JFD161: Midnight Madness, Star Hunter, Doomsday

Grab a couple buddies, get in your souped-up van and watch out for aliens and apocalyptic punks because a new episode of JFD is here! And even better, this week we're joined by professional podcaster Mike Dikk from Kissing Contest.

Up first, five teams of college students are summoned by Leon: The Game Master, to participate in "The Great Allnighter", a complex scavenger hunt that takes the teens all over L.A. looking for clues and causing wacky hi-jinx along the way in 1980's Midnight Madness. This unlikely Disney movie stars a lot of recognizable young faces, such as David Naughton (American Werewolf in London), Stephen Furst (Animal House), Eddie Deezen (Surf II) and the film debut of Michael J. Fox.

Next, a group of second-string football players (including Zack Ward [A Christmas Story] who can't stop smoking pot), "ugly" cheerleaders and their inept principal (Stella Stevens) has their bus mysteriously break down in "the hood" on the way back from a game. But when they ask for help from Roddy McDowall, a visiting alien in disguise, they become pawns in his deadly game of Predator (rip-off) and prey in the 1996 straight-to-video sci-fi thriller Star Hunter, co-directed by Fred Olen Ray.

And finally, in the not-too-distant future a deadly virus has broken out across the British isles, leading to the complete quarantine of Scotland and turning it into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. But when a potential cure is suspected to exist inside the island, the British government (including Bob Hoskins) sends an elite special agent (Rhona Mitra) on a special mission inside the island to retrieve the cure from Malcolm McDowell. However, it won't be easy as along the way she must battle an army of post-apocalyptic punks,  medieval thugs and even those she thought she could trust in the over-the-top action hybrid Doomsday from 2008, directed by Neil Marshall.

All this plus witty banter between friends, Nerd News, this week's DVD & blu-ray releases, complete confidentiality, no police involvement, insane revelations by Parker, cannibalism, Donald Lloyd of the Junk Food Dinner Warehouse, Junk (voice)Mails, and so much more!

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JFD160: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, The Running Man, The First Turn On!

Listener Nick won us over and won the big contest, so we're doing his Ideal JFD episode!

First, Jason's back and only horror fanatic Corey Feldman can stop him in 1984's Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. The fourth film in the series promised to be the last, directed by Joseph Zito and co-starring Crispin Glover.

Next, Arnold Schwarzenegger is forced to fight for his life on a deadly game show in 1987's The Running Man, based on a book by Stephen King and co-starring Jesse Ventura, Yaphet Kotto and Richard Dawson.

Finally, summer campers get stuck in a cave after a big fart, so they pass the time talking about their first sexual encounters in Troma's The First Turn on! from 1983, directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz.

All this plus witty banter between friends, Nerd News, this week's DVD & blu-ray releases, Face to Face Chat, complete confidentiality, no police involvement, Poseurs, Donald Lloyd of the Junk Food Dinner Warehouse, Junk (voice)Mails, and so much more!

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JFD's June Movie Schedule

Hey, Junkies! We've got a hot time planned for June! We got some cool new stuff, some old classics and the return of everyone's favorite torture device, The Randomizer 5000. If you're unfamiliar with the Randomizer, it's something we did on JFD116 and JFD134 where we put a bunch of movies in a list that are either insanely shitty or movies we otherwise wouldn't necessarily do on the show and we randomly pick three out via the magic of computers.

JFD163: Movies Not Released on DVD Theme Show
w/ guest Dan Kinem, director of "Adjust Your Tracking"

• Homebodies (1974)
• The Wild Life (1984)
• Darkest Soul (1994)

JFD164

• Earthquake (1974)
• Southern Comfort (1981)
• Manborg (2011)

JFD165: Summer Camp Theme Show II

• GORP (1981)
• Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988)
• Nudist Colony of the Dead (1991)

JFD166: Randomizer 5K III

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JFD159: 52 Pick-Up, Breakin', America 3000

 

Many of the films released by The Cannon Group (aka Cannon Films) in and around the 1980s have established themselves as cult classics. This week, we'll take a look at three cult gems produced by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan (director of The Apple) and Yoram Globus, who purchased Cannon for $500,000 in 1979. In doing so, we'll encounter sex, lies, videotape, deodorants, big feetsmen, boom boxes, rap talkers, and belts aplenty.

First up, Roy Scheider's being blackmailed by a trio of well-cast blackmailers led by John Glovers (Gremlins 2: The New Batch) while his wife (Ann-Margret) tries to run for city councilwoman. With his mistress, Kelly Preston (Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Sin) already brutally offed by the blackmailers, how will Scheider ensure his wife's safety while pitting his foes against each other? Find out in our first Cannon film of the evening, 1986's 52 Pick-Up!

