Once upon a time there was this movie we all kinda liked - it was about a boy with scissors for hands. Hands? Scissors? NO stupid, scissor hands! It's the tale of an inventor (Vincent Price) who only makes three things: cookies, companions out of machinery, and the good decision to dip early by dropping dead at the very beginning. Many years pass before before struggling Avon lady, Peg (Dianne Wiest) decides to do a lil' B&E on the spooky mansion on top of the hill at the end of the cu...
Dec 03, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep 78•Transcript available on Metacast Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter 2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper An all star cast featuring *deep breath* John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Roseanna Arquette, Alexis Arquette, Phil LaMarr, Uma Thurman (and her big ass feet) in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. An extra long holiday tr...
Nov 26, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast Paranormal psychologists, Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), Ray Stantz (Dan Akyroyd) and Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) are facing expulsion from the University. They decide to go into business for themselves as spectral eliminators and their first client is a doozy. Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) is just trying to live her best cellist life when she finds her fridge (then herself) possessed when her nerdy neighbor Louis (Rick Moranis) follows, bringing about the coming of Gozer. With the help of ever...
Nov 19, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast Don't be fooled by the murders that we got, we're just Doom Gen from the mental block. Social worker Catherine Deane (J-Lo) is tapped to dive into the Whalen's Infracted mind of killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio) in order for rabid, over the top, shit heel FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) and his partner Gordon Ramsey (Jake Weber) to save a captive in a rapidly filling water tank. If you can get beyond the burley guardian and wade through the childhood trauma you may be able to save th...
Nov 12, 2022•1 hr•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast We're gonna shake, rattle and roll and buttle, sir - We like to keep things tidy. It's a dark and stormy night and we've received an invitation from Wadsworth (Tim Curry) to join him and the maid, Yvette (Colleen Camp) and several guests; Col. Mustard (Martin Mull), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn), Mrs Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Mr. Green (Michael McKean), Ms. Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), Prof. Plum (Christopher Lloyd) and the mysterious Mr. Boddy (Lee Ving) to get to the bottom of the blackmail...
Nov 05, 2022•57 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds - that is when the world will end. Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a boy going through it; he's dealing with bullies, grades, therapy, and visions of a time traveling bunny named Frank (James Duval) all while trying to meet the new girl in school (Jena Malone). Together they unravel a series of events that ends with the arrest of sleazy local conman and pervert Jim Cunningham (Patrick Swayze) but will anyone remember once the engine drops? Join us under the k...
Oct 29, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast Gather up the amulet and find yourself a virgin because it's time to save the world from a hostile monster takeover. Dracula (Duncan Regehr) has landed, literally, and he's bringing along his band of creeps; the Gillman (Tom Woodruff Jr.), the Mummy (Michael Reid MacKay), Frankenstein's monster (Tom Noonan) and Larry Talbot (Jon Gries) aka Wolfman (Carl Thibault) to throw humanity into darkness. They've gotta get through Sean (André Gower), Patrick (Robby Kiger), Horace (Brent Chalem), Eugene (M...
Oct 22, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast BFF - Best Frenemies Forever - Longtime besties Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep) and Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn) engage in an (after)life-long competition for beauty, fame, and the love of brilliant surgeon turned ghoul, Ernest Menville (Bruce Willis). In their quest for eternal youth they turn to Lisle Von Rhumen (Isabella Rossellini) for a chance to join the living dead in Beverly Hills. It's Nicole's birthday ya'll! Let's celebrate with Death Becomes Her this time on Doom Generation! Fo...
Oct 15, 2022•55 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast We attempt to keep up with comedy genius this week by following brilliant American surgeon Froderick Fronkenshteen (Gene Wilder) to Transylvania to claim his birthright and discover his calling as a true Frankenstein; with the help of his lab assistant Inga (Terri Garr) and his humble servant Eyegor (Marty Feldman). With his only interest being the preservation of life, he finds that his grandfather's work was not doo-doo after-all when he creates a handsome boy (Peter Boyle). They must avoid th...
Oct 08, 2022•53 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast Funny how secrets travel on...this time we're switching body cavities with Fred and Renee Madison (Bill Pullman and Patricia Arquette), or it is Pete and Alice (Balthazar Getty and Patricia Arquette)? Enter a psychogenic fugue state and hit the Lost Highway with the Mystery Man (Robert Blake) and Doom Generation. Dick Laurent is dead... Follow us on Instagram @doomgenerationpod and on Twitter @doomgenpod Join our Patreon at patreon.com/doomgeneration Featured promo: Rotten Treasure Podcast...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast It's time to bug out and save the human race from nuclear destruction. Meet the Applegates - Dick (Ed Begley Jr.), Jane (Stockard Channing), Sally (Camille Cooper), and Johnny (Bobby Jacoby) are living the American dream and are the most normal family in America. The neighbors (Glenn Shadix, Lee Garlington, and Adam Biesk) begin to have suspicions that the Applegates may not be who, or what, they seem. Hopefully, we accept that people are neat before Aunt Bea (Dabney Coleman) arrives with her ar...
