037 - Return of the Ghostbusters
Jen, Tim, and guest Kristian Boruff of the Harmontown crew dissect something even more pointless than Funko Pops: a Ghostbusters fan film from 2007!
2018-12-30 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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036 - Lost Horizon
Once again Tim refuses to discuss a musical, so Jen entices friend of the show Darren Herzceg to visit Shangri-La!
2018-11-25 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post035 - Things
Just in time for Halloween, Tim and Jen attempt to make head or tail of a homebrew Canadian nightmare! Possibly one of the worst and most inexplicable films ever made, Things went direct-to-video in 1989…and straight to our hearts.
2018-10-30 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post034 - Free to Be...You and Me
Bitter Karella returns to discuss Marlo Thomas’s most lasting work! Listen to find out if gender stereotypes actually ended in 1973 and we all missed i...
2018-09-30 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post033 - Livin' Large!
Sean Morris joins Jen and Tim to discuss a favorite forgotten comedy, Livin’ Large, which prefigured “Marxist propaganda” film Sorry To Bother You!...
2018-08-30 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post032 - Cynthia Rothrock
Jen and Tim are honored to speak with martial arts cinema legend Cynthia Rothrock! Among many other things, Cynthia talks about the pitfalls of acting wi...
2018-07-12 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post031 - Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Jen welcomes Bitter Karella to discuss a traumatic event from his childhood: an ill-fated animated feature directed by Richard Williams.
2018-05-28 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post030 - Francesco with Will Menaker
Will Menaker blesses us with his presence to discuss a biopic of St. Francis of Assisi starring…Mickey Rourke?!
2018-04-11 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post029 - The Fountainhead
Jen and Tim pick apart King Vidor’s demented vision of Ayn Rand’s equally demented The Fountainhead.
2018-02-28 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post028 - YouTube Algorithm Hell World
YouTube Kids Spiderman Elsa puppet finger family bad baby songs buried alive
Drop us a line at @HYSTpod on Twitter! The Medium article that kicked ...
2017-11-12 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post027 - Tarantino Ripoffs with Matt Christman
Matt Christman returns to talk about that disease unique to the 90s, the Tarantino ripoff! We discuss Killing Zoe and Love and a .45, and briefly touch o...
2017-10-15 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post026 - Cruising with Will Menaker
Put on your mirrored shades! Jen and Tim welcome back Will Menaker to talk over the often-unfairly-maligned Cruising!
2017-09-06 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post025 - Wonder Boy with K. Thor Jensen
Jen and Tim are joined by writer K. Thor Jensen to discuss a true example of outsider filmmaking, Wonder Boy. It turns out that Uwe Boll is only the seco...
2017-07-26 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post024 - Lasagna Cat
Jen and Tim welcome cartoonist and cultural commentator Matthew Hurwitz (dangerburger.com) to discuss internet phenomenon Lasagna Cat! Yes, Jen watched a...
2017-07-09 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post023 - The Canyons
Sean Morris (@saneiscrazy) rejoins Jen and Tim for a postmortem of the Paul Schrader/Bret Easton Ellis mishap, The Canyons. This movie stars James Deen s...
2017-05-21 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post022 - The Evil Within
Jen and Tim take a look at the singular auteur statement, The Evil Within. A nasty little horror film made by a reclusive oil fortune heir on his own dim...
2017-05-08 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post021 - On Deadly Ground with Felix Biederman
Jen and Tim welcome an expert in the study of lunkheads, Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House! We dissect the themes of environmentalism and masculinity i...
2017-03-19 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post020 - Angel Heart
Jen and Tim discuss a GOOD film from 1987 this time: the detective story in a horror universe, Angel Heart. Remember when Mickey Rourke was beautiful? 2017-03-07 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
019 - Aria
Jen and Darren revisit a misfired art film from 1987! Aria is an omnibus film with segments directed by giants of the industry like Godard and Altman and...
2017-02-20 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post018 - Mad Dog Time with Matt Christman
Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House joins Tim and Jen to discuss the failson-written and directed Mad Dog Time! Oh my god, this movie sucks.
2017-02-05 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post017 - Will Menaker Talks Scorsese
Will Menaker brings the Chapo Reading Series to HYST! Jen and Will eviscerate a very bad take on Scorsese, and discuss some of Marty’s more infrequentl...
2017-01-22 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post016 - ABBA the Movie
Jen and Bitter Karella discuss the clean-cut beat of ABBA: The Movie, starring the enduringly popular Swedes and directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Note: this ...
2017-01-08 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post015 - 10 to Midnight
Quickie spoiler warning: if you haven’t seen the Netflix doc Making a Murderer and want to avoid story details, skip minutes 23:00 through 23:38. 2016-11-20 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
014 - Bulworth
Jen and guest Sean Morris revive the Warren Beatty-directed Bulworth just in time for Election Day! Yes, it’s the movie where Warren Beatty raps.
2016-11-06 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post013 - The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Jen and guest Paul Jay discuss a true relic of the 70s: a holiday-themed variety special starring Paul Lynde!
2016-10-30 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post012 - Flesh + Blood
Jen and guests Darren and Yfke discuss Paul Verhoeven’s first American film, Flesh + Blood. This being a Verhoeven film, we have no choice b...
2016-10-16 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post011 - Interview with Ate de Jong
Jen and Yfke talk to Dutch filmmaker Ate de Jong, who brought us the cult classics Highway to Hell and Drop Dead Fred. de Jong discusses the production o...
2016-09-19 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post010 - Dead of Night
Jen and Tim discuss a classic and sadly overlooked gem of British horror television, Dead of Night. The series dates from 1972 and thus, emerging as it d...
2016-09-04 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post009 - Vile Pervert
Jen is joined by Bitter Karella to discuss Vile Pervert: The Musical. This slice of pure internet was made by Jonathan King, a music impresario and TV pr...
2016-08-21 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post008 - Nothing But Trouble
Jen is once again joined by Bitter Karella to suffer through Dan Aykroyd’s sole directorial credit, Nothing But Trouble! We have nothing else to say ex...
2016-08-10 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post