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Drew and Travis cavort and consort with The Devils! It's the controversial 1971 cult classic from filmmaker Ken Russell that explores the bizarre true story of the Possessions of Loudon. Starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, The Devils is our second entry in a theme month we're calling Sacrilicious, featuring movies that have more than a little fun with blasphemy! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:45 - The Devils 01:01:30 - The Shelf 01:09:37 - Calls to Action 01:10:21 - Currently Consuming 01:28:48 - End SHOW LINKS Benedetta A Clockwork Orange Did Disney Really Steal Aladdin? Jaws: Retro Edition GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis are compelled by the power of Christ to compare Exorcist: The Beginning with Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist! It's a bizarre bit of Hollywood history because Paul Schrader's Dominion was scrapped by studio execs, only to be immediately remade by director Renny Harlin! This is our first entry in a month of movies we're calling Sacrilicious, featuring films that have a little fun with blasphemy. Happy Easter! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:33 - Exorcist: The Beginning vs. Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist 01:04:41 - The Shelf 01:11:04 - Calls to Action 01:11:4 - Currently Consuming 01:27:40 - End SHOW LINKS The Pope's Exorcist Prince of Darkness Avatar: Fire and Ash OBEX GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis hop over the wall to Escape From New York! That's right, we're reviewing the cult classic John Carpenter film starring Kurt Russell, Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasance, and Isaac Hayes! This is our final entry in a theme month we're calling Days of Future Past, all about cinematic futures that take place before our present. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:54 - Escape From New York 00:57:57 - The Shelf 01:04:47 - Calls to Action 01:05:37 - Currently Consuming 01:28:59 - End SHOW LINKS Air Force One The Warriors Return to Silent Hill Resurrection GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis investigate two tales of sci-fi monsters running amok in cities: Predator 2 and Split Second! This is our fourth entry in a theme month we're calling Days of Future Past, all about cinematic futures that take place before our present. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:38 - Predator 2 00:29:39 - Split Second 01:01:16 - The Shelf 01:11:19 - Calls to Action 01:13:07 - Currently Consuming 01:30:07 - End SHOW LINKS Alligator Death Machine Cuckoo Wuthering Heights GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis enter the ring with Real Steel, the 2011 robot boxing flick starring Hugh Jackman! This is our third entry in a theme month we're calling Days of Future Past, all about cinematic futures that take place before our present. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:39 - Real Steel 00:41:48 - The Shelf 00:52:36 - Calls to Action 00:53:37 - Currently Consuming 01:14:11 - End SHOW LINKS Bumblebee Speed Racer War Machine Whistle GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis hit up the arcade for some Double Dragon, the 1994 adaptation of the classic beat-em-up game! This is our second entry in a theme month we're calling Days of Future Past, all about cinematic futures that take place before our present. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:30 - Double Dragon 00:50:30 - The Shelf 00:56:07 - Calls to Action 00:58:32 - Currently Consuming 01:16:47 - End SHOW LINKS Drew and Travis' video essay about Cyber Ninja Abobo's Big Adventure Heart Eyes Zodiac Killer Project GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis do a Gen-Revisit of Back to the Future Part II! This is our first entry in a theme month we're calling Days of Future Past, all about cinematic futures that take place before our present. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:20 - Back to the Future Part II 00:57:06 - The Shelf 01:03:40 - Calls to Action 01:04:42 - Currently Consuming 01:12:58 - End SHOW LINKS Demolition Man Timecrimes A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 1 GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis travel back to the aughts with the remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes. This is our fourth and final entry in Remake Roulette: a month of remakes! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:23 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs. The Hills Have Eyes 00:53:49 - The Shelf 01:07:10 - Calls to Action 01:08:19 - Currently Consuming 01:24:27 - End SHOW LINKS The X-Files Season 4, Episode 2: Home House of 1000 Corpses 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis raid tombs with The Mummy, the 1999 Universal Monsters remake that launched a hit franchise starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz! This is our third entry in Remake Roulette: a month of remakes! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:19 - The Mummy (1999) 00:58:13 - The Shelf 01:07:01 - Calls to Action 01:10:41 - Currently Consuming 01:24:23 - End SHOW LINKS Poltergeist The Phantom Primate Exit 8 GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis crash land on Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, the 2001 remake that impressed neither audiences nor critics! This is our second entry in Remake Roulette: a month of remakes! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:22 - Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes 00:50:55 - The Shelf 00:58:46 - Calls to Action 00:59:43 - Currently Consuming 01:11:42 - End SHOW LINKS The Flintstones (1994) Zardoz Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis roll out the barrel for A Fistful of Dollars, the 1964 film that popularized the spaghetti western movement. It's also an unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, which resulted in a lawsuit from Kurosawa and Toho Films! This is our first entry in Remake Roulette: a month of remakes! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:19 - A Fistful of Dollars 00:54:26 - The Shelf 01:05:44 - Calls to Action 01:06:54 - Currently Consuming 01:18:56 - End SHOW LINKS High Plains Drifter Django (1966) Alien Degli Abissi a.k.a. Alien from the Deep GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis dream with Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, the 1989 Japanese-American animated film that began production in 1982, but wouldn't get a U.S. release until ten years later! It's our third and final entry in Mindfields: a themed month all about movies that go into the minds and memories of their characters! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:19 - Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland 00:57:39 - The Shelf 01:03:32 - Calls to Action 01:04:37 - Currently Consuming 01:19:17 - End SHOW LINKS Castle in the Sky Legend (Director's Cut) Super Mario Galaxy Batman (1966 Series) GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis reminisce with Unforgettable, the 1996 mystery thriller starring Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, and Peter Coyote! It's our second entry in Mindfields: a themed month all about movies that go into the minds and memories of their characters! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:24 - Unforgettable 01:06:20 - The Shelf 01:12:13 - Calls to Action 01:13:32 - Currently Consuming 01:24:08 - End SHOW LINKS Trance Red Rock West Hellmaster Dust Bunny GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Drew and Travis may never sleep again after a double feature of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors! It's our first entry in Mindfields: a themed month all about movies that go into the minds and memories of their characters! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 00:25:42 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 00:55:44 - The Shelf 01:02:23 - Calls to Action 01:03:11 - Currently Consuming 01:11:44 - End SHOW LINKS Come True Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy No Other Choice GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky

Happy New Year to all of our GenreVision movie club members and Patreon subscribers! For the 5th annual GV awards (The GeeVees), Drew and Travis have some exciting and fun new awards to give out to the films we curated for our 2025 schedule. On a personal note, 2025 was an awful time. This awards show helped us realize that through GenreVision, we can still find lots of things to celebrate from a truly terrible year. Thanks again for being members of our movie club, and may 2026 be a better year for us all!

Drew and Travis are back in the New York Groove with Charles Bronson in Death Wish 3. It's our fourth and final entry in a month called Cannon for Christmas, in which we're exploring the Cannon Films library! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Death Wish 3 00:51:46 - The Shelf 00:57:57 - Calls to Action 00:58:30 - Currently Consuming 01:10:31 - End SHOW LINKS Pass Thru Exterminator 2 One Battle After Another The Running Man (2025) GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky