Box Office Pulp Podcast

12/01/2025

Now that Father Time has allowed one more year to pass, and Santa has been banished to his ice prison until next solstice, it's time to visit our favorite memory from this holiday season: Nosferatu, AKK Robert Eggers Presents "This Ain't Dracula: A ### Symphony of Horror." Stalk the stone paths of turn-of-the-century Germany alongside The BOP Suitors as Lilly Rose-Depp's star-making performance ties together an all-star cast, including Bill Skarsgaard at his most uncanny, Willem Dafoe at his most grave, Nicolas Hoult at his most dandy, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson at his most obsessed with his wife. Along their stroll they'll discuss the appeal of the Nosferatu iteration of familiar vampire lore and how Eggers plays with those expecations, rank the stars of Dracula Cinema by thier fashion and s*x appeal, and scour forgotten lore to determine how exactly Orlock traveled by boat to a landlocked country.

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We dig into the flesh (plus subtext, acting, and artistry) of horror master Robert Eggers' unsettling remake of the classic (Not)Dracula tale, NOSFERATU!

26/09/2024

It's Wax Season here on Box Office Pulp! Just in time for the release of her new book Millennial Nasties, we welcome back friend of the show Ariel Powers-Schaub and what better to discuss than one of the nastiest of the era, Disney's Jungle Cruise director Jaume Collet-Serra's House of Wax. For BOP n' A Movie's second trip to the Dark Castle, this commentary track goes back to a time when everybody wanted that Leatherface money, and you could market a film based on watching Paris Hilton die. Maligned by many genre fans on release, the most 2005 movie of all time also boasts some of the best body horror the decade, practical effects that are still chilling to behold, and the last great location from a studio once dedicated to keeping sets alive. Grab a seat (made of wax) and listen to the first of our love letters (of wax) to an oft-overlooked sub-genre (it's wax).

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The BOP crew (and guest Ariel Powers-Schuab) melt into their seats as they watch the newly appreciated HOUSE OF WAX (or is it Tourist Trap?) remake!

03/08/2024

It is 2006. I am watching Hugh Jackman's last appearance as Wolverine. It is 2017. I am watching Hugh Jackman's last appearance as Wolverine. It is 2024. I am writing a description of the BOP crew's episode on Deadpool & Wolverine, the former's introduction to the MCU, and the latter's last dance with a beloved actor... who are we kidding, he's doing this till he's 90. Does Ryan Reynolds still bring the Van Wilder charm as Marvel's new golden boy, or is it too late for the Multiverse Saga: Now With Less Kang? How does a character often defined by an inferiority complex work as a mouthpiece for a dying era of film? And just how hard did those credits make us cry? Wade wouldn't give you answers, so neither are we.

Hey... remember when Deadpool's caption boxes ended up being Madcap? Wild times!

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03/08/2024

Buongiorno a tutti e grandi notizie !!!🩸🩸🩸🩸🇺🇸

Mentre The Well Movie resta saldo in top ten (7) al come l’ horror più visto al cinema… si prepara ad arrivare in Nord America con la prestigiosa distribuzione Uncork'd Entertainment 💥💥💥

Dal 9 Agosto in cinema selezionati ( si parte da NY e LA) e dal 3 di settembre sarà OVUNQUE in digitale e VOD !!!

Ecco il poster USA e continuate ad andare a vederlo al cinema ! L’ Italia sta tornando protagonista nel mondo in termini di horror 🖤🙏

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14/07/2024

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14/07/2024

With studios less sure how to reach audiences by the day, only one film has the answer to what people truly want: Hundreds of Beavers!!! In the newest movie from Mike Cheslik the team behind Lake Michigan Monster bring us a new descent into whimsy and madness in a film so ridiculous, we're convinced it stars Cody. Join Mike and Jamie as they talk about this delirious swirl of live action cartoon, silent(ish) movie, harrowing survival tale, ###-ed jugs ,and 16-bit farming sim (not kidding), HUB might be the most creative movie of the year, the funniest movie were seen in ages, and without a doubt the best movie ever made on the subject of man's battle against mascot suits.

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With studios less sure how to reach audiences by the day, only one film has the answer to what people truly want: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS. In the newest movie from Mike Ceslik, the team behind Lake Michigan Monster bring us a new descent into whimsy and madness in a film so ridiculous, we're convinced i...

13/07/2024

What an excellent day for filming an exorcism. THE Exorcism, in fact! And that's the closest thing to a joke you're getting, because the duo behind The Final Girls is back with another deeply personal-- and far much colder-- look at a young woman connecting with a parent in showbiz. Joshua John Miller and M.A. Fortin team up with Russell Crowe and a seemingly endless list of character actors to tell the story of a newly-sober man trying to get himself on the right track by taking what could be the role of his career, the priest in a remake of a famous exorcism movie, no matter what demons from his past it may awaken. Unable to win respect at home or on set, dodging a well-intentioned holy man, a director more interested in getting a rise out of him than his acting, and an alleged "curse" that's already claimed one actor, it's the perfect environment for a man to lose himself... or be found.

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What an excellent day for filming an exorcism. THE Exorcism, in fact! And that's the closest thing to a joke you're getting, because the duo behind The Final Girls is back with another deeply personal-- and far much colder-- look at a young woman connecting with a parent in showbiz. Joshua Miller an...

21/06/2024

01/06/2024

They're on the screens! They're in your home! They SHOULD be on your mind! Extreme cinema, exploitation, video nasties, whatever you call them, they take theaters by storm once every generation, and tonight we're wringing this moral panic for all it's worth! With the help of returning guest Ariel Powers-Schaub, the BOP Crew charts how the films detailed in her new book Millennial Nasties took inspiration from the gross-out cinema of the eighties to define the torture p**n of the 2000's, before a chat about how those boundary-pushing themes are alive in the current king of modern nasties, Terrifier 2. Tangents along the way include Film Theory: Art The Clown Edition, a brief meeting of the May Canady Appreciation Society, and the secret origin of The Sham Wow Guy.

