The B-Movie Boys Podcast

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A bi-weekly show that gives bad movies the love they deserve and the respect that they don't. 🍿🐝

  1. Sep 5

    Ninja Terminator (1985)

    This week, The B-Movie Boys enter genuinely uncharted territory with Ninja Terminator, Godfrey F*****g Ho’s gloriously strange collision of ninjas, crime syndicates, inexplicable plot threads, tiny robot couriers, and one extremely memorable Garfield phone. What starts as a seemingly straightforward quest for the Golden Ninja Warrior quickly becomes a cinematic game of “wait, who the hell is that?” as Jaguar Wong shows up, kicks approximately everyone's ass, and immediately becomes the most important person in the movie simply by being incredibly cool. But the real fun begins when we start pulling apart how Ninja Terminator was actually made. We dig into Godfrey Ho’s cut-and-paste filmmaking machine, the bizarre economics of 1980s Hong Kong martial arts movies, Richard Harrison’s accidental starring role in approximately eleventy-billion ninja movies, and the strange little ecosystem of producers, pseudonyms, and unfinished films that made all of this possible. Add in a camouflage ninja suit that absolutely does not camouflage anything, nonstop martial-arts genital trauma, and an increasingly beloved Garfield phone, and you’ve got one hell of a conversation. The Schlockometer is deployed. The plot is optional. Jaguar is mandatory. Mentioned in this episode: The Uninvited Guest of the Star Fairy (1984)RoboCop (1987)Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)Cobra Versus Ninja (1987)Diamond Ninja Force (1988)Jim DavisFred Rogers (Mr. Rogers)Joey Tribbiani from FriendsDolly PartonHwang Jang-leeBruce LeeWalton GogginsRichard HarrisonJeff FoxworthyDonald J. TrumpBass Pro ShopsGarfieldPower RangersFuturamaThe Shrine of the Silver Monkey from Legends of the Hidden TempleIndiana JonesWilly WonkaThe Devil in the White City Our Links: BMovieBoys.comOfficial DiscordPatreonFacebookInstagram

    Ninja Terminator (1985)

  2. Aug 22

    Moron Movies (1983) feat. Ryan from Experience Grind

    This week, The B-Movie Boys tackle Moron Movies, an 80-ish-minute collection of rapid-fire comedy shorts created by Len Cella, a Pennsylvania fence painter who apparently looked at a Super 8 camera and thought, “Yeah, I can make something with this.” What follows is a parade of cavemen, candy bars, hammers, turds, title cards, and jokes that sometimes land with the precision of a guided missile and sometimes crash directly into the neighbor’s house. Dave and Bryan are joined by Ryan from the Experience Grind podcast, who begins the movie wondering what the hell he’s gotten himself into and ends the episode wondering if Len Cella has fundamentally changed his life. But somewhere between the terrible jokes and increasingly elaborate “Trash Tapes,” the conversation takes a surprisingly sincere turn. The boys dig into Cella's DIY approach, his obsession with making these tiny films, the strange journey that eventually put them in front of Johnny Carson, and the argument that Moron Movies may have been decades ahead of the modern short-form video culture we now carry around in our pockets. Then we attempt to shove all of that into the Schlockometer, because apparently even 18-second comedy sketches need to answer for their crimes. Mentioned in this Episode: Len CellaMovie 43 (2013)Clerks (1994)Pearl (2022)Antichrist (2009)The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)Willem DafoeDanny BonaduceDavid MiscavigeJohnny CarsonRod SerlingTrey ParkerLyndon B. JohnsonLeah ReminiThe Twilight ZoneSaturday Night LiveThe King of QueensTikTokVineThe Experience Grind Podcast Our Links: BMovieBoys.comOfficial DiscordPatreonFacebookInstagram

    Moron Movies (1983) feat. Ryan from Experience Grind

  3. Aug 8

    Troll 2 (1990)

    This week, The B-Movie Boys travel to Nilbog, a place with absolutely no trolls, several goblins, and one of the most aggressively confusing movie titles in cinematic history. We’re talking Troll 2, Claudio Fragasso’s infamous vegetarian-goblin nightmare, where a family vacation turns into poisoned food, green milk, plant people, questionable acting, and one very determined child with a bladder full of justice. Along the way, we unpack the movie’s bizarre production history, its Italian filmmakers shooting in Utah, the casting of an Alabama dentist as the lead, and the sheer audacity of making a sequel to a movie this thing barely knows exists. But the real surprise is how much we genuinely love this movie. We dig into Best Worst Movie, the documentary that helped transform Troll 2 from an infamous curiosity into a communal cult experience, and why the movie works so much better when you watch it with people who are equally willing to yell at the screen. There’s filmmaking analysis, Schlockometer shenanigans, some extremely questionable food metaphors, and enough “they're eating her, and then they're going to eat me” energy to fuel several more episodes. Troll 2 is certainly one of the B Movies of all time. Mentioned in this episode: Claudio FragassoRosella DrudiTroll (1986)Best Worst Movie (2009)George HardyFreddy Got Fingered (2001)Puss in Boots (2011)Antonio BanderasIron Man 4Ghostbusters 3Back to the Future 4Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2Scott Pilgrim (2010)Bowling for Columbine (2002)Kingpin (1996)Titanic (1997)Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)Roger EbertTaco BellTaylor FarmsIMDb TriviaHarrison Ford“Row, Row, Row Your Boat” Our Links: BMovieBoys.comOfficial DiscordPatreonFacebookInstagram

    Troll 2 (1990)

  4. Jul 25 ·  Bonus

    The Toxic Avenger (1984)

    This week is a little different. We were originally planning to release our episode on Alone in the Dark (2005), but after technical gremlins made the recording unsalvageable (and after spending entirely too much time in the cinematic orbit of Uwe Boll), we decided to crack open the MacGuffin Studios Patreon vault instead. What you're hearing is the very first test run of The B-Movie Boys: the prototype episode where we figured out what this show could become, complete with an early version of the Schlockometer, a slightly different format, and all the enthusiasm of two film nerds who finally got permission to obsess over B-movies. The guinea pig for that experiment? The Toxic Avenger (1984), Troma's gloriously goo-covered cult classic. We revisit Melvin's transformation into Tromaville's mop-wielding mutant hero while diving into practical effects, guerrilla filmmaking, Lloyd Kaufman's anything-goes approach to cinema, and why this bizarre little movie has earned its legendary reputation. Along the way, there are discussions about exploding watermelons, spaghetti dog guts, workout culture satire, and the strange magic that happens when filmmakers have far more passion than money. Think of this as a throwback episode. A Patreon preview. A time capsule from the conceptual birth of The B-Movie Boys. It's rougher around the edges than our current episodes, but the DNA of the show is all here. And for anyone wondering... no, this is definitely not Alone in the Dark. That one will have to wait. Mentioned in this episode: The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)The Toxic Avenger Part III (1989)Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)TromaLloyd KaufmanJennifer Aspinall"Body Talk" by Sandy FarinaThe Toxic Avenger (2023)Peter DinklageBee Movie (2007)Jerry SeinfeldRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Marley & Me (2008)Battleship Potemkin (1925)Sergei EisensteinMen in Black (1997)Vincent D'OnofrioThe Cell (2000)Rocky (1976)Tesla Our Links: BMovieBoys.comOfficial DiscordPatreonFacebookInstagram

    The Toxic Avenger (1984)

  5. Jul 11

    From Beyond (1986)

    This week, The B-Movie Boys crank the Resonator to unsafe levels with From Beyond, Stuart Gordon’s gloriously goo-soaked adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft short story that somehow turns seven pages into ninety minutes of body horror, neon lighting, and aggressively bad decisions. We break down the movie’s wettest moments, debate whether a giant science switch is more satisfying than a demolition plunger, and get unexpectedly fascinated by the production history that sent an American horror movie to Rome in the mid-80s. Along the way they discuss pineal glands, practical effects, Detective Bubba Brownlee, and why this might be one of the horniest cosmic horror movies ever made. The Schlockometer is deployed. Science gets weird. The goo keeps flowing. And everyone involved probably should have stopped turning that machine back on. Mentioned in this Episode: Blade Runner (1982)Dawn of the Dead (1978)Click (2006)The Fly (1986)Pink Flamingos (1972)Titanic (1997)Waterworld (1995)Avatar (2009)James CameronCaptain PlanetDon CheadleIt's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaFriendsH. P. LovecraftRami MalekCharles BandDino De LaurentiisFederico FelliniChristopher ReeveEmeril LagasseOscar MayerNathan's Famous Our Links: BMovieBoys.comOfficial DiscordPatreonFacebookInstagram

    From Beyond (1986)

  6. Jun 24

    The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)

