We got some gifties in the mail! Bloody Japanese Movie Style Gifties? Yep. This week we dip into absurd gore films from Japan. First we review the movie that started it all Meatball Machine (2005) about alien parasites that takeover peoples bodies and battle it out like some Necroborg Battlers that tear each other apart. Then onto Tokyo Gore Police (2008) about a woman who is following in her fathers footsteps as a legendary police officer. Only its the future and cops have been privatized and there’s new mutant criminals on the loose that can mutate into freakish killing machines that don't die. Can she put an end to it when she becomes one of them? Find out. Big thanks to Rion one of our listeners who donated the movies. JOIN US for a fun episode of GRUE!
Awwww Yeah! It's a new episode and GUESS WHAT!? We got a new song from our friend Christian who is in the band Nitro/Noise! Yes, Alex's musical brother that he became friends with helped the podcast out with a new jam. Be sure to check out the new intro. PLUS! We have two NEW movies that hit theaters recently that we review and give our thoughts about what they mean. Alex Garlands (Annihilation, Ex Machina) MEN (2022) About a woman who visits the countryside of England after her husband dies. She soon starts to see the same man everywhere she goes until things get worse. Then we review the NEW David Cronenberg Film called CRIMES of the FUTURE (2022). About artist Saul Tenser who is growing new organs in his body that he and his partner tattoo and cut out live for their 'Show'. In a futuristic world where people feel no pain. It's a wild deep episode about two weird movies. JOIN US!
What's this?! Dark Fantasy. That's right you wonderful son of a gun. It's Fantasy movies that have some pretty horror themed tropes! Why not? That's right we dip into 2 movies from the 80's that were pretty dark and creepy. Starting with The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982). Where a power hungry leader is losing to the king of the lands and he decides to turn to an evil warlock for help. They destroy the lands and claim power. The son of the last king grows up and exacts his revenge on the evil NEW KING! Then we take on space wizards with KRULL (1983) about a marriage that is interrupted by the evil black army and it's frog faced alien warlock stealing the princess. It's up to Colwyn and a rag tag group of raiders, conjurers and cyclops to take on the evil! It's all in this weeks episode. Which Christina and Alex get pretty wild on this one. So buckle up and JOIN US!
We return from our 4th of July Break with a couple of 70s films the will Bug the crap out of you and make you Squirm. That's right the 70's was a time when the US was actually worried about the earth exacting it's revenge on us by subjecting us to killer nature. So this week we review BUG (1975) about an earthquake that unleashes a new breed of bug that starts fires and feeds on us. Then we review SQUIRM (1976) Where a storm knocks down a power grid and electrifies the ground so bad that blood worms become ravenous flesh eating terrors. Both these movies are PG too and they got away with a lot back then. We break them down and give you loads of fun trivia about the movies. JOIN US!
We needed to change the tone of the movies we are watching to something a little more serious and dark. So this week we review a couple films made in Ireland and Scotland. Starting with Isolation (2004). Which is about a farm that is experimenting on cattle to make them birth stronger more milk produced cows. When things go awfully wrong and wrap up 5 people in the crossfire of a biological NIGHTMARE! Then we review continue on with a film about a stranger that waltz into a police station and suddenly starts showing people their sins while in the jail. This causes a string of events from some very violent people to occur before them. It's up to Rachel a new cop on the beat to stop it all or join the problems. All this week on the podcast. Let's dig in and have a laugh of two! JOIN US!
We are itching for some weird movies this week. Movies of the Mosquito variety. So we picked MOSQUITO (1994) & Mosquito Man (2005) to watch and review. Boy oh Boy did these Mosquito's SUCK! Sorry.. I know it's a bad joke, but we only get so many times to say it. The first movie is a gore filled homegrown horror movie that has a bug problem. Mosquitos have taken over a town and it's up to a group of strangers to save the world. Then in Mosquito Man ... Corin Nemec stars as a detective who finds out a serial killer he captured is now a giant bug and his GF is involved with it.... phewwww.. NOT LIKE THAT!! But surely weird enough for you guys. JOIN US this week!
