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Doom Generation

The Dames of Doomdoomgenerationpod.com
Best friends who share one brain cell get inebriated each week and discuss the movies that made them the Dames of Doom.

Episodes

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997): "We should have watched Goldmember."

YEAH BABY! We're headed to the swinging 60's where secret agent, Austin Powers (Mike Myers) and partner, Mrs Kensington (Mimi Rogers) are hot on the trail of Dr. Evil (also Mike Myers) in his plan to take over the world. When Dr Evil fails in his attempt, he freezes himself, inserts himself into a Big Boy and launches into space with his cat Mr. Bigglesworth. In order to fight Dr. Evil on his return, Austin has also frozen himself and 30 years later when the Big Boy lands, Austin also co...

Apr 26, 202551 minSeason 1Ep. 201

In Living Color (1990-1994): "Dry your teeth, stick your lip up there, and show 'em something!"

We chose something very special to celebrate our 200th episode, it's the show that defined our comedy to this day. The sketch comedy show, brought to us by Keenen Ivory Wayans, launched the careers of siblings, Damon, Sean and Marlon as well as Jim Carrey, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier and Jamie Foxx, featured some of the funniest women in the game, Kim Wayans, Kelly Coffield, T'Keyah Crystal Keymah and Alexandra Wentworth and blended musical guests with dancers, The Fly Girls (with c...

Apr 19, 20252 hr 54 minSeason 1Ep. 200

Spaceballs (1987): "I guess when you're made of pizza, you're made of pizza."

Deep in space, an evil lurks - Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis), Col. Saunders (George Wyner) and his crew of assholes are plotting to kidnap the Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) in order to steal all of the air on Planet Druidia. During her wedding to Prince Valium (Jim J. Bullock), Vespa escapes with her droid Dot Matrix (Joan Rivers) and is quickly set upon by Helmet who attempts to bring her on board. Panicked, King Roland (Dick Van Patten) calls up Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and his Mog, Barf (John C...

Apr 12, 20251 hr 2 minSeason 1Ep. 199

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994): "If a cockatiel became a man and got invited to a party."

Something is up at Joe Robbie stadium, beloved Dolphins mascot Snowflake has been kidnapped right before the Super Bowl! When representatives, Melissa Robinson (Courtney Cox) and Roger Podactor (Troy Evans) are tasked with trying to find him, they hire a professional - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Jim Carrey), a man who takes his job VERY seriously. The plot thickens when Roger is murdered and Dan Marino also goes missing. With the case becoming too big, enter the Miami PD led by Lt. Lois Einhorn...

Apr 05, 20251 hr 3 minSeason 1Ep. 198

*batteries not included (1987): "He built himself a lil' hand for slappin'."

Frank and Faye Riley (Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy pussy like candy) have been running a diner on the first floor of their apartment building for a long time. Theirs is actually the only building still standing and is home to an eclectic group of people - artist, Mason (Dennis Boutsikaris), semi single soon to be mother, Marisa (Elizabeth Peña) and peaceful ex boxer, Harry (Frank McRae). When corporate developer, Lacey (Michael Greene) and lackey Kovacs (John Pankow) hire local thug, Carlos (Mi...

Mar 29, 20251 hr 15 minSeason 1Ep. 197

Short Circuit (1986): "Hittin' switches, gettin' b*tches!"

There's a party over at NOVA, Dr Marner (Austin Pendleton) is showing off the new line of military kill bots, the S.A.I.N.T.s, when a sudden storm shuts it all down. Before they can get the robots to the showroom, #5 is hit by a bolt of lightning and escapes, spurring their creator, Newton Crosby, PhD (Steve Guttenberg) and his partner, Ben (Fisher Stevens) into action to bring it back to the lab. #5 goes out into the world in search of input and meets a very special animal lover, Stephanie (All...

Mar 22, 20251 hr 16 minSeason 1Ep. 196

The Lawnmower Man (1992): "They shot my chimp! Why are you being a b*tch?!"

Dr. Lawrence Angelo (Pierce Brosnan) has devoted his life to the study of virtual reality and in order to pursue his studies, he must work under a government contract at VSI alongside Timms (Mark Bringelson) and under the giant head of the mysterious Director (Dean Norris). Using a VR program, the Doc seeks to enhance the intelligence of a chimp while VSI seeks to make it a weapon. The project goes wrong and the chimp is killed in an escape in front of neighborhood staple, Jobe (Jeff Fahey). The...

