Messed Up Movies

Today Griffey and Dandino fight to save what little we have from a Mutant Fish Creature in The Host. They dive deep into the film's incredible Monster introduction set piece, how Bong Joon Ho uses everyday life to sink his fangs into the audience more than the monster, and the film's suprisingly funny tonality. This movie was an early harbinger of the amazing work we all had in store from a now master of Modern Messed Up cinema. Synopsis: A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches. Starring: Song Kang-Ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il Directed by Bong Joon Ho Youtube: https://youtu.be/WPSpT1TRby8 Keep up with all the news on our first feature film Mr. Creamjeans' Hidey Hole as it is about to premiere this month at Fantastic Fest: https://www.misfitparade.com/ Support the show on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod

What happens when one ridiculous movie idea grows into a genuine cult phenomenon? On this episode of the Messed Up Movies Podcast, we sit down with Costa Dillon, the creator and co-writer of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!, to discuss the story behind one of the most recognizable cult movies ever made. Costa takes us inside the creation of Killer Tomatoes, the independent filmmaking spirit behind the original movie, and the unexpected life the franchise developed after its release. We talk about its famously absurd premise, its lasting reputation, and what it is like to remain connected to killer tomatoes nearly five decades later. Whether you grew up watching the original film, discovered the sequels or animated series, or have always wondered how a movie called Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! actually got made, this conversation is packed with cult-movie history. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for more interviews, horror discussions, movie drafts, and episodes of the Messed Up Movies Podcast. What is your favorite part of the Killer Tomatoes franchise? Let us know in the comments. #AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes #CostaDillon #CultMovies #HorrorComedy #MessedUpMovies #MisfitParade

How super should super soldiers behave? That's the burning question for Griffey and Sam as Heath does his best to fend off this onslaught of critiques against his favorite movie of the year. This week on the Messed Up Movies Podcast , we're digging into Adam Wingard's ONSLAUGHT , a slick, violent collision of military conspiracy, Nazi super soldiers, trailer-park survival horror and pure Rule of Cool filmmaking. Adam Wingard is back in the bloody, stripped-down genre territory that gave us YOU'RE NEXT and THE GUEST. So is ONSLAUGHT the return horror fans have been waiting for? FULL SPOILERS AHEAD. Is ONSLAUGHT one of Adam Wingard's best movies, or does all that style ultimately overpower the substance? Let us know where you landed in the comments. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for more Messed Up Movies, New Movie Monday, horror, cult movies and everything insane, outrageous, unhinged and off-kilter. And while you're here, follow Misfit Parade for all the latest on MR. CREAMJEANS' HIDEY HOLE , premiering at Fantastic Fest. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/

Stephen King has given us some of the greatest horror stories ever written and some of them even became great movies! This week on our Messed Up Movies Draft , Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia go head-to-head to build the ultimate four-movie Stephen King lineup. There is, however, one problem: THE SHINING and CARRIE are BANNED. We've picked them too many times, so we are locking them in Room 237 until further notice. That leaves everything else on the board, from The Mist, Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, Pet Sematary and Creepshow to IT, Stand By Me, The Green Mile, Doctor Sleep, The Running Man, Children of the Corn and plenty of increasingly questionable decisions *cough SOPHIA cough* Along the way, we get into what actually makes a great Stephen King adaptation, why his stories have endured for generations, the movies that completely nailed his particular brand of American horror, and the adaptations that maybe should have stayed buried. YOU decide who drafted the best Stephen King movie lineup. Drop your winner in the comments or vote in our Instagram poll. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for new episodes of the Messed Up Movies Podcast every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. And while you're here, follow Misfit Parade for all the latest on MR. CREAMJEANS' HIDEY HOLE , premiering at Fantastic Fest. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/

Today Griffey and Dandino parachute in on a war torn nightmare in Overlord. They discuss the spectacle of seeing a horror film of this scale set in an actual war, how the film utilizes its setting to make the real world even more terrifying that the eventual Nazi Science Monsters, and if the political reality of the moment has changed the way we follow the journey of this film. Overlord is long and oppressive, but damn does it drops some of the most spectacular set pieces on the audience. Synopsis: A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day. Starring: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier Directed by Julius Avery Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZpOFA7C2SP0 Keep up with all the news on our first feature film Mr. Creamjeans' Hidey Hole as it is about to premiere this month at Fantastic Fest: https://www.misfitparade.com/ Support the show on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod

What if Barney was actually a child-eating demon? This week on the Messed Up Movies Podcast , we're diving headfirst into BUDDY , Casper Kelly's completely deranged horror-comedy about a magical children's-show unicorn whose wholesome world of songs, friendship and life lessons rapidly descends into murder, mutilation and absolute chaos. And we are VERY divided on this one. For Griffey, BUDDY is the most fun he's had in a theater all year and his favorite movie of 2026. For Heath and Sam? A hilarious idea stretched into a gimmicky feature that never quite finds the characters, stakes or story to hold the insanity together. We're talking murderous children's television, Nightmare Buddy, dead kids, demonic unicorn mythology, Clint Howard getting extremely inappropriate with a puppet, surprisingly nasty scares, the bizarre final act and whether this thing is actually a brilliant piece of horror satire or just one enormous fucked-up joke. FULL SPOILERS AHEAD. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for more Messed Up Movies, new releases, horror, cult movies and everything insane, outrageous, unhinged and off-kilter. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/

Is Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma a slasher movie, an art film, a psychosexual fever dream, a two-hour therapy session about making movies... or one of the best films of 2026? Jane Schoenbrun's follow-up to I Saw the TV Glow takes the bones of an '80s summer-camp slasher and uses them to dig into sex, death, nostalgia, identity, fandom, filmmaking and our increasingly complicated relationship with the movies that shaped us. And blissfully, Gillian Anderson is at the center of all of it giving one of our favorite performances of the year. This week on Messed Up Movies, Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia dig into Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, from Little Death and the movie's gloriously ridiculous kills to its obsession with horror nostalgia, Hollywood exploitation and the terrifying prospect of actually being seen for who you are. Some of us think it's one of the year's best movies. Some of us think it's a gorgeous, self-indulgent cinematic therapy session. Somehow, both might be right. FULL SPOILERS AHEAD. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for new episodes of the Messed Up Movies Podcast every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/

We've been holding back on this one for awhile, but the time has finally come... we are drafting the greatest, the raddest, the most totally Messed Up Movies from the decade DEFINED by horror - THE 1980s! It's the decade that gave us Freddy Kreuger, Jason Vorhees, Tony Montana, Marty McFly, and on and on and on! Join Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia as they travel back to the most iconic era in horror and battle it out to pick the ultimate list of Messed Up 80s flicks. Vote for the winner on Instragram and tell us in the comments which 80s movies we missed. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for more Messed Up Movies, weekly movie drafts, filmmaker interviews, convention panels and original films. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/

Today Griffey and Dandino return to Camp Bloodbath in The Final Girls. They cut open the movies blend of 80's sleepaway camp horror riffs and powerful emotional core, the dynamics of horror fans entering their favorite slasher flick, and if the movie would have been served better by attempting to further deconstruct the genre. This movie is so funny and had an enomrous heart that fills this comedic riff into much more than it's peers. Synopsis: A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer. Starring: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Adam Devine, Alexander Ludwig, Nina Dobrev, Alia Shawkat, Thomas Middleditch, Angela Trimbur Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson Youtube: https://youtu.be/UzgrLgeIo9o For all of the Mr. Creamjeans' News at https://www.misfitparade.com/ Support the show on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod

We thought the Insidious franchise was dead. Turns out The Further had other plans. This week on New Movie Monday, we're diving into INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER , the sixth entry in a franchise that has spent years desperately trying to recapture the nightmare fuel of James Wan's original. And somehow... this one almost pulls it off. We're talking grotesque dental horror, nightmare pillow forts, creepy old cultists, some surprisingly effective scares, an absolutely bonkers expansion of The Further's mythology and a third act that threatens to undo almost everything the movie gets right. Is Out of the Further actually the best Insidious sequel? Has this franchise finally found a reason to keep going? And why the FUCK is there so much horrifying dentistry in this movie? FULL SPOILERS AHEAD. Join Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia as they break down Insidious: Out of the Further , pick their Most Messed Up Moments and decide whether we're ready to go back into The Further one more time. 🎧 Messed Up Movies Podcast New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for more horror, cult movies, new releases and all things messed up. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/

Relax, this episode if fully spoken in English... and whatever language Sam speaks. No subtitles necessary (looking at you, Sophia)! But if you don't like subtitles, you're missing out on some of the most Messed Up Movies ever made! That's why Griffey, Heath and Sopha-Sam are going to Google translate to find the best movies from around the globe! We're going J-Horror, Mexican-horror, even French-Canadian! As long as the majority of the movie is spoken in a foreign language, it's getting picked. So grab your baguettes, your sushi or your poutine and enjoy a messed up meal of foreign delights! Vote for the winner in the comments and tell us which foreign language frights we missed. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for more Messed Up Movies, weekly movie drafts, filmmaker interviews, convention panels and original films. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/

Today Griffey and Dandino clock in for the final time with Last Shift. They discuss the film's abilty to generate dread on such a small budget, the haunted ghost that fill this police station and rookie cop's heart, and the wild Manson Family wanna be cult. This film achieves a lot with a little making it a MESSED UP movie to watch. Synopsis: A rookie cop is tasked with taking the last shift at a police station before it is permanently closed, but it turns into a living nightmare. Starring: Juliana Harkavy, Josh Mikel, Hank Stone Directed by Anthony DiBlasi Youtube: https://youtu.be/oylsYadjDhs Support the show on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod

This week, Griffey, Heath and Sam review the new dinosaur thriller from It Follows director David Robert Mitchell, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor. It is a big, dumb, expensive throwback packed with plenty of violence, dinosaurs with feathers and a sex scene you have to see to believe. Is this the dinosaur movie we've been waiting for, or a Spielberg imitation powered entirely by human idiocy? We debate Anne Hathaway carrying the movie on her back, Ewan McGregor swinging a sledgehammer at a T. rex, a gigantic prehistoric snake, and mountains of dinosaur shit. WARNING: We spoil the absolute shit out of this movie. Go see it before listening if you care about surprises. Have you seen The End of Oak Street? Tell us whether it was glorious dumb fun or just plain dumb. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for more New Movie Mondays, deep dives, drafts, filmmaker interviews and movies that embrace the insane, outrageous, unhinged and all-around messed-up fun we can't take our eyes off. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/ #TheEndOfOakStreet #DinosaurMovies #MovieReview

What makes the perfect gateway horror movie? Is it a family-friendly introduction to the genre, the movie that personally traumatized you as a kid, or simply something so fun that it leaves you craving another scare? Griffey, Sam, Heath and Sophia draft the movies they believe create lifelong horror fans. The picks range from The Lost Boys, The Monster Squad and Hocus Pocus to Pinocchio, Beetlejuice and Poltergeist. Along the way, they debate whether Disney movies count as horror, revisit the VHS covers and childhood nightmares that warped their young minds, and discover that Sam may only understand gateway horror as "hot teenagers fighting vampires." Who built the best list? Vote for the winner in the comments and tell us which movie first opened the gateway to horror for you. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for more Messed Up Movies, weekly movie drafts, filmmaker interviews, convention panels and original films. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/

Today Griffey and Dandino witness a gargantuan battle in Frankenstein vs Baragon. They discuss the bizarre Nazi origin story of this massive nuclear Frankenstein Monster, the added benefit of having a more human Kaiju battling the rubber monster suited beast, and the incredible miniature work in this film. This is a classic MESSED UP Kaiju battle that we can't wait to share with you! Synposis: An American scientist and his Japanese colleagues study a feral boy born from the radiated heart of Frankenstein's monster, while a subterranean dinosaur ravages the Japanese countryside. Starring: Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Tadao Takashima, Takashi Shimura Directed by Ishirō Honda Youtube: https://youtu.be/SMEIJM0Mr-s Support the show on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod

Eli Roth's Ice Cream Man promised an unrated throwback packed with gore, mayhem and ice cream-fueled murder. What arrived is one of the most baffling and creatively bankrupt horror releases we have seen in years. On New Movie Monday, Griffey, Heath and Sam dig into a movie apparently made for children, yet far too grotesque for children to watch. We discuss its personality-free villain, juvenile humor, incoherent characters, recycled horror imagery and a finale involving a basement freezer, a necromancer and one extremely convenient grave. Then the debate gets heated as we confront the movie's use of generative AI, Roth's misleading explanation and whether this disastrous launch betrays everything The Horror Section claimed it would represent. Is Ice Cream Man merely a terrible movie, or a warning about where cynical, shortcut-driven horror is headed? We disagree about Roth's intentions, but not the result: this thing is putrid. FULL SPOILERS Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/ #NewMovieMonday

What makes a great remake? Faithfully honoring the original, completely reinventing it, or improving it so dramatically that the first movie becomes obsolete? This week, Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia draft the most messed-up movie remakes of all time. With The Thing and The Ring banned from competition, the board is wide open for body horror, slashers, alien invasions, vampires, psychosexual thrillers and one deeply disturbing Lindsay Lohan family comedy. Expect heated arguments over The Fly, Evil Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, Rob Zombie's Halloween, Nosferatu, Dredd, Friday the 13th and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, plus a compelling case for why The Parent Trap secretly qualifies as horror. Along the way, we thirst over Judge Judy, confuse Harry Styles with the Jonas Brothers, learn about Sam's fixation on powerful calves and discover Martin Scorsese's forgotten masterpiece, Infernal Desires. Whose final lineup wins the draft? Vote in the comments! Subscribe to Misfit Parade for new episodes of the Messed Up Movies Podcast, original short films and Keepers of the Crypt. #HorrorMovies #HorrorRemakes #MovieDraft #MessedUpMovies #TheFly #EvilDead #Nosferatu #FridayThe13th

Today Griffey and Dandino clock in and punch out rats in Graveyard Shift. They discuss this interesting era in Stephen King on screen adaptaions, the pure insanity of the cast that chews scenery more than rats do wool, and what in the name of nightmare evolution is the Rat King at the end of the film. This is an often over-looked Messed Up Movie. Synopsis: The owner of an ancient mill hires a drifter to rid the basement of rats. Starring: David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht, Andrew Divoff, Brad Dourif Directed by Ralph S. Singleton Youtube: https://youtu.be/k-2CDuNyjv4 Support the show on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod

Shudder's new original horror film SACCHARINE left us feeling overfed, bloated and ultimately malnurished. After medical student Hannah begins making her own diet pills from a cadaver, she rapidly loses weight while developing an uncontrollable hunger. Unfortunately, she also attracts the attention of the very large, very angry ghost whose remains she has been consuming. On this New Movie Monday, Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia dig into Natalie Erika James' ambitious body-horror movie. We discuss its grotesque eating sequences, striking direction, body-image themes, Midori Francis' lead performance and an absolutely baffling final scene. Is SACCHARINE a bold personal horror film about addiction, appetite and self-loathing? Is it a beautifully made movie with far too many ideas? And what the hell was that ending supposed to mean? Watch SACCHARINE now on Shudder, then join us for the full spoiler discussion. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for new episodes of the Messed Up Movies Podcast, original films, horror convention panels and more unhinged movie discussion. Support the show, join our community and help select movies for future episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/ #Saccharine #Shudder #HorrorMovies

The 1990s gave us meta-slashers, satanic spaceships, exploding hookers, body-swapping action heroes, teenage witches and enough Nicolas Cage insanity to sustain an entire decade. Griffey, Heath, Sam, Sophia and Nick battle to assemble the ultimate team of messed up movies from the '90s. Scream, Event Horizon, Frankenhooker, The Silence of the Lambs, Fight Club, The Craft, Candyman, Face/Off, 12 Monkeys and Hocus Pocus are only the beginning. Was the '90s actually an underrated horror decade? Is Event Horizon secretly a Warhammer movie? Does Hocus Pocus belong beside Fight Club? And which combatant walks away with the strongest four-film lineup? Watch the episode, examine the evidence and tell us who won the draft in the comments. Subscribe to Misfit Parade for new episodes of the Messed Up Movies Podcast, original short films, convention panels and more gloriously unhinged movie nonsense. Support the show and help choose movies for future episodes by joining the Messed Up Movies Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/messedupmoviespod Follow Misfit Parade: https://www.misfitparade.com/ #MessedUpMovies #90sMovies #HorrorMovies