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Tom Reimann is here to help us discuss 1981’s cult horror film starring Sam Neill: Possession. They interpret this highly metaphorical film, but also discuss the impressive performances as well as the Cronenberg-esque monster design! Definitely take a stab at listening to this one! Features: Tom Reimann: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomreimann/fear-shits-strike-three-youre-dead Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store

This episode is brought to you by the Pick the Flick tier on our patreon. So, everyone, thank Attension for paying for the episode! Thanks, Attension! The film is Stalker (1979), famous Russian sci-fi film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It features several men making a pilgrimage to a supernatural zone that gives you your greatest desire. I can speak for all the Small Beans and say that if it was your greatest desire, it’d probably be this podcast. Amiright? Am I right? Right, guys? Features: Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store

Adam and Abe continue their Christopher Nolan watch-through. We’re not going chronologically: we’ve devised a complex system of time to manipulate your emotions. So now we’re going back to 2000: to the tale of a man who uses neat clues to murder indiscriminately. Features: Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Adam Ganser: https://bsky.app/profile/ganz.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store

Michael and Abe discuss the 2004 film starring Johnny Depp at the height of his fame! Nope! Not the pirate one, unless you consider director David Koepp’s theft of John Turturro’s performance from O Brother Where Art Thou? a form of high sea pillaging. Burn, Koepp! Suck it, Koepp! Small Beans forever! Features: Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store

In a similar vein to our guest’s new book, out now (There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs), Jason Pargin joins the boys to discuss the 2026 comedy-horror film Over Your Dead Body. Written by friends of the pod, Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher. The boys talk about sketch comedy, comedy trends in movies, and how proud they are of their peers. Features: Jason Pargin: https://www.amazon.com/There-Giant-Crabs-This-Novel/dp/B0GGDVC58V Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store