S15: WHM Mail Bag for June 2025: Throwing Up at the Movies, Death on Screen, Stuck to the Toilet on a First Date & More!

“If it’s Exorcist: The Beginning… let’s get some background on Pazuzu! What’s he up to? What was his deal?” - Steve  On this episode, the 2023 Halloween Spooktacular continues with a convo about the stunningly terrible prequel Exorcist: The Beginning! How bad are all these CGI landscapes? Why did they think an Exorcist film needed so many extreme gore-hound moments? Was that side-boob necessary? And really, Morgan Creek should have let Schrader finish his film with an appropriate budget and called it a day! PLUS: Your ears are not ready for the “Tubular Bells” knock-off at the end…  Exorcist: The Beginning stars Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorpio, James D’Arcy, Remy Sweeney, Julian Wadham, Andrew French, Ralph Brown, Ben Cross, Alan Ford, Eddie Osei, and David Bradley as Father Gionetti; directed by Renny Harlin. Want more WHM? Join our Patreon fam today and instantly unlock hours and hours of exclusive bonus content, including Ad-Free WHM Prime at the $8 level and up! Be sure to get in early and get your tickets for the WHM Holiday Extravaganza where we’re talking The Santa Clause! Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new Polish Decoy, ‘Jack Kirby’, and Forrest the Universal Soldier designs! Today’s episode is brought to you in part by Nutrisense! To start decoding your body's messages and pave the way for a healthier life, visit  NUTRISENSE DOT COM SLASH WHM and get $30 off your first month and one month of board certified nutritionist support as well. When they ask how you learned about Nutrisense make sure to tell them it was the We Hate Movies podcast!

3 Okt 20231h 51min

On this week's edition of On-Screen Live, the guys are going over the weekend box office—did Sly and the gang make a dent in the numbers (nope!)? We're also chatting about A24's Stop Making Sense restoration, The Expend4bles, and reporting in from the 61st New York Film Festival with coverage of Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers, Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall, Pedro Almodóvar's Strange Way of Life, Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, and more! This is of course the audio-only edition of On-Screen Live, if you want the full experience, check out the show on our YouTube channel. Watch live Mondays at 12pm/et or catch the replay whenever. While you're there, be sure to like this episode and subscribe to the channel! Set up notifications so you don't miss a moment of new content from us! Want more WHM? Join our Patreon fam today and instantly unlock hours and hours of exclusive bonus content, starting as low as $2 a month—with the all-new AD-FREE We Hate Movies starting at the $8 level and up! Be sure to get in early and get your tickets for the WHM Holiday Extravaganza where we’re talking The Santa Clause! Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new Polish Decoy, Forrest the Universal Soldier, and 'Jack Kirby' designs!

29 Sep 20231h 13min

“We’ve got like, probably, 78 minutes of [new] footage here…” - Steve  On this episode, the 2023 Halloween Spooktacular starts a few weeks early as the guys chat about franchise-low, Saw V! Holy hell, how is anyone following this story? Are we supposed to be intrigued by the mystery surrounding that building fire? Does the movie even care about the virtually anonymous characters involved in this film’s Game? Why couldn’t we get a little more Jillsaw here? And can we please take these goddamn movies outside for two minutes of sunlight? PLUS: Introducing horror’s latest serial murderer, Dogsaw!   Saw V stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Paterson, Betsy Russell, Julie Benz, Meagan Good, Mark Rolston, Carlo Rota, Greg Bryk, Laurą Gordon, Joris Jarsky, Mike Butters, and Al Sapienza as the Chief of Police; directed by David Hackl. Want more WHM? Join our Patreon fam today and instantly unlock hours and hours of exclusive bonus content, including Ad-Free WHM Prime at the $8 level and up! Be sure to get in early and get your tickets for the WHM Holiday Extravaganza where we’re talking The Santa Clause! Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new Polish Decoy, ‘Jack Kirby’, and Forrest the Universal Soldier designs! Today’s episode is brought to you in part by James Allen Diamonds! Get 25% off your order when you go to JAMES ALLEN dot com and use code WHM! Today’s episode is also brought to you in part by Nutrisense! To start decoding your body's messages and pave the way for a healthier life, visit  NUTRISENSE DOT COM SLASH WHM and get $30 off your first month and one month of board certified nutritionist support. When they ask how you learned about Nutrisense make sure to tell them it was the We Hate Movies podcast!

