The Shining
Writer and former teacher Jack Torrance signs on as caretaker for a hotel with a long, violent past -- a past that puts everyone in the hotel in a precarious situation. As Jack slowly grows more violent and angry about…
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Halloween & Horrorthon with Mick Garris
On Halloween night of 1963, 6-year old Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death. After sitting in a mental hospital for 15 years, Myers escapes and returns to Haddonfield to kill. Alan and Craig discuss the origins of slasher movies,…
Se7en
Detectives William Somerset and David Mills live among sin every day, a crumbling city of crime all around them. But nothing can prepare the partners for the killings they are about to experience. What starts as one bizarre crime turns…
Collateral
A dangerous game of cat and mouse ensues when a hired hitman is contracted to kill the key players in an upcoming trial against a drug kingpin. The hitman's usual M.O. becomes compromised when the cab driver that he hires…
Psycho
Hoping for a fresh start with her boyfriend, Marion steals a huge sum from her boss and skips town, eventually stopping at a remote motel. There, she's served by the intensely awkward yet docile Norman Bates whom she often hears…
There Will Be Blood
Daniel Plainview’s quest for "black gold" takes him to early 20th-century California, where he becomes entrenched in a world of deception, corruption, and murder, making his fortune at the cost of his soul. Alan and Craig talk about capitalism, does…
Training Day
On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes beyond a full work day in training within the narcotics division of the LAPD with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears…
Misery
Successful romantic novelist, Paul Sheldon, his life saved by his No.1 fan...now lives to regret it. When Ann Wilkes discovers that her favorite character, Misery Chastain, has been killed off in his latest novel she'll do anything to make sure…