Bi-Monthly Patron Double Feature Nominations - January 2025

Both films were peak crush-era Winona for young me FWIW

Nirvana Hotdog

Easy Rider (1969) + Doom Generation (1995) Two road movies hell bent on punishing the morals of runaway youth.

alyssa bonanno

yes yes yes! It's crazy they haven't talked about Big Trouble in Little China yet.

PaulB

Diabolique (1955) + Bound (1996) women. doing crimes. together.

PaulB

Haneke’s Funny Games (1997) / Coppola’s The Conversation (1974) Two films that pull viewers into uncomfortable roles as complicit spectators, forcing us to confront our own fascination with violence and surveillance. As we begin a new year, this duo challenges us to question why we watch—and what lines we’re willing to cross just to see it all.

alyssa bonanno

Heathers (1989) and Mermaids (1990) both channel late '80s rebellion and dark humor, exploring teen identity and mother-daughter tensions. With biting satire and distinct style, they tackle the extremes young women face in conforming and breaking free.

alyssa bonanno

Ghost in the Shell (1995) / Patlabor 2 (1993) / Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) the latter is a stretch for y‘all pre-2000 wish, but would be awesome to hear your thoughts on two of the more famous 90‘s representations of anime in the west (with the bebop series being from 98‘). patlabor as a underrepresented movie in the anime-genre. especially bebop with their mixture of references from decades of western cinema + one of the higher rated soundtracks.

David Schamis

Rebel Without A Cause x The Doom Generation Two queer teenage movies

Mr Ruby

The Trial (1962) and Brazil (1985). Two darkly comic films of what happens when bureaucratic authoritarianism is both evil and incompetent.

Jealous Cactus

A Funeral Parade of Roses and Totally Fucked Up - two queer films from two different waves of film movement (the former being japanese new wave and the latter more the queer new wave, i believe)

kinoverite

THE CONVERSATION (1974) and ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998) arguably two of the greatest surveillance thrillers ever made from two great but very different directors Coppola and Tony Scott, from two different generations of surveillance technology. And both starring Gene Hackman! It’s a winner folks.

Dario Sulzman

Episode 325 covers Strange Days

TonyScottFan0057

THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) and THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984). Comedies about fake bands.

Ed Browne

Messiah of Evil (1974) / Howard the Duck (1986). Willard Huyck directed the unclassifiable horror classic Messiah of Evil with his wife Gloria Katz. He also wrote the screenplays for Temple of Doom and American Graffiti, as well as directing another infamous film over a decade later. He is an interesting figure on the fringe of an era of film history that is typically well-covered, and I think deserves more inspection.

Tristan Sandler

The Man from Hong Kong (1975) and Turkey Shoot (1982). Two movies from Brian Trenchard-Smith, the Australian king of sleazy, violent, well-crafted action movies. The Man from Hong Kong has Jimmy Wang Yu come to Sydney, where he hang-glides, kicks people off motor cycles, gets laid, jumps off skyscrapers, and fights James Bond to the death, 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 where the first half takes place 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

Both fantastic films starring two giants of the era -- Nakadai & Nakamura, respectively. I've seen Harakiri several times over the years, but watched Revenge for the first time this year, and wow, what a wild ride & shocking 3rd act.

Nirvana Hotdog

Reposting my Aug nominations: 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.). Total Sleaze-Dog comfort food for the coming cold winter!

Nirvana Hotdog

Tombstone (1993) and The Quick and the Dead (1995). Two big budget 90s era westerns that have incredibly stacked all time casts. I’ve watched both of them this year and they are among my favorite film discoveries of 2024.

Daniel O'Connell

Oh, that would make a fire double feature. Need to try it sometime.

Daniel O'Connell

I remember The Believers having am IMDB description that made me go "well I gotta see THAT" and then the movie was, like, fine. I needed it to be 25% less respectable

Andrew Gaines

THAT MAN FROM RIO (1964) + FEAR OVER THE CITY (1975) A double-feature with France’s very own Tom Cruise - Jean-Paul Belmondo. Two films that were huge hits in France but that never crossed over into the US: “That Man From Rio” is a mix of Tintin and Indiana Jones that sees Belmondo searching Brazil for a magical idol while “Fear Over the City” is all black-gloved serial killers and outlandish metro chases.

g haslam

Abar, the First Black Superhero (1977) and The Tangerine Man (1975). Fuck it, kick the second Trump presidency off with two underseen blaxploitation action movies

Billy Wright

BAD BOYS (1983) - Sean Penn’s dramatic debut where he plays a degenerate but sympathetic Chicago teen criminal who gets sent to a Juvenile Correctional facility and has to fight for survival while inside. and Over the Edge, with Matt Dillon (1979) Both are pivotal and highly underrated coming of age crime films that deliver emotionally

Fletch Mercer

THE BELIEVERS (1987) and SE7EN (1995) Schlesinger tries (and perhaps fails) to blend religion and neo noir into a horror cop story. Eight years later Fincher would perfect the blending.

