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Have You Seen This?

Have You Seen This?

The world"s only podcast about bizarre, overlooked, and misbegotten media. Support the show on Patreon!patreon.com/haveyouseenthis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:01:30

270 - The Lure

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2026/03/01

Tim coaxes Jen into the pool for a Polish horror musical set in a dark alternate 80s Warsaw, The Lure!Director Agnieska Smocyzynska also made The Silent Twins (2022) about June and Jennifer Gibbons. Jen gave a glib and half-accurate version of their whole deal, but this 90s-era BBC documentary features the real June Gibbons and tells it a little more accurately. It’s a story that has been mined over and over again elsewhere as “spooky” content. However, the real narrative is one about two

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1:02:52

271 - Rock & Rule

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2026/03/01

Jen and Tim invite Chris Wade, #1 Music Super Fan, to marvel at the high production values of the dangerously furry Rock & Rule.Hear Chris and wife Molly range far and wide on the subject of music on the And Introducing podcast! Or get your hands on actual physical music magazine Antics!The movie and many fascinating related tidbits may easily be located on the internet, if you know where to look.Read the article on animating oldschool light effects that Jen was too dumb to parse, describe, or

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1:37:47

269 - Have You Seen This: Guys Edition

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2026/02/23

Tim and Jen host the guys of Guys: A Podcast About Guys for some guy talk about internet movie guys!Sadly, Bryan’s childhood favorite Big Shots is not currently streaming on Tubi, but they’ll email you when it’s available.It’s true, Benjamin Franklin did find farts extremely funny. “A Letter to a Royal Academy” (later published under the title Fart Proudly) is a whole essay about flatulence. You may find that you are entertained with the pleasantry of it and the ridicule it contains! Hosted on

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1:44:27

268 - Boudica: Queen of War

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2026/02/16

Jen and Tim welcome back Gaius of the wonderful Tribunate channel on YouTube to fact-check some prime dadslop called Boudica: Queen of War.The other Boudica movie Tim watched is called Boudica: Rise of the Warrior Queen and is freely available on Tubi, if you’d like to compare and contrast.The University of Toronto has proof: Romans really did practice ancient dentistry! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:16:44

267 - Body Double

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2026/02/09

Tim and Jen peep at Brian De Palma’s dirty Hitchcockian (heh) thriller, Body Double!De Palma did an interview with TV reporter Bobbie Wygant to promote Body Double at the time of the film’s release. Dont’t miss Bobbie obligingly picking up some insert shots at the end of the tape.If you’re curious about that sick bachelor pad from the movie, this YouTuber has a concise history of the Chemosphere, including a mention of Body Double.Tim sent me this: “Reverend Richard Coles sings the word of Frankie

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1:22:01

266 - Catch My Soul

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2026/01/25

Jen hosts Josh and Brian of The Worst of All Possible Worlds to contemplate a version of Othello that, thankfully, features no blackface— Catch My Soul from 1974.TheSky Kingepisode ofThe Worst of All Possible Worldsis a slight divergence from their usual material, but it is as worthy as any of their deep dives into popular culture. Also check out theIll Conceived podcastif you would like to know more about the natalist weirdos currently making their neuroses our problem.The 1962 filmAll Night Longis

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1:35:34

265 - A Christmas Carol

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2026/01/12

Jen and Tim finish the leftover eggnog and talk about a darker-than-dark version of Dickens’s classic, A Christmas Carol.The Grauniad’s 5-star review calls this version “rich, clever, funny and courageous,” in contrast to an outright pan from RogerEbert.com.Read an interview with Christmas Carol scribe Steven Knight in…Town and Country magazine? Huh, OK. Why not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:17:43

264 - Black Christmas

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2025/12/28

Tim and Jen atone for their recent choices for episode topics by discussing a good holiday-themed movie: Bob Clark's Black Christmas!Voice of the killer Nick Mancuso speaks extensively about Black Christmas in this archived article from the Telegraph, as well as other aspects of his long career.“You go 10 feet down and it’s black. The scene called for me to swim under the water. I jump off the pier and open my eyes and it’s black everywhere. I’m wearing boots, a Vietnam flying jacket. All I remember

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1:19:19

263 - A Karate Christmas Miracle

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2025/12/21

Jen and Tim enlist Bitter Karella to attempt a close read of the un-close-read-able, the inscrutably weird A Karate Christmas Miracle.Errata: Jen identifies Kenneth del Vecchio as the director of the film (he merely wrote the script, produced, and played the pivotal role of Bob Genesis). Also Jen doesn't seem to be clear on the nature of a miracle, but forgive her— she's a slave to empiricism.Want more del Vecchio?! Of course you do!!! Don't miss the trailer for the confusingly named O.B.A.M. Nude,

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1:28:03

262 - The Pervy the Clown Show

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2025/12/08

Oh my god, someone watched this? Merely an obscure channel, B-Movie TV. Oh no, someone archived the sexy clown show? No Tim. The Roku. Bitter Karella, no.Well, what is a clown? Is he life? Is he a clown show? Would you enjoy a clown show? Wanna see?Pervy no. Why? Does he make you laugh? Why? Does he bring a lighter smile to your face? Pervy, no. KinkyCandy(s), no one’s harlequin.Wanna see what someone locked away?NOPERVYOh you don’t do clowns, huh? Why? Well, no one’s doing this clown, either.NO

