The Nextlander Watchcast

A new month for the Watchcast is at hand, but we're not done with the creature features just yet! To kick off a very silly November movie slate, we've decided on the ol' Alex Winter double-dip in the form of the 1993 horror comedy Freaked! Join us as Alex and Vinny reminisce fondly on discovering this bizarre artifact of the MTV-addled early-'90s, and enjoy Brad's reactions as he processes this mess for the very first time!
CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 198: Freaked (1993)
(00:00:28) - Intro.
(00:04:37) - Who is responsible for all this nonsense.
(00:09:33) - How do you go from a Butthole Surfers vanity project to a $12 million movie?
(00:14:55) - Where it all went wrong.
(00:21:44) - Break!
(00:22:04) - We're back, and hey! Brooke Shields is here!
(00:25:45) - Selling toxic sludge, and confronting The Troll.
(00:37:33) - Arriving in Santa Flan, and encountering Elijah.
(00:47:19) - Ricky becomes the beast, and then plays Hollywood Squares.
(01:03:30) - The first Freekz Show.
(01:09:37) - Thirteen milkmen?
(01:20:08) - EES is here to join in the fun.
(01:23:17) - The final confreektation.
(01:28:38) - One final twist.
(01:31:33) - Final thoughts.
(01:38:02) - The rest of this month's schedule.
(01:41:17) - Outro.

Our final movie for our October Watchcast slate is an '80s favorite of Alex and Vinny's, and somehow our man Bradley has yet to see it! Of course, we're talking about Joel Schumacher's campy vampire coming-of-age adventure, The Lost Boys; a movie both extremely of its time, and utterly timeless in its depictions of dirtbag teen vampires and greased up muscular saxophonists.
CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 197: The Lost Boys (1987)
(00:01:00) - Intro.
(00:10:28) - How this movie got made, and what it was originally supposed to be.
(00:14:03) - Mixed cast chat, soundtrack talk, and remaining production notes.
(00:30:46) - Break!
(00:31:06) - We're back, and something terrifying is happening in Santa Carla.
(00:35:42) - Meeting the family.
(00:42:39) - Taking in everything Santa Carla has to offer: the beach, the music, the roving gangs of teen vampires.
(00:51:31) - Michael's sweet on Star. But David's sweet on Michael.
(01:01:00) - Michael's got a brand new attitude (and it sucks).
(01:10:34) - Guess who's coming to dinner.
(01:18:50) - Be vewy vewy quiet, we're huntin' for the head vampiwre.
(01:23:52) - Home Alone, but not alone...and with vampires.
(01:33:28) - Remember kids: always confirm your head vampire before attempting to stake them.
(01:42:01) - Final thoughts, and rankings.
(01:48:15) - Housekeeping for November (we're only announcing one movie so far).
(01:51:46) - Outro.

Another week, another dark temptation for all you Watchcasters! This week's comes in the form of the Academy Award-nominated goop-fest, The Substance, a movie with lots to say (and show) about body image, self-hatred, and the necessity to always follow the provided instructions for anything you inject into yourself or your other self.
CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 196: The Substance (2024)
(00:00:20) - Intro.
(00:10:48) - On Coralie Fargeat, and what inspired the movie.
(00:16:04) - Cast chat.
(00:24:47) - Remaining production notes.
(00:34:05) - Break!
(00:34:29) - We're back. Egg.
(00:41:43) - Elizabeth is introduced to The Substance.
(00:57:11) - Birth of the Sue.
(01:08:48) - Elizabeth's not quite sure what to do with herself, and Sue is extremely sure what to do with herself.
(01:14:24) - May cause Hag Finger in some rare cases.
(01:21:36) - Things escalate significantly.
(01:27:53) - We have reached the creature stage of the make-up.
(01:34:13) - We are at creature threat level orange. Teeth and nails are falling out. Bad ideas are being considered.
(01:36:51) - We have reached full creature. I repeat, full creature has been reached.
(01:43:23) - We should all be so lucky to die with a smile on our face...as it melts into a puddle.
(01:44:48) - Final thoughts
(01:51:58) - Rankings, and housekeeping for next week's movie: The Lost Boys!
(01:55:39) - Outro.

Our Halloween slate continues, and this week's dark temptation is the somewhat resistible Stephen King adaptation, Needful Things! Join us as we cackle together at this looney tale of regular folk driven to homicidal madness by the kindliest grandpa demon anyone's ever run afoul of.
CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 195: Needful Things (1993)
(00:00:20) - Intro.
(00:08:15) - Who is responsible (besides Stephen King) for this movie.
(00:12:48) - Launching into the film, and our introduction to Leland Gaunt (or his car, at least).
(00:20:17) - Meeting some of the townsfolk, and Leland makes his first appearance.
(00:27:55) - Leland makes his first offer.
(00:39:43) - Break!
(00:40:03) - We're back, and it's time to meet some more Castle Rock weirdos.
(00:46:17) - Really doesn't take much to get these people under your thrall.
(00:59:31) - Checking in at the local loser bar to meet homicidal Al Bundy.
(01:07:35) - Gaunt gets his hooks in Polly, and Brian is pulled deeper into Gaunt's employ.
(01:12:44) - Buster likes the ponies.
(01:17:22) - Poor Raider, and now it's time for people to kill each other.
(01:22:45) - Polly is handed a cure, and Brian can't take the pressure anymore.
(01:32:26) - We've concluded this man is a monster.
(01:35:30) - Let the mayhem commence.
(01:46:04) - "You wussy."
(01:51:02) - Evil endures, of course.
(01:54:02) - Final thoughts, and rankings.
(01:57:08) - Housekeeping for next week's movie: The Substance!
(01:59:46) - Outro.

October is always one of the best months for the Watchcast, if we do say ourselves, and for this month of dark temptations we've got one of the goopiest movies of the '80s in Clive Barker's Hellraiser! Join us as we meet Pinhead and the gang for the first time, compare the film against Barker's original novella, and ponder just how tempted we'd be to solve the Lament Configuration.
CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 194: Hellraiser (1987)
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:06:20) - On Clive Barker, Cenobite lore, and the origins of this film.
(00:19:25) - How this movie got made.
(00:31:15) - Some of Barker's inspirations for the story.
(00:33:30) - Break!
(00:33:57) - We're back, and it's time to tear Frank apart.
(00:43:26) - A little wallpaper, a few throw pillows, this house might just be livable.
(00:59:36) - Frank is reborn, after a fashion.
(01:11:53) - Time to murder some horny middle-aged men.
(01:20:44) - Frank continues to get more menacing, and Kirsty has concerns about Julia.
(01:30:30) - Kirsty has gone bye-bye, until the Cenobites wake her ass up.
(01:47:33) - Papa's got a brand new skin suit.
(01:58:16) - Jesus wept. Hell, anyone would looking at what we're looking at.
(02:04:10) - A lot of box touching to send the Cenobites packing.
(02:11:24) - Final thoughts (and bonus coverage of the Hellraiser NES game).
(02:26:55) - Housekeeping for next week's movie and the rest of October's slate.
(02:32:45) - Outro.