Spider-Dan And The Secret Bores
Spider-Dan And The Secret Bores
Spotlighting entertainment's best kept secrets that a mainstream audience may find boring! #ComicBooks #CultMovies #PrepareForPrattle #PrattleWorld #JoinThePrattalion #SecretBores
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Dec 19, 2025 • 2h 40min
The Conversation (1974) V.S. Enemy Of The State (1998) W/ @IAmJACSMusings
He knows when you're sleeping and he knows when you're awake! @IAmJACSMusings gets in the sleigh with me again for another Clone Bores as we attempt to decipher which film will end up on the naughty list Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation or Tony Scott's Enemy Of The State? Join us as we discuss these two conspiratorial crimbo classics with talking points such as The Patriot Act, paranoid delusions and whether "Elf On A Shelf" was designed to make your children feel more comfortable with being monitored... #PrepareForPrattleOscar Winner Walter Murch was said to be the inspiration for Harry Caul, he also edited the film. Listen to him talk about that experience here with BFI https://tinyurl.com/34r4m3wsTo hear in Chris & Dave's feeling on the conversation listen here! https://tinyurl.com/45euk9vd#FollowTheFilmography with JAC's Back To The Filmography by listen to his podcast here! https://pod.link/1686261095Also follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/backtothefilmog/ & Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/iamjacsmusings/Where to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
Dec 12, 2025 • 1h 31min
Cronos (1992) W/ Dan Burgess
We spoke about immortality & aging last week in the holly jolly Hook, this week Dan Burgess & I look at it from an entirely different perspective as we wind up the gears in #GuillermoDelToro's ancient alchemical device in his debut feature film the very merry #Cronos! What happens when an elderly doting grandfather becomes addicted to an insect's rejuvenating sting, but in doing so also develops a thirst for human blood? Join us a we discuss Del Toro's troubling childhood, #RonPerlman's pitch-perfect performance & keeping excrement in jars... #PrepareForPrattleYou can see more of The Toronto International Film Festival's Maverick Conversation with Del Toro in 2001 here! https://youtu.be/Lm1ZwavsHh8?si=SDCAtiIIeFrKoCDYAnd if you want read some of my Letterboxd reviews on Del Toro's other early entries in his filmography you can do here https://tinyurl.com/37ktyfwr & here https://tinyurl.com/ymy386nfFind Dan on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/picstopixels/ & here! https://www.instagram.com/dansphoto/Check out the social media accounts for film production companies that Dan is currently working with... Sunny Runny & Going NowhereWhere to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
Dec 5, 2025 • 2h
Hook (1991) W/ Angry Andy Reviews
I intend to start #AlterNativityStories 2025 with a show of "good form" as I bring back The Sleaziest Sleaze Of The Seven Seas, Angry Andy Reviews along with Steven Spielberg, Peter Pan & Captain James Hook in a film hated by adults including Speilberg himself but adored by children #Hook (1991) is it still #Bangarang after all these years or does it deserve to go in #TheBooBox? Join us as we remember one of Robin William's most challenging roles, #Neverland's astounding visuals and arguably the best cameo of all time!! #PrepareForPrattleSomething I forgot to mention was that Dante Basco also produced a Rufio short film a few years back... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PPS4CNI_ABefore you argue that this is Speilberg's worst outing, go back and listen to my review with JAC on 1941 https://tinyurl.com/yuvhbkmxAnd be sure to subscribe to @AngryAndyReviews for his latest reviews on The Running Man & Predator: BadlandsWhere to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
Nov 28, 2025 • 2h 52min
Watership Down (1978) V.S. The Plague Dogs (1982) W/ Maff
*CONTENT WARNING!! THIS PODCAST & FILMS FEATURE TOPICS SUCH AS ANIMAL CRUELTY, DEATH, DEBILITATING INJURY & VIVISECTION!A much deeper and longer podcast than I was expecting given the violent subject matter, but no less beautiful than the films Maff has us covering this week. Not unlike nature herself. In the latest #CloneBores we compare #MartinRosen’s animated adaptations of #RichardAdam’s environmentalist novels #WatershipDown & #ThePlagueDogs! Two films that no doubt scarred many a child’s psyche due to their questionable age ratings. Join us as we discuss Depressed Mode, Holocaust parallels & our own family pet’s predatory natures… #PrepareForPrattle This episode continues our animal theme from previous podcasts our last one was on giant spiders! https://tinyurl.com/236bvdhzSpeaking of animal themes listen to Maff’s latest reviews on the resurrected Pop Guerrillas 2.0 https://pod.link/1840647225 Along with discussing all the Glup Shittos with Mike & Dave on Star Wars Chit-Chat https://pod.link/1657925693And if you still can’t get enough of Maff check out his Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/maff78/Where to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
Nov 17, 2025 • 2h 15min
Dirty Harry (1971) V.S. Death Wish (1974) W/ Dan Burgess
*CONTENT WARNING!! THIS PODCAST & FILMS FEATURE TOPICS SUCH AS SEXUAL VIOLENCE, POLICE BRUTALITY, RACISM & HOMOPHOBIAWhen the law is "crazy?" Is vigilantism the only option left? Well get your high calibre pistols out as I indulge @danburgessphotography7663 's #DirtyHarry-style #DeathWish that he's been dying to share with the world! We take the law into their own hands to decide who will be the victorious vigilante as #ClintEastwood takes on #CharlesBronson! Join us as we discuss ultra conservative gun nuts, stunning cinematography & Hot Mary! #PrepareForPrattleFind Dan on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/picstopixels/ & here https://www.instagram.com/dansphoto/Check out the social media accounts for film production companies that Dan is currently working with... Sunny Runny & Going NowhereLast time I discussed Clint Eastwood was during Western month where he played another morally ambiguous character in High Plains Drifter https://tinyurl.com/pzu3xpmkWhere to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
Oct 26, 2025 • 47min
Top 5 Horror Mockumentary/Found Footage Films
What is fact? What is fiction? Supposedly “the camera never lies” but is the person behind the camera being entirely honest? So many terrifying questions about media manipulation and so few actual truths…For the final entry in #ShockPhobiaFest 2025 I list my Top 5 Horror Mockumentary/Found Footage Films! Join me as I discuss Norwegian Mythology, Koreans beating The U.S. & the disturbing history of The Magdalene Laundries… #PrepareForPrattle #GonjiamHauntedAsylum #TheDevilsDoorway2018 #PunishmentPark1971 #Trollhunter2010 #TheLastBroadcast1998Watch The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021) documentary here… https://youtu.be/3PWofgH9gEM?si=XUdnIrnTy_H8-XVFI’ve covered André Øvredal’s work before when George defended The Autopsy Of Jane Doe https://tinyurl.com/ydmjmfm2Here is my short list for what could’ve ended up on this Top 5… https://tinyurl.com/mru9wyja Where to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
Oct 24, 2025 • 34min
Flatliners (1990)
This #ShockPhobiaFest its time for an after-death experience! As Spider-Dan resuscitates (for his sins) an old favourite from Joel Schumacher R.I.P. A group of brilliant med students (played by the hottest actors of their time) want to experience what its like to die and then be revived. In order to learn what lies beyond the world of the living, but as each one of them is brought back to life they learn that they brought something else back with them! Join me as I discuss poor editing, Jan De Bont's cinematography & a character who deserved to die... #PrepareForPrattleWant more of my thoughts on the deathly dull 2017 film check out my Letterboxd review... https://boxd.it/8UUR91Want another Halloween-themed story of a med student bringing his ''friend" back to life? Listen to me and Tonya discuss Deadly Friend! https://tinyurl.com/yc2y37ufWhere to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
Oct 17, 2025 • 58min
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (2015) V.S. Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell (2016)
This #ShockPhobiaFest witness Monsters Unleashed! In the most family friendly manner ever. It's #Marvel V.S. #DC, as I compare both #Halloween-themed animated movies #Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem & #Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell. Join me as I discuss robotic wolf motorcycles, psychic suicides & a Gotham City so advanced teenagers don't know what mobile phones are... #PrepareForPrattleFor more Halloween-themed Dark Knight content check out Tonya, Andy & my divisive podcast on The Batman for last year... https://tinyurl.com/n29tfjzmSpeaking of my thoughts on Captain America: Brave New World here is that review... https://boxd.it/8PLZnxLast time I spoke in depth about Green Arrow was #YakuzaMonth when I reviewed Shado: Song Of The Dragon... https://tinyurl.com/49jxb9j5For more Kari Wuhrer Clone Bore chat check Maff & me compare Eight-Legged Freaks against a Big-Ass Spider... https://tinyurl.com/36jx5am5Where to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
Oct 10, 2025 • 21min
Army Of Darkness Halloween Special 2018
Hail to El Jefe! Ash Williams is back to kick off #ShockPhobiaFest & kick some #Deadite ass! In this 2018 #DynamiteEntertainment Halloween special! #Blackbeard is resurrected on #Halloween night by the dark magic of the #Necronomicon! Now its up him and a woman who's image was used to catfish him to stem the tide of #EvilDead rising... #PrepareForPrattleWhere to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
Sep 29, 2025 • 1h 16min
The Hidden (1987) W/ Angry Andy Reviews - Sharing The Silver Screen
#SharingTheSilverScreen continues as I uncover another "hidden" gem for @AngryAndyReviews in #TheHidden! A film accurately described as #InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers meets #TheTerminator Join us as we discuss #KyleMaclachlan’s autism-coded performance, practical effects & #NewLineCinema being "The House That Freddy Built!" #PrepareForPrattle Angry Andy & I covered a very similar film a few years back I Come In Peace/Dark Angel https://tinyurl.com/yc49e9h9Be sure to subscribe to @AngryAndyReviews to see my thoughts on his pick next time...Where to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast…Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice pod.link/danboresFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretboresThreads:https://www.threads.net/@spiderdansecretboresTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_boresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=enDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjkIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don’t forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us.Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, Comics In Motion and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week https://pccnewsletter.com/I’d like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you would like to make a one off donation head over to https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretboresIf you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/
