Cultish: A Movie Podcast

This week we continue our journey through Sunnydale with Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Four (original also Season Five, but due to an extended runtime and discussion of the #SnyderCut, we split the ep into two... something Snyder could have done too!).

We're continuing our journey through Sunnydale with seasons 2 and 3 of the iconic cult show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

This week we're starting our Buffy series by taking a look at all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season One. In light of recent allegations against the series showrunner and creator, Joss Whedon, we thought it was important to say that we at Cultish Movies do not condone his actions, nor do we seek to ignore or excuse them. Buffy, along with all the other television shows and movies Whedon has been a part of, is the result of hard work by many exceptionally talented people who deserve...

We're taking a dive into the strange and surreal world of Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly's divisive second outing, Southland Tales. Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Sarah Michelle Geller, and Sean William Scott, Southland Tales details an alternative 2008, in which America is trapped by a fascistic Republican Party using fear to control the population, and an unusual new energy source might just lead to the apocalypse.

A tale of two Dredds. There have been two adaptations of the iconic 2000AD character Judge Dredd. The first, 1995's Sylvester Stallone starring Judge Dredd, is a bombastic and over the top mid-90s Hollywood action movie. Directed by Danny Cannon, the film was a box office flop, with audiences and critics alike snubbing the movie for its tonal inconsistencies and use of Rob Schneider. 2012's Dredd, however, served to rectify the faults, and, despite a much lower budget, was a critical...

Takashi Miike's controversial thriller follows Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a widower who uses a series of fake auditions as a way to find a new wife. However, when he becomes involved with Asami (Eihi Shiina), he begins to realize that she isn't quite who she appears to be.

This week we're taking a look at Jermain Clement and Taika Waititi's cult comedy/horror What We Do In The Shadows.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS! To celebrate, we're bringing you this holiday special, in which we talk about Michael Dougherty's 2015 cult classic, Krampus.

We conclude our Planet of the Apes series by delving into the recent prequel trilogy, which reboots the franchise with state of the art effects and a killer central performance from the brilliant Andy Serkis. But are these movies any good?

Continuing our journey through the Planet of the Apes franchise, we take a delve into Tim Burton's 2001 reboot, starring Mark Whalberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Giamatti, and Michael Clarke Duncan. Despite becoming a box office success, the film was poorly received by critics and has since been largely forgotten, but does it deserve another look?

We're continuing our journey through the Planet of the Apes this week by taking a look back at the 1974 live-action television series, Planet of the Apes, starring Roddy McDowell, and the 1975 Saturday morning animation, Return to the Planet of the Apes. While both only lasted a single season, they have become cult favorites. Why?

This week we're continuing our journey through the Planet of the Apes franchise by discussing 1972's brutal Conquest Of, and 1973's disappointing Battle For the Planet of the Apes.

It's Halloween, and so we're taking a break from our regular series to bring you this special, chosen by the listeners, in which we discuss all things 2000's spooktacular Final Destination.

This week we're continuing out Planet of the Apes series by taking a look at 1970's Beneath the Planet of the Apes and 1971's Escape from the Planet of the Apes, both of which see the series take a strange turn into the more fantastical and sci-fi realms.

This week we begin our Planet of the Apes series by diving headfirst into the 1968 classic starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowell. An absolute classic of the genre, the film spawned four direct sequels, two television series, a remake, and a prequel trilogy - not to mention a slew of merchandise beyond - but why?

This week we're breaking from our usual movie output to take a look at the cult comedy sitcom Spaced. Written by Jessica Stevenson and Simon Pegg, and directed by Edgar Wright, Spaced is most notable for its pop-culture references and for featuring the team behind the Cornetto Trilogy in an early role. But why has it gained such a cult following?

This week we're taking a look at Leigh Whannell's excellent underseen sci-fi thriller UPGRADE, from 2018. Starring Logan Marshel-Green and telling the story of a technophobe who, after an accident, is paralyzed and implanted with an experimental computer chip called STEM that enables him to walk.

This week we're wrapping up our Peter Jackson series by taking a look back at what we've learned over the last few episodes, and discussing some of the films he has worked on outside of his role as a director.

In the penultimate episode of our Peter Jackson series, we take a look at the underwhelming Hobbit Trilogy and discuss just why we think this didn't work after the success of Lord of the Rings.

We're continuing our Peter Jackson series with 2009's The Lovely Bones, an adaptation of the novel of the same name, starring Mark Whalberg, Rachel Weiss, Saorise Ronan, Susan Sarandon, and Stanley Tucci.