That Bad Media
In 2022, our co-founders Gabriel Theis and Connor McCarthy launched "Not That Bad: A Movie Podcast." The show aimed to bring at least a little bit of positivity to the world on online movie discourse, and to give the co-hosts an excuse to discuss the "bad" movies they loved. Over time, the desire to produce more types of content grew, and from this desire, That Bad Media was born. As an evolution and extension of our original intentions, That Bad Media will continue to try to have and release as much fun as possible.
Episodes
January 24, 2025 • 79 mins
It puts the "The" in The Wolfman! With a new reimagining of the classic Universal Monsters movie out in the theaters, simply titled "Wolf Man," it's time to go back and rewatch the first remake that we discussed years ago. How does it compare to Leigh Whannell's take? Have either Gabe or Connor changed their minds? And, can we go back to when werewolves looked like this? Pretty please?
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December 20, 2024 • 135 mins
Merry Christmas to everyone except Booster! Instead of watching some Killer Santa movie, we're tackling an actual family-friendly holiday flick starring the King of the Action Stars, Arnold Schwarzenneger. After ratcheting up action classic after action classic, Ah-nold decided to take it easy and do a Christmas movie: Jingle All The Way.
While it raked in cash at the box office, the vast majority of critics put this movie on their ...
While it raked in cash at the box office, the vast majority of critics put this movie on their ...
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December 6, 2024 • 58 mins
Happy Holidays, sickos! Break out the Cannibal Christmas Cookies, because today we're talking about the remake to the deep-cut slasher classic, Black Christmas! Before you get riled up, we're not talking about the 2019 Blumhouse version, but the gross-out splatterfest that came out in 2006. On paper, this remake looks Ho Ho Hopeless.
It gave it's mysterious killer a TMI origin story, swapped out suspense for incest and cannibalism, ...
It gave it's mysterious killer a TMI origin story, swapped out suspense for incest and cannibalism, ...
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October 31, 2024 • 122 mins
Happy Halloween! Everyone's entitled to one good scare, and what could be spookier than two podcasters simping over the most ultra-hated entry of the beloved Halloween franchise? Connor and Gabe have alluded to their adoration of Rob Zombie's Halloween II, but now they finally have the gall to sit down and explain why in the form of a commentary track.
So watch H2 with Gabe and Connor as they revisit their favorite (yes, favorite) H...
So watch H2 with Gabe and Connor as they revisit their favorite (yes, favorite) H...
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October 17, 2024 • 88 mins
The Hellraiser franchise might have started off on a high note with Clive Barker's original fable of sadomasochistic puzzle boxes and otherworldly perversion, but the series lost steam so hard that it became virtually synonymous with Straight-to-DVD shlock. By the aughts, everyone except for the hardcore Hellraiser fans checked out. Even they would admit the series hit a low point.
Still, that didn't prepare anyone for Hellraiser: R...
Still, that didn't prepare anyone for Hellraiser: R...
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October 4, 2024 • 95 mins
Join us for the Spooky Season as we watch a Spooktacular sequel. Spooktacular as in, spooky to Friday the 13th fans. Today we're talking about Jason Goes to Hell, a movie that practically tramautized the fanbase and was seen as one of many films that basically killed the golden era of slasher movies. With its bizarre storyline involving bodyswapping, an utter lack of Jason, and a weird mythology, Jason Goes To Hell is almost unreco...
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August 30, 2024 • 88 mins
20 years ago, the first Saw was released to theaters and movies haven't ever been the same since. James Wan's directorial debut spawned one of the most lucrative, if not polarizing franchises in horror history, with a sequel being pumped out on a yearly basis.
With each entry, the timeline got more hopelessly convoluted and backlash intensified over the franchise's penchant for torment. So the producers decided to pump the breaks an...
With each entry, the timeline got more hopelessly convoluted and backlash intensified over the franchise's penchant for torment. So the producers decided to pump the breaks an...
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August 15, 2024 • 74 mins
"The Crow" remake starring Bill Skaarsgaard is on the horizon, so Gabe and Connor look at the last theatrical movie in the franchise: "The Crow: City of Angels." Forced to become an anthology series after the tragic loss of Brandon Lee, The Crow franchise flopped so hard with this second effort that the series went straight-to-video afterwards. That's largely thanks to meddling from everyone's favorite guy, Harvey Weinstein, who bu...
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August 2, 2024 • 90 mins
Fellow YouTuber and self-professed "Freddy Fanatic" joins to talk about the long-awaited slasher crossover, "Freddy vs. Jason." Easily "The Avengers" of Dead Teenager movies, Freddy vs. Jason was teased to horror fans at the end of Jason Goes to Hell. Those same fans had to wait over a decade through development hell and unused scrips before New Line Cinema finally delivered the film in 2003.
While it was a slasher flick that was hy...
While it was a slasher flick that was hy...
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July 19, 2024 • 92 mins
It's been 50 years since the release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, hailed as one of the most important and impactful horror films ever made. The sequels? Not so much.
While Tobe Hooper would direct another sequel, the true sequelification of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre wouldn't happen until the third entry. After the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise started to slow down, New Line Cinemas decided to buy the rights to Leatherface ...
While Tobe Hooper would direct another sequel, the true sequelification of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre wouldn't happen until the third entry. After the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise started to slow down, New Line Cinemas decided to buy the rights to Leatherface ...
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July 5, 2024 • 112 mins
Brotha! After a sequel to Thomas Jane's Punisher movie was plunged into development hell, director Lexi Alexander rebooted the series with a zanier take that upped the violence and hammy New York accents. While it underwhelmed audiences and become the lowest-grossing theatrical Marvel film, some fans have come to prefer this version's Grindhouse approach.
It seems like something that Connor and Gabe could agree on, right?
...Right?
It seems like something that Connor and Gabe could agree on, right?
...Right?
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June 20, 2024 • 107 mins
After a failed first attempt at a Punisher movie, The Punisher received a reboot in 2004. Now played by Thomas Jane, fans generally regard this as the most successful film adaptation. But it's not without its detractors, and some fans have never jived with this version's morose tone, casting choices, and origin story approach.
But what do Gabe and Connor think of this polarizing version? Get your land mines ready, 'cause it's about ...
But what do Gabe and Connor think of this polarizing version? Get your land mines ready, 'cause it's about ...
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June 5, 2024 • 60 mins
Welcome to the first episode of It's That Bad, where Connor and Gabe look at the irredeemable franchise-crossover cashgrab Alien vs. Predator: Requiem. While fans were unimpressed with Paul W.S. Anderson's first AvP flick, they were even more disgusted with this follow-up that turns two of cinema's most iconic intergalactic Titans of Terror into generic and barely visible creepy crawlers.
So join Gabe and Connor as they talk the Ali...
So join Gabe and Connor as they talk the Ali...
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May 23, 2024 • 73 mins
Before John Carpenter became a professional gamer and part-time composer for Blumhouse, he made movies! One of them was Vampire$, starring Family Guy character James Woods. After a string of unfortunate bombs from Village of the Damned to Escape from L.A., Vampire$ was Carpenter's first profitable film of the '90s. But it also signaled the end of his heyday and left his fans feeling cold.
That was then. Years later, some have embrac...
That was then. Years later, some have embrac...
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May 9, 2024 • 86 mins
#starwars #thephantommenace #episodeone
In our first Revisited episode, Not That Bad takes a second look at Star Wars: Episode I as it has a surprisingly warm reception during its rerelease. After being the ire of nerds and geeks for decades, The Phantom Menace might finally be getting into people's good graces. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
So Connor the Star Wars fan and Gabe the Casual Viewer re-evaluate The Phantom M...
In our first Revisited episode, Not That Bad takes a second look at Star Wars: Episode I as it has a surprisingly warm reception during its rerelease. After being the ire of nerds and geeks for decades, The Phantom Menace might finally be getting into people's good graces. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
So Connor the Star Wars fan and Gabe the Casual Viewer re-evaluate The Phantom M...
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April 25, 2024 • 84 mins
Before the MonsterVerse pitted both of these iconic kaiju against each other, King Kong and Godzilla had their first bout in the year 1963. One of the first crossover events, King Kong vs. Godzilla is still one of the most profitable Godzilla flicks ever made, but has become more ridiculed than celebrated in recent years.
Compared to their 21st Century rematch, Godzilla and King Kong is remembered more for its insanely goofy FX and ...
Compared to their 21st Century rematch, Godzilla and King Kong is remembered more for its insanely goofy FX and ...
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April 11, 2024 • 90 mins
Greetings with another former Patreon special! As Jon Bernthal gets ready to reprise his celebrated take on Frank Castle a.k.a. The Punisher, Gabe and Connor look back at the character's first adaptation, which also happened to be the first feature-film based on Marvel Comics: Dolph Lundren's The Punisher.
A cheap and sleazy exploitation film thinly veiled as a comic-book movie, fans have long rejected this awkward and campy adaptat...
A cheap and sleazy exploitation film thinly veiled as a comic-book movie, fans have long rejected this awkward and campy adaptat...
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March 28, 2024 • 96 mins
You kids, with your Denis Villeneuves and your Timothee Chalamets. Back in the olden days, the only film adaptation of Frank Herbert's ultra-acclaimed novel was brought by David Lynch, the surrealist who had directed both Eraserhead and The Elephant Man. The result was a messy and bloated space opera with a serious identity crisis that's been rejected by both fans of the novel, and by Lynch himself.
40 years later, David Lynch's Dun...
40 years later, David Lynch's Dun...
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March 14, 2024 • 85 mins
It was 2010. The '80s were long over. Arnold Schwarzenneger was Governor of California. It appeared that the Age of the Action Hero might have come to an end. Then, fresh off of sequels to both Rocky and Rambo, Sylvester Stallone assembled a supergroup of Old and New School Action Heroes for a throwback shoot 'em up, The Expendables.
Even though it has all the ingredients to be a fan favorite, and even spawned its own franchise, thi...
Even though it has all the ingredients to be a fan favorite, and even spawned its own franchise, thi...
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February 29, 2024 • 81 mins
Travel back to a time when mostly-forgotten IPs were turned into vehicles for SNL comedians. Will Ferrell had graduated from sketch comedy and George W. Bush impersonations to leading hits like Elf and Old School. His star had risen so high that he was cast as the lead in the upcoming Land of The Lost reboot, which would be a big-budget reimagining of the fantasy adventure series.
Unfortunately, "Land of the Lost" did to Will Ferrel...
Unfortunately, "Land of the Lost" did to Will Ferrel...
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