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John Rain

300 episodes · Explicit

The award nominated film podcast that does a bit of everything.

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One of Esquire's 38 Best Comedy Podcasts Around.

Hosted by John Rain.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET with Steve Hall

    · 1 h 30 min · S8 E54 · Explicit

    Today we’ll be meeting the man of your dreams! Good news: He’s got a great sense of humour, has his own place, loves kids and adores fingering. Bad news: He’s bald, mean spirited, loves kids a bit too much, and has…

  2. FROM BEYOND with Dan Thomas and Dr. Dean Burnett

    · 1 h 16 min · S8 E53 · Explicit

    Today we’ll be gathering all of our facilities and coming to our senses as we seek the ultimate in pleasure, gloop and bafflement. Yes, it’s From Beyond. Joining me to sellotape a sausage to our foreheads is…

  3. 10 RILLINGTON PLACE with Karl Coppack

    · 1 h 24 min · S8 E52 · Explicit

    Today we’ll be going back into the past in order to visit a genuine house of horrors. Yes, it’s 10 Rillington Place. Joining me to sort the fact from the fiction is Karl Coppack. Hosted on Acast. See…

  4. NIGHT OF THE DEMON with Toby Hadoke

    · 1 h 24 min · S8 E51 · Explicit

    Today we’ll be playing the deadliest game of pass the parcel ever, and wandering around in the woods in order to find out just what is coming from the trees. Yes, it’s Night of the Demon. Joining me to find out what…

  5. EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC with Dr. Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    · 1 h 16 min · S8 E50 · Explicit

    Today we’ll be finding out if too much exorcise is bad for you, and how you should never drink when you’re riding a locust. Yes, it’s Exorcist II: The Heretic. Joining me for a day out at the Pazuzu is Dr. Dean…

  6. FRIDAY THE 13th PART 3D with Tom Crowley

    · 1 h 44 min · S8 E49 · Explicit

    Today we’ll be heading to Crystal Lake to find out just why you shouldn’t go into the woods when there are not one, but three dimensions of terror! Yes, it’s Friday the 13th Part 3D Joining me to find out why being a…

  7. DRACULA AD 1972 with Ashley Blaker

    · 1 h 03 min · S8 E48 · Explicit

    Welcome to another Halloween Special! Today we’ll be finding out if vampires hold a grudge after one hundred years, or if the stakes are just too low. Yes, it’s Dracula AD 1972 And joining me to leave the party…

  8. THE VAULT OF HORROR with Anna Savory

    · 1 h 02 min · S8 E47 · Explicit

    Today we’ll be talking about the ART of dreams. So fix yourself a NEAT drink as you get ROPED in to hear all about the GRAVEST nightmares that hopefully don’t SUCK. Yes, it’s The Vault of Horror Joining me to explain…

  9. RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE with Tom Neenan

    · 1 h 37 min · S8 E45 · Explicit

    Today we’ll be heading behind the walls of Racoon City to find out why in this world of adventures not everyone is so keen to ride the nemesis. Yes, it’s Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Joining me to throw a match at a…

  10. FRIGHT NIGHT with Dan Tetsell

    · 1 h 26 min · S8 E45 · Explicit

    Today we’ll be grabbing our binoculars, blessing our water, spying on the neighbours and hoping they don’t get too cross as we aim to find out what big stiffs they are keeping down in the dark. Yes it’s Fright Night…

  11. GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET with Simon Love

    · 1 h 23 min · S8 E44 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be going behind the scenes in the music industry to take a warts-and-all look at the day in the life of a proper pop star. We’ll meet Tom, Harry, and everyone will sadly end up looking like a bit of a…

  12. ROBOCOP 2 with Paul Litchfield

    · 1 h 20 min · S8 E43 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be heading back to old Detroit to fight crime and corporate meddling. We’ll find out that the kids are not alright and just what really happens when the police go on strike. Will it put noses out of…

  13. THE LONE RANGER with Jack Bernhardt

    · 2 h 40 min · S8 E42

    This week we’ll be going full Tonto, saddling up and heading back to the Old West to find out what happens when you have a dead crow in a silver mine, and end up with serious reservations about your mate’s new outfit.…

  14. DIE HARD 4 with Paul Gannon

    · 1 h 48 min · S8 E41 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be going in through the back door in order to keep you in the dark and set off your waterworks. Yes, it’s DIE HARD 4.0, or LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, depending on your area. Joining me to be THAT GUY is…

  15. GREASE with Simon Love

    · 1 h 31 min · S8 E40 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be slicking back our hair, sewing ourselves into our trousers, and jumping behind the wheel of a massive car to head back to the happy days of 1958. A time when men and women could enter a school in…

  16. COMMANDO with Ashley Blaker and Steve Hall

    · 1 h 12 min · S8 E39

    This week we’ll be loading up on guns and bringing friends, in order to let off some steam and take part in the most extreme version of bring your daughter to work day. Yes, it’s Commando And joining me to eat Green…

  17. POINT BREAK with Kate McCabe

    · 1 h 36 min · S8 E38 · Explicit

    This week we’ll hanging ten and catching tubes in order to put away a man so evil and malevolent that he will put lives at risk merely for the promise of an endless summer, no, not Mike Love, I mean Bodhi, leader of…

  18. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK with Jim Maxwell

    · 1 h 19 min · S8 E37

    This week we’ll be heading behind enemy lines to a future so dark and dystopian that a rich and powerful man doesn’t want to go on a pod. Yes, it’s Escape from New York. And joining me to Duke it out with a one-eyed…

  19. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE with Toby Hadoke

    · 1 h 42 min · S8 E36 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be joining the world on the brink of total flaming disaster and telling everyone it was hotter in 1976. Yes, it’s The Day the Earth Caught Fire Joining me to get the warm willies on a ghost train is…

  20. LIMITLESS with Dr. Dean Burnett

    · 1 h 22 min · S8 E35 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be popping pills and collecting skills as we find out just what someone would do in order to have a haircut. Yes, it’s Limitless And joining me to use 24% of his brain is Dr. Dean Burnett. Hosted on…

  21. SMERSH HITS: SPIDER-MAN

    · 2 h 05 min · S8 E34

    This week we’ll be going back to 2002 and dialling up the web to go on the hunt for the best swinger, and find out just who has been leaving sticky white stuff everywhere. Yes, It’s Spider-Man Joining me to mess with…

  22. STAR TREK: INSURRECTION with Paul Litchfield

    · 1 h 06 min · S8 E33 · Explicit

    This week we’ll get Ba-Ku to where we once belonged in order to find out just who has been giving Geordi 20/20 vision, Worf long pubes, Picard a baby face, and Riker the absolute bloody raging horn. Yes, it’s Star…

  23. FAST FIVE with David Hoare

    · 2 h 00 min · S8 E32 · Explicit

    Welcome to another FAST SPECIAL. This week we’ll be heading down to the sunny beaches of Rio to spend time with the family and maybe get a bit of Rock. Yes, it’s Fast Five. Joining me to do some very safe driving is…

  24. SMERSH ON SCREEN: THE ODYSSEY

    · 48 min · S8 E31 · Explicit

    As part of a recent Snake Boys get-together, Tom Neenan and I had some time to sit down and chat about our thoughts on the new Christopher Nolan movie. We do drop a few spoilers along the way, to do ensure you've seen,…

  25. CARRY ON LOVING with Paul Litchfield and Dan Thomas

    · 1 h 27 min · S8 E30 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be getting all Grubby as we put our long one in a hole in the wall and see what kind of Bliss we get when it comes out afterwards. Yes, it’s Carry On Loving And joining me to get a Gripper before we…

  26. ROCKY V with Paul Whitelaw

    · 1 h 15 min · S8 E29 · Explicit

    This time we’ll be looking behind our ear for the will to live, packing up our stinky old jacket and hat, and heading back to the old neighbourhood to be thoroughly miserable for 90 minutes. Yes, it’s Rocky V And…

  27. RESIDENT EVIL with Tom Neenan

    · 1 h 44 min · S8 E28 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be going back to the heady days of 2002. A more innocent time when you want a go on nemesis, nip out for a bite without getting cancelled, and Umbrella going viral was seen as a bad thing. Yes, it’s…

  28. SMERSH HITS: SUPERGIRL (1984) with Johnny Candon

    · 1 h 59 min · S8 E27 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be heading to Argo City to have a drink or two with Peter o Toole, and to find out if Superman’s cousin can save the day while he’s out. Yes, it’s Supergirl Joining me to be bathed in soft focus and…

  29. X: THE UNKNOWN with Toby Hadoke

    · 1 h 25 min · S8 E26 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be looking at an X that only lives to suck energy, spew hate and pump out bad waves, no not the popular edge lord website, it’s merely an old science fiction film! Yes, it’s X: The Unknown And joining…

  30. TREMORS with David Hoare and Tom Crowley

    · 1 h 35 min · S8 E25 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be looking for Perfection as we sit down and watch a film that really grabbed our attention, and made the ground move beneath our feet. Yes, it’s Tremors. Joining me to get our big worms out for the…

  31. SMERSH ON SCREEN: DISCLOSURE DAY with DAN THOMAS

    · 47 min · S8 E24 · Explicit

    Dan Thomas and I are fans of Big Stevie Spielberg. We went to see this film. We weren't keen. We vent here. WE SPOIL IT. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SWITCH OFF!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  32. BATMAN with Dan Thomas

    · 2 h 08 min · S8 E23 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be stepping into the dark shadows of Gotham City in order to find out just what puts such a smile on the face of the citizens. Is it all that free money? Or something more sinister... Yes, it’s BATMAN…

  33. INNERSPACE with Dr. Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    · 1 h 45 min · S8 E22 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be defying convention and going out of our way to look for the beauty hidden inside a person, while also proving they have guts, seeing the world through their eyes, and admiring their balls. Yes, it’s…

  34. THE SAINT with Steve Hall

    · 1 h 36 min · S8 E21 · Explicit

    This week we’ll packing our dressing up kit and make up box as we head to Mother Russia in order to stop a despot giving cold fusion the cold shoulder. Yes, it’s The Saint. Joining me to find out just how simple…

  35. KING KONG (1976) with David K. Barnes

    · 2 h 10 min · S8 E20 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be heading to the island and going ape! In order to find out just what happens when capitalism gets in the way of innocent love between a giant and a tiny lady. Yes it’s King Kong Joining me to wake…

  36. ROADHOUSE with Kate McCabe

    · 1 h 54 min · S8 E19 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be putting on the finest MOR known to man, brushing up on our white-guy karate, and taking out the trash in order to prove that a small town of nice murderers is better than one mean one. Yes, it’s…

  37. JOHN CARTER with Jack Bernhardt

    · 2 h 06 min · S8 E18 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be seeing red as we head back to the past in order to go to space and find out if a Mars a day keeps the sequels away. Yes, it’s John Carter And joining me to give us some right arm action is Jack…

  38. NEIGHBORS with Paul Whitelaw

    · 1 h 16 min · S8 E17 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be curtain twitching like there’s no tomorrow as we check out who’s just moved in next door, and sort of knock about for aimlessly for ninety minutes without really much happening - with hilarious…

  39. THE WICKER MAN with Martin Fitzgerald

    · 1 h 31 min · S8 E16 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be heading to glorious Summerisle; a secluded paradise of rolling fields, welcoming harbours, and a thriving swinging culture that’s known to be fairly committed to making the ultimate sacrifice for its…

  40. SCARS OF DRACULA with Ashley Blaker

    · 1 h 02 min · S8 E15 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be returning to Ye Olde Europe to find out who would Minder if Dracula killed their brother. Yes, it’s Scars of Dracula. And joining me to go batty for lashes, is Ashley Blaker. Hosted on Acast. See…

  41. ALIEN: RESURRECTION with Dr. Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    · 1 h 42 min · S8 E14 · Explicit

    The tagline reads: "It's been more than 200 years... The beginning has just started". Whatever that means, it's time for the Monday Night Movie Club to get together and head into deep space to try and get blood from a…

  42. ASYLUM with Anna Savory

    · 1 h 15 min · S8 E13 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be getting seriously committed in order to solve a puzzle. Just what refreshes the parts you cannot reach? Who makes a suit that’s simply to die for? And who is playing with himself far too much? Yes,…

  43. CLUB CLASSICS: UNDER SIEGE 2: DARK TERRITORY with Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    · 1 h 20 min · S8 E12 · Explicit

    To celebrate the birthday of Steven Seagal, John takes Dan and Dean for a choo-choo ride and discovers a whole casey of trouble. A Monday Night Movie Club episode from Feb 20, 2023. Subscribe to the Patreon here and…

  44. I BOUGHT A VAMPIRE MOTORCYCLE with Simon Love

    · 1 h 42 min · S8 E11 · Explicit

    This week in a bit of Boon for the show, we’ll test-driving a new hog - but not just any hog, this ride is possessed by a bit of a speed demon. It eats protocol droids for breakfast, it doesn’t run on gas, and goes…

  45. The Umbrella Man and Other Stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination with Martin Fitzgerald

    · 1 h 22 min · S8 E10 · Explicit

    In a very special episode I'm joined by Martin Fitzgerald to catch up on JFK again, and talk about his new book "The Umbrella Man and Other Stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination", an…

  46. LUCY with Dr. Dean Burnett

    · 1 h 05 min · S8 E9 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be indulging in the time old cliche of travelling the far east in order to find ourselves, connect with new exciting people, and take so much drugs we turn appear in other people’s televisions into a…

  47. SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY with Tom Crowley

    · 1 h 57 min · S8 E8 · Explicit

    Welcome to another Star Wars special. This week we’ll be heading to a galaxy, far, far away in order to find out just how a good many things that we’ve never ever thought about came to be! Yes, it’s SOLO: A STAR WARS…

  48. HAWK THE SLAYER with Dan Tetsell

    · 1 h 27 min · S8 E7 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be stepping into a world of swords, sorcery, sisters, secrets and the senseless slaughter of seasoned small screen stars. Yes, it’s Hawk the Slayer. And joining me to go south on a fat baron, is Dan…

  49. THE BLACK HOLE with Jim Maxwell

    · 1 h 03 min · S8 E6 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be exploring deep space in order to answer the time honoured questions: Why is it that when you leave a man to his own devices, he’ll was to put something up his hole. Yes, it’s The Black Hole. And…

  50. INDEPENDENCE DAY with Dr. Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    · 1 h 59 min · S8 E5 · Explicit

    This week we’ll be forming a welcoming committee to announce that we, for one, welcome our new alien overlords, and applauding with outrageous gusto as we witness our charismatic heroes carry a virus while sucking on a…

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