Disasters in the Making

Brad Slager and Paul Young kick off DITM's October horror run with Hungry, a killer-hippo creature feature that turns a Louisiana swamp tour into a survival ordeal. They pick apart the disappearing shoreline, questionable rescues, suspiciously durable matches, and one passenger Paul cannot stand, while giving the production and practical effects the credit they deserve. Plus: hippo-farming history, board-game movie jokes, and their next monster-movie selection.

Brad Slager and Paul Young head back onto the cinematic court for ‘Juwanna Mann,’ the 2002 basketball comedy that asks what would happen if an arrogant professional player destroyed his career, disguised himself to join a women’s league, deceived everyone around him—and somehow suffered virtually no consequences.Before entering the movie, Brad and Paul discuss basketball’s maddening final minutes, the state of women’s professional basketball, Caitlin Clark’s effect on the league, and how cultural arguments surrounding women’s sports have changed the way this movie plays out today.Then comes Jamal Jeffries, played by Miguel A. Núñez Jr.: a talented but spectacularly selfish player whose suspension leads to his transformation into Juwanna Mann. The hosts examine the film’s strange internal logic, wasted supporting cast, uneven direction, questionable romance, impossible basketball scenes, and a screenplay that repeatedly avoids the consequences its central character deserves.Along the way, they encounter Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Pollak, Tommy Davidson, Ginuwine, a disturbingly mobile prosthetic breast, a championship won through deception, and an ending that rewards nearly every terrible decision Jamal makes.It’s gender disguise, basketball absurdity, early-2000s comedy, and a cinematic air ball that never comes close to the rim—Disasters in the Making style.

There’s blood in the floodwater—and Brad Slager and Paul Young are diving straight into the feeding frenzy. In this episode of Disasters in the Making, the guys take on Thrash, the 2026 Netflix disaster movie that throws a hurricane, a flooded coastal town, bull sharks, family drama, and one remarkably inconvenient childbirth into the same churning waters.Brad and Paul break down the film’s derivative premise, questionable hurricane science, underused sharks, baffling character decisions, and increasingly ridiculous survival sequences. Along the way, they explore the sprawling world of shark-exploitation cinema, compare Thrash with films like Crawl, and ask how a movie featuring flooded houses, exploding sharks, electric toothbrushes, dynamite-wrapped steaks, and a leaping great white can still feel strangely forgettable.Grab a flotation device, suspend plenty of disbelief, and join Disasters in the Making for a spoiler-filled voyage through a shark movie that may have finally jumped itself.

Brad Slager and Paul Young return to the Disasters in the Making bad-movie Mount Rushmore with Tommy Wiseau’s legendary cult disaster, The Room. From the unforgettable “Oh, hi” greetings and the infamous flower-shop scene to the bizarre football tosses, mystery roof confrontations, awkward love scenes, random breast-cancer subplot, and dialogue that sounds like it was translated through six different soap operas, Brad and Paul break down why The Room remains one of the most searchable, quotable, and baffling bad movies ever made.The episode digs into Wiseau’s vanity-project filmmaking, the strange San Francisco setting, the mystery of the movie’s budget, the making-of lore behind The Disaster Artist, the infamous billboard campaign, and the scenes that have made The Room a midnight-movie classic. Whether you are looking for a funny The Room review, a Tommy Wiseau podcast discussion, a bad movie breakdown, or a cult cinema deep dive, this episode covers why The Room is not just bad, but magnificently, historically, irresistibly bad.

Brad and Paul continue the Disasters in the Making bad-movie Mount Rushmore with the glorious cult chaos of Miami Connection. It has everything a certain kind of ’80s action disaster needs: motorcycle ninjas, drug dealers, martial arts, rock-band sincerity, questionable acting, and the unstoppable power of friendship. The guys dig into the strange magic of Y.K. Kim’s dream project, the Dragon Sound phenomenon, the Orlando-that-thinks-it’s-Miami geography, and the baffling creative choices that somehow make the movie more lovable instead of less. It is part karate movie, part rock musical, part after-school special, and all beautiful cinematic wreckage.