https://www.spreaker.com/show/clamshell-case-filesenTV & FilmCopyright Zero Sciencehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/200e6b155761f3547fbfd09676acd2f0.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/clamshell-case-filesFri, 01 Mar 2024 05:15:25 +0000Zero ScienceZero Scienceclamshellcasefiles@gmail.comWe rewatch partially forgotten movies from our youth that, for better or worse, made us who we are. Most of the movies will be from the 80's and early-mid 90's, but some other decades will end up in there as well.trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ccf-100--48229998https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48229998Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:00:02 +0000Zero ScienceThis is it, for now. So to close out the show, Bridget, Matt, and Quintin talk about all 100 movies (and definitely only 100 movies; they most certainly didn’t watch a specific movie from 1996) they watched for the podcast and rank them! It’s all just...6287truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/100-the-garbage-pail-kids-movie-1987--48066303https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48066303Mon, 27 Dec 2021 10:00:03 +0000Zero ScienceWell, we finally did it: found a film that had the potential to damage children irreparably and involved characters living in a literal trash can. We couldn’t think of a better way to go out! So we talk about one last movie before calling it a...90121987,garbage,kids,pailtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/099-a-very-brady-christmas-1988--47897120
Also, be sure to tune in to the next show for a VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47897120Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:00:03 +0000Zero ScienceIt’s a very special episode as Brady expert and Matt’s sister Laurie Spring is back again to talk about her favorite tv family. Listen in as the crew goes to business and talks about architectural sabotage, Alice’s indentured servitude, and disgusting...
Also, be sure to tune in to the next show for a VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.]]>81821988,brady,bunch,christmas,davis,henderson,knight,lookinland,mccormick,olsen,plumb,reed,williamstruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/098-the-black-hole-1979--47696632https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47696632Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:00:03 +0000Zero ScienceWorld of Commotion’s Danielle Brown and Jarrod Staples join us once again to talk about another beloved Disney property everyone surely remembers. An intellectual property so ingrained in the public consciousness that Disney would have no need to go...77271979,black,disney,holetruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/097-cat-s-eye-1985--47444965
Content Warning: There’s some talk of a plot point involving threatened sexual assault throughout the show.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47444965Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:00:19 +0000Zero ScienceIn a world where every child is Drew Barrymore, the mob runs addiction management companies, and suburban houses have Troll infestations, only one cat can hit it big in Atlantic City and still save the day. From the drugged out mind of Stephen King...
Content Warning: There’s some talk of a plot point involving threatened sexual assault throughout the show.]]>79581985,barrymore,cat's,drew,eye,jester,trolltruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/096-sleepy-hollow-triple-feature--47248439https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47248439Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:21:11 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, we have not one...not two...but THREE adaptations of Washington Irving’s the Legend of Sleepy Hollow...for Halloween! First up, Bing Crosby constant body shaming in Disney’s The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949). Next up, the sweet...9665burton,disney,ears,hollow,rabbit,sleepytruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/095-carnosaur-1993--47021080https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47021080Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:00:09 +0000Zero ScienceOnly one dinosaur movie from 1993 had the audacity to tell truths that the big Hollywood studios were afraid to tackle. Sure, Jurassic Park hints at man’s folly, but only this Roger Cormon produced classic dares to float the hypothesis that maybe...71271993,carnosaurtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/094-bram-stoker-s-dracula-1992--46816014https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46816014Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:47:23 +0000Zero ScienceBridget’s original pick for episode 69 has everything you’d expect from a sexy romance film: pickup artist Dracula, terrible accents, trains, Beastman getting it on, and of course, discussions about real estate deals. You haven’t lived until you’ve...87761992,dracula,gary,keanu,oldman,reeves,ryder,winonatruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/093-lady-in-white-1988--46593978https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46593978Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:00:10 +0000Zero ScienceThey don’t make ‘em like they used to! I mean, how many murders do kids in movies witness these days? One? Maybe two? But do they witness upwards of 3 murders, relive several of them over and over, almost get murdered himself, and by a close family...75751988,boss,haas,in,lady,lucas,the,white,who'struefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/092-flight-of-the-navigator-1986--46390093https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46390093Mon, 06 Sep 2021 09:00:02 +0000Zero ScienceIt’s a kids movie that teaches important lessons like dealing with grief, the passage of time, not trusting the government, and the theory of general relativity! If you don’t remember this one, don’t worry. Neither does Sarah Jessica Parker,...7771flight,jessica,navigator,parker,pee-wee,sarahtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/091-my-girl-1991--46196594https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46196594Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:00:14 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, Bridget brings one of the most infamously traumatizing films from older millennials’ youths. The film that made us all distrust bees, learned to leave our lost mood rings in the woods, and assume we could die at ANY time. Returning to it 30...80321991,anna,chlumsky,culkin,girl,macaulay,my,sultenfuss,vadatruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/090-the-legend-of-billie-jean-1985--46023295
