There Will Be Duds

Odds and Ends: Christmas wishes and new year's resolutions; Nick talks about the newest Lanthimos picture, Bugonia; we talk about some unsung Brian Yuzna classics, shoutout the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, and try to understand Ben Shapiro's high-IQ review of One Battle After AnotherFeature Film: From the director of A Christmas Story and Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Black Christmas! One of the earliest examples of what would become the slasher genre, we fawn over the brilliance of this movie, and how it works as a cozy winter Christmas movie at the same time as being a terrifying horror movie.Next week's movie: Black Christmas (2006) and Black Christmas (2019)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(6:08) Black Christmas(58:01) Brian Yuzna and Elm Street(1:05:36) Bugonia(1:21:00) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: The new Coke ad has us down yet another AI rabbit hole, but T.J.'s cat just wants to play catch with dad; we discuss the new Frankenstein adaptation by Guillermo del Toro, and ask why there aren't any hot lady monsters.Feature Film: For a cheeky lil Thanksgiving movie, we talk about Dances with Wolves, the best picture-winning movie that revitalized the western genre. It's quite a beefy movie, with quite a beefy conversation by a couple of beefy guys.Next week's movie: Black Christmas (1974)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(11:38) Dances with Wolves(1:13:43) Frankenstein(1:46:04) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: We do a bit of a deep dive into a Zack Snyder fan song, and talk about Snyder v. Gunn: Dawn of Incels.Feature Film: We check back in with Stanley and talk about his romantic comedy, Dr. Strangelove. It's about a lot of idiots, discussed by some idiots. It's also anti-war, did you know he made anti-war movies? Far out, man.Next week's movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(16:51) Dr. Strangelove(1:22:45) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: Avoiding the horror of social interaction at high school reunionsFeature Film: We're closing out our month of horror with the odd anti-Dungeons and Dragons movie, Mazes and Monsters (get it?). Probably most notable for being featuring the first starring role of one Thomas Jeffrey Hanks, this movie takes a tragic real-life story that had nothing to do with DnD and makes it all about DnD to demonize a friendly game and minimize teenage depression. So it should be a fun time!Next week's movie: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(13:38) Mazes and Monsters(1:16:29) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: Nothing to see here, folks, move along...Feature Film: We're talking about a classic from one of the masters of horror, that being Scream and them being Wes Craven. I feel like this would be the perfect opportunity for me to be super meta in the description here and maybe break the fourth wall and talk to you directly. That's something I never do. Wait, does that count?Next week's movie: Mazes and Monsters (1982)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(8:23) Scream(1:29:59) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: The whole gang is here this time, and we're fighting off the horrors of being old by talking about old Facebook trends and how boomers have infected social media.Feature Film: Peyton's pick for the month is the recent Clown in a Cornfield, an incredibly by the books slasher, until it isn't. We relate to the small townness of the movie, as well as the terrible law enforcement. Btw, with this being such a recent movie, or for some reason anyway, I wasn't able to use any clips for this movie, so this a shameful clipless episode! Next week's movie: Scream (1996)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(5:28) Clown in a Cornfield(1:10:46) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: We embrace our oldness and talk about important things like the weather, and that youngster George Harrison's new record All Things Must Pass; T.J. saw the new War of the Worlds that everyone was talking about when this episode was recorded. Good thing we release these right away so that's still relevant when this comes out!Feature Film: Our regular horrorspondent Chris brings in The Fourth Kind, a pseudomockumentary about aliens and the people that wojak for them. T.J. couldn't tell if Chris picked this as a good movie or a bad one. Next week's movie: Clown in a Cornfield (2025)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(8:30) The Fourth Kind(46:37) The War of the Worlds(1:11:09) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: It is TOTALLY spooky season for us, just as it is for you, dear listener. If you believe it in your heart, seasons can be year round!Feature Film: Nick picked our first horror month