Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s November, so that means it’s time for our “Xenovember” series, where we cover movies from another world! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and guest Chrissy Kurpeski discuss Tobe Hooper’s trippy 1985 exploration of Britain being invaded by space vampires, Lifeforce! Disturbingly casual nudity! Drained corpses! Exploding dust bodies! Floating blood! A 150-mile-long gothic space umbrella! London in crisis! A surprisingly open-minded British government! Creepy spiral contact lenses! Unexpected narration! Scientific stick poking! A very sweaty cast that includes a fearless Mathilda May, a naturally voyeuristic Peter Firth, and a pre-Star Trek Patrick Stewart! A thrillingly weird movie with incredible practical effects from the legendary John Dykstra, and a script from Alien's Dan O'Bannon, this intensely-British movie is simply too strange to be forgotten! In addition, Chrissy shares her spoiler-free thoughts on Heart Eyes and Weapons, Alex does the same for A House of Dynamite and 1995’s Species, and Tim says he enjoyed watching the majority of The Phoenician Scheme!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s October, so that means it’s time for our “Shocktober” series, where we cover movies that go bump in the night! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and subject-matter expert Tony Sedani discuss Michael J. Fox as cinema’s most athletic werewolf, in 1985’s Teen Wolf! Van surfing! A handstand dummy! Lycanthropy-based athleticism! A wise, well-rested and deeply uninvested coach! A town willing to accept a werewolf if it benefits their local sports team! A stereotypically-threatening 80s boyfriend! The best music a low budget movie can buy! Questionable party games! Breakdancing powers! Pulsating wolf makeup effects! An adult pretending to be a teenager pretending to be an adult in order to buy beer! All that and more in this surprisingly sweet movie that's effectively Spider-Man if he used his powers for popularity instead of crime-fighting! In addition, Tim shares his spoiler-free thoughts on David Twohy’s 2002 supernatural submarine thriller, Below, Tony sings the praises of TerrorVision and The Gate, while Alex does the same for Desperado, El Mariachi, and Black Phone 2!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s October, so that means it’s time for our “Shocktober” series, where we cover movies that go bump in the night! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and returning guest Tony Sedani discuss Tom Savini’s overlooked 1990 remake of the George Romero classic, Night of the Living Dead! A quick pace! Mild undead nudity! Shocking neck violence! A door you can punch through! A female lead who transitions from damsel in distress to legitimate action hero! Fantastic makeup effects and memorable zombie designs, including one that's twisted up like a pretzel! A great "one awful night in a single location" movie! No real explanation for the horrors that ensue! Social commentary on division and class war! Good ol' boys toying with zombies! Feelings of hopelessness! An impossible Candyman reference! A cast that includes the legendary Tony Todd, Laura Dern's stunt double from Jurassic Park, Patricia Tallman, the writer of The Gingerdead Man, William Butler, an unrecognizable Bill Moseley, and Tom Towles as the worst dude ever! While it may live in the shadow of the 1968 original, it's one of the better remakes and some people's preferred version of Night of the Living Dead! In addition, Alex talks about his favorite movies from Fantastic Fest 2025, including the Iko Uwais-produced martial arts extravaganza Ikatan Darah, Johannes Roberts’ monkey-gone-mad creature feature Primate, Justin Long’s unique take on corrupt cops in Los Angeles, Night Patrol, Steve Kostanki’s Deathstalker, V/H/S/Halloween, the shark thriller Beast of War, and Curry Barker’s oddly funny cautionary horror tale, Obsession! Finally, Tony shares his spoiler-free thoughts on The Long Walk, One Battle After Another, Good Boy, and The Smashing Machine, while Alex does the same for the Shudder original Night of the Reaper, and the realization of a plumber’s worst nightmare, Scared Shitless!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s September, so that means it’s time for our “Mechtember” series, where we cover movies involving all things robotic!! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and guest Bill Mueller discuss Keita Amemiya’s 1995 robo-showdown, Mechanical Violator Hakaider! Mechanical violation! Awkward sound mixing! A glowing brain! Cool, glowing hands! An evil, robotic Angel! Excessive use of smoke! Dramatic flower burning! Subtext so overt it's effectively hypertext! Amazing use of dummies! Soldiers that look like the Minions from Despicable Me! Imaginative use of an 80s panel van! Extreme head violence! Bleeding walls! Unexpected arm removal! All this and more in a movie that's possibly TOO ambitious, with incredible designs and special effects, that feels like it was made for fans of RoboCop, Power Rangers, and The Guyver! In addition, Bill shares his spoiler-free thoughts on the original Terminator, while Alex does the same for 1989’s Tango & Cash, and the Hong Kong action classics, the Iron Angels trilogy!

