Three Geeky Dads

This week we will be taking a look at Netflix's new version of Mary Shelley's classic horror tale, Frankenstein. Directed by master of horror, Guillermo DelToro and starring Oscar Isaac as the titular mad scientist obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. This film also stars Jacob Elordi as his tragic creation who just wants affection and a little love from his father/creator. Also, in supporting roles are Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz. This film has been a passion project for DelToro and he has been trying to get it made for almost decades now. It's a very faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel but, how successful was DelToro in adapting this horror classic? Listen in and find out what we thoguht!

This week, we're taking a look at the new remake/reboot/sequel to the classic comedy Naked Gun film franchise, this time starring Liam Neeson as Lt. Frank Drebben Jr., the son of the character played by the late, great Leslie Neilson. Also, as an appetizer, we talk all about some of our other favorite spoof and parody movies. Find out what we all thought by listening in.

This week, we're kicking off November with a look at the most recent entry in the Jurassic World franchise. Scarlett Johanson and Mahershala Ali star in Jurassic World: Rebirth where they lead a team of skilled operatives to an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. Their mission is to secure genetic material from dinosaurs whose DNA can provide a pharmaceutical breakthrough that has the potential to cure heart disease. But, when their mission intersects with the Delgado family, whose boat capsized in dinosaur-infested waters, stranding them on the island, both groups confront not only the prehistoric predators that stalk the island but a sinister, long-hidden discovery buried within the facility's ruins. The expedition quickly transforms from a scientific endeavor into a fight for survival against creatures that have mutated and evolved in ways no one anticipated.

This week, our look at Horror around the globe, continues as we stop in Korea to take the Train To Busan. Sok-woo, and his daughter, Soo-ahn, (who he doesn't have much time for) are boarding the KTX, a high-speed train that will bring them from Seoul to Soo-ahn's mother in Busan. But during their journey, the apocalypse breaks out, and most of the earth's population become flesh craving zombies. While the KTX is speeding towards Busan, the passenger's fight for their lives against the zombies - and each other.

Welcome to episode number 309! Tonight we will be taking a look at Werner Herzog's version of Dracula, from 1979, his film is titled Nosferatu: The Vampyre. Klaus Kinski stars as the cursed vampire, Dracula in this moody yet stylish take on the classic tale based on Bram Stoker's famous novel, Dracula. In this film, Count Dracula purchases property in Harker's village and moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only Harker's fiance, Lucy, a woman who is pure of heart, can bring an end to his reign of horror.

Oh, Canada... So, while Derek and Tito prepare to head down to the Big Apple for New York Comic Con next week, Marc an Brien jumped in the escape-pod and headed up North to the Big Smoke (that's Canadian slang for Toronto) to meet up with friends-of-the-show (and fellow podcasters) Christopher and Tristan Ham of the Get Your Shinebox podcast. While we were there, we took in a couple of Toronto Blue Jays baseball games and hung out to drink copious amounts of alcohol, eat poutine and watch lots of movies...two of which we talk about in this week's episode, Blood of Heroes (starring Rutger Hauer, Delroy Lindo, Vincent D'Onofrio and Joan Chen) and Turbo Kid (featuring Michael Ironside).

This week, we're taking a look at another HAMMER film, from 1971 it's Countess Dracula. This fillm is HAMMER'S re-imagining of the true-life tale of Countess Elizabeth Bathory who, according to legend, bathed in the blood of young virgin girls to help maintain her youthful appearance! The always beautiful Ingrid Pitt plays Countess Elizabeth who accidentally discovers that, after the blood of one of her servant girls gets splashed across her face, she begins to look younger. Soon she is enlisting the help of her lover, Captain Doby and her nurse, Julie to procure more and more young virgin girls. As the bodies begin piling up, the people of the village suspect foul play in the castle. Listen in and find out what we thought.

We're about a month away from Halloween so we thought it was the perfect time to take a look at Hammer's Scars Of Dracula. This film, the fifth sequel to Hammer's landmark 1958 film Horror of Dracula, finds a young man on the run from the law, named Paul, who is murdered while seeking refuge for the night at Count Dracula's castle, prompting his older brother Simon and his girlfriend, Sarah, to come to look for him. Unfortunately all signs lead to Dracula's castle where they come face to face with the sadistic Count himself. We, along with friend of the show, Dean Calusdian, take a look at this Hammer Horror classic. Listen in and find out what we thought.

Hey listeners... So, last weekend we had the privilege and the honor of recording from this year's Dark Arts Festival. This time the festival took place at RISD (the venerated Rhode Island School of Design). Brought to you by our good friend (and Friend of the Show), Josh Dahlin of The Horror Depot...the festival brought together, vendors, artists, authors, side-show performers, drag queens, oddities, and much much more in an all-inclusive and diverse space to celebrate the weird and wonderful world of horror, creativity and community. We were fortunate enough to get to talk to film-makers, paranormal investigators, artists and performers. It was a rainy and miserable late-summer New England day but, all that rain certainly didn't dampen anyone's spirits as we, and everyone else had a helluva lot of fun and you can check it all out by listening in ths very episode!

This week, we're taking a look at the new Amazon Prime Video movie, War Of The Worlds starring Ice Cube, Eva Longoria and Clark Gregg. Ice Cube plays, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officer Will Radford as he works for a government surveillance program that can monitor every person on Earth. His relationship with his pregnant daughter Faith and son Dave is strained due to his use (abuse?) of the program to constantly monitor them. While helping FBI agents try to find a mysterious hacker, known as "Disruptor", meteors begin striking all over the planet. When large machines emerge from the meteorites and start attacking humans, Will and his friend Sandra (Eva Longoria) from NASA conclude it is an alien invasion. Can Will stop spying on his own kids long enough to figure out a way to end the invasion? Tune and and find out how we made fun of this cinematic disaster!

Bad movies...we've all seen them, be it on late-night TV or as part of a midnight screening or maybe even being riffed on by the guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000 but, why are we drawn to them, what makes some of them cult-favorites and why do we watch them over and over again? Is it purely out of morbid curiosity? Is it simply to make fun of them or is it that these movies serve as an example of how NOT to make a movie? All these questions (and many more) "might" be answered tonight as we, along with long-time friend of the show, Josh Dahlin, talk all about bad movies. Also, Josh tells us all about his upcoming DARK ARTS FESTIVAL!!!

Hey listeners, Episode 302 is here and it's part 2 of our "Super-Fantastic Summer" episodes where, this week, we're taking a look at the other superhero film to hit theaters recently. Yes, this week, we're taking a look at the MCU's Fantastic Four: First Steps! It's not a stretch to say that we all liked this one, actually, this film rocks! It's HOT and we're going to be totally transparent about opinions!

Hey listeners, we're back from our summer break and we have for you our look at one of this summer's hottest superhero movies, James Gunn's SUPERMAN. Did it live up to the hype? Were we impressed with how he handled his powers? Was Superman over-shadowed by all the other characters in his own movie? Does anyone really want to see pictures of Tito's colon? We answer all these questions, and more in this week's episode.

Hey Daywalkers and Nightstalkers...the time is upon us as we finally celebrate our 300th podcast episode! 7 years ago, Marc, Brien and Derek began their podcast journey and, after a few years, they were joined by Tito and now, in this, the 300th episode, the fantastic four-some take a look back at how it all started but, they aren't doing it alone for, along for the ride are long-time friends of the show and independent comic book publishers, Dean Calusdian and Derek Rook and also joining the Dads are their Northern brothers-from-other-mothers, Chris and Tristan Ham (of the Get Your Shine Box Podcast) as they take a look at Comic books and the comic book industry.

This week we're taking a look at Captain America: Brave New World. Set some time after the events of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson has now fully embraced his title as the new Captain America. Now Sam is summoned to the White House as the newly elected president Ross wants to work with him on rebuilding the Avengers. But trouble quickly ensues when Sam's friend Isaiah Bradley (the former and forgotten Captain America) uncontrollably tries to assassinate the president and is framed for the attempt. Now Sam and his partner Joaquin Torres must race against time to uncover the true culprit and foil an evil plot that unwittingly involves the President. Listen in and find out what we thought!

Hey daywalkers and nightstalkers, this week, we're taking a look at the hit Ryan Coogler film, SINNERS. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers, Smoke and Stack Moore, who return to their hometown after working for the Chicago Mob, where they attempt to start again by opening their own juke-joint but, they are soon confronted by a supernatural evil...vampires.

Whale, we weren't able to record this last week for the end of our May the 4th month but, like the time-travelers of this movie, we're playing fast and loose with the time-line by moving the end of May to the beginning of June. As you may have guessed, for the end of this month, we're bringing to you another "Drink 'til it's good" episode where we do a read-through of the 1986's Star Trek: The Voyage Home. It's got time travel, comedy, the fate of the Earth is at stake and, most of all...it's got whales! Join us as we put the 3GD spin on this Star Trek classic!

This week, our "May the 4th" month continues with a look at the 4th installment in George Romero's popular zombie series, Land of the Dead. In the film, the zombies have taken over the world and the living have built a walled-in city to keep the dead out. But all's not well where it's supposed to be the most safe, as a revolution plans to overthrow the city's leadership, and the zombies are closing in on the city while turning into more advanced creatures. Tune in and find out what we thought!

May the 4th was a few weeks ago, and it's a day that Star Wars fans everywhere celebrate the franchise that they love! We here at 3GD celebrate the 4th too, but we do it all month long for we have always used the month of May to look at the usually bad 4th entries in a film franchise. And, this week is no exce, becuase we're kicking off May the 4th month with a look at Jurassic World, the 2015 film that just happens to be the 4th film in the popular dinosaur film series...it also happens to be not all that great as it's pretty much more of the exact same stuff we've already seen in the very first movie in the series, Jurassic Park! So, tune in and find out what we all thought!

This week, we wrap up our month long April Fool's series with a "Drink 'Til It's Good" look at a movie with one wild-card cop who doesn't play by the rules and his no-nonsense African American partner...you'd think we'd be talking about Lethal Weapon but, you couldn't be more wrong for, in this episode, we're actually going to put our spin on Samurai Cop!