Fun Box Monster Podcast #190 Pumpkinhead (1988)
On today's Fun Box Monster Podcast, Matt and Tristan talk about 1988's gritty reboot of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Pumpkinhead.
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 190
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Fun Box Monster Podcast#189 Waxwork 2 (1992)
Although this movie tends to conflate "time" and "movie parodies" there's some things to enjoy about this mess. I'm pretty sure that the plot is that they need to get a zombie hand back from a time when zombies were real, and bring it to court so that Sara won't get the chair for the 201 deaths she is on the hook for from burning down the Wax Museum from the first movie. (Mark of course is beyond the reach of any laws for his part in the arson due to his rich guy privileges.) This story is mostl...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 189
Fun Box Monster Podcast #188 : Waxwork (1988)
Wax museums are catnip for teens. Everyone knows that. So when one appears from out of nowhere in the middle of a very rich suburban neighborhood, the only question on anyone's mind is, "How soon can we get in there and look at the wax dummies?" That's when David Warner appears, dressed as Willy Wonka-by-way-of-rodeo-clown, and invites you to that classic teen gathering, the midnight wax museum party. You go, of course, but before long you start to realize that this might be one of those EVIL wa...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 188
Fun Box Monster Podcast #187: The Burning (1981)
When some adult children set fire to their summer camp's incredibly flammable caretaker, he emerges several years later covered in burns over 100% of his body, and filled with a lust for revenge and a penchant for scissor type weapons. Join Matt and Tristan for the Meatballs of slasher films, The Burning.
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 187
Fun Box Monster Podcast #186 Motel Hell (1980)
Not one scene of Farmer Vincent making his eponymous fritters. Ruined the experience for me. 1 out of 5 stars.
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 186
Fun Box Monster Podcast #185 Carnosaur (1993)
Jurassic Park really screwed up when they chose to use CGI instead of hand puppets. Luckily Carnosaur was there to remedy that mistake. I'd go out on a limb and say that this is the best puppet based movie about Diane Ladd creating a virus that impregnates women with dinosaur eggs. Join Matt and Tristan for a movie that redefined what could be done with forced perspective rubber dinosaurs for an entire generation, Carnosaur.
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 185
Fun Box Monster Podcast #184 Critters Attack (2019)
I'm really sorry about this episode. I think Matt and I were going through something. Critters Attack is a made-for-TV movie, and didn't deserve how badly we screamed about it. This is literally the most negative episode of the podcast and if you want to skip it nobody will blame you. Apologies to anyone involved in this movie, I'm sure you are fine people except that one guy, but I promised Matt I wouldn't talk about him. As an apology... Critter puppets look great. Main actress is great. Also,...
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 184
Fun Box Monster Podcast #183 Critters 4 (1992)
Everybody knows that once your horror franchise starts to lose steam you head to space. Pinhead in Space, Leprechaun In Space, Regan from the Exorcist in Space, Damien From the Omen in Space, The Wickerman in Space, and of course Suspiria in Space or Spacespiria. For this entry in the franchise, it is possible there was a small influence from Aliens, in that the script was entirely lifted from Aliens. But...with Critters. It's probably the worst of the first 4 Critters movies, making it approxim...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 183
Fun Box Monster Podcast #182 Critters 3 (1991)
As the Critters franchise begins to succumb to budget cuts, we find them scraping the bottom of the barrel for actors and winding up with talentless nobodies like Leonardo what's-his-name. But the human actors aren't who we're here to see, we're all here for our favorite fuzzy murder-puppets the Crites, back again for more comestible chaos. Also, this time their arms work! Join Matt and Tristan for the low budget buffet that is Critters 3.
May 19, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 182
Fun Box Monster Podcast #181 : Critters 2 The Main Course (1988)
Those pesky Crites are back, and this time they have a bigger FX budget, but not quite enough money for Dee Wallace. Still somehow probably the best installment of the franchise, which of course, is the greatest film franchise in history. Better even than the Munchie expanded universe, or Munchiverse to its legions of fans.
May 12, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 181
Fun Box Monster Podcast #180 Critters (1986)
Gotta catch em all!
May 05, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 180
Fun Box Monster Podcast #179 : Dreamaniac (1986)
You'd think there would have to be a better way to see hot guys in their underpants in this day and age, but there isn't, so we were forced to watch Dreamaniac for our yearly allotment of hot guys in underpants posing like Morrissey. Join us for the worst delivery vehicle for fully waxed dudes available on sub-par DVD, Dreamaniac.
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 179
Fun Box Monster Podcast #178 The Howling (1981)
The Howling pitches a far-fetched world where most people are angry feral monsters just out for themselves. Crazy right? But some of them have fur. Basically, it's like Anthrocon right before lunch time. Join Matt, Tristan and a group of unemployed Roger Corman actors for 1981's most inexplicably revered film, The Howling.
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 178
Fun Box Monster Podcast #177 The Mangler (1995)
If your hope for the movie the Mangler is to see some horrifying Manglings, I think you're going to be pretty pleased. If you want a story that makes sense...maybe less so. Join Matt and Tristan in the speed folder for 1995's The Mangler.
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 177
Fun Box Monster Podcast #176 Basket Case 2 (1990)
Now it looks to me like them Bradley boys done got themselves mixed up in a whole mess o' trouble out there yonder by the crick, so Granny and Susan had to peel out the old Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton (That was my best NYC version of the General Lee) and bust them boys out. Join Matt and Tristan for the down home helpin' of possum grits you city folks call, Basket Case 2.
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 176
Fun Box Monster Podcast #175 : Hardbodies 1984 (SPRING BREAK SPECIAL!)
WHOOO!!!! It's Spring Break!!! We're taking a brief respite from blood and guts, to enjoy a beach vacation with a movie that has both visuals and sound. It features actors and people both shooting and editing film to create a narrative of sorts. Oh...Just as an afterthought, and strictly in the most tasteful and artistic of settings, there's boobs. Join Matt and Tristan as they decide if they are Sex Geezers, or members of the Geek Squad during a discussion of 1984's Hardbodies.
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 175
Fun Box Monster Podcast #174 : The Blob (1988)
In this episode, Tristan confuses the term Sound Stage and Back Lot, and misidentifies a real town as a sound stage. And that's in the first five minutes!
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 174
Fun Box Monster Podcast #173 Alone in the Dark (1982)
I didn't do much research, but I assume this is some sort of prequel to City Slickers 2, only instead of searching for Curly's gold, it's four colorful serial killers going on a murder spree during a blackout. No wait...I think the prequel to City Slickers 2 was City Slickers 1. But if part 1 is a prequel why did they release it first? Man. I'm reporting that one to the IMDB goofs section.
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 173
Fun Box Monster Podcast #172 A Return To Salem’s Lot (1987)
Please believe me. We are not hateful people. We love movies. We love horror movies and Larry Cohen.But....this movie is so awful. If this is your first episode...maybe consider another one? We are super negative in this one. But have you seen it? We talk about this movie and I guess I'm sorry? Maybe there's some funny bits that make it worth listening to? I really don't know.
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 172
Fun Box Monster Podcast #171 Island of the Alive / It’s Alive 3 (1987)
Everything I know about parenting I learned from the It's Alive series. Babies are cannibalistic monsters with huge rubber heads and when they get to be too much responsibility you should dump them on a tropical island. Also, they explode when introduced to helicopters. Join Matt and Tristan for an hour or so of sun, sand and seriously giant mutant babies on The Island of The Alive!
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 171
Fun Box Monster Podcast #170: The Nest (1988)
You wanted the bugs, you got the bugs! Bugs, bugs, bugs. If you were looking for a 1980's version of a 1950's Corman movie that feels like an inexplicably lower budget rip-off of Slugs, look no further. On today's episode, Matt and Tristan talk about the bugliest movie of 1988, The Nest.