This week, Fair is Fair! What does that mean? It means a couple of kids from Corpus Christi, Texas are going to get the 600 some-odd dollars they’re owed from a sketchy businessman and his degenerate son before shipping out for Vermont, land of maple syrup and seasonal outdoor sports. A movie so famous it got its own Pat Benetar theme and at least two Blu Ray releases. Really? You’ve never heard of it? But Billie Jean was so famous! They even made frisbees with her face on them!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46023295Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:14:06 +0000Zero ScienceCW: Sexual assault and child abuse. This week, Fair is Fair! What does that mean? It means a couple of kids from Corpus Christi, Texas are going to get the 600 some-odd dollars they’re owed from a sketchy businessman and his degenerate son before...
This week, Fair is Fair! What does that mean? It means a couple of kids from Corpus Christi, Texas are going to get the 600 some-odd dollars they’re owed from a sketchy businessman and his degenerate son before shipping out for Vermont, land of maple syrup and seasonal outdoor sports. A movie so famous it got its own Pat Benetar theme and at least two Blu Ray releases. Really? You’ve never heard of it? But Billie Jean was so famous! They even made frisbees with her face on them!]]>8039truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/089-the-adventures-of-teddy-ruxpin-1985--45838929https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45838929Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:00:10 +0000Zero ScienceWe go on an adventure with special guest Christopher Brown (Old Men Yell at Cloud), a talking bear with a tape deck in his back, and a creepy old inventor whose only friends appear to be teenagers. So get ready to travel to the land of Grundo, a place...5451adventures,grundo,ruxpin,teddytruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/088-stephen-king-s-sleepwalkers-1992--45661543
CW: Sexual Assault at 1:02, Animal Abuse throughout]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45661543Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:00:04 +0000Zero ScienceSure, the online discourse circled back around to 2017 with people talking about the short story Cat Person again, but we’re here to talk about ACTUAL CAT PEOPLE from 1992. So if you’re a fan of monster incest, deputized attack cats, cultural...
CW: Sexual Assault at 1:02, Animal Abuse throughout]]>69361992,cats,king,sleepwalkers,stephentruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/087-1776-1972--45475786https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45475786Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:03:25 +0000Zero ScienceWhat better way to spend the week of the fourth going to the definitive text of the birth of America. You know, the one where the voice of KITT from Knight Rider is our nation’s (future) second president, middle-aged men complain about the heat and...7950truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/086-death-becomes-her-1992--45287582https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45287582Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:00:09 +0000Zero ScienceWorld of Commotion’s Danielle Brown joins us this week, bringing with her a fancy potion which she obtained from a mysterious, sexy, European lady. This woman claimed it’d grant us immortal life, but all we got were various hole-based injuries....70911992,becomes,bruce,death,goldie,hawn,her,meryl,streep,willistruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/085-the-mighty-ducks-1992--45102365https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45102365Mon, 31 May 2021 09:00:02 +0000Zero ScienceWe’re closing out E-MAY-lio with Scott Kurland (of Writer’s Bagel Basket and Hell is a Musical) and getting way too into Minnesotan peewee hockey due to court appointed public service for all our previous podcast indiscretions. So join us for an...84221992,banks,conway,ducks,emaylio,emilio,estevez,mightytruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/084-young-guns-ii-1990--44860892https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44860892Mon, 17 May 2021 09:00:08 +0000Zero ScienceE-MAY-lio continues, as does the saga of Billy the Kid. Or Billy the Very Old Man on his way to get the early bird special at his favorite diner, the Mexican Blackbird. Jarrod Staples (of World of Commotion fame) is back to talk Bon Jovi, blatant...88702,billy,bon,emilio,estevez,guns,ii,jovi,kid,youngtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/083-young-guns-1988--44599840
Also, if you’re interested in donating to the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch like Bridget and Quintin, you can check out their Gofundme link here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/23ihgxnlc0?utm_campaign=p_cp_url&utm_medium=os&utm_source=customer]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44599840Mon, 03 May 2021 09:00:04 +0000Zero ScienceWe’re kicking off E-MAY-lio with special guest Jarrod Staples and this slice of totally, completely accurate Western history. Sure, character ages and motivations are wrong, problematic caricatures are invented just for the movie, and the extended...
Also, if you’re interested in donating to the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch like Bridget and Quintin, you can check out their Gofundme link here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/23ihgxnlc0?utm_campaign=p_cp_url&utm_medium=os&utm_source=customer]]>9703charlie,emilio,estevez,guns,keifer,sheen,sutherland,youngtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/082-the-adventures-of-milo-and-otis-1986--44383483https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44383483Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:00:03 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, we welcome Lilz Martin (of Jukebox Zeroes and Hell is a Musical fame) to go for a walk outside today. Join us to see what we find, today. Warning: it’s almost definitely animal abuse. No animal escapes, be it muskrat, snake, bird, cat, dog,...54801986,adventures,animals,humane,milo,otis,societytruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/081-super-mario-bros-1993--44198386https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44198386Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:00:08 +0000Zero ScienceIn honor of the 35th Anniversary/Public Execution of Mario, we’re talking about the movie that TWO major corporations and pretty much everyone involved in the production wish you would forget. With a bafflingly great cast (Bob Hoskins! John Leguizamo!...82001993,bros,hopper,hoskins,leguizamo,mario,mathis,supertruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/080-blast-from-the-past-1999-live--43991693https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43991693Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:00:15 +0000Zero ScienceIt’s our two year anniversary, and we recorded live in front of an audience of the internet, from the safety of our own personal fallout shelters! You voted for it, so we talk about Blast from the Past. So break out those champagne cocktails, box up...7367alicia,blast,brendan,christopher,fraser,from,past,silverstone,the,walkentruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/079-face-off-1997--43782601https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43782601Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:00:14 +0000Zero SciencePeach? We can talk about a peach for hours. And we do! We clear out the dove infestation left by director John Woo and chat about this great act-off starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. We hit all the big topics: dove kings, salmon spawning,...91281997,cage,face/off,travoltatruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/078-the-karate-kid-1984--43574058https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43574058Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:00:02 +0000Zero ScienceThis week the crew strikes first and has no mercy talking about The Karate Kid. It’s a movie that deals in tropey Eastern Mysticism, but also talks about the horrors and realities of Japanese internment camps with more accuracy and honesty than any...85401984,karate,kidtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/077-clash-of-the-titans-1981--43338593https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43338593Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:00:02 +0000Zero ScienceSpecial Guest (and Matt’s sister) Laurie Spring is here to Unleash the Kraken and talk about the open-mouthed, dead-eyed Perseus trust-funding his way into bed with the beautiful Andromeda in Clash of the Titans! Come for the amazing Ray Harryhausen...69431981,clash,harryhausen,kraken,titanstruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/076-blown-away-1994--43096512https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43096512Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:00:06 +0000Zero ScienceWelcome to Bahstan, kid! Jeff Bridges plays a BPD bomb squad officer with an inexplicably terrible accent. Tommy Lee Jones is playing a mad Irish bomber with an inexplicably terrible accent. Lloyd Bridges is playing a retired Boston cop who emigrated...85621994,away,blown,bridges,jeff,jones,lee,lloyd,tommytruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/075-speed-1994--42814793https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42814793Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:00:11 +0000Zero SciencePop Quiz, hot shots! You have a wildcat cinematographer that wants to direct his first action film. He enlists a young polite Canadian and America’s ACTUAL sweetheart. If the film makes under $300 million the bomb explodes. What do you do? What, get...95241994,bullock,keanu,reeves,sandra,speedtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rockin-new-year-s-eve--42708699https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42708699Thu, 31 Dec 2020 11:00:16 +0000Zero ScienceAuld acquaintance may be forgot, but the Clamshell crew forgets nothing (except all of the times that we do). In this very special New Year’s Eve episode, Bridget, Matt, and Quintin give 2020 a boot in the ass, and rank their top and bottom five...4532truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/074-twins-1988--42684931
Later this week, join the gang as we hold our annual tradition of ranking the 5 Best and Worst movies we watched this year.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42684931Mon, 28 Dec 2020 13:00:21 +0000Zero ScienceWe’re ringing in the New Year with not one, but TWO New Year’s Babies, in the form of Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Twins! Bridget decided to give the crew (and you listeners) a break from 2020 as we talk about this sweet, slightly...
Later this week, join the gang as we hold our annual tradition of ranking the 5 Best and Worst movies we watched this year.]]>83191988,devito,schwarzenegger,twinstruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/073-silent-night-deadly-night-1984--42470883
Content Warning: Sexual assault.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42470883Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:00:18 +0000Zero Science‘Tis the season...TO DIE. Apparently, in 1984, the only red thing more offensive to the American public than the Soviets was...a murderous Santa Claus. Gene Siskel shamed the producers on television. Phil Donahue had outraged parents on his show....
Content Warning: Sexual assault.]]>71691984,christmas,deadly,horror,night,santa,silent,slashertruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/072-the-lawnmower-man-1992--42240507https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42240507Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:22:47 +0000Zero ScienceWe’re closing out Neurovember with a chain smoking, whiskey-infused Pierce Brosnan experimenting on chimps using virtual reality.. When that inevitably goes wrong, he moves onto Jeff Fahey’s simple landscaper, Jobe, turning him into a digital god with...85971992,brosnan,cut,director's,fahey,lawnmower,mantruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/071-strange-days-1995--41993684https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41993684Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:00:14 +0000Zero ScienceNeurovember continues and Strange Days has found us. A weirdly prescient film that isn’t quite able to read the future room, the crew and returning guest John Crawford travel to the future of New Years Eve, 1999, where the most popular form of...101191995,days,stangetruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/070-johnny-mnemonic-1995--41745838https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41745838Mon, 02 Nov 2020 13:00:20 +0000Zero ScienceWe’re kicking off Neurovember with the tale of a far-fetched future of 2021, where a global pandemic has brought the world to its knees, pharma companies have a death grip on medical treatments, and nobody wants to go to Trenton. Special guest John...7091gibson,johny,keanu,mnemonic,pharmakom,reevestruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/069-crash-1996--41525584https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41525584Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:00:21 +0000Zero ScienceIt’s Bridget pick and, it being episode 69, she decided to choose something extra sexy...a David Cronenberg movie! We’re talking about Crash, Cronenberg’s controversial film about symphorophiliacs who are ready to get down to some crash test dummy...75031996,crash,cronenbergtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/068-my-pet-monster-1986--41295008https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41295008Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:00:16 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, special guest Grace Fobert takes a shortcut through the spinning fence to deliver the 1986 made for TV toy commercial, My Pet Monster. It’s time to break those neon orange chains, make a peanut butter and mango sandwich, and get your Tippy...59861986,monster,my,pettruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/067-the-man-who-saw-tomorrow-1981--41030303https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41030303Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:00:11 +0000Zero ScienceAs it was foretold in the quatrains of the renowned French physician, Michel de Nostradamus, the Clamshell crew welcomes special guest Orson Welles to talk about Ted Kennedy’s chances of becoming president, the third antichrist and his sweet blue...75361981,hister,nostradamus,orson,wellestruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/066-rad-1986--40739107https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40739107Mon, 07 Sep 2020 12:00:14 +0000Zero ScienceZero Science wunderkind Christopher Brown stops by the podcast to avoid his SAT make up exam and to make sure we’re all registered for Helltrack as we talk about one of his favorite movies, RAD. ALL CAPS. The thrilling story of a small town boy with...7388bikes,bmx,radtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/065-the-haunted-mansion-2003--40463723https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40463723Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:00:20 +0000Zero ScienceThis week we have a SUPER MEGA CROSSOVER EVENT! The World of Commotion Crew is here to talk about that famous 2003 Disney-ride adaptation...no no, sorry, not Pirates. We’re talking Eddie Murphy, Terrence Stamp, and Jennifer Tilly’s head! Why have