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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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The Long Walk
Today on New Movie Monday we lace up our boots and walk through a nightmarish American landscape in The Long Walk. We unpack the rules and weaponization of the…
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Toxic Avenger (2023)
On this New Movie Monday we return to Tromaville in a new Toxic Avenger film. We discuss the odd journey from creation to unrater theatrical experience, the…
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Conan the Barbarian
Today we pray to Krom for our revenge in Conan the Barbarian. We discuss the fantasy wish fufillment of Conan's world, the fight against a wild snake cult, and…
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Borderline
On this New Movie Monday we attend a wedding in Borderline. We discuss the film's bizarre pop star wedding party, the shocking blend of comedy and hyper…
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Pinnochio (1940)
Today we see if we have what it takes to become real boys in the Disney Classic Pinocchio. We discuss the Blue Fairy's cruel gauntlet, the horrifying rogues…
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Hell House LLC: Lineage
On this New Movie Monday we unpack the new addition to the Hell House LLC franchise in Lineage. We discuss the decision to take the film out of the Found…
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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
This week we tip over a garbage pail full of all the gross and bulbuous nightmares you remember in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. We discuss the hiddeous look…
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Jimmy & Stiggs
On this New Movie Monday we battle sobriety and alien invaders in Jimmy and Stiggs. We dissect Joe Begos's long journey through this passion project, the…
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Return to Oz
Today we return to one of the most magical films of all time in an unexpectedly hiddeous manner in Return to Oz. We discuss the horrifying real world Dorthy…
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Weapons
On this new movie Monday we go on a wild ride to find a classroom of missing children in Weapons. We discuss the film's multiple chapter structure, the reveal…
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The Neverending Story
Turn around and look at what you see as we soar into the Mirror of our Dreams in The Neverending Story. We discuss how this dark children's fantasy film…
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Together
On this New Movie Monday Griffey, Heath and Sam get stuck Together. We discuss the movies body horror metaphors, the inbalance in this couple's relationship…
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Dagon
This week we kneel on tentacled leg before DAGON! We discuss the pretty one sided deal these villagers make with this aquatic diety, greatest H.P. Lovecraft…
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Marshmallow
Today we head to curiously unsupervised camp in Marshmallow. We dissect the the film's use of nightmares to taint reality, the weaponization camp slasher…
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Most Messed Up 2000's Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sophia and Sam venture back to the rage filled decade that began the millineum to draft some Messed Up 2000's Film Festivals. We discuss…
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Sleepaway Camp
Today we head to camp for one of the most shocking reveals in movie history in Sleepaway Camp. We discuss the inverted tropes this movie employs to feel unique…
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Vulcanizadora
Today we go on a one way trip into the woods in Vulcanizadora. We unpack the hilarious hang at the start of the film, the brutal turning point scene, and how…
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Most Messed Up Wes Craven Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sophia and Sam will enter the cinematic nightmares of a Horror Legend Wes Craven to create a film festival. We discuss Craven's creation…
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
Today the Alchemist druge up the skeletons...or almost victims of our previous drunken summer in I Know What You Did Last Summer. We discuss the Kevin…
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The Severed Sun
Today we face the dark underbelly of our Dad's religious village in The Severed Sun. We discuss how the movie blends personal demons with real ones, the lies…
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Most Messed Up Vampire Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sophia and Sam discuss what we love about the blood soaked king of horror monsters...THE VAMPIRE! We discuss the early roots of the…
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Eden Lake
This week we take summer holiday to teenage nightmare in Eden Lake. We discuss how you have to be a grown up despite insufferable teenage antics, the rapid…
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Jurassic World Rebirth
On this New Movie Monday we return to the dinosaur infested waters of Jurassic Park Rebirth. We discuss how the heart of this franchise may have gone extinct…
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Most Messed Up John Carpenter Film Festival Draft
Today Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia praise one of the titans of Horror cinema in John Carpenter. We discuss all of our favorite elements of John Carpenter's…
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
This week we take the path less traveled into a irradiated nightmare roadtrip in The Hills Have Eyes. We discuss misbehaving dogs becoming your best ally, the…
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M3GAN 2.0
On this New Movie Monday we get an upgrade from killer toy to lady cruise in M3GAN 2.0. We discuss the move from small horror to massive espionage for the…
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Most Messed Up Movie Family Draft Live from Days of the Dead 2025
Heath, Sam, Sophia and Griffey take the stage at Days of the Dead 2025 for a live podcast in which they draft the Most Messed Up Movie Family. The family roles…
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Tampopo
Today we hone our craft and strengthen our souls in pursuit of excellence in Tampopo. We discuss the idea of pursuing small task with the passion to do it as…
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28 Years Later
On this New Movie Monday we return back to an England overrun by the Rage Virus Plague. We discuss the newest addition to the franchise and mythology since 28…
