Cult Film Club Podcast

Cult Film Club Podcast

Welcome to the Cult Film Club, a monthly podcast and blog about MOVIES WE LOVE TO DEATH despite how bad, weird or obscure they are. In fact, we love them because they're bad, weird or obscure! We discuss and analyze cult films from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond. The Cult Film Club feed is also the home for the I Read Movies & Crestwood House podcasts!

Episodes

November 24, 2025 106 mins

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club co-host Paxton brandishes his sword and enlists Jaime and Shawn to battle against a crooked cardinal the trio discuss the 1993 swashbuckling action/comedy, The Three Musketeers! All for one and one for all!

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This is a repost of a Nerd Lunch episode where Pax discusses the changes between the novelization and the movie of Star Trek V.

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Welcome to IRM's Halloween episode!  This year I'm covering the novelizations to the two 90s Addams Family movies; Addams Family and Addams Family Values.

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In the final episode of Season 5, Pax takes Shawn and Mike through the 1965 Kaiju classic, Invasion of Astro Monster starring Godzilla, Rodan, and King Gidorah.  And maybe a few humans too.

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October 27, 2025 106 mins

We're celebrating Halloween again on the latest episode of the Cult Film Club and this year we're taking a hard look at the 1987 neo-western horror flick, Near Dark. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring half the cast of Aliens, this vampire flick is a hugely influential cult flick and we're so glad to finally tackle it.

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October 22, 2025 92 mins

On this week's episode of the Crestwood House, co-host Michael May picks up the daisy chain by choosing another Charles Grodin flick, the 1976 remake of King Kong!

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October 15, 2025 99 mins

On the seventh episode of season 5 of the Crestwood House, co-host Shawn Robare picks up the daisy chain and follows up from The Fury by picking another movie staring John Cassavetes, the 1968 classic, Rosemary's Baby!

Join us as we discuss the icky husbands, covens, tannis root, and how thankfully the films was a super faithful translation of the book so that we can dismiss the work of the director in favor of the author and actor...

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October 8, 2025 82 mins

Mike, Shawn, and Pax work their way through an early De Palma thriller, The Fury from 1978, starring John Cassavetes, Kirk Douglas, and Amy Irving.

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On the fifth episode of season 5 of the Crestwood House, co-host Michael May picks up the daisy chain and follows up from Theater of Blood by picking a movie with a very similar theme (revenge in the Theater), the 1974 Brian De Palma cult classic, Phantom of the Paradise!

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September 24, 2025 54 mins

On the fourth episode of season 5 of the Crestwood House, co-host Shawn Robare picks up the daisy chain and follows up from Ten Little Indians by picking a movie starring one of the same cast members, Dennis Price, the 1973 comedy/horror flick Theater of Blood!

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September 22, 2025 93 mins

On the latest episode of the Cult Film Club, things get steamy as co-host Jaime drags Paxton and Shawn out to the a strip club for A Night in Heaven, John G. Avildsen's Romantic Drama from 1983.

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September 17, 2025 86 mins

Mike, Shawn, and Pax continue on their daisy chain journey with a 1965 adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel Ten Little Indians.

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Finishing out the Blockbuster Sequel Summer, Pax covers the only movie in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise to get a novelization; Beverly Hills Cop 2.

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On the second episode of season 5 of the Crestwood House, co-host Michael May picks up the daisy chain and follows up from The Flesh and the Fiends by picking a movie with a very similar title structure, the 1963 Mario Bava classic, The Whip and the Body!

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On the first episode of season 5 of Crestwood House, co-host Shawn Robare kicks off a season of daisy-chained episodes with the lesser known Peter Cushing horror flick The Flesh and the Fiends from 1960!

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August 27, 2025 40 mins

Crestwood House is back, but before we start the Season 5 proper, we want to take a second and look back at this past season and go over what we covered and what we're hoping to accomplish in this new season. So pop the top on an expired Ecto Cooler, grab some Monster cereal to much on and listen as we discuss Season 4 of the Crestwood House.

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In this episode Pax covers the novelization of the 2005 Fantastic Four movie which turns 20 years old this year!

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August 13, 2025 88 mins

Jaime, Shawn, and Pax discuss the infamous Gymkata from 1985 starring gymnast Kurt Thomas!

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July 29, 2025 86 mins

The Cult Film Club is back after our 100th episode spectacular with one of co-host Shawn's most recent obsessions, the 1980 Al Pachino/William Friedken flick Cruising. Join our hosts as we dissect the film, talk about the rough trade sub culture of early 80s NYC and try and figure out that crazy ending.

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In this episode I close out the Raimi Spiderman trilogy of novelizations with the most maligned entry.

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