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 170
Fun Box Monster Podcast #169 Pet Sematary 2 (1992)
As one might expect from a movie about a Pet Cemetery, there's going to be some talk of dead animals. So be warned. Also, being a movie with Eddie Furlong, there's some discussion of Eddie Furlong. So, just be aware of that too.
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 169
Fun Box Monster Podcast #168 A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Take it from me. Parents just don't understand. That's the core message of this week's movie. You have seen it a million times, you've watched the six hour documentary. Why do you want to listen to us talk about it? Actually...I'm not sure. We bring nothing new to the conversation, and basically talk about how great it is for an hour forty. Yikes.
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 168
Fun Box Monster Podcast #167 RoboCroc (2013)
New Detroit has a cancer. That cancer is crime. When OCP Police officer Alex Murphy falls in with a group of super-science crocodiles, they convince him to don the mantle of RoboCroc to instill fear in the superstitious and cowardly lots of Detroit's famous crime alley. When his parents, also crocodiles for some reason, are shot by trophy hunters he retires to Florida to reconsider his life decisions. Or maybe it's just a by-the-numbers direct to Sci-Fi channel killer animal movie. Either way, j...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 167
Fun Box Monster Podcast #166 : Bloody Moon (1981)
Here I am again. Writing a description for a movie that was not exactly what I had hoped. Yes. I knew Jess Franco was involved. I had no idea that this would be like a two hour episode of Speed Racer with nudity and decapitations. That said...maybe you don't need to watch this one and you can just listen to the episode.
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 166
Fun Box Monster Podcast #165 Silent Night Deadly Night 3 (1989)
What can you say about this movie that hasn't already been said. Nothing happens, and it is very, very boring. If you like really complainy podcasts that are super negative, this might just be your thing. So put on a novelty Jello mold hat, some acid smashed denim, and join Matt and Tristan as they complain for an hour about the biggest waste of Bill Mosley ever filmed, Silent Night Deadly Night 3.
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 165
Fun Box Monster Podcast #164 Happy Birthday To Me (1981)
I don't know what to say about this movie. If there was a single moment of this thing that wasn't dedicated to incriminating some random character it might be a movie. But it is, instead, a collection of scenes of people doing bizarre and threatening things to prove that they are capable of murder, capped off with an ending that simply makes no sense. Somehow what should have been a by-the-numbers slasher is literally one of the most confusing movies I have ever seen. So gas up your motorbike, p...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 164
Fun Box Monster Podcast #163 The Lamp AKA The Outing (1987)
I know we were all hoping for a movie about a haunted desk lamp, but stick with me. This is about an evil Djinn who, unlike The Wishmaster, doesn't care about puns or irony. Honestly it's kind of a relief. His murder spree is fully quip-free. His only real negative is that he's a five hundred pound pile of latex that needs to be carted around to chase our teens. Join Matt and Tristan as they discuss the movie that asks the question, what if Disney's Aladdin was full of boobs and the genie was a ...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 163
Fun Box Monster Podcast #162 The American Scream (1988)
Do you like movies with vexing edits, word-salad dialogue, and zero character motivations? Do you like your comedies to have scenes that Texas Chainsaw Massacre would have been too squeamish to include? Do you like your nudie movies tinged with infanticide? You are in luck. The American Scream is all this and so much more. Join Matt and Tristan as they don the inexplicable clown suit of film that is, The American Scream.
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 162
Fun Box Monster Podcast #161 Warlock: The Armageddon 2 (1993)
When the Warlock comes to town, the magic is contagious! ...is the tagline I would have used if this was a production of Warlock The Armageddon on Ice. I was shot down multiple times, but if you have twenty-five million dollars and an ice rink, I have a great project for you. We all know the old story. Collect five gems, and the devil will arise and wreak havoc on earth. Basically the same plot as the old Bejeweled palm pilot game. Unlike most palm pilot games, this movie has peak hotness Julian...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 161
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