School of Schlock

Tom Witty & Ryan Sekac•schoolofschlock.libsyn.com

A twice-monthly podcast for B-movie discussion. Every episode focuses on a specific cheesy, schlocky film which we dissect, discuss, and laugh at.

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Episodes

Episode 7 - The Cosmic Man

A giant white ball! An invisible man! A whole lot of people talking for a very long time! Tom and Ryan are here to tell you about it all, and they even find time to fit in discussions about murder-by-shot-put, drugged-out scientists, and atom-bomb-related conservational faux pas. Put down your telescopes and your chess games and come give a listen to The Cosmic Man! Episode Time Stamps: 0:02:40 - Film Summary 0:34:44 - Film Background 0:51:30 - The Good 1:03:20 - The Bad 1:14:10 - The Ugly 1:36:...

Sep 15, 2016•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 7

Episode 6 - The Giant Claw

What do you do when a giant, awful puppet is terrorizing the skies? Turn to the scientific experts, Tom and Ryan, who can give you all the information you need about French-Canadian folklore, anti-matter screens, smaller-than-normal atoms, and flirting using baseball analogies. Keep your shirt on and follow these instructions to the letter, and you'll be able to defeat The Giant Claw! Episode Time Stamps: 0:03:03 - Film Summary 0:32:47 - Film Background 0:54:40 - The Good 1:02:35 - The Bad &...

Sep 01, 2016•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 6

Episode 5 - The Intruder

It is with greatest pride and deepest pleasure that we welcome you to The Intruder, featuring everything you would expect in a good mystery: a boat, an ape, and skeletons! Listen in as Tom and Ryan solve a murder, chastise a detective, speak fluent French, and determine which character in the film should have their own HGTV show. Episode Time Stamps: 0:03:16 - Film Summary 0:29:14 - Film Background 0:46:05 - The Good 0:52:14 - The Bad 1:02:45 - The Ugly 1:17:46 - Improving the Film

Aug 15, 2016•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 5

Episode 4 - The Screaming Skull

This film is more fun than a pack of wild skulls! This week Tom and Ryan talk about decorative ponds, bad paintings, creepy folktales, and...oh yeah, a greedy husband's nefarious murder plot and the heroic skeleton ghost that stops it from happening! At least, I think that's the plot of The Screaming Skull. (WARNING: THIS EPISODE MAY KILL YOU!) Episode Time Stamps: 0:02:22 - Film Summary 0:25:13 - Film Background 0:45:15 - The Good 0:54:40 - The Bad 1:06:46 - The Ugly 1:16:42 - Improving the Fil...

Aug 01, 2016•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 4

Episode 3 - Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

Science tells us that Venus's idyllic oceans are practically littered with blonde women and dinosaurs! Join Tom, Ryan, and special guest Claudia as they watch rockets blast off, drag rubbery pterodactyls around a beach, and use their robot John to dig deep into the volcano of masculine fantasy that is Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women. Episode Time Stamps: 0:03:13 - Film Summary 0:13:48 - Film Background 0:21:43 - The Good 0:33:04 - The Bad 0:43:25 - The Ugly 1:02:54 - Improving the Film...

Jul 15, 2016•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 3

Episode 2 - The Giant Gila Monster

Everything's bigger in Texas, especially the gila monsters! We try not to get eaten, tune up our hot rods, and drive around with bottles of nitroglycerin. And of course we never want to forget to strum our toy guitars and laugh, children, laugh. Laughing's important, isn't it? Episode Time Stamps: 0:02:39 - Film Summary 0:37:48 - Film Background 0:49:24 - The Good 0:57:27 - The Bad 1:05:20 - The Ugly 1:14:52 - Improving the Film...

Jul 01, 2016•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 2

Episode 1 - The House on Haunted Hill (1959)

The original, 1959 version of The House on Haunted Hill is widely considered a horror classic. We seek to understand why, and instead we discover self-playing organs, trunks full of heads, acid vats, and skeleton puppets! Episode Time Stamps: 0:02:14 - Film Summary 0:23:17 - Film Background 0:38:20 - The Good 0:48:05 - The Bad 1:08:34 - The Ugly 1:24:01 - Improving the Film

Jun 14, 2016•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 1

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