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Swimfans

#1 EROTIC THRILLER/TEEN MOVIE PODCAST IN THE WORLD. TRUST NO GHOUL
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Episodes

Episode X7 - Terrifier 3 (w/ Vou Pinette)

Happy holidays to doves near and far! This week, we welcome back Ooze Correspondent Vou Pinette to the pod to discuss the annual Mariah Report, our horrible clown baby and the love and care what goes into a gory movie in 2024’s TERRIFIER 3! swimfanspod.com

Dec 19, 20241 hr 16 min

Episode 286 - The Seduction

This week on the pod, we discuss Morgan Fairchild’s arresting gaze, failing to ghoul effectively, and the consequences of not having a freak behind the camera in 1982’s THE SEDUCTION! swimfanspod.com

Dec 12, 20241 hr 2 min

Episode 285 - Death Game

This week on the pod, we talk man-sized aquariums, curly eyebrows, and when a movie’s sociopolitical messaging gets muddled in 1977’s DEATH GAME! patreon.com/swimfans

Dec 04, 20241 hr 1 min

Episode 284 - Unforgettable

As always, this year we’re thankful for our beautiful, perfect listeners. This week, we talk evil blonde women, DMing your enemy’s stalker, and a plea to be weirder in 2017’s UNFORGETTABLE! swimfanspod.com patreon.com/swimfans

Nov 28, 20241 hr 2 min

Episode 283 - The Fourth Man

This week, we talk about being weird to hot women, castration anxieties and Final Destination for gay people in 1983’s THE FOURTH MAN!

Nov 21, 202458 min

Episode 282 - Lisa

This week on the pod, we talk about the extended Arrested Development universe, sauceless serial killers, and the pitfalls of loosely sketching characters in 1990's LISA! swimfanspod.com patreon.com/swimfans

Nov 14, 20241 hr

Episode C6 - The Devil's Backbone

Happy birthday to Craig!! This week, we talk the power of lacking subtlety, the threat of fascism from within, and Josh stumbles through trying to talk about animation-style staging in 2001’s THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE! A word from the show, as well: especially to our American listeners, we here as a very queer and very leftist podcast are feeling rough as well. Take care of yourself and your community. Solidarity forever. www.patreon.com/swimfans...

Nov 07, 20241 hr 16 min

Episode 281 - Hatching (w/ Vou Pinette)

Happy Halloween, our little ghouls and goblins!!! Wrapping up Bloodbath, we welcome our Ooze Correspondent Vou Pinette back on the pod to discuss quote-unquote "Finland", the horror of influencer moms, and the metaphorical rendering of trauma and the self in 2022's HATCHING! patreon.com/swimfans

Oct 31, 20241 hr 4 min

Episode 280 - You Should Have Left (w/ Megan Tan)

This week on the pod, we’re joined by visual artist Megan Tan to discuss houses being weird, disturbing events at the greengrocer and the seminal Anti-Wife Guy in 2020’s YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT!

Oct 24, 20241 hr 12 min

Episode 279 - I Saw the TV Glow (w/ Kyle Daileda)

This week on the pod, we’re joined by comics and publishing professional Kyle Daileda to discuss the fantasy of media being intimate, the horror of never self-actualizing, and if doing Videodrome was good, actually in 2024’s I SAW THE TV GLOW! swimfanspod.com patreon.com/swimfans

Oct 16, 20241 hr 13 min

Episode 278 - Return of the Living Dead

The radio crackles: “Send more doves!”. This week, we talk a brief history of zombie movies, anti-boss propaganda, and an inexplicably west coast vision of Louisville in 1985’s RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD! swimfanspod.com

Oct 08, 20241 hr 6 min

Episode 277 - The Night House

Bloodbath season is upon us once again! This week in our horror block, we talk when Nothing is too much of something, how much we all love mazes, and coworkers trying to win an inappropriate-off in 2020’s THE NIGHT HOUSE!

Oct 03, 20241 hr 9 min

Episode 276 - The Cell (w/ Corryn Moe)

This week on the show, we’re joined by brain-jumping correspondent Corryn Moe to talk converting to D’onofrioism, dog accomplices, and the strong division of thought on spooky dolls in 2000’s THE CELL!

Sep 26, 20241 hr 18 min

Episode 275 - Dad Crush

This week, we have an ode to the sauceless and discuss Rusty Joiner, a sorrowful lack of a ghoul box, and a movie’s unwillingness to engage with its own perversions in 2018’s DAD CRUSH!

Sep 19, 20241 hr 5 min

Episode 274 - Lust, Caution

This week on the podcast, we talk elite fabric movies, Tony Leung and Tony Leung accessories, and Craig and Josh's descent into being mahjong aunties in 2007's LUST, CAUTION! https://patreon.com/swimfans https://linktr.ee/swimfans

Sep 13, 20241 hr 6 min

Episode 273 - Light Sleeper

This week in a return to erotic thrillers, we talk the horror of middle-aged disaffectation, theological cokeheads, and fawn over our favorite photographer of the male form in 1992’s LIGHT SLEEPER!

