SLEAZOIDS
SLEAZOIDS
Welcome fellow SLEAZOIDS!!! Come along as hosts Josh Lewis and Jamie Miller (and, occasionally, guests) go down the rabbit hole of 20th century genre fare from the most influential canon classics to the the trashiest exploitation films we can get our hands on. Each week is a double feature—grindhouse style—where we discuss two films loosely related by subject, genre, actor, filmmaker or franchise and at the end of each episode, along with our HONORARY SLEAZOIDS (click on over to our patreon to become one), we decide on ratings and rankings for each film that's covered. Join us as together we work to uncover the best genre films of 20th century.
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Apr 20, 2024 • 3h 36min
325 - STRANGE DAYS (1995) + THE CELL (2000) ft. Andrew Law
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Andrew Law (of Boonta Vista) discuss virtual reality sci-fi horror/crime-thrillers with a double feature of Kathryn Bigelow's cyberpunk tech-horror apocalypse meets voyeuristic, conspiratorial L.A. noir STRANGE DAYS (1995) and Tarsem Singh's gruesome serial-killer-of-the-week procedural meets therapeutic dream-sharing surrealism THE CELL (2000).
Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on TWISTED ISSUES (1988) + WE AWAIT (1996), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast
Intro // 00:00-15:00
STRANGE DAYS // 15:00-2:02:19
THE CELL // 2:02:19-3:32:04
Outro // 3:32:04-3:36:16
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WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/
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Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
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Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas
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Apr 14, 2024 • 7min
324 Teaser - THE BOXER'S OMEN (1983) + RIKI-OH: THE STORY OF RICKY (1991) [FULL EP ON PATREON]
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WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/
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Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
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Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas
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Apr 7, 2024 • 2h 6min
323 - THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1972) + WENDIGO (2001) ft. Esther Rosenfield
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Esther Rosenfield (of Get Cynical and The Lost Broadcasts) discuss lo-fi independent horror films about folkloric forest beasts with a double feature of Charles B. Pierce's spooky regional faux-documentary about the Arkansas bigfoot THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1972) and minimalist indie-horror legend Larry Fessenden's unnerving mix of emotionally cogent family drama and hallucinatory cannibal cryptid B-horror fable WENDIGO (2001).
Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on THE BOXER'S OMEN (1983) + RIKI-OH: THE STORY OF RICKY (1991), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast
Intro // 00:00-12:09
BOGGY CREEK // 12:09-1:03:18
WENDIGO // 1:03:18-2:42:58
Outro // 2:02:02-2:05:54
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WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/
Pod Twitter: twitter.com/sleazoidspod
Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/
Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
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Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas
Jamie's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller

Mar 30, 2024 • 7min
322 Teaser - OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (1983) + MOUSE HUNT (1997) [FULL EP ON PATREON]
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WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/
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Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/
Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
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Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas
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Mar 26, 2024 • 7min
Bonus Transmission 52 Teaser - DUNE PART TWO, ROAD HOUSE, DRIVE AWAY DOLLS + LAND OF BAD (Spoilers)
LISTEN TO THE FULL BONUS EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101071260
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Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
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Mar 23, 2024 • 2h 49min
321 - WALKING TALL (1973) + ROAD HOUSE (1989) ft. Eddie Averill
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Eddie Averill (of Extended Clip) discuss two movies that update the old-school macho western folk hero for the 70s/80s vigilante justice-revenge and regional outlaw crime movie: B-movie maestro Phil Karlson's mix of hokey, friendly country-western drama and brutal, traumatizing exploitation blockbuster WALKING TALL (1973) starring Joe Don Baker and Rowdy Herrington's broad, vulgar, caricatured hangout neo-western meets 80s dive bar melodrama meets sick over-the-top 80s action/martial arts cult movie masterpiece ROAD HOUSE (1989) starring Patrick Swayze.
Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (1983) + MOUSE HUNT (1997), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast
Intro // 00:00-12:02
WALKING TALL // 12:02-1:21:52
ROAD HOUSE // 1:21:52-2:42:58
Outro // 2:42:58-2:48:36
MERCH: www.teepublic.com/stores/sleazoids?ref_id=17667
WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/
Pod Twitter: twitter.com/sleazoidspod
Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/
Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
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Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas
Jamie's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller

Mar 17, 2024 • 7min
320 Teaser - HIGH NOON (1952) + OUTLAND (1981) [FULL EP ON PATREON]
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Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/
Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
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Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas
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Mar 9, 2024 • 2h 40min
319 - GONIN (1995) + THE MISSION (1999) ft. Perry Ruhland
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Perry Ruhland discuss expertly directed, unconventional 90s crime thrillers about five guys in the criminal underworlds of Japan and Hong Kong teaming up to do a job and it not quite going to plan in Takashi Ishii's ruthlessly bleak yakuza heist-horror hybrid GONIN (1995) and Johnnie To's artfully controlled triad hangout movie THE MISSION (1999).
Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on HIGH NOON (1952) + OUTLAND (1981), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast
Intro // 00:00-13:03
GONIN // 13:03-1:24:59
MISSION // 1:24:59-2:36:07
Outro // 2:36:07-2:40:24
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WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/
Pod Twitter: twitter.com/sleazoidspod
Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/
Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
Josh's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/thejoshl
Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas
Jamie's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller

Mar 3, 2024 • 7min
318 Teaser - THE ITALIAN CONNECTION (1972) + THE BOSS (1973) [FULL EP ON PATREON]
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WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/
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Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
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Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas
Jamie's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller/

Feb 24, 2024 • 2h 24min
317 - SHAMUS (1973) + HEAT (1986) ft. Eric Szyszka
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Eric Szyszka (of We Hate Movies) discuss the man, the myth, the mustache Burt Reynolds with a neo-noir pulp double feature of his attempt at a grislier, sexier 1970s update on a Philip Marlowe private detective conspiracy in Buzz Kulik's SHAMUS (1973) and his charmingly weary turn as William Goldman's Las Vegas strip for-hire mercenary/gambling addict in HEAT (1986) directed by apparently 6 different directors.
Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on Henry Silva in THE ITALIAN CONNECTION (1972) + THE BOSS (1973), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast
Intro // 00:00-13:22
SHAMUS // 13:22-1:11:20
HEAT // 1:11:20-2:19:44
Outro // 2:19:44-2:24:00
MERCH: www.teepublic.com/stores/sleazoids?ref_id=17667
WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/
Pod Twitter: twitter.com/sleazoidspod
Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/
Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl
Josh's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/thejoshl
Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas
Jamie's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller


