There are a lot of noir crime thrillers in the world, but most modern ones have a problem digging too deeply into the noir part of the equation. “Killing them softly” does away with the winding plot and instead gives a simple premise, with a simple resolution, and a world so real in its crappiness you can kind of smell it. Maybe it’s a grime thriller? It’s certainly the best at it if you’re into this sort of thing.
0:00 - Intros
3:30 - Monster: The Ed Gein story (Netflix, 2025)
7:35 - Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock, 2025)
9:35 - Little Evil (Netflix, 2017)
12:45 - Palm Royale (Apple TV)
20:00 - Dune pts. 1 and 2 (2021, 2024)
33:45 - Killing Them Softly
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There are a lot of noir crime thrillers in the world, but most modern ones have a problem digging too deeply into the noir part of the equation. “Killing them softly” does away with the winding plot and instead gives a simple premise, with a simple resolution, and a world so real in its crappiness you can kind of smell it. Maybe it’s a grime thriller? It’s certainly the best at it if you’re into this sort of thing.
0:00 - Intros
3:30 - Monster: The Ed Gein story (Netflix, 2025)
7:35 - Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock, 2025)
9:35 - Little Evil (Netflix, 2017)
12:45 - Palm Royale (Apple TV)
20:00 - Dune pts. 1 and 2 (2021, 2024)
33:45 - Killing Them Softly
Ruthless People is a hilarious gem from the 80s that gets the bizness this round! The last comedy directed jointly by the Airplane! guys, from a script by the guy who wrote Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and My Cousin Vinny, with one of the strongest casts you will ever have the pleasure of seeing perform, it should have become an instant classic. So why did this one get so unceremoniously memory-holed? Is it because, in spite of its tight script and screwball antics, that it happens to also be one of THE MOST 80’S MOVIES EVER MADE? From the production design and costumes to the music that screams 1986, Ruthless People has been forever unable to escape the gravitational force of the Me Decade to languish in semi-obscurity. Which is a damn shame, and we are here today to wrest it from the pit of Lost VHS Classics!
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There are a lot of noir crime thrillers in the world, but most modern ones have a problem digging too deeply into the noir part of the equation. “Killing them softly” does away with the winding plot and instead gives a simple premise, with a simple resolution, and a world so real in its crappiness you can kind of smell it. Maybe it’s a grime thriller? It’s certainly the best at it if you’re into this sort of thing.
0:00 - Intros
3:30 - Monster: The Ed Gein story (Netflix, 2025)
7:35 - Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock, 2025)
9:35 - Little Evil (Netflix, 2017)
12:45 - Palm Royale (Apple TV)
20:00 - Dune pts. 1 and 2 (2021, 2024)
33:45 - Killing Them Softly
