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Doom Generation

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Best friends who share one brain cell get inebriated each week and discuss the movies that made them the Dames of Doom.
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But I'm A Cheerleader (1999): "I'm a homosexual"

Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is a typical teenager but when her parents (Mink Stole & Bud Cort) along with EVERYONE else suspect she's a lesbian, they call Ms. Mary Brown (Cathy Moriarty) of True Directions. After an intervention staged by assistant Mike (Rupaul Charles), Megan is sent to conversion camp along with other kids (Melanie Lynskey, Dante Basco, Katrina Phillips, Katharine Towne, Douglas Spain, Joel Michaely, Kip Pardue) hoping to become ex-gays. Will she straighten out or will she give...

Mar 23, 20241 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 145

Troop Beverly Hills (1989): "Beverly Hills what a thrill!"

When her marriage to Nefler the Muffler Man (Craig T. Nelson) breaks up, fabulous Beverly Hills housewife Phyllis (Shelley Long) decides to throw herself into their daughter Hannah's (Jenny Lewis) Wilderness Girls troop. Along with the rest of the girls (Heather Hopper, Kelly Martin, Emily Schulman, Aquillina Soriano, Tasha Scott, Ami Foster & Carla Gugino) they go up against the notorious Red Feathers led by head troop leader, Velda Plendor (Betty Thomas) whose life mission is to dissolve t...

Mar 16, 20241 hr 15 minSeason 1Ep. 144

The First Wives Club (1996): "Thanks to Cher's pioneering efforts, you haven't hit puberty."

Four college friends graduate with high hopes, bright futures, and excitement for what the world has in store for them. As things often happen, they lose touch until Valedictorian, Cynthia (Stockard Channing) chooses to end her life, reuniting her friends Annie (Diane Keaton), Brenda (Bette Midler) and Elise (Goldie Hawn) at her funeral. While catching up the trio realizes that each of them has lost a husband to a younger gal. Aaron (gross, no) to couples therapist Dr. Rosen (Marcia Gay Harden),...

Mar 09, 20241 hr 14 minSeason 1Ep. 143

Charlie's Angels (2000): "And that's kicking your ATHH!"

Once upon a time there were three very different girls, Natalie (Cameron Diaz), Alex (Lucy Liu), and Dylan (Drew Barrymore). They're all brilliant, beautiful and work for Charlie (John Forsythe). When Bosley (Bill Murray) gets a call to find out who kidnapped tech genius, Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell), our gals launch an investigation into rival, Roger Corwin (Tim Curry), do battle with disturbingly hawt Creepy Thin Man (Crispin Glover), and kick all the athh only to find out things may not be what t...

Mar 02, 20241 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 142

Fear (1996): "LEMMEINTHEF*CKINGHOUSE!!!"

The newly blended Walker family is facing their share of normal issues. Steve (William Peterson) is incorporating new wife, Laura (Amy Brenneman), her young son Toby (Christopher Gray) with his teenage daughter, Nicole (Reese Witherspoon). Steve is unable to connect with his daughter in the midst of work stress, driving Nicole to rebel and spend more time with her terrible friend, Margo (Alyssa Milano) who takes her out to a warehouse club where they run into trouble. Having spotted the gals ear...

Feb 24, 20241 hr 21 minSeason 1Ep. 141

Reality Bites (1994): "Welcome to the Maxi Pad!"

Ultimate Gen X besties, Lelaina (Winona Ryder), Vickie (Janeane Garofalo), Sammy (Steve Zahn) and the deep greasy, Troy (Ethan Hawke) are trying to make their way out here in the real world. Speaking of which, they all have been baring their lives for documentarian, Lelaina's camera that catches the eye of yuppy exec, Michael (Ben Stiller) who works for In Your Face TV. Things fall apart of course and we end up in the winter of our discontent. The Gap, psychic partners, Big Gulps, Violent Femmes...

Feb 17, 20241 hr 31 minSeason 1Ep. 140

Say Anything (1989): "I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen."

Graduating class of 89's valedictorian, Diane Court "whoa" (Ione Skye) has worked so hard on her future she hasn't had time to enjoy her present. Enter Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), emotionally mature, kickboxing military brat who decides to just call her up and ask her out. Diane wins a fellowship and is set to leave for England and Lloyd just wants to spend as much time with her as possible, but her father (John Mahoney) warns her against distraction even as his life is falling apart. A pen, a b...

Feb 10, 20241 hr 38 minSeason 1Ep. 139

Popeye (1980): "Olive Oyl? Swee'pea? What're you doing, making a salad?"

