"Never underestimate Theodore Brooks, DDS!" Winter continues with Disney's Snow Dogs, a classic piece of slushy slime from the peak era. Nelson, Max, Jared, and Jasper reminisce on their own experiences with the pups, Cuba Gooding Jr.'s performance, the surprising similarities to Elf, a unique take on fish-out-of-water comedies, and the notable lack of children in this family movie. Enjoy!
"Schools close, roads disappear, grown men weep..." The boys dive into Nickelodeon's unheralded 2000 slush masterpiece, Snow Day.
"Shark frenzy." Jumping into We Can Be Heroes, the pseudo-sequel to The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D .
"I'll rip his circuits to shreds!" Special guest Sam Schlenker joins us again to kick off our sophomore season of outrageous hijinks! A master of the Grindhouse and the Slimehouse alike, legendary director Robert Rodriguez is our inspiration for a Double Feature of "The Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl" to be followed up by its recent Netflix follow-up, "We Can Be Heroes". On this episode, we discuss "auteurs" within the Slime Canon and why they seem so scarce for this particular genre.
Capping off a banner year for the genre, the Slimehouse team screened 25+ contenders to find the top 10 Slimehouse films of 2020. From talking animals to super-powered masks to Christmas elves spinning "Who Let the Dogs Out," join the Slime boys and guest emcee Dorothy Page as we count down the slimiest cinema of a very slimey year.
"I will not be forced into doing this!" In our final Yuletide Slime episode, we dive into the 2004 classic (?) Christmas with the Kranks starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film is surprisingly based on a novel by John Grisham called "Surviving Christmas" and features a mixture of slimehouse, saccharine holiday movie, and maybe a hint of legal thriller into one confusing package of a holiday movie. Grab your botox injection and strap in for an outrageous episode! (Featuring recurring gu...
" I'm sorry I ruined your lives and crammed eleven cookies into the VCR" Special Guest Myke Thompson joins us as Yuletide Slime season continues with the classic 2003 film directed by Jon Faverau.
"Oh, no. I'M SPEAKING IN RHYME!"
In this special episode of Slimehouse, we sit down with filmmakers Scott Barber & Adam Sweeney, who went deep into the Nickelodeon channel archives and came away with a comprehensive look at one of the most beloved children's programming creators of all time, and how it got to be that way. Now available on VOD to rent: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=LW2yoX8rlfY.P Watch the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5H02eoHJ6E...
"Keep the change, ya filthy animal" Turning on the light for the Yuletide Slime season with a landmark movie of the Slimehouse canon, 1990's Home Alone. Possibly the most important movie in defining the genre, the boys run through their favorite or Kevin McCallister's booby traps, the pivotal pop soundtrack and a cameo that may prove that Elvis is still alive.
"I'm sorry. I don't speak monkey!" For our lucky 13th episode we dive into the Nickelodeon produced, Brad Silberling directed, 2004 adaptation of the beloved children's book series. We acknowledge up front that this is not "quintessential" slime, and yet it has some fascinating components to look at through the slime lens. Notably, Jim Carrey, gross-out food, and inventive precocious children. If you're a Lemony Snicket fan, check out our earlier interview with director Brad Silberling for even ...
Say Cheese and Die! For our final Pumpkin Slime episode of 2020, we dive into the recent film adaptations of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series from Sony Animation Studios, starring Jack Black as R.L. Stine and Mick Wingert as Jack Black! Special Guest Dorothy Page.
Star of The Monster Squad, and director of the new documentary Wolfman's Got Nards, we're thrilled to welcome Andre Gower as a special guest on today's episode. Since he played Sean at the age of 13 in The Monster Squad, the film has taken on a complete life of its own with major ups and downs, but mostly ups as it grows into a cult classic. Seeing a fandom worthy of a story, Andre set out to make a documentary on the film itself but more importantly, on the passionate fans it created. We're rel...
