God Awful Movies
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Latest Episodes
🔒 The Carpenter’s Son
This week, we welcome Nic Cage back into our lives.
🔒 Hell and Mr. Fudge
This time, we make Cara really question her life choices. Again. More.
🔒 January Bonus Episode (a week into February)
Sorry for the late drop. It was recorded on time, but with Lucinda getting sick, Noah got really behind. There will be an additional February bonus out before the end of the month. Apologies for the delays, and thanks to everybody who reminded us!
🔒 No Safe Spaces
This week, Thomas and Lydia from Where There’s Woke join us as we rewind the clock to a time when folks on the right were pretty sure the left was ushering in fascism by not laughing at their jokes.
🔒 Solarbabies
This week, we wrap up Secular Movie Month with one of the silliest things to come out of 1986.
🔒 Fateful Findings
This week, Katie and Allen from Werewolf Ambulance join us for a return to the masterful ramblings of Neil Breen.
🔒 Face/Off
This week, Heath finally gets his wish, and we spend an episode talking about a genre-defining masterpiece instead of a bad movie.
🔒 Diana: The Musical
Secular movie month kicks off with a bang as Marsh joins us for something that makes you wonder how we ever got by without the word “Cringetastic.”
🔒 So This Is Christmas
This week, Cara joins us for a belated bit of the Christmas-tacular.
🔒 December Bonus: Red One
We’re taking the week off from our normal schedule, but that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about you, Patrons! Merry Holidays and Happy New Year. Enjoy!
🔒 Hanukkah on Rye
This week, our Christmas-tacular wanders off course for a little lesson in inclusivity.
🔒 A Law for Christmas
Edit: An earlier version of this episode still had the ads in it. Sorry about that!This week, Michael Marshall joins us for an atheist review of A Law for Christmas, the story of a whole production’s worth of people never bothering to look up what the Secretary of Agriculture does.
🔒 And God Made Man
This week, Cecil and Marsh join us for some rampant transphobia. And some egregiously, hilariously inept courtroom drama.
🔒 November 2025 Bonus: Jiu Jitsu
This month, Thomas and Lydia from Where There’s Woke join us for the bonus episode. And it’s GLORIOUS.Hear more from Thomas and Lydia on Where There’s WokeCheck out more from Thomas on Opening Arguments
🔒 October Bonus: The Crawling Eye
Sorry about the extremely late drop of last month’s bonus episode. We recorded it on time but Noah (who, admittedly, was dealing with a lot of stuff last month) forgot to edit and post it. But it’s up now, so (much like the killer in your favorite horror series) the spooktacular is popping up again […]
🔒 Jesus Freaks
This week, Rachael and Cameron from the Cheers to Leaving podcast make their God Awful Movies debut with a movie so bad we could barely fit it all into one episode.
Latest Free Episodes
550: 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.===Hear more from Jay on The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe.===To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If 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/
549: The Divine Protector: Master Salt Begins
This week, we delve back into the world of the Happy Science Cult for one of their live action features; this one about a seasoning-based vengeance hero.===To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If 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/
548: Restoring Grace
This week, Cara Santa Maria joins us for an atheist review of Restoring Grace. It’s Cara’s second foray into the Wright family filmography and a terrifying new window into that family’s kinks.—To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642Check 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/
547: 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/To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If 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/
546: 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/id1534078783To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If 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/
545: 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/id1779853783To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If 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/
544: The Carpenter's Son
This week, we welcome Nic Cage back into our lives with an atheist review of The Carpenter’s Son. It’s a movie so nakedly blasphemous and divorced from its source material that we very nearly got upset on Christianity’s behalf.To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If 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/
543: Hell and Mr. Fudge
Cara Santa Maria joins us for an atheist review of Hell and Mr. Fudge, another one of those “based on a true story” movies about a bunch of inscrutable church drama that makes no sense to people standing outside the religion.To see us (including Cara!) live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642Check 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/
542: No Safe Spaces
This week, Thomas and Lydia from the Where There’s Woke podcast join us as we rewind the clock to a time when the folks on the right were pretty sure the left was ushering in fascism by not laughing at their jokes hard enough.—Hear more from Thomas and Lydia on Where There’s Woke and Gavel GavelCheck out more from Thomas on Opening Arguments—To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If you’d like to make a per episode donation and get monthly bonus episodes, please check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/godawful—Learn more about the topics we talked about on Where There’s Woke and Serious Inquiries Only:SIO96: Franken Must Go; What Happened At Laurier University?SIO47: Conversation with a Critic on Bill C-16SIO10: Jordan B. Peterson is Just Wrong (or lying…or both).SIO48: What’s Really Going On at Evergreen College?SIO42: Trump Impeachment Talk; Fox News Is A Fairytale Land Right NowSIO40: Actually, Berkeley Is A Fierce Defender of Free SpeechSIO18: Milo’s Long Overdue DownfallWTW14: thefire.org Is an Absolute JokeWTW64: Did Students Shut Down Bipartisan Free Speech Event at Yale Law School?WTW89: PragerU Is Not a Grift and That Is Actually More Concerning.—Check 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/
541: Solarbabies
This week, we dive into the better-forgotten 1986 post-apocalyptic roller skating spectacular, Solarbabies. Cara Santa Maria joins us to send Secular Movie Month out with a bang.Check out more from Cara on the Talk Nerdy podcastTo see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If 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/
540: Fateful Findings
This week, Katie and Allen from Werewolf Ambulance join us for a return to the masterful ramblings of Neil Breen.To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If 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/This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/awful and get on your way to being your best self.Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
539: Face/Off
This week, our secular-tacular continues with a movie that is neither God nor Awful. The 1997 John Woo masterpiece explores the terrors of having to be Nicolas Cage and/or John Travolta. And almost every inanimate object eventually explodes.—To see us live in San Francisco, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-san-francisco-california-tickets-1976632374642If 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/