The Occasionalists Podcast

Top 5 of 2025: #5 The Legend of Zelda - February 21

Today is the first of our look back at the top episodes of the year.
Coming in at #5 for our Top 5 of 2025 is a long-overdue discussion with video game correspondent Greg Cherry about the enduring franchise that is The Legend of Zelda.
Enjoy!

Political Movie Pitch: The Down Bad Caucus

Our final (and slightly delayed!) Political Movie Pitch finds us wandering into a vengeful black comedy that pits aging politicians against their Gen Z congressional counterparts.
Naturally, the older, wiser statesmen do what any normal person would do when annoyed by the younger generation in a public setting: take lots of steroids and set out on a quest for vitality and revenge.
The Down Bad Caucus is ready to throw hands.

Political Movie Pitch: Wolverines!

Our next episode for Political Movie Pitch month tackles the ongoing war in Ukraine and reintroduces the once-popular concept of the "good guy" President in movies and TV shows. Will we ever see it again?
You'll see (well, hear) it in this pitch for the geopolitical action thriller: WOLVERINES!
Betrayed by a corrupt successor and marked for death, a former President and First Lady become fugitives in war-torn Eastern Ukraine—hunted by the Russian president himself in a deadly game of survival where the stakes are nothing less than global catastrophe.
Buckle up, buttercup!

Political Movie Pitch: The Witch Hunt

It's time to dive into the first movie pitch minisode for this politically charged theme month. 
What do you get when you have an aging President with a desire to flout the Constitution and a city (Washington DC) that's been a hotbed for occult conspiracy theories? 
Sounds to me like a body horror movie we're calling 'The Witch Hunt.'

Political Rewind: Fright Fest V - Deathwatch and Day of the Dead

It's November, everyone! By now, you've no doubt been asked if you've voted and then asked if you voted for the people others want you to vote for.
In celebration of this time-honored tradition of hating each other because someone picked the wrong overlords to exploit us, we will be tackling politics all month long.
However, we will start the month with a Political Rewind episode. We flash back to 2023 and the very end of Fright Fest V for a look at a double feature of political horror, focusing on the enforcement arm of the government: the military. For that, we checked out Deathwatch and Day of the Dead.
As we advance, we will have brand-new political movie pitch episodes. For now, enjoy the flashback!

Fright Fest 7 Wrap Up Minisode

We are back with one more episode, which happens when you have 5 Fridays in a month, to give our final thoughts on our annual celebration of all things horror. 
We make some predictions on the future of horror movies, share some of our favorite spooky season songs and albums and we round it out with a little horror movie cast trivia.
Happy Halloween everyone!

Fright Fest 7 Movie Review: 100 Bloody Acres

G'day mates! Live from our hometown somewhere Down Under, we are bringing you the final movie review of Fright Fest 7, as we tackle a horror-comedy from directing duo Colin and Cameron Cairnes, 100 Bloody Acres!
This one checks all the boxes:
1970s and 80s Aussie country music? Check!
Meat Grinder? Check!
Vulnerable Young People? Check!
Menacing Country Folks? Check!
Drugs? Sexual Tension? Potassium? Unexpected Oral Sex? Check! Check! Check! Check!

Fright Fest 7 Movie Review: Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare

Our first movie review for Fright Fest 7 is coming in hot!
We are tackling the 1991 "final" installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Of course, it wasn't nearly the final nightmare, and it won't be until the rights holders die!
Like most horror franchises with increasing installments, the latter ones get sillier and sillier, and this one is no exception. Despite its silliness, does Freddy deliver his usual violent delights and biting one-liners?
You better believe it, BITCH!