Episode 7. Ghostbusters II, or the Empire State Strikes Back

Pick up your proton packs and watch out for that moody slime, it’s time to get the band back together for the campy cash grab that is Ghostbusters II. Who else has a soft spot for sequels? Was there no such thing as workplace harassment training in 1989? (No need to answer that, we know there wasn’t.) Is there any scene that Peter MacNicol does not steal? (No need to answer that one either.) How did everyone forget that the city was attacked by a giant supernatural marshmallow man five years before this? The only thing we make sure you know in this ep is that we’re all New Yorkers.

Episode 6: The Silence of the Lambs, or Something Wickedly Tasty This Way Comes

Cook up some fava beans and uncork your nicest chianti, as we find out where our early fascination with gruesome murders likely comes from, with Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins (or should we say HOTkins?) in Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs. How much direct eye contact can an audience withstand? Did anyone else watch the TV spinoff Clarice? And why would fashion conscious Hannibal Lecter be caught dead in that frumpy linen suit and floppy hair? We might have some answers for you if we didn’t spend most of this ep talking about serial killers. 

Episode 5: Return to Oz, or Fairuza Balk to the Future

Swap on your witchiest head and take a long swig of nightmare juice, as we re-traumatize our tender psyches with Disney’s Return to Oz. Why were the 80s so messed up? How much of this movie have we all repressed? Where can we find our own sassy talking chicken? And who doesn’t like a nice mutton sleeve? This is a fittingly haunted—at least psychologically—episode to get you in an Octobery mood.

Episode 4: Labyrinth, or The Great Muppet Kidnapping

Photo by Jim Henson Productions/Kobal/Shutterstock

Pour on that glitter and stuff those jodhpurs, as we fall back into the Goblin Kingdom with Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. How much of our generation had their sexual awakening watching David Bowie? Where did Jennifer Connelly so effectively learn about stranger danger? Should we let go of childish things, or just up the production value? And what the f**k is an oubliette? This is the first episode we recorded, so cut us some slack. 

Episode 3: Empire Records, or the Perks of Being a Soundtrack

Share a special brownie with your favorite 90s boyfriend Ethan Embry because it’s time for us to celebrate Rex Manning Day, aka Allan Moyle’s Empire Records. Did you know there was an alternate universe edit of this movie that actually explains everyone’s motivations? Why were the 90s so lily white? What happened to the dog from the movie poster? And can we ever look at blue cheese the same way again? In this episode, we all agree Renée Zellweger is a better friend—and actor—than Liv Tyler.