We Finish up our Yokai Monsters 2 Week Discussion with the last 2 movies this week. We discuss Along With Ghosts (1969) Where a young girl is hunted by a gang who just killed her grandfather. She's set to find her father she never met and the Yokai lend her a hand. Then we take on the one of the newer takes on Yokai Monsters w/ Takashi Miike's The GREAT YOKAI WAR (2005). Where a young boy is chosen to be the hero of the world and becomes a hero with the help of some Yokai to take on the the modern menace in Tokyo. This concludes the Arrow Video Set that we bought and reviewed ourselves. Even though there is a newer Yokai movie by Miike we discuss in this episode! JOIN US!
We are going all the way back to 1968 this week!? WHA!? Yep. With the new Arrow Released Collection called the Yokai Monsters Collection. It contains the Original 60's trilogy and the Takashi Miike The Great Yokai War (2005). This week we start with a pretty long intro for you guys. We talk about spoiler free about Dashcam a little bit, the controversy about it, how Alex lost a friend over it. Then we discuss Stranger Things and what we thought of the first half of the 4th season. Then we jump into a brief history of what Yokai are. The history of them and how significant they are in Japan and the world now. Plus obviously our Reviews of 100 Monsters (1968) Part 1 of the Yokai Monsters Trilogy and then the 2nd film Spook Warfare (1968). We cover the last film next week with the remake by Miike. So join us for some interesting movies from the past! JOIN US!
This week on BTV we get into some sexy erotic beast lady films. That's right it's two movies with lady's that have an appetite for BLOOD. We kick it off with CAT PEOPLE (1982) about a woman reuniting with her brother and her past. She soon finds out that she is changing into a panther beast out for sex and blood. Then we dive into a review of INNOCENT BLOOD (1992) Where a female vampire is hunting mob bosses in the city to satiate her conscious and her desires. When she bites the wrong guy things get much worse. Starring Robert Loggia. Alex declares his love of him and many other things. Christina is not amused. JOIN US! for a brand new episode!
The power of the P! That's right this week we dip into some weird ones from the 80's AND the 90's. Seems to be the going rate as of late. This week it's with reviews of PIN (1988) where a family has an Anatomical Medical Doll that is a big part of the family. When the Doctor father and Mother accidentally die with the doll... things start to get really creepy. The Son and the Daughter experience what might be a living doll. Then we move on to a popular film that has a lot of cult followers for it. POPCORN (1991). Where a closed theater is reopened to start a horror movie 3D marathon in the likes of the 50's shocko-rama style. The kids who open it watch a cursed film and suddenly they are thrust into a dark world of disguises and murder. Will they survive? Will we? JOIN US for some fun reviews!
It's STILL Summer Alex. So... we are digging into the best of Summer Shark Movies that will devour your soul. That's right we do reviews of CRUEL JAWS (1995) by Bruno Mattei. Jaws 5 to others... The movie that shamelessly ripped footage from multiple shark movies to make it's own. It's one of those SBIG movies we love! Then we bring the sharks to future with LAND SHARK (2020) a CGI Shark Fest about a shark that mutates and hunts people ON LAND! Whoa... Yeah it's going to be a splendid summer episode for you guys. As Alex & Christina kick it off with some bickering.. Then later Alex pulls a prank on Christina that works flawlessly DONT MISS THAT! Join US!
I guess since it's summer time we are just on a killer animal kick? So this week we talk Ssssssssnakes. Yep those slithering suckers. Two movies that we review and talk about in our epic breakdowns. First we review Jaws of Satan (1981). Another animal jaws rip off about a snake so evil that Satan himself uses him to control other snakes with his mind powers. However, there is a heroic priest with a lineage of heroes! Then we take on Curse 2 The Bite (1989) which is only a sequel by name as it is NOT linked to the original film. This movie is bananas and SBIG fans may love seeing it and listening to our breakdown of this Bizarre movie about a man bit by a radioactive snake. Yes, it's that weird. JOIN US!
As you know here on the BTV cast we like to dig into stuff that not a lot of people have seen or give a chance. In our effort to enjoy the ENTIRE spectrum of horror films across the world! So... This week we are doing some HINDI HORROR! Which we were really excited to do. First up we review VEERANA (1988) About a witch bat that feeds on men and gets killed only to exact her snake faced ways onto the daughter of the family that killed her! Then we review a rip off movie that a lot of people called a disaster when it came out! Why? Because they used a 99 cent Doll made of cheap plastic. lol Which just means we struck Horror Bollywood Gold! Yep it's the unofficial remake for Childs Play called PAPI GUDIA (1996) Enjoy us breaking these down as to what we think and listen to Alex & Christina mispronounce everything! JOIN US!
