Fun Box Monster Podcast

Fun Box Monster Podcast #175 : Hardbodies 1984 (SPRING BREAK SPECIAL!)

WHOOO!!!! It's Spring Break!!! We're taking a brief respite from blood and guts, to enjoy a beach vacation with a movie that has both visuals and sound. It features actors and people both shooting and editing film to create a narrative of sorts. Oh...Just as an afterthought, and strictly in the most tasteful and artistic of settings, there's boobs. Join Matt and Tristan as they decide if they are Sex Geezers, or members of the Geek Squad during a discussion of 1984's Hardbodies. 

Fun Box Monster Podcast #174 : The Blob (1988)

In this episode, Tristan confuses the term Sound Stage and Back Lot, and misidentifies a real town as a sound stage. And that's in the first five minutes!

Fun Box Monster Podcast #173 Alone in the Dark (1982)

I didn't do much research, but I assume this is some sort of prequel to City Slickers 2, only instead of searching for Curly's gold, it's four colorful serial killers going on a murder spree during a blackout. No wait...I think the prequel to City Slickers 2 was City Slickers 1. But if part 1 is a prequel why did they release it first? Man. I'm reporting that one to the IMDB goofs section. 

Fun Box Monster Podcast #172 A Return To Salem’s Lot (1987)

Please believe me. We are not hateful people. We love movies. We love horror movies and Larry Cohen.But....this movie is so awful. If this is your first episode...maybe consider another one? We are super negative in this one. But have you seen it? We talk about this movie and I guess I'm sorry? Maybe there's some funny bits that make it worth listening to? I really don't know. 

Fun Box Monster Podcast #171 Island of the Alive / It’s Alive 3 (1987)

Everything I know about parenting I learned from the It's Alive series. Babies are cannibalistic monsters with huge rubber heads and when they get to be too much responsibility you should dump them on a tropical island. Also, they explode when introduced to helicopters. Join Matt and Tristan for an hour or so of sun, sand and seriously giant mutant babies on The Island of The Alive!

Fun Box Monster Podcast #170: The Nest (1988)

You wanted the bugs, you got the bugs! Bugs, bugs, bugs. If you were looking for a 1980's version of a 1950's Corman movie that feels like an inexplicably lower budget rip-off of Slugs, look no further. On today's episode, Matt and Tristan talk about the bugliest movie of 1988, The Nest. 

Fun Box Monster Podcast #169 Pet Sematary 2 (1992)

As one might expect from a movie about a Pet Cemetery, there's going to be some talk of dead animals. So be warned. Also, being a movie with Eddie Furlong, there's some discussion of Eddie Furlong. So, just be aware of that too. 

Fun Box Monster Podcast #168 A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Take it from me. Parents just don't understand. That's the core message of this week's movie. You have seen it a million times, you've watched the six hour documentary. Why do you want to listen to us talk about it? Actually...I'm not sure. We bring nothing new to the conversation, and basically talk about how great it is for an hour forty. Yikes. 

Fun Box Monster Podcast #167 RoboCroc (2013)

New Detroit has a cancer. That cancer is crime. When OCP Police officer Alex Murphy falls in with a group of super-science crocodiles, they convince him to don the mantle of RoboCroc to instill fear in the superstitious and cowardly lots of Detroit's famous crime alley. When his parents, also crocodiles for some reason, are shot by trophy hunters he retires to Florida to reconsider his life decisions. Or maybe it's just a by-the-numbers direct to Sci-Fi channel killer animal movie. Either way, join Matt and Tristan as they talk about it like it's a real movie and not just a long form ad for a Bulgarian Fun Park. 

Fun Box Monster Podcast #166 : Bloody Moon (1981)

Here I am again. Writing a description for a movie that was not exactly what I had hoped. Yes. I knew Jess Franco was involved. I had no idea that this would be like a two hour episode of Speed Racer with nudity and decapitations. That said...maybe you don't need to watch this one and you can just listen to the episode.