, machismo, and sexual magnetism more than Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy? Literally anything! Be bored! Be indifferent! Be baffled! Comedian Brendan K. O'Grady returns for a race car driving psychic, the wonder of becoming a woman, and unnecessary exclamation points in 1973's Baffled!
Published 06/03/20
Here's to all you mothers out there! Wright's sister, Caroline Sulek, returns this week for a celebration of motherhood with sexually transmitted cannibalism, a teenage girl Toby Jones, and the world's smallest medical examiner! We watched 1988's Flesh Eating Mothers.
Published 05/20/20
A few names come to mind when you think of great cinema - Hitchcock, Scorsese, Durst. We attempted our first quarantine episode and it could be our last. This week we watched 2019's The Fanatic starring an elderly Joe Exotic lookalike, John Travolta. We spar over mental handicaps, Scientology related deaths, and the classic rock band - Limp Bizkit.
Published 05/06/20
Two words - SHOULDER PADS. Friend of the show, Tessa Morrison, brings us this Robocop-on-a-dime starring coffee drinking horses, candy corn, and the most offensive Native American portrayal since F Troop (Google it). We watched 1987's R.O.T.O.R.!
Published 04/08/20
Do you wish porn would cut out all that sex to concentrate on the terrible dialogue and wooden delivery? Chance Ellis joins us this week for tighty whities (whitey tighties?), soapless showering, and absolutely nothing else. We watched 1313: Haunted Frat and cannot stress enough that you shouldn't.
Published 03/23/20
Who am I? What am I? Prepare to not only have those questions not answered, but have even more when it's over. Watch how far one middle aged David Brenner impersonator's vanity and real estate money can go! Returning guest Caroline Sulek joins the boys for artificial intelligence, scotch tape mustaches, and voice modulation in Neil Breen's Twisted Pair.
Published 03/11/20
The original voice of Frosty the Snowman has intercourse with and eats various sex workers using his microwave. Yeah, this one is pretty problematic even by our low standards. Join guest Amanda Schiff for plastic crab sandwiches, comatose line readings, and a lady slathered with mayonnaise in 1983's Microwave Massacre!
Published 02/26/20
Middle aged coeds, unearned twists, and a nude Clu Gulager. Don't get too excited, though, it's pretty boring! Join the boys and returning guest Ashley Alkek as they explore 1984's The Initiation.
Published 02/12/20
Join us for sexy goat-headed demons, "Sussudio" era Phil Collins, and traditional Italian jailbait. This week the boys and special guest Casey Barnett tune into a catholic mass that's actually fun, 1989's The Church!
Published 01/29/20
Join the boys and returning guest, Matt Ryan, for the most incomprehensible movie they've done yet! Meet characters whose names you never learn, watch them eat full meals in real time, and learn the history of African American horror cinema from 3 (mostly) white guys. They watched 1992's horror/comedy (?) "Ax 'Em".
Published 01/08/20
Spend Christmas with the only comic strip character to make Family Circus look like The Aristocrats (ask your parents). Samia Abu-Shawish returns for the kind of holiday cheer that only a small, mute virgin can provide. We watched 1982's animated non-classic, Ziggy's Gift.
Published 12/18/19
Comedian Brendan K. O'Grady joins the boys for screen legend Lauren Bacall's comeback vehicle, 1981's The Fan. They'll talk flat notes, black Hitler, and Wright's confirmed heterosexuality. *Note - The deepest voice featured in this episode is Lauren Bacall.
Published 11/27/19
It's our special too-late-for-Halloween-horror-spectacular! Join returning guest Tessa Morrison for matronly peep shows, osha violations, and monster handjobs in the movie Tobe Hooper turned down E.T. to make, 1981's The Funhouse!
Published 11/06/19
This week on Trash in the Can, the boys are joined by returning guest, writer, and Eric's weary spouse, Kat Samaniego. They subject themselves to hot tub drowning, infectious feline bites, and a throbbing George Kennedy in the worst non-musical cat centered production, 1988's Uninvited!
Published 10/02/19
This week we visit Australia - land of sexually charged family camping, nu metal, and filling guinea pigs with Windex. Old "favorite" Rhett O'Hara returns to discuss the show's most recent monstrosity to date. Listen as we watch 2019's Australian supernatural thriller, Tabernacle 101. Also, to increase clicks #LIZZO
Published 09/18/19
It's Beverly Hills Cop meets Ferris Bueller! Comedian Brendan K O'Grady joins the boys for low-rent Jack Nicholson impressions, babies having babies, and crimes of fashion in 1992's Christian Slater vehicle, Kuffs!
Published 08/21/19
"That's not cranberry sauce." The Holidays come early this year with a Thanksgiving slasher flick so good it was shelved for 4 years. Make-up artist and returning guest, Liz Rische, joins the boys to discuss Louis Lasser, the necessity of lingerie, and traditional Thanksgiving incest! Let's watch 1987's Blood Rage!
Published 07/17/19
Picture a Marvel movie with better actors and worse dialogue. Throw in some second rate Rocky Horror Show musical numbers, and you've got a pretty good idea of this week's Australian superhero rock musical, The Return of Captain Invincible. The boys and returning guest, Matt Ryan, discuss Alan Arkin's wig, Christopher Lee's metal album, and edging. Fun for the whole family on this week's Trash in the Can!
Published 07/03/19
Academy Award winner Mike Nichols directs a script written by Academy Award nominee Buck Henry, where Academy Award refuser George C. Scott teaches dolphins to speak and possibly kill the president. Yes, this is a real movie! Join the boys and returning guest, Travis Patten, where they discuss the better than it has any right to be, Day of the Dolphin.
Published 06/12/19
Imagine an episode where the movie is so boring we don't even talk about it and we can't remember enough about it to write a summary for the episode. Imagine no more and enjoy our loosest episode to date. We hope you like stories about Terry Gross and Gene Simmons. We think. Join us and third stooge, Rhett O'Hara, for 1978's Teen Alien!
Published 05/29/19
Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's transplants Paul Walker's brain into an animatronic dinosaur. Also, Denise Richards is there. You know, the usual. Join the boys and Baylor Johnson as they learn the easiest way to win a fight with 1994's Tammy and the T-Rex.
Published 05/15/19
An extremely well lit spooky castle, interchangeable blonde women, pig men, and Adam Ant all add up to a movie so good it was shelved for 4 years. This week we watch 1988's (and 1992's) Spellcaster with guest Travis Patten!
Published 04/17/19