Happy Halloween! If you want to hear the rest of our episode on this masterpiece, plus more than 20 bonus episodes, visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s to learn more! We’re celebrating this holiday with one of our absolute favorites: John Carpenter’s masterpiece … Continued
BEWARE OF THE BLOB! How great is Kevin Dillon’s hair and pirate shirt? Look at this murderer’s row of character actors! How great are these practical effects? How deaf would they be post explosion? What’s Del Close doing here?! All … Continued
KI KI KI MA MA MA! We’re back in Camp Crystal Lake for this Friday the 13th in October with Friday the 13th: Jason Lives! Why is this guy running around a paintball field with a machete? Why did this … Continued
The 2023 Spooktacular has arrived! We’re jumping off with the sole directorial effort of special effects King Stan Winston! Is this a secret xenomorph? Are these kids actually bad guys? How many cigarettes does Lance Henriksen smoke each day? All … Continued
Summer is winding to a close, so we’re ending on one of the heavy hitters of the summer movie genre: Vacation! Happy 40th birthday! This movie is way darker than the other vacations! Is Cousin Eddie a creep? What’s up … Continued
To celebrate #SharkWeek 2015, Tripp and Andrew get back in the water with Jaws 3-D! Is this the worst fake shark ever put on film? Would you rather watch a Dennis Quaid film or Randy Quaid film? Is this Shark … Continued
Note! Visit Dissecting The 80s on YouTube for a synced version of this commentary. https://youtu.be/_RgJ3BXLW14 Why is there SO MUCH CHARLTON HESTON! How great are the Monkees? Why aren’t there more chaotic specials from Disney? All this and more! Want … Continued
NOTE FOR TANGENT HATERS: Toy Talk Tangent lasts until 21:24 For this episode (and likely ONLY this episode), we’re Heroes in a Half Shell! How much turtle power is in here? How amazing are these costumes? Why is the production … Continued
Re-released to celebrate our TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH EPISODE! This is our poor audio quality first-ever episode! Tripp and Andrew dissect the 80s dance-a-palooza known as “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” that surprisingly, doesn’t include ANY Cyndi Lauper renditions! Don’t … Continued
To celebrate our milestone 250th episode, we went back to where it began: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! Should we do 100 Military Bullets jokes? What’s with Helen Hunt’s Hats? Why does every 80s movie do gymnastics instead of dancing?! … Continued