we...75732003,eddie,haunted,leota,madam,mansion,murphytruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/064-congo-1995--40237160https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40237160Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:21 +0000Zero ScienceDeep in the jungle of Zaire lies something so terrifying, no man has lived to tell the tale of its secret. That lost treasure? The origin of Ernie Hudson’s and Tim Curry’s accents in Congo. Don’t worry, listener, we have found it and survived to talk...7403congo,curry,ernie,gorilla,hudson,timtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/063-cool-world-1992--39991993https://api.spreaker.com/episode/39991993Mon, 27 Jul 2020 12:00:13 +0000Zero ScienceSpecial guest Allison White (@allisonwhtartist) and the CCF crew want to know if you ever watched Roger Rabbit and thought, “Gee, I sure wish this movie had more human-on-toon sex!”? Well good news, weirdo, Ralph Bakshi did! And so, he enlisted the...7990bakshi,basinger,brad,cool,kim,pitt,ralph,worldtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/062-who-framed-roger-rabbit-1988--39264015https://api.spreaker.com/episode/39264015Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:13 +0000Zero ScienceMurder. Scandal. Real Estate Fraud. Patty Cake. None of these are as shocking as Daffy and Donald Ducks sharing a stage together in Who Framed Roger Rabbit! We’re still not sure what is more impressive: The sheer technical accomplishments of this...78341988,baby,eddie,framed,herman,rabbit,roger,valiant,whotruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/061-summer-school-1987--34232366https://api.spreaker.com/episode/34232366Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:00:08 +0000Zero ScienceAh, summer school. Where kids who couldn’t quite get it together during the academic year come back to master the subjects they failed. You know, reading, writing, practical makeup effects, parallel parking, and getting invited to parties. The three...78671987,alley,harmon,kirstie,mark,school,summertruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/060-planet-of-dinosaurs--30700285https://api.spreaker.com/episode/30700285Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:00:19 +0000Zero ScienceMillions of years ago, wolves made films for Quintin to watch. Those films contained terrible acting, scientifically inaccurate stop-motion dinosaurs, and more misogyny than you could shake a hastily crafted spear at. Starring a cast of people you’ve...67681977,dinosaurs,planettruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/059-mother-goose-rock-n-rhyme-1990--28765817https://api.spreaker.com/episode/28765817Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:00:14 +0000Zero ScienceSpecial guest Patrick Barry (Jukebox Zeroes and Old Men Yell at Cloud) brings us this star-studded nightmare. When Mother Goose (Jean Stapleton) goes missing, her insufferable son Gordon and Little Bo Peep (Shelley Duvall) are on the case to find her....6967cyndi,duvall,goose,harrelson,jean,lauper,little,mother,richard,shelley,stapleton,woodytruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/058-return-to-the-blue-lagoon-1991--27607143https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27607143Mon, 18 May 2020 11:00:16 +0000Zero ScienceDanielle Brown (@thatdanibelle of World of Commotion) is back with the sequel nobody was asking for. Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause are doing their best Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins impressions while learning about the birds, the bees, the...6251blue,brian,jovovich,krause,lagoon,milla,returntruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/057-spice-world-1997--26654170https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26654170Mon, 04 May 2020 12:00:13 +0000Zero ScienceThe true winner of our March Madness bracket comes to you from across the pond, bringing us good tidings of Girl Power. Baby, Scary, Sporty, Ginger and Posh are all here, on their insane double decker TARDIS-like with the Richard E. Grant and Claire...67131997,girls,spice,worldtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/056-ladybugs-1992--25771071https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25771071Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:00:11 +0000Zero ScienceThis week we end up on a government watch list for YOU...and we go ahead and drag Scott from Writer’s Bagel Basket down with us. We watched Rodney Dangerfield (the world’s most successful 71-year old salesman never to receive a promotion) bumble his...63261992,brandis,dangerfield,ladybugstruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/055-drop-dead-fred-1991--24859970https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24859970Mon, 06 Apr 2020 12:00:16 +0000Zero ScienceThe winner (*runner up*) of our