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Alternate Ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. Our goal is to save you time and money by sharing our thoughts and recommendations on which movies to race to theaters for, which to watch at home and those to actively avoid. What makes Alternate Ending different from other film podcasts? Well, we’re not 5 dudes in a room talking about our passion for Fight Club and Braveheart. We’re two dudes, and a lady, of which our tastes are quite varied. Rob, the film-school dropout, has seen an absurd amount of movies, and if we’re being honest, rounds out our Fight Club fan-base. Tim Brayton, our seasoned film critic, shares a more critical view of film, an appreciation for vintage cinema and perhaps limited-release movies that we might otherwise miss. Carrie, our casual movie-goer, reminds us all that cinema is in fact supposed to be fun and entertaining and that sometimes, just sometimes, happy endings are good. Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at Alternate Ending is diversity: diversity of opinion, diversity in belief about what film should do and how it should do it. We want to celebrate our different opinions, and celebrate yours as well. This isn't a podcast for people who just want to talk about the latest hot new movies in theaters right this minute. This is a place for people who can't get to the theater until the third week a film is out; a place for people who just want to find something great to stream online after the kids have gone to sleep, a place for people whose favorite pastime is to grab a bunch of classic films on DVD from the library and watch them all weekend. It's a place that believes that every great movie is a wonderful new treasure, whether you see it the night of its premiere or fifty years later. It's a site about discovering good movies... one bad movie at a time. Join us for our weekly review of movies worth seeing, worth avoiding and our Top 5 lists – and don’t forget to play along at www.alternateending.com.

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Alternate Ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. Our goal is to save you time and money by sharing our thoughts and recommendations on which movies to race to theaters for, which to watch at home and those to actively avoid. What makes Alternate Ending different from other film podcasts? Well, we’re not 5 dudes in a room talking about our passion for Fight Club and Braveheart. We’re two dudes, and a lady, of which our tastes are quite varied. Rob, the film-school dropout, has seen an absurd amount of movies, and if we’re being honest, rounds out our Fight Club fan-base. Tim Brayton, our seasoned film critic, shares a more critical view of film, an appreciation for vintage cinema and perhaps limited-release movies that we might otherwise miss. Carrie, our casual movie-goer, reminds us all that cinema is in fact supposed to be fun and entertaining and that sometimes, just sometimes, happy endings are good. Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at Alternate Ending is diversity: diversity of opinion, diversity in belief about what film should do and how it should do it. We want to celebrate our different opinions, and celebrate yours as well. This isn't a podcast for people who just want to talk about the latest hot new movies in theaters right this minute. This is a place for people who can't get to the theater until the third week a film is out; a place for people who just want to find something great to stream online after the kids have gone to sleep, a place for people whose favorite pastime is to grab a bunch of classic films on DVD from the library and watch them all weekend. It's a place that believes that every great movie is a wonderful new treasure, whether you see it the night of its premiere or fifty years later. It's a site about discovering good movies... one bad movie at a time. Join us for our weekly review of movies worth seeing, worth avoiding and our Top 5 lists – and don’t forget to play along at www.alternateending.com.

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English


Episodes
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Bride of AE - Bloody Birthday (1981)

4/26/2024
Tim and Brennan close out their month of evil kid horror movies by discussing a quasi-slasher from an impeccable vintage, 1981’s BLOODY BIRTHDAY! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:51:17

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Bride of AE - The Good Son (1993)

4/12/2024
Tim and Brennan kick off a month of evil kid horror movies by discussing the Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin joint THE GOOD SON! It turns out, mileage varies! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:59:38

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Bride of AE - The Screaming Skull (1958)

3/22/2024
Tim and Brennan close out their month of discussing movies that were covered on the iconic cult television program Mystery Science Theater 3000! Surprisingly, THE SCREAMING SKULL becomes one of our most divisive episodes yet! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:42:36

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Bride of AE - The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)

3/8/2024
Tim and Brennan kick off their month of discussing movies that were covered on the iconic cult television program Mystery Science Theater 3000! The title is too long to type again, but just know it’s a hell of a ride! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:49:45

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Bride of AE - The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

2/23/2024
Tim and Brennan close out their month of digging horror movie skeletons out of the closets of the year’s nominated actors by checking out Bradley Cooper’s early performance in the Clive Barker adaptation THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:57:08

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Bride of AE - The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

2/9/2024
Tim and Brennan kick off a month of digging horror movie skeletons out of the closets of the year’s nominated actors by taking a look at Jodie Foster’s first-ever top-billed lead role in THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:53:59

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Pass the Popcorn: Origin | McFarland, USA | Anselm

2/5/2024
We're rolling into February with a wild first month of 2024 behind us. This week Carrie brings the the ultimate Dad-movie, Mom-movie, inpso-video-lover-movie, kid-movie...(you get the idea)...McFarland, USA. She also gets confirmation from Tim on whether or not she should give Saltburn another try. Tim brings two films to the table this week, that come with mixed reviews - Origin and Anselm. Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd | Carrie Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

Duration:01:13:18

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Bride of AE - Death Game (1977)

1/26/2024
Tim and Brennan close out a month of follow-ups with DEATH GAME (1977), the movie that was remade by Eli Roth as Knock Knock. Get ready for a dissection of the manifold ways the movie’s aesthetic and sensibility differ from the original despite boasting almost the exact same plot! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:01:01:41

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Pass the Popcorn: Carrie | The Taste of Things | How to Blow Up a Pipeline

1/15/2024
Happy New Year! Another new year... another weird episode! This week Carrie brings the 1976 nudist classic, Carrie - thanks to Patreon supporter Granger D Pole. She also shares her thoughts on the independent film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, that everybody was talking about 6 months ago... Tim brings a trifecta of foreign films - Monster, About Dry Grasses and The Taste of Things and even sells Carrie on one of them. Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd | Carrie Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

Duration:01:18:58

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Bride of AE - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022)

1/12/2024
Tim and Brennan are kicking off 2024 by concluding a trilogy of movies we’ve watched over the past year. It’s time for the Disney Channel original musical Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3, which brings a troupe of aliens to Seabrook after the town has already assimilated zombies and werewolves. Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:01:06:22

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Worst Christmas Movies

12/26/2023
For our last episode of 2023, we've decided to let our inner Grinches out to play: instead of celebrating the warmth and coziness and love of good holiday movies, as we've done in the past, this year we're going all the way to the other end of the spectrum: the most rotten-souled Yuletide misfires that ever fell out of a chimney. It's our picks for the 5 worst Christmas movies ever made - our present to all of you, since we know there's nothing you enjoy more than our suffering through lousy movies. This episode, we're also lucky enough to be joined by a some of our AE friends and even a few special call-in guests! We're breaking hearts and taking names on this episode and we hope you enjoy. <3 Carrie's Top 5: Die Hard (1988)Home Alone 3 (1997)Jack Frost (1997)The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)The Polar Express (2004) Tim's Top 5: The Nutcracker in 3D (2010)How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)Saving Christmas (2014)Deck the Halls (2006)The Polar Express (2004) Brennan's Top 5: The Psycho Santa (2003)Saving Christmas (2014)How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)A California Christmas: City Lights (2021)Sense, Sensibility and Snowmen (2019) This week’s winner for the Worst Christmas Movies is Billy the Kid! Black Christmas ******************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! What to grab yourself some AE swag? You can find the goods here! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd - Brennan Letterboxd Want to support Alternate Ending, you can via our Patreon page!

Duration:02:03:58

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Bride of AE - The Stone Tape (1972)

12/22/2023
Tim and Brennan are winding down British Ghost Stories month, and a whole year of podcasting, by taking a look at the 1972 TV movie THE STONE TAPE, which originally aired on Christmas Day! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:45:16

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Pass the Popcorn: Summer with Monika | Godzilla Minus One | Leave the World Behind

12/11/2023
Happy Monday! It's good to be back after a little unplanned break. Nothing gets the mind right like Tim cackle laughing at imagining Carrie and Rob's first (and only) bath together. On this episode, Tim brings two new films out of Japan, Godzilla Minus One and The Boy and the Heron. Carrie has a whole batch of movies to choose from, but decides to go with the Netfix Original, Leave the World Behind. Also, Patreon supporter, Brian Fowler, has Carrie review the classic teen-love-drama, Summer with Monika. Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd | Carrie Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

Duration:01:10:57

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Bride of AE - The Woman in Black (1989)

12/8/2023
Tim and Brennan are kicking off British Ghost Stories month in honor of the Christmas tradition from across the pond. We’re kicking off with 1989’s THE WOMAN IN BLACK, which originally aired on Christmas Eve! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:48:01

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Bride of AE - My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (2009)

11/24/2023
To close out 21st Century Slashers month, Tim and Brennan are diving into a new-to-both-of-them franchise with the MTV original movie MY SUPER PSYCHO SWEET 16! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:57:23

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Catching Up - The Making of Hauntology

11/20/2023
After more than 6-months of radio silence, Rob is back with an Amateur Hour update to catch up on the making of Hauntology. In this episode, he covers how the last segment and through line came together, the current status of the project, potential release dates / plans and new projects on-deck!

Duration:00:37:22

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Bottom 5 Movies of the 1980s

11/13/2023
Some topics are just blunt and to the point, and that's just what we've gotten this week from Patreon supporter Granger D Pole, who wants us to go right for the kill: our lists of the worst movies of the 1980s. A decade that has some of the lowest lows in all of cinema history, so expect some real stinkers...unless you're Carrie and decide to opt for some of the most beloved films of the decade. Tune in! Carrie's Top 5: Pee-Wee's Big AdventureThe AppleMac and MeSocietyE.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Tim's Top 5: The Garbage Pail Kids MovieGamera: Super MonsterSkullduggeryOasis of the ZombiesDon't Open Until Christmas Brennan's Top 5: The OutingSorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-ramaKilling of the FleshAirplane II: The SequelXanadu This week’s winner for our Bottom 5 80's Movies was Damian Oakes! Revenge of the Nerds ******************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! What to grab yourself some AE swag? You can find the goods here! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd Want to support Alternate Ending, you can via our Patreon page!

Duration:01:43:50

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Bride of AE - Cold Prey (2006)

11/10/2023
Halloween is over, but the horror continues over on Bride of Alternate Ending! We’re kicking off a month of 21st century slashers by checking out the Norwegian import COLD PREY! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:59:33

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Pass the Popcorn: Five Nights at Freddy's | The Exorcist: Believer

10/30/2023
Happy Monday! This episode, Carrie and Tim catch up on their wild Halloween weekends and distain towards the current youth, big cities and. Tim shares his reviews of Five Nights at Freddy's and the newly released The Exorcist: Believer. Carrie shares her thoughts on two theatrical experiences she had with her family over the weekend - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Sweeney Todd! Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd | Carrie Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

Duration:01:06:57

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Bride of AE -Jacob's Ladder (1990)

10/27/2023
Happy almost Halloween! Now it’s time to cover a classic horror movie that Tim has never seen before! This week we’re once again poking and prodding the definition of “horror” to find out where Adrian Lyne’s JACOB’S LADDER fits in! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Duration:00:53:53