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Most Messed Up Movie Vacation Draft live from Days of the Dead 2025
Live from the stage of Days of the Dead 2025 Heath, Sam and Griffey takes turns drafting the Most Messed Up Movie Vacation. The categories are: Transportation…
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Robot Jox
Today we enter a near future where all wars have been replaced by one on one giant robot combat in Robo Jox. We dicuss the odd politics of robotic throwdowns…
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The Ritual (2025)
This New Movie Monday we travel back to the origins of a Horror Movie Classic in The Ritual. We discuss the wide array of bizarre choices the movie makes, the…
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Meet Mr. Creamjeans, a Misfit Parade Origin Story
This Filmmaker Thursday we have exciting news here are Misfit Parade. The IndieGoGo Campaign for Mr. Creamjeans Hidey Hole our very first feature film is live…
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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
This week Heath's gifts take Griffey to a nightmarish reimaginging of a Zombie Apocalpyse at the Mall in Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead. We discuss the changes…
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Dangerous Animals
This New Movie Monday we sink into chum and corpse laden water in Dangerous Animals. We discuss the idea of Serial Killer weaponizing sharks, Jai Courtney's…
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Crafting Bloody Reality with Production Designer Erin Jackson
Help us make our first feature length Messed Up Movie: https://www.misfitparade.com/mrcreamjeans Erin Jackson is an artist and production designer currently…
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What Women Want
Today Dandino gifts Griffey a true macho nightmare in the Mel Gibson male fantasy What Women Want. We discuss Nick Marshall's abuse of his new God like powers…
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Bring Her Back
On this New Movie Monday we attempt to quell our grief by spilling it out everywhere in Bring Her Back. We discuss the visceral nature of the terror, the…
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The Toxic Avenger (1984)
This week we head to Tromaville for a super hero trash classic in The Toxic Avenger. We discuss the odd, never yielding style of Troma, the Toxic Crusaders…
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Fear Street : Prom Queen
It's New Movie Monday and we are going back to high school prom -- allll the way back to 1988 when horror tropes like these weren't so played out. Listen to…
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It's Alive
This week on the pod we battle the harsh expectations of fatherhood and mutation in It's Alive. We discuss the fears of parenthood given hiddeous form, a…
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Final Destination: Bloodlines
On this new Movie Monday we flee from death over multiple decades in Final Destination: Bloodlines. We discuss how this installment gets back to basics, swings…
Messed Up MoviesMoon
This week on the Pod we search for ourselves with...ourselves in Moon. We discuss what is the difference between ourselves and our clone, searching for you…
Messed Up MoviesClown in a Cornfield
This week on New Movie Monday we battle generational expectations in Clown in a Cornfield. We discuss Shudder dropping another movie in theaters this time…
Messed Up MoviesInfinity Pool
This week on the pod we vaction in madness in Infinity Pool. We discuss what people would do if they were truly consequence free, where is the line between…
Messed Up MoviesThe Surfer
On this New Movie Monday we try to ride the waves with our kid in The Surfer. We discuss the beauty of Late Stage Cage, unravel the films more arthouse…
Messed Up MoviesLast Night in Soho
This week on the Pod we head to modern London to dance through a 60's nightmare in Last Night in Soho. We discuss the collision of two time periods in one…
Messed Up MoviesUntil Dawn
On this New Movie Monday we must survive Until Dawn. We discuss the idea of horror in a time loop, facing a greatest hits of horror monsters from slasher clown…
Messed Up MoviesGet Out
This week on the Pod we dicuss wheter we would vote for Obama a third time if we could in Get Out. We unpack all of the heavy thematic elements of this wild…
Messed Up MoviesSinners
On this New Movie Monday we are dancing with the new vampire period piece Sinners. We discuss the powerhouse sound of the film, the other worldly performances…
Messed Up MoviesDon't Shrink Your Voice with Spooky Madison, Dusty Austen, and Athena Murzda
On this Filmmaker Friday we are joined by the powerhouse creative team of Spooky Madison, Dusty Austen and Athan Murzda. We discuss how they've approached…
Messed Up MoviesColossal
This week in the pod we get drunk and destroy cities in Colossal. We discuss the metaphor of drunk as Kaiju and how it worked for us, where does our heart go…
Messed Up MoviesCannibal Mukbang
This week on the Pod we look for love in some odd corners of the internet in Cannibal Mukbang. We discuss the romantic tale that forms the beating heart of the…
Messed Up MoviesFresh Out of Film School and into the War with Tristian Reed
On this Filmmaker Friday we chat with our friend Director/Writer Tristian Reed about his first feature film that blends Astral Projection, Slasher and Found…
Messed Up Movies10 Cloverfield Lane
This week on the pod we bunker down to survive an Alien Invasion only to be in more danger in 10 Cloverfield Lane. We discuss the movie's duel narratives, the…
Messed Up Movies825 Forest Road
On this New Movie Monday we try and discover the origin of a haunted house in Shudder's new 825 Forest Road. We dive into the movies split narrative device…
Messed Up MoviesWizard Sh*t Shovelers with Glorious Screenwriter Joshua Hull
This Filmmaker Friday we are joined by our buddy, the hilarious screenwriter/director/novelist Joshua Hull. We discuss his early days making independent…
Messed Up MoviesCabin in the Woods
This week on the Pod we offer up horror movie tropes to ancient Gods in Cabin in the Woods. We go into the control room to look at the meta reimagining of our…
Messed Up MoviesDeath of a Unicorn
This New Movie Monday we visit the rich and face the mythical in Death of a Unicorn. We are joined briefly by Griffey's son Hunter for his thoughts on the…
Messed Up MoviesYou Can Break Screen Writing Rules with Nolan Mihail
This Filmmaker Friday we are joined by our friend Nolan Mihail, screenwriter of the found footage horror film Looky-Loo. We discuss what it's like to write a…