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1:32:01

261 - Fun in Balloon Land

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2025/11/24

Tim and Jen host Rifftrax writerSean Thomasonto watch the unwatchable: an ancient kiddie flick filled with air and B-roll, Fun in Balloon Land. Jen also pitches her idea for a new, horrible subgenre, named after the director of the similarly horrible Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny: Mahoncore!TheRifftrax version of Fun in Balloon Landgoes down much easier than the unadorned version, plus you’ll be helping pay Sean’s salary. You can also bug Sean over at Bluesky— tell him the chuckleheads at Have You

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1:17:33

260 - Velvet Vampire

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2025/11/17

Jen and Tim brave the harsh California desert in search of a truly obscure female-focused vampire chiller, The Velvet Vampire!Watch The Velvet Vampire on Shudder, and accept no substitutes! This is the best version of the film currently available, as the most recent blu-ray release is extremely difficult to find.No joke, if you know where we can get a copy of this exact Shout Factory edition of The Velvet Vampire blu-ray for a reasonable (or at most mildly unreasonable) price, please let us

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1:05:57

259 - Video Violence

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2025/11/02

Tim and Jen reach deep into the spooky season remainder bin and pull out one of the better shot-on-video horror movies…but regular listeners know just how low that bar can really go.Video Violence filmmaker Gary P. Cohen has a website!Forbes has the rundown on the guy who got banned for like two seconds for posting one of the worst things you can find online.Want more shot-on-video horror? We’ve talked about some of the hard(est to watch) stuff— check out our SOV episode collection! Hosted on Acast

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1:51:17

258 - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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2025/10/27

Jen and Tim look back at “the Cybertruck of prestige novel adaptations,” Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein!Most of this interview with Frank Darabont is about The Shawshank Redemption, but at the tail end he gives his unvarnished thoughts on what a hash Branagh made of his screenplay for Frankenstein.“That movie was his vision entirely. If you love that movie you can throw all your roses at Ken Branagh’s feet. If you hated it, throw your spears there too, because that was his

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1:21:22

257 - Trick 'r Treat

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2025/10/19

Tim and Jen haze Bitter Karella over her inexplicable defense of a Halloween-themed anthology film, Trick 'r Treat!As of 2024, filmmaker Michael Dougherty is threatening a sequel to Trick 'r Treat. Be still my heart.See What's Your Problem? (What is Wrong With You?), one of Jen's favorite pieces of public television ephemera.Want a horror anthology that's actually good? Check out our episode on Ghost Stories! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:37:49

256 - Foxes

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2025/10/12

Jen welcomes back Julie (chimericalgirl.bsky.social) to discuss a criminally underseen coming-of-age film directed by Adrian Lyne, Foxes.Read an interview with Kandice Stroh, in which she talks in detail about playing the part of Deirdre in the film."I learned it from watching you!"Watch a 2003 documentary on the Camarillo State Hospital, which was made shortly before its closure. The grounds now make up California State University, Channel Islands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:14:16

255 - Porky's

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2025/09/29

Tim and Jen aren’t scandalized by infamous teen gross-out comedy Porky’s, it just kind of makes them scratch their heads.Someone compiled every Siskel and Ebert review of a Bob Clark film from Murder By Decree to one we actually covered on the show, Loose Cannons. Only the Judd Nelson-starring From the Hip is missing. Maybe they didn’t bother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:27:26

254 - Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

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2025/09/22

Jen and Tim invite Patrick Cosmos back to the show to discuss the woeful sequel to Rock ’n’ Roll High School! Please drop us a line at info@haveyouseen.us if you understand the refrigerator bit.Filmmaker Adan Gonzales obviously produced Forever: The Untold Story of Rock ’n’ Roll High School Forever as a labor of love, and audio issues aside, it’s a charming look at a movie that I guess some people really like! If you grew up listening to nu-metal and watching Pauly Shore comedies, check out the rest

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1:18:03

253 - Boom

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2025/09/08

Tim and Jen welcome Chris Person of the Aftermath website to discuss John Waters’s favorite film, Joseph Losey’s big swing at Tennessee William’s first flop, Boom!We highly recommend the worker-owned and reader-supported Aftermath, especially this incredibly detailed and helpful article about specialized industrial cleaners (well, Jen really liked it). Listeners may also enjoy this conversation between Chris and friend of the show David J. Roth about archiving overlooked film and television.Richard

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1:09:46

252 - Josie and the Pussycats

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2025/08/25

Jen and Tim get around to a cute cult film about exploitation and capitalism, Josie and the Pussycats!Get Russ Burlingame’s love letter to the film, Best Movie Ever! for 30% off with discount code SEENTHIS over at JosieBook.com! This comprehensive oral history of the film covers the beloved source comic, the production of the film, and the fierce devotion it inspired and continues to inspire in fans.The reason Jen couldn’t find anything up-to-date on the lawsuit against Rosario Dawson is because it

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