Mar 15, 20251 hr 9 minSeason 1Ep. 195

RoboCop (1987): "Look at this cocaine, no respect."

In dystopian Old Detroit, officer Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is transferred to Metro West AKA Hell and is paired with officer Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen) and sent out into the mean streets. Meanwhile OPC, headed by the Old Man (Dan O'Herlihy), the company providing money to assholes like Dick Jones (Ronny Cox, really?!) and Bob Morton (Miguel Ferrer) in order to militarize the police, has created a robotic cop Ed-209 to clear the streets of crime. While Ed-209 malfunctions, Murphy and Lewis fol...

Mar 08, 20251 hr 10 minSeason 1Ep. 194

Back To The Future (1985): "What if he's blowin' the old, weird science guy?"

When Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) calls up Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) to meet him at the Twin Pines mall parking lot after 1 am you think it might be to blow him, but Surprise! It's SCIENCE! Having turned a DeLorean that runs on plutonium into a time machine, Doc plans to travel through time, unfortunately the terrorists he got that plutonium from shoot Doc and Marty mistakenly goes BACK IN TIME-UH. In 1955 he meets his folks George and Lorraine (Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson) and almost n...

Mar 01, 20252 hr 41 minSeason 1Ep. 193

The Dark Crystal (1982): "Shimmy up the shaft."

From the creative minds of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Brian Froud and featuring the voice talents of Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, and more. Skeksi appear in the world of Thra and ravage the land while their peaceful counterparts, the Mystics, seek to bring about balance. They send Jen, a Gelfling whose people have been driven to extinction by the Skeksi, on a quest to fulfill the prophecy. Unfortunately for Jen, the supposedly all knowing Mystics are short on important inform...

Feb 22, 20251 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 192

Ghost (1990): "Tarps off, boys...it's sandin' time."

Sculptor Molly and banker Sam (Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze) are in love. They're literally building a life together when asshole "best friend" Carl (Tony Goldwyn) ruins everything. In order to pay off mysterious debts to shady characters, Carl hires Willie (Rick Aviles) to rob Sam, but he fights back and he's killed in the struggle. With his spirit able to be present unnoticed, Sam discovers the plot and goes to charlatan psychic, Oda Mae (Whoopi Goldberg) to help deliver the me...

Feb 15, 20251 hr 15 minSeason 1Ep. 191

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990): "Down she go to turtle land."

The city is under siege with a kid crime army led by the Foot Clan under their master Shredder (James Saito) and Master Tatsu (Toshishiro Obata). Newscaster April O'Neil (Judith Hoag) is trying to spread the news of the rise of this criminal empire while being suppressed by her boss Charles (Jay Patterson) under the direction of police chief Stearns (Raymond Serra) while Charles's son Danny (Michael Turney) runs with the Foot Clan. While all this happens, Splinter (Kevin Clash), a big mu...

Feb 08, 20251 hr 5 minSeason 1Ep. 190

In The Mouth of Madness (1995): "She ain't coming back from this, bro."

Insurance investigator, John Trent (Sam Neill), checks himself into an asylum run by Dr. Saperstein (John Glover) as the fabric of society begins to tear. On the dark and stormy night he checks in, Dr. Wrenn (David Warner) arrives to hear the story of how he got there. When mysterious horror novelist, Sutter Cane (Jurgen Protchnow) goes missing in the lead up to the release of his latest work, agent Jackson Harglow (Charlton Heston) hires Trent to find him along with editor, Linda Styles (Julie ...

Feb 01, 202558 minSeason 1Ep. 189

Altered States (1980): "Relax, you only turned into two things dude."

Semi respected scientist and fascinating bastard, Edward Jessup (William Hurt) embarks on a study into schizophrenia using isolation tanks and eventually psychedelics with the help of his cohorts Drs, Rosenberg (Bob Balaban) and Parrish (Charles Haid). His studies are put on the back burner when he meets anthropologist, Emily (Blair Brown). They eventually marry, have a couple kids, and decide to split. Eddie takes the opportunity to go trip balls with the Hinchi tribe in Mexico with his guide, ...

Jan 25, 20251 hrSeason 1Ep. 188

Forbidden Zone (1980): "She did what now? She reverse Midge'd!"

It was a different time but not THAT different when Richard Elfman decided to bring the wild things he saw on stage with his equally terrifying brother, Danny Elfman's band, The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo and marry their showmanship with the racist cartoons of the past to create the Forbidden Zone! The story of the family Hercules (Ugh-Fudge Banana, Phil Gordon, Hyman Diamond and Virginia Rose, the only one with a SAG card) and their daughter Frenchie (Marie-Pascale Elfman) who live in a hou...

Jan 18, 20251 hr 2 minSeason 1Ep. 187

Nowhere (1997): "The sparkle jelly....BIIIISH."

L.A. is like...Nowhere The people that live here are just...lost. West coast bohemians, Dark (James Duval), his girlfriend Mel (Rachel True), her girlfriend, Lucifer (Kathleen Robertson), best friend Cowboy (Guillermo Diaz), his boyfriend Bart (Jeremy Jordan), dreamboy Montgomery (Nathan Bexton), trio of binge bunnies, Alyssa, Dingbat and Egg (Jordan Ladd, Christina Applegate, Sarah Lassez) and Egg's brother, Ducky (Scott Caan) are gathering for kick the can before the big party at Jujyfruit's (...

Jan 11, 20251 hr 25 minSeason 1Ep. 186

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992): "That's the wheels they deliver the meals on."

In the small town of Deerfield WA, Theresa Banks (Pamela Gidley) is found, dead and wrapped in plastic. When the killer isn't found, the Gordon Cole (David Lynch) of the FBI, calls up Chester Diamond (Chris Isaak) and sends him, along with Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland) to investigate. Meanwhile at headquarters, Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle Maclachlan) has a strange dream about the day before Phillip Jeffries (David Bowie) reappears and Chester disappears while on the hunt for a killer. Coop...

Jan 04, 20252 hr 40 minSeason 1Ep. 185

Ghostbusters II (1989): "It's my duty to sue that booty."

5 years after literally saving New York City and by extension the WORLD, the Ghostbusters are all but forgotten. Ray and Winston (Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson) are doing parties for privileged brats, Egon (Harold Ramis) is experimenting on human emotions and Venkman (Bill Murray) is hosting The World of the Psychic, a show Kreskin won't even do. Dana (Sigourney Weaver) who married, had a baby, and divorced is now working for the art museum under Dr. Janosz Poha (Peter MacNicol) who has an unhealthy...

Dec 28, 20241 hr 15 minSeason 1Ep. 184

Best of Doom 2024

Experience D-Generation as we take a trip down faulty-memory lane with approximately 1:08 minutes of the best bits of 2024 - that's right, it's a clip show ladies and gentleman! We'll be back next week with a fresh new episode and until then, later Doomers! Support this podcast at patreon.com/doomgeneration

Dec 21, 20241 hr 10 min

Dumb and Dumber (1994): "What did Lauren Holly do to deserve this?"

Losers, Harry (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd (Jim Carrey) lose their jobs when Harry has an unfortunate incident with show dogs and Lloyd, after falling in love at first sight with Mary (Lauren Holly), bungles her ransom drop and crashes his limo. With no prospects they decide to pack up the shaggin' wagon and follow Mary to Aspen to return her briefcase The boss Nicholas (Charles Rocket), family friend and kidnapper, sends henchmen, Shay (Karen Duffy) and Mental (Mike Starr) to recover the ransom mon...

Dec 14, 202455 min

The Thing (1982): "You have to build it and make it wet."

In the American Research Institute in the South Pole, several snow pirates are met with a wolf dog being chased by a Norwegian helicopter and if they understood WTF they were saying, they wouldn't be in this mess. After eyebrows Hoolihan, Garry (Donald Moffat) shoots the Norwegian, the team decides to check out what could have happened at the other camp. They get MacReady (Kurt Russell) and his lustrous beard to fly them over and when they get there, they see twisted smoking bodies, an empty ice...

Dec 07, 20241 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 182

Misery (1990): "You don't know about snow, bro?!"

Writer Paul Sheldon (James Caan) wants to break free from the series of novels he's built his career on so he goes to his usual hideaway to finish something new. He calls his agent, Marcia Sindel (Lauren Bacall) to tell her he's coming back with a manuscript, but drives straight into a blizzard. After a terrible crash, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), former nurse and current wacko, takes Paul back to her secluded farmhouse for him to heal, but neglects to tell anyone that he's there. Sheriff Buster ...

Nov 30, 20241 hr 12 minSeason 1Ep. 181

The Cable Guy (1996): "Penith....penith....penith."

Steven M Kovacs (that slut, Matthew Broderick) is going through a hard time. He's recently moved out of the apartment he shared with longtime girlfriend, Robin (Leslie Mann) and has moved into a new place. Naturally he needs his utilities hooked up so buddy, Rick (Jack Black) suggests to bribe an extra 50 bones to get free cable. Enter The Cable Guy (Jim Carrey) who infiltrates Steven's life in a way that he finds nearly impossible to explain and almost destroys his life. A Ben Stiller joint tha...

Nov 23, 20241 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 180

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984): "He's very wet for a burnt man."

Wes Craven once heard a story about people who avoided sleep for fear of dying in their nightmares; along with a childhood bully and a step-father, it inspired him to create an iconic character who's haunted us all for 40 years. Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), child murderer, comes to thin lipped Tina (Amanda Wyss) with his wet face and knife glove in her nightmares, scaring her so badly she warns best friend, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) who's had the same dream. Not wanting to be alone, Tina ha...

Nov 16, 20241 hr 19 minSeason 1Ep. 179

American Psycho (2000): "Everything but the dick."

Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) fits in, he's engaged to Evelyn (Reese Witherspoon), he's sleeping with Courtney (Samantha Mathis), keeps himself to a rigorous routine of self care, works on Wall St. with his fawning secretary, Jean (Chloe Sevigny). Along with his associates Bryce (Justin Theroux), McDermott (Josh Lucas), VanPatten (Bill Sage) and that dork, Carruthers (Matt Ross) they lord over NYC and after hours, Patrick picks up ladies like "Christie" (Cara Seymour) and stabs them to death ...

Nov 09, 20241 hr 11 minSeason 1Ep. 178

Cape Fear (1991): "She puts on her nighttime frosty lipstick for a smoke on the porch."

The nightmare begins when Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is released from prison and follows his former defense attorney, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) to a small town and begins to stalk him, his wife, Leigh (Jessica Lange) and teenage daughter, Danielle (Juliette Lewis). After a poisoned dog, a beaten girlfriend (Ileana Douglas), and a break-in that results in the deaths of housekeeper and private dick, Claude Kersek (Joe Don Baker); the Bowdens take to their boat for a final showdown on the river in Cap...

Nov 02, 20242 hr 31 minSeason 1Ep. 177

Phantom of the Paradise (1974): "I want that hot Beef injection!"

Legendary music producer, the mysterious Swan (Paul Williams) is searching high and low for the perfect sound to open up his ultimate Rock Palace. While holding auditions he hears it, Winslow Leach (William Finley) presents his epic cantata, Faust. With the help of his right hand man, Philbin (George Memmoli) Swan plots to steal the music away and give it to his own find The Juicy Fruits (Archie Hahn, Jeffrey Comanor, Harold Oblong) and sets Winslow up to be sent away to Sing Sing. Succeeding in...

Oct 26, 20241 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 176

The Blair Witch Project (1999): "She had big, hairy tiddies under there."

The year is 1999 and we were all experiencing a moment and a little bit of motion sickness when the found footage of three missing documentarians was shown in theaters across the country. Get in the corner; it's the The Blair Witch Project, this week on Doom Generation. Support this podcast at patreon.com/doomgeneration

Oct 19, 20241 hrSeason 1Ep. 178

The City of Lost Children (1995): "Here comes Krank with his Emo Philips hair."

In a dark and very French world, mad scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork) aided by his 6 clones (Dominique Pinon), tiny woman nurse (Mireille Mosse) and brain in a tank, Uncle Irvin (Jean-Louis Trintignant) sneaks into the dreams of children in order to steal them and stop his unhappy aging. While this is going on, at the docks a side show features strong man One (Ron Perlman) and his little brother, Denree (Joseph Lucien). Also, while all THAT is going on, there is a gang of kids who steal things ...

Oct 12, 20241 hr 24 minSeason 1Ep. 174

Sleepwalkers (1992): "He's gonna spray!"

Charles Brady (Brian Krause) is the new kid in town and he seems to have it all; good looks, a nice car, and a close relationship with his mother, Mary (Alice Krige). These qualities are what draw Tanya (Mädchen Amick) to him, but unfortunately for her those looks are a lie and the relationship with his mother is so not what it seems. Prying schoolteacher, Mr. Fallows (Glenn Shadix), Deputy Andy (Dan Martin) and his attack cat, Clovis (Sparks) know better. Charles and his mother are more than ju...

Oct 05, 20241 hr 20 minSeason 1Ep. 173