Sep 24, 2022•57 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast It's time for the greatest Rankin/Bass animated adventure! We see Bilbo Baggins (Orson Bean) join up with an unlucky group of dwarves (Hans Conried, Jack DeLeon, Don Messick, and more) under the guidance of a mysterious wizard, Gandalf (John Huston). We match riddle wits with Gollum (Theodore Gottlieb) and burgle the dragon Smaug (Richard Boone) to make it there and back again with The Hobbit. This time on Doom Generation! Follow us on Instagram @doomgenerationpod and on Twitter @doomgenpod Help...
Sep 17, 2022•46 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast What better time than a harvest moon to bring you The Craft? We call the corners and get right down to the business of meeting Sarah (Robin Tunney), who has just moved to a new town with her family. She makes friends with the weird girls at school; Nancy (Fairuza Balk), Rochelle (Rachel True), and Bonnie (Neve Campbell) and for some reason can't seem to stay away from the school sleaze ball, Chris (Skeet Ulrich). Sarah joins the girls' coven as their 4th so they can finally call the corners and ...
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast To grandmother's house we go! This week we've added an extra warning cuz it's about to get UGLY. Vanessa Lutz (Reese Witherspoon) is hitting the I-5; trying to leave her questionable past, unstable family (Amanda Plummer and Michael T. Weiss), and loving boyfriend Chopper (Bokeem Woodbine) behind in order to better her life. Before she can make it to grandma's, she's gotta get past the Big Bad Wolverton (Kiefer Sutherland) and make some new friends (Brittany Murphy and Alanna Ubach) along the wa...
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast It was 70 years ago, on a night just like tonight...why, tonight's the anniversary! It's Paul Reubens 70th birthday and we are celebrating by bringing you Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. The best bike in the whole world has been stolen and we're hitchhiking to the Alamo to search the basement with a crazy cast of characters, this time on Doom Generation. Follow us on Instagram @doomgenerationpod and on Twitter @doomgenpod Join our Patreon at patreon.com/doomgeneration Featured promo from The Cult...
Aug 27, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast God, we love this street! We're the new neighborhood watch joining the Petersons (Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher), the Rumsfelds (Bruce Dern and Wendy Schaal), Art (Rick Ducommun), and Ricky (Corey Feldman) as they spy on the spooky new additions to Mayfield Place, the Klopeks (Henry Gibson, Courtney Gains, and Theodore Gottlieb). Did they BBQ Walter? Set up a lawn chair on the porch and find out; we got the pizza dude coming. The 'Burbs - this time on Doom Generation Follow us on Instagram @doomge...
Aug 20, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast School is back in session so you better make roll call for the 40th anniversary of Amy Heckerling's year in the life of an 80's California high schooler. Cool kids Spicoli (Sean Penn), Brad (Judge Reinhold), Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and Linda (Phoebe Cates) and not so cool kids Rat (Brad Backer) and Damone (Robert Romanus) navigate what turns out to be a much darker and confusing time than we remembered. Don't be late or Mr. Hand (Ray Walston) will tear up your schedule! Follow us on Instag...
Aug 13, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast We were not the most smartest this week as we are late. Sit down, have a bar, and follow our American Teen hopefuls (Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Brittany Murphy, and Amy Adams) on their way to realize their pageant dreams. Supported by their parents and family friends (Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janey, and Sam McMurray) these teens dodge exploding threshers, falling stage lights, and questionable shellfish all their quest for that coveted crown and sash. Follow us on Instagra...
Aug 06, 2022•57 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast Handymen Val (Kevin Bacon) and Earl (Fred Ward) are trying to get the hell out of Darwin - population 14. But can you smell that? it stinks and its Graboids We're gonna need to enlist the help of the local yokels (Victor Wong, Richard Marcus, Charlotte Stewart, Ariana Richardson, Tony Genaro and Bobby Jacoby) the Gummers (Michael Gross and Reba McEntire) and their arsenal of a few household chemicals in the proper proportions - Break into the wrong rec room this week mother humpers it's Tr...
Jul 30, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast H.I. McDunnough (Nic Cage) is a recovering robbery addict who is trying to settle down with the no-nonsense cop who takes his mugshots, Ed (Holly Hunter). They run into a major problem when Ed's womb turns out to be a rocky place where H.I.'s seed can find no purchase. Meanwhile, the locally famous Arizona family has been blessed five times over. Thinking it might be more than they can handle, the McDunnough's help themselves to Nathan Jr. to raise as their own. Naturally, this is the perfect ti...
Jul 23, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast Mrs. Brisby (Elizabeth Hartman) is in trouble. It's moving day and Timmy is sick. She must seek the help of smart mouse, Mr. Ages (Arthur Malet), magic rat Nicodemus (Derek Jacobi), and a Great Owl (John Carradine) that will haunt your nightmares to move her house to the leeee of the stooone. While beloved screwball crow Jeremy (Dom DeLuise) and Auntie Shrew (Hermoine Baddeley) keep an eye on the kids [Martin (Wil Wheaton), Teresa (Shannen Doherty), and the other two], we're going to learn the S...
Jul 16, 2022•56 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast The episode's done, man. When Mrs. Crandell (Concetta Tomei) has left the country and Mrs. Sturak (Eda Reiss Merin) up and dies, Mama Celeste decides that Swell Crandell (Christina Applegate) must find work at GAW with Rose Lindsey (Joanna Cassidy). Much to the chagrin of Carolyn (Jayne Brook) and her boyfriend Bruce (David Duchovny, why won't you love me?) Swell is right on top of that Rose while attracting the attention of disGUSting Gus (John Getz) and wiener boy Bryan (Josh Charles). In orde...
Jul 09, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast We had a little drink about an hour ago and it went straight to our heads, so tell 'em we went fishin. Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) has a problem on the shores of Amity and the snappy dressing Mayor (Murray Hamilton) has a blatant disregard for public safety. City boy Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) joins Brody and hard sharkin' Quint (Robert Shaw) aboard the decrepit Orca to hunt the killer shark Jaws (Bruce). The beaches stay open, this time on Doom Generation. Follow us on Instagram @doomgenerationpo...
Jul 02, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast Ugh! Get out of our facial...and into this episode! Buffy Summers (Kristy Swanson) is just your average teenager trying to find a balance between shopping, cheer, and slaying vampires. With training from Merrick (Donald Sutherland) and a little help from Pike (Luke Perry), she takes on the evil Lothos (Rutger Hauer) and his minions (Paul Reubens and David Arquette) to stop the vampire invasion of prom. We've got cramps tonight, this time on Doom Generation! Follow us on Instagram @doomgeneration...
Jun 25, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast This could be the episode that makes communication with all life forms possible, if we don't fail our history final most egregiously first. Luckily, our guide Rufus (George Carlin) is here to take Bill S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves) through a most bodacious trip into history with Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Be excellent to each other and PARTY ON DUDES (metal noises). Follow us on Instagram @doomegenerationpod for FREE bonus content Subscribe ...
Jun 18, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast Hold on to your butts! We're spending the weekend with Doctors Sattler (Laura Dern), Grant (Sam Neill), and Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum). We'll be walking the dinosaurs in nature through Jurassic Park. Try not to get eaten on this episode of Doom Generation. Follow us on Instagram @doomgenerationpod Support us @ patreon.com/doomgeneration for merch and bonus audio content
Jun 11, 2022•58 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast We're getting out of the city for a few days with our friends Larry (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard (Jonathan Silverman) to join the boss Bernie's (Terry Kiser) floating beach party! Join us for a wacky posthumous romp on the beach for Weekend at Bernie's. Follow us on Instagram @doomgenerationpod and Twitter @doomgenpod Join our Patreon at patreon.com/doomgeneration for rad merch and bonus audio clips Check out masfuntv.com to thank them for sponsoring this ad-free episode!...
Jun 04, 2022•56 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast People trusted us and they died, we gotta go down. To the beach! With the help of hot surfer chick Tyler (Lori Petty) FBI agents Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) and Angelo Pappas (Gary Busey) are hot on the trail of the Ex-Presidents bank robber gang (James LeGros, Bojesse Christopher, John Philbin) and their looney mooney leader Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) as they get radical along the coastline. Be here for the 50 year storm with Point Break. Follow us on Instagram @doomgenerationpod Join our Patr...
May 28, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Saturday, 8:00am, Shermer High School, Shermer Illinois: A brain (Anthony Michael Hall), an athlete (Emilio Estevez), a basket case (Ally Sheedy), a princess (Molly Ringwald), and a criminal (Judd Nelson) meet up in the library to do their time for whatever the fuck it is Dick Vernon (Paul Gleason) thinks they did wrong. Doom Generation is serving detention for our 50th episode. Don't you forget about us! Follow us on Instagram @doomgenerationpod and on Twitter @doomgenpod for free bonus content...
May 21, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast To celebrate the new series, we got girl drink drunk and talked about our favorites from the original run. We dig into some voodoo ham, head out to Buddy's gay bar, find our lost pen, get sexually harassed by Cabbage Head, and lay an egg-gasm with Chicken Lady. Listen NOW, or we will be forced to CRUSH YOUR HEADS! Find FREE bonus content on Instagram @doomgenerationpod Get PAID bonus content at https://www.patreon.com/doomgeneration
May 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast