Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch to investigate the paranormal British tradition of broadcasting ghost stories on Christmas, courtesy of the BBC https://swampflix.com/ https://soundcloud.com/welovetowatch 00:00 Merry Spooky Christmas 23:49 Ghost Stories for Christmas (1971-1978) 1:04:54 Other BBC ghost stories (2005-2025)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Powell & Pressburger's Technicolor opera The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:15 The Suspect (1944) 06:18 The King of Comedy (1982) 15:38 Marty Supreme (2025) 22:31 For Your Consideration (2006) 29:00 Abigail (2024) 37:12 Rabbit Trap (2025) 44:00 The Headless Woman (2008) 48:36 The Asphalt Jungle (1950) 52:24 America - Everything You've Ever Dreamed Of (1973) 56:51 Black Narcissus (1947) 59:50 The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

Brandon & Boomer catch up with older movies from some of this year's best directors, starting with Park Chan-wook's infamous gross-out revenge thriller Oldboy (2003) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 The year in review 39:18 The Colors Within (2025) 50:14 Resurrection (2025) 55:38 Hamnet (2025) 1:03:05 Oldboy (2003) 1:31:00 The Twentieth Century (2019) 1:49:00 Straight Up (2019) 2:13:33 Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the deadpan arranged-marriage horror comedy Sister Midnight (2025) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 New Orleans Bookfair 02:40 Star Trek 06:06 Went the Day Well? (1942) 09:00 Black Angel (1946) 11:04 Angel's Egg (1985) 15:00 Universal Language (2025) 23:00 Wicked - For Good (2025) 29:45 Friendship (2025) 34:11 The Running Man (2025) 40:30 Boys Go to Jupiter (2025) 46:06 Die My Love (2025) 50:35 Wake Up Dead Man (2025) 58:17 No Other Choice (2025) 1:08:22 Downton Abbey - The Grand Finale (2025) 1:10:51 Keeper (2025) 1:15:27 Sentimental Value (2025) 1:19:10 Alpha (2025) 1:24:46 Dracula (2025) 1:28:20 Arco (2025) 1:32:07 Lurker (2025) 1:38:48 If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 1:44:22 Sister Midnight (2025)

Brandon, James, and Britnee test the murky waters of made-for-Tubi movies, starting with the star-packed cult horror Hellblazers (2022) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:27 Basket Case (1982) 04:36 Materialists (2025) 06:47 28 Years Later (2025) 08:18 Boys Go to Jupiter (2025) 10:14 Demon Pond (1979) 16:18 Hellblazers (2022) 38:16 Love and Penguins (2022) 53:02 Unborn (2022) 1:01:07 Match (2025)

Boomer & Brandon discuss two different films that share the same title and director: Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and its loose remake The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 The Soup 02:50 KPop Demon Hunters (2025) 8:02 The Blue Gardenia (1953) 13:25 Erica's First Holy Sh!t (2022) 20:06 Cloud (2025) 26:40 The Mastermind (2025) 30:54 Eephus (2025) 37:00 Frankenstein (2025) 44:47 Predator - Badlands (2025) 52:32 Keeper (2025) 1:04:36 Materialists (2025) 1:10:15 Die My Love (2025) 1:14:12 Reflections in a Dead Diamond (2025) 1:17:48 Mr. Melvin (2025) 1:22:12 Sirāt (2025) 1:26:37 Twinless (2025) 1:33:00 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, 1956)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna prepare for Thanksgiving by discussing movies about eccentric relatives, starting with Bill Forsyth's quirky-aunt period drama Housekeeping (1987) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:54 Dead of Winter (2025) 06:23 Halloween hangover 12:44 Sorry, Baby (2025) 20:09 Masters of Horror (2005-2007) 24:04 Orgy of the Dead (1965) 28:07 Arabella - Black Angel (1989) 33:05 Housekeeping (1987) 1:00:30 Krisha (2015) 1:22:12 The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) 1:47:37 The Baby (1973)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the erotic alien-invasion horror Species (1995), starring Natasha Henstridge https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 04:20 Bugonia (2025) 17:08 Battle Royale (2000) 22:55 Death Metal Zombies (1995) 27:11 Interview with the Vampire (1994) 30:27 Corpse Bride (2005) 33:55 Frankenstein (2025) 36:00 The Plague (2025) 39:56 Frank Henenlotter 42:41 Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) 44:21 Return to Oz (1985) 48:41 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) 49:48 The Watcher in the Woods (1980) 52:17 After the Hunt (2025) 54:22 If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You (2025) 57:25 The Seventh Victim (1943) 59:02 Friday the 13th Part VIII - Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) 1:09:00 Species (1995) 1:38:06 Species II - IV (1998 - 2007)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of sci-fi horror relics inspired by the H.G. Wells novel The Invisible Man, starting with James Whale's classic 1933 adaptation, starring Claude Rains https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:08 Prince of Darkness (1987) 08:25 Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) 11:50 Bring Her Back (2025) 14:23 The Perfect Neighbor (2025) 22:55 The Mummy (1932) 29:25 The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) 33:22 The Invisible Man (1933) 47:31 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) 1:01:15 The Invisible Man vs The Human Fly (1957) 1:15:43 The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)

Boomer & Brandon discuss a double feature of high-style Gothic horror stories: John Brahm's The Undying Monster (1942) and William Castle's 13 Ghosts (1960) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Freaky Fridays at Double Trouble 10:00 Friday the 13th Part VIII - Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) 16:53 Video Diary of a Lost Girl (2012) 23:45 Dial M for Murder (1954) 32:12 The Undying Monster (1942) 55:35 13 Ghosts (1960)

Brandon is joined by Pete Moran of the We Love to Watch podcast to discuss all things Toxie, the first superhero from New Jersey https://swampflix.com/ https://soundcloud.com/welovetowatch 0:00 Welcome 05:50 Troma 19:50 The Toxic Avenger (1984, 2025) 1:11:50 The Toxic Avenger II-IV (1989-2000)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the alien-invasion conspiracy comedy Save the Green Planet! (2003), recently remade by Yorgos Lanthimos https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Freaky Fridays at Double Trouble 09:33 Starchaser (1985) 14:15 Child of Peach (1987) 20:24 Nothing But Trouble (1991) 25:01 Linda Linda Linda (2005) 34:31 Him (2025) 38:28 The Smashing Machine (2025) 45:56 Animation Mixtape (2025) 50:22 One Battle After Another (2025) 56:45 Move Ya Body (2025) 1:00:24 Butthole Surfers - The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025) 1:04:52 We Are Pat (2025) 1:10:40 Save the Green Planet! (2003)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of creature features about body-invading parasites, starting with the sci-fi action horror The Hidden (1987), starring Kyle MacLachlan https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Spooky season 06:16 The Long Walk (2025) 12:12 Robert Altman 16:46 Queens of Drama (2025) 21:07 The Hidden (1987) 36:20 The Tingler (1959) 52:23 Brain Damage (1988) 1:04:15 PussyCake (2021)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Alain Delon's star-making crime thriller Purple Noon (1960), adapted from the Patricia Highsmith novel The Talented Mr. Ripley 00:00 Welcome 06:30 Day of the Dead (1985) 14:24 The Lovers on the Bridge (1991) 21:58 Leila and the Wolves (1984) 27:35 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors (1987) 35:39 The Long Walk (2025) 48:20 Twinless (2025) 55:52 Lurker (2025) 1:04:41 Purple Noon (1960)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of nunsploitation thrillers from around the globe, starting with the Mexican production Alucarda (1977) 00:00 Welcome 02:19 Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera (1963) 07:31 The Idiots (1998) 15:20 Ariel (1988) 22:11 Troop Beverly Hills (1989) 28:26 Alucarda (1977) 56:30 School of the Holy Beast (1974) 1:14:33 Killer Nun (1979) 1:25:48 Dark Habits (1983)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's laidback stoner noir Inherent Vice (2014), adapted from the novel by Thomas Pynchon 00:00 Welcome 04:56 The Roses (2025) 12:58 Throw Momma from the Train (1987) 18:36 The Fantastic Four - First Steps (2025) 27:27 A Room with a View (1985) 41:13 One, Two, Three (1961) 49:11 Lady Vengeance (2005) 54:22 Night of the Juggler (1980) 58:28 High and Low (1963) 1:05:29 The Idiots (1998) 1:11:00 Inherent Vice (2014)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of Merchant Ivory costume dramas, starting with the company's 1992 hit Howards End https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 KPop Demon Hunters (2025) 08:17 Boys Go to Jupiter (2025) 10:52 Salt of the Earth (1954) 16:18 Weapons (2025) 27:09 Howards End (1992) 56:10 Savages (1971) 1:11:26 Quartet (1981) 1:23:04 The Remains of the Day (1993)

Boomer & Brandon discuss the 1943 suburban noir Shadow of a Doubt, which Alfred Hitchcock described as his personal favorite of his own films 00:00 Welcome 03:03 Stigmata (1991) 09:15 Manda Bala (Send a Bullet, 2007) 14:15 DEVO (2025) 20:46 Naked Ambition (2025) 25:53 The Naked Gun (1988 - 2025) 35:40 Freakier Friday (2025) 42:30 The Aviator (2004) 48:09 The Game (1997) 51:21 Mauvais Sang (1986) 56:26 Young and Innocent (1937) 1:04:27 Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of Roald Dahl adaptations, starting with the Wes Anderson anthology film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) https://swampflix.com/ 0:00 Welcome 02:45 Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996) 07:12 Napoleon Dynamite (2004) 13:52 Peter Pan (1960) 16:55 The Legend of Ochi (2025) 24:04 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) 49:09 The Witches (1990) 1:10:12 James and the Giant Peach (1996) 1:23:35 Matilda (1996)

Boomer & Brandon discuss Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1959 adaptation of the Tennessee Williams-penned Southern Gothic stage play Suddenly, Last Summer, starring Katherine Hepburn & Elizabeth Taylor https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:31 The Naked Gun (2025) 06:35 Together (2025) 14:40 Freaky Tales (2025) 23:26 Weapons (2025) 41:04 I Confess! (1953) 46:01 The Phantom Lady (1944) 47:42 Stage Fright (1950) 52:30 The People's Joker (2024) 56:04 The Last Picture Show (1971) 1:01:35 Suddenly, Last Summer (1958)