What's that? The chilly nip of Shocktober on the wind? That's right, kiddies! It's your old pal the Flopkeeper, with another spookifying or snorifying yarn! It's called Night Swim , and it's about a HAUNTED POOL! Is there pee in the pool too? Probably! Terrifying! Grab your goggles and let's dive in! We're in season 2 of FlopTV! Pop in for individual episodes, or get a price break with a season pass! Peruse the full line-up and/or get tickets here ! And hey, while you’re clicking on stuff, why n...
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 435
Sharlene Wellington drops by to talk to us about 1985's aerobics romance Perfect , and her new endeavor Jiggle Studio ! Sharlene's Kickstarter! FlopTV episode 2 is tonight! You can pop in for individual episodes, or get a price break with a season pass — more info (including the full line-up) and tickets available here ! And hey, while you’re clicking on stuff, why not subscribe to our NEWSLETTER, “Flop Secrets ?!”...
Oct 05, 2024•40 min
For our second Smalltember/Smallvember pick, we take on a film that Dan vetoed last year because he feared his fragile psyche could not take a repeat viewing, but -- like a bad giant golden robot -- it always turns up! Robot in the Family is its name, and it's a sustained 85 minute panic attack in the form of a low-budget 90's "family" comedy. FlopTV is going strong! You can pop in for individual episodes, or get a price break with a season pass — more info (including the full line-up of films d...
Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 434
Elliott asks us a simple, but nearly impossible question -- which films best represent each month in the calendar year? The answers are predictably chaotic. FlopTV is going strong! You can pop in for individual episodes, or get a price break with a season pass — more info (including the full line-up) and tickets available here ! And hey, while you’re clicking on stuff, why not subscribe to our NEWSLETTER, “Flop Secrets ?!”...
Sep 21, 2024•45 min
It's that time of year again! Smalltember (or Smallvember, if you're nasty)! For our kickoff "smaller" bad movie pick, we took a recommendation from our podcast network colleague, the esteemed Mr. Justin McElroy, and watched Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders , starring Flop House recurring offender, Jon Voight. It's a mashup of Clue and Saw that takes a turn you will not be expecting with those reference points. Take a listen, and unravel the mystery! FlopTV is going strong! You can pop in for ...
Sep 14, 2024•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 433
Director of Programming at Brooklyn's Nitehawk Cinema and longtime friend of the show Cristina Cacioppo drops by, to answer all of our questions about being a film programmer. Season 2 of FlopTV, all about BAD SEQUELS, debuts tonight! Individual episodes and season pass tickets are available here ! And hey, while you’re clicking on stuff, why not subscribe to our NEWSLETTER, “Flop Secrets ?!” Head to factormeals.com/flop50 and use code flop50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next ...
Sep 07, 2024•1 hr 7 min
From the visionary mind of John Krasinski, Stuart's number one favorite human, comes IF ! It's a whimsical tale about how imaginary friends are real and we should have them even as adults, and if we decide to forget them, they'll die or something! Did this sit well with us? Probably not! But it led to one of our best live shows ever, so we hope you enjoy our pain. Season 2 of FlopTV kicks off NEXT WEEK, and tickets are available here ! You can pop in for individual episodes, or get a price break...
Aug 31, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 432
Stuart leads this mini, wherein we discuss which are the best films to screen to help explain modern life to an unfrozen caveman. We just announced season 2 of FlopTV, all about BAD SEQUELS! You can pop in for individual episodes, or get a price break with a season pass — more info (including the full line-up) and tickets are available here ! And hey, while you’re clicking on stuff, why not subscribe to our NEWSLETTER, “Flop Secrets ?!”...
Aug 24, 2024•1 hr 2 min
We celebrate 17 years of The Flop House by discussing Wish , the movie that was supposed to celebrate 100 years of Disney animation, but was mostly met with a resounding, "Meh." Did that ol' Disney magic work any better on us? Listen to find out! We just announced season 2 of our monthly live streaming video show FlopTV! And because this is FTV 2, this season is all about BAD SEQUELS! You can pop in for individual episodes, or get a price break with a season pass -- more info (including the full...
Aug 17, 2024•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 431
Apologies to the ecologically and morally-responsible vegans and vegetarians in our audience, but today's episode is an exploration of cinematic meats, as Elliott takes us through one of the least-essential top ten lists in movie criticism history! Our live show, Three Men and a Hallie , is still viewable for ticket-holders (or new purchasers) thru August 18! If you missed it, there's still time!
Aug 10, 2024•43 min
Elliott long claimed we would NEVER do the Garbage Pail Kids Movie , due to its extreme unpleasantness, but it only took a live show and the participation of our most GPK-pushing pal, Mr. Griffin Newman, of the excellent Blank Check podcast to break his resolve. What other core principles can we make Elliott discard? Keep listening in the years to come, and we'll see! Also, for all those Hallie fans out there, remember that our next streaming show “Three Men and a Hallie” debuts tomorrow, with t...
Aug 03, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 430
Sure, Roman and Elliott might have all the heat with their excellent 99% Invisible series on The Power Broker , but that doesn't mean that Dan can't try something incredibly stupid! Check out our live show Three Men and a Hallie , tickets on sale now! Show debuts on August 4, and you can view any time for the following two weeks!...
Jul 27, 2024•59 min
What's scarier than sharks? How about FRENCH sharks?!? The Flop House goes international to discuss the French-produced, Netflix-released shark attack thriller Under Paris (aka "Sous la Seine"). And hey, while you're listening, why not subscribe to our NEWSLETTER, “Flop Secrets ?!" Also, for all those Hallie fans out there, remember that our next streaming show "Three Men and a Hallie" has tickets on sale now! Wikipedia page for Under Paris Recommended in this episode: Maxxxine (2024) Longlegs (...
Jul 20, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 429
No, not Spider-Man. He's a menace! A menace, I say! Instead we got the amazing opportunity to talk with the REAL Tom Holland -- the one 80s kids will remember -- the writer, director, or writer-director of horror movies and thrillers including Child's Play, Fright Night, Thinner, Class of 1984, Cloak & Dagger, Scream For Help, and Psycho II. As three nerds who grew up with this stuff, you can imagine how excited we were to talk to Mr. Holland, and he was just a delight! We hope you enjoy it as m...
Jul 13, 2024•54 min
Get tickets for our streaming show where the 3 of us and HALLIE HAGLUND discuss Three Men and a Baby! https://www.stagepilot.com/baby Subscribe to our NEWSLETTER! https://www.flophousepodcast.com/2024/06/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/
Jul 12, 2024•2 min•Ep. 429
We had to do it. We had to return to that ol' Rebel Moon to see what happened to all our favorite space pals, like... uh... there was the one guy who trained like, a bird dragon? And, um... Lady Sword-haver? And Charlie Hu-- no, wait, he was killed in the first one because he was a traitor. There's definitely a Scargiver in this one, though. That one we're 100% on. Oh Zack Snyder. We wish we could quit you. But like, for serious. We're very tired. Have you subscribed to our new NEWSLETTER, "Flop...
Jul 06, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Ep. 428
Dan briefly confuses everybody with talk about Garfield , before steering the boys into a discussion of their birthday twins, and related films. (Just listen. It'll make sense. Eventually.) Check out Howell Dawdy (aka Producer Alex)’s new album!
Jun 29, 2024•56 min
We were super-excited to welcome Meredith Scardino, the brilliant writer of a billion comedy things , but most recently the creator and showrunner of the hilarious Girls5Eva . If you haven't watched, please ask yourself what you've been doing with your life, then run over to Netflix to correct your error. We'll wait. Once you're done, you'll be all the MORE excited to hear her discuss 1994's Disclosure , a film that (in the words of Dan's Letterboxd ) "Begins as a dumb and offensive sexual haras...
Jun 22, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 427
Stuart brings a surprise guest, and a surprising new business venture for the Flop House. Catch us LIVE in Boston ! Check out Howell Dawdy (aka Producer Alex)'s new album! Right now, Aura has a great deal for Father’s Day. Listeners can save on the perfect gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $30-off on their best-selling frame. This deal ends June 18, so don’t wait! Use code FLOP at checkout to save....
Jun 15, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Alonso Duralde , of our sister Max Fun podcast Maximum Film and many other projects joins us to discuss something that is, technically, a film, and not a pile of feces. But it's a tough call! In honor of Pride Month and also Alonso's new book Hollywood Pride , our guest pitched us some bad LGBTQ+ themed movies, and (in lieu of trashing some failed films with their hearts in the right place) we decided to critique one of the most retrograde comedies of the 2000s: motherfucking Boat Trip . Did we ...
Jun 08, 2024•2 hr 58 min•Ep. 426
Elliott quizzes the other Flop House boyz (tm) about movies featuring modern society's biggest achievement and greatest bane -- computers! Catch us LIVE in Boston !
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 7 min
The Novelizers is a podcast that takes a beloved film, gives each scene to a TV comedy writer to novelize, and then gives those scenes to a comedian or actor to narrate. Plus interviews with the people who (may or may not have) made the original film. This episode has a chapter WRITTEN BY DAN MCCOY and READ BY JOHN HODGMAN! It also features an improvised interview with some people who "worked on the Matrix" (actually ELLIOTT KALAN and DAN MCCOY PLAYING SILLY CHARACTERS!) It's a must-listen podca...
May 28, 2024•37 min
We're going into the matrix this week, in honor of Dan and Elliott's contributions to an upcoming episode of the very funny The Novelizers podcast , where comedy writers "novelize" part of a blockbuster movie from the past -- Dan wrote a "chapter" of the original The Matrix (read by our friend John Hodgman !), and he and Elliott appear on the episode playing characters who worked behind the scenes on the movie. Look for that soon, but in the meantime, enjoy this flashback discussion of The Matri...
May 25, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Ep. 425
We finally got our pal Matt Singer , author of the wonderful book Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever , on the show to talk about the team who defined movie criticism for a generation. Also Dan leads a silly Siskel & Ebert related half-game. Catch us LIVE in Boston ! Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code FLOP at Manscaped.com ....
May 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min
We were so happy when we learned that Linda Holmes was a fan of the show , and even HAPPIER to get her on an episode! Were we equally happy to watch Baby Geniuses ? Well... you know... You can't always be happy all the time. Once you learn that, then YOU will be the true baby genius. This is the FINAL WEEKEND you can watch our SPEED 2 live show , VOD, before it goes away on Sunday, May 19 at 11:59PM ET! But if you prefer your live shows really live, there's still stuff coming up! We’ve got some ...
May 11, 2024•2 hr 58 min•Ep. 424
Inspired by his recent trip with Dan to catch The Ambulance at a local rep screening (part of the Ridiculous/Sublime series programmed by our old pal Cristina ) Stuart runs through a brief installment of Missed That Movie (tm) before leading a discussion of the works of low-middle-budget maestro Larry Cohen , he of the grabby premise and wild performances. There's much discussion of trailers to Cohen's films, so if you wanna watch, check the show notes below! If you missed the premiere of our SP...
May 04, 2024•1 hr 14 min
What is the secret to Argylle ?!? Is the CAT the spy? Did Taylor Swift write it?!? Is it the obvious twist that Dan guessed after a moment of thought having only seen the trailer?!? Is it that it doesn't work at all as a movie, but at least it's not as relentlessly boring as a lot of Flop House topics?!? It's definitely at least two of those things! Tonight is our SPEED 2 live show , and tickets are still available! All 3 of us will be IN THE CHAT, watching along, tonight! BUT if you can't join ...
Apr 27, 2024•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 423
In honor of Elliott's long-lost blog critiquing the Oscars, and in honor of the Criterion Channel's recent "Razzie" collection , and in dishonor of the Razzies themselves , Dan guides the intrepid flop team through past winners of America's foremost bad movie awards, and why they're always wrong wrong wrong. We partnered with StagePilot to film our SPEED 2 live show as a streaming event ! The debut is Saturday, April 27th at 7PM ET, and the three hosts will be IN THE CHAT at that time, BUT THERE...
Apr 20, 2024•56 min
FINALLY after suffering through all of those bad movies, we get a treat! Patrick Swayze's Ro... what? What's that we're hearing? It's the remake? Goddamn it. Well maybe Road House 2024 will have some charms of its own. I guess y'all will need to listen to find out. We partnered with StagePilot and their talented crew to film our SPEED 2 live show as a streaming event ! The debut is Saturday, April 27th at 7PM ET, and the three hosts will be IN THE CHAT watching along with viewers at that time, B...
Apr 13, 2024•2 hr 54 min•Ep. 422
Elliott takes a look back at 100 Flop House minis, and that is absolutely the only thing that happens, and no special guest arrives with any particular fixation on sandworm-related science fiction. We partnered with StagePilot and their talented crew to film our SPEED 2 live show as a streaming event ! The debut is Saturday, April 27th at 7PM ET, and the three hosts will be IN THE CHAT watching along with viewers at that time, BUT THERE IS ALSO A VIEWING WINDOW -- folks can rewatch or watch for ...
Apr 06, 2024•37 min
