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Messed Up Movies
A podcast celebrating movies and filmmakers that embrace the unhinged, the insane, the outrageous, the off-kilter and all around kind of MESSED UP fun that you can't take your eyes off of.
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Most Messed Up Serial Killer Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sam, and Josh Hull investigate what makes the most depraved serial killer movies as we draft film festivals. We discuss the idea of the…
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The Stepford Wives (1975)
Today we do our best to resist the patriarchy and avoid being the husbands who insist on subservient wives. We discuss the pervasive gaslighting of Katherine…
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Send Help
Today on New Movie Monday, Heath and Sam do their best to provide for the podcast while Griffey is cast away recovering from appendicitis! We discuss what…
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Most Messed Up 2016 Film Festival Draft
Today Heath, Sam, Sophia and Josh Hull return to the year 2016 to unearth some movie magic. They discuss what what happening in film a decade ago and the rise…
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Insomnia (2002)
Today we search for some cold hard truth in Christopher Nolan's frigid remake of Insomnia. We discuss the films use of cold and never setting sunlight to…
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Mother of Flies
Today on New Movie Monday we roll around the soil with Death in Mother of Flies. We discuss the Adams Family's continued domination in low budget folk horror…
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Most Messed Up Horror Comedy Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia cower in fear at how much they laughed trying to find what makes the perfect Horror Comedy. The group discusses how to…
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Hellbender
This week we hit the Beat Dungeon for Punk Rock and Witchcraft in Hellbender. We discuss this Shudder Original's blend of the mother/daughter tale and…
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
On this New Movie Monday Griffey, Heath and Sam return to the 28 Years Later world to kneel at The Bone Temple. We discuss the movies cranked up human on human…
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Most Messed Up Creature Feature Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia destroy cities and each other as they draft the Most Messed Up Creature Feature Film Festival. We discuss what makes a…
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The Player
Today we are embroiled in a classic Hollywood murder...or the murder of classic Hollywood in The Player. We discuss the narrative dynamic between the…
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Primate
Today on New Movie Monday we battle mother nature with a talking iPad in Primate. We discuss the movie's throwback man in a monkey suit horror, the shocking…
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Most Messed Up Best of 2025 Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia heap praise on our favorite Messed Up Movies of 2025 in this Film Festival Draft. We discuss what stood out in our mind in…
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Basketcase
Today we carry our family trauma in a wicker basket in Basket Case. We discuss the now iconic bulbous design for Belial, the wonderfully enriching sleezy New…
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We Bury The Dead
Today on New Movie Monday we walk through broken dreams and zombies in We Bury The Dead. We unearth the movie's decision to amp up the heart rather than zombie…
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Most Messed Up Christmas Gifts Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sophia and Sam offer each other some of the most Messed Up Gifts from the history of cinema. The idea is to give a gift that given would…
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Gremlins 2
Today we have the most raucous New Years Eve ever with Gremlins 2. We tear into the film's existential dread, rank our favorite mutated Gremlins, and weigh the…
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Influencers
Today on New Movie Monday we return to exotic Locales and hot social media fueled murder in Influencers. We discuss the films return to the scene of the crimes…
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Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Happy Blood Soaked Holidays from your friends here at the Messed Up Movies Podcast and horrifying childhood trauma. Today we unwrap the gift that is Silent…
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Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
Today on New Movie Monday we load up our sack and axe in the new Silent Night, Deadly Night. We discuss this remakes balance of new and old ideas, the venom…
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The Surrender
Today we cross beyond life and straight into family drama in The Surrender. We discuss using the loss of a loved one to push characters deep into darkness, the…
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Today on New Movie Monday we return to a terrifying pizza joint in Five Night's at Freddy's 2. We discuss the FNAF series as begginer horror for younger…
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Dream Eater
Today on New Movie Monday we have a nightmare stay in Dream Eater. We discuss the films found footage set up with documentarian whose boyfriend is beset by…
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Highlander II: The Quickening
Today we learn there can indeed be more than one in Highlander II: The Quickening. We unpack the films insane sci-fi backstory and O-Zone dome, the new rules…
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A House of Dynamite
Today on New Movie Monday we hide under our desk and wait for the fall out of A House of Dynamite. We discuss the films decision to tell the story in three…
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The Loved Ones with Dooley
Today we are joined by our friend Dooley to attend a nightmare prom in The Loved Ones. We discuss the films deprave highschool dance scenes, the use of the…
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Bugonia
Today on New Movie Monday we are falling into the rabbit hole with Bugonia. We discuss the film's disturbing vison of today's world, the movies insane…
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The Platform
Today we climb and descend upon The Platform. We discuss the financial metaphor of the Vertical Self Management System, the ethical dillema's we the audience…
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Keeper
On this New Movie Monday we work through a long and messy realationship in Keeper. We unpack Osgood Perkins directing journey, the movies mixed metaphors, and…
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Spirited Away
Today we cross the threshold into a buffet of magic in Spirited Away. We discuss the elements that make Studio Ghibli movies feel grander than just a film, the…
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Frankenstein (2025)
On this New Movie Monday we build yet another body in Frankenstein (2025). We discuss how this adaptation leaves it's own mark on one. of the most retold tales…
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Titane
Today we press the Messed Up pedal to the metal in Titane. We discuss the films myriad of wild plots, the symbolic meanings behind the twisted metal flesh, and…
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Shelby Oaks
On this New Movie Monday we sink into the mystery of Shelby Oaks. We discuss Chris Stuckmann's directorial debut and influences, the film's use of found…
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The Gorgon
Today we avert our gaze from The Gorgon. We discuss the power shift between good guy Christopher Lee and villian Peter Cushing, the use of unrequited romance…
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Revenge of the Creature
Today we return to the Amazon just to turn around and head to...Florida in Revenge of the Creature. We discuss the change in setting and what it adds/takes…
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The Curse of the Werewolf
Today we grapple with the beast of our past in The Curse of the Werewolf. We discuss the film's gross origin of the wolf curse, Oliver Reed's steamy werewolf…
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The Man With the Black Umbrella
Today on this New Movie Monday we look a bit too deep into a murderous monster in The Man With the Black Umbrella. We discuss the films use of found footage…
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The Wolfman (1941)
Today we unleash our inner beast in The Wolfman. We discuss Lon Chaney Jr's iconic tormented turn as Larry Talbot, the rules of the werewolf curse, and the…
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Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
Today get in touch with our murderous feminine side in Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde. We discuss the films amazing effects having actor and actress share the same…
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The Invisible Man (1933)
Today we unleash our worst behavior as we become The Invisible Man. We discuss how this monster is the most evil of all the Universal Monster, the mind blowing…
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Black Phone 2
On this New Movie Monday we grapple the Grabber again in Black Phone 2. We cut into the movies Nightmare on Elm Street style horror, Ethan Hawkes new ice…
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Most Messed Up Haunted House Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sophia and Sam venture into some of the most insane Haunted Houses in cinematic history. We discuss what elements make the greatest…
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The Mummy (1959)
Today we unleash and ancient killer force in The Mummy. We discuss the more revenge focused tomb raiding story line, the value of having a giant Christopher…
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The Mummy (1932)
Today we look back through time and it looks back in The Mummy. We discuss the iconic mummified visage of Boris Karloff before he becomes and ashy old man, the…
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Frankenstein Created Woman
Today we add some sex appeal into our monstrous creation in Frankenstein Created Woman. We disect the transition from Frankenstein's God Complex into a more…
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V/H/S/Halloween
On this New Movie Monday we trick or treat with Shudder's new release V/H/S/Halloween. We breakdown the films multiple stories and wonder why so many of them…
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Most Messed Up Slumber Party Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sophia and Sam go back to their youth and draft their ultimate Slumber Party Film Festival. The idea is to create the ultimate night of…
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
Today we buy a ticket for one of the first Monster Royal Rumbles of all time in Frankenstein meets the Wolfman. We discuss how this flick began as a very good…
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The Curse of Frankstein
Today we dive into Hammer Horrors version of a Frankenstein movie in The Curse of Frankenstein. We cut open the value of an enhanced Frankenstein portrayed by…
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Frankenstein (1931)
Today we bring life to the early horror genre with one of the greatest horror movies ever made, Frankenstein. We discuss the iconic look and performance of…
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Good Boy
On this New Movie Monday we walk on all fours through a haunted house with a Good Boy. We dicuss the incredible dog centric gimmick of the film lead by Indy…
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Most Messed Up A24 Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia dive into a smattering of Hipster Horror as they try and draft an A24 Film Festival. We discuss what has made A24 the…
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Horror of Dracula
Today we follow Dracula to the UK and Hammer Horror in The Horror of Dracula. We discuss the differnce seeing Dracual in saturated colors brings, the feral…
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Dracula (1931)
Today we begin out October Marathon by listening to the children of the night in Dracula (1931). We discuss the juicy vein that Universal tapped with the…
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Strange Harvest
Today on New Movie Monday we are on the hunt for Mr. Shiny in Strange Harvest. We discuss the film's use of true crime formatting to add some reality to the…
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Most Messed Up Proto Horror Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia draft a film festival of Proto Horror films. What is Proto Horror? These are the horror movies that came out and changed…
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Your Monster
This week we give Dandino his final birthday gift, from his loving wife Andrea, Your Monster. We discuss the use of genre to get people to watch a drama, the…
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Him
On this New Movie Monday we train for greatness in Him. We unpack the playbook of the movies ever shifting art house reality, the horror of the pursuit of…
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Brigsby Bear
Today we celebrate creation in Brigsby Bear. We discuss the use of fantasy worlds to decipher brutal realities, the joy of creation becoming infectious, and…
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From Hell
Today we cut deep into the mythology of Jackt the Ripper in From Hell. We rip open the film's novel theory of who this famous monster really was, the journey…