Next, we throw down the cardboard and start dancing to the rap talker's beat, with 1984's Breakin'! A frustrated young jazz dancer played by Lucinda Dickey meets up with two break-dancers, O-Zone and Turbo. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds, which includes Jean-Claude Van Damme for no reason. Also, Ice-T is the rap talker for this film.

Finally, it's the apocalypse but that's neggy a bad thing as that sasquatch is totally hot plastic. The comedic post-apocalyptic VHS classic adventure flick America 3000 from 1986 has a bigfoot with a boom box. What else could you ask for?

All this plus witty banter between friends, the battle royale for the Listener Theme Show contest, complete confidentiality, no police involvement, electro rock, animal cruelty, Junk (voice)Mails, Dennis Leary and so much more!

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JFD158: Death Wish, Death Wish 2, Death Wish 3

 

Creeps, low-lifes, scumbags, hoodlums and petty thieves beware! This week on JFD, it's all about Charles Bronson cleaning up the streets as we examine the first three Death Wish films.

Up first, Charles Bronson stars as Paul Kersey, a liberal architect in New York City. But when a group of thugs (including a young Jeff Goldblum) attack his family, leaving his wife dead and his daughter in a catatonic state, Paul is forced to take the law into his own hands. Armed with his new .32 Colt revolver, Paul hits the filthy streets of the Big Apple and begins a vigilante killing spree. Soon Paul is making the news and gaining the attention of the police chief Frank Ochoa played by Vincent Gardenia in the 1974 crime drama that started it all, Death Wish.

Then, Bronson is back as  Paul Kersey, only this time he and his daughter have relocated to L.A., but Paul quickly learns that The City of Angels is not much better than New York, when another group of thugs (this time including a young Lawrence Fishburn) wreak havoc on his family. Of course, it's not long before Paul is taking his .380 Beretta pistol out for some more creep hunting, all while trying to avoid the cops (including a reprise role from Vincent Gardenia) in the long-awaited sequel Death Wish 2 from 1982.

And finally, our hero Paul Kersey moves back to New York only to find his friend dead and his neighborhood overrun by cartoonish punks (this time including a young Alex Winter) who are menacing the innocent folks of the community. Needless to say, Charles Bronson isn't going to just sit around and let this happen, as he is soon, once again, mowing down scumbags left and right in the most over-the-top and violent entry into the series, Death Wish 3 from 1985.

All this plus witty banter between friends, Nerd News, this week's DVD & VHS releases, complete confidentiality, no police involvement, songs about vigilantes, Donald Lloyd of the Junk Food Dinner Warehouse, Junk (voice)Mails, and so much more!

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Benefit for family of JFD listener & buddy Nick!

Hey, Junkies. Listener of the show and all around good dude, Nick, has an uncle, Punk, who's fighting ALS and lung cancer. And, as we all learned in Saw VI, medical costs are too damn expensive, so there'll be a a benefit this weekend to defray those medical costs. If anyone would like to donate or help out in any way or if you're in the Illinois and wanna show up, it would be much appreciated. There's gonna be lots of cool raffle prizes including sweet DVDs and even a Junk Food Dinner T-Shirt (from Hide the Bodies.) You can find the facebook event page Here or you can contact Nick Here.

JFD157: Bellflower, Phenomena, The Stabilizer

This week, we do three flicks suggested by and voted on by the listeners!

First, two slacker friends spend all their time planning for an apocalypse when they're hit with reality in 2011's "Bellflower," directed by, written by and starring Evan Glodell. This flick was shot for a measly $17,000 and has a beautiful and unique look to it. Also, flame throwers and stuff.

Next, Jennifer Connelly is a young girl who can telepathically speak to insects. Needless to say, she teams up with Donald Pleasence and a lazer-guided chimp to catch a serial killer in Dario Argento's 1985 flick "Phenomena," aka "Creepers."

Finally, Indonesian director Arizal brings us a tale of justice, revenge, explosions and almost being Sylvester Stallone in 1986's "The Stabilizer," released in the US by Troma.

All this plus witty banter between friends, Nerd News, this week's DVD & blu-ray releases, brain damage as an accurate metaphor for a break up, complete confidentiality, no police involvement, the craziest deus machina ever, Donald Lloyd of the Junk Food Dinner Warehouse, Junk (voice)Mails, and so much more!

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Ideal Show Round Up Time!

