The Grossest Thing in this Gross World

Elliott Got a Gun

The Fagan brothers revisit CLOAK & DAGGER, a staple of their childhoods that neither had seen in many, many years. Henry Thomas (E.T.) plays Davy Osborne, an insane 12-year-old who listens to the voices in his head and goes on a murder spree across San Antonio, because his dad won't let him play his favorite video game! Weirdly, that is not a complete misrepresentation of the story. CLOAK & DAGGER is a family film about Davy, whose Dad works a lot and whose mom recently passed away. He and his best friend Kim become accidentally embroiled in what amounts to a children's version of a spy thriller. While the responsible adults ignore literally everything Davy tells them, he finds his way through the plot with the help of Jack Flack, his super-spy imaginary friend. Dabney Coleman (9 to 5) plays Davy's dad, and also Jack Flack, which obviously sets up the opportunity for some totally-expected personal growth and emotional resolution. Except... that's not exactly what happened. Some third-act revelations muddy the waters, and make Matt literally lose his mind. What is Jack Flack? What is he?!?

The Grossest Thing in this Gross World

This episode about Swiss Army Man has been laying in the vault for a couple of years, untouched, yet still eerily alive like Daniel Radcliffe. We haven't recorded in a few weeks, as Ted was busy moving for work, and then immediately decided to go to the hospital. He is okay, but watching movies and talking about them over Zoom has not been the priority lately. Instead, let's roll out some of this increasingly burdensome backlog, which contains both pearls and swine. Swiss Army Man, at least, is delightful.

The Mothra Prophecies

Hosts Matt Fagan and Ted Fagan are joined by the ghost of their brother Ian, in this very special episode of the Depot Devoid Podcast. The brothers have defied natural law, and violated the delicate balance of life and afterlife, in order to discuss the 2002 supernatural thriller "The Mothman Prophecies," starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney. But not the 1996 legal thriller "Primal Fear," starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney.

Up A Hippopotamus' Bottom

Matt Fagan does a dramatic reading of his children's poem, Up A Hippopotamus' Bottom.

Mandrogynous Manbots!

We are no strangers to the works of Charles Band and Full Moon Entertainment, so when MANDROID pulled into the Depot Devoid, we thought we knew what was coming. But Mandroid was more than just underdeveloped or inept, with actors who can't deliver, all of which would be fully expected. No, Mandroid was different, because it also had a script that nobody involved in its production seemed to care about, even though it was obviously trying to be the first entry in a franchise. But Mandroid is so thin on story that it found time to act as a backdoor pilot, for a second franchise about an invisible man! A curious combination of craven and dull, Mandroid plopped onto video store shelves in 1993 with a big stanky thud, and there it sat. Until now.