Raiders of the Podcast

Raiders of the Podcast
  • 3.7 (3)
  • TV & Film
  • Semiweekly

We are a weekly podcast about movies. Sometimes new ones, often older ones, frequently bad ones. We like cowboy hats, face hugs, strangely sexual automaton interactions, and listeners like you.

  1. 2d ago

    Swedish Meatballs

    This week- three blondes do unimaginable damage to the environment, tourism, and multiple criminal empires.      Dee and Dawn have a fateful encounter in a plane, only to learn that fate has had them on a collision course for a while. The pair decide to support each other's dreams. When they are mistaken for the Cat and the Kit, the world's greatest assassins, they take a cross-country trip to "take out" the head of Ontario's Triad. Will the girls discover their mistake before their vengeful counterparts catch up? The last film directed by iconic director Bob Clark- Blonde and Blonder.      Nick Gunar is a former soldier now down and out in the frigid Chicago winter. He takes a job leading a group of mercenaries to pressure a native group into signing away their lands to a mining partnership. Now Nick must find a way to get the natives to comply and deal with a violently antagonistic former comrade, Keefer. The second feature directed by Perry Lang, a long time collaborator of screenwriter John Sayles, Men of War.      All that and Kevin begins his yearly long dark Raymond Chandler evening of the soul and Dave muddles through somehow. Join us, won't you?     Episode 490- Swedish Meatballs

  2. 6d ago

    Burlap Shack

    This week- something sinister is beginning to bubble in the small town of Crystal Lake. Hippies descend on the camp, suspicion is cast on a troubled local, and sometimes you gotta ride while enjoying your victory. Join us while we talk Crystal Lake episodes "Part 3" and "A New Beginning", won't you?    Crystal Lake Minisode 2- Burlap Shack

  3. Oct 25

    What's in the Box?

    This week- a trio of movies that feature knocks on wood.       On Halloween night in 1992 the BBC aired a special that would cast a long shadow over a generation and shake public trust to its core. A live broadcast, hosted by the nation's most trusted presenters, designed to capture solid irrefutable evidence of the supernatural events terrorizing a small family in Northolt. Never again aired on UK television but enjoying a robust life on home media- Ghostwatch.      Julia Cotton is bored with her life. When she and her husband, Larry, move into his childhood home in an attempt to rebuild their strained relationship. After a minor accident drips blood on the floor, Julia's lover and Larry's brother, Frank, suddenly returns up from places unspeakable. Julia immediately decides to help Frank heal. The first film in a beloved niche horror franchise written and directed by a genre legend- Hellraiser.      Richard, a psychology student, talks his friends into going to the cabin he grew up in to participate in his thesis study on fear. Once there Richard pulls out his life-size wooden dummy, "Morty", which is to be used as the group's sounding board during the study. Soon breakthroughs begin to happen almost as Morty showing up in inexplicable places. Notable for heavily marketing its early horrorcore soundtrack- The Fear.      All that and Dave doesn't understand French, Kevin regresses to adolescence, and Craig has a problem with his aging. Join us, won't you?    Episode 489- What's in the Box?

  4. Oct 21

    Greetings from Camp Crystal Lake

    This week we skinny dip into the largest, deepest, coldest lake in North America... Crystal Lake. Back before he was a mountain of an undead serial killer, Jason Voorhees was just a child. Join us as we take a look at the first two episodes of the new Peacock streaming series, won't you?    Crystal Lake Minisode 1- Greetings From Camp...

  5. Oct 18

    Cut to the Chase

    This week a director attempts an impossible take, a detective attempts to remember a clue, and a First Nations activist attempts to show the damage yet to be done.      The cast and crew of a low-budget zombie find themselves between a director, Higurashi, driven to extremes and the chomping end of an actual zombie outbreak. Before the last drop of blood is spilled, we take a look at what drove Higurashi to this extreme and what was happening off screen. The poster film for "let's put on a show" spirit and independent ingenuity that opens with a in a brilliant 37 minute uninterrupted continuous shot- One Cut of the Dead [original Kamera o Tomeru na!; lit. Don't Stop the Camera!].      A serial killer thought to have died eighteen years earlier returns. The only surviving witness, whose mother was the last victim in the original murders, and the case's now retired detective, who is suffering from age related memory loss, join together to finally end the terror that has haunted them both. A giallo from widely acknowledged master of the art, Dario Argento, Sleepless [original Non ho sonno; lit. 'I can't sleep'].      Peter Maguire is the lawyer for a First Nations reserve and trying to stop a logging company from building a road that will lead to clear cutting of Native land. After a meeting where the reserve's representative affirms their desire to fight, Arthur, an Indigenous activist, joins him on his trip back home. That night Arthur kidnaps logging plant manager, Bud, and the three men take a long trip through the wilderness. A brilliantly acted and brutal deconstruction of performative allyship, the limits of pacifism, corporate pillaging of the environment, and the land rights of First Nations people, Clearcut.      All that and three looks at a magnetic tape. Join us, won't you?     Episode 488- Cut to the Chase

  6. Oct 14

    Beep Beep

    In the spirit of spooky season and to milk hype for a newer Stephen King miniseries, we take a look at the ABC TV miniseries that started sixteen years of Stephen King adaptions- IT. Does is hold up? Do we just have nostalgia goggles? Does Tim Curry still stalk our nightmares? Join us, won't you?    A Spooky Season minisode- Beep Beep

  7. Oct 11

    Kill or be Kilt

    This week- a two directorial debuts from industry veterans and the sixth film from one of the most divisive cult filmmakers.      Daisy works in content monitoring at Paladin, a harsh workplace with strict quotas, a martinet boss, and constant employee breakdowns. Trying to maintain her well-being, Daisy indulges in some numbing excess but nothing stops her increasing detachment. Until she can't just look away from one disturbingly violent video. An examination of modern disillusionment and digital detachment, American Sweatshop.      Philip is forced to return to his childhood home and elderly uncle, Maurice, after an incident involving this spider-like representation of personal trauma marionette. Despite multiple attempts and a suffocating desperation to dispose of the nightmarish puppet, it always returns to him, in tact and close. Maurice torments a mentally crumbling and regressing Philip while the police search for a possible abductor. The feature debut of a cult comedian and author is a brutal and bleak look at the repercussions of abuse and trauma, Possum.      A mysterious pyramid, showing details combining all the diverse pyramids on Earth, is found under an uninhabited Arctic island. Lex Woods is hired by Charles Bishop Weyland to guide a team of mercenaries and questionably competent scientists into the structure. Unfortunately, it turns out to be an elaborate interstellar hunting ground for the most dangerous organism and most skilled hunter in the galaxy. The sixth feature from both loved and hated genre filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson, Alien vs Predator.      All that AND a we take a look at "Scottish Mist" the penultimate episode of Channel 4's brilliant horror comedy, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Join us, won't you?    Episode 487- Kill or be Kilt

  8. Oct 7

    A Cuckoo in Play

    This week- John finds some closure, Kerry does a whoopsie, Guy gets a the terms of his employment rearranged, Noah sees a cameo, and Halogram finally says the words RealHal couldn't. Join us in waxing philosophical for Lanterns finale, "Dirt and Stars", won't you? Lanterns Minisode- A Cuckoo in Play

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We are a weekly podcast about movies. Sometimes new ones, often older ones, frequently bad ones. We like cowboy hats, face hugs, strangely sexual automaton interactions, and listeners like you.

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  • Creator
    Raiders of the Podcast
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    147
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © copyright 2017
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    Raiders of the Podcast

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