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Dewey Pod-Monster

Dewey PodMonster

Dive into the world of cult classics, hidden movie gems, and retro favorites with The Dewey Podmonster Podcast. From 80s horror and franchise deep-dives to underground cinema, we provide brutally honest reviews and passionate rants for the true pop culture obsessive. Specializing in "Themed Months" and franchise retrospectives, we provide passionate, unfiltered reviews of the movies you love (and the ones you love to hate). Subscribe for your weekly fix of unfiltered film and TV commentary.

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01:03:27

Lethal Weapon (1987) - The Blueprint for all Buddy...

Dewey Pod-Monster ·

2025/12/16

Lethal Weapon (1987)Directed by: Richard DonnerStarring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, some guy that awkwardly holds egg nog.Strangely moving into a movie that some might consider a Christmas movie (and I guess we do, or else we wouldn't be talking about it right now) is the venerable Lethal Weapon, where Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are the odd couple of policing. Did this set the stage for just about every buddy cop movie that comes after it. Someone on this show makes that argument

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00:58:34

Santa With Muscles (1996) - A Christmas Movie Easily...

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2025/12/09

Santa With Muscles (1996)Directed By: John MurlowskiStarring: Hulk Hogan, Don Stark, Robin Curtis, a man who has starred in nothing but trash.You thought Ernest Saves Christmas was bad? Well... that's like... you're opinion man. This week we examine another Christmas disaster, this time starring Hulk Hogan as a mean business owner who loses his memory and helps some orphans (including a young Mila Kunis) or some garbage like that. IMDB.com describes Santa with Muscles as: "A heartless

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00:54:22

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) - Do Crimes...

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2025/12/02

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)Directed By: John R. Cherry IIIStarring: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, not Otho from BeetlejuiceWe're starting the month of December with an early Christmas gift to you - our first discussion (in I'm sure a long line of) about Ernest movies. This time around, of course it's Ernest Saves Christmas, where Ernest does some shit and Santa and Christmas and Reindeer and other words. IMDB.com describes Ernest Saves Christmas as: "Ernest helps Santa

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00:58:23

Machete Kills (2013) - Machete Don't Podcast, But...

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2025/11/25

Machete Kills (2013)Directed By: Robert RodriguezStarring: Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Demián Bichir, Some Bed PooperIt's been a while since we've talked about Machete, and this time he's got revenge on his mind. After the events of the first film, Machete gets entangled in the government and is sent on a mission from the President of the USA himself. IMDB.com describes Machete Kills as: "The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who

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01:00:30

Maximum Surge (2003) - Let's Try to Make Some Money...

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2025/11/18

Maximum Surge aka 'Game Over' (2003)Directed By: ⁠Jason Bourque⁠Starring: ⁠Woody Jeffreys⁠⁠, Dominika Juillet⁠, ⁠Doug Abrahams⁠, ⁠That Baywatch Chick⁠ and ⁠the little Polish guy from Star Trek⁠.I've got an idea... I have all this old footage from some video games, so why don't we write an entire script around video games and try to incorporate those into some new footage that we can shoot, and then we can pretend like we meant for it to be crappy all along! Then.. we can put one of

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01:03:55

Fatal Deviation (1998) - Ireland's Answer to Jean...

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2025/11/11

Fatal Deviation (1998)Directed By: James P. Bennett, Shay Casserley, Simon LinscheidStarring: James P. Bennett, Mikey Graham, Nicole O'Sullivan, Don PotatoMartial Arts are like magic. Practitioners are said to have mystical abilities and are able to perform feats that us mere mortals could only dream about. Practice martial arts and you too can use your powers to defeat the bullies like Don Potato. IMDB.com has this to say about "Fatal Deviation": "A classic good versus evil

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00:58:20

Invasion USA (1985) - Chuck Norris Will Hit You with...

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2025/11/04

Invasion USA (1985)Directed By: Joseph ZitoStarring: Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Melissa ProphetBelieve it or not, this is our first foray into Chuck Norris, and there's not a better way to start! Communists are invading the shores of America for some reason and there's no one better than old Charlie Norris to stop them! IMDB.com describes Invasion USA as: "A one-man army comes to the rescue when the United States are invaded by communists."We Also Talked About:Alone Season 12

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00:44:50

Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (1988) - A...

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2025/10/31

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)Directed By: Dwight H. LittleStarring:Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, A Drunken PriestTo end this years Horrorween we dive into Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. Set ten years after his original killing spree, (and as if Silver Shamrock never happened) Michael Myers wakes up from a coma the day before Halloween and returns to Haddonfield to find a shitty mask and target his niece that doesn't even know Michael is her uncle

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01:01:16

Demons (1985) - Tony the Pimp's Ruined Night at the...

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2025/10/28

Demons (1985)Directed By: Lamberto BavaStarring: Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Someone in a movie called K. The Butcher ShitterIn the last movie of the Horrorween Quadrilogy for 2025, it's a zombie (demons?) episode. Demons beat out 'City of the Walking Dead' for our Zombie movie this month, and it has the promise of being very intriguing. The basic story is that random people get invited to a private screening of a movie about teens breaking into Nostradamus' tomb, but then bad stuff

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00:54:20

Project: Metalbeast (1995) – When the Military Made a...