Mad Michael

Election (1999) & I Am Cuba (1964) Yeah, a little on the nose after last week. And also this episode might be close to the inauguration. But a bit of despair about the worst shitheads getting power and then a bit of salve about the struggle of the people to take it back.

John Huppenthal

Blue 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

Hunt for Red October (1990) + Crimson Tide (1995) both submarine thrillers featuring stacked casts directed by John McTiernan and Tony Scott respectively.

Jack M

Primal Fear 1996 Sybil 1976 Dissociative Disorder (AKA Multiple Personality Disorder) as depicted by media. Both based on books!

Normica

SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (1989) and AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999) - if 'late-20th-century American arthouse-blockbuster' could be /genre/, these two stand out in it as portraits of people uncomfortable with their power and sexuality, glimpsing a way out. Also as movies that have aged exceptionally poorly, showing the relative innocence of the '90s. Also the mighty eyebrows of Peter Gallagher.

Conrad Rushing

FRENZY & SISTERS - A 1972 Hitchcock and De Palma showdown as the master of suspense goes as nasty and explicit as he ever got and De Palma rips Alfred's film grammar and reworks it to his own interests and ends.

Brian Blake

Hidden Agenda (1990) + Resurrection Man (1998) Ken Loach and Marc Evans each capture the paranoia, violence and horror of Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

John

Harakiri (1962, Masaki Kobayashi) + Revenge (1964, Tadashi Imai). Two brutal and scathing indictments of the bushido code in feudal Japan, both written by Shinobu Hashimoto.

Ben Badger

Mr Ruby

Twister (1996) and Perfect Storm (fuck, 2000, but it's Boston Twister)

Sam Gerweck

Great minds think alike!

A Writhing Mass of Worms

A Brighter Summer Day + Once Upon a Time in America. 4 hour crime sagas, and a guarantee for the longest Sleazoids episode!

Cameron Watson

THE GENERAL (1998) and IWENT DOWN (1997) - Brendan Gleeson gangster double bill!

Michael Bourke

PARIS, TEXAS (1984) + FORGET PARIS (1995) - They're both about Paris! Obviously!

Steve T

EMPEROR OF THE NORTH (1973) + RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985). Desperate men on trains in the American wilderness, pursued by relentless, psychotic lawmen.

Simon Ostick

Not to spoil it, but this exact pairing is already scheduled in as the Christmas episode haha...

SLEAZOIDS podcast

Diner (1982) and Four Rooms (1995) Two near years themed movies!

Noah Vasseur

STRAW DOGS (!971) and DELIVERANCE (1972). City dwellers travel to a rural area and wind up fighting for their lives in conflict with locals, with a theme of violence as a rite of manhood.

Ed Browne

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986) + THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992) - East meets west in these films by two of Sleazoids’ favorite American genre filmmakers. Coming near the end of Carpenters mainstream “commercial” era and the (arguable) beginning of Mann’s, the two films combine the classic Hollywood Western with elements from Chinese martial arts and wuxia films to tell stories about a clash of cultures within America, and also featuring intended subversions of the typical white savior narrative.

Justin Shen

EATING RAOUL (1982) + THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER (1989): food-related crime films with cannibalism appearing as a footnote rather than the central focus. Fresh off the holiday season, food will still be on our minds

Jackson Littlewood

NOSFERATU (1922), dir by F. W. Murnau + NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979), dir by Werner Herzog - in honor of Eggers' new remake.

A Writhing Mass of Worms

Faster 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.

Return to Oz (1985) + Alice (1988) - Both adaptations of fantasy classics made for children that have a subtlely darker tone than their source material because of the use of terrifying practical effects

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Politics are in the air, and will be especially in January so… BULWORTH (1998) and NASHVILLE (1975). Two perfectly sharp satires of American politics and Americana in general by two of our greatest directors (Beatty and Altman).

Owen

The Killers (1946) directed By Robert Siodmak / The Killing (1956) Directed by Stanley Kubrick 2 heists gone awry with KILL in the title lmfao .

Leonel Nieves jr

Mission to Mars (2000) and Ghosts of Mars (2001) - De Palma and Carpenter enter the new millennium with underrated space odysseys - as a jumping off point to a month long celebration of 21st century films that fit into the Sleazoids canon. I know this kind of breaks the premise of the show, but just think of them as retrospective bonus transmissions. Obviously the boys could veto this if they're not down to clown, but as we're quite often nominating early 2000s films maybe we need a purge to get it out of our system.

Cade Yeager

MISSING (1982) + CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (1994) - Start the Trump admin off with a look at past radicalization of the American man and woman against America thanks to the clandestine meddling in the affairs of Latin America.

Matthew Wood

Tombstone Posse Both 1993, but very different westerns. Billy Zane in both.

Matt C

Alex 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