Episodes
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Tonight we celebrate the (2nd*) holiest of slasher holidays we’re gonna be praying at the alter of Jason Voorhees by watching the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th. Specifically the Killer Cut because… why the fuck not!? So, Listen along as Brandon and Tony chat about all things Jason Voorhees, debate the best slasher remakes and rank the top 5 best breasts in the Friday the 13th series.
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Pack your bags, load up on bug spray and for the love of god don’t engage in any premarital sex because we’re celebrating the 7 year anniversary of the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast by heading back to the bloody shores of Camp Crystal Lake with an in-depth retrospective of 1988’s seminal slasher, Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood.
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As we inch closer to the release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire we’re gonna satiate our ectoplasmic lust by revisiting the previous entry Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Join Brandon and Fat Tony as they share their love for the Ghostbusters fandom.
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The month of March brings to mind many things ranging from Leprechauns and St. Patrick’s Day festivities but to sports fans this month is special because of March Madness where Division 1 college teams duke it out for basketball supremacy... Here at the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast we love our heavy metal and in 2024 will continue our new tradi- tion in the style of the famed NCAA single elimination tournament with a hard rockin’ twist! Tonight the Rant Army will album by album, song by song whittle down OZZY OSBOURNE’S stellar catalog to decide which head banging anthem will reign supreme and win HEAVY METAL MARCH MADNESS
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It’s that special time of year again where love is in the air and we invite all you out there in the Rant Army to spend Valentine’s Day with the man of your dreams… or in this case- nightmares! This has been a tradition we’ve held since the beginning but tonight we’re also celebrating the 40th anniversary of “A Nightmare Elm Street” with an in-depth retrospective of the inaugural exploits of everyone’s favorite dream slasher, Freddy Krueger. Joining us in the Black Lodge this month we have “Razor’s Edge” author Blake Best with an ode to his love for Nightmare 1. Not to be out done but we also have star, Jsu Garcia who will discuss his racial struggles in Hollywood and a breakdown of his infamous death scene.
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Happy 2024, Rant Army! Here’s to another great 365 days, 52 weeks and 12 months. Speaking of 12 months, that’s gonna important to what we have going on tonight. I am constantly being asked by you out there in the rant army for movie recommendations and It always gets my brain cells a churning as to what to recommend to our listening audience. It’s simply impossible to whittle the cavalcade of excellent possible options so fuck it- why do it when you can over do it instead !?! So, I’m gonna give you not 1 recommendation, I’m gonna give each and every one of you out there in the rant army 12 recommendations and short reviews. One for every month of 2024… but it comes with a cost and that cost will be your precious time because I am ordering the ranks of the rant army to watch all 12 of these movies over the next 365 days.
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If you took the surreal nature of a David Lynch film threw it into a blender with a dash Monty Python-esque sketch comedy, a dollop of meta humor ala Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job and copious amounts of mind altering hallucinogenics you might just get a series like we will be discussing this episode- the BBC4 cult classic, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace. Listen along as Brandon and Fat Tony, dive deep into all six episodes of the award winning but under appreciated series.
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Here at the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast we love horror movie, we love heavy metal and we love big breasted women with loose morals and low standards. However, despite that often times its unwatchable crap- we still love professional wrestling. Many a night has been spent in the Black Lodge debating all aspects of the squared circle but one burning question has been debated time and again with no clear answer… that ends tonight. This episode Brandon and the guys from Wrestling Recommendations will wrestler by wrestler whittle down and all-star roster to decide once and for all which wrestler to never hold the world title was the most deserving of a run with the belt in a single elimination tournament we’re calling the WRESTLE RANT RUMBLE! Sixteen enter but only one can main event the WRESTLE RANT RUMBLE!
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October season bring the anticipation of thrills and chills but rather than watch a bonafide classic the Rant Army are delving deep into the hugely polarizing and controversial Halloween II directed by Rob Zombie. Listen along as Halloween 2 is picked apart, damned and occasionally praised for how bonkers it is. Happy Halloween!
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After a 9 month delay Rants From the Black Lodge’s long awaited Friday the 13th Part 2 retrospective can finally be unleashed to the masses… and trust us, it was worth the wait. In addition to a highly researched retrospective you’ll also be treated to a guest appearance from Lauren Marie Taylor who gives insight to her infamous brown undies.
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Months later and we still can’t stop raving about Bride of Frankencon so we’ve decide release our career spanning (and off the rails) Q&A with “The Bad Boy of Production Design” Mick Strawn. Listen along as Mick tells behind the scenes stories about working on Boogie Night, accidentally meeting horror legend Michael Berryman, playing matchmaker between Robert England and his wife and so much more.
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This month Brandon and Fat Tony revisited one of the most disturbing films ever made, Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist” from 2009. This episode has been a long time in the making as the film holds the distinction as being the only movie of their adult lives to genuinely shock them. Will “Antichrist” still disturb the Rant Army; listen along and find out!
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To celebrate the 6 Year Anniversary of the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast Brandon and Fat Tony pop open a bottle of champagne and toast to the beginning of a brand new year of episodes headlined by an in-depth retrospective of 1976’s coming of age classic “Carrie” directed by the great Brian DePalma and adapted from the novel written by everybody’s favorite horror author and cocaine aficionado, Stephen King.
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With Bride of Frankencon an absolute success but unfortunately in the rear view mirror the Rant Army find themselves unable to let go of 3 of the best days of their life…so FUCK IT! Let’s take a trip back to Friday, June 9th 2023 where Brandon and Fat Tony were given the golden opportunity of a lifetime to host a Q&A with the star of the 1990’s tale of sluts and bolts, FRANKENHOOKER - the lovely and incredibly talented Patty Mullen!
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It’s Alive! It’s Alive… behold The Bride of Frankencon! The past 365 days have built to this moment, the can’t miss sequel of 2023 from the creators of “Frankencon” comes “The Bride of Frankencon.” Two days of fun and terror. Friday June 9th and Saturday June 10th located at the Hilton Knoxville Airport in Alcoa, Tennessee. This episode we’ll run down the impressive list of guests including Cult film director Frank Hennenlotter, “Frankenhooker” star Patty Mullen and tons of other silver screen favorites.
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Tonight’s we’ve got the pke scanning from an impish metamorph in the season 3 episode “The Copycat” then we’ll be crossing the streams on “Busters in Toyland” featuring Louis Tully and his insufferable nephew from season 6. So, listen along as they decide if “Bustin’ Makes Them Feel Good” or if these episodes are just plain “Busted!”
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During the month of May it’s customary to spotlight dear old mom with her very own holiday. Well tonight we’re gonna celebrate Mother’s Day with an in-depth retrospective of a slasher sequel that should have been aborted, 1989’s Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. Don’t worry, this episode is not all doom and gloom because we were lucky enough to have a couple of special guests stop by the Black Lodge this month so later on we’ll be hearing from the star of the Dream Child, Lisa Wlicox about the evolution of her character Alice from part 4 to part 5 then we’ll be hearing from our good buddy Mick Strawn about his work on the teaser trailer and why he left the production shortly after its completion. Lots of great stuff coming up; are you ready for Freddy!?!
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This month on Rants After Dark we’re getting into the St. Patrick’s spirit by watching our favorite gold coveting imp in his second cinematic exploit, Leprechaun 2. Will Brandon and Fat Tony sing this sequel’s praise… or damn it to schlock movie hell? Either way, alcohol will be consumed, dick jokes will be told and time will be wasted.
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The month March brings to mind many things ranging from Leprechauns and St. Patrick's Day festivities but to sports fans this month is special because of March Madness where Division 1 college teams duke it out for basketball supremacy... Here at the Rants From the Black Lodge Podcast we love our heavy metal and in 2023 we continue a new tradition in the style of the famed NCAA single elimination tournament with a hard rockin' twist. The Rant Army, song by song will whittle down the Metallica catalog to decide which head banging anthem will reign supreme. Album by album, each panelist will have 2 minutes to argue their pick for the best song and the tune with the most votes will advance in the tournament. In the event that each panelist picks a different song, there will be an elimination vote and the 2 remaining songs will be voted one with only one moving to the next round. This will continue until there is only one song left standing. Which Metallica song will win HEAVY METAL MARCH MADNESS III?
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