Podcast

Wake Up Heavy

Film History, TV & Film

Wake Up Heavy is a podcast about my memories of strange horror movies from the 1970s and 1980s. I'm Mark Begley, your host. Please check out my other show Cambridge & Wishon.

Wake Up Heavy is part of the Weirding Way Media podcast network. Explore more of our shows at weirdingwaymedia.com.

Episodes
161
Releases
Monthly
Typical length
1 hr 5 min
On air since
2018
Latest episode
2 months ago

Episodes

161 episodes, newest first

  1. WUH: I understand cellular phones now

    Season 10

    Show notes

    Finally... Cleo and I have reached the end of Twin Peaks. On this episode we talk about the final three episodes of Twin Peaks: The Return (2017); Coop's return, Audrey's Dance, Freddie's glove, and Richard and Linda. Did we understand it all? Nope. Did we like it? Yup. Enjoy and thanks for going on this journey with us.

    1 hr 23 min
  2. WUH: We are like the dreamer

    Season 10

    Show notes

    Cleo and I are here with our penultimate episode on the world of Twin Peaks! You can feel things being wrapped up and winding down in episodes 13,14, and 15 of Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). We got some suprises regarding Diane and Janey-E, Nadine and Big Ed, and what finally triggers Coop to wake up. And Audrey and Sleepy Charlie have YET to leave their house!

    56 min
  3. WUH: I am not your foot

    Season 10

    Show notes

    Cleo and I are back in the world of Twin Peaks! We explore the middle-third of Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) which has some of our favorite episodes. Going forward we will be tackling only three episodes at a time, so expect two more releases from us. Who the heck is Billy?

    1 hr 34 min
  4. WUH: There's sometimes a buggy

    Season 10

    Show notes

    On this episode Cleo and I leave the world of Twin Peaks and take a side-trip up Mullholland Dr. (2001). Betty/Diane, Rita/Camilla, Adam Kesher, The Cowboy, who's the guy in the wheelchair(?), Winkie's Man, etc. This. Is. The. Girl.

    1 hr 19 min
  5. WUH: Is it about the bunny?

    Season 10

    Show notes

    Cleo and I are back in the world of Twin Peaks. On this episode we jump around the first six episodes of Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) which we both absolutely loved. We are team Dougie Jones all the way. Stay tuned as we hope to finish out the series by the end of summer.

    1 hr 5 min
  6. WUH: 2x4, 4x8

    Season 10

    Show notes

    Cleo and I are starting a series about the series Twin Peaks (1990)! This first episode is on our thoughts of the original two season run of the show AND the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992).

    We will be following this up with three episodes about Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). And you won't have to wait long for the first of those as we are already working on it!

    1 hr 18 min
  7. WUH: A few small beers

    Season 10

    Show notes

    Cleo and I are back at it; talking about a bunch of movies we've seen since September 2025!! Some Oscar© winners, horror films, horror films that were Oscar© winners, Talking Heads, The Beatles, Peter Strickland, PTA, etc.

    Mark's OTHER Wake Up Heavy:

    1 hr 10 min
  8. WUH: Weapons (2025)

    Season 9

    Show notes

    The Kid and I watched Weapons (2025) and we LIKED it! Plus a bunch of other cool stuff we watched. Apologies for all the Magnolia clips, I just love that movie!!

    1 hr 13 min
  9. PS: The Naked Gun (2025) Bonus

    Show notes

    We knew it would happen and here it is! Mike, Mark, and Chris discuss the 2025 reboot of The Naked Gun franchise with... The Naked Gun! The film stars Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. and Paul Walter Hauser as Ed Hocken Jr., with Pamela Anderson along as the love interest, Beth Davenport—an author of true crime novels based on fictional stories that she makes up.

    The film reunites the powerhouse trio behind Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)—Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, and Akiva Schaffer—who do a great job channeling the ZAZ flavor of comedy.

    Revisit the entire run of From the Files of Police Squad (In Color) at http://www.policesquadincolor.com/

    1 hr 5 min
  10. WUH: That's hella tight

    Season 9

    Show notes

    Cleo the Kid and I are back at it with our usual round up of Recently (and not-so-recently) Watched movies. Franchises, trilogies, and series abound. Join us won't you?

