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Episode 237 - Death Wish + more

The Stacks ·

2026/04/22

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:38:02), we talk about Michael Winner's highly influential 1974 vigilante drama Death Wish, in addition to the second and third episodes of Gravity Falls. In part two (1:38:03-2:27:13) we talk in shorter form about 8 additional features: Peter Weir's 1971 Australian debut Homesdale, the first Broken Lizard picture, 2001's Super Troopers (directed by Jay Chandrasekhar), the 1994 Steven E. de Souza video game adaptation Street Fighter, the 1966 Vicente

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Episode 236 - Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 + more

The Stacks ·

2026/04/14

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:03:06), we talk about the final Stray Cat Rock film, Toshiya Fujita's Beat '71, in addition to the first episode of Gravity Falls. In part two (1:03:07-2:10:41) we talk in shorter form about a dozen additional features: Pamela Sutch's 2000 homemade cat movie Catastrophy, James Wan's 2015 franchise entry Furious 7, the 1991 Dana van Rouveroy slasher-comedy Intensive Care, the 2012 Paul W.S. Anderson hyper-stylized video game movie Resident Evil:

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Episode 235 - The Great Silence + more

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2026/04/08

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:25:09), we talk about the landmark Sergio Corbucci revisionist western The Great Silence, in addition to the final episode of Breaking Bad's first season. In part two (1:25:10-2:28:59) we talk in shorter form about 9 additional features: Brett Ratner's widely hated 2006 franchise-wrecker X-Men: The Last Stand, the goofy 1979 Lewis Gilbert James Bond picture Moonraker, Yukio Noda's oddball Brucesploitation Za Karate 3, Christopher Nolan's 1998 debut

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Episode 234 - GUNS + more

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2026/04/01

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:30:21), we talk about the 1990 Andy Sidaris boobs and bullets picture GUNS, in addition to the sixth episode of Breaking Bad's first season. In part two (1:30:22-2:25:51) we talk in shorter form about 8 additional features: Akiva Schaffer's excellent 2025 reboot of The Naked Gun, the 1977 Lewis Gilbert James Bond greatest hits entry The Spy Who Loved Me, Paul W.S. Anderson's big silly 2010 video game movie Resident Evil: Afterlife, Joel Schumacher's

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Episode 233 - School in the Crosshairs + more

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2026/03/25

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:26:32), we talk about the Nobuhiko Obayashi's surrealist 1981 idol film School in the Crosshairs, in addition to the fifth episode of Breaking Bad's first season. In part two (1:26:33-2:27:04) we talk in shorter form about 8 additional features: the 1989 Kazuki Omori kaiju classic Godzilla vs Biollante, Kevin Smith's 1994 indie film debut Clerks, Yukio Noda's wacky 1974 Brucesploitation Za Karate 2, the 1983 Landis / Spielberg / Dante / Miller collab

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Episode 232 - Jerry Maguire + more

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2026/03/17

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:30:17), we talk about the 1996 Cameron Crowe romcom blockbuster Jerry Maguire, in addition to the fourth episode of Breaking Bad's first season and a furry-casting for Batman Forever. In part two (1:30:18-2:13:43) we talk in shorter form about 8ish additional features: the 2002 Peter Hastings Disney theme park attraction adaptation flop The Country Bears, the goofy 1974 Guy Hamilton James Bond entry The Man With the Golden Gun, Isaac Florentine's 2009

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Episode 231 - Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood...

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2026/03/10

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:35:19), we talk about the John Carl Buechler Elseworlds Jason entry Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, in addition to the third episode of Breaking Bad and a furry-casting for Fast Five. In part two (1:35:20-2:27:19) we talk in shorter form about 8 additional features: the 1993 Bruce Timm / Eric Radomski animated picture Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, the 2007 Russell Mulcahy franchise entry Resident Evil: Extinction, the 2018 Ron Howard prequel

179:35

Episode 230 - Massacre Time + more!

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2026/03/04

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:16:48), we talk about the bloody Lucio Fulci western Massacre Time, in addition to the second episode of Breaking Bad. In part two (1:16:49-2:24:56) we talk in shorter form about 8 additional features: the 2011 Lynne Ramsay 'coping with an evil child' film We Need to Talk About Kevin, the 1973 Guy Hamilton James Bond entry Live and Let Die, the 1981 George Miller dystopian carsploitation Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior), the 2017 Lynne Ramsay Joaquin

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Episode 229 - Game of Death and lots more!

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2026/02/25

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:48:30), we talk about Robert Clouse's notorious official 1978 Brucesploitation picture Game of Death, in addition to the pilot episode of Breaking Bad. In part two (1:48:31-3:08:20) we talk in shorter form about 13ish additional features: Todd Holland's 1989 proto-kid power classic The Wizard, Paul W.S. Anderson's 2002 video game adaptation Resident Evil and its 2004 sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse (directed by Alexander Witt), the season 4 finale and

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Feb '26 Valentine's week off

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2026/02/18

Due to illness, this week's episode is postponed for one week but we will be back next week with a much extended parts two and three<3

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Episode 228 - Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat...

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2026/02/11

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:23:15), we talk about the 1991 Toshiharu Ikeda franchise legacy v-cinema revival Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat, in addition to the conclusion of American Horror Story season 1 ("Afterbirth"). In part two (1:23:15-2:23:32) we talk in shorter form about 8ish additional features: the 2015 Wachowskis sci-fi epic flop Jupiter Ascending, a pile of classic Disney Mickey shorts from the Celebrating Mickey disc, Thomas Alfredson's infamous 2017 crime

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Episode 227 - The Great Mouse Detective + more

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2026/02/04

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:18:14), we talk about the 1986 Disney animated feature The Great Mouse Detective (directed by John Musker, Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson and David Michener), in addition to the penultimate episode of American Horror Story season 1 ("Birth"). In part two (1:18:15-2:04:29) we talk in shorter form about 7 additional features: the 2009 Justin Lin franchise entry Fast & Furious (4th in the series), the 2024 Luis Ortega surreal crime film Kill the Jockey,

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Episode 226 - Festen + more

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2026/01/28

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:31:12), we talk about Thomas Vinterberg's blackly comic and emotionally intense 1998 Dogma 95 feature Festen (aka The Celebration), in addition to the tenth episode of American Horror Story season 1 ("Smoldering Children"). In part two (1:31:13-2:39:59) we talk in shorter form about 8 additional features: Steven Spielberg's 2002 sci-fi action dystopia Minority Report, Hisayasu Sato's 1994 AIDS crisis pink film Love - Zero = Infinity, Bill Plympton's

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Episode 225 - La Notte + more

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2026/01/21

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:33:33), we talk about Michelangelo Antonioni's 1961 classic of arthouse alienation, La Notte, in addition to the ninth episode of American Horror Story season 1 ("Spooky Little Girl"). In part two (1:33:34-2:39:44) we talk in shorter form about 8 additional features: Tim Burton's 1989 comic book adaptation blockbuster Batman, the 1984 Dennis Chiu Jan-Keung and Lee Tai-Hang Shaw Brothers horror Sex Beyond the Grave, the icy 2000 Takashi Ishii rape/revenge

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Episode 224 - Nothing but Trouble + more!

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2026/01/14

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:40:18), we re-review the legendary Dan Aykroyd horror-comedy flop Nothing but Trouble, in addition to the eighth episode of American Horror Story season 1 ("Rubber Man"). In part two (1:40:19-3:06:56) we talk in shorter form about 6 additional features and 5 TV episodes: The April 22nd, 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live (featuring Steve Martin and The Blues Brothers), Hisayasu Sato's 1992 pink film An Aria on Gazes (AKA The Bedroom, among many other

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Episode 223 - Blues Brothers + more

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2026/01/07

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:46:36), we talk about the John Landis action/comedy classic The Blues Brothers, in addition to the seventh episode of American Horror Story season 1 ("Open House") and furry-casting Speed Racer. In part two (1:46:38-3:18:10) we talk in shorter form about 8 features and 4 Christmas specials: the cursed and terrible Y2K Ron Howard remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the 1992 Chris Columbus Christmas sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, the 1992

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Episode 222 - Horror of the Blood Monsters + more

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2025/12/31

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:30:41), we talk about Al Adamson's horror/sci-fi patchwork Horror of the Blood Monsters, in addition to the sixth episode of American Horror Story season 1 ("Piggy Piggy") and furry-casting Silent Night Deadly Night. In part two (1:30:43-2:24:34) we talk in shorter form about 7ish features, beginning with the horrendous 1998 Bret Michaels vanity project A Letter From Death Row (co-directed by Marvin Baker), the 1974 Wes Craven pornographic arthouse debut

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Episode 221 - Boogie Nights + holiday roundup

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2025/12/24

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:58:51), we talk about P.T. Anderson's 1997 porn industry epic Boogie Nights, in addition to the fifth episode of American Horror Story season 1 (the conclusion of their "Halloween" two-parter) and furry/toon-casting Matrix Revolutions. In part two (1:58:52-3:15:04) we talk in shorter form about a great big pile of additional features, including 8 Christmas specials and 7 movies: the 1966 Chuck Jones animated classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the

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Episode 220 - Taxi Driver + more

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2025/12/17

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:37:45), we talk about Martin Scorsese's 1976 character study of a spree killer, Taxi Driver, in addition to the fourth episode of American Horror Story season 1 (part one of their "Halloween" two-parter). In (our) part two (1:37:45-2:32:38) we talk in shorter form about 8 additional features: Peter Segal's 1994 franchise outlier Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Kaizo Hayashi's 1993 neo-noir The Most Terrible Time in My Life, Jet Eller's 1989 unreleased

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Episode 219 - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2:...

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2025/12/10

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:39:57), we talk about Jack Sholder's 1985 gay slasher franchise entry A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, in addition to the third episode of American Horror Story season 1 (the titular "Murder House"), and a chat about casting furry versions of The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded. In part two (1:39:58-2:38:39) we talk in shorter form about 9 additional features: Michael Winterbottom's 1995 serial killer psychodrama Butterfly Kiss, "The

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