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Sep 29, 2026 · 1:47:15
Pretty Maids All in a Row is a 1971 comedy about a serial killer at a high school and statutory sexual assault, starring Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson, written and produced by…
Aug 24, 2026 · 1:48:02
After Brian Bosworth's NFL much ballyhooed NFL career went bust, The Boz turned to acting with this over-the-top, insane, masterpiece of excess, Stone Cold. Is it good? Eh, not…
Jul 31, 2026 · 1:59:38
Christopher Lambert travels to Japan, meets a beautiful woman, gets involved with modern day ninjas, lots of people die, but not much happens in The Hunted, another entry in the…
Jun 22, 2026 · 1:51:43
Joe Don Baker is framed (duh) for a crime he didn't commit, so he commits several violent crimes to find out who set him up and why in this sleazy, sweaty, brutal southern-fried…
Apr 29, 2026 · 59:19
Hammer Films have been releasing a ton of stuff in 4K recently, so much that it's actually a little bit overwhelming. In today's episode, I go over all their 4K releases to date…
Mar 30, 2026 · 1:30:52
Today we're tying something different! Diamond Feit joins me once more and they help me decide what we feel are the best, worst, and "most" Arnold films (as well as the most…
Feb 28, 2026 · 1:44:58
LARRY COHEN WAS A MADMAN and Madeleine Koestner is here to talk about one of his most unhinged films, 1990's The Ambulance. Eric Roberts! James Earl Jones! An ambulance that…
Jan 31, 2026 · 1:46:26
Shane Bettenhausen returns to Cinema Oblivia to talk about Candy Snatchers, one of the gnarliest, nastiest, grimiest, most hateful movies of the grindhouse era. Seriously, this…
Dec 29, 2025 · 2:09:47
Vampires! Spies! David Byrne! Gangsters! Beavers upon Beavers! Japanese bankrobbers! Chainsaw Man! Joan Crawford! Cher looking more amazing than anyone else who ever lived!…
Nov 24, 2025 · 1:40:14
While Warlords of Atlantis might look like just another silly late-70s adventure film that was instantly dated the second it came out thanks to Star Wars, there's actually a lot…
Oct 31, 2025 · 1:33:13
In the past I used to write about forgotten music on my blog, and now I talk about forgotten and obscure movies, but I rarely talk about the forgotten obscurities of TV. But…
Sep 30, 2025 · 1:43:12
When people thing big pop stars of the 1980s, they think Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince. And they should. BUT THEY SHOULD ALSO THINK OF PHIL COLLINS. Phil Collins was so…
Aug 26, 2025 · 1:59:35
Anthony Abatte returns for my 100th episode! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we discuss a women in prison film from the mid-80s. But not just any women in prison film,…
Jul 29, 2025 · 44:06
Anyone who listens to this podcast knows that I love me some Peter Cushing, so I thought I would take some time to rattle off 20 or so Peter Cushing films that I feel are…
Jun 25, 2025 · 2:23:05
Heavenly Bodies is blatant low-budget Canadian rip-off of Flashdance that completely bombed when it came out. It's gone on to have a dedicated cult following because it is, quite…
May 20, 2025 · 1:33:57
Madeleine Koestner returns to Cinema Oblivia to talk about American Gothic, a supremely gnarly late-80s hidden gem of a slasher about a seriously dysfunctional family and the…
Apr 29, 2025 · 2:09:33
The Challenge, directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Scott Glenn, is not the greatest film in the world. It was certainly not the greatest film to come out in 1982, but…
Mar 25, 2025 · 1:29:47
Last month it was Ant with Anthony Abatte. This month it's Bees...with Anthony Abatte...because I don't know anyone whose name is Bee. You've never seen a killer bees movie like…
Feb 19, 2025 · 1:42:33
ANThony Abatte joins me once more to discuss this ANTagonistic film about killer ants. It's real great bad movie, even if the ending is really ANTiclmatic. Sorry. (No I'm not).
Jan 28, 2025 · 1:30:26
Ever wish that every other person on the planet would vanish in a puff of smoke? Feeling that way more than usual lately? So have I! And so has Scott Sharkey, who wanders in from…
Dec 31, 2024 · 1:38:58
We're closing out this year at Cinema Oblivia by offering a virtual smorgasbord of lesser-known film recommendations. Diamond Feit joins me once ore as we browse the absolute…
Dec 3, 2024 · 1:44:49
Depressed over the current state of the world? Have you considered using a monster truck to solve your problems? Diamond Feit and Anthony Abatte join me to talk about Rolling…
Oct 23, 2024 · 1:20:13
It's nearly Halloween so I thought I'd meet with Joe & Rob from Caliber 9 From Outer Space to share some recommendations for spookytime movie watching. Whether you're into…
Oct 7, 2024 · 2:07:51
DON'T YOU SAY THAT. Emmett Watkins Jr. returns to the podcast to talk about this wacky Blaxploitation spoof that helped to launch the Wayans family empire. We had a lot to say…
Sep 16, 2024 · 1:37:39
What's more terrifying than a circus full of clowns? A circus full of vampires! Joe Odber from the Caliber 9 From Outer Space podcast returns to Cinema Oblivia to talk about…
Aug 13, 2024 · 1:28:56
Anthony Abatte joins me once again to talk about Catch The Heat, an utterly forgotten late-80s B-grade action flick written by Sterling Silliphant and starring his wife Tiana…
Jul 9, 2024 · 1:40:07
Rob Hill of the Bad Movie Bible returns with possibly the most British thing I have ever seen in my entire life. If you've never seen Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door, for God's sake go…
Jun 19, 2024 · 1:31:29
Doris Day makes her long-awaited debut on Cinema Oblivia! I put together this episode with Anthony Abatte and Diamond Feit because I wanted to introduce them to the wonderful…
Jun 3, 2024 · 38:37
I've been unable to record lately due to my ever-so-fun health issues, so I thought I'd throw together this quick episode going over the multitude of Charles Bronson films I've…
May 2, 2024 · 1:52:39
It's the goopiest episode of Cinema Oblivia yet! Is Species II an unfairly maligned sequel? Madeleine Koestner thinks so, and she makes her case that this movie has a bad rep…
Apr 14, 2024 · 1:13:13
Last week I watched Batman & Robin for the first time and I unironically loved it so much. Seriously, I think it's an amazing movie and maybe the best Batman movie ever made. I…
Mar 31, 2024 · 1:47:55
Diamond Feit and I cannot stop talking about 1970s plane disaster TV movies! We're back with two more, the ludicrous Murder on Flight 502 and the absolutely bonkers SST: Death…
Mar 8, 2024 · 1:45:31
The 70s were rife with TV movies about bad things happening on planes, and we're talking about two of them today! Diamond Feit joins me to talk about William Shatner, ghost…
Feb 16, 2024 · 1:36:31
I'm back! And I brought Anthony Abatte with me so we could talk about The Last Stand, a movie starring one of the biggest movie stars of all time (Arnold Schwarzenegger) that…
Jan 14, 2024 · 29:41
Hey everyone! I'm still here! Covid sucks, don't get it. It (and other things) are keeping me from recording a proper episode this month, so I thought I'd record this mini…
Dec 12, 2023 · 1:21:55
Italian cinema fanatic Joe Odber is back to talk about The Italian Connection, a classic Italian crime flick about a pimp who is having a very bad day. It was also a major…
Nov 9, 2023 · 1:26:00
Okay so there's a pig zombie monster wearing a Nazi jacket. And some kind of zombie lady? There's definitely a ghost horse and a shotgun with infinite ammo. But where does the…
Oct 20, 2023 · 1:38:33
In what might the be sleaziest episode of Cinema Oblivia yet, Diamond Feit returns to talk about De Palma's Hitchcockian thriller Body Double, one of the most ludicrously horny…
Sep 28, 2023 · 1:12:59
Since the last episode of Cinema Oblivia, my boyfriend got Covid, I flew to America, landed myself in the ER and [redacted personal drama]. Basically, it's been a hell of a…
Aug 16, 2023 · 1:48:51
Drew Mackie from The Gayest Episode Ever returns to Cinema Oblivia to talk about the 1986 fantasy classic Troll, aka the one true Harry Potter film (seriously). We talk about the…
Jul 27, 2023 · 1:27:29
I found Scott Sharkey wondering in the desert, put a microphone in front of him, and had him talk about the lesser-known Vincent Price/John Carradine horror anthology The Monster…
Jun 29, 2023 · 1:42:39
Rob Hill from the Bad Movie Bible returns to the podcast to discuss one of his favorite films of all-time, the obscure 1961 British murder mystery, What A Carve Up! (The…
Jun 15, 2023 · 1:31:38
Dr. Sparkle makes his return to the podcast to talk about Mario Bava's Bay Of Blood, a strange proto-slasher with gore-o-plenty and a plot-o-nonsense, but it's a hell of a lot of…
Jun 1, 2023 · 1:43:44
When pronouns attack! Them! is a giant monster movie classic. The definitive killer bug flick that holds up better than any of the multitudes that came in its wake. Anthony…
May 18, 2023 · 1:30:18
Certified Australian Rhys (aka FlemishDog) is back to discuss two of the most Australian films ever made, Death Cheaters and Stunt Rock, both written and directed by the most…
May 4, 2023 · 1:46:22
*MYSTICAL BOINGING* Blood Beat is, without question, one of the most inscrutable and hard-to-describe "horror" films that I have ever seen. There's a family of psychics? And a…
Apr 20, 2023 · 1:46:37
Drew Mackie from The Gayest Episode Ever podcast is here to discuss Switchblade Sisters, a grindhouse classic by legendary B-movie director Jack Hill (Jackie Brown, Coffy). We…
Apr 6, 2023 · 1:25:00
Norm from A Question of Character returns to discuss TerrorVision! The crazy colors! The amazing cast! The spectacular special effects! The incredible theme song that WILL NEVER…
Mar 9, 2023 · 1:25:15
Diamond Feit returns to talk about Q: The Winged Serpent. One of my all-time favorite movies and, without question, the greatest movie ever made about a giant dragon that lives…
Feb 15, 2023 · 1:40:25
Shane Bettenhausen and Alex Navarro both return to discuss the underrated Stephen King adaptation Firestarter, from 1984. They then begrudgingly stick around to discuss the…
Jan 26, 2023 · 1:18:03
I'm back! And so is Emmett Watkins Jr to talk about Run Lola Run! This movie rules! Emmett and I talk about just how much it rules, why it rules, and how it doesn't rule that…
Dec 21, 2022 · 1:25:32
Anthony Abatte and I watched a lot of older flicks this year and we decided to look back on those instead of rattling off a Top Ten of 2022 this year - largely because I only saw…
Dec 8, 2022 · 1:09:42
It's the very first Christmas-themed episode of Cinema Oblivia, as Joe Odber returns to discuss 1961's Cash On Demand. Yes, more Hammer and more Peter Cushing, but in a decidedly…
Nov 24, 2022 · 1:31:31
Oh boy. One of the absolute strangest movies of the early-80s, featuring a bravado performance by the wonderful Susan Tyrrell as THE WORST PRIMARY CAREGIVER EVER and shockingly…
Nov 10, 2022 · 1:24:27
More Peter Cushing! Diamond Feit is back to talk about Horror Express, one of the funnest, silliest, wackiest, goofiest horror movies of the early-70s. And not only does it star…
Oct 27, 2022 · 1:29:18
This Halloween I decided to spread the gospel of the Hammer House of Horror by subjecting Hammer virgin Anthony Abatte to one of my favorite films from the studio, 1971's Twins…
Oct 13, 2022 · 1:31:14
"Die Hard but in Beverly Hills" is elevator pitch for The Taking of Beverly Hills. And while the film looked like a sure-fire hit on paper thanks to its star, the then white-hot…
Sep 29, 2022 · 1:36:23
The original idea of this podcast was to focus on the types of films they don't make anymore and "Technicolor underwater musicals" certainly fit that bill. Diana Goodman of…
Sep 15, 2022 · 1:34:29
We're 70s AF today on Cinema Oblivia. How 70s? We got a movie by the writer of Harold & Maude, starring Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn, and featuring a hit single by Barry Manilow.…
Sep 1, 2022 · 1:53:20
Shakedown is a 1988 action film about corrupt cops starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott. It's one of the most bonkers movies of the 80s, thanks no doubt to its writer/director,…
Aug 18, 2022 · 1:26:32
In 1987, Cannon Films teamed up with Toho Pictures in Japan to make a children's film about a friendly robot and his stupid American girl friend. It stars no one you've ever…
Aug 4, 2022 · 1:28:04
We got an all-star line-up today! T.L. Foster is back! Anthony Abatte is back! Norm from A Question of Character is back! And they're all here to talk about American Ninja 2! Is…
Jul 21, 2022 · 1:29:11
A brilliant slice of life comedy from the director of The Last Dragon(!!) and Joel Schumacher(!?!?!?), Car Wash is a perfect time capsule of a bygone era, but still manages to…
Jul 7, 2022 · 1:13:06
I'm dumb white boy (sometimes) and Norm from A Question of Character is a black dude from Chicago, so we felt we absolutely had to cover Big Shots - a film about a dumb white boy…
Jun 23, 2022 · 1:35:24
Thrashin' was an attempt by out-of-touch middle-aged men to make a hip and cool skateboarding film. They failed miserably. But I still love it! And so does Nextlander's Alex…
Jun 9, 2022 · 1:30:54
Class of 1984 is a fantastic exploitation flick about a high school from hell, its evil bullies, and the poor teachers who just try to teach their damn students. Diamond Feit…
May 26, 2022 · 1:13:20
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key isn't the best giallo ever made, but it certainly is one of the best-named. Joe Odber takes a break from chronicling the…
May 12, 2022 · 1:22:18
Once upon a time there was a man named Snakey. He liked snakes more than he liked people. One day, a lot of the people he didn't like made him angry and he decided to get his…
Apr 28, 2022 · 1:31:56
Shane Bettenhausen previously graced this podcast to subject me to the awfulness that is The Apple. But he redeems himself today to talk about not one, but two, very good movies…
Apr 14, 2022 · 1:30:43
Very happy to have Rob Hill from the Bad Movie Bible joining me today to discuss a forgotten piece of Bondsploitation, 1967's Deadlier Than The Male! This 60s update of the…
Mar 31, 2022 · 1:36:06
An amazing film with a great cast, fantastic crew, and stellar script: Alligator isn't just one of the best Jaws rip-offs ever made, it's one of the best horror comedies ever…
Mar 17, 2022 · 1:31:38
Flashdance + The Exorcist + Poltergeist x Ninjas = Ninja III The Domination. Cannon made a lot of crazy films in their time, but this just might be their craziest! Norm from A…
Mar 3, 2022 · 1:39:27
The ninja cannot be stopped! Anthony Abatte returns to discuss the FAR superior sequel to Enter The Ninja. But he's not alone, Norm from A Question of Character is with him!…
Feb 17, 2022 · 1:21:17
Ninjas were just as much a part of 80s pop culture as big hair, neon, and growing economic disparity, but why? Enter The Ninja, that's why! While not solely responsible for the…
Feb 3, 2022 · 1:38:40
Gene Simmons is a genderfluid drag performer/terrorist who wants to poison Los Angeles with radioactive waste. Only George Lazenby's son, John Stamos, and his partner Vanity can…
Jan 20, 2022 · 1:20:53
Takashi Miike broke through big in 1999 with Audition, but for me, his best movie of that year (he made, like, six) is Dead or Alive, a gonzo bonkers crime drama with one of the…
Jan 6, 2022 · 1:29:31
Jim Belushi beats up inner city youths with a baseball bat because he wants them to study algebra in this problematic classic. Norm from A Question of Character returns to…
Dec 23, 2021 · 1:11:20
Coonskin was animator Ralph Bakshi's first real bomb, attracting far more controversy for its racially charged content than box office. Emmett Watkins Jr. bravely joins me today…
Dec 9, 2021 · 1:16:21
Warren Oates and Peter Fonda just wanted to hop in their RV and take their wives on a ski trip. But a group of murderous Texan satanists had other ideas in Race With The Devil,…
Nov 25, 2021 · 1:15:20
*cue Visitor theme music* Joe Odber returns to Cinema Oblivia to delve once again into ancient aliens, albeit in a slightly roundabout way. The Visitor is a film made by madmen…
Nov 11, 2021 · 1:18:00
Making a return appearance on Cinema Oblivia, Brian Ashcraft joins me to talk about Michael Mann's masterpiece (a Mannterpiece, if you will), Manhunter. It's the least known…
Oct 27, 2021 · 1:25:07
Nothing says Halloween like...a Satanic Panic movie starring Skippy from Family Ties and featuring cameos by Gene Simmons and Ozzy?!? Trick or Treat is an odd little slasher…
Oct 14, 2021 · 1:18:34
HELLO, I'M MR. EDD. Goddamn I love Action Jackson. And Rich Nelson from the podcast Don't You Want Me also loves Action Jackson, so we spend a lot of time talking about how great…
Sep 30, 2021 · 1:53:16
Urgh! A Music War is a 1982 concert film featuring performances by some of the biggest and most influential bands of the era, including The Police, The Go Gos, Oingo Boingo, Joan…
Sep 16, 2021 · 1:16:01
In 1970, a German documentary called Chariots of the Gods came out. It proposed the entirely unscientific idea that ancient aliens helped create humankind's greatest…
Sep 2, 2021 · 1:27:33
It's the other Michael Crichton movie about robots running amok. Yes, after Westworld (but before Jurassic Park) Crichton wrote and directed this tale for the big screen, where…
Aug 26, 2021 · 1:24:53
No, NOT the Billy Crystal/Gregory Hines buddy cop comedy (although that's also a good movie)! Instead, Madeleine Koestner from the Unnamed Film Festival and I are talking about…
Aug 19, 2021 · 1:25:06
SHO NUFF! That's all that needs to be said about this stone cold CLASSIC starring the one and only Taimak and the late great Vanity, but somehow T.L. Foster and I manage to talk…
Aug 12, 2021 · 1:20:16
Leslie Nielsen tries to murder Evel Knievel so he can use his corpse to smuggle dope. Gene Kelly tries to help Knievel, but he's held hostage by Dabney Coleman. Lauren Hutton…
Aug 5, 2021 · 1:15:28
Ghost World isn't a movie about ghosts, it's a movie about teenage isolation, misanthropy and self-hate, which are actually way scarier than anything supernatural. The totally…
Jul 29, 2021 · 1:13:22
Ever wonder what would happen if a Japanese filmmaker decided to make their own tribute to Brian De Palma's Phantom Of The Paradise, while throwing in a bit of The Who's Tommy…
Jul 22, 2021 · 1:12:39
You are what you eat, and today Sonya Ballantyne and I are eating the late-90s cannibal western megabomb, Ravenous. Well, we're not so much eating it as discussing its troubled…
Jul 15, 2021 · 1:30:11
When people talk about Hong Kong action films of the 80s and 90s, John Woo and Jackie Chan are usually at the forefront of the conversation, but Ringo Lam also released some…
Jul 8, 2021 · 1:27:53
T.L. Foster wanted to talk about Gymkata, so today we are talking about Gymkata! Legendary for being "so bad it's good" but is it really just bad? The Kurt Thomas gymnastic…
Jul 1, 2021 · 1:02:18
My dad passed away a few weeks ago. My love of movies, and this podcast, would not exist without him, so I wanted to take some time to talk about him, the movies he loved, and…
Jun 24, 2021 · 1:26:19
Walter Hill's 1978 existential, minimalist masterpiece about a getaway driver trying to outsmart not only the cops, but the crooks who want him dead, was a bomb when it first…
Jun 17, 2021 · 1:17:35
I am very happy to be joined by Kyle Shutt from the band The Sword and the podcast The High Way to talk about Natural Born Killers, a film that could have only been made the year…
Jun 10, 2021 · 1:34:09
Put on your leg warmers! Matt Kucick joins me to talk about two films that tried to cash in on the 80s aerobics craze, and failed miserably: the John Travolta/Jamie Lee Curtis…
Jun 3, 2021 · 1:42:57
H.B. Halicki had a dream: A dream to smash as many cars as possible. And he achieved said dream with his 1974 magnum opus, Gone in 60 Seconds. Twitter's supcat and I talk about…
May 27, 2021 · 1:26:42
Action! Suspense! Comedy! Romance! Ray Walston shooting cops! This movie has it all! Diamond Feit joins me to talk about this Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor classic, why it's still a…
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