The Descent

Special Episode: The Zookeeper (2011) vs. The Church (1989)

It’s our first super sPeCiAl episode! Just in time for spooky season, the will-of-the-dice brought us our strangest episode yet - a comparison between The Zookeeper (2011) and The Church (1989).These two seemingly diametrically opposed films, through the dissection and brilliance of a Philosophy Major (Joel) and an Art School grad (Erik) - actually share common themes of religion, justice, revenge and sin. Come with us as we lose our minds together - oh, and happy halloween. 

#96 The Hungover Games (2014)

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.
- Friedrich NietzscheWell descendants, the project is finally getting rough.Prepare yourself for The Hungover Games, the worst film that could possibly birth from the talentless mind of Jamie Kennedy.The Hungover Games is an attempt at spoofing the mediocrity of hollywood (a good idea) but in it's fight, it became the worst of what it set out to destroy. Joel and Erik attempt to gaze into this abyss and maintain their sanity as we descend into the worst movie we've ever seen...

#97 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)

So it begins...Meet Uwe Boll - one of the most reviled directors in modern history, and possibly this podcast's first returning villain.Step into the fantasy realm of Dungeon Siege, a computer game that really never needed to make it to the silver screen. Jason Statham, Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta and John Rhys Davies star in this LOTR "inspired" medieval epic that will have you on the edge of your seat and your eyes rolled to the back of your head.

#98 The Avengers (1998)

Chipcheerio! Join us as we discuss the tragic tale of The Avengers (1998)... a film that has no right to be as bloody awful as it is. A star-studded cast, a massive budget, based on a wildly successful TV show and a directer who had made successful movies in the past  - somehow all were not enough to save this doomed project. Listen in as Joel and Erik verbally stamp out whatever life is left in this movie - TEA ANYONE?!

Part 2: #99 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

In part two the Flintstones head for Rock Vegas as the dastardly Chip Rockefeller and sex-addicted Mick Jagged throw a wrench (bone) into the budding romances of our heroes. Can love prevail against greed, the watermelon mafia, and incarceration?! Tune in and find out as this absolute mess slides into an attempted conclusion.

Part 1: #99 The Flintsones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

#99 on our descent takes us all the way to bedrock, where we get to know prehistory's favorite family - before they were a family.
That's right, the prequel no one asked for, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Joel and Erik dissect this film's many strange choices, it's atrocious casting, and argue about whether it deserves to be rated so poorly. 

Part 2: #100 Stan Helsing (2009)

Part 2 of our inaugural episode, Stan Helsing. Listen in as we discover how this already bad film attempts to crawl its way to its truly awful conclusion, and see if it somehow passes the Blartchdel Test.

Part 1: #100 Stan Helsing (2009)

Join us in our inaugural episode of The Descent as we take on an absolute dumper of the genre-spoof fad, Stan Helsing.
In part one you'll hear about the director, Bo Zenga (aka BAZINGA), and how his horrendous vision was put so carelessly to film. Join as we try to figure out if this is truly a bad movie, or perhaps, a secretly genius piece of genre-spoof satire - the genre-spoof-spoof!