It's Halloween season, so Adam and Brian venture into the shadowy tunnels of 1990s creature features .

First up: The Relic (1997) — Peter Hyams’ Field Museum nightmare based on the Preston & Child novel — where a chimeric creature stalks the halls and the hosts unpack its practical effects, museum-set atmosphere, and how the film balances spectacle with a grim, pulpy heart.

Then they dig into Guillermo del Toro’s Mimic (1997) — a grimy, gothic insect tale born from studio friction and a singular directorial vision. Brian and Adam compare del Toro’s early visual language to the creature cinema of the era, explore the film’s production backstory, and talk about how both movies reflect different shades of 90s genre filmmaking.

Whether you’re here for practical monsters, behind-the-scenes lore, or the weird ways genre films age, this episode pairs two underrated ’90s creature features and asks: what survives when the labs close and the lights go down?