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2025/10/23

Project: Metalbeast⁠ (1995)Directed By: ⁠Alessandro De Gaetano⁠Starring: ⁠Barry Bostwick⁠, ⁠Brian Brophy⁠, ⁠Mario Burgos⁠, ⁠That NYPD Blue Lady⁠For the third week of horrorween, my true love gave to me - a werewolf moooo-vie! This time it's about a werewolf from Hungary that gets his blood injected into a special agent dude in America who wears fish scale, but IMDB.com would describe ⁠Project: Metalbeast⁠ a little differently... They say: "In 1974, an unhinged CIA agent injects himself with

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01:05:20

Trick or Treat (1986): When Metal Summons Demons and...

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2025/10/14

Trick or Treat (1986)Directed By: Charles Martin SmithStarring: Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Large Marge, The Demon, The Prince of DarknessFor our second installation of this year's HORRORWEEN, the regular crew are joined by BP from the Let's Talk Horror channel, and we're talking the 1986 heavy metal horror film Trick Or Treat. Skippy from "Family Ties" is a future high school shooter who's looking forward to his favorite musician, Sammi Kerr, playing his high

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01:05:28

The Lost Boys (1987) - We'll Never Look at Rice the...

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2025/10/07

The Lost Boys (1987)Directed By: Joel SchumacherStarring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, That guy who played Jack Bauer, and A Gilmore Girls dude.To start our Horrorween 2025 programming, we put a poll up on Instagram asking YOU the audience to pick 3 of the movies we talk about this month - these selections were a movie from John, and a movie from Sean. The first pick was today's movie The Lost Boys, about a couple of brothers that move to the Santa Clara, the "murder capitol of

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01:02:35

Ghostbusters II (1989) - Bustin Doesn't Make Me Feel...

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2025/09/30

Ghostbusters II (1989)Directed by: Ivan ReitmanStarring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Another Director and That Guy from Oz and some guy who shrunk some kids.Following up from where they left off 5 years ago (no really, 5 years), the titular Ghostbusters are down and out, making appearances at children's parties where they're upstaged by a clown. When a mysterious slime is found under the city, the Ghostbusters spring back into action to find out what's at the bottom of

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01:07:54

Ricochet (1991) - Denzel Washington vs. John...

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2025/09/23

Ricochet (1991)Directed By: Russell MulcahyStarring: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, That one guy named after a fish.This show was really started as a way to talk about Ricochet. Now that the cat is out of the bag - let me tell you about Ricochet. Denzel Washington and John Lithgow go back and forth over one of the most batshit concepts for a Hollywood movie. IMDB.com describes Ricochet as: "Hitman seeks revenge on a police officer turned District Attorney.", but - it is so much

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01:02:28

The Glimmer Man (1996) - Steven Seagal and Keenan...

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2025/09/16

The Glimmer Man (1996)Directed By: John GrayStarring: Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton, That McDonald's Voice Guy.Steven Seagal is back, and that can only mean one thing - our horrible Steven Seagal imitations are back too (sorry, but we tried to not do it as much). This time he's teaming up with Keenan Ivory Wayans, and they attempt to make an action/comedy, because old Stevie is trying to show you that he has range... IMDB.com describes The Glimmer Man as: "Two cops are

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00:50:21

Army of Darkness (1992) WSG Ryan from "You Gonna Eat...

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2025/09/09

Army of Darkness (1992)Directed By: Sam RaimiStarring: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Mr. Pitt.We're joined this week by a very special guest - Ryan from ⁠⁠https://yougonnaeatthatcrust.com/⁠ - and we're going on and on and on about the last big screen adventure of Ash Williams, on yet another journey to get that damned Necronomicon, but this time he's been sent to the past and needs to fight his way back home against the hordes of deadites and skeletons to get there

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00:58:12

Waxwork (1988) WSG Boomer from Podcast in the Woods -...

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2025/09/02

Waxwork (1988)Directed By: Anthony HickoxStarring: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Jennifer Basse, that dude that was in TronWe're joined this week by Boomer from Podcast in the Woods. This time around, Zach Galligan is an entitled prick that is trying to get into a girl's pants, so when she invited him and 4 of his friends to a pop-up waxwork in the neighborhood, he thinks "What the hell?" Maybe his whiny charm and cheeseburger good looks will seal the deal - but he gets more than he bargains for,

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01:07:46

Hard Target (1993) - The Mullet that Launched a...

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2025/08/26

Hard Target (1993)Directed By: John WooStarring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, that one guy who was a mummy in some mummy moviesYou can never have too much Van Dammage, or maybe you can. This time around, it's Jean-Claude Van Damme with an amazing mullet in John Woo's American movie debut - HARD TARGET. It's been years since either of us have seen this, so how's it fare? IMDB.com describes HARD TARGET as: "A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of

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01:00:27

War of the Worlds (2025) - NWA and NSA Are Waiting...

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2025/08/19

War of the Worlds (2025)Directed By: Rich LeeStarring: Ice Cube, Eva Longoria, Iman Benson, Agent CoulsonThe classic H.G Wells story of "War of the Worlds" has been updated and iterated again - this time rather than someone like Tom Cruise running to save his family from aliens, Ice Cube tries to save the world through a team call. Can a man with all of your online shopping cart within his reach beat off a group of aliens? IMDB.com describes 'War of the Worlds' as: "A colossal

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00:59:34

Alligator (1980) - A Giant Alligator Crashes a Pirate...

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2025/08/12

Alligator (1980)Directed By: Lewis TeagueStarring: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, That bad guy.What if I told you that an alligator from Florida got flushed down a toilet in Chicago (John would say it popped up in New York, but you'll have to find out by listening to this episode), and then got pumped full of growth hormones to eventually bust out and kill? I'd say, I'm glad I don't live in Chicago! IMDB.com describes Alligator as: "A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and

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