Video Monsters

The Video Monsters have decided to travel back in time to a much better, more optimistic period in our lives: Halloween 2024! Tonight we’re discussing 1991’s HAUNTEDWEEN, a low-budget, surprisingly charming regional slasher film that closed out this year’s Knoxville Horror Film Festival. But first, Nathan provides us with some dispatches from KHFF telling about his favorites from the fest! So unpack your Halloween masks, put up some spooky decorations, and meet us at the hellraiser fundraiser because we’re just dying to start the show with tonight’s KHFF-inspired analysis of HAUNTEDWEEN (1991)! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

We think it is safe to say that, due to recent events, many of you out there are probably feeling a bit anxious about the future right now. We certainly are here at Video Monsters. We have always strived to make this silly little podcast a positive place to celebrate not just movies, but the sense of community that comes out of making, watching, and discussing films. Movies are a refuge; a safe place for us to escape our troubles and process our emotions, both alone and together. It is in that communal spirit that we present tonight’s episode: our Stormy Weather Monthly Movie Madness (an episode that was recorded many months ago and includes zero discussion of the current state of political affairs), where Nathan and Dan (and Eric in a brief cameo) discuss the movies we would pick for a month of stormy weather viewing.  In lieu of our usual goofy pun-filled descriptions, we just want to say that we know things are looking pretty dire right now, and we know there is little we can do or say to reassure anyone, but our hope is that this and future episodes of our show can at least take your mind off of the horrors of the real world for a little while. In short, we hope this Stormy Weather Monthly Movie Madness provides you with a little shelter from the storm (come on, we had to get at least one pun in there). If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

I see seas of blue, blue water too. The bright burning sun. The dark sacred soil. And I think to myself.... what a Waterful World That’s right! The time has come for us to venture off into the aquatic wasteland of the far future known as WATERWORLD; the notoriously expensive flop that was (mostly) directed by Kevin Reynolds! So grab a glass of Hydro, gulp down some grilled sea monster that tastes suspiciously like 90s era computer-generated graphics, and meet us at Water’s End because it’s time to dig up some dirt on WATERWORLD (1995) with special guest Robert Woods (AN IDEAL HOST). If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

The Video Monsters continue their discussion on the work of Kevin Costner with an under-the-radar, late-career gem: Thomas Bezucha’s LET HIM GO (2020). This is a tense, lean neo-western thriller with a huge heart and some excellent performances from a fiery Diane Lane and the Cos’ as her steady-hand husband who embark on a road trip across the 60s midwest to find their kidnapped grandson. So grab your kids before the Weboys do, meet us at the dinner table, and listen to how little restraint we have when it comes to making puns based on tonight’s title, LET HIM GO (2020)! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Director Kyle Kuchta and writer Jeanette Wall join the Video Monsters to talk about their new short film, OUCHIE, which recently screened at the Chattanooga Film Festival and is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit. After a discussion of the short, we each make our picks for a round of Mirror Movie Madness, discussing the best uses of mirrors in film! So grab your bandages and watch out for broken glass as Kyle and Jeanette reflect on their terrific short, OUCHIE, and crack up over our picks for the Video Monsters Mirror Movie Madness! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Cancel the kitchen scraps, stop all merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas because it’s time to bow down before the almighty villainy Alan Rickman. Everything we do, we do it for him… and for the joy of catapulting ourselves into the castle of campy fun, crafty adventure, and questionable casting of Kevin Costner in the role of ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (1991)! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

The Video Monsters saddle up with special guest Robert Woods (filmmaker, An Ideal Host) for a Western-style showdown in tonight’s Kevin Costner Popcorn Punchout, where we assemble our Video Rack Attack Bracket and duel our way down to the line to decide which three Costner films will get the in-depth Video Monsters analysis. Will we find ourselves in A Perfect World? Or maybe a Waterworld? Rooting for a Postman or a Man of Steel? Will this episode be like walking into a Field of Dreams, or will it feel like we are trapped in a Tin Cup with No Way Out; forced into a War that stretches on for Thirteen (Draft) Days? All we can say at the moment is that our pun game is UNTOUCHABLE! For answers to everything else, you’ll have to dive into tonight’s Kevin Costner POPCORN PUNCHOUT! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab your baseball bat, put on your cowboy hat, and prepare yourself for questionable accents/narration because the Video Monsters are about to rundown the career of maybe the most quintessential All-American leading man of the modern era*. Nathan, Eric, and Dan will make ten picks each to bring you our 30 recommendations in tonight’s Kevin Costner Monthly Movie Madness! *episode description written by Eric and does not necessarily represent the views of Video Monsters If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab your animal crackers, queue up Hurdy Gurdy Man, and meet us in a California basement because it’s time to finally close the book on our Journalism series with David Fincher’s ZODIAC (2007). If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab a cigarette filter, strap on your tape recorder, and meet us at the carousel bar because it’s time to buy the ticket and take the ride through bat country with Terry Gilliam’s FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Unplug the phone, lace up your boots (but only if you want), dab the sweat off your brow, and put away that hefty shadow puppet because it’s time to listen closely as the Video Monsters broadcast their views on James L. Brooks’ BROADCAST NEWS! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Extra! Extra! Read, er…. hear all about it! Tonight we’ve got a Punchout poppin’ on pictures about the press, and we’re gonna shout it! Well, Eric will take care of most of the shouting as the Video Monsters raise Hell over which Journalism films are Deader than the rest! So Fletch yourself a Shattered Glass of Medium Cool Candy, man, because it’s time to Network with The Insider, uncover what She Said at The End of the Tour about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, find out if Man Bites Dog or Wags the Dog, and shine a Spotlight on which three Almost Famous films about the Broadcast News(ies) will inhale the Sweet Smell of Success. Tonight’s Journalism Popcorn Punchout is absolutely To Die For! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab your (catchy newspaper headline to be added by the editor after they decide if this will make it to the front page), put on your (stereotypical journalist accessory that you always see in the movies but rarely ever actually see in real life), and get ready to (exaggerated action sequence to spice up the facts for a movie - to be added in post) as the Video Monsters bring you their 30 recommendations for journalism movies in tonight's Journalism Movie Madness!! If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab a case of Faygo, put on your Gogo boots, and pick out your finest masque before joining us in a dimension of cinematic sight and sound to melt your mind as we have a devil of a good time with Chris Dortch and Dustin Kramer discussing the Chattanooga Film Festival…where the Fest is family!! Special guests: Christ Dortch & Dustin Kramer - Chattanooga Film Festival If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab your lucky coin, open you blue letter, and don't forget your hat as we tunnel our way through humor, action, and existentialism in tonight's Ranking Popcorn Punchout: Video Rack Attack Bracket of the Coen Brothers' filmography! Special guest: Matt Mercer - Contracted, Dementia: Part II, Bliss, Beyond the Gates If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab your rotting apples, take a look in the mirror, and work on your sewing skills as we sing the praises of John Adams and Toby Poser in our interview and analysis of Where the Devil Roams!! Special guests: John Adams & Toby Poser - Hellbender, The Deeper You Dig Stay up to date with all Adams Family news at https://wonderwheelproductions.com Order your bluray copy of Where the Devil Roams from Vinegar Syndrome at: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/where-the-devil-roams If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Top off your white lightning, refill your mega-sized popcorn bucket, and remember that wherever you go to listen to your podcast...there you are! Swap out the tapes because tonight is part two of our Popcorn Punchout to pick our main themes for the year - in the end, there can be only one....er.... eight. If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab your freeze dried ice cream, a mega-sized popcorn bucket, and try to keep your sanity as three good fellas roll the dice and sink their jaws into tonight's mega-sized Popcorn Punchout as we work from 32 themes down to our final 8 for the year!! And get ready to change the tapes midway through, because tonight is only part 1 of this two-part episode.... If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab your breadless bread, cozy up to the fire, and don't just listen....savor. Savor our analysis of THE MENU as we podcast on the edge of the abyss (which is where god works too)! Special guest: Sarah Stubbs - Geeks Who Eat, Final Girls Feast If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons

Grab your trash cheese, put on your tiny chef's hat, and strike your best freeze frame pose as you let the combination of our cinematic tastes swirl around your head in our analysis of RATATOUILLE!! And remember, anyone can be a podcaster... but it takes true passion to be a Video Monster. If you enjoy this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord - be a part of the discussion and listen in live when we record our episodes!! Go to linktree.com/videomonsterpod for the link to Discord, our socials, and other highlights!! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons