Shows
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0100 - Planet of the Apes (1968)Amber & Ryan finally get their stinkin' paws on Planet of the Apes for their 100th episode!
2024-06-0143 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0098 - Def-Con 4 (1985)Amber & Ryan spend a few days in Nova Scotia as they watch Def-Con 4
2024-04-2955 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0097 - Damnation Alley (1977)Amber & Ryan go on adventures and learn valuable lessons in a sick-ass super tank as they watch Damnation Alley
2024-04-271h 43
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0096 - The Stuff (1985)Amber & Ryan try not to get hooked on goop as they conclude Larry Cohen month with The Stuff.
2024-03-311h 12
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0095 - Q the Winged Serpent (1982)Amber & Ryan dodge angry bird gods and get Nixon-like pardons as they watch Q the Winged Serpent.
2024-03-2448 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0094 - Deluge (1933)Amber & Ryan experience the classics as they watch 1933's Deluge.
2024-03-011h 03
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0093 - Two of a Kind (1983)Amber & Ryan are bored and confused as they watch John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John try to recapture lighting in a bottle in 1983's Two of a Kind.
2024-02-2558 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0092 - Matinee (1993)Amber & Ryan put the insect aside and sit down for 1993's Matinee
2024-01-3143 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0091 - Blast From the Past (1999)Amber & Ryan party like its's 1999 as they watch the Brendan Fraser/Alicia Silverstone romantic comedy Blast From the Past.
2024-01-231h 13
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0090 - Hardware (1990) and Incidents in an Expanding Universe (1985)Amber & Ryan close out 2023 and the Christmas season with Hardware and the movie that inspired it; Incidents in an Expanding Universe
2023-12-251h 25
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0089 - Night of the Comet (1984)Amber & Ryan dodge mutants, go shopping, and bear the burden of civilization as they watch Night of the Comet (1984)
2023-12-191h 05
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0088 - Executive Decision (1996)Amber & Ryan close out Steven Seagal month with a movie he's barely in: Executive Decision
2023-11-3056 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0087 - Against the Dark (2009)Amber & Ryan talk about Steven Seagal and low-budget film-making as they watch Against the Dark.
2023-11-271h 12
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0086 - Halloween III: Season of the WitchAmber & Ryan investigate a nonsensical conspiracy as they watch Halloween III: Season of the Witch
2023-10-311h 14
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0085 - Cabin in the Woods (2012)Amber & Ryan have a very cliched weekend in cabin country until it takes a turn as they watch Cabin in the Woods
2023-10-251h 30
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0084 - They Live (1988)Amber & Ryan came here to chew bubblegum and watch John Carpenter's They Live. And they're all out of bubblegum.
2023-10-0157 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0083 - Society (1989)Amber & Ryan are living in a Society
2023-09-1959 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0082 - Cloud Atlas (2012)Amber & Ryan are reincarnated 5 times in various genres and are confused by what significance that had in 2012's Cloud Atlas.
2023-09-031h 48
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0081 - Mirrormask (2005)In dreams Amber & Ryan walk with you as they watch 2005's Mirrormask
2023-08-211h 33
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0080 - Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)Amber & Ryan like to get the landmarks as they watch Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
2023-07-312h 07
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0079 - Independence Day (1996)It's the end of the world as we know it and Amber & Ryan feel fine watching 1996's Independence Day.
2023-07-291h 15
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0078 - Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)Amber & Ryan take a ride on the nightmare merry-go-round as they watch Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
2023-06-301h 01
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0077 - Mars Attacks! (1996)Amber & Ryan take up yodeling as Mars Attacks! (1996)
2023-06-131h 33
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0076 - Miracle Mile (1988)Amber & Ryan have less than an hour to get out of Los Angeles before the bombs drop as they watch 1988's Miracle Mile.
2022-10-1238 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0075 - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)Amber & Ryan glide over the toxic jungle and learn that war is not good in 1984's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
2022-09-1244 minDoomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0074 - Isle of Dogs (2018)Amber & Ryan traverse an island of trash in a dystopian future Japan to explore the bond between boy and dog with Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs.
2022-08-0252 minDoomsday at the MoviesDoomsday at the Movies 0073 - Stripperland (2011)Amber & Ryan are back from an unplanned hiatus with their most cursed episode where they discuss the spoof(?)/mockbuster(?) Stripperland.
2022-07-1145 min
Doomsday at the MoviesZombieland: Double Tap (2019)Amber & Ryan feel old as they watch Zombieland: Double Tap
2022-04-111h 02
Doomsday at the MoviesZombieland: The Series (2013)Amber & Ryan dig through the trash at Amazon Prime and unearth the failed pilot for Zombieland: The Series.
2022-03-0836 min
Doomsday at the MoviesZombieland (2009)Amber & Ryan learn some important rules and scour the wasteland for pre-packaged snack cakes as they watch 2009's Zombieland.
2022-01-2753 min
Doomsday at the MoviesLove and Monsters (2020)Amber & Ryan get out and stretch their legs in a world filled with giant deadly beasts as they watch 2020's Love and Monsters.
2022-01-1639 min
Doomsday at the MoviesBlood Quantum (2019)Amber & Ryan buckle in for a depressing ride with the Indigenous zombie film Blood Quantum
2021-12-2041 min
Doomsday at the MoviesSpace Sweepers (2021)Amber & Ryan clean up junk in a cluttered universe as they watch 2021's Space Sweepers.
2021-11-2950 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)Amber & Ryan take a quirky road trip through the robot apocalypse with The Mitchells vs. The Machines.
2021-11-2143 min
Doomsday at the MoviesParasite (1982)Amber & Ryan struggle to find much to talk about after watching Charles Band's Parasite.
2021-11-1626 min
Doomsday at the MoviesSlither (2006)Amber & Ryan act according to their nature as they discuss James Gunn's Slither.
2021-11-1053 min
Doomsday at the MoviesNight of the Creeps (1986)Amber & Ryan are thrilled and learn the perils of brainworms as they watch Night of the Creeps
2021-10-2048 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Deadly Spawn (1983)Amber & Ryan spend a rainy day inside and fight man-eating slugs from outer space as they watch The Deadly Spawn.
2021-10-1440 min
Doomsday at the MoviesShivers (1975)Amber & Ryan kick off killer slugs month with David Cronenberg's Shivers. CONTENT WARNING: Shivers deals heavily with the subject of sexual assault.
2021-10-0545 min
Doomsday at the MoviesAlita: Battle Angel (2019)Amber & Ryan collect bounties, play future sports, and do robot karate as they watch Alita: Battle Angel.
2021-09-261h 03
Doomsday at the MoviesSurrogates (2009)Amber & Ryan fall asleep in their chairs and let their robot avatars watch Surrogates for them.
2021-09-1942 min
Doomsday at the MoviesBounty Killer (2013)Ryan & Amber watch 2013's Bounty Killer and dream about a world where rich people are punished for their crimes.
2021-09-1454 min
Doomsday at the MoviesBarb Wire (1996)Amber & Ryan visit the far-off future year of 2017 as they watch 1996's Pamela Anderson vehicle Barb Wire.
2021-09-0659 min
Doomsday at the MoviesChosen Survivors (1974)Amber & Ryan go a little batty as they watch 1974's Chosen Survivors.
2021-08-2952 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDelicatessen (1991)Amber & Ryan hang out in a crumbling apartment building with quirky French cannibals as they watch 1991's Delicatessen.
2021-08-241h 24
Doomsday at the MoviesThe End of the World (1916)Amber & Ryan travel all the way back to 1916 to watch the first post-apocalyptic movie: The End of the World.
2021-08-1743 min
Doomsday at the MoviesWaterworld (1995)Amber & Ryan celebrate the podcast's 1st anniversary by searching for Dryland with a grumpy fish-man as they watch 1995's Waterworld.
2021-08-071h 32
Doomsday at the MoviesBadlands 2005 (1988)Amber & Ryan talk Badlands 2005, a failed TV pilot for ABC directed by George Miller that bears a few elements of Mad Max: Fury Road. Does it live up to the Mad Max legacy?
2021-07-3140 min
Doomsday at the MoviesMad Max: Fury Road (2015)Amber & Ryan ride into Valhalla, shiny and chrome, as they discuss George Miller's magnum opus, Mad Max: Fury Road.
2021-07-251h 11
Doomsday at the MoviesMad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)Amber & Ryan say bidey-bye to the highscrapers and find out who run Bartertown as they watch Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
2021-07-191h 15
Doomsday at the MoviesMad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)Amber & Ryan are just here for the gasoline as they discuss Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
2021-07-101h 01
Doomsday at the MoviesMad Max (1979)Ryan & Amber watched 1979's Mad Max and discuss its strange place in the doomsday movie canon. Think of them when you look a the night sky.
2021-07-051h 04
Doomsday at the MoviesLittle Shop of Horrors (1986)Amber & Ryan check out Frank Oz's Little Shop of Horrors and talk musicals, the 1960 movie, and the director's cut that features the original ending.
2021-06-2759 min
Doomsday at the MoviesBeowulf (1999)Tonight, Amber & Ryan are filled with magic because they watched 1999's Beowulf starring Christopher Lambert and Rona Mitra. Outro Song: Life at the Outpost by The Skatt Bros. (1980)
2021-06-2155 min
Doomsday at the MoviesBullets of Justice (2019)Amber & Ryan explore a gonzo world of pigmen, mustachioed women, male models, and ridiculous violence in 2019's Bullets of Justice.
2021-06-1245 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Book of Eli (2010)Amber & Ryan go on a journey with The Book of Eli. They talk about cinematography, subtle worldbuilding, and ponder the intent of the film's message.
2021-06-051h 08
Doomsday at the MoviesNemesis 5: The New Model (2017)Amber & Ryan are not kind to Nemesis 5: The New Model. They discuss the various things it does wrong, the couple of things it does very right, and reflect on the series as a whole.
2021-05-2946 min
Doomsday at the MoviesNemesis 4: Death Angel (1996)Amber & Ryan watch Nemesis 4: Death Angel and discuss how it functions as an endpoint for the series, its tonal disparity to the previous films, and how the movie's protagonist has changed between entries.
2021-05-2346 min
Doomsday at the MoviesNemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996)Amber & Ryan are confused and fatigued after watching Nemesis 3: Time Lapse.
2021-05-1654 min
Doomsday at the MoviesNemesis 2: Nebula (1995)Amber & Ryan travel forward 100 years into the future in order to go back 20 years into the past and learn to throw machetes at pigs and blurry cyborgs as they watch Nemesis 2: Nebula.
2021-05-081h 01
Doomsday at the MoviesNemesis (1992)Amber & Ryan wade through a tangled web of dropped plotlines in between martial arts gun battles as they watch Albert Pyun's Nemesis.
2021-05-011h 02
Doomsday at the MoviesBird Box (2018)Amber & Ryan avert their eyes from 2018's Bird Box starring Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich. Content Warning: Contains discussion of suicide.
2021-04-251h 03
Doomsday at the MoviesReady Player One (2018)Amber & Ryan suffer the effects of acute nostalgia poisoning as they watch and discuss Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One.
2021-04-1819 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDogma (1999)Amber & Ryan watch 1999's Dogma and discuss theology, comedy, and Kevin Smith.
2021-04-101h 18
Doomsday at the MoviesSteven Universe: The Movie (2019)Amber & Ryan watched 2019's Steven Universe: The Movie. They discuss the difference between children's and all-ages entertainment, whether the movie is a worthy successor to the TV show, and question why this is a musical.
2021-04-031h 07
Doomsday at the MoviesAngel's Egg (1985) and In the Aftermath (1988)Amber & Ryan bring Aftermonth to a close with the double feature of the 1985 esoteric anime Angel's Egg and the 1988 mixed-media American reappropriation of the film, In the Aftermath. They discuss art films, religious overtones, whether a movie that exists purely to make money can still be artistic, and sum up what Aftermonth has taught them.
2021-03-2751 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Aftermath (1982)Aftermonth enters its third week as Amber & Ryan watch 1982's The Aftermath and discuss the film's progressive and regressive sexual politics, Sid Haig, and how the movie gives off divorced dad energy.
2021-03-2058 min
Doomsday at the MoviesAftermath (2014)Amber & Ryan talk about 2014's bummer indie gem Aftermath featuring Monica Keena and Edward Furlong and get derailed talking about diesel engines, EMPs, late-period Friday the 13th sequels, and pop tarts.
2021-03-1350 min
Doomsday at the MoviesAftermath (2012), Aftermath: A 2012 Story (2010), and Aftermath (2013)Aftermonth is upon us! Amber & Ryan experience 2012's zombie/other stuff(?) film Aftermath and then, exhausted of things to talk about, watch two short films also called Aftermath.
2021-03-0659 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)Amber & Ryan try not to panic as they make their way through the glacially paced 1981 miniseries version of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
2021-02-2752 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)Amber & Ryan dive into the 2005's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Is the movie a good adaptation of the material? Is Sam Rockwell doing a George W. Bush impersonation? Is Trillian a Manic Pixie Dream Girl or just being played by Zooey Deschanel? All will be answered.
2021-02-211h 15
Doomsday at the MoviesSongbird (2020) and Corona Zombies (2020)Unable to pass up an opportunity to discuss movies about a dystopia that we're all currently living in, Amber & Ryan discuss the Covidsploitation films Songbird and Corona Zombies.
2021-02-1356 min
Doomsday at the MoviesRepo Men (2010)Amber & Ryan ask all of your biggest questions about 2010's Repo Men. Does Jude Law's character have any redeeming qualities? Is this movie's subtext supposed to be this homoerotic? Did this movie rip off Repo! The Genetic Opera?
2021-02-061h 06
Doomsday at the MoviesRepo! The Genetic Opera (2008)Amber & Ryan talk rock-opera Repo! The Genetic Opera; Bill Moseley's singing voice, why everyone involved should be frankly embarrassed to sing the presence of Sarah Brightman, and how little the movie actually has to do with organ repossession.
2021-01-301h 00
Doomsday at the MoviesMortal Engines (2018)Amber & Ryan discuss 2018's Mortal Engines, predator cities, CGI bombast, how themes get lost in translation between books and movies, and do their best phlegmatic robot imitations.
2021-01-231h 07
Doomsday at the MoviesCargo (2017) and Cargo (2013)Amber & Ryan discuss the Australian zombie movie Cargo; its unique approach to a zombie apocalypse story, its handling of Indigenous Australian people, and how it adapts a 7 minute short film into a nearly 2 hour movie.
2021-01-1640 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Fifth Element (1997)Amber & Ryan talk Luc Besson's 1997 sci-fi action film The Fifth Element. They discuss the film's impeccable production design, stellar cast, and its place in the canon of great 90s films.
2021-01-101h 15
Doomsday at the MoviesGattaca (1997)Amber & Ryan dig into 1997's Gattaca and discuss the film's retro-futuristic aesthetic, its great cast of character actors, and the movie's clumsy commentary on eugenics and ableism.
2021-01-021h 01
Doomsday at the MoviesChristmas With the Dead (2012)Amber & Ryan deck the halls with 2012's surprisingly enjoyable micro-budget zombie movie Christmas With the Dead, based on a short story by Joe R. Lansdale.
2020-12-2641 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Thing (2011)Amber & Ryan watch the 2011 prequel/sequel/remake/reboot The Thing. Ryan extols the movie's virtues and makes a spirited defense for why the movie is good, actually.
2020-12-2056 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Thing (1982)Amber & Ryan assimilate John Carpenter's The Thing. Amber discusses why she's not as into the movie as some and Ryan provides some insight on the movie from the short story it was based on.
2020-12-1357 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Golden Compass (2007)Amber & Ryan talk The Golden Compass, how it adapts the book it was based on, why the movie was so controversial, and why New Line Cinema's hopes of making it the next Lord of the Rings were in vain.
2020-12-051h 09
Doomsday at the MoviesPhantasm V: Ravager (2016)Amber & Ryan close out the series with David Hartman's Phantasm V: Ravager. They discuss the film's commentary on aging and love, its strange biblical parallels, and how exactly you go about sticking a silver ball onto a horse's head.
2020-11-2850 min
Doomsday at the MoviesPhantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)Amber & Ryan talk Phantasm IV: Oblivion, how it does a lot with a very tiny budget, why Ryan thinks it serves as a perfect ending point for the franchise, and the unproduced Phantasm finale that never was.
2020-11-211h 09
Doomsday at the MoviesPhantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)Amber & Ryan embark on the strange journey that is Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, then wax rhapsodic about Joe R. Lansdale, Kinky Friedman, and those old Sci-Fi Channel movie marathon commercials.
2020-11-1453 min
Doomsday at the MoviesPhantasm II (1988)Amber & Ryan head down the lonesome highway with Mike and Reggie in Phantasm II.
2020-11-081h 05
Doomsday at the MoviesPhantasm (1979)Happy Halloween! Amber & Ryan embrace spookiness as they dive into the first of Don Coscarelli's Phantasm series. They discuss surrealism, dwarf monsters, the fear of death, and shiny silver balls.
2020-10-3158 min
Doomsday at the MoviesHotel Artemis (2018)Amber and Ryan talk 2018's Hotel Artemis, its pointed social commentary, Jodie Foster's performance, and why Dave Bautista may be the saddest character in the movie.
2020-10-2441 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Last Days (2013)Amber and Ryan discuss 2013's The Last Days, the connection between children's games and horror/sci-fi, how refreshing it is when doomsday movies decide to focus on the good qualities of humanity, and then talk epic fantasy smut and women in prison films.
2020-10-1850 min
Doomsday at the MoviesReign of Fire (2002)Amber and Ryan discuss 2002's Reign of Fire, the novelty of a dragon apocalypse, a waste of a perfectly good Alice Krige, and how well all those CGI dragons hold up to modern scrutiny.
2020-10-1041 min
Doomsday at the MoviesThe Colony (2013)Amber and Ryan discuss 2013's The Colony, the difference between Laurence and Larry Fishburne, why movie cannibals never cook their meat, mid-budget movies, and then bicker for ten minutes!
2020-10-0346 min
Doomsday at the MoviesDoomsday (2008)Amber and Ryan discuss Neil Marshal's genre pastiche Doomsday, Fine Young Cannibals, Malcolm McDowell, and breaking the 180 rule.
2020-09-2656 min
Doomsday at the MoviesArmy of Darkness (1992)Amber and Ryan talk Deadites, chainsaw hands, and boomsticks and Ryan explains how the third movie in the Evil Dead franchise qualifies as a Doomsday Movie.
2020-09-1956 min
Doomsday at the MoviesSix-String Samurai (1998)Amber and Ryan talk rock-n-roll, the 90s, independent films, annoying kids, fishing nets, and Kung Fu as we look at 1998's gonzo cult film Six-String Samurai.
2020-09-1242 min
Doomsday at the Movies28 Weeks Later (2007)Amber and Ryan discuss 28 Weeks Later, its legacy as a not-really sequel, whether Robert Carlyle is a smart zombie or not, Imogen Poots' haunting eyes, and whether this very different take on the material really gels with 28 Days Later's extremely character-driven approach to zombie horror.
2020-09-0539 min
Doomsday at the Movies28 Days Later (2003)Amber and Ryan discuss the movie that brought zombies back into the zeitgeist, discuss how the infected differ from traditional zombies, debate the finer points of early 2000s digital photography, and take an excrutiating amount of time trying to remember Idris Elba's name.
2020-08-2945 min
Doomsday at the MoviesHeavy Metal (1981)Amber and Ryan discuss comics-to-film animated anthology Heavy Metal; the limitations of rotoscoping, pizza cutter hands, a giant chicken that screams like a man, and how the film's treatment of women holds up in the modern age.
2020-08-2236 minDoomsday at the MoviesYor - The Hunter From the FutureAmber and Ryan dig into 1983's infamous Yor the Hunter From the Future. They discuss mud mummies, questionable sails, Italian genre film, and the movie's himbo barbarian hero. They're gonna make all those wilds beasts look tame tonight.
2020-08-1559 min
Doomsday at the Movies12 Monkeys (1995)Amber and Ryan dig into 1995's 12 Monkeys. They discuss how it compares to the original La Jetee, director Terry Gilliam's questionable behavior, and how well one of Brad Pitt's most famous capital A acting performances holds up.
2020-08-1251 min
Doomsday at the MoviesLa Jetee (1962)In their inaugural episode, film critic Ryan Covey and author Amber Covey discuss their relationship to post-apocalyptic and dystopian films, define what a "Doomsday Movie" is, and talk about the 1962 French short film La Jetee.
2020-08-1122 min