    This week, The B-Movie Boys stumble into the wonderfully weird world of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, a movie that asks a very important question: what if someone lovingly recreated every 1950s sci-fi B-movie trope they could think of and then crammed them all into the same film? The result is a glorious collision of mad scientists, telepathic skeletons, stranded aliens, radioactive space rocks, and a mutant creature that somehow ends up having the most sincere love story in the movie. As Dave and Bryan quickly discover, the longer you think about this one, the more charming it becomes. Along the way, the conversation spirals into discussions about intentional bad dialogue, self-imposed budget limitations, classic creature features, filmmaking authenticity, and the kind of obsessive dedication that only exists when someone truly loves the genre they're parodying. Larry Blamire didn’t just make a spoof. He practically built a time machine back to the drive-in era and then populated it with some of the strangest characters imaginable. Also discussed: impossible missions that apparently aren't impossible, Animala's woodland dance moves, the Batcave, Kevin Smith's low-budget filmmaking ingenuity, and a restroom story so profoundly uncomfortable that it may permanently alter Dave's relationship with public handshakes. Mentioned in this Episode: Mission: Impossible (1996)Tom CruiseScientologyFriendsThe AristocratsClerks (1994)Kevin SmithBatman (1966)Dax ShepardGwyneth PaltrowWilliam ShatnerRoger EbertJohn Waters Our Links: BMovieBoys.comOfficial DiscordPatreonFacebookInstagram

    The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)

  7. May 28

    Basket Case (1982)

    This week, The B-Movie Boys crack open Basket Case (1982), Frank Henenlotter’s gloriously sleazy tale of a man, his wicker basket, and the deformed telepathic twin brother living inside it. What starts as a grimy revenge story set in the worst hotel New York City has ever produced quickly mutates into something way stranger, funnier, and honestly kind of brilliant. We dive deep into the movie’s legendary $35,000 budget, guerrilla filmmaking tactics, aggressively janky stop-motion effects, and the bizarre emotional core hiding underneath all the melting puppet chaos. Along the way, we discuss psychic basket etiquette, mutant sibling dependency, horny monster logic, Times Square exploitation cinema, and whether Belial is secretly one of the great tragic monsters in cult film history. There are riffs about kung fu movies, New Hampshire landmarks, Tom Green, Nathan’s hot dogs, and the logistics of securing a wicker basket containing a murder creature with what appears to be the world’s least effective padlock. Somewhere inside all the chaos, the Schlockometer starts having an existential crisis over whether Basket Case is actually… a genuinely good movie. Mention in this Episode: The Wizard of Oz (1939)Watchmen (2009)Pink Flamingos (1972)Judy GarlandLindsay LohanMichael B. JordanTom GreenJohn WatersJoe Bob BriggsNathan’s Hot DogsLongabergerYouPorn“Pinball Wizard” by The Who Our Links: BMovieBoys.comOfficial DiscordPatreonFacebookInstagram

    Basket Case (1982)

  8. May 13

    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

    The B-Movie Boys head back to the atomic age this week with The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, a movie that basically looked at giant monster cinema and said, “Yeah, I think I’ll invent an entire genre today.” What starts as a straightforward 1950s creature feature quickly turns into a deep dive on filmmaking innovation, nuclear panic, stop-motion wizardry, and the absolute madness of making a dinosaur attack New York using techniques invented by one guy working alone in a rented Hollywood storefront. We break down the legendary work of Ray Harryhausen, the accidental plagiarism of Ray Bradbury, and why this movie somehow feels both wildly important and occasionally like homework between dinosaur scenes. Along the way, we discuss fake dinosaur science, bizarre accents, the logistics of shooting bazookas at prehistoric monsters, and whether the Rhedosaurus simply wanted to enjoy a nice day at Coney Island before everybody got rude about it. It’s a movie that created the DNA for everything from Godzilla to Jurassic Park, while also featuring one extremely confident cop attempting to fight a 200-foot dinosaur with a revolver. The Schlockometer is deployed. Dynamation changes cinema forever. And a giant radioactive sea lizard steals the show and our hearts. Mention in this Episode: Jurassic Park (1993)The Fast and the Furious (2001)King Kong (1933)The Lost World (1925)Godzilla (1954)Cloverfield (2008)Ray HarryhausenTom HanksCaptain Phillips (2013)Elvis (2022)Charles R. KnightWillis O'BrienRay BradburyTomoyuki TanakaBo BurnhamMrBeast Our Links: BMovieBoys.comOfficial DiscordPatreonFacebookInstagram

    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
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A bi-weekly show that gives bad movies the love they deserve and the respect that they don't. 🍿🐝

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    MacGuffin Media Network
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    17
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