Welcome to the fifth season of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s September, so that means it’s time for our “Mechtember” series, where we cover movies involving all things robotic!! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and guest Bill Mueller discuss one of the strangest Terminator mockbusters, 1990’s Class of 1999! 1 million Megabytes! Robo-spanking! Impressive run-down locations and production design! Amazing costumes, including a coat that would make Prince jealous! Violent teenage gang members in a lawless land still choosing to go to school for some reason! A school principal endangering his own daughter! Fun pyrotechnics and stunts! Weapons hidden in stubby arms! Green robot fuel! An early Nine Inch Nails needle drop! A kitchen cabinet full of WD-40! Great (but silly) robot FX from Short Circuit's Eric Allard! A script that feels like two different movies squished together! A mostly unknown cast with the exceptions of Malcolm McDowell, Pam Grier, and Stacy Keach rocking one of the craziest rat tails you've ever seen! Grade A schlock with a fantastic third act, from the director of Commando and accomplished cinematographer Mark Irwin, this tale of technology and education gone wrong plays like George Jetson's worst nightmare! In addition, everyone briefly chats about their mutual enjoyment of James Gunn’s Superman, while Bill talks about Brad Pitt’s F1, and Alex shares his spoiler-free thoughts on Weapons, Liam Neeson’s The Naked Gun, Nobody 2, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Caught Stealing, and the French thriller, Night Call!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s July, so that means it’s time for our “Julygantic” series! Where we cover monster movies! In our season four finale, Alex, Tim, and returning guest Matt Naughton discuss Russell Mulcahy’s visually-stunning 1984 Ozploitation creature feature, Razorback! Creepy music! A runaway TV! A limited-yet-effective animatronic boar! A furry locomotive! Outback Madness! A mid-movie acid trip! A solid, yet mostly unrecognizable cast! Two awful, but fashionable human beings! A shockingly fast grieving process! Unintelligible Australian accents! Checkov's turbine blade! A Rocky Horror Picture Show apron! A giant, fake red moon! One of the few great Jaws ripoffs, beautifully shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer Dean Semler! Dark and hopeless never looked so good! In addition, Matt Naughton talks about Will Forte’s MacGruber, while Alex does the same for Superman, Tim Robinson’s Friendship, and the Brian De Palma documentary, De Palma! As a special treat for the finale, our resident Superman expert, Tony Sedani, shares his spoiler-free thoughts on James Gunn’s version of the man of steel!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s July, so that means it’s time for our “Julygantic” series! Where we cover monster movies! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and guest Matt Naughton discuss Kevin Bacon’s 1990 creature feature, Tremors! Beautiful locations! Handy men with questionable skills! Multi-tongue appendages! Grabboid cam! Rampant disrespect of vehicles! Perverse barbed wire! Training for a pogo stick world record! Doomsday prepper validation! Vodka sauce gore! A satisfying blend of horror and comedy! One of cinema's most iconic posters! Glorious practical effects, from miniatures to damp, animatronic puppets! A solid, committed cast that includes Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Reba McEntire, Michael Gross, Victor Wong, and Finn Carter! An ode to B movies that makes you afraid of land the way Jaws made you afraid of water! In addition, Matt Naughton shares his spoiler-free thoughts on the John Cena & Idris Elba action comedy Heads of State, while Alex does the same for M3GAN 2.0, Jurassic World Rebirth, Risky Business, and Under Siege!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s June, so that means it’s time for our “Junesis” series! Where we cover movies based on/revolving around video games! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and returning guest K-Tron discuss Jean-Claude Van Damme and Capcom’s misguided 1994 attempt to capitalize off the 90s video game craze, Street Fighter! Comical shirt-removal! Unpaid Russian labor! Bison bucks! Bisonopolis! Food court design! A playful arms deal! DNA Mutagens! Godzilla sound effects! Fake chest hair and poorly drawn-on tattoos! Serial Killer artwork! A bone chandelier and a skull fireplace! Cool looking evil soldiers! Bizarre Capcom product placement! Clever use of arcade game buttons! Questionable Hawaiian music! A hostage pit! A fascist dictator attempting to be seductive! Not that much street fighting! An early example of an antagonistic Zoom meeting! A scenery-chewing cast that includes Ming-Na Wen, a hilarious Andrew Bryniarski, Byron Mann, Kylie Minogue, Wes Studi, a blonde Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Raul Julia in his final film role! A troubled production where most of the budget was spent on its two main stars, that ends with one of the most awkward freeze frames in movie history! In addition, K-Tron shares some spoiler-free thoughts on V/H/S/Beyond, 1959’s Some Like It Hot, and 1965’s Faster, Pussycat! Kill!, while Alex does the same for 28 Years Later, Predator: Killer of Killers, 1991’s Naked Gun 2.5, and the 2012 Tom Cruise action-thriller, Jack Reacher!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s June, so that means it’s time for our “Junesis” series! Where we cover movies based on/revolving around video games! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and returning guest K-Tron discuss the wildly chaotic and divisive 1993 video game adaptation, Super Mario Bros.! The first real video game movie! No Chris Pratt! Cute little bombs! Conspiracy-theorist Luigi! Brotherly love! Plentiful use of pyramid spikes! Full-sized bumper cars! Suspenseful ordering of the Koopa pizza special! Romantic WrestleMania plans! Nintendo and cigarette product placement! Questionable dinosaur-birthing methods! Scantily clad dancers in a kid's movie! Enough fungus to put The Last Of Us to shame! Incredibly dangerous city streets! Police issued flamethrowers! A fascinating soundtrack! A lovable cast that includes Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis, Mojo Nixon, and Dennis Hopper doing T-Rex arms! A sequel tease and post-credits scene years before Marvel made them common! A visually insane movie with impressive sets and costume designs, an Oscar-winning cinematographer, and great dinosaur/creature FX that slightly predate Jurassic Park! All that and more in this endearingly uneven, cyberpunk-influenced adaptation that would have an even bigger cult following if it weren't for the shame of the creatives involved! In addition, K-Tron shares her spoiler-free thoughts on the horror comedy Slotherhouse, while Alex does the same for Bring Her Back, the John Wick spinoff Ballerina, the Shark serial killer thriller Dangerous Animals, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion and Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (with some additional thoughts from Tim)!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s May, which means it’s time for the AIPT Movies podcast’s “Mayhem” series! Where we cover movies that kick ass in the literal sense! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and guest Tony Sedani discuss the messy-yet-beautiful 1991 Bruce Willis action romp, The Last Boy Scout! Sleazy 90's vibes! A mile a minute pace! Satan Claus! Goons in sunglasses! $650 pants! An iconic celebratory jig! Football that's somehow even more dangerous than usual! A stadium with a secret hangout and fireplace! A surprisingly loud, public, and messy "professional" assassination! A guy with the name Joe Hallenbeck who has actually seemingly gone to hell and back! Behind the scenes friction that inspired a character in True Romance! A great musical score from Lethal Weapon & Die Hard's Michael Kamen! A cast that includes a young Halle Berry, Damon Wayans, Danielle Harris, Taylor Negron, and Bruce McGill! A shot of excessive violence and entertainment that's effectively a who's who of 90s action cinema with Tony Scott's visually stunning direction, Joel Silver producing, Shane Black writing endless one liners, and Bruce Willis delivering one of the greatest cigarette-smoking performances of all time! In addition, Tony discusses his Mission: Impossible series rewatch in preparation for “The Final Reckoning,” while Alex shares some spoiler-free thoughts on Fight or Flight, the third movie in the French Netflix action series, Last Bullet, and Final Destination Bloodlines!