PrettyBad MovieGab - Two funny guys talking about forgotten movies and cult classics

Mike and Christian dive into this mostly-forgotten John Carpenter classic, Prince of Darkness, with it's zany actors and fantastic jump scares

Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.

Mike and Christian (and Deren!) dive into what's been called "The greatest horror movie of all time." It's an absolute wonderful mess of a movie. Join us as we take our times with the cult classic Sleepaway Camp

Gremlins! Starring Phoebe Cates and some other people, join Mike and Christian as they dive back into the Speilburg-produced cozy horror that is at times charming and at other times horrifying

Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some college students start to fight against them.

John Carpenter and Kurt Russell team up to take on a dystopian future where Manhattan has been turned into a prison and the president is missing. Is Kurt Russell a bad enough dude to save the president? Find out with Mike and Christian (and Dave!) on this week's episdoe

A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.

This week, Mike and Christian take on Howard the Duck (1986), the George Lucas-produced flop that's become shorthand for big-budget disaster. They break down what went wrong, from the tonal whiplash to the infamous duck suit, and dig into why this one still gets brought up nearly 40 years later. Expect a mix of genuine curiosity and disbelief as they work through one of Hollywood's most notorious misfires. Guest starring our friends from the Retro Nostalgia Podcast

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When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong.

Mike & Christian (and Cohen!) dive into the final movie of the classic Indiana Jones trilogy and discuss how commercials work, which of Sean Connery or Harrison Ford is better in bed and how this movie closed off the trilogy

In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a sacred stone stolen from them by a secret cult.

Harrison Ford. Steven Spielberg. George Lucas. Come on, you know what this movie is.

A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.

Firewalker! Chuck Norris and Lou Gossett Jr star in this final gasp of the Cannon franchise, a movie so horrible the company closed down shortly after. Join Mike and Christian as they get into everything that made this Indiana Jones ripoff such a funny disaster

At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

This Indiana Jones ripoff has it all - Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlin, movies only the way Cannon can make them and a whole bunch of cannibals. Join Mike and Christian as they dive into this wonderful mess

Just after WW1, alcoholic American biplane pilot Patrick O'Malley is hired by Eve Tozer, the spoiled daughter of an industrialist, to locate her father, who disappeared somewhere in Asia.

Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny Devito. Join Mike and Christian as they take a nostalgic look at this adventurous 80's Rom Com and debate whether it stands the test of time.

A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.

This week on PrettyBadMovieGab, Mike and Christian take on Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark 1988 cyberpunk anime. Set in a dystopian Neo-Tokyo, the film follows biker gang members Kaneda and Tetsuo as a government psychic experiment spirals into catastrophe. We dig into the animation that redefined the medium, the dense plot, and whether the hype holds up.

Tune in for our full breakdown — the good, the bad, and everything in between.

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