Bi-Monthly Patron Double Feature Nominations - March 2025
Added 2025-01-05 15:46:28 +0000 UTCI'm sure most of you know the drill at this point but one episode every other month around these parts is a special episode where you folks nominate and vote for that week's double feature! Democracy!
Your last vote was for BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986) + LAST OF THE MOHICANS (19922) which we just dropped. The next episode you're voting on will be for one of our episodes in March!
This is our 25th time doing this so I'm sure that most of you know the drill by now but in case you don't, once again:
1) Comment below with your double feature ideas/requests of pre-2000s genre films we haven't already covered (maybe include an argument for the pairing to convince others for part 2.)
2) Look at other people's double features below and hit the "like" button on it to upvote theirs if you think it's a good one.
This post will be up for about a week or so and after the results are in we will put the most upvoted double features into a poll for everyone to vote on more officially.
AND GO!
Comments
Let’s cut the foreplay, put up that finals poll, and get on with this BIG romance!!
Dario Sulzman
2025-01-13 20:53:35 +0000 UTCHEATHERS (1988) & PUMP UP THE VOLUME (1990) two early Christian Slater Gen X rebel roles, one righteous the other less so -- you decide which. (Ack, Lilith -- I didn't see your post until just now. Sorry for showing up at the dance wearing the same dress.)
Nirvana Hotdog
2025-01-10 02:04:04 +0000 UTCHeathers (1988) + Jawbreaker (1999) Satirical teen movies that involve murder and dissect clique culture
𝐿𝐼𝐿𝐼†𝐻
2025-01-08 18:53:11 +0000 UTCUnforgiven (1992) + The Quick and the Dead (1995) Two 90's Westerns, with Gene Hackman playing the villain in both!
Connor
2025-01-06 21:39:51 +0000 UTCNot seen Forget Paris but solid gag.
benabu
2025-01-06 20:54:59 +0000 UTCParis, Texas (1984) & Forget Paris (1995): Two stories about couples who have been separated for years crossing paths again, with the city or town of Paris representing the hopes and dreams that they had together. One movie features the kinds of awkward, mad-cap comedic moments that one can expect from two people reuniting after years away from the each other; and the other movie features Billy Crystal.
Steve T
2025-01-06 16:37:09 +0000 UTCDavid Byrne's True Stories and Robert Altman's Nashville - Americana musicals, one highly optimistic, the other highly cynical
Swaggy McTrill
2025-01-06 10:44:16 +0000 UTCContinuing to beat the drum for BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980) & GALAXY OF TERROR (1981) -- two exploitation follow-ons to Star Wars & Alien, respectively, both produced by Roger Corman, both starring oddly-cast TV 70s stars (Richard Thomas, Erin Moran) in lead roles, and both stacked with tons of great genre actors (John Saxon, Robert Englund, Sid Haig, Grace Zabriske, etc.). GoT is extra Sleazy!
Nirvana Hotdog
2025-01-06 03:49:50 +0000 UTCPumpkinhead (1988) and Rawhead Rex (1986)
Darryl Bowen
2025-01-06 03:33:12 +0000 UTCCharley Varrick (1973) + Freebie and the Bean (1974). Two early 70s crime films with amazing location shooting (San Francisco for one, Nevada/NM for the other).
AllegedBeef
2025-01-06 03:20:01 +0000 UTCGood ones! I keep waiting for a US blu release of Fear Over the City.
AllegedBeef
2025-01-06 03:11:22 +0000 UTCThe 4th Man (1983) and Frenzy (1972) - twisted, violent sexually transgressive thrillers directed by Verhoeven and Hitchcock.
Brian Blake
2025-01-06 03:04:41 +0000 UTCThe Grifters (Stephen Frears, 1990) and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet, 2000). Crime families, but not so much in the sense of the Mafia or Yakusa or whatever, more in the sense of doing horrific crimes to my actual family. EDIT to say, oops, Prime has Before the Devil listed as a 2000 release, fuck knows why. Could have argued for a 2000. Anyway it was from 2007. Boo.
benabu
2025-01-06 02:23:29 +0000 UTCI'd love to have a Rififi + Thief episode, but they've already done Thief.
Aromal Ray Donovan
2025-01-06 01:48:10 +0000 UTCThe Man from Hong Kong (1975) and Turkey Shoot (1982). Two movies from Brian Trenchard-Smith, the Australian king of sleazy, violent, well-executed action movies. The Man from Hong Kong has Jimmy Wang Yu as a HK cop who comes to Sydney, where he hang-glides, kicks people off motor cycles, gets laid, jumps off skyscrapers, and kills James Bond, or at least George Lazenby. He also tangles with both Imortan Joe and Sammo Hung. He has an extended chase/fight with the stunt coordinator for Mad Max that is wildly entertaining. Turkey Shoot is a mashup of 80s action, prison movie, and The Most Dangerous Game. The leader of the neoliberal prison camp is named after Margaret Thatcher and gets completely blown apart by a machine gun. No simple squib-work, the body is torn apart. The gore is fun over the top 80s grindhouse effects work done in rich saturated red. There is also a cute beastman in a hat who rides around in a death-buggy and eats people's toes. The soundtrack is great 80s synth and lots of fascists are cathartically killed. Both seriously deserve a place in the Sleazoids canon, so you should vote for my nomination.
Aromal Ray Donovan
2025-01-06 01:41:25 +0000 UTCThe Killing (1956) + Rififi (1955) Two classic 50s heist movies. Both have brilliantly crafted heist sequences, but also show that "getting away with it" is actually the hardest part.
PaulB
2025-01-06 00:03:04 +0000 UTCAguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) + Fitzcarraldo (1982) I would call this genre "anti-adventure"
PaulB
2025-01-05 23:55:29 +0000 UTCDoom Generation (1995) & Natural Born Killers (1994) deadly sexy road movies that deal with media’s representation of violence within culture.
Comic Sans
2025-01-05 22:57:17 +0000 UTCSNEAKERS (1992) + HACKERS (1995). Early internet heist movies. Two groups of freaks taking down larger conspiracies at the dawn of the information age.
Simon Ostick
2025-01-05 22:23:40 +0000 UTCMatinee (93) and Ed Wood (94): Two love letters to old school horror directors regarded as producers of shlock.
Jealous Cactus
2025-01-05 22:02:24 +0000 UTCBatman 1989 and Dick Tracy 1990, beginning of modern comic book movies, Danny Elfman scores, really cool sets
CT13
2025-01-05 21:49:56 +0000 UTCWould love a Mamoru Oshii episode with Ghost in the Shell or Patlabor one and two, or maybe a look at the whole Kerberos trilogy
Interrobang
2025-01-05 20:30:10 +0000 UTCThe Goonies (1985) & Monster Squad (1987). Basically the two biggest examples of the "band of friends solve the mystery" genre of films.
Joel Marks
2025-01-05 20:24:38 +0000 UTCTITANIC (1997) + DEEP RISING (1998): Things go terribly wrong for the passengers of cruise ships
Justin Shen
2025-01-05 20:05:18 +0000 UTCEarly Michelle Yeoh double bill: Yes, Madam (1985) and Royal Warriors (1986). Also know as In the Line of Duty 1 and 2.
Aron
2025-01-05 19:08:37 +0000 UTCThe Prestige (2006) The Illusionist (2006) If it’s regarding Nolan & magic, 2006 counts as pre 2000s.
Normica
2025-01-05 18:46:35 +0000 UTCBarry Gifford extended universe: Wild at Heart / Perdita Durango
FD
2025-01-05 18:46:00 +0000 UTCA Brighter Summer Day + Once Upon a Time in America. 4 hour crime sagas, and a guarantee for the longest Sleazoids episode ever!
Cameron Watson
2025-01-05 18:08:50 +0000 UTCBlue Collar (1978) + Cutter's Way (1981) - Two films about working class Americans facing off against and subsequently becoming engulfed by the oppressive institutions which surround them.
Harrison Rees
2025-01-05 17:42:44 +0000 UTCBringing Up Baby (1938) / His Girl Friday (1940). Would love to see the pod cover some genres that haven’t been covered, so why not screwball comedies? These two classics by Howard Hawks with Cary Grant are obvious choices to start.
Tristan Sandler
2025-01-05 17:42:38 +0000 UTCHEAVEN'S GATE (1980) and ISHTAR (1987). Two notorious box-office disasters that destroyed their directors careers, but have since been re-evaluated by some as misunderstood masterpieces.
Ed Browne
2025-01-05 17:27:03 +0000 UTCAmerican Pop (1981) + Meet The Feebles (1989). Two gonzo comedies on the music show business.
James Francis
2025-01-05 17:22:29 +0000 UTCGozu (2003) and Visitor Q (2001): Takashi Miike films with milk as a common theme
ymichaux
2025-01-05 17:20:21 +0000 UTCHidden Agenda (1990 Ken Loach) + Resurrection Man (1998 Marc Evans): two films that each capture the paranoia and horror of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
John
2025-01-05 16:47:32 +0000 UTCEATING RAOUL (1982) + THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER (1989): food-related crime films with cannibalism as a footnote. Both films blend black comedy with varying degrees of shocking violence, the former in a kitschy way and the latter in a way that’s more visceral and psychologically engaged with the drama.