A stranger who's never hurts nobody and only gots one eye called Popeye (Robin Williams) rows through stormy seas to a sailing village in search of an elusive father. He takes a room with the Oyl family (Roberta Maxwell, Macintyre Dixon, Donovan Scott) and attempts to befriend daughter, Olive (Shelley Duvall) who happens to be engaged to LARGE henchman, Bluto (Paul L. Smith). One night a mother leaves a baby in a basket for Popeye and everyone is happy until it becomes clear that lil Swee'pea (W...

Feb 03, 20241 hr 17 minSeason 1Ep. 138

Ali G Indahouse (2002): "Wicked, wicked...follow me!"

When the Westside massive is in danger of losing its precious leisure center, Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen) and his posse (Martin Freeman, Nabill Elouahabi, Tony Way) must find a way to save it. During an ill fated hunger strike, Ali draws the attention of unscrupulous DPM David Carlton (Charles Dance) and his aide, Kate (Rhona Mitra) who use him to set up the Prime Minister (Michael Gambon). Calls for the house to Keep it Real succeed until blackmail surfaces, casting the PM's position into doubt. ...

Feb 03, 20241 hr 13 minSeason 1Ep. 137

Cabin Boy (1994): "Big girls have big appetites"

Recent Fancy Lad graduate, Nathaniel Mayweather (Chris Elliott) is meant to set sail aboard the Queen Catherine to Hawaii but since he can't stop being a huge dick to everyone he gets stranded and walks in the wrong direction to a small fishing village where Old Man, David Letterman sends him to board the Filthy Whore. After he dupes simple Kenny (Andy Richter) he manages to stowaway and wakes to a drunken, stinkin' crew - Skunk (Brian Doyle Murray), Big Teddy (Brion James), Paps (James Gammon) ...

Jan 20, 202455 minSeason 1Ep. 136

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995): "Ready or not, here comes mama!"

After winning in a tie at the Ms. Drag Queen pageant, Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) are set to scandalize the country. But when Ms. Vida finds a little Latin boy in tears, she decides to adopt the young protégé, Chi-Chi (John Leguizamo). They trade their roundtrip plane tickets to LA for a cross country trip in a Jayne Mansfield fantasy car. After a run in with the law and breaking down, they find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere having to wait out ...

Jan 13, 20241 hr 25 minSeason 1Ep. 135

Patreon Exclusive: The Company of Wolves (1984)

Everyone knows that you don't stray from the path, never eat a windfallen apple, and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle. And you're about to find out that when a girl enters puberty, she has werewolf anthology nightmares. She must now choose, does she turn wolf, get boobies, or fellate a tree? Find out with us! Enjoy this Patreon Exclusive episode and find more at patreon.com/doomgeneration

Jan 06, 202446 min

200 Cigarettes (1999): "I hate you motherf*ckers."

We didn't hate this movie as much as Eddie Snips but for the last movie of the year, we're not impressed - Everybody is in it though - Ben & Casey Affleck, Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Elvis Costello, Angela Featherstone, Janeane Garofalo, Gaby Hoffmann, Kate Hudson, Catherine Kellner, Courtney Love, Brian McCardie, Jay Mohr, Nicole Ari Parker, Martha Plimpton, Christina Ricci and Paul Rudd 200 Cigarettes, a New Year's party, this week on Doom Generation. Support this podcast at patreon.c...

Dec 30, 20231 hr 15 minSeason 1Ep. 134

The Exorcist (1973): "Do you know what she did, your c*nting daughter?"

Actress Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), while working on location in Georgetown, begins to notice strange noises in her home and bizarre behavior from her pre-teen daughter, Regan (Linda Blair). After a series of grueling medical tests that lead nowhere, the doctors send her to the church for help. At the end of her rope, she meets Damien Karras (Jason Miller), a Jesuit priest struggling in his faith. After granting an exorcism, the church sends Fr. Merrin (Max Von Sydow) who's battled these forc...

Dec 23, 20231 hr 55 minSeason 1Ep. 133

Less Than Zero (1987): "Santa's gonna put a suntan in my stocking."

Time, time, time, see what's become of me....Three best friends, Clay (Andrew McCarthy), Blair (Jami Gertz) and Julian (Robert Downey Jr,) reunite at Christmas break after a disastrous Thanksgiving meeting. Blair has been worried about Julian, he owes Rip (James Spader) a whole lotta money, his family has had it with him, and he's freebasing in public spaces. Clay comes home hoping to repair these relationships, but finds a Hazy Shade of Winter instead. A cautionary tale that teaches us that jus...

Dec 16, 20231 hr 18 minSeason 1Ep. 132

The Princess Bride (1987): "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!"