This week on BTV! We take on a few gator movies and even a brand new Flammin Hot Gator Bait drink?! Yep. This week is all about reptile love.... not that kind... Alligator (1980) & Alligator 2 The Mutation (1991) reviews! That's right its time to flush your pet gator down into the sewers to create an urban legend (in part true) that leads to a freaking movie (and a sequel) about giant alligators attacking & breaking up people into gorey bits. Robert Forster is in the first movie too! We even talk about the urban legend in NY and how it all came about in this giant pile of gator entertainment in one great podcast. So JOIN US!
This week we dip into some movies with serial killers in them. Real and fake. First off with Manhunter (1986) which is taken from the Hannibal Lecter book series better known as Red Dragon. Only long before Anthony Hopkins came along to play the part. Then we dip into Summer Of Sam (1999) a movie by Spike Lee about the Son of Sam or rather the neighborhoods that were affected by the actual killer back in the day. We talk about both movies and why we like or dislike them. It was a fun episode to talk about for a change. Join us!
So Alex decided to torture us this week... WE Watched and Reviewed House of the Dead (2003) & House of the Dead (2005). Two pretty bad horror films from the 2000's. The First one was directed by Uwe Boll infamous for making bad movies. The first one is technically a prequel of the Sega Videogame franchise. Which leads us to a rave on an island where everything including the plot goes terribly wrong. Then in the sequel they replace the island with a college town and a bunch of highly/poorly trained soldiers try to extract the virus from the first zombie for and antidote. This time directed by someone new. So let's get zombied up and dive into 2 bad films? JOIN US!
It's Alex's Birthday Week. It's technically not till Thursday the 7th but we got some plans this week if you want to help us celebrate. This week on the podcast not only are we celebrating but Alex picked one of his favorite movies of all time. Videodrome (1983) written and directed by David Cronenberg. You can hear Alex wax poetic about this movie and what it means to him. Plus, will Christina feel the same way about the film? Find out. Even if she loves it Alex and Christina get into it this episode. Then we also review a newer movie with no connections to the previous whatsoever. Moonfall (2022) by Roland Emmerich. Who's had his fair share of big budget disaster films. But is this new one as good as all the rest? or worse? We discuss a lot this episode. So be sure to listen to the end to see what's planned. JOIN US!
This week on Beyond The Void Horror Podcast.. Christina Returns for one of our favorite movie weeks we've had in a while. This week we decided to skip the theater and dive into the early access expensive rentals for new movies in theaters at home. We review The Cursed (2021) a period piece about a beast that is killing off people back in 1890. Then we review the new FOO FIGHTERS horror movie?! Yep, STUDIO 666 (2022) about the Foo Fighters creating their 10th album and lead singer / frontman Dave Grohl gets possessed to kill them all. It was a fun time and we hope that you enjoy our discussions on both. JOIN US!
This week Alex invited on the Bloody Good Film Podcast to talk about some action horror films in the genre that may just destroy the world. Josh from the podcast sits down with Alex to discuss to action star films that went against the grain and dipped into the dark. Starting with a review of EYE SEE YOU (2002). A movie that stars Sylvester Stallone in a pretty dark tale about a federal officer that is hunted by a serial killer. Then we take on the Steven Seagal VAMPIRE? Film. Yes there is one and boy oh boy are you gonna want to hear what we thought about it. Who won? Seagal or Stallone? Josh or Alex? Find out! JOIN US in a great new episode of podcasting ridiculousness.
This week we decided to take on a famous horror directors movie that started a action romance franchise of a anti hero. That director is Sam Raimi and his movie Darkman (1990). So we decided to watch and review the entire franchise. The story of Darkman is Peyton Westlake a scientist on the verge of solving fake skin that can help people is brutally attacked and burned. He is found and saved but they have cut his nerve endings so he can't feel pain. He decides to exact his revenge on the guys who destroyed his life. He becomes the Master of Disguise haunting the bad guys at night! Then we take on the subsequent sequels after. Darkman 2 The Return of Durant (1995) & Darkman 3 Die Darkman Die! (1996). Join us this week on a pretty big episode chock full of fun, trivia and reviews.