Hey, Junkies! As you may know, we're holding a contest to find the coolest Ideal Episode of JFD. You can find the full details here.

So, a few people have been wanting to be kept up to date with the ideal shows that are coming in. Maybe this will help you form a strategy? Avoid doubling up on movies? Or maybe it's just cool to check out all these hypothetical show idea. Whatever. Well, here's the first batch. Some folks sent in some reasons and persuasions and summaries for their picks, but we'll probably read some of that on the show, so we'll leave it out of this post. (Oh, it's mostly in order of when we got them, not in any sort of "this guys's in the lead" order or anything.)

Seth's Ideal Show: Mr. Vampire, Fist of the North Star, Hong Kong Godfather
Eric's Ideal Show: Nosferatu, Nosferatu (1979), Salem's Lot
Murad's Ideal Show: The Message, The Last Temptation of Christ, Battlefield Earth
Orion's Ideal Show: Demolition Man, Virtuosity, Johnny Mnemonic
Memphis Maniac's Ideal Show: Decline of Western Civilization, Hated, Driver 23
David's Ideal Show: Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trick Baby,  Gummo, The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
Mike's Ideal Show: Pulgasari (1985), The Cat (Lao Mao) (1992), The Corndog Man
Pete's Ideal Show: One Crazy Summer, Better off Dead, How I Got into College
Randy's Ideal Show: Stripped to Kill, Dance of the Damned, Streets
Tonton's Ideal Show: Swept Away, Revolver, Rock N Rolla
Joseph's Ideal Show: Race with the Devil (1975), The Kindred (1987), Ice Cream Man (1995)
Buster Mustard's Ideal Show: Die Hard, Judgement Night, Police Story
Brian's Ideal Show: Monster Squad, Dead Heat, Prison (1988)
Cory's Ideal Show: Parents, Nothing But Trouble, Space Is The Place
Espen's Ideal Show: Thale (2012) The Bothersome Man (2006) Oslo, Aug. 31 (2011)
Nick's Ideal Show: Friday the 13th IV, The Running Man, The First Turn On
Aslan's Ideal Show: Dead Heat, The Hidden, Frankenstein Unbound
Alex's Ideal Show: Teeth (2007) Penetration Angst (2003) Killer Condom.
Jeremy's Ideal Show: Flavia the Heretic, Angst (1983), Singapore Sling
Adam's Ideal Show: Take Me Home Tonight (2012), Super 8 (2011),  Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part 1 (2012)
Zachary's Ideal Show: Big Man on Campus, Razorback, Rawhead Rex
Mark's Ideal Show: Monster Squad, The Gate, Blood Hook
Brian's Ideal Show: Deadly Eyes, Nightmare City, Kill Squad
KD's Ideal Show: Lisztomania (1975), World Gone Wild (1988), Ed And His Dead Mother (1993)


We'll post more of the ideal shows next week or so. Keep sending 'em in! GGMF!

JFD156: The Dungeon Master, Rock 'n Roll High School Forever, Burst City

 

Dance around the refrigerator with your Junk Food Dinner pals as we discuss everything from laser-blasting computer nerds to drag-racing Japanese punks!

First, computer nerd Jeffrey Byron shoots lasers at The Devil (Richard Moll) and chases after midget barbarians in attempt to save his girlfriend in 1984's The Dungeonmaster aka Ragewar.

Then, the director of Slumber Party Massacre tries her hand at teen comedy with 1991's Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever, starring rock and roll virtuoso Corey Feldman.

Finally, a band of Japanese punk rockers protest the construction of a power plant in a dystopian future in between drag races and live shows in 1982's Burst City.

All this plus witty banter between friends, Nerd News, this week's DVD & blu-ray releases, complete confidentiality, no police involvement, death by fire, no Ramones, Donald Lloyd of the Junk Food Dinner Warehouse, Junk (voice)Mails, and so much more! 

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The JFD May Calendar

Hey, Junkies! Here's our calendar for the month of May, so get ready cuz it's full of monsters and America and break dancing! Also, for JFD 160, we're doing an episode based on some listener's ideal JFD theme show. Click Here for details and send in your ideal JFD show!

JFD159: Cannon Films Theme Show

• Breakin' (1984)
• America 3000 (1986)
• 52 Pick Up (1986)

JFD160: A Listener's Ideal Show

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JFD161: w/ guest Mike Dikk from Kissing Contest

• Midnight Madness (1980)
• Star Hunter (1996)
• Doomsday (2008)

JFD162

• Vanishing Point (1971)
• Picasso Trigger (1988)
• The Host (2006)