"You can't help the dead, honey. They're beyond help. That's the nature of being dead." Spooky Slime season continues with Disney's The Haunted Mansion, based on the beloved theme park ride. Our first Eddie Murphy vehicle, one of the Slime titans. In this episode, we are surprised to learn that despite all the makings of being a quintessential slimehouse movie, plus a supporting cast of slime favorites Wallace Shawn and Jennifer Tilly, we actually found this one to be a cooler entry in the Pumpk...
Director of Casper, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, City of Angels, and Land of the Lost, Brad Silberling is an esteemed film and television director with substantial experience directing slimehouse movies, or as he aptly describes them, "tonal tightropes." In this fascinating, extensive interview, Brad shares details behind the craft of his body of work. For both filmmakers and moviegoers, it's an incredible insight behind the scenes. You can watch the video version of the inte...
"Guess again, bone bag!" Spooky Slime Season continues with the ghouly good live-action adaptation of Casper. The Slime guys chat about small-town Simehouse, celebrity cameos and the politics of breakfast in and out of the genre.
"Resisting arrest?" Our spooky, pumpkin slice slime series continues, this time with a special guest Jake Collins to weigh in on the 1993 Disney classic "Hocus Pocus." In this episode, we talk about Halloween costumes, Salem Mass, the enduring appeal of bad guys, and the legacy of a movie that remains a staple re-run on ABC Family and against all odds was #2 at the US box office last weekend, 27 years after its summer (?) release. Remember to VOTE in the upcoming election and encourage others to...
"See ya later, Band-Aid breath!" Spooky Slime Season Begins! In this 80’s cult classic, a group of grade-school horror movie lovers find themselves in a real life monster mash when Dracula and his contemporaries - the Wolfman, the Mummy, and Frankenstein - descend upon their town in search of an ancient book. Proto-Slime mischief ensues!
In a very special episode of Slimehouse we chat with actor Christopher McDonald. Perhaps best known for his role as Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore, McDonald has appeared in a slew of Slimehouse titles including Flubber, House Arrest, Leave it to Beaver, Monkey Trouble, and Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams. He is often entangled in a love triangle, a grimy stepdad, or often both! In this exclusive interview, Christopher McDonald walks us through each of these iconic roles as well as other care...
"I can get you the house - kids may be a problem!" Join us for a look at an overlooked gem of a Slimehouse movie, 1996's House Arrest. A group of children, desperate to keep their various parents from getting divorces, kidnap them and hold them prisoner in a basement in order to force them to reconcile. Mischief and hijinks ensue! In this episode we talk about slimehouse tropes, music, animals, food, and the colorful cast which includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Christopher McDonald, Jenni...
"Doesn't he have a book to read?" John Hughes' 1985 film Weird Science, is what we'd call 'proto-slime', a movie that lays the groundwork for the narrative and thematic tropes that populate the genre. We chat about what has -- and mostly hasn't -- aged well, the problematic humor of Hughes, hidden cultural artifacts, and most importantly, its standing in the Slimehouse history books. Show notes available at Slimehousepod.com
"It's flying rubber!" Our first full episode! Join Jared Anderson, Jasper Bernbaum, Max Morris, H. Nelson Tracey, and a special guest from Godzillavangelists , Sam Schlenker as they ~goo~ deep on a quintessential film in the Slimehouse canon, Flubber. We dive in on the hallmark genre tropes in the 1997 classic, as well as the great Robin Williams, basketball's genre prominence , and of course, the green goo itself. More episode notes and details here! Tune in every week for a new movie in the Sl...
IT BEGINS! Slimehouse is a new podcast defining an underappreciated genre of cinema full of outrageous hijinks, crude humor, and mild language. Learn about the origins of the name and the Letterboxd list that brought us together, and some context for what we'll be talking about and the fun we'll be having. For this first episode we're joined by fellow Slime enthusiast Sam Schlenker of Godzillavangelists . The inaugural episode is a quick introduction to the world of Slime. Be sure to tune in eve...
