Cinematic Suffering: The Podcast

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The Beginning...

It started as an innocent idea sparked from boredom way back in 1996 through 1997. The Internet was still in its relative infancy so going “online” for entertainment wasn’t really a thing back then. So my friends and I would often go to Blockbuster video and rent movies. Eventually the new releases were no longer drawing us in and I mentioned casually, “Why don’t we go through Blockbuster’s horror selection and rent every film they have there starting at the beginning of the section?” We were all huge horror fiends and my friends enthusiastically said, “Yeah! That’s a great idea, Jason!” Famous last words. We started with 4 guys (me included). By the time I rented the last film that started with the letter “Z”, I was the last man standing from the group. The suffering endured was legendary.

Fast forward over 20 years later and I found myself once again contemplating this challenge. With Blockbuster and other big store video chains now a relic of the past, I often scrolled through Netflix’s horror collection looking for something of interest. Sometimes I’d hit gold but more often than not I would be squirming in frustration as I struggled to get through a bad horror movie. I told my wife about the original Blockbuster challenge and how I was thinking about doing the same with Netflix. While she supported me 100% in my endeavor, she wouldn’t be joining the challenge. She’s much smarter than me obviously.

So instead of doing this by myself, I hit up my old friend Clay. We were friends in high school and have kept in touch throughout the years. I felt that if anyone would accompany me on this journey of cinematic suffering, then he would! He was the first person to pop up in my head because his sense of humor, biting opinions, and love for the weird are all traits needed to endure what we were about to embark on.

In addition to asking my good friend to join up on this insane journey, I figured why not make a podcast about it? Clay and I shouldn’t have to suffer in silence when we can share the misery (or the rare elation) of our viewing experiences to the world!

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