Jackson Littlewood
2025-01-05 16:37:54 +0000 UTCDeadfall (1993) and Kiss of Death (1995). Two mediocre crime movies elevated by a couple of unhinged Nicolas Cage performances.
Ross McWilliams
2025-01-05 16:33:22 +0000 UTCMidnight Run (1998) + Tango & Cash (1989) — De Niro and a god tier Charles Grodin performance (plus my guy Joey Pants), and then you’ve got Kurt and Sly in an incredibly stupid buddy cop flick
kevin coyne
2025-01-05 16:28:48 +0000 UTCHarakiri (1962, Masaki Kobayashi) + Revenge (1964, Tadashi Imai) - set in feudal Japan, two decidedly bloody and scathing indictments of the bushido code. Both films were written by Shinobu Hashimoto
Ben Badger
2025-01-05 16:26:36 +0000 UTCTHE UNTOLD STORY (1993) + EBOLA SYNDROME (1996) - two notorious CAT III movies directed by Herman Yau starring Anthony Wong. Untold Story is one of the most depraved “based on a true story” flicks out there with an unbelievable performance from Wong. Ebola Syndrome has the pair teaming up again for what can only be described as a satirical take on the prior film, ramping up the depravity to an insane degree. Would love to hear you guys talk about both as Hong Kong CAT III films are always fun to listen to and you’ve covered titles like RIKI-OH: THE STORY OF RICKY before!
Leon Vegas
2025-01-05 16:21:30 +0000 UTCTHAT MAN FROM RIO (1964) + FEAR OVER THE CITY (1975) In 2025 I am continuing my crusade for Jean-Paul Belmondo appreciation on Sleazoids. While known almost exclusively by film nerds as an icon of the French new wave, in France Belmondo is better known as their very own Schwarzenegger/Cruise hybrid. An ex-boxer who punched and mugged his way through everything from 60s gangster flicks to 70s and 80s euro-crime, Bébel single handedly defined French action cinema. Here are two of his best - both huge hits in France that never crossed over to the US. “That Man From Rio” is a mix of Tintin, Bond, and Indiana Jones from the early 60s that sees Belmondo chasing a magical idol to Brazil, while “Fear Over the City” is all black-gloved serial killers and outlandish metro chases.
g haslam
2025-01-05 16:15:27 +0000 UTCFaster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) - Double feature from one of the sleaziest to ever do it, Russ Meyer. His high-octane, go-go dancers driving fast cars and committing crimes epic Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and the Roger Ebert-penned showbiz satire Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
Cory N.
2025-01-05 16:08:20 +0000 UTCHow about The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind? Two Hellman directed, Corman produced, Nicholson starring existential Western bangers from 1966. Nicholson wrote the latter too.
Callum Gavin
2025-01-05 16:03:32 +0000 UTCTHE ROCK (1995) dir. Michael Bay and ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998) dir. Tony Scott. Two of the best 90s action films by arguably the two best action film directors. Both also feature up and coming mega stars (Cage and Smith) being mentored by greats from an older era (Connery and Hackman).
Dario Sulzman
2025-01-05 15:54:20 +0000 UTCThe Devil’s Own (1997) and Blown Away (1994): two 90’s IRA crime movies, but one is played deadly seriously and the other is a fucking cartoon. Up there with Natural Born Killers as Tommy Lee Jones most coked out performance
The Out
2025-01-05 15:52:42 +0000 UTCThe Killing( directed by Stanley Kubrick 1956) / The Killers ( directed by Robert siodmak 1946) 2 heists gone wrong films with KILL in the title
Leonel Nieves jr
2025-01-05 15:50:27 +0000 UTCPiranha (1978) and Piranha II: The Spawning (1982). We all love Piranha 3DD, right fellas ;) well let's take it back to the series' roots with the first two entries directed by *checks notes* Joe Dante and James Cameron... who... *pan down, my notes are revealed to printed out screenshots of the underwater sex scene in Piranha 2* ...it's not clear from this if they went on to do anything else of note...
Cade Yeager
2025-01-05 15:49:03 +0000 UTCThe China Syndrome (1979) / The Insider (1999) - films with journalists trying to break a conspiracy story involving shady corporations run amok with the help of an insider who’s risking their lives to expose the truth.
Matthew Wood
2025-01-05 15:49:03 +0000 UTCThe Believers (1987) + Se7en (1995) Now that Se7en is releasing on 4k, why not check it out with a John Schlesinger's attempt at religious neo noir.
Mad Michael
2025-01-05 15:48:27 +0000 UTCAlex Cox’s Walker and Craig Baldwin’s Tribulation 99. Two renegade skewerings of American intervention in the global south told via a career-ending anachronistic western and a paranormal pseudo-documentary/visual collage piece.
Knuckle Scraper
2025-01-05 15:47:06 +0000 UTC