26 Sep 20231h 43min

On this week's On-Screen Live, the guys are reacting to trailers for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, and the Frasier reboot; looking at the weekend box office, discussing A Haunting in Venice and Liam Neeson in Retribution, and more!

20 Sep 20231h 5min

“How is adding Kelsey Grammer to this a thing at all?” - Eric On this week’s episode, the guys are dodging CGI explosions left and right as they talk about the total wet fart of an action film, The Expendables 3! Why couldn’t they budget for some actual explosions? Why didn’t this wind up being more of a Wesley Snipes movie? Why did the writers think this movie needed all the Expendables Jr. characters? And what on EARTH were they thinking with this PG-13 rating? PLUS: Sly puts out an album full of t.v. theme song covers!  The Expendables 3 stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kelsey Grammer, Glen Powell, Antonio Banderas, Victor Ortiz, Ronda Rousey, Kellan Lutz, Jet Li, Robert Davi, and the great Wesley Snipes as Doc; directed by Patrick Hughes.  Want more WHM? Join our Patreon fam today and instantly unlock hours and hours of exclusive bonus content, including Ad-Free WHM Prime at the $8 level and up! Be sure to get in early and get your tickets for the WHM Holiday Extravaganza where we’re talking The Santa Clause! Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new Polish Decoy, ‘Jack Kirby’, and Forrest the Universal Soldier designs!

19 Sep 20231h 59min

On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, the guys are chatting about the incredible Marvel movie, Blade! How absolutely magnificent is Wesley as Blade? Isn’t it great watching a movie for adults? Are there better title cards in a Marvel film? How bad-ass is Kris Kristofferson in this? And can anyone hold back the—look out, day-walker, this episode is for subscribers only! To access the full show, along with hours and hours of exclusive content, including the new ad-free We Hate Movies option, subscribe to our Patreon today and get hip to our family of shows including: We ❤️ Movies, Star Wars: A Gleep Glossary, The Nexus (our Star Trek re-cap show), Once In A Lifetime (covering Lifetime and Lifetime-esque movies), MELR0210 (covering Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place), and even syncable commentaries!

14 Sep 202310min

On the season premiere of On-Screen Live, the guys are back and better than ever to chat about the weekend box office, react to the trailer for David Fincher's The Killer, and discuss some of their memorable watches of the summer, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and the amazing Telemarketers! This is of course the audio-only edition of On-Screen Live, if you want the full experience, check out the show on our YouTube channel. Watch live Mondays at 12pm/et or catch the replay whenever. While you're there, be sure to like this episode and subscribe to the channel! Set up notifications so you don't miss a moment of new content from us! Want more WHM? Join our Patreon fam today and instantly unlock hours and hours of exclusive bonus content, starting as low as $2 a month—with the all-new AD-FREE We Hate Movies starting at the $8 level and up! Be sure to get in early and get your tickets for the WHM Holiday Extravaganza where we’re talking The Santa Clause! Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new Polish Decoy, Forrest the Universal Soldier, and 'Jack Kirby' designs!

13 Sep 20231h 1min

On this week’s episode, the guys are chatting about the Robert Rodriguez sci-fi teen horror film, The Faculty! Has another movie ever done so little with such a solid cast? Are there too many characters in this movie? Shouldn’t they just have done all practical effects instead of this horrendous CGI? Is this the biggest chicken shit ending of the 1990s? And why in the world did they release this movie on Christmas Day? PLUS: The season 14 debut of the VHS Trailer Game!  The Faculty stars Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Elijah Wood, Clea Duvall, Laura Harris, Shawn Hatosy, Salma Hayek, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Christopher McDonald, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Patrick, Usher, Daniel von Bargen, and Jon Stewart as Professor Edward Furlong; directed by Robert Rodriguez. Today's episode is sponsored by Microdose THC Gummies. Microdose is available nationwide. To learn more about microdosing THC, go to microdose dot com and use code: WHM to get free shipping & 30% off your first order. Want more WHM? Join our Patreon fam today and instantly unlock hours and hours of exclusive bonus content, including Ad-Free WHM Prime at the $8 level and up! Be sure to get in early and get your tickets for the WHM Holiday Extravaganza where we’re talking The Santa Clause! Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new Polish Decoy, Jack Kirby, and Forrest the Universal Soldier designs!

12 Sep 20232h 14min