Dewey Pod-Monster

Dewey PodMonster
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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.

  1. 2d ago

    Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) – What’s Scarier, Michael or Loomis Screaming in Your Face?

    Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr What happens when you rush a Halloween sequel into production without a finished script? You get Michael Myers floating down a river in a life vest like Tina Turner, a psychic link that gets abandoned faster than a plot in a hurry, and Donald Pleasence screaming at small children for 90 straight minutes. Halloween 5 is a movie that dares to ask: what if we took everything good about this franchise and replaced it with clown music? Join us as we suffer through the most nonsensical entry in the series yet. In this episode, we discuss: Loomis Has Completely Lost It — The good doctor has officially gone off the deep end. He's screaming at a mute child like a dog, using a 12-year-old as bait, and finishing the movie by Home Alone-ing Michael Myers with a chain net from Home Depot and then hacksawing him until he basically passes out on top of him. This is not the Loomis you remember. Michael Myers, River Surfer — We open with Michael getting shotgunned into a hole, floating down a stream in what is clearly a life vest with what looks like a pizza box stuffed under his back, and then crashing with a homeless guy in a tree for an entire year. The hobo feeds him nothing, showers him nothing, and is shocked when Michael wakes up and murders him. That's gratitude for you. Just Take the Mask Off — Michael is the most wanted man in Haddonfield, yet he's walking around in broad daylight standing behind trees with a leaf over his eye. We now know what he looks like — he's just a regular guy! Nobody in this town would recognize him without the mask. This movie refuses to let its own villain be smart for even one scene. The Soundtrack Sounds Like a Fisher-Price Keyboard — They took one of the most iconic horror scores in cinema history and turned it into the drugstore version of itself. The Halloween theme now sounds like it's being played on a toy piano at a yard sale. Every time the two comic relief cops show up, they get clown music. We have questions and there are no answers. Some of the above links are affiliate links — if you purchase through them we get a small kickback, and it's the best way to support the show. New episodes of the Dewey Pod Monster podcast drop every week. We're proud members of the YouRun Podcast Network at https://yourunpodcast.com. 🎙 Website: https://Crap.Town 🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deweypodmonster ☕ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/deweypodmonster

    Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) – What’s Scarier, Michael or Loomis Screaming in Your Face?

  2. 6d ago

    Fright Night (1985) - When You Discover Your Neighbor is a Horny Vampire

    Fright Night (1985) Directed by Tom Holland Starring: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse Sean waited an entire calendar year for this one. Last time you all voted it down in favor of Lost Boys, and he's been stewing about it ever since. Well, revenge is a dish best served with horny saxophones — this week we're finally talking about Fright Night, the 1985 vampire classic that mashes up Hammer Horror aesthetics with Brat Pack energy and somehow makes it work better than it has any right to. In this episode, we discuss: • Punky Brewster vs. Jerry Dandruff — Why John can't stop calling Charlie Brewster "Punky Brewster" or Jerry Dandridge "Jerry Dandruff," and why this movie does more character building in three lines of dialogue than most horror films do in 90 minutes. • The Tightrope Walk — How Fright Night nails the horror-comedy balance at roughly 66% horror and 33% comedy, walks that line without wacky sound effects or Morning Zoo Crew energy, and works as a gateway drug for anyone curious about vampires but not ready for Necromantic. • Vampire Real Estate — A deep dive into the real question: why does this basement have so many goddamn windows? Plus Evil Ed is f*****g annoying but steals every scene, and Stephen Geoffreys vanished into gay porn for a decade and came back. • The Final Boss Fight — The third act hits like a snap and doesn't let up for 25 minutes. Buckle up, take your piss now, and enjoy one of the best vampire movies of the '80s that still holds up. We Also Talked About: • Pedal (2001) (Youtube) — A gritty documentary about NYC bike messengers shot like a skate video, complete with crashes and talking-head interviews with dispatchers and Ed Koch. • Nathan For You: Finding Frances (Amazon) — The series finale that became a feature-length movie about a Bill Gates impersonator's lost love, fake class reunions, and Nathan dating an escort. • Wonka's Golden Ticket (2025) (Netflix) — A Netflix game show featuring an AI Gene Wilder, power vomiting on a licorice twist, and contestants who all suck. Don't waste your time with it. • ESPN 30 for 30: The Birth of Big Air (Roku) — A Jackass-produced mini-doc about BMX legend Matt Hoffman that looks like a skate video and is infinitely better than Wonka's Golden Ticket. • Water Park Shark (Tubi) — A gloriously stupid Tubi shark movie with selective invisibility sharks and absolutely no tension. Two minutes in, you'll know exactly what you signed up for. • Crystal Lake (2026) (Amazon, but On Peacock) — The A24 Friday the 13th series that's more drama than slasher, answers the question of "why Jason Voorhees," and might not need to be eight episodes long. Some of the above links are affiliate links — if you purchase through them we get a small kickback, and it's the best way to support the show. New episodes of the Dewey Pod Monster podcast drop every week. We're proud members of the YouRun Podcast Network at https://yourunpodcast.com. 🎙 Website: https://Crap.Town 🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deweypodmonster ☕ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/deweypodmonster

    Fright Night (1985) - When You Discover Your Neighbor is a Horny Vampire

  3. Oct 20

    Microwave Massacre (1979) - The Largest Microwave Ever, Very Little Massacre

    Microwave Massacre (1979) Directed by Wayne Berwick Starring: Jackie Vernon, Lori Sauber, Sarah Alt, Daniel Dean What if Frosty the Snowman got tired of his wife's cooking and started microwaving people? That's essentially the pitch for Microwave Massacre, a movie so thoroughly, unapologetically bad that it somehow circles back around to being almost charming. This week, Justin from the Pop Culture Reflections Podcast dared us to watch a movie where a construction worker named Donald kills his wife, discovers he enjoys cannibalism, and starts franchising his new diet to his coworkers. It's 76 minutes of mannequin limbs, below sub-Razzie acting, and the biggest microwave ever committed to film. We watched it so you don't have to — but honestly, you probably should, once. In this episode, we discuss: A Poor Man's Rodney Dangerfield, Except Not Funny — The movie was originally written for Rodney Dangerfield, who had the good sense to price himself out of it. What we're left with is Jackie Vernon — the voice of Frosty the Snowman — delivering Dangerfield-style one-liners with all the comedic timing of a man who's never been funny before. We dig into the casting, the "humor," and whether Rodney dodged a bullet or just preferred Rappin' Rodney. He Throws Salt Over His Shoulder for Good Luck and Goes Back to Murdering — Donald snaps, beats his wife with a salt shaker, pauses to grind fresh salt and toss it over his shoulder for luck, then resumes the murder without breaking stride. That's the level of comedy we're working with here. A Horror Comedy Without Teeth — John's biggest complaint: for a movie called Microwave Massacre, there's almost no gore. It's got plenty of nudity and women being turned into table sandwiches, but the actual kills mostly happen off-screen. This Is Sub-Bad. It's Worse Than Bad — The acting in this movie is so far below Razzie-level that Sean compares it to "a bunch of adults who are just learning how to talk." We talk about Jackie Vernon's fourth-wall-breaking that starts as a cute gimmick and turns into what feels like him looking to the camera for direction, the movie's weird tacked-on ending, and the pacemaker-vs-microwave climax that was probably just the filmmakers saying "hurry up and get this over with." We Also Talked About: General Magic (2019) (Youtube) — Documentary about a spinoff from Apple in 1990 that tried to build an iPhone 15 years too early. Team members went on to create the iPod, Android, and eBay. M (1931) (Youtube) — Fritz Lang's first sound film, a masterpiece about a child killer terrorizing a German town and the criminal underworld that hunts him down because the police crackdown is bad for business. Jeanie's Face Exploded (Fawesome) — A 25-minute interview with Genie Jeffries, makeup assistant to Tom Savini on Dawn of the Dead, about practical effects and working with Romero. The Being (1981) (Tubi) — A shittier Blob remake set in Idaho, featuring a toxic waste monster that looks like a xenomorph with googly eyes. The kind of thing you'd see at 2 AM on USA. Pawn Stars (Tubi) — John's been leaving it on in the background and feels worse about himself for it. These guys are "a bunch of c**k slaps schlubbing around a pawn shop." Harry Styles at Madison Square Garden — Sean took his kids to night 21 of the residency. Great show, full band, $23 IPAs, and you need an American Express card to shop at the Pleasing store. Some of the above links are affiliate links — if you purchase through them we get a small kickback, and it's the best way to support the show. New episodes of the Dewey Pod Monster podcast drop every week. We're proud members of the YouRun Podcast Network at https://yourunpodcast.com. 🎙 Website: https://Crap.Town 🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deweypodmonster ☕ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/deweypodmonster

    Microwave Massacre (1979) - The Largest Microwave Ever, Very Little Massacre

  4. Oct 13

    The Fly (1986) – Don't Eat Hot Dogs While Watching This Movie

    The Fly (1986) Directed by David Cronenberg Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel If you haven't seen The Fly by now, this movie's f*cking 40 years old — just go watch it. David Cronenberg's body horror masterpiece takes a simple premise — scientist accidentally fuses his DNA with a fly — and turns it into one of the most effective, disturbing, and weirdly emotional horror films ever made. This is the first Cronenberg film we've covered properly on the show, and it immediately jumps into the conversation with the all-time greats of the genre. Jeff Goldblum delivers what might be the performance of his career, and once the body horror kicks in, it goes absolutely hard. In this episode, we discuss: Goldblum or Nothing — Could anyone other than Jeff Goldblum play Seth Brundle? We break down his mesmerizing slow decay and the way his eyes track like a fly through most of the film. Plus a quick case for Cronenberg as the undisputed king of body horror. Pacing Is Everything — 35 minutes before the fly even enters the telepod, and it's never boring. A full love story, character development, and world-building all before the goop starts flying. It's a masterclass in structuring a horror film. The Museum of Brundle Parts — Fingernails falling off, teeth dropping, a literal cabinet of discarded body parts. We dig into the practical effects, the dark humor, Brundlefly's "how to eat" scene, and the gymnastics stunt double who is so obviously not Jeff Goldblum. How's He Getting Food, Man? — The pregnancy subplot gets introduced and immediately abandoned. We have questions about how a man who never leaves his apartment keeps getting fresh donuts, where the f**k he keeps getting these baboons, and why Brundlefly busts in like Kool-Aid Man. We Also Talked About: - The Face with Two Left Feet (1979) (Internet Archive) — A bizarre Italian Saturday Night Fever knockoff about a hotel cook who vaguely resembles John Travolta and falls for a club DJ at the height of disco fever. His friends shave his mustache and the gag runs for another 45 minutes. It was fine. - The Thin Blue Line (1988) (DailyMotion) — Errol Morris's landmark true crime documentary investigating the 1979 murder of a Dallas police officer and the wrongful conviction it produced. Laid the groundwork for modern true crime storytelling. - It Ends (2025) (Amazon) — A claustrophobic indie film where four friends on a last road trip discover they're on a road that doesn't end. 90% of the movie is four people in a car. Intriguing but ultimately non-eventful. - June 17th, 1994 (2010) (Netflix)— ESPN 30 for 30 doc about the most chaotic day in sports history: OJ's Bronco chase, the Knicks in the NBA Finals, the World Cup kicking off, and Arnold Palmer's final US Open round — all on the same day. - I Pity the Fool (Netflix) — A Mr. T documentary that starts as a decent profile of the man behind the persona and devolves into a weird, one-sided takedown. Even Hulk Hogan put down the shtick sometimes. - Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos (Tubi) — A raw, well-made documentary about the Cro-Mags founding member and hardcore punk legend, with appearances from Ian MacKaye, Henry Rollins, and Roger Miret. Some of the above links are affiliate links — if you purchase through them we get a small kickback, and it's the best way to support the show. New episodes of the Dewey Pod Monster podcast drop every week. We're proud members of the YouRun Podcast Network at https://yourunpodcast.com. 🎙 Website: https://Crap.Town 🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deweypodmonster ☕ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/deweypodmonster

    The Fly (1986) – Don't Eat Hot Dogs While Watching This Movie

  5. Oct 6

    Night Terrors (1993) and The Mangler (1995): A Tobe Hooper Double Feature

    Night Terrors (1993) Directed by Tobe HooperStarring: Robert Englund, Zoe Trilling, Ilona Kimi, William Finley What if the Marquis de Sade had a descendant running an eye-gouging cult in Egypt, and also there's a naked guy flopping around on horseback for no reason? This week we're kicking off HorrorWeen with the first half of our Tobe Hooper double feature, and we honestly still don't know what happened in this movie. Tobe Hooper didn't direct this so much as he got handed a flaming turd on his doorstep and had to stomp it out. In this episode, we discuss: Snake Blowjobs and a Flopping Dick on a Horse — We try to make sense of a movie featuring a woman repeatedly putting a live snake in her mouth across multiple scenes, a naked dude on horseback trotting around a beach for a full minute, and zero explanation for any of it. We debate whether the snake thing is erotic or just erratic. A S****y Tales from the Crypt That Went On for 40 Extra Minutes — Night Terrors feels like it should've been a 45-minute anthology segment. It meanders between two time periods, introduces a horse race guy who vanishes for 80 minutes, kills random people for no reason, and makes Robert Englund chewing every piece of scenery feel like an exercise in trivial b******t. Maximum Confusion, Minimum Coherence — We get into Zoe Trilling's performance as one of the worst we've seen, how this thing looks like a USA Up All Night production shot in Israel, and how neither of us could follow it even after talking about it for 20 minutes. ⁠The Mangler⁠ (1995) Directed by Tobe HooperStarring: Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmore How do you turn a 12-page Stephen King short story into an hour and 46-minute movie about a possessed laundry-folding machine? You get more drugs, that's how. The second half of our Tobe Hooper double feature is a movie where a demonic steam press eats people, nobody ever pushes the goddamn tension bar, and the voice of Winnie-the-Pooh provided the monster noises but was so embarrassed he was relieved his name was misspelled in the credits. In this episode, we discuss: Steampunk David Lynch Dune, But It's a Laundromat — Ted Levine drives a '90s Jeep through a contemporary town, but the second you step inside the factory it's the 1930s and everyone's wearing doilies. The machine is the size of a dump truck, and the whole movie has the color palette of someone who just discovered HDR in 2002. It is offensively ugly. "Are You a Virgin?" (Asked Four Times, Laughed Four Times) — Mark, the '90s mall goth with a duster and a mullet, is the best character in this movie. Ted Levine tells him don't say the word virgin, don't get out of the car, don't talk to the witness — within seconds he's punching this woman in the face with the virgin question. The Power of Christ Folds Your Linens — We spoil the ending because who cares. The machine seems dead after an exorcism, everyone celebrates, then it re-demonizes because Ted Levine popped antacids containing belladonna — which we're pretty sure isn't a thing in antacids. The machine transforms into walking bad '90s CG, and it's so stupid you might actually laugh. I'm Starting to Think Maybe Tobe Hooper Didn't Make a Lot of Great Movies — We close the book on Tobe Hooper for a while, discussing how The Mangler actually improves when watched right after Night Terrors, how it bombed despite starring Englund, Levine, King, and Hooper, and why Jim Cummings — the voice of Winnie-the-Pooh — did the Mangler's demon noises and later said it wasn't worth the effort. His name was misspelled as Tim Cummings in the credits. He considered that a win. New episodes of the Dewey Pod Monster podcast drop every week. We're proud members of the YouRun Podcast Network at https://yourunpodcast.com. 🎙 Website: https://Crap.Town 🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deweypodmonster ☕ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/deweypodmonster

    Night Terrors (1993) and The Mangler (1995): A Tobe Hooper Double Feature

  6. Sep 29

    Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) – These Kids Just Started Killing Themselves

    Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil (2010) Director: Eli Craig Starring: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss What if the scary hillbillies in every horror movie were just two sweet guys trying to fix up their vacation cabin? This week we dive into the cult classic horror-comedy Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil — a movie that bombed at the box office but built a devoted following by flipping every backwoods slasher trope on its head. In this episode, we discuss: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" — How the movie's genius writing chains escalating misunderstandings and bad luck into college kids accidentally offing themselves while Tucker and Dale just try to drink beer and fish. The beehive-chainsaw-Leatherface dance alone is worth the price of admission. The Chemistry That Shouldn't Work But Does — Labine and Tudyk didn't know each other before filming, but their buddy dynamic carries the whole movie. We discuss whether a sequel would ruin the magic and why it might work better as a half-hour TV show. Horror Movie? Or Just a Movie With Dead People In It? — A debate on whether this even qualifies as horror when there's zero tension and no villain. The gore ranges from impressively practical to questionable 2010 CG, but the comedy lands so consistently you barely notice — until the third act starts running on fumes. "I'll Provide the Finger Sandwiches" — Our favorite gags, including Tucker pouring PBR over his amputated bowling fingers, the wood chipper scene that's somehow hilarious, and why the DVD bonus feature "Tucker and Dale Are Evil" is worth hunting down on physical media. We Also Talked About: Honey Don't! (2025) (Netflix) — Ethan Coen's solo effort with Margaret Qualley as a small-town PI. Coen formula watered down — despite the sex and dark humor, it's mostly boring. Verdict: don't watch it. Ren Faire (2024) (Amazon) — HBO's three-part doc about a massive Texas Renaissance Festival with its own town and police force. Game of Thrones meets Ren Fest as the aging king tries to retire and find a mail-order bride. Highly entertaining. Lady Bird (2017) (Amazon) — Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age film with Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Laurie Metcalf, and Beanie Feldstein. Sean's weekend watch with his daughter and a genuinely great movie. The Evil That Men Do (1984) (Tubi) — Charles Bronson revenge flick where the bad guy is the drunk dog guy from Seinfeld. Features nipple electrocution and Bronson allegedly kicking a dude's ass by his dick. Entertaining but forgettable. Secret Mall Apartment (Netflix) — Artists who lived inside a hollowed-out section of a Providence, RI mall for years, sneaking couches through sewer tunnels. A fun watch about gentrification and starving artists. Big Shark (2023) (Tubi) — Tommy Wiseau's follow-up to The Room. A wobbly-camera shark movie set in New Orleans that takes three sittings to finish — but once the shark shows up, it's exactly as stupid and entertaining as you'd hope. Also mentioned: The Big Lebowski, Burn After Reading, Miller's Crossing, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Room, Death Wish, Shaun of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead, District 9, Scream, Seinfeld, and PBR powder. Some of the above links are affiliate links — if you purchase through them we get a small kickback, and it's the best way to support the show. New episodes of the Dewey Pod Monster podcast drop every week. We're proud members of the YouRun Podcast Network at https://yourunpodcast.com. 🎙 Website: https://Crap.Town 🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deweypodmonster ☕ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/deweypodmonster

    Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) – These Kids Just Started Killing Themselves

  7. Sep 22

    Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) - It's Sleepaway Camp, But Silly and with Less Penis

    Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) Director: Michael A. Simpson Starring: Pamela Springsteen, Renee Estevez, Walter Gotell, Brian Patrick Clarke What do you get when you take a trans slasher, send her to summer camp as a counselor, and let her murder anyone who breaks the rules? You get one of the most gloriously stupid, tone-shifted horror sequels of the 1980s — and we wouldn't have it any other way. This week, John and Sean dig into Sleepaway Camp II's bizarre pivot from straight horror to self-aware slasher comedy, marvel at a budget under $500K, and debate whether a movie this ridiculous can still be genuinely fun. In this episode, we discuss: Angela Knows You Know She's the Killer — We break down the surprisingly refreshing choice to show the killer's perspective from frame one, with zero whodunit mystery, zero obfuscation, and zero apologies — and why that bold structural move is both the movie's biggest strength and the reason it runs out of gas before the final act. Dead Bodies That Won't Stop Breathing — From the ghost-powered cordless drill kill to corpses that sneeze, twitch, and gasp on camera, we celebrate the gloriously terrible special effects. The Brat Pack of Camp Rolling Hills — Characters named Charlie, Emilio, Rob, Demi, and Judd roam a camp populated by Bruce Springsteen's sister and Martin Sheen's daughter, running something called the Tit Patrol with a Polaroid camera. We unpack the movie's self-aware horror parodies of Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, and a hobo Leatherface, and argue whether this counts as meta before Scream made meta cool. An 80-Minute Movie That Somehow Drags — We dig into why the second half of an hour-and-20-minute movie feels like it's running on fumes, how two added scenes were literally inserted to stretch the runtime to cable-ready length. We Also Talked About: Gates of Heaven (1978) (Youtube) — Errol Morris's first documentary, a rambling, abstract examination of the pet cemetery business in Northern California that famously inspired Werner Herzog to eat his shoe and earned a spot on Roger Ebert's all-time top 10 list. Whatever It Takes: Inside the eBay Scandal (2024) (Amazon) — A documentary about a couple who ran an independent eBay blog and found themselves on the receiving end of live cockroaches, pig masks, Craigslist parties, and physical stalking — all traced back to a shocking source. Exorcist III / William Blatty's Legion (1990) (Tubi) — The director's cut of the Exorcist sequel, assembled from workprint VHS tapes after the studio destroyed the original footage, resulting in a confusing mess featuring George C. Scott, Brad Dourif's unhinged Gemini Killer, and Patrick Ewing as the Angel of Death in a dream sequence. Untold: The Testimony of Vince Young (2025) (Netflix) — A Netflix Untold documentary about the Texas Longhorns legend who peaked in college and crashed in the NFL, with Jeff Fisher lurking in the background ruining quarterbacks like it's his life's purpose. Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly (2025) (Netflix) — Another Netflix Untold entry, this one about the Australian breakdancer who somehow qualified for the Olympics, featuring a husband-coach so unhinged the whole thing feels like a backdoor pilot for a reality show. Teenage Wasteland (Netflix) — A Netflix documentary about a 1990s high school English class where a teacher turned his students into investigative journalists, leading them to uncover mob ties at a local toxic waste dump near Buffalo, New York. Some of the above links are affiliate links — if you purchase through them we get a small kickback, and it's the best way to support the show. New episodes of the Dewey Pod Monster podcast drop every week. We're proud members of the YouRun Podcast Network at https://yourunpodcast.com. 🎙 Website: https://Crap.Town 🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deweypodmonster ☕ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/deweypodmonster

    Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) - It's Sleepaway Camp, But Silly and with Less Penis

  8. Sep 15

    District 9 (2009) - Aliens Show Up and Humans Handle It About as Well as Expected

    District 9 (2009) Directed by Neill Blomkamp Starring: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, David James Aliens crash-landed on Earth over 40 years ago, and humanity's response was basically "cool, let's build a slum for them." This week we're diving into District 9, Neill Blomkamp's genre-bending sci-fi masterpiece about bureaucratic ineptitude, body horror, and prawns with better weapons than us. We break down why this mockumentary-style alien allegory still hits harder than almost anything sci-fi has produced since 2000 — and yes, we argue about whether a sequel would ruin it. In this episode, we discuss: The Reverse Victim of HD: How District 9's low-fi "documentary" camera work actually makes the insane practical and CG effects look MORE real, not less — and why more movies should steal this trick. Wikus: Certified Doofus, Accidental Icon: We unpack why a whiny corporate tool slowly turning into an alien is somehow one of the most sympathetic protagonist arcs in sci-fi, and how the movie tricks you into rooting for him. Too Good For This Show: A deep dive into the movie's shockingly efficient world-building — immigration commentary, xenophobia, corporate greed, and body horror all crammed into two hours without ever feeling bloated (except for maybe 10 minutes we'd happily cut). Alien DNA, Human Stupidity: We go off on the movie's biggest plot holes — including why nobody thought to revoke a wanted fugitive's security clearance — and the weird Nigerian warlord subplot that's equal parts fascinating and messy. We Also Talked About: Are We Good? (2025) (Amazon)– A documentary on Marc Maron's WTF podcast, his career resurgence, and the loss of his girlfriend Lynn Shelton. Body Snatchers (1993) (Tubi) – The underrated Body Snatchers remake with a killer premise and a disappointingly limp ending. 15 Minutes of Shame (2021) (Amazon) – Monica Lewinsky narrates this doc about internet pile-ons and the weaponization of public shame. Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks (Amazon) – Why this once-great HBO docuseries has lost its edge, and why Mike McDonald might be the least likable coach ever filmed. The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (Netflix) – A surface-level true crime series on the Bryan Kohberger case that leaves a lot to be desired. Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes (Netflix) – Netflix's latest true-crime deep dive, complete with unintentionally hilarious AI-generated reenactments. Some of the above links are affiliate links — if you purchase through them we get a small kickback, and it's the best way to support the show. New episodes of the Dewey Pod Monster podcast drop every week. We're proud members of the YouRun Podcast Network at https://yourunpodcast.com. 🎙 Website: https://Crap.Town 🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deweypodmonster ☕ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/deweypodmonster

    District 9 (2009) - Aliens Show Up and Humans Handle It About as Well as Expected
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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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    Dewey PodMonster
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    250
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    Explicit
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