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s May, which means it’s time for the AIPT Movies podcast’s “Mayhem” series! Where we cover movies that kick ass in the literal sense! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and guest Tony Sedani discuss Brandon Lee’s 1992 fusion of American and Hong Kong-style action movies, Rapid Fire! Bowling-related gun violence! A mild electrocution! Cops in suits! Goons with sunglasses! Characters cranked up to 11! A restaurant with an emergency mounted machine gun! An undercover operation in a bowling alley! Seedy Chicago locations! A shirtless running shot that may have inspired Michael Bay's Bad Boys! A very 90s musical score from the prolific Christopher Young, plus hair metal songs from the band Hardline! Impressive action set pieces that pay homage to Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan while affecting how action would be handled in movies to this very day! A cast of character actors that includes Al Leong, Tzi Ma, François Chau, a brief Richard Schiff cameo, and Powers Boothe in a rare good guy role! Brandon Lee doing a brief Clark Kent impression and delivering a charismatic performance that shows he could've been one of cinema’s greatest action stars if given the chance! In addition, Alex and Tony share some spoiler-free thoughts on Sinners, Thunderbolts, The Accountant 2, and the newest action epic from the director of The Raid, the gritty Tom Hardy shoot-em-up, Havoc!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s April, so that means it’s time for our “No EscApril” series, where we celebrate the wonder of thrillers! Not quite horror, not quite action, that sweet spot in the middle where danger is afoot, and lives are still on the line! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and guest Chrissy Kurpeski discuss Kurt Russell’s overlooked 1997 open-road thriller, Breakdown! Checkov's donuts! Truck-based CrossFit! A surprisingly explosive car! Vehicular drama with chills and thrills! Jeep Grand Cherokee product placement! Themes of consumerism and classism! Great, terrifyingly-believable villains! A title with multiple meanings! Jaw-dropping stunts! An incredible score from Basil Poledouris! Unbelievable, paranoia-inducing locations! A real nightmare for those with trust issues! Post-Captain Ron Kurt Russell giving a versatile and terrified "fish out of water" performance! M.C. Gainey taking fashion tips from Lemmy Kilmister! Jack Noseworthy from MTV's Dead at 21! An escalating story with tension, memorable set pieces, and a deeply satisfying finale from the director of Terminator 3, Jonathan Mostow! In addition, Tim shares his spoiler-free thoughts on the first two Naked Gun movies, while Alex does the same for A Working Man, The Woman in the Yard, Drop, and Freaky Tales!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s March, so that means it’s time for our “Get Your Ass to March” series! Where we cover movies that relate to the planet Mars and/or the 1990 sci-fi classic, Total Recall! But that’s not all! Starting now with our 100th episode, every March we’re going to celebrate The Kuatos! Our annual award ceremony for our favorite movies of the year, both new and new to us! Let them eat war! Mistaking onions for garlic! Cary Grant not wanting to be slightly killed! Extensive use of a Kiss song! Ellen Aim & The Attackers going nowhere fast! Reba McEntire covering the Bad Boys theme! Fictional pop stars! A great year for CGI apes! Margaret Qualley pumping it up! An imposingly-decomposing Nosferatu! A punk rock werewolf! Colorful meltings! Seatbelts with subtext! Sweaty Tim Curry! Reebok bug stompers! A Miami Vice stunt show jacket! The horror of Dennis Quaid eating in close ups! Demi Moore, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Pierre, Kieran Culkin, Nicholas Hoult, and a whole lot of Dan Stevens! Rebel Ridge, A Real Pain, The Fall Guy, Smile 2, Frankie Freako, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Trap, Furiosa, The Shadow Strays, Love Lies Bleeding, The Substance, Maxxxine, The Bikeriders, Dune 2, Terrifier 3, In A Violent Nature, Flow, I Saw the TV Glow, and The Wild Robot! All that and more with special guests Chrissy Kurpeski, Tony Sedani, and K-Tron! In addition, Alex shares his spoiler-free thoughts on Jack Quaid’s action comedy Novocaine, the Steven Soderbergh spy thriller Black Bag, and the trippy space nightmare Ash!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s March, so that means it’s time for our “Get Your Ass to March” series! Where we cover movies that relate to the planet Mars and/or the 1990 sci-fi classic, Total Recall! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and Matt kick off the series by discussing another film set on that mysterious and alluring red planet, Brian De Palma’s frequently maligned and weirdly-positive space adventure, Mission to Mars! Ancient Aliens, baby! A NASA barbeque! A horny astronaut! Unconvincing science jargon! Weird space organ music from Ennio Morricone! The terror of micrometeoroids! Computer-generated Zero G fluids! Amazing use of a rotating set! Space Van Halen! Casual reactions to a deadly space twister! Solid visual effects for its time! The DNA model for an “ideal woman” made out of candy! A script from the writers of Predator and Speed! A solid cast with good chemistry, including Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell, and Gary Sinise with weird wispy bangs! A surprisingly positive story about the human spirit and space travel that’s almost an optimistic version of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, with Brian De Palma bringing his trademark knack for suspense and crazy camera moves! In addition, Alex shares his spoiler-free thoughts on In the Lost Lands, Mickey 17, and the first two Baby Assassins movies!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! This February we’re celebrating “Dreddruary,” where we cover movies based on the British comic book character, Judge Dredd! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Sylvester Stallone’s misguided 1995 schlockfest, Judge Dredd! Recycled food! Bedazzled codpieces! Distracting lifts! A cool, creepy cyborg! A shockingly sneaky, giant robot! Lethal holograms! Futuristic court drama! Stylish garbs of justice designed by Gianni Versace! A strong score by Predator’s Alan Silvestri and cinematography by Aliens’ Adrian Biddle! An original song from The Cure! A surprisingly faithful comic adaptation in every way except for the lead character! A visual treat with incredible production design, animatronics, and visual effects, including one of the greatest fictional mega cities in cinema! A solid cast that includes James Remar (briefly), Armand Assante, Max von Sydow, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider unfortunately, and Sylvester Stallone’s ego derailing the movie! Dark themes of police corruption and eugenics in this silly movie that maybe works better as a disappointing sequel to Demolition Man, from a frustrated director who loved both the source material and apparently Blade Runner! In addition, Alex shares his spoiler-free thoughts on Captain America: Brave New World, Oz Perkins’ new horror comedy, The Monkey, and the final nail in the Sonyverse coffin, Kraven the Hunter!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! This February we’re celebrating “Dreddruary,” where we cover movies based on the British comic book character, Judge Dredd! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Karl Urban’s 2012 dark dystopian action massacre, Dredd! Impressive use of a low budget! A near-future that seems (unfortunately) believable! Quick and effective world-building! Really cool helmets! A very dangerous atrium! A simple, contained story inspired by the action classic, The Raid! A surprisingly stripped-down comic book movie, especially when compared with modern examples! Absolutely brutal slow motion violence! Absurdly large buildings! A solid cast that includes Olivia Thirlby, Wood Harris, Harry Potter’s Domhnall Gleeson with blue cyber eyes, an uncomfortably cruel Lena Headey, and the lower half of Karl Urban’s face doing some of the greatest frown-acting you’ve ever seen! A movie based on a British comic book about America, starring European people doing American accents, which may also secretly be the first movie directed by Civil War’s Alex Garland! In addition, Alex shares his spoiler-free thoughts on The Wolf of Snow Hollow, the new Valentine’s Day-themed slasher, Heart Eyes, and the genre-bending thriller Companion!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s January, so that means it’s time for our “Uncannuary” series! Where we cover movies that feature superheroes or vigilantes, either adapted from comics or created specifically for the big screen! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Billy Zane’s foray into the 90s pulp hero craze, The Phantom! Female-dominated sky piracy! Barely noticeable stock footage of wild animals! A confusing purple costume that looks both great and kind of silly! Disappearing eye makeup! A movie that feels like a Universal Studios stunt show! A ring laser! A skull laser! A shark moat! A deadly microscope! A wolf being best friends with a horse! A murderous, non-threatening skeleton! An impressive cast that includes Billy Zane starting the "getting ripped for a superhero movie" trend, James Remar, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and a comically evil Treat Williams! An adaptation of the first superhero to wear a skin-tight suit and a mask with solid white eyes! A fairly authentic recreation of pulpy, swashbuckling adventure serials that would make a great double feature with Alec Baldwin’s The Shadow! In addition, Alex shares his spoiler-free thoughts on Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man, the bizarre Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man, and the under-the-radar gem, Hundreds of Beavers!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s January, so that means it’s time for our “Uncannuary” series! Where we cover movies that feature superheroes or vigilantes, either adapted from comics or created specifically for the big screen! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Alec Baldwin’s bizarre foray into the 90s superhero craze, The Shadow! Insane city sets and miniatures! Fun SFX and VFX! Amusing face prosthetics that make Alec Baldwin look like his brother William! A celebration of 1930s art deco style! Mind control! Crazy eyes! Cultural appropriation and weird, long fingernails! A heroic opium baron? A whole bunch of split diopter shots! Face-removal nightmares! Mid-conversation sponsored ads for Brooks Brothers! Checkov's color blindness! A creepy, living knife! A giant, hidden building! Secret passages, mirror hall fights, and trap floors! A wonderful score from Jerry Goldsmith! Kinetic direction from Highlander's Russell Mulcahy! A committed cast that includes a less-old-looking Ian McKellen, a sweaty Tim Curry, the dad from Alf, and John Lone! All that and more in this campy post-Batman '89 pulp hero adventure that was seemingly influenced by its own homages, such as Sam Raimi's Darkman! In addition, Tim and Alex share their spoiler-free thoughts on Netflix’s Carry-on, while Alex does the same for Nosferatu, Werewolves, and John Woo’s divisive 2002 war epic, Windtalkers!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s December, so that means it’s time for our “Holidanger” series, where we cover holiday movies that put lives on the line! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss Joe Dante’s 1984 creature-feature/Christmas fable, Gremlins! An unforgettable kitchen massacre! Intensely-80s Christmas vibes! People being oddly okay with strange, previously-unknown animals! A horribly-evil old landlady that’ll change the way you look at stair lifts forever! Tons of fake snow! A town square that uses the same Universal Studios backlot as Hill Valley from Back to the Future! An absentee father leaving his supportive family to deal with dangerous creatures while they attempt to use his useless inventions! Questionable carolers and bar patrons! Small creatures flashing and flash dancing! A great musical score from Jerry Goldsmith! A Solid cast that includes Mike from Breaking Bad, Dick Miller promoting the value of American-made products, and a quasi-goth Phoebe Cates as the ultimate holiday buzzkill! A movie with a truly unique tone that somehow feels like a horror movie for kids, featuring iconic creature FX and puppetry from Chris Walas! In addition, Alex shares his spoiler-free thoughts on the new Street Trash, and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II!

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s November, so that means it’s time for our “Xenovember” series, where we cover movies involving otherworldly creatures! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss the divisive 1999 techo-alien nightmare on water, Virus! Splitting headaches! Amusingly-dated 90s computer tech! Flirty chess foreplay! Unconvincing use of nautical terminology! Convenient escape chutes! A fast paced opening! A scene that was possibly referenced in 2022’s Moonfall? FleshTech Borganisms! Casual reactions to horrible sights that would make Pinhead blush! An interesting (though occasionally miscast or uncommitted) cast that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, an underused Cliff Curtis, the guy with Kuato growing out of him from Total Recall, a scene-stealing Sherman Augustus, and Donald Sutherland making one of the fastest greed-induced descents into madness you’ve ever seen! Impressive practical FX and animatronics, plus CGI overseen by the legendary Phil Tippett! A compelling argument against wireless technology with topical commentary on humans destroying the planet! All that and more in a film the lead actor claims is the worst movie ever made! In addition, Alex shares his spoiler-free thoughts on the new Canadian psychological thriller, Red Rooms, Gaspar Noé’s Climax, and Zoe Saldana’s new musical crime dramedy, Emilia Pérez!