The Head, The Tail, The Whole Damn Thing

Hey Whole Damn Family! It's the start of spooky season and we are giving you a double dose of Halloween treats...Are they Spooktacular? Creeptastic? or less of a treat and more of a trick? Listen along and find out as we breakdown Michael Dougherty's classic October film Trick r' Treat from (2007) and Shudder's addition to the VHS Franchise that came out in (2025), V/H/S Halloween. So knock on our door and let us fill your bag with...

This episode's title is a mouthful! Listen along as we tread lightly in areas we know little about in our campiest episode yet! First the boys chat up the The Final Girls (2015) in this funny slasher trope send up and then they get saucy with Gillian Anderson For some Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026). Want to know more about dipping sauces, or what makes a strip tease not sexy, or what makes a movie meta? If we learned o...

Opa! Whole Damn Family, we spin a bit of fantasy this episode for some laughs and the ins and outs of Greek Mythology. So grab the olive oil and the yogurt and join us on an epic journey as we delve into (1981) Clash of the Titans and the Christopher Nolan epic everyone is on about (2026) The Odyssey. In this episode, you'll discover what Greek mythological creatures actually sound like and learn what Tom Jones and Calibos have in ...

Hey Whole Damn family! We bent the rules a little bit because James had always wanted to do Strange Darling (2023) so here we are with what is a banger of a double feature, matching it with The Hitcher (1986). On this episode, we learn not to pick up hitchhikers and not to go on a one-night stand from a bar. Life lessons from HTWDT. We also get help from our friends at both Slash U and I Wanna Be in the Sequel. We talk about movie ...

Well Whole Damn Family. We've done a lot of things, both Evil and Dead, this year, and the tradition continues this episode! We start with the Italian Dario Argento/Lamberto Bava gore fest Demons from (1985) Can you believe growing up with Mike, James had never seen it! What will he think? Is it too old school for him to jive, or does the ending of this movie push him over the edge with 4-cylinder wind-in-your-hair and katana-in-yo...

Hey Whole Damn Family! When we heard about Backrooms, we immediately thought of pairing it with this low-budget, smart, and successful sci-fi thriller, Cube (1997), and we think we were on the money with this one. Fans of Robert Loggia, rejoice; we open up a gem from the vault that maybe you don't know about. What's it got to do with Cube or Backrooms, you might ask... nothing, it was just another tangent. Speaking of tangents. We ...

Hello Whole Damn Family, this is something a bit different for our 50th episode! We decided to get nostalgic about our childhoods and explore these two movies. Honestly, this is the most fun we've had making an episode, and it shows! Does the campy nature of Flash Gordon (1980) still hold it strong? Can Masters of the Universe (2026) match it in goofy wonder? These movies may have more in common than you think. Only one way to find...

Hey, Whole Damn Family, this is just a casual rom-com weekend double feature. Just some light entertainment. Nothing heavy or freaky here...The first half of the show, we both watched Takashi Miike 's Audition (1998) for the FIRST TIME! Wow okay, well, we were prepared because we knew. To ease us into it James does some relaxing Haiku. After that, we call the One Wish Willow help line and talk all about the box office record-breaki...

Hey, Whole Damn Family! This episode, we are inviting you to stay the night with us in two haunted hotel rooms! First, we explore the grab bag Stephen King pulled from to get 1408 (2011) , starring John Cusack, and then we head over to the Emerald Isle for Damien McCarthy's latest Hokum (2026), starring Adam Scott. Both of these films have more jumpscares than a haunted trampoline...Someone call Stephen King we have an idea fo...

Hey, Whole Damn Family! Don't let the title of the first movie fool you, there's a lot beneath the Cabin in this horror trope, Sam Raimi-inspired, zombie redneck torture family feud in the woods movie. Directed by Drew Goddard, Cabin in the Woods (2011) is a fun one, and we add a little insight into the making of it. There's also a lot going on with the Samurai Tarantino spaghetti-western Shaw Brothers action-horror movie. They Wil...

Hello, Whole Damn Family. This episode, we have an all-time classic! Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead from (1981). Luckily, James discovered an old reel-to-reel with the synopsis on it. So he plays it. Don't worry, we didn't play the Latin parts, so you're "marked safe from being turned into a Deadite" by this episode (we think). In the second half of the show, we discuss (2026) Lee Cronin's The Mummy, which is just as evil and almost as ...

Hey Whole Damn Family. All aboard for this episode, making stops in old TV references, Korean action-horror, and more of Mike singing (we're not saying that's a good thing). First up is the Korean classic Train to Busan (2016), which is destined for an American remake soon. After that, we do a spoiler-free version of Director Nia DaCosta's new film 28 Years Later : The Bone Temple (2026), followed by us ruining the whole damn ...

It's AV night for the Whole Damn Family. First, it's old-school videotapes as we adjust the tracking on this underrated classic. We say underrated because its Rotten Tomatoes score is crap, and we cannot figure out why. With heavy hitters like Gore Verbinski, Naomi Watts, and makeup FX by Legend Rick Baker, it's (2002) The Ring, which of course is a remake of a J-Horror classic Ringu. We break down a lot of this movie and even...

Hey, Whole Damn family! This episode is two hardcore punk rock, bizzaro, movies about relationships and love. Do you like Sid and Nancy or Bonnie and Clyde or Simon and Garfunkle? Then walk down the aisle with us on this one. We got some great behind-the-scenes of both of these movies. Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers from 1994, based on a Tarantino (heavily rewritten) script, learn some wild tales that went into making this mov...

Hello Family (read that in Ghostface voice). Well, since Scream 7 is currently burning down the box office. We thought it appropriate to pair it with the original (which Mike worked on). That's right, the Wes Craven classic Scream (1996) and Scream 7 (2026) were directed by Screams' original writer and creator, Kevin Williamson. If you're a fan of the series, this is a must-listen! Lots of behind-the-scenes bits and fun trivia...

Hey, Whole Damn Family! This episode is secluded with loving couples, well, sorta... We kick it off with (1990)'s Misery from the mind of Stephen King and the directing prowess of the late great Rob Reiner. This episode dives deep into what if Bette Midler was actually cast as Annie Wilkes. She'd be all "Boogie Woogie Oogy", we think. There's some good behind the scenes on Misery and of course we dig up an old Misery promo from the...

Hey, Whole Damn Family, here is our 40th episode! Wow, we are cruising right along! This one goes to the dogs, though. In this episode, we review Cujo from 1983. It gave us a chance to once again explore the Stephen King Darkweb, boy, that thing has been a wealth of information. Cujo was also directed by Lewis Teague, who directed Alligator in episode 38. There's a good amount of behind-the-scenes for this one. In our recent movie,...

Love is in the air! Happy Valentines we dropped this on Valentines! For you!  "How you doin’"(cue the Booty Call music). We start with a deep dive on a classic slasher (1981), My Bloody Valentine, where Mike gets into some good behind-the-scenes stuff and talks about the uncut version…and how much the MPAA butchered this movie. Also, Mike sings again! After that, we cozy up on the couch for our second feature (202...

Hey Whole Damn Family! This episode is cold-blooded. We start off with a favorite of Mike's (1980) Alligator. Directed by Lewis Teague. In this episode, we learn that this movie isn't appropriate for four-year-olds, or so James claims, also...was Sketchers secretly involved in experiments on puppies? You'll have to listen to find out that no, that's not true. But we do at least cover the urban legend of what happens when you flush ...