Box Office Pulp Podcast

05/08/2025

Get ready to pour yourself a cocktail, put on an old opera record, and inject yourself with a chemical compound that stretches the bounds of death in a terrifying fusion of science and art, because the crew at Box Office Pulp is back on their wax bu****it with a commentary track for Sergio Stivaletti's Fulci-by-another-name fable, 1997's Wax Mask. The legendary special effects master responsible for the Demons franchise only ever directed a single feature, and this slasher by way of a giallo by way of a Wax Museum mystery has been unfairly forgotten by even the most stalwart horror faithful's. Listen to the tale of Dario Argento's last boon to a dying frenemy, a museum owner driven by heartbreak to murder and mad science, and a dubbing track that descended into pure, unfiltered Italiano.

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The podcast continues it's Wax Horror dive with the pulpiest entry in the melty genre: Sergio Stivaletti's THE WAX MASK, an overlooked Argento-made romp.

27/06/2025

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Described as the world's first side-scrolling horror movie, Lovecraftian indie THE WAVES OF MADNESS is now available to rent or own on Digital.

27/06/2025

Get ready to hustle up some bibles, condemn some apostates, and declare that someone IS NO KIN OF YOURS, as tonight the BOP Crew interviews Payton McCarty-Simas author of That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film. Together they have a fascinating discussion on their favorite witch films, the unique properties of American hysteria, the environmental factors that lead to booms in either witch hunts of witch flicks, why there were so many goddamn warlocks in the eighties, and the explicit fascism of the Veronica Lake vehicle I Married A Witch.

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10/05/2025

Jason Trost gifts the world it's first side-scrolling film in "Waves of Madness." What did we think of this video game-inspired Lovecraftian horror flick?

08/05/2025

Once the most derided type of film adaptation, video game movies have been seeing a renaissance as of late. So what better time to borrow the conventions of a once-derided medium to tell a story all your own? In this Mini-BOP, Mike and Jamie gush about the new film by genre filmmaker Jason Trost, The Waves Of Madness, the world’s first side-scrolling motion picture. With a premise that could have outstayed its welcome in minutes, Waves draws you in with its loving pastiche of PS1-era survival horror, and keeps you with a sincere Lovecraftian mystery at sea, with the best monster design we’ve seen all year. You’ll never look at load screen monologues the same way again!

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Jason Trost gifts the world it's first side-scrolling film in "Waves of Madness." What did we think of this video game-inspired Lovecraftian horror flick?

12/01/2025

Now that Father Time has allowed one more year to pass, and Santa has been banished to his ice prison until next solstice, it's time to visit our favorite memory from this holiday season: Nosferatu, AKK Robert Eggers Presents "This Ain't Dracula: A ### Symphony of Horror." Stalk the stone paths of turn-of-the-century Germany alongside The BOP Suitors as Lilly Rose-Depp's star-making performance ties together an all-star cast, including Bill Skarsgaard at his most uncanny, Willem Dafoe at his most grave, Nicolas Hoult at his most dandy, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson at his most obsessed with his wife. Along their stroll they'll discuss the appeal of the Nosferatu iteration of familiar vampire lore and how Eggers plays with those expecations, rank the stars of Dracula Cinema by thier fashion and s*x appeal, and scour forgotten lore to determine how exactly Orlock traveled by boat to a landlocked country.

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We dig into the flesh (plus subtext, acting, and artistry) of horror master Robert Eggers' unsettling remake of the classic (Not)Dracula tale, NOSFERATU!

26/09/2024

It's Wax Season here on Box Office Pulp! Just in time for the release of her new book Millennial Nasties, we welcome back friend of the show Ariel Powers-Schaub and what better to discuss than one of the nastiest of the era, Disney's Jungle Cruise director Jaume Collet-Serra's House of Wax. For BOP n' A Movie's second trip to the Dark Castle, this commentary track goes back to a time when everybody wanted that Leatherface money, and you could market a film based on watching Paris Hilton die. Maligned by many genre fans on release, the most 2005 movie of all time also boasts some of the best body horror the decade, practical effects that are still chilling to behold, and the last great location from a studio once dedicated to keeping sets alive. Grab a seat (made of wax) and listen to the first of our love letters (of wax) to an oft-overlooked sub-genre (it's wax).