Lil' Fred Savage is unwell so naturally his Papa Columbo (Peter Falk) comes to pinch his cheeks read him a family favorite. A tale that sees a young farm boy, Westley (Cary Elwes) leaving the only eligible girl in Florin, Buttercup (Robin Wright) behind to seek an unspecified fortune abroad. During his 5 year absence, Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) snatches her up for his bride. His motives are far from noble as his plan is to hire Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), Fezzik (Andre the Giant) and Inigo...

Dec 09, 20231 hr 17 minSeason 1Ep. 131

Little Shop of Horrors (1986): "Feed me Seymour, feed me all night long."

Seymour Krelborne (Rick Moranis) is living down on skid row, trying to make it somewhere that's green with his paramour Audrey (Ellen Greene) who has a nogoodnik boyfriend, Orin Scrivello DDS (Steve Martin). With the help of an alien plant he names Audrey II (Levi Stubbs), he rises to fame from his humble beginnings at Mushnik's (Vincent Gardenia) he soon learns the secret of Twoey's success which happens to be human blood and is taken along on a mission for world domination. Will Twoey take ove...

Dec 02, 202356 minSeason 1Ep. 130

Son in Law (1993): "Oh my God, it's Bartles or Jaymes! Dude, which one are you?!"

Meet country mouse Rebecca (Carla Gugino), valedictorian of the class of 93'. She's spent most of her time down on the farm, but once she gets to school in the jungle of L.A., she feels out of place. That is until resident advisor, Crawl (Pauly Shore) gets her mingling. When it's time for a visit home for the holidays, she's gooped by her hometown boyfriend, Travis (Dan Gauthier) proposing marriage; leading her to lie to her family (Lane Smith, Cindy Pickett, Patrick Renna & Mason Adams) tha...

Nov 23, 20231 hr 10 minSeason 1Ep. 129

Dick Tracy (1990): "Big Boy Did It."

We're drenching ourselves in the splendor of a film that was everywhere and then nowhere. Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty), in an effort to curb illegal gambling, breaks up a speakeasy club run by Lips Manly (Paul Sorvino), but is hindered by a takeover led by Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) and his gang: Flathead (William Forsythe), Mumbles (Dustin Hoffman), Pruneface (R.G. Armstrong - not Ronald Reagan), Numbers (James Tolkan), piano player 88 Keys (Mandy Patinkin) and gorgeous moll, Breathless Mahoney ...

Nov 18, 20231 hr 20 minSeason 1Ep. 128

Big Top Pee-wee (1988): "Mmmmm....egg salad-y!"

Things sure have changed for Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens RIP). He's moved to a small town filled with elderly people to work in his lab with his pig Vance (Wayne White), on a secret formula to eliminate world hunger. This all changes when the Cabrini Circus literally blows into town, bringing with it a colorful cast of characters led by Mace Montana (Kris Kristofferson) and his horny lil' wife Midge (Susan Tyrrell). They're invited to stay on the farm and Pee-wee is smitten by the girl on the f...

Nov 11, 202357 minSeason 1Ep. 127

She-Devil (1989): "You're a she-devil!"

Bob Patchett (Ed Begley Jr.) has a nice life 1. A home that is his castle 2. A loving family 3. A successful career 4. The freedom to enjoy the fruits of his labor When it comes to liabilities he's got only one, his long suffering wife Ruth (Roseanne Barr). Bob wants to run off and live his fantasy with MaryFisher (Meryl Streep) in her palace by the sea, but not before awakening the She-Devil. Support this podcast at patreon.com/doomgeneration

Nov 04, 202354 minSeason 1Ep. 126

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990): "Don't you just love happy endings?"

We've got a classic anthology for y'all, starting with a kindly woman (Debbie Harry) who is keeping a small boy named Timmy (Matthew Lawrence) captive in order to cook and eat him. Timmy buys himself some time by telling the story of Lot 249 (Steve Buscemi, Christian Slater, Julianne Moore & Robert Sedgwick), Cat From Hell (William Hickey, David Johansen, Mark Margolis, Alice Drummond & Dolores Sutton) and finally Lover's Vow (James Remar, Rae Dawn Chong, Richard Kline). Will he manage t...

Oct 28, 202356 minSeason 1Ep. 125

Idle Hands (1999): "Look at me, I'm Leatherface!"

