Here's one final farewell episode! This was originally recorded back in the summer of 2023 and it just got lost in the shuffle of edits and different miniseries we were doing, but it's such a fun episode that we wanted to put it out and it's one of our favorite movies of all time! Luke Nielsen returns to the show to discuss Army of Darkness, the third film in the Evil Dead franchise that pivots the genre from hard horror to fantasy/action/comedy and fully develops Ash into the delightfully smug ...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 34 min
We're continuing our celebration of the holiday season with the 2005 comedy Just Friends, a movie about the dreaded "Friend Zone" and how women just aren't allowed to have male best friends and go about their business...also it takes place during Christmas. Also also, it is our last episode. Weird one to go out on but this movie's come up a few times throughout the show and it's interesting to track Ryan Reynolds' career. We also read about a movie called Spring Break Lawyer because the early 20...
Dec 26, 2024•1 hr 34 min
You know Frosty the Snowman? What if he had abs? That's it. That's the whole pitch for the new Netflix original movie, Hot Frosty, the latest in Netflix's "what if we did Hallmark movies but made them a look a little less cheap" series of films. We're splitting a Shiner Home For the Holiday variety pack and breaking down this holiday romance film about an anthropomorphic snow hunk that takes place in a town that's definitely cursed.
Dec 19, 2024•53 min
It's a feast of Thanksgiving-themed media as we watch Eli Roth's 2023 slasher, Thanksgiving , and then follow it up with Thanks , a 1999 CBS sitcom about Puritan Pilgrims living in 17th-century America. A most logical double-feature. We dive into how Thanksgiving pays homage to the history of slasher movies, how sitcoms changed going into the 2000s, and we talk about what makes a great movie to watch on a plane. Happy Holidays from your silly boys at QHE!...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 26 min
HBO's Max's DC's The Penguin: A The Batman Story just wrapped up its first season and, boy howdy, was it some bonafide QHE! We sample some of Schell's Peanut Butter Chocolate Porter and talk about why the Penguin cuts through the fog of big-budget, shared-universe, comic book television series. Don't worry, we sound the Gremlins alarm before we reveal any spoilers. And Logan does some voices.
Nov 22, 2024•1 hr 29 min
A Halloween episode released two weeks after Halloween? Yeah, that sounds like us. We watched, 'Salem's Lot, the newest Stephen King adaptation that was unceremoniously released on Max after sitting on the shelf for two years! We dig into King's take on vampires and what successful King adaptations have in common. We also dig into producer James Wan's filmography, sample Leinenkugel's Northwoods Amber, and ask, "what if Jaws was a Hallmark movie?"
Nov 16, 2024•1 hr 22 min
To bring the holiday of Sharktoberfest to a close, Dustin and Logan are taking it upon themselves to rank every shark movie they have watched for this podcast. It's a tall order, especially since they both have bad memories and seem to be bad at counting. But they do it, gosh darn it! Join them for one final dip into shark infested waters to determine what are the quintessential films of Sharktoberfest!
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr
We're wrapping up Sharktoberfest with the appropriately titled, the Last Shark. And it's an interesting experience because we've basically already seen it, since Cruel Jaws repurposes a lot of Last Shark's plot and actual footage! It's one of the more fascinating case studies we've covered in shark cinema. We also sample the Oktoberfest from Limestone Brewers and dip into a perennial favorite brew!
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Finally a film that answers the question, "what if the Hallmark Channel made a shark movie?" We watched Shark Warning!, an oddly serious Asylum production that has shark revenge, an evil mayor, AND an exclamation point in the title. We also re-envision the movie with our dream cast of actors that we believe the Asylum could get and sample the Oktoberfest from Lakefront Brewery.
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Got a little bit of everything going on in this installment of Sharktoberfest. Dustin and Logan are reaching back into the digital video days of early aughts with the indie hit, Open Water, a film that is more mumblecore than survival thriller. They also sample (and spill) the Oktoberfest from Sixpoint Brewery while Dustin tries his best to conjure up some fest facts. Then, they finish out the show with an extended chat about some of the other things they're been watching to get into the Hallowe...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 8 min
A group of friends explore a sunken World War II battleship and get trapped inside with a shark in 2024's the Last Breath. Are these friends the absolute worst? Oh yeah. Is the shark a mindless killing machine? You betcha. Is the movie a waste of Dustin and Logan's time? Absolutely. Listen to them crap all over it while they sample the Oktober Fest-Marzen from Ayinger Privatbrauerei.
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 36 min
Against all odds, it's back. That season of German-style beers and horrible shark movies. It's...SHARKTOBERFEST!!! Somehow Logan and Dustin have found their way back to the beginning and must endure another festive fish fiasco! For this first episode, they tackle Cruel Jaws, a movie that rips off the Jaws franchise so hard that it actually includes unauthorized footage from all four Jaws films and tried to be released under the title "Jaws 5". Paired with this cinematic heist, is Big Grove Brewe...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 48 min
We're wrapping up the summer with what will most-likely be the year's biggest hit in Deadpool & Wolverine! The now highest grossing rated-R film of all time is the latest attempt to make the Marvel multiverse fun. Did it succeed? Did it make us laugh? Were there children at our screening that were way too young to be there? Well, you'll just have to hang out with us for our freewheeling chat about this movie starring some guys in colorful suits. We also have a little bonus chat about Kingdom...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Killer monkey + Dungeons and Dragons + Blue Lagoon - Brooke Shields = Shakma! Christopher Atkins and Roddy McDowell face off with an evil baboon in Shakma, the 1990 horror film about med students getting picked off one-by-one whilst playing the worst role playing game of all time. Luckily, we're here to sip on some banana beer and guide you through a confusing night locked in with some truly off-putting characters.
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Seth Green, Carlton, and a Bosom Buddy go out to the woods and square off with genetically altered super bugs AND evil hillbilly marijuana farmers. Also, Clint Howard is there. That's the plot to Ticks, the 1993 straight-to-video creature feature that we decided to watch for some reason. We break the whole thing down while sipping on some Peach Wheat from Boulevard Brewing Co., and have a spoiler-free chat about the Fall of the House of Usher.
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 23 min
The Hallmark Channel is having its annual Christmas in July celebration where they premiere brand new holiday movies right in the middle of the summer, so we watched the world premiere of A Very Vermont Christmas! This one checks a few boxes for us; it's full of Hallmark tropes, no one can speak clearly, and it takes place in a brewery! It's like it was made for us! Join us for a somewhat freeform chat about this piece of festive fluff and stay to the end for our new game in which we turn Hallma...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Oh what a wicked web we weave as continue breaking down the confusing slice of comic book pie that is Madame Web. We discover how our "hero" will avenge Mike Epps and explain kidnapping these three young women. We also discuss the best table dancing song of 2003 and talk a little bit about Heroes. Thankfully, we're still sipping on refreshing Pepsi Cola, the real hero of this film.
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Well, here we are digging into one of the biggest superhero flops and boy are our brains tired. We watched Marvel's Sony's Pepsi Cola's Madame Web, starring a bored Dakota Johnson, bad wigs, and worse ADR. Frankly, we have too much to say about it but luckily we have the refreshing taste of Pepsi and rum to keep us company. (It's the taste of a new generation, after all!) So come back with us to either 2003 or 1993 (we're not sure) as we work our way through a Spider-Man movie that's not about S...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 32 min
There's new shark movie heating up the charts on Netflix so you know we had to check it out! Plus, a bunch of people messaged us pretty much demanding it, so our hands were kind of tied. Under Paris is a new, French-produced shark movie that does what very few shark movies do: it actually looks and feels like a movie. It's also a shark movie with a negligent mayor so what's not to love?!
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 45 min
Sooo...we saw a meme where someone mixed Guinness with Monster Energy Drink. We decided to not only try that, but paired it with a movie about an Irish monster. There never really was a plot to this show, but, oh boy, have we lost it now. We watched 1993's Leprechaun starring Warwick Davis and Jennifer Aniston and drank a hell potion created by the internet. Also, we talk about Statham again.
May 30, 2024•1 hr 40 min
Somehow it happened. Somehow, there's a shark on a dang plane. There's no Sam Jackson to save us so we'll have to count on Colm Meaney to get us out of this one, even though there's No Way Up. (That's the title of the movie we cover in this episode. You get it.) And with this new shark movie we sample a new shark beer in Exile Brewing's Shark Wrangler. We also chat about Fallout, Blackberry, Abigail, and the general greatness of Jason Statham, because why not?
May 25, 2024•1 hr 21 min
It's time to get punchy and talk about some meat slapping as Dustin and Logan dig into the 2024 remake of Road House. It's a reboot that takes the wildly simple story of the source material and decides to jazz it up with too many characters, bad pacing, and UFC fighter acting. At least the movie features one of Logan's good friends. The boys also have hot takes Barbie and Star Trek: Voyager, because this is a timely and relevant show.
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 29 min
In anticipation of the Road House reboot starring Jake Gyllenhaal, we're watching the original Patrick Swayze punchfest and we want you to watch along with us! Grab a drink and enjoy this very sweaty film as we ponder what it means to be a famous bouncer, drool over Sam Elliott, and explore how the 80s liked to take very specific jobs and make them cool. *to sync with the film, press play on this commentary when the United Artists logo fades completely to black*
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Well...we're finally wrapping up Sharktoberfest IV. This was the revenge of the old show and, boy, what a revenge it was. Took up three whole months! But anyway, we're putting it away with one last movie and putting away one last beer. And both are imports! (kind of). We watched the Chinese King Kong ripoff, Snow Monster (aka Snow Monster vs. Ice Shark) and drinking Yuengling's Oktoberfest (Yuengling isn't sold in Iowa so it's sort of an import). We also conclude this whole Sharktoberfest ordeal...
Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 30 min
Yes. We're still finishing Sharktoberfest. In December. And now that the Oktoberfest season is long over, we sample a fantastic Marzen-style brew in Paulaner's Oktoberfest Bier and pair it with Blind Waters; a Tubi original produced by the Asylum and written and directed by the creator of Sharknado (It's like a Legion of Doom of shark movies). It's a movie about a couple that gets stranded and has to deal with the most powerful shark in cinema. Oh, and one of them gets blinded but also isn't rea...
Dec 23, 2023•1 hr 33 min
Jason Statham is back to fight some more big sharks! This episode was recorded back in August after Dustin and Logan saw Meg 2: The Trench in theaters. That's right, they paid money to see this. Now, listen to them break it down as they sample the Oktoberfest Lager by Topling Goliath.
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Dustin and Logan are diving into another Sharktoberfest with a new movie that combines mythology, corporate espionage, family drama, oil rigs and, of course, sharks! They watched 2023's the Black Demon, a movie that allegedly had a theatrical run and was a surprise hit on Amazon Prime. Josh Lucas stars in this fantasy/environmentalist thriller as an oil man that finds himself fighting a prehistoric shark summoned by an Aztec god. To choke down this mish-mash of ideas, Logan and Dustin sample Bel...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Sharktoberfest is back! And this time, it's personal. That's why we're revisiting the 4th installment in the Jaws franchise, 1987's Jaws: The Revenge! A film that introduces shark revenge, telepathic links to said vengeful shark, and everyone's favorite aviator, Hoagie! Join Dustin and Logan as they watch the film (currently streaming on Netflix) and sample Great Lakes Brewing Co.'s Oktoberfest. *to sync with the film, press play on this commentary as the original "Universal Studios, an MCA Comp...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 30 min
An excerpt from our Eight Legged Freaks episode teasing what's coming next for the QHE boys...
Oct 09, 2023•1 min
Logan and Dustin are wrapping up their Summer to Remember (in October) with the 2002 David Arquette vehicle, Eight Legged Freaks. A film that dares to ask what if Dewey from Scream had to fight giant spiders that act kinda like the gremlins from Gremlins? Dustin and Logan seem to try their hardest to not actually talk about the movie while also thinking way too hard about how to fix it. Have our hosts finally lost their minds? Why do they love creating themes and structures and then fight agains...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 51 min
