161 - Virtuosity
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160 - The Ghost and the Darkness
Tim and Jen enlist animal expert Emma Bowers (Hyenas and Gin on YouTube) to explain why the fascinating story of two man-eating lions resulted in a boring movie called The Ghost and the Darkness.
sick days
Hey folks! Jen here to explain why you’re still waiting patiently for this month's episodes. It is the time of year for my customary Protracted Upper Respiratory Infection, which has put somewhat of a dent in productivity here at HYST headquarters (not to mention my voice). We are, however, pla...
2023-01-19 08:08:24 +0000 UTC View Post159 - Blonde
Jen and Tim welcome returning guest Darren Herczeg to go to bat for an almost universally loathed Netflix feature, Blonde. Naturally, the trio revel in the film’s grotesque and overt misogyny while twirling their mu...
2023-01-08 23:03:56 +0000 UTC View Postour first video release!
Hey subscribers! While you're waiting for the next episode, why not sample a short video featuring your hosts? We riffed, MST3K-style, a weird old p0rnographic* cartoon we found embedded in a German sex film from the 1970s. This one's spicy, so maybe don't watch it around those with innocent eyes...
2023-01-01 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Postholiday update!
Our next episode will cover the widely reviled Netflix biopic, BLONDE, which is, of course, about Marilyn Blonde. We'll update you soon with a release date. In the meantime, we here at HYST wish you a joyous holiday if you celebrate, and if you're working, we hope they let you off early!
-J...
2022-12-24 23:50:18 +0000 UTC View Post158 - Gymkata
Tim and Jen try and fail to recall the name of Olympian swimmer Michael Phelps as they discuss Olympian gymnast Kurt Thomas’s sole feature film, Gymkata.
Jen’s half-assed inaccurate anecdote about Phelps being considered to play Tarzan is actually true, albeit not the way she told it. P...
2022-12-18 21:59:51 +0000 UTC View Post157 - Speed Racer
Jen and Tim welcome Speed Racer evangelist Paul Jay to talk about, uh, the 2008 flop Speed Racer.
Over at culture blog The Sundae, Dean Buckley makes a case against Speed Racer as “art fil...
2022-12-11 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View Posthappy colonialist oppressor feast day!
In light of the holiday, look for our next free episode on Sunday, December 2nd. And remember, you don't have to argue with your conservative relatives; you can always just steal the pumpkin pie and eat it in your car!
2022-11-23 04:56:49 +0000 UTC View Post156 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch
They just can't stop witchin'! Tim and Jen continue the unending spooky season with a franchise entry that pleased no one, Halloween III: Season of the Witch!
2022-11-20 22:53:28 +0000 UTC View Post155 - Season of the Witch
Jen and Tim attempt to purge the lingering memory of a certain occult-y art film with a viewing of an early George Romero work, Season of the Witch.
In case you had no idea what he was getting at, Tim’s latest thing is calling 2022-11-13 19:54:06 +0000 UTC View Post
154 - Found Footage Horror Party
Your hosts range widely and freely on the topic of horror: specifically, found footage horror. The films discussed are The McPherson Tape, The Blair Witch Project, Backrooms, and Horror in the High Desert.
2022-10-30 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post153 - The Love Witch
Tim and Jen are dumbfounded by a universally praised and vacantly pretty auteur statement, The Love Witch!
Rotten Tomatoes shows The Love Witch to be a darling of critics with a rating of 95% (audiences ...
2022-10-24 02:35:46 +0000 UTC View Post152 - Spaced Invaders
Jen and Tim enjoy a silly 1990 comedy with startlingly good practical effects, Spaced Invaders!
Director/writer Patrick Read Johnson’s long-gestating nostalgia trip, 5-25-77, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 22, 2022. In the meantime, you can read 2022-10-17 04:28:05 +0000 UTC View Post
spooky season schedule
Hey listeners! Due to everyone's schedule being chaotic, the bonus episode that would normally have appeared tonight will drop later in the week. You'll be getting a full slate of content for the month, it's just that some of it is still squeezing through the tubes, as it were. Stay tuned for fur...
