Whitney has been riding us about seeing WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE for nearly the entire time we've been doing the show, so we're finally getting to it as her pick for Mental Health month! Directed by Todd Solondz, this film follows middle schooler Dawn Weiner as she faces constant harassment and bullying from other students, her siblings, and even her own mother. This film is planted firmly in the mid-90s with a lot of "f" and "r" bombs, but we manage to find our way around it somehow. Get a lot more Bad Movies Worse People for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] Find our exclusive merch in our new webstore at shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com [http://shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com] Remember to check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts or hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

In our first year of the podcast, we did an entire month of Michael Bay films for May and called it "It's Gonna Be Bay". Well, we learned from that experience, which was very trying on our mental health, so we vowed never to do that again. Since then, we have done one Michael Bay movie per year on the last Monday before May, and this year is no exception. We're finally discussing one of Bay's only truly good films, THE ROCK from 1996, starring Sean Connery and a slew of "welcome backs" including Nic Cage, Ed Harris, William Forsythe, and Michael Biehn. Nic Cage is a mild-mannered virologist who is tasked with stopping Ed Harris and his band of disenfranchised Marines from dropping chemical bombs on San Francisco with the help of former SAS agent and 30-year prisoner Sean Connery. Time for badabooms and ratatats. Get a lot more Bad Movies Worse People for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] Find our exclusive merch in our new webstore at shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com [http://shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com] Remember to check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts or hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

Derrick is overly excited about his Mental Health pick for May, Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT. He watched EVERY Michael Mann movie in preparation, and here's a recap and ranking for those interested. Get a lot more Bad Movies Worse People for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] Find our exclusive merch in our new webstore at shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com [http://shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com] Remember to check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts or hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

This one was requested by our listener Bryce, and it's something that we have successfully avoided seeing until now. Alien trash babies come to life to help a loser kid named Dodger woo his rival Juice's girlfriend, who goes by the name Tangerine. It's as stupid as it sounds and disgusting to look at as well. Get a lot more Bad Movies Worse People for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] Find our exclusive merch in our new webstore at shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com [http://shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com/] Remember to check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts or hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com/]

{BLEEP} sent in this request after he and Jack watched this movie a few months back, so we invited him back on to talk about it. Sinbad and Phil Hartman star in this "wrong man/mistaken identity" style 90's comedy that also served as Sinbad's first starring film role. Sinbad plays a sad sack conman trying to get rich quick who falls into debt with the mob and has to take over the identity of Phil Hartman's childhood friend to hide with Hartman's family in an affluent Philadelphia suburb. Of course, antics ensue, children are charmed and Sinbad solves everyone's problems but his own. This episode ends with a twist that you'll have to hear to believe! Get a lot more Bad Movies Worse People for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] Find our exclusive merch in our new webstore at shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com [http://shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com/] Remember to check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts or hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com/]

We kick off our first ever Listener Request Month with this one from Ashley, 1997's PERDITA DURANGO (aka Dance With The Devil) from director Alex de la Iglesia and starring Rosie Perez and Javier Bardem. Ashley described it as "if David Lynch and Tarantino had dirty, sexy Tucson baby," and boy, was she right! Murder, mayhem, santeria, an 18-wheeler full of fetuses, James Gandolfini, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, kidnapping and sex. Lots of sex. This is some straight-up madness and we get all the way into it on this episode! Get a lot more Bad Movies Worse People for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] Find our exclusive merch in our new webstore at shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com [http://shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com/] Remember to check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts or hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com/]

We made a last-minute schedule change due to the death of the legendary Gene Hackman. Hackman stars alongside Ray Romano in his final film in the disastrous WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT. Gene Hackman plays former president of the United States Monroe "Eagle" Cole, who retires to Mooseport, Maine and is convinced to run for mayor to stop his ex-wife from taking his home in their divorce. Ray Romano plays Harold "Handy" Harrison, a local hardware store owner also running for mayor. What passes for hilarity in a Ray Romano movie ensues. Get a lot more Bad Movies Worse People for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] Find our exclusive merch in our new webstore at shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com [http://shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com/] Remember to check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts or hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com/]

We got a letter from an actor who was in one of our previous episodes, Deadly Run, and we decided to read it on air for you all! You can find the video version of this episode, and all of our episodes, on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/@badmoviesworsepeople]! Coming soon to Spotify as well, most likely. You can check out Deadly Run on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/64118173   Get a lot more Bad Movies Worse People for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople]   Find our exclusive merch in our new webstore at shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com [http://patreon.com/worsepeople]   Remember to check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts or hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

Taking a hard left after The Prowler, we get into Disney family film territory with the Robin Williams vehicle, FLUBBER. This remake of The Absent-Minded Professor features Williams as a forgetful inventor with a flying robot and a dancing green blob as a friend. We also get an appearance from Wil Wheaton as a shitty little rich kid as well as Clancy Brown and Ted Levine as hapless, silly goons with a penchant for being hit in the head. This was a staple of Derrick's childhood, so this episode will potentially serve as a nostalgia buster of sorts. Get a lot more Bad Movies Worse People for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] Find our exclusive merch in our new webstore at shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com [http://shop.badmoviesworsepeople.com] Remember to check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts or hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

This week, we go back to Joseph Zito Town with his 1981 slasher classic, THE PROWLER, and we're joined by our good friend and amazing tattoo artist (as well as new Patron) Zip! The soon-to-be graduates of a small California college are being stalked and killed by a mysterious figure dressed in military garb and wielding all manner of weapons, including a pitchfork! We get some of the coolest and most iconic kills in slasher history thanks to the legendary Tom Savini as well as a bunch of kids acting like idiots and some boobage!  Find Zip on Instagram at @zip_tattooist [http://www.instagram.com/zip_tattooist] or @zip_painter [http://www.instagram.com/zip_painter] Join in on our Patreon fun at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople]  Check out our Star Wars podcast anywhere you get podcasts and hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

Our next installment of Schlock & Load features maybe the only GOOD Chuck Norris movie, Joseph Zito's INVASION USA from Cannon Films. Norris is a mostly silent former special ops agent that is pulled into a fight against terrorists that are trying to use America's racism and social tensions to take it down from the inside. This flick features the actual destruction of an entire, real neighborhood in Georgia. Get the ad-free video episode and more for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] Listen to our Star Wars podcast anywhere you get podcasts by searching for Han Took Shots First or checking out hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

For our first episode of March, we get into one of the classic BAD movies with Dan Aykroyd's only directorial credit, 1991's NOTHING BUT TROUBLE! Starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy and Dan Aykroyd again with a special appearance from Tupac and the Digital Underground. This cinematic bucket of vomit follows Chevy and Demi as they're waylaid in Valkenvania by a Texas Chainsaw-esque family and have to struggle against blobby shit babies, a judge with a dick nose, saucy hot dogs, murder coasters and corrupt police. Get ready to chunder. Get more Bad Movies Worse People at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] for only $3 a month! Check out our Star Wars podcast, Han Took Shots First, anywhere you get podcasts and at hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

The final Made in Arizona month selection is one of Derrick's weird-ass obscure picks, Paul Clinco's shot-on-video satanic panic flick DEATH MAGIC! A Civil War general is put to death for being a genocidal maniac and is resurrected by a satanic cult in Tucson, Arizona. He quickly sets out to murder the descendants of those responsible for his death. This movie looks like crap and has terrible acting, but it's full of great, bloody special effects and a lot of community theater boobs. We tried to shoot video for you guys, but someone in the neighborhood crashed into a transformer and took out the power and internet, so it didn't happen this time around. For more Bad Movies Worse People check out our Patreon at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] where, for only $3 a month, you get two bonus episodes every month as well as a monthly newsletter and ad-free video content PLUS early, uncut access to our Han Took Shots First episodes. Han Took Shots First is also available anywhere you get podcasts and hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com] This month's movie isn't streaming anywhere but you can get your own blu-ray copy through Culture Shock Releasing [https://www.cultureshockreleasing.com/product-page/death-magic-blu-ray-slipcover-edition]!

Get the full episode and so much more for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople]! Our newest Patreon-exclusive monthly show, Latchkey Vids, marches on as we dive into COP ROCK's third episode HAPPY MUDDER'S DAY! Gaines and Rose find themselves in deep on a domestic violence call, La Russo uses his girlfriend as bait to catch a drug dealer, Potts struggles with his morals as the Captain and Oz pressure him to flip on his partner and the Mayor has to deal with the public thinking she's "ugly enough to stop a train!" We get some great musical numbers including a soulful domestic violence song and an 80s pop song about plastic surgery. Bigger is better when it's underneath your sweater, indeed.