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The BOP crew (and guest Ariel Powers-Schuab) melt into their seats as they watch the newly appreciated HOUSE OF WAX (or is it Tourist Trap?) remake!

03/08/2024

It is 2006. I am watching Hugh Jackman's last appearance as Wolverine. It is 2017. I am watching Hugh Jackman's last appearance as Wolverine. It is 2024. I am writing a description of the BOP crew's episode on Deadpool & Wolverine, the former's introduction to the MCU, and the latter's last dance with a beloved actor... who are we kidding, he's doing this till he's 90. Does Ryan Reynolds still bring the Van Wilder charm as Marvel's new golden boy, or is it too late for the Multiverse Saga: Now With Less Kang? How does a character often defined by an inferiority complex work as a mouthpiece for a dying era of film? And just how hard did those credits make us cry? Wade wouldn't give you answers, so neither are we.

Hey... remember when Deadpool's caption boxes ended up being Madcap? Wild times!

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03/08/2024

Buongiorno a tutti e grandi notizie !!!🩸🩸🩸🩸🇺🇸

Mentre The Well Movie resta saldo in top ten (7) al come l’ horror più visto al cinema… si prepara ad arrivare in Nord America con la prestigiosa distribuzione Uncork'd Entertainment 💥💥💥

Dal 9 Agosto in cinema selezionati ( si parte da NY e LA) e dal 3 di settembre sarà OVUNQUE in digitale e VOD !!!

Ecco il poster USA e continuate ad andare a vederlo al cinema ! L’ Italia sta tornando protagonista nel mondo in termini di horror 🖤🙏

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14/07/2024

Check out the latest episode of Box Office Pulp where we review ! Listen to the full podcast here https://play.headliner.app/episode/21790463?utm_source=facebook

14/07/2024

With studios less sure how to reach audiences by the day, only one film has the answer to what people truly want: Hundreds of Beavers!!! In the newest movie from Mike Cheslik the team behind Lake Michigan Monster bring us a new descent into whimsy and madness in a film so ridiculous, we're convinced it stars Cody. Join Mike and Jamie as they talk about this delirious swirl of live action cartoon, silent(ish) movie, harrowing survival tale, ###-ed jugs ,and 16-bit farming sim (not kidding), HUB might be the most creative movie of the year, the funniest movie were seen in ages, and without a doubt the best movie ever made on the subject of man's battle against mascot suits.

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With studios less sure how to reach audiences by the day, only one film has the answer to what people truly want: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS. In the newest movie from Mike Ceslik, the team behind Lake Michigan Monster bring us a new descent into whimsy and madness in a film so ridiculous, we're convinced i...

13/07/2024

What an excellent day for filming an exorcism. THE Exorcism, in fact! And that's the closest thing to a joke you're getting, because the duo behind The Final Girls is back with another deeply personal-- and far much colder-- look at a young woman connecting with a parent in showbiz. Joshua John Miller and M.A. Fortin team up with Russell Crowe and a seemingly endless list of character actors to tell the story of a newly-sober man trying to get himself on the right track by taking what could be the role of his career, the priest in a remake of a famous exorcism movie, no matter what demons from his past it may awaken. Unable to win respect at home or on set, dodging a well-intentioned holy man, a director more interested in getting a rise out of him than his acting, and an alleged "curse" that's already claimed one actor, it's the perfect environment for a man to lose himself... or be found.

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What an excellent day for filming an exorcism. THE Exorcism, in fact! And that's the closest thing to a joke you're getting, because the duo behind The Final Girls is back with another deeply personal-- and far much colder-- look at a young woman connecting with a parent in showbiz. Joshua Miller an...