CCF March Madness bracket: Drop Dead Fred! If you like gross movies confused as to whether they’re for children or adults that don’t quite seem to know what they want to be about...I guess we have a movie for you? A...7151cates,dead,drop,fred,friend,imaginary,mayall,phoebe,riktruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/054-little-monsters-1989--24189687https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24189687Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:00:02 +0000Zero ScienceMarch Savageness continues with a Savage combo. Very special guest Allison (@allisonwhtartist on Instagram) brings us a trying film for these very trying times, starring both Fred and Ben Savage: Little Monsters! Described by Bridget as “totally...65311989,fred,howie,little,mandel,monsters,savagetruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/053-the-princess-bride-1987--23656966https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23656966Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:00:10 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, very special guest and podcast mother Kim Keyser brings with her a tale about love and kissing. Also iocane poisoning, rodents of unusual size, and more Wallace Shawn than you can swing a sword at. Kim asked for us to talk about Princess...64671987,bride,princesstruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/052-explorers-1985--23113027https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23113027Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:00:11 +0000Zero ScienceDid you want to be an astronaut when you were a kid? Did you dream of building your own spaceship out of used carnival parts? Did you wish you could share an airtight bubble with River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke in the cold depths of space? Did you...5574aliens,dante,ethan,explorers,hawke,joe,phoenix,river,space,tvtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/051-the-net-1995--22848787https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22848787Mon, 17 Feb 2020 13:00:18 +0000Zero ScienceCybersecurity expert Angela Bennet (America’s Actual Sweetheart Sandra Bullock) was minding her own business, ordering a digital slice from pizza.net and just finding a few bugs in Wolfenstein 3D when she discovered the site for Mozart’s Ghost (if you...76941995,bullock,ghost,mozart's,net,pizza.net,sandratruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/050-weird-science-1985--22592733https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22592733Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:00:08 +0000Zero ScienceThis past year brought some serious discussions about ethics in science, when a group of researchers claimed to have created the first gene-edited, CRISPR baby. But where was the scientific community 25 years ago, when a young Gary and Wyatt hacked a...54991985,hughes,john,science,weirdtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/049-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1990--22345667https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22345667Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:00:08 +0000Zero ScienceJarrod Staples joins us again, this time not to recount a near tragedy but to talk turtles, of the teenage and mutant variety. Who wouldn’t be inspired by four giant foam latex suits that eat pizza, carry around deadly weapons, hang out in the sewers...706780s,90s,mutant,ninja,teenage,tmnt,turtlestruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/048-big-top-pee-wee-1988--22107105https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22107105Mon, 27 Jan 2020 13:00:08 +0000Zero ScienceDid you like Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse? Well, get ready for a movie that’s nothing like either of those things, as entitled man-child Pee-Wee Herman joins the circus, cheats on his fiancée, demands immediate sandwiches, grows hot...4756big,herman,pee-wee,toptruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/047-untamed-heart-1993--21833300
It’s the story of a girl (Marisa Tomei) who is unlucky in love, is a die-hard Minnesota North Stars fan in 1993 and falls for a boy (Christian Slater) with a heart defect. I assume everything is going to work out for the best here, isn’t it? If you’re a fan of incredibly awkward silences, inappropriate touching, stalking, hockey, and cigarettes, then you’re listening to the right podcast!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21833300Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:00:19 +0000Zero ScienceContent Warning: This movie has an intense attempted sexual assault that we talk about throughout the episode. It’s the story of a girl (Marisa Tomei) who is unlucky in love, is a die-hard Minnesota North Stars fan in 1993 and falls for a boy...
