We ransacked the "Holiday Crime" section at Scarecrow Video and came up with three gritty, violent and most of all JOLLY thrillers for this most wonderful time of the year. Merry Christmas, dirtbag! RIOT (1996, Joseph Merhi) NAKED CITY: A KILLER CHRISTMAS (1998, Peter Bogdanovich) 'R XMAS (2001, Abel Ferrara)

Christmas is famously a depressing holiday for some folks. The main reason for this, we think, is because it's the time of year when people get trapped in ice-cold confined spaces by psychos and/or pure human incompetence. P2 (2007, Franck Khalfoun) FROZEN (2010, Adam Green) ATM (2012, David Brooks)

Time to talk about some vigilantSHEs for a change! Three ladies pushed too far, who decide to arm themselves, learn krav maga and stick it to the men. It's in Revelations, people! THE BRAVE ONE (2007, Neil Jordan) A VIGILANTE (2018, Sarah Daggar-Nickson) PEPPERMINT (2018, Pierre Morel)

Several people may have heard of the first Relentless film, which raked in nearly 7 million dollars in box office receipts in the late 80's. But did you know that not long after that first movie, they made two more of them? Actually, they made three more but we love you too much to subject you to that amount of Relentlessness. RELENTLESS (1989, William Lustig) DEAD ON: RELENTLESS 2 (1992, Michael Schroeder) RELENTLESS 3 (1993, James Lemmo)

You must join us for this Spooky Season episode about two good Body Snatchers films and one bad one. You have no choice. Life will be better if you listen. There will be no more wars, no more hatred. No more love. But we can promise you this: plenty of goo! INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978, Philip Kaufman) BODY SNATCHERS (1993, Abel Ferrara) INVASION (2007, Oliver Hirschbiegel)

October is here: the leaves are changing, the shadows grow longer, the moon is full 100% of the time. What better reason to discuss three thrillers showcasing the ferocity of canis lupus—the common household wolf for those not versed in Latin! WOLFEN (1981, Michael Wadleigh) WOLF (1994, Mike Nichols) THE WOLFMAN (2010, Joe Johnston)

So it's come to this: Emalie, Matt and Travis dutifully answer YOUR questions about movies, food, dogs, but mostly movies. Intriguing, no?

You can call Pamela Anderson an icon, you can call her a sex symbol, you can call her someone with pretty bad taste in men and/or music. But don't—and this is very important—call her 'babe.' In case that's something you were thinking about doing. SNAPDRAGON (1993, Worth Keeter) RAW JUSTICE (1994, David A Prior) BARB WIRE (1996, David Hogan)

The year was 1986, and the Brat Pack—a group of hot young actors that folks associated with each other—was on top of the world. Then these three movies were released, and that was basically the the end of that. BLUE CITY (1986, Michelle Manning) OUT OF BOUNDS (1986, Dick Tuggle) WISDOM (1986, Emilio Estevez)

We watched three movies about the scariest types of buildings: tall ones! Yes, what's scarier than a skyscraper, floor after floor of potential for terror. And the only way out? A really cool wirework stunt fall! For the love of God, just TAKE THE STAIRS! BLACKOUT (1978, Eddy Matalon) DE LIFT (1983, Dick Maas) SKYSCRAPER (1996, Raymond Martino)

No new episode this week, so you know it's time for...ugh, "Classic SIKU." In this case we're putting our classic patreon ep FIVE DEPALMAS PART 1 up on the free feed! We read a whole book for this one! And it's from 2021, so that'll probably make it a pretty weird listen! CARRIE (1976) CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989) ARE SNAKES NECESSARY? (A novel! 2018)

It's off to the deep wilderness for three nail-biters featuring killer wolves and bears! But—and you're not gonna believe this—it turns out the ultimate wild animal might just be...man? Well, in one of these it's definitely the wolves, but they're probably a metaphor for man. SHOOT TO KILL (1988, Roger Spottiswoode) THE EDGE (1997, Lee Tamahori) THE GREY (2011, Joe Carnahan)

We're following the progression of notable movie actor George Clooney, from his humble, tic-filled beginnings, to the much less fussy "classic" period. He is hot in all the phases, of course. THE PEACEMAKER (1997, Mimi Leder) MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007, Tony Gilroy) THE AMERICAN (2010, Anton Corbijn)

Three legendary films that never should have been remade. One movie industry absolutely allergic to new ideas. Three intrepid podcasters who somehow actually watched all of these things. STRAW DOGS (2011, Rod Lurie) RED DAWN (2012, Dan Bradley) POINT BREAK (2015, Ericson Core)

We got three movies from the peak (and post-peak) of mega action star/poor bookkeeper Wesley Snipes! Always bet on...him! BOILING POINT (1993, James B. Harris) SUGAR HILL (1994, Leon Ichaso) THE ART OF WAR (2000, Christian Duguay)

We are joined again by friend of the pod Will Goss to discuss three films starring the 100% normal and definitely okay movie star Mel Gibson. Oh and we also talk about Scarecrow Video collapsing, which is a thing that actually happened. BIRD ON A WIRE (1990, John Badham) PAYBACK (1999, Brian Helgeland) EDGE OF DARKNESS (2010, Martin Campbell)

We're talking about heists, the more elaborate and far-fetched the better! None of this "drill open the safe" hooey, these heists have squibs, Mini Coopers, motor boats and alternate identities that have aged poorly! THE SCORE (2001, Frank Oz) THE ITALIAN JOB (2003, F Gary Gray) INSIDE MAN (2006, Spike Lee)

Ray Liotta—possibly our main guy—finally gets his very own episode! We like to think he's up there in movie star heaven cackling in approval. SOMETHING WILD (1986, Jonathan Demme) NO ESCAPE (1994, Martin Campbell) KILLING THEM SOFTLY (2012, Andrew Dominik)

The original Pelham was so good they just couldn't stop remaking it! Even though they probably should have! THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974, Joseph Sargent) THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1998, Felix Enriquez Alcala) THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (2009, Tony Scott)

Three thrillers featuring the word "run" in the title, each one more or less about someone running to or from something! RUN (1991, Geoff Burrowes) NOWHERE TO RUN (1993, Robert Harmon) RUNNING SCARED (2006, Wayne Kramer)