    54 min
  11. WUH: The Monkey, et al

    Season 9

    Show notes

    Cleo and I watched a handful of good movies during her Spring Break and then we talked about them. With particular attention paid to Strange Darling with Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgerald and The Monkey by our boy Oz Perkins based on a short story by Stephen King.

    52 min
  12. WUH: Follow up to a fall

    Season 9

    Show notes

    Here's a little follow up about my accident and my progress since the last episode. Also, Cleo the Kid has joined me to talk about some fun horror flicks we've watched since the first of the year. Give it a listen, won't ya?

    50 min
  13. WUH: Anatomy of a fall

    Season 9

    Show notes

    A look back at the crappy year that was 2024 and some news about the double crappy start to 2025. Plus my movie watches of last year, the highs and lows and things in between. I'm such a lucky boy.

    Me on TPB talking about Radio On (1979): https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2024/08/episode-702-radio-on-1979.html

    37 min
  14. WUH: Der Fan (1982)

    Season 8

    Show notes

    Please join me for the Third Course of my, "Cannibal Trilogy," started almost exactly one year ago. To round things out I take a stab at the 1982 German film Der Fan, starring Desiree Nosbusch and Bodo Steiger as a young fan and her Pop Star obsession, respectively.

    52 min
  15. WUH: Movies with Dad

    Season 8

    Show notes

    In memory of my dad, Jack Begley 6/29/34-8/12/24.

    31 min
  16. WUH: Longlegs, etc.

    Season 8

    Show notes

    Cleo's back and we are joined by a very special first-time guest of the show! We chat about a decades in the making quadrilogy, a new classic horror film, and other bits and bobs throughout. Give it a listen, won't you?

    1 hr 10 min
  17. CCCP: Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980)

    Show notes

    WUH is happy to offer the premiere episode of the Chasing Chevy Chase Podcast. Head over to Weirding Way Media or wherever you listen to podcasts to subscribe.

    "Welcome to the 1980s and the wild world of Chevy Chase. On our official first episode we're discussing Joe Camp and his Benji Empire which includes the film Oh! Heavenly Dog in which Chevy plays a private dick whose killed on a case and gets sent back to Earth not as Warren Beatty but Benji the dog. He tries to solve the case of his own murder and continue wooing Jane Seymour."

    Our Foul Play episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s7e2-she-was-one-tough-old-mama-foul-play-1978--57411265

    1 hr 23 min
  18. WUH: SCMODS

    Season 8

    Show notes

    Cleo and I talk about Sleepaway Camp (1983) and The Blues Brothers (1980), and a few other movies we've watched. But mostly The Blues Brothers.

    56 min
  19. S7E3. Leftovers to be: Parents (1989)

    Season 7, Episode 3

    Show notes

    Weirding Way Media honcho Chris Stachiw is back again, this time we chat about Bob Balaban's pitch-black-cannibal-comedy Parents (1989). The film stars Randy Quaid (Nick Laemle) and Mary Beth Hurt (Lily Laemle) as the parents of Brian Madorsky (Michael) who may or may not be force-feeding him human flesh. Balaban uses the backdrop of Mid-Century Americana to weave a nightmarish tale of childhood dependency.

    1 hr 7 min
  20. S7E2. She was one tough old mama: Foul Play (1978)

    Season 7, Episode 2

    Show notes

    Fellow Weirding Way Media podcasters Chris Stachiw and Mike White are back on the show to discuss Foul Play (1978). Written and directed by Colin Higgins (Harold and Maude, 9 to 5) the film stars Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase in their first box office smash! Hawn plays Gloria Mundy who becomes embroiled in a Hitchcokian conspiracy plot to assassinate the Pope. Chase stars as Lt. Tony Carlson who is tasked with trying to protect her and track down the band of assassins: Whitey Jackson, Scarface, The Turk, and Rupert Stiltskin aka The Dwarf. The film also stars Dudley Moore, Burgess Meredith, and Brian Dennehy.

    1 hr 7 min