#21: Mommy, I'm Not an Animal: Deadly Aborted Fetuses in Horror Films

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:03:09 -0400

Because the Bad Idea Podcast’s own Steve Carlson is now officially Daddy Steve, we wanted to do something to celebrate that. Because Daddy Steve has a rather disgusting sense of humor, this is what happened: horror films in which, in some way, angry aborted murderous fetuses kill people. (Seriously, guys: This dude is someone’s dad now.) While only one of the films we talk about truly fulfills that topic, at least all of them glance off it and/or use abortion as a base theme; it then says something very weird about this irredeemably bad idea that the best film we talk about sticks closest to the killer-abortion theme while the worst uses it as window dressing. But that’s...well, it’s something anyway. At least our Netflix Grab Bag pick offers something less geared towards only the heartiest of constitutions: the American International Pictures H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Die, Monster, Die!, which features Boris Karloff doing his thing. Which is always a good idea. Unlike this podcast. The Bad Idea Podcast: We’re here to offend your mom!

—Steve Carlson

#20: Internet-Themed Horror Films, or "Internet, NOOOOO!"

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 07:04:51 -0500

This month, Steve and I decided to choose a topic that’s au courant, topical, zeitgeisty, etc. That and we wanted an excuse to watch Smiley together. Anywho, that movie’s not really the chef d’oeuvre de shit I thought it’d be, but it did give us occasion to watch other films where the Internet is a scary virtual place— stuff like feardotcom and, uh, Vlog. The latter was more along the lines of the film we were looking for, though that’s not really the right way to put it...oh, and this month’s Netflix Grab Bag is Food of the Gods, the famous killer giant animals movie. It’s fun! Duh! All these opinions and more!

—Simon Abrams

#19: The Late And Non-Lamented Disco Musical

Mon, 4 Feb 2013 08:08:48 -0500

For this, the first Bad Idea Podcast of 2013, you’re gonna want to grab your boogie shoes, put on your finest leisure suit and do a couple pounds of blow. To kick off the new year, Simon and Steve, your brave cinematic adventurers, are looking at a late and decidedly non-lamented subgenre: the disco musical! In our efforts to provide as much variety as possible, we dig up the boring (Roller Boogie), the Bollywood (Disco Dancer) and the totally berserk (Staying Alive, because holy crap, “Satan’s Alley”)—plus the infamous Can’t Stop the Music, which contains 10,000% of your recommended dietary allowance of the Village People. Then, in the Netflix Grab Bag, we check out an ’80s spy flick called The Order of the Black Eagle, which features a baboon who drives a tank and gives people the finger. New year, new ideas, new ground to explore: That’s your Bad Idea Podcast, here for you!

—Steve Carlson