It’s the story of a girl (Marisa Tomei) who is unlucky in love, is a die-hard Minnesota North Stars fan in 1993 and falls for a boy (Christian Slater) with a heart defect. I assume everything is going to work out for the best here, isn’t it? If you’re a fan of incredibly awkward silences, inappropriate touching, stalking, hockey, and cigarettes, then you’re listening to the right podcast!]]>6174truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/046-flatliners-1990--21621209https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21621209Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:00:07 +0000Zero ScienceIt’s Monday morning so you know what that means... it’s a good day to die! Also, the newest episode of Clamshell Case Files! This week, do you want to watch beautiful people kill themselves only to be brought back to life over and over just to get a...6278truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/045-surviving-the-game-1994--21388858https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21388858Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:00:13 +0000Zero ScienceThe year is 1994. Homelessness in Seattle is on the rise and a group of Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe winners and nominees convene in the woods to hunt the most dangerous game... Ice-T! Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, F. Murray Abraham and...6187truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/044-the-three-musketeers-1993--21177800https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21177800Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:00:23 +0000Zero ScienceWe’re closing the book on 2019 in style, by introducing a brand-new meter to the podcast. This week, Bridget talks about the very special feelings she has about Disney’s adaptation of The Three Musketeers. This episode has it all. Swashbuckling (kind...6648truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/043-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-1964--20991354https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20991354Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:00:20 +0000Zero ScienceYou know Dasher and Dancer and etc., etc. But do you recall, the time when Santa was a self-obsessed slave driver concerned only with outer beauty? Of course you do, because it’s the plot of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, that Rankin/Bass holiday...4349truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/042-santa-claus-the-movie-1985--20776065https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20776065Mon, 16 Dec 2019 13:00:16 +0000Zero ScienceEveryone knows the story of Santa Claus. The kind, old toymaker who dies and is resurrected by a band of all-male, sensual elves, who enslave the old man and force him to work unceasingly for centuries. Well, that’s what we thought Santa Claus: The...6400truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/041-the-seventh-sign-1989--20585594https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20585594Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:00:10 +0000Zero ScienceHere at Clamshell Case Files, we have a loose definition of “Holiday Movie.” While The Seventh Sign isn’t about the birth of Jesus, he is the “reason for the season.” And he certainly, kind of, sort of appears in this “film”, along with Demi Moore and...6217truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/040-jingle-all-the-way-1996--20415316https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20415316Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:00:04 +0000Zero ScienceDeadbeat dads, the stars of all manner of 90s entertainment, take center stage this week in the holiday nightmare, Jingle All the Way, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad. Questionable parenting? Mail bombs? Illegal underground Santa’s workshop...5555truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/039-the-brave-little-toaster-1987--20246362https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20246362Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:00:13 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, Old Men Yell at Cloud co-host Jim Schultz joins the crew to talk about an animated film with a questionable caste system for anthropomorphized household objects. It’s the Brave Little Toaster! Did you think we were talking about that other...5106truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/038-the-running-man-1987--20085846https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20085846Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:00:09 +0000Zero ScienceAre you ready for the number one television show in the whole wide world? That’s right, the year is 2019, the country is falling apart, and it’s time for it’s The Running Man, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, and Richard Dawson....5372truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/037-spacecamp-1986--19965594https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19965594Mon, 11 Nov 2019 13:00:19 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, a group of 20-something high schoolers and a future clown prince of crime are sent hurtling into space by an overpriced robot. It’s SpaceCamp! Released just months after the Challenger disaster, it bombed at the box office. But that didn’t...6234truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/036-midnight-madness-1980--19838308https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19838308Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:00:14 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, Midnight Madness starts to get to you. It doesn’t matter what you say. It doesn’t matter what you do. Midnight Madness is... inevitable. You cannot ignore the unwanted child Disney kept in the vault. Even Michael J. Fox’s first film role...6957truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/035-killer-klowns-from-outer-space-1988--19708326https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19708326Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:00:18 +0000Zero ScienceHave you ever looked at a clown and thought, “Yes. Behind that white makeup is just a conscienceless killer looking to turn me into cotton candy and feast on my gooey innards?” Well do we have the movie that confirms your greatest fears...with...5415from,killer,klowns,outer,spacetruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/034-the-haunting-1963--19604521https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19604521Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:00:07 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, we venture into the dark heart of New England and enter Hill House to talk about the 1963 Robert Wise horror classic, The Haunting. Does the crew have the preternatural skills to solve what is vexing Eleanor, Dr. Markway, and the rest of...6540truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/033-halloween-iii-season-of-the-witch-1982--19477127https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19477127Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:00:15 +0000Zero ScienceNow it’s time for Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween! Now it’s time for Halloween’s dis-liked se-quel! That’s right kids! It’s time, time for Clamshell Case Files to talk about Halloween III: Season of the Witch. The Halloween sequel that...5874truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/032-invaders-from-mars-1986--19379461https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19379461Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:00:16 +0000Zero ScienceWhat does life on other planets look like? Is it unimaginable, because it would have developed in such drastically different circumstances than on Earth? Or would it look like a bunch of dongs coming out of some lady bits, with an unquenchable thirst...5340truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/031-darby-o-gill-and-the-little-people-1959--19293618https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19293618Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:33:08 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, grab your dear and darling one and listen for the music of the bells as the crew takes a trip to rural Ireland! Bridget breaks out a frightening tale of love, leprechauns, and the banshