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Episode 137 – Oliver Reed & Cannon Films’ Forgotten Shelved Horror Comedy: Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens launches a new semi-regular series, Produced and Abandoned, spotlighting films that were completed but largely discarded by their distributors. First […]
Episode 136 – Young Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland and a True Story Vigilante Movie: The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens revisits the little-seen 1986 television thriller The Brotherhood of Justice, a mostly forgotten ABC movie starring a young Keanu Reeves […]
Episode 133: -Top Five Fantasy Films of the 1980s with author Todd Downing
On this episode, we speak with modern-day renaissance man, author Todd Downing, about his new book Return of the Calico Kids, and his top five favorite fantasy films of the […]
Episode 132: Collision Course
On this episode, we’re going to tell a story about a game show, a popular late night talk show host, and a long-forgotten movie that I guarantee you’ve never seen […]
Episode 129: The 1980s Movies of Susan Seidelman – Smithereens
On this episode, we’re going to start a miniseries on the 1980s films from director Susan Seidelman. Like last year, with Martha Coolidge, I want to highlight at least one […]
Episode 128 – Sam Raimi, the Coen Brothers, and Their Cult Comedy Disaster: Crimewave (1986)
This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens looks back at Crimewave (1986), one of the most unusual and troubled collaborations in 1980s cinema. Directed by Sam Raimi […]
Episode 127: Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
On this week’s episode, we take a look back at one of two Universal Studios sequel bombs from 1983 that starred Jackie Gleason: Smokey and the Bandit Part 3.
Episode 122: UFOria
On this week’s episode, we talk about a rarity amongst 80s movies, one that is an oldie, a goodie, an obscurity, and one of the best reviewed movies of all […]
Episode 121: The Orphans 6
This week, we look back at another three films for whom their releases would be the only theatrical release for their respective distributors. It’s Part 6 of our ongoing series, […]
Episode 120: The Orphans 5
On this episode, we’re going to do something we haven’t done in nearly a year and a half. Dedicate a show to films for whom their release was the only […]