2022-10-10 04:16:40 +0000 UTC View Post151 - Return to Oz
Tim and Jen start spooky season early with a shockingly dark release from Disney, Return to Oz.
Jen forgot to mention that the main reason the film does not resembles the MGM film from 1939 apart from the Ruby Slippers™ is because all of the trappings of the MGM version were and are copyr...
2022-09-25 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post150 - Head
For their one hundred and fiftieth episode (!), Jen and Tim welcome animation expert Jerry Beck to talk about the worst cartoons ever made and the Monkees’ super freak out, Head!
Visit Jerry’s website for all the animati...
2022-09-20 19:13:15 +0000 UTC View Postour 150th episode!…will be late
Due to familial obligations, our next episode will be delayed until Tuesday. Please accept our apologies and this link providing a hint as to the episode’s content!
-Jen
2022-09-19 06:18:27 +0000 UTC View Post149 - Give My Regards to Broad Street
Jen hosts the delightful Jane Altoids of Pacino Pod to perform an autopsy on one of the worst vanity projects ever made: Give My Regards to Broad Street!
Director Peter Webb’s BAFTA-winning short 2022-09-11 23:43:06 +0000 UTC View Post
148 - mother!
Tim and Jen defend a movie you either love or hate, Darren Aronofsky’s mother!
See crybaby Kyle Smith’s review of mother! at the world’s...
2022-08-28 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post147 - R.O.T.O.R.
Jen and Tim finally tackle one of their shared albatrosses— the Robocop before Robocop, R.O.T.O.R.!
Isadora Fox wrote a piece in memory of actress Margaret Trigg for New York magazine back in 2004. Th...
2022-08-25 03:21:43 +0000 UTC View Posthit it
The next bonus episode will drop later today! Thank you all for your patience.
-Jen
2022-08-24 18:02:40 +0000 UTC View Postappy polly loggies
Due to unforeseen circumstances (see attached gif), Sunday's bonus episode will be delayed. We'll let you know when it's on the way, ideally in a day or two, and thanks in advance for your patience!
In the meantime, may we recommend 2022-08-20 22:48:58 +0000 UTC View Post
146 - Enter the Void
Tim gets a little treat this month— we talked about one of his personal favorites, Gaspar Noé’s trippy version of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Enter the Void!
145 - The Two Jakes
Jen and Tim marvel at the cursed, ill-conceived, bloated sequel to Chinatown, The Two Jakes.
Errata: Jen was wrong and Polanski fled the country in February of 1978, not 1977.
The Two Jakes derailed the Robert Towne/Jack Nicholson friendship, which had been forged in the early 60s wh...
2022-07-31 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post144 - Fatal Beauty
Tim and Jen host Jacques of the Seeking Derangements podcast so they can hold forth about a personal favorite: Fatal Beauty starring Whoopi Goldberg!
Jacques somewhat confused the timeframe of Whoopi’...
2022-07-25 05:29:43 +0000 UTC View Post143 - Wet Hot American Summer
Jen and Tim fight to a standstill over a comedy that flopped in theaters, Wet Hot American Summer.
Tim incorrectly identifies co-writer Michael Showalter as director. It was David Wain, not that Tim gives a fuck.
The five episodes of sketch comedy show The State produced by MTV have b...
2022-07-19 02:35:30 +0000 UTC View Postjoin us in the Discord!
Hey friends!
Remember that if you’re supporting us at the $5 or above, you have access to the Have You Seen This Discord! So far it’s been a low-key place for joking around and shar...
2022-07-04 21:16:45 +0000 UTC View Post142 - Money Movers
Tim and Jen welcome Doug Waugh of B-Movie TV and the Slashers podcast to discuss an overlooked Australian heist film that’s heaps good: Money Movers!
141 - S.F.W.
No truer words were spoken about this movie than “So Fucking What.” Jen and Tim welcome Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio to talk about a justly forgotten 90s something-or-other called S.F.W.