An ancient evil has possessed the laziest fuck up in town, Anton (Devon Sawa) and his now possessed hand has become murderous. After killing his folks (Fred Willard & Connie Ray), it puts a serious damper on his usual slacker activities such as smoking weed and watching TV with his buds, Mick (Seth Green) and Pnub (Elden Henson) when it kills them too. With the help of demon slayer, Debi LeCure (Vivica A. Fox) and metal head Randy (Jack Noseworthy) he may just be able to defeat the curse and...

Oct 21, 20231 hr 6 minSeason 1Ep. 124

Poltergeist (1982): "They're heeeere."

Cuesta Verde is a nice place to live and raise a family...OR IS IT?! Steve Freeling (Craig T Nelson) moves his wife, Diane (JoBeth Williams) and kids, Dana (Dominique Dunne), Robbie (Oliver Robins) to their new dream home where youngest, Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) is later born...in the tub we guess. Diane discovers some strange happenings in their house and little Carol Anne hears the voices of the TV people and goes missing in the night after a creepy tree attack. Enter paranormal researche...

Oct 14, 20231 hr 22 minSeason 1Ep. 123

Thir13en Ghosts (2001): "Did I say there's a petting zoo down there?! Nooo!"

The once happy Kritakos family; Arthur (Tony Shaloub), Kathy (Shannon Elizabeth), and Bobby (Alec Roberts) are in dire straits since the house fire that claimed the life of their wife and mother, Jean (Kathryn Anderson). Barely holding it together, they're approached by the lawyer (JR Bourne) of Arthur's mysterious late uncle Cyrus (F. Murray Abraham) with a posthumous gift of a glass house, which is filled with captured spirits waiting to open the eye of hell for like...reasons. Psychic ghost h...

Oct 07, 20231 hr 6 minSeason 1Ep. 122

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988): "How's your head? Haven't had any complaints."

Her spooky show is failing but that's ok because Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) is ready to make it in Vegas in her own one woman show, there's only one problem - she needs 50k for the stage at the Flamingo. Luckily her Aunt Morgana has died and left an inheritance that will hopefully get her there. Unfortunately all she gets is an old house, a poodle named Algonquin, and a beloved recipie book. When she arrives in the conservative town of Falwell, the morality board led by Chastity Pariah (Edie Mc...

Sep 30, 20231 hr 10 minSeason 1Ep. 121

SLC Punk! (1998): "You're not Jesus, you're Bob."

Utah, the mid 80's; we meet two young punks, Stevo (Matthew Lillard) and Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian) and relive their experiences with their tribe - elder scene queen, Trish (Annabeth Gish), manic dream girl, Sandy (Jennifer Lien), burnout dealer, Sean (Devon Sawa), John the Mod (James Duval), Hardcore Mike (Jason Segel), Eddie the romantic (Adam Pascal), and mysterious drug dealer, Mark (Til Schweiger). After graduating college, they find that a foundation in anarchy may be shaky at best and ...

Sep 23, 202359 minSeason 1Ep. 120

So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993): "Woman, woe-man, WHOA-man!"

Charlie MacKenzie (Mike Myers) is afraid of commitment. He finds any reason to leave a relationship until he meats butcher, Harriet (Nancy Travis), who he quickly falls for. After introducing her to his best friend Tony (Anthony LaPaglia) and his parents (Brenda Fricker and Mike Myers) he recalls a Weekly World News article about a black widow who kills on her honeymoon night. He starts to suspect Harriet after noticing too many coincidences, but Tony convinces him it is his fear of commitment a...

Sep 16, 202359 minSeason 1Ep. 119

True Romance (1993): "You're so cool."

It's love at first sight for Clarence (Christian Slater) and Alabama (Patricia Arquette) when she's hired to have a chance meeting with him on his birthday. Before they can live happily ever after they'll have to get her things from her pimp, Drexl (Gary Oldman. When Clarence goes all Charlie Bronson, he's mistakenly given a suitcase filled with cocaine. The lovers escape to LA with the help of dear old dad (Dennis Hopper) to meet pal, Dick Richie (Michael Rapaport), his couch guy, Floyd (Brad P...

Sep 09, 20231 hr 16 minSeason 1Ep. 118

Dazed & Confused (1993): "Be a lot cooler if you did, man."

May 26th, 1976 - it's the last day of school and the incoming seniors (Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Milla Jovovich, Shawn Andrews, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Sasha Jenson, Marissa Ribisi, Cole Hauser, Michelle Burke, Parker Posey) and grown ass Wooderson (Matthew McConaughey) are doing their best to prepare the younger kids (Wiley Wiggins, Christin Hinojosa, Esteban Powell, Jeremy Fox) for high school in this slice of life movie about nothing. If only that dick O'Banion (Ben...

Sep 01, 20231 hr 11 minSeason 1Ep. 117
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