Made in Arizona month continues with the 80's teen comedy, CAN'T BUY ME LOVE, starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson (Rest in Pictures). Get a video version on our YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/@badmoviesworsepeople] page, or get it ad-free at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople]. This classic 80s teen romp was filmed entirely in Tucson and actually takes place there as well. Nerdy ass Patrick Dempsey offers the head cheerleader $1000 to pretend to like him so he can be cool, and, in classic 80s fashion, she falls for him, but he's too self-absorbed to even notice. He starts to blow off his old friends, including Children of the Corn's Malachai, turning into a real shitheel, and, of course, hilarity ensues. This is a nostalgic classic for Jack and Whitney but a first-time watch for Derrick. You shit on my house! Get more Bad Movies Worse People at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] for only $3 a month. Every month you get a bonus Mental Health episode about a movie we love as well as a new installment of Latchkey Vids where we dive into long-forgotten 90s TV shows. You can also see ad-free videos for any episodes we do with video, including this one! Check out our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you get podcasts and hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

Get the full episode and more at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] for only $3 a month! This month's Patreon-exclusive Mental Health episode is a listener request from one of our longest Patrons, Tanker Tom! We're watching Simon Wincer's HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN, starring Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson! It might be a slightly apocalyptic future and Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson are a couple of cool, motorcycle-riding customers navigating their way through a mad world of corporate greed, semi-indestructible goons and massive shootouts. Featuring show favorite character actor Sven Ole Thorson and one of the lesser Baldwins, as well as Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito and a sleepy Tom Sizemore.

For this week's Made in Arizona episode, we're diving into Roland Emmrich's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, starring Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren! This also kicks off our new monthly segment SHLOCK & LOAD, where we'll be getting into the nitty gritty of 80s and 90s shlock action cinema. A secret group within the US government is taking dead troops and bringing them back with cybernetic enhancements to take on the toughest missions, but this time, they brought back the wrong soldier in Lundgren! Van Damme has to save journalist Veronica Roberts from the nefarious group before time runs out! Get more Bad Movies Worse People at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] for only $3 a month

We kick off Made in Arizona month with a Nic Cage/Tommy Lee Jones banger! FIRE BIRDS is essentially a Top Gun rip-off, but with helicopters and less Scientology, and we had a great time with it. Nic Cage plays hotshot helicopter pilot Jake Preston, who gets accepted into an Apache training program to fly missions against America's biggest enemy at the time: drug cartels! Tommy Lee Jones has to train him, and Sean Young has to endure his constant sexual harassment. Get more Bad Movies Worse People at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] for only $3 a month, including the AD-FREE VIDEO version of this episode. Love Star Wars? Give HAN TOOK SHOTS FIRST a chance anywhere you find podcasts and hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com/]

Our final 1989 flick of the month is directed by Friday the 13th's Sean S Cunningham and stars.... no one you've ever heard of. Produced quickly and on a small budget to beat the other two films to the box office, this one is very similar to LEVIATHAN, but without any of the special effects talent or acting chops. This time we have a team of Navy members trying to install underwater missiles that find themselves in a mystery involving a lost Russian ship and running afoul of a massive creature. Get more Bad Movies Worse People at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople] for only $3 a month! Listen to our Star Wars podcast Han Took Shots First anywhere you find podcasts and hantookshotsfirstpod.com [http://hantookshotsfirstpod.com]

Get the full episode on THE ABYSS as well as every other Mental Health episode we have released and the brand new show Latchkey Vids on Patreon for only $3 a month at patreon.com/worsepeople [http://www.patreon.com/worsepeople]!  James Cameron's incredibly troubled masterpiece was one of three water-based sci-fi action flicks released in 1989 and our favorite movie of the month. Starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn, it follows a team of underwater oil drillers and Marines as they try to recover a nuclear submarine that is suspected to have been taken out by Russians. Spoiler alert: We have more underwater aliens to deal with, but this time in a James Cameron fashion, which means epically..