God Awful Movies
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Latest Episodes
🔒 Sins of Jezebel
We’re joined by the inimitable Cara Santa Maria for an atheist review of Sins of Jezebel, one of many biblical stories of women being the source of evil in the world.
🔒 The Carpenter
This week, we team up for an atheist review of The Carpenter, the story of Jesus as told through an MMA fight club in Nazareth, complete with anachronisms that would seem like a bit much to Fred Flintstone.
🔒 Forest Warrior (Video)
This month, you get to see what us hating the movie looks like!
🔒 Forest Warrior
This month, we set out in search of the very worst that Chuck Norris had to offer … that wouldn’t qualify for the main feed.And if you’d prefer to watch this one on video, a video version will be available momentarily!
🔒 The Keys of the Kingdom
This week, brand new guest masochist Vin from the Black Nerd Culture podcast joins us for a movie destined for the pantheon of “best worst things we’ve ever watched.”
🔒 Beauty and the Atheist
This week, new guest masochist Forrest Valkai joins us for a movie that is very clearly about him in all the least comfortable ways.Check out more from Forrest here: https://www.valkailabs.com/
🔒 House of Numbers
This week, Marsh joins us to try to make AIDS denialism funny again.
🔒 Melania – Live from San Francisco!
This week, Cara Santa Maria joins us live on stage as we double the total viewership of Melania’s documentary.
🔒 The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
This week, Jay Novella of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe joins us to review a movie so generically dumb we couldn’t tell for sure if we’d already watched it.
🔒 March Bonus: The Eyeball Creatures
This month, our secular bonus episodes take us back to the creature features of the sixties.But you might wanna hold off on this one. It’s also going to be available to patrons in another format shortly.
🔒 The Divine Protector: Master Salt Begins
This week, we get live action Happy Science, PLUS the movie announcement for our upcoming live show in San Francisco.
🔒 Restoring Grace
This week, Cara joins us for her second foray into the Wright Family filmography.
🔒 Chariots of the Gods
Dr. Alice Howarth and Michael Marshall join us to figure out if big stuff was aliens in a review of Chariots of the Gods. I won’t spoil it.Hear more from them on the “Skeptics with a K” podcast: https://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/skeptics-with-a-kCheck out The Skeptic UK: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/
🔒 In God’s Time
This week, Heath Lambert from That’s So Random joins us for something about a god and watches.Hear more from Heath Lambert here: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/thats-so-random-a-random-movie-podcast/id1534078783
🔒 Commander Kellie and the Superkids: Sword
This week, Donavan and Zak from Jesus Stole Our Movies join us for the second in Kenneth Copeland’s daughter’s vanity project about a child army.Hear more from Zak and Donavan here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jesus-stole-our-movies/id1779853783
🔒 Hudson Hawk
Your second bonus episode of the month (since I forgot to edit January’s on time). This month, we dug into the Golden Raspberry archives and found a gem. Also, be sure to stick around for the outtakes, wherein you get to hear Marsh learn that he’s in the Epstein files for the first time.
Latest Free Episodes
562: Miracle at Manchester
This week, we welcome Marsh and Dr. Alice back to discuss a miracle in Manchester. But not THEIR Manchester. And also not a miracle.Check out more from Marsh on Skeptics with a K and the Know Rogan ExperienceCheck out more from Dr. Alice on Skeptics with a KIf you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
561: Mercy Streets
This week, we reach back into the earlier, slightly less pathetic portions of the career of both David AR White and David AR White, who take on dual roles in Mercy Streets.—Find more jason on instagram at @JasonsuranIf you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
560: In the Blink of an Eye (2009)
This week, Cecil Cicirello joins us for an atheist review of In the Blink of an Eye, in which David AR White tries to trick people into being Christian with his sweet wrist control and washboard abs.—Check out more from Cecil on Cognitive Dissonance and the Know Rogan Experience—If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
559: The 7th Commandment
This week, Amanda Stern joins us for an atheist review of The Seventh Commandment; a story of what noir looks like when Christians try to do it without being so edgy.—Find more from Amanda here: https://www.amandajanestern.com/podcasts.html—If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
558: The Apple
This week, Lydia and Thomas from the Where There’s Woke podcast join us for the most fabulous film in the history of God Awful Movies.Hear more from Thomas and Lydia on Where There’s Woke and Gavel GavelCheck out more from Thomas on Opening ArgumentsIf you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
557: Average Joe
This week, Marsh joins us to marvel at how silly our legal system AND our game called football are.Check out more from Marsh on Skeptics with a K and the Know Rogan ExperienceIf you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
556: Sins of Jezebel
We’re joined by the inimitable Cara Santa Maria for an atheist review of Sins of Jezebel, one of many biblical stories of women being the source of evil in the world.—This episode is sponsored by Mint Mobile. Use the link below to help support the show.mintmobile.com/gam—If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: patreon.com/GodAwfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook page.
555: The Carpenter
This week, we team up for an atheist review of The Carpenter, the story of Jesus as told through an MMA fight club in Nazareth, complete with anachronisms that would seem like a bit much to Fred Flintstone.—Support us for Maytreon!—If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
554: The Keys of the Kingdom
This week, Vin from the Black Nerd Culture podcast joins us to break down a movie that is almost unbelievably bad. It’s called “The Keys of the Kingdom,” and if you read that and assume that I mistyped “The Keys to the Kingdom,” you’re just getting your first taste of this filmmaker’s attention to detail.—Check out more from Vin at these links:https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2497976.rsshttps://blacknerdculturecast.buzzsprout.com/—If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
553: Beauty and the Atheist
This week, science’s very own Forrest Valkai joins us for an atheist review of Beauty and the Atheist; the story of what Donald James Parker would’ve said during that evolution debate if he’d thought of it … and been a sexy young woman that Forrest couldn’t resist.Yes, that’s really what the movie is about.Check out more from Forrest at ValkaiLabs.comCheck out the “debate” that inspired the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3rrKrUeyPYIf you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
552: House of Numbers
This week, Michael Marshall joins us for another reluctant foray into the dark world of AIDS denialism. Which is just a fantastic premise for a comedy show.—Check out more from Marsh on Skeptics with a K and the Know Rogan ExperienceIf you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
551: Melania – Live from San Francisco!
This week, Cara Santa Maria joins us as we double the viewership of Amazon’s Melania documentary, live from the City by the Bay.Check out more from Cara on the Talk Nerdy podcastIf you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawfulCheck out our other shows, The Scathing Atheist, The Skepticrat, Citation Needed, and D&D Minus.Our theme music is written and performed by Ryan Slotnick of Evil Giraffes on Mars. If you’d like to hear more, check out their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/