They Called This a Movie

They Called This a Movie

Testing the strength of friendships one terrible movie at a time. NOW RELEASING ON FRIDAYS

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November 14, 2025 59 mins
We're going through a midlife crisis as we watch John De Hart's entry into the black tank top subgenre of vanity projects, as we watch Champagne and Bullets AKA Road to Revenge AKA GetEven on this week's episode. 

Join us as we discuss the absolute fear on John De Hart's face, forcing Playboy Playmates to do nude scenes, and the Shimmy Slide. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

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This week, we're joining William Shatner as he tries to stop a roving infestation of deadly tarantulas in Kingdom of the Spiders from 1977. 

Join us as we discuss the similarities to Arachnophobia, tarantula genocide, and William Shatner's persona on and off screen. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

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Happy Halloween! It's our very special Movie of the Month landing right on All Hallow's Eve. And this special episode wouldn't be complete without a guest, so we have Steve from Halloween is Forever to help us talk about our October Movie of the Month, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, as voted on by our Patrons. 

Join us as we discuss the many timelines of the Halloween franchise, the diminishing returns of Michael's mask, and compare...
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October 24, 2025 66 mins
This week, we're headed underground to a bunker in Florida to watch George A Romero's third film in his zombie trilogy: the 1985 film Day of the Dead

Join us as we discuss Tom Savini's special effects, the boring setting, and Joseph Pilato's performance.

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dka...
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October 17, 2025 63 mins
We're headed to a sleepy New England village and dealing with some locals, as we watch the underrated zombie movie, Dead & Buried

Join us as we discuss Stan Winston's effects, Jack Albertson's performance, and the clever ending. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.
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We continue how month-long celebration of horror movies with one of the most highly regarded sequels in horror history, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. 

Join us as we discuss Heather Langenkamp, the movie's corniness, and stop motion skeletons. 


Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

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October 3, 2025 57 mins
It's officially October and that means Spooky Season. We're kicking off our full month of horror movies with Fraternity Demon, a movie that barely exists. 

Join us as we discuss the mysterious lead actress, the abs of a lead singer, and how this movie needs to pick a lane. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found...
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September 27, 2025 86 mins
We're hitting the road with Britney Spears, as we watch Crossroads for our September Movie of the Month, as voted on our Patreon subscribers. 

Join us as we discuss the pop culture phenomenon that was Britney in the 2000s, criticize the movie's song choice for a pivitol moment, and defend this movie from its detractors. 

Want to get in on the fun and help us decide next month's Movie of the Month? Join us over at Patreon for just a d...
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September 19, 2025 64 mins
It's time to head to the Big Apple and seek justice, as we watch a movie nearly 40 years in the making. It's New York Ninja on this week's episode on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss how this movie came to exist, the distinct characters, and how bad at being a ninja the New York Ninja actually is. 




Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

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September 12, 2025 73 mins
We learn the difference between fast cars and fast drivers in this Asylum Fast and Furious wannabe written by Dick Van Dyke's grandkids. It's Street Racer on this week's They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss weird camera tricks, the lack of NOS, and who that random girl was at the end. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

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We're hitting the gridiron as we welcome back the football season with the most adorable wide receiver ever. It's Air Bud: Golden Receiver on this week's They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss the lack of defense, how this movie doesn't care about rules anymore, and one of us watched the wrong movie. 

Find us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads @TCTAMPod and on TikTok @theycalledthisamovie.

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August 29, 2025 75 mins
We're going "Back to School" for our August Movie of the Month, as we watch Teen Witch, as voted on by our Patreon subscribers. 

Join us as we discuss random acts of singing and dancing, Dick Sargeant and his hot wife, and the fact that nobody learns a lesson. 

Want to get in on the fun and vote for our next movie of the month? Join our Patreon at just $1 a month. The Patreon page is now live and you can check it out at Patreon.com/T...
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August 22, 2025 62 mins
We ride a giant stone head to the Vortex this week, as we celebrate guns with the nearly-incomprehensible Zardoz, starring Sean Connery. 

Join us as we discuss the wardrobe, trying to explain what happens in the movie, and argue on what we would change. 

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We're headed back to the 1970s and Italy, as we watch a kung-fu movie with very little kung-fu, but a whole lot of one liners, as we watch the amazingly titled Mr. Hercules Against Karate

Join us as we discuss the lack of good martial arts, when this movie wears out its welcome, and compare it to all-time classic literature. 

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August 8, 2025 93 mins
We're going to a nightmare version of Gotham City envisioned by Joel Schumacher, as we watch the movie that killed the Batman franchise for nearly a decade, the 1997 flop Batman & Robin. 

Join us as we discuss Uma Thurman's accent, choose our favorite ice puns, and wish we had seen more of George Clooney as Bruce Wayne. 

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August 1, 2025 69 mins
We're tricked by another Charles Band children's movie this week, as we watched Prehysteria!, which winds up being in the same cinematic universe as Remote

Join us as we discuss Austin O'Brien, the dad's weird raisin fetish, and a kid's movie once again not doing enough with its concept. 

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With Mark traversing the Great White North, Dan and Anthony break from format slightly in order to indulge in some prime time middle-aged Chuck Norris action. This week, they watched the season eight episode of Walker Texas Ranger entitled "Way of the Warrior". 

Join us as we discuss introducing time travel into Walker Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris messing up the space time continuum, and marvel at what television was like 25 years ago...
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July 18, 2025 88 mins
An ex moves in too close for comfort this week, as we celebrate the world of Tubi Original Movies. Our July Movie of the Month, as voted on by our Patrons is Ex Door Neighbor on this week's They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss how much blame the fiancè deserves, the crazy twist ending, and the fact that everybody is kind of bad. 


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July 11, 2025 70 mins
Nonsense thrives this week, as we watch a movie that desperately tries to fill its plot holes with claymation monsters in the 1992 film Winterbeast

Join us as we discuss the fact the movie takes place in the fall, count up all the plaid, and try to decide which beast is our favorite. 

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June 27, 2025 76 mins
It's our June Movie of the Month this week, as voted on by our Patreon members. For June, we're celebrating Summer Vibes with a movie that takes place primarily in New York during the winter. But there is that 15 minutes that takes place in Jamaica. It's the Tom Cruise bartending movie, Cocktail, on this week's They Called This a Movie.

Join us as we discuss how different this movie was versus our expectations, discuss fumbling 1988...
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