Theater of Trash on Radio Misfits

Theater of Trash on Radio Misfits

In the history of cinema, countless films have earned critical acclaim and cemented their place as masterpieces. These are not those movies. Enter The Theater of Trash, where hosts Tom Hush and Nick Digilio celebrate the wonderfully weird, the gloriously misguided and the irresistibly trashy side of filmmaking. From Italian cannibal exploitation flicks and forgotten grindhouse classics to notorious box office disasters and cult oddities, Tom and Nick dig through cinema’s bargain bin in search of hidden gems—and spectacular train wrecks. The Theater of Trash is your front-row seat to the movies Hollywood would rather you forget.

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October 14, 2026 • 55 mins

Nick and Tom take a look back at one of the strangest movies of the 70s: “Dracula vs Frankenstein.”
This is the type of weirdo movie we simply can’t make anymore. Not because there aren’t cool, weird movies being made right now. But because this is a movie rooted in the sensibilities of 30’s horror with a late 60’s edge that feel almost alien to us now. It deals in horrorshow aesthetics, the ...

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Tom and Nick take a look at the fantastically awful 80’s video store classic “Hard Ticket to Hawaii.” The plot: Two drug enforcement agents are killed on a private Hawaiian island. Donna and Taryn, two operatives for The Agency, accidentally intercept a delivery of diamonds intended for drug lord Seth Romero, who takes exception and tries to get them back. Soon, other Agency operatives get involved, and a full-sca...

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September 16, 2026 • 53 mins

Not to be confused with that stupid Jimmy Fallon/Drew Barrymore nonsense. Tom and Nick have a blast talking about the notorious 1985 bomb “Fever Pitch,” starring Ryan O’Neal. O’Neal plays Steve Taggart, a Los Angeles newspaper sports reporter assigned to investigate compulsive gambling. He travels to Las Vegas and immerses himself in the gambling world, only to become increasingly addicted himself. His gambl...

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September 2, 2026 • 46 mins

Tom Hush and Nick Digilio kick off Theater of Trash with the insane beauty of the greatest robot dinosaur love story ever told, 1994’s Tammy and the T-Rex. Denise Richards, Paul Walker, and Terry Kiser lead a cast delivering performances so completely ridiculous and over-the-top that they’re glorious. Tom and Nick dig into what makes this bizarre movie work on so many levels, along with the fascinating story of how it e...

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August 10, 2026 • 5 mins

Tom Hush and Nick Digilio, hosts of the new Radio Misfits Podcast “The Theater of Trash,” tease and preview their upcoming podcast, which is described as:

“In the history of cinema, countless films have earned critical acclaim and cemented their place as masterpieces. These are not those movies. Enter The Theater of Trash, where hosts Tom Hush and Nick Digilio celebrate the wonderfully weird, the gloriously misgui...

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