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PODCAST

I Didn’t Need To See That

Peter Radwanski

Join to friends with a love of movies and all things, dark, depressing, bizarre and just plain upsetting as they journey through some cinemas strangest selections; dying inside but having fun while they do it, watching everything from celebrated stinkers, questionable art films, films with a cursed history and last but not least, movies banned in certain countries! We watch them so you don’t have to!

tv & film film reviews

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01:14:54

Episode 51 - Boogie Nights (1997) - "Video Killed the...

I Didn’t Need To See That ·

2025/05/16

Spring is here and we’ve got us another birthday on our hands here on the IDNTST Pod. This week we’re celebrating Aarons birthday with trip back to a simpler time, one of fast cars, loose women and as much cocaine as you can inhale! This week we watched 1997’s ode to the golden age of adult film making; Boogie Nights! Admittedly, this film is a bit of a break in format, but hey a man kills himself at a party and another goes to jail for child pornography, so as far as we’re concerned this is still

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01:29:13

Episode 50 - Irréversible (2002) - "Gaspar No Way Am...

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2025/04/25

Welcome everyone to a very special episode. This week marks the 50th episode of the podcast if you can believe it! We wanted to save something special for you all on this monumental achievement for us, and trust us we didn’t let you down. This week, keep the dramamine handy and if you have epilepsy or are triggered by any sort of sexual violence whatsoever, seriously don’t watch this film. We head into the bowels of hell as depicted by a gay night club in Gaspar Noe’s 2002 Rape

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01:10:38

Episode 49 - Rabid (1977) - "When I'm Dead, Throw Me...

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2025/04/11

This week, we honestly needed a kind of buffer film between heavy hitters, so we decided to sojourn back to the serene 1970’s French Canadian countryside as we watch a woman infect a whole town with her armpit stinger! We’re covering one of David Cronenberg’s early films with the 1977 body horror feature “Rabid”. Join us as we talk about the early days of Canadian Treasure Cronenberg himself and feel a fond sense of nostalgia for a decade neither of us were alive to see. Plus, the disgusting eating

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01:23:40

Episode 48 - Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) - "Sleek...

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2025/03/28

On this week’s episode, spring isn’t the only thing that’s awakening. We’re celebrating Pete’s Birthday! And for the birthday boys pick, we’ve dived into the world of flesh consumed by metal with 1989’s “Tetsuo The Iron Man”. Join us as we step back into the wondrous world of independent filmmaking and marvel at just how visually stunning this movie looks, and how miserable of a shoot it was. This is a film who’s influences are very present in it’s grungy, phallic, cyberpunk aesthetic, yet maintains

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01:19:22

Episode 47 - Trauma (2017) - "A Chilean Film"

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2025/03/14

This week on the podcast, pack the Mazda full of white wine, and for the love of god share your location with someone, because we’re getting ready for a girls trip! We sat down and watched the 2017 Chilean made, Rape-Revenge Horror film, “Trauma”. A special shout out, as this was a fan recommendation, we officially got more than we bargained for! This movie seems to really wear its influences on the surface, pulling from such French Extremity films like “Martyrs” and “Frontiers”; and most notably

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00:00:52

Welcome To "I Didn't Need To See That"

I Didn’t Need To See That ·

2025/03/13

On "I Didn't Need to See That", join long time buddies Pete and Aaron as they take a break from their normal lives and sit down to talk about their mutual love of messed up movies! Listen in every other week as they kick up the rocks to see what underbelly lies beneath some of cinema’s most taboo selections. They'll journey through the most gut-wrenching Horror films, Mind Boggling Art films, Censor alarming Banned films and everything in between. The kind that make your skin

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01:23:18

Episode 46 - Eraserhead (1977) - "Parenting... It's a...

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2025/02/28

While the world of our movie today is dark, oppressing and riddled with temptation around every corner, on today’s episode of “I Didn’t Need To See That”, Everything is Just fine. Sit down with us and try to make awkward small talk with our girlfriend’s parents as we finally made our way to the debut feature film of David Lynch in 1977’s “Eraserhead”. Spoiler, this nightmare of a film was a hit for both of us! We marvel over sickly beautiful this movie looks and sounds and just how unhampered of a

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01:20:32

Episode 45 - The Devils (1971) - "Girls Gone Manic!"

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2025/02/14

CW: Graphic Sexuality, Scenes of Blasphemy, Violence, The French“You won’t believe what these nuns do and say when we threaten them with death by the state and religious persecution! It’s a free for all in 17th century Loudun, France as we watched Ken Russels 1971 Nun-sploitation film, “The Devils”. When the Grandier’s away, these nuns will play. Call in the next 5 minutes and we’ll throw in the exclusive, uncut, steamy version of the film that they DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE!” You won’t believe the

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01:10:48

Episode 44 - The Coffee Table (2024) - "Deeply Bad...

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2025/01/31

This week, it’s time to tighten the screws, babyproof the living room, and husbands, for the love of god just listen to your wives when they tell you something is ugly! This week we strap in for a ride like no other with a movie almost tailor made for this podcast, and one of the best kept secrets from 2024 in Caye Casas’ “The Coffee Table”. SPOILERS AHEAD!!! in this podcast episode, and we highly recommend seeing this movie with no information possible if you truly want to white knuckle these next

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01:11:08

Episode 43 - Splice (2010) - "Kill It With Fire!"

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2025/01/17

CW: Incest, Rape, Interspecies EroticaGrab your chemistry sets and start mixing and matching whatever the hell you want, because in our first episode of 2025, we’re playing God so much they may as well be a Las Vegas craps table. This week we watched the 2010 Sci-Fi/Horror film Splice. Join us as we Marvel ™ at a creature that is equal parts unsettling, and also the most powerful X-men ever created? While this movie may have been a box-office bomb, we both had a fun time with this B-movie

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01:24:30

Episode 42 - Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - "Yes They...