movie this year, Creepshow! A collaboration between horror icons George Romero and Stephen King and inspired by their shared love of old horror comics, Creepshow is a kind of perfect movie to start the Halloween season with. It's got plenty of ghouls, geeks, and a very toothy gorilla dog ding... that ate one kid already. I was going somewhere else with that description, but then I thought of The Sandlot, and that took over. I could delete that and all of this, but uhh, this is how this is going now.Next week's movie: The Fourth Kind (2009)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(3:46) Creepshow(1:26:12) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: The wish for more very well-timed sequels; T.J talks about the new Naked Gun, starring Lesliam NeelsonFeature Film: We talk about a musical biopic about Johnny Cash. He did songs and some other stuff.Next week's movie: Creepshow (1982)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(11:53) Walk the Line(57:51) The Naked Gun(1:07:46) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: Giving dumb stupid old ads the what fer; we talk about Zach Cregger's newest horror slash comedy slash drama, Weapons.Feature Film: Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, the very Charlie Kaufmany Synecdoche, New York. I had the thought to write some sort of heady, meta thing here as a sort of comedic parallel to the movie, but I don't feel like it. I've had some long days at work and I should be in bed now, but I'm doing this instead. Hopefully this finishes uploading soon so I can get in a few chapters of Little Winky before bed.Next week's movie: Walk the Line (2005)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(11:58) Synecdoche, New York(54:49) Weapons(1:23:36) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: T.J. brings up a lawsuit against the new movie Together that he may have some personal ties to... well, almost, he could have maybe sort of had some ties, but he doesn't, but that'd be cool or interesting if he did; inspired by the recent and decent superhero movies, T.J. checked out Thunderbolts (with an asterisk because ooooo!), and thinks it's also decent, but a little less recent.Feature Film: The legendary (to us) Godfrey Ho makes his official Duds debut with his most popular work, Undefeatable! Known as the master of z-grade cinema, Ho brings his regular directing chops of, I dunno, putting people in front of a camera and having them say stuff. He can do that, at least. At least this one is an original and he shot an entire movie this time.Next week's movie: Synecdoche, New York (2008)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(6:58) Undefeatable(1:08:33) Thunderbolts*(1:16:10) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: T.J. shares some insider info about the newest woke movie, The Fantastic Four; T.J. talks about the newest iteration of Superman, while Nick talks about the newest iteration of The Last of Us; isn't it great just having continuous new iterations and adaptations and no original movies ever? Speaking of original movies...Feature Film: La Haine? Is that French for Heat? This is an adaptation of Heat? It's not? Wait, so what is it, who are these characters I have to already know from previous stuff? Three people, one of them is kind of short, another has a blaster, is this Star Wars? We talk about Star Wars this week, about time!Next week's movie: Undefeatable (1993)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(8:33) La Haine(1:03:47) Superman(1:19:04) The Last of Us season 2(1:33:20) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: Josh is back again, and we discuss how our feature film this week led to us crossing paths. We watched one of those dumb Netflix docks, the one about the poop cruise called Poop Cruise, and we have some things to say.Feature Film: The classic template detective movie is on the stand this week, though it's more of a template tailing perps and also a car chase movie. I don't have much to say about this one, honestly. I didn't in the episode, either, even though I still managed to talk a lot.Next week's movie: La Haine (1995)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Our guest // @LearningaboutMovies Substack // https://learningaboutmovies.substack.com/Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(7:06) The French Connection(55:05) Post-movie chat(1:05:12) Trainwreck: Poop Cruise(1:21:54) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: This is sort of our anniversary episode! Meaning, it's near our anniversary and we did a trilogy, so you know, sort of. T.J. reworks song lyrics from his youth.Feature Film: We're talking about the recently trilogized 28 Blanks Later series, Weeks and all. Sorry, warts and all. Same thing. We pulled Ida back in for another episode, too, as we seem to do with our guests we trick into coming on the show. Next week's movie: The French Connection (1971)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(7:17) 28 Days Later discussion(1:03:15) 28 Weeks Later discussion(1:39:39) 28 Years Later discussion(2:32:11) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: We had a little bit of time left in this one, so T.J. and Ida talk about the newest Final Destination movie.Feature Film: Meri Kurisumasu! Ida and Peyton wouldn't leave the voice call until we talked about the second Battle Royale movie, so here we are. A sequel that is impressive only in how it manages to take the worst qualities from the first movie and leave out all the rest. It's insane how they could fuck up this badly. I was going to go in on some of the issues, but there's just too many, just listen to the episode. But it's got Riki Takeuchi in a cute rugby outfit, so it can't be that bad? Oh wait, it still is that bad? It's gotta be REALLY bad then, because look at that lil guy!Next movie: 28 Days Later Trilogy (2002-2025)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(0:37) Battle Royale 2: Requiem discussion(1:33:26) Post-movie chat(1:40:20) Next week's movie

Feature Film: Some of T.J.'s friends from a nerd ass weeb Battle Royale roleplay fan group he used to be in (real life - NOT CLICKBAIT) join the show to talk about the cult classic film itself. We get into the weeds on a lot of shit most people won't even have context for here. Even Nick! He said he had a good time though, so don't judge the rest of us on how bored he looks for 90% of our discussion. He told me himself, he said "yeah, that was fun." How could you not be enraptured hearing us talk about the intricacies of fictional characters' crushes on each other from a Japanese novel from 30 years ago? I swear, he said it was fine.Next week's movie: Battle Royale 2: Requiem (2003)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(3:21) Battle Royale discussion(1:50:53) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: T.J. wants to play another game, a game about games (and movies); we both did our homework, so we're able to talk about both Common Side Effects and Sinners!Feature Film: We talk about the final film by director Yasujiro Ozu, An Autumn Afternoon. We struggle through our issues with differing cultural norms and the overall okayness of it as we try to figure out what exactly makes it such a beloved classic.Next week's movie: Battle Royale (2000)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(13:10) An Autumn Afternnon discussion(56:06) Post-movie chat(1:41:12) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: T.J. talks about an AI slop advertising campaign he's been subjected to; we almost talk about Sinners and we almost talk about Common Side Effects, but instead we just talk about the newest season of Black Mirror.Feature Film: We check in with David Byrne and Talking Heads again with their narrative feature, True Stories (some of which is based on true stories!). It's a chill hang and pseudo-musical type of thing.Next week's movie: An Autumn Afternoon (1962)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(1:10) Show start(12:20) True Stories discussion(56:54) Post-movie chat(1:09:30) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: T.J. talks about [REDACTED], which has been his Roman empire as of late; we coincidentally have both been watching some spy movies, probably inspired by this week's feature film. Yeah, definitely.Feature Film: We cap off another dud month with a dip back into the Breeniverse! Just as mind-boggling as the previous Breen screener we covered, both intentionally and unintentionally. This is a good way to wrap up the month of bad, but good lord are we thankful to be moving on from this garbage.Next week's movie: True Stories (1986)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(6:42) Twisted Pair discussion(1:02:23) Post-movie chat(1:21:50) Next week's movie

Odds and Ends: T.J. talks about his A Minecraft Movie experiences, and a potentially very... unfortunate cleanup job he had to do; we go over the most recent season of The White LotusFeature Film: We make an attempt to parse the (literally) unintelligible Axe 'Em, which despite only being able to understand like 5% of what was going on, we manage to wring out the most thorough discussion of a featured film this Dud month. I think we're just glad to not have to talk about another comedy slopfest again.Next week's movie: Twisted Pair (2018)You can join the conversation Wednesdays at 7pm EST! Available in podcast form on all your favorite podcatchers!Socials:linktr.ee/ThereWillBeDudsTwitch // ThereWillBeDudsYouTube // There Will Be DudsTwitter // @ThereWillBeDudsFacebook // There Will Be DudsInstagram // ThereWillBeDudsTikTok // @ThereWillBeDuds(0:00) Show start(7:23) Axe 'Em discussion(52:13) Post-movie chat(1:25:51) Next week's movie