The B-Movie Boys Podcast

MacGuffin Media Network

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

Episodes

  1. Basket Case (1982)

    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

    46 min
  2. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

    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

    38 min

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