Sep 05, 20241 hr 10 min

Episode 272 - National Lampoon's Straight-to-DVD Hell

This week on the pod, we ask the biggest question of all: how do you like your sex? We talk government mandated nudity, the Italian-Nerd alliance, and Paris Hilton scholarship in our annual Choose Your Own Adventure episode: National Lampoon direct-to-DVD films! swimfanspod.com

Aug 29, 20241 hr 6 min

Episode 271 - Tetsuo the Iron Man (w/ Shannon Strucci)

Rounding out Ono-Sendai, we’re joined by video editor and critic Shannon Strucci as we talk tibia rebar, being a gay metal slab with an evil twink, and strange observations about Atlanta in 1989’s TETSUO THE IRON MAN!

Aug 22, 20241 hr 8 min

Episode 269 - Peep "TV" Show (w/ Niamh Schönherr)

This week on the pod, we welcome back number one podcaster in da world Niamh Schönherr to talk Neo-Sontag, the emotional distancing of the camera and all that entails, and the inherent subjectivity of filming reality in 2003’s PEEP “TV” SHOW!

Aug 08, 20241 hr 12 min

Episode 268 - The Matrix Reloaded (w/ Em Kundrot)

This week on the pod, pro animator Em Kundrot @magical_grill joins us to talk sourdough starter characters, movies that take on too large a scope for it to handle, and how much we love Niobi in 2003’s THE MATRIX RELOADED!

Aug 01, 20241 hr 31 min

Episode 267 - Challengers (w/ Kyle Daileda)

This week, Josh is trapped in purgatory so we're taking a short Ono-Sendai break! Comics and publishing professional Kyle Daileda subs in to chat the power of yearning, how horny tennis is, and Zendaya fujoing out in 2024 film CHALLENGERS!

Jul 25, 20241 hr 8 min

Episode A5 - The Insider

Everybody rise as one accord: Happy birthday, Alex! This week, we’re talking nostalgia for a time when systems worked, the iceberg of Michael Mann, and dramatizing the news in 1999’s THE INSIDER!

Jul 18, 20241 hr 15 min

Episode 266 - The Fifth Element (w/ Joey Weiser)

This week, we welcome back comic artist Joey Weiser to talk the wonderful physicality of Milla Jovovich, exactly how many rockets a well-made bartop can truly take, and how good it feels to drop a beat overtop of an opera number in 1997's THE FIFTH ELEMENT!

Jul 11, 20241 hr 11 min

Episode 265 - A Scanner Darkly (w/ Leo Garcia)

This week on the pod, we're joined by storyboard artist Leo Garcia to talk the magical quality of listlessness, the careful balancing act between character and plot, and Josh shares his favorite biblical references in 2006's A SCANNER DARKLY!

Jul 04, 20241 hr 2 min

Episode 264 - Cypher (w/ Joel Hocking)

This week on the pod, radio big brother Joel Hocking is back to talk the litany of false wives, the virtue of the medium-serious movie and the fine art of drivel (complimentary) in 2002’s CYPHER!

Jun 27, 20241 hr 9 min

Episode 263 - Dark City (with Matthew Tucciarone)

Your favorite Movie Cenobites are back to talk with beloved guest and Heroes Three co-host Matthew Tucciarone to discuss everything-but-the-kitchen-sink narratives, runaway train pacing, and being full of bugs in an eternal night in 1998's DARK CITY! Check us out on Patreon! swimfanspod.com

Jun 20, 20241 hr 7 min

Episode 262 - Neptune Frost

This week, we celebrate the effectiveness of surrealism, the power of the archetype, cyberpunk in its truest form, and once again manage to mention Susan Sontag in 2021's NEPTUNE FROST! swimfanspod.com patreon.com/swimfans

Jun 13, 20241 hr 10 min

Episode 261 - Virtuosity

WELCOME TO ONO-SENDAI 2! From the Director of the Lawnmower Man, it's Virtuosity!!! i actually rewatched the lawnmower man the other day. i found a copy of the director's cut which is (somehow) about 30 minutes longer. it much more clearly shows the directors ambitions to make something like a universal monster movie but for the 90s. it has a morally questionable scientist and a monster. the ambitions are quickly abandoned in favor of cg NONSENSE, but i'm happy there's a director's cut out there...

Jun 07, 202459 min

Episode 260 - Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend

This week, by popular demand, we talk late-night TV specials that change the trajectory of your life, absurdly high-budget hentai, and Josh's new favorite boytoy Amano Jyaku in 1989's UROTSUKIDOJI: LEGEND OF THE OVERFIEND! * please pay special attention to the content warnings on this one! swimfanspod.com patreon.com/swimfanspod

May 30, 202457 min
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