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2024/12/27

CW: Rape, Genocide, Abortion, Cannibalism, Graphic Violence, Live Animal Cruelty, 1980’s American Hubris, Italians Well everyone, we’ve waded through all manner of viscera and carnal delights to arrive at our final episode of the year and the capper to our Christmas with the Cannibals. We’re saving the best for last as we end the year with the grand daddy of all controversial films, it’s the one everyone warned you about but your buddies told you “you have to watch this!”. That’s right, on today’s

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01:27:14

Episode 41 - Raw (2016) - "Ohh, Baby I Like It Rawww"

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2024/12/13

CW: Violence, gore, depictions of cannibalism Come One Come all to the flesh eaters ball. This month we’re capping off our year of themes with a tried and true cultural taboo just in time for the holidays; It’s Christmas with the Cannibals ya’ll! This month we’re digging into 2 films that highlight the fascinating, grotesque, and even horny topic of Cannibalism; Kicking things off with the 2016 coming-of-age horror film, Raw. Join us as we revisit one of our favorite directors, Julia Ducournau (see

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00:53:15

Episode 40 - "The Thanksgiving Special" -...

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2024/11/28

“Gobble, Gobble Mother Cluckers! This week, All will be carved, as we decided to treat you all to a very special bonus Thanksgiving episode on Eli Roth’s 2023 holiday Slasher, “Thanksgiving”. This episodes a little light on the turkey as we mostly needed some good dumb fun to transition ourselves out of the grease bath that was Nympho November. Join us as we discuss musicals, how to spot your killer in the slasher film, and Pete gives the final word on Joker 2! We’re all gonna be working off that

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01:16:24

Episode 39 - Nymphomaniac Vol. 2 (2013) - "The...

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2024/11/15

This week we head out of the sheets and into the streets as we close out our coverage on the Nymphomaniac saga with Nymphomaniac Volume 2. This week we flipped the script, as Aaron watched the Theatrical cut and Pete watched the Directors cut with a full 54 minutes of extra content including extra double penetration, and possibly the most graphic abortion ever depicted on film. We’re in full Odyssey territory here folks. But it’s not all bad! We talk in todays episode about how through all the

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01:20:01

Episode 38 - Nymphomaniac Vol 1. (2013) - "We are Now...

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2024/11/01

We may be done with Satan, but we’re not quite done with Sinning. Join us for the month of November as we embark on the fluid-filled odyssey of sex that is Lars Von Trier’s 2013 film “Nymphomaniac”; a saga covered in 2 parts! Join us as we discuss this masterful film made by a truly insufferable human being. While at times we both think this script is trying to just come off as “look at how smart I am” by just saying pseudo-intellectual things without any sort of clear indication or thematic

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01:20:45

Episode 37 - Hereditary (2018) - "Masterpiece of Misery"

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2024/10/18

CW: Violence, Gore On this week’s episode, we’re blowing out the candle on this seance as we close out our super spooky double feature on Demonic Possession with a modern all-timer in 2018’s “Hereditary”. Keep an eye on that weird, sentient light, beware of naked old people and for the love of god, check the cake for nuts! Join in with us as we both revisit a film that we; for the first time in podcast history (apparently?!), agree is a certified banger of a film. From Toni Collette’s Oscar-worthy

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01:11:06

Episode 36 - Evil Dead (2013) - "Satan's Back!"

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2024/10/04

CW: Brutal Violence, Gore, simulated sexual assault, the dog dies Welcome to October and Hail Satan, Ya’ll! This month, we’re being full on sluts for the dark lord as we celebrate the spookiest season of all with our double feature on the theme of Demonic Possession. We’re kicking these doors open wide with a full on gore-fest as we watched the 2013 Supernatural horror remake, “Evil Dead”. We locked ourselves in for a rollercoaster ride of viscera, limbs and a literal climax of raining blood. We

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01:02:08

Episode 35 - Polytechnique (2009) - "Putting the...

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2024/09/20

This week on I Didn’t Need To See that, we close out our month of covering films on School Shootings (thank god) as we cover a lesser known tragedy and film (by American standards) and journey into the wild winters of Montreal, QC as we watched the 2009 film “Polytechnique”. Based on the harrowing true story of the 1989 École Polytechnique Engineering school massacre, tune in today as we grapple with the true horror of what unfolded on that fateful day, and how film still serves as a means of

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01:17:28

Episode 34 - Elephant (2003) - "Dylan and Eric...

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2024/09/06

Settle in gang, because Fall is here. That means cozy sweaters, crisp leaves on the ground, pumpkin spice lattes. And sadly, in some cases, the smell of gun smoke in the classrooms, as this month we decided to cover two films that cover what is truly the great North American tragedy of School Shootings. This week we start with 2003’s “Elephant”. Written and directed by Gus Van Sant, this film (which ultimatley started as a documentary about the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre) works as a placid

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01:14:08

Episode 33 - Crash (1996) - "Car-nal Desires"

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2024/08/16

CW: Graphic Sexual Content Welcome back you kinky freaks. On our second installment of our months “Auto-Erotica” theme, we test the limits of just how far will people go for that next great sexual thrill, even if means killing a few people along the way. Although, maybe that’s the point? We’re unclear. Anyway, we watched David Cronenberg’s 1996 erotic thriller “Crash”! Joining us on this weeks episode; returning guest to the Pod, verified Cronenberg first-timer, and Pete’s wife, Anna! Listen in to

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