Millennial Nasties can be pre-ordered directly from Encyclopocalypse in eBook and Print at www.encyclopocalypse.com (BuyHorrorBooks.com) On on September 17th, 2024 it will also be available from your favorite bookseller. The audiobook version will be available exclusively from Audible or Apple Books.

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Terrifier

The podcast welcomes back Ariel Powers-Schaub to chat her book MILLENNIAL NASTIES, in which she defines 2000s horror beyond torture p**n + TERRIFIER!

13/05/2024

Il Male ha nuove profondità.

🔜 Dal 18 luglio in sala, The Well, il nuovo, feroce horror di Federico Zampaglione.
Già venduto in oltre 80 Paesi nel mondo, tra cui gli Stati Uniti, record assoluto per un horror italiano.
Distribuito da Iperuranio Film, in collaborazione con CG Entertainment.
🎥 Prodotto da Stefano Masi e Iperuranio Film.
Preparati ad avere paura!

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Evil has new depths.

🔜From July 18th in theaters, The Well, Federico Zampaglione's new, ferocious horror film.

Already sold in over 80 countries worldwide, including the United States, a record for an Italian horror film.
Distributed by Cecchi Gori Entertainment and Iperuranio Film.
🎥 Produced by Stefano Masi and Iperuranio Film.
Get ready to be scared!

08/05/2024

Confessions of a Serial Killer will be released on Blu-ray on July 23 via Unearthed Films. The 1985 horror movie is loosely based on serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. John Dwyer writes and directs under...

05/05/2024

Surprise test, hothead! Just when the BOP crew thought they could enjoy some much-needed R&R, they're pulled away from their vacation to stop a madman threatening to destroy everything we hold dear: their co-host! Welcome to SPEEDARDY, the game show where the velocity is made up and the pedestrians don't matter, organized by Quizmaster Cody to test the limits of his friends' knowledge of the Jan de Bont crowd-pleaser... if only they had actually watched the movie beforehand. Will Mike get the girl, or will it be Jamie who discovers how few relationships based on intense experiences ever work out? Will we learn why Willem Dafoe needs a bathtub of leeches to fight off his Computer Sickness? Will ANY of this actually circle back to the 1994 blockbuster Speed?! Probably not.

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Welcome to the game show that wouldn't slow down! Where the only velocity is stupid! The podcast endures another SPEED round of useless movie trivia!

16/03/2024

With the Oscars behind us, many are taking a second look at the remarkable stories from last year that have been tragically overlooked by the academy. Tonight, Box Office Pulp would like to spotlight one such story, that of a humble engineer who forgot to cherish the little things, until a surprise diagnosis introduced him to a new hobby, a new gal, and a new lease on life. Before he can finish his life's work, though, he must rail against an uncaring medical system and stop the exploitative business practices of a corrupt institution, or else this will be one jigsaw puzzle left unsolved! In their final BOP n' A Movie audio commentary track on the series-- until next year, sat least-- the crew have finally reached Saw X, the John/Amanda reunion America didn't know it wanted. Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith are back in the playhouse, the script is free to set up absolutely nothing for a sequel, and there's an actual budget this time around, so does the THIRD return of a franchise that doesn't believe in letting itself die finally recapture the gruesome magic fans have been longing for since the original trilogy? If the words "we have a rope" mean anything to you, then you already know the answer!

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The finale (for now) of our SAW franchise audio commentary series is here! This time, it's the John/Amanda movie we've longed for in SAW X.

11/03/2024

03/03/2024

Tonight the C in ACAB stands for Chris Rock, as we take a look at the delayed, maligned, and overlooked soft reboot of the Saw franchise... no, the other one, 2021's Spiral: From the Book of Saw! In this Bop n' A Movie commentary track, we travel back to a time of chaos and uncertainty, where America was terrified by police brutality and the indoctrination of its youth into violent ideologies by charismatic extremists-- thank God that's over. It was a time when the horror community was shocked not just by another comedian entering the game, but by Darren Lynn Bousman's return to the series after seemingly cutting ties with Lionsgate, and the anticipated film missing its release due to a trivial complication like a global pandemic. Seen as a disappointment and forgotten by a series that keeps everything, did we miss out on a bold return to Saw's pulp roots, or does it deserve to be buried along with Jigsaw? The movie, you know, not the... well, I guess him, too.

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Another SAW franchise reboot brings the podcast to SPIRAL for our next audio commentary track! Does it deserve the mixed reception or a poignant gem?

17/02/2024

A BOP n' A Movie commentary track? But that podcast has been dead for ten years! The only explanation can be that there's a copycat on the loose, and it's set its sights on the most vulnerable member of the SAW family: 2017's forgotten soft reboot, Jigsaw! Crank up the Roy Orbison and grab your favorite bucket, as persons unknown revisit Lionsgate's first attempt to resurrect a dead horse, but is the only entry from The Brothers Spierig the return to simplicity they wanted? Filled with new characters, time jumps, fan sites, retcons, and more expendable detectives than you can shake a Tapp at, can one of the men who gave us Good Luck Chuck create an apprentice who will finally make John Kramer proud? Step inside the ol' Tuck Ranch and we'll have a look...

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Lionsgate's first reboot attempt, JIGSAW, gets the audio commentary treatment! Will a new style birth a worthy apprentice? Or are we all Bucketheads?