Episode 15: Evil Dead Burn (featuring Matthew Milligan) HEAVY SPOILERS

Episode 15: Evil Dead Burn (featuring Matthew Milligan) HEAVY SPOILERS

Look who's back dropping lore on the Evil Dead franchise with The Cantaloupe Cats!  Matthew Milligan (Wheatus, Late Cambrian, Weird Al-gorithm Podcast). Join the Cantaloupe Cats as they take a darkly hilarious journey into the history and lore of the franchise and the new film's place in it. Also, witness John's slow decent into madness over the course of the episode. Heavy Spoilers for: The Evil Dead Franchise, Megalomaniac (2022), Poltergeist 3. As is tradition there are fake commercials strewn throughout.  PS- Cartoon John and Tom have been replaced by real John and Tom, in solidarity with humanity against our technocrat overlords.

Episode 15: Backrooms (Movie) by Kane Parsons HEAVY SPOILERS

Hey Horror Fans!  We are back again soon-ish with a deep dive into the new Backrooms movie by Kane Parsons! Thank you for no clipping into our podcast to wander the halls of movie criticism and analysis. This is a very wide ranging review with deep dives into the movie as well as rants about A.I. and YouTube criticism.... Spoilers for: Keeper, Us, Being John Malkovich, The Shining, Burn After Reading, Six Feet Under TV Show, Channel Zero, Severance, Archive 81, The Night House, Marble Hornets, The Star Wars franchise, The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of  Time, Weapons, The Substance, Sleep No More, The Killer. Episode song: Fall Into The Backrooms by Fashion Bird Danger Danger

Episode 14: Hokum & Obsession (featuring Tinguu) HEAVY SPOILERS

Hey Cantaloupe Cats fans and friends, Our new episode is here! Tom and John do a deep dive on Damien McCarthy's brand new film Hokum. Also, we are joined by Tinguu, graphic novelist, illustrator and all around nerd for a discussion of Curry Barker's Obsession, a film that left me shaken when the lights came up.  As is tradition, three fake commercials are strewn about this wide ranging discussion, all of them relevant to the films we discuss today. HEAVY SPOILERS for Hokum, Obsession, Oddity etc. All things Tinguu [https://linktr.ee/tinguu] Purchase The Cannibals by Tinguu  [https://asterismbooks.com/product/the-cannibals-tinguu]

Episode 13: Exit 8, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, Faces of Death (feat. Olive Hui) HEAVY SPOILERS

The Cantaloupe Cats are back with a super packed episode!  After chatting briefly about Undertone and Ready or Not 2, we bring on special guest Olive Hui (AKA: Pineapple O [https://www.olivehui.com/]) to chat about Exit 8, the movie as well as the game. Then we tackle Lee Cronin's The Exorci.... I mean Mummy, and end the episode with Faces of Death! Strap in friends, this is a long one. As per usual there are fun fake commercials created by Tom and special guest, Olive.  Spoilers for: Undertone, Ready or Not 2, Exit 8, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, Faces of Death, Project Hail Mary, Wish Upon, Vivarium. Please make sure you get tickets to Pineapplefest May 3rd at The Bellhouse featuring performances by David Cross, Wheatus, Late Cambrian, Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald, Julie Klausner and More!!! Get Your Tickets HERE  [https://www.ticketmaster.com/pineapplefest-a-variety-benefit-show-for-brooklyn-new-york-05-03-2026/event/3000646BDACA7250?irgwc=1&afsrc=1&clickid=RMWVzKzZ7xyZRPtS6PQcMTO6Uku3KRRRySAtQA0&camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_255026&impradid=255026&REFERRAL_ID=tmfeedbuyat255026&wt.mc_id=aff_BUYAT_255026&utm_source=255026-ohmyrockness&impradname=ohmyrockness&utm_medium=affiliate&ircid=4272] Am I In a time loop? Theme Song: Language, Violence, Adult Situations  by Fashion Bird Danger Danger

Episode 12: Send Help (feat. Eric Zeender) HEAVY SPOILERS

Are you stranded on a desert island of the soul? Do you have tuna fish on your face that no one at work will tell you is there? It's Send Help by Sam Raimi, his first time back in the horror genre since 2009's Drag Me To Hell. Joining us on the pod is Eric Zeender, guitar player for Late Cambrian [https://open.spotify.com/track/6KlD7BP6aenoS3gFzgE4sg?si=899558bd8121445e] and movie enthusiast! I'm reminded of that line in Bodies Bodies Bodies where Rachel Sennot's podcast is called "Hanging Out with Your Smartest and Funniest Friends". Spoilers for Send Help, I Know What You Did Last Summer (remake) & the Scream Franchise. Theme Song: Language, Violence, Adult Situations [https://open.spotify.com/track/1kJiIVwdOqNIJ0PfDzktJT?si=8db7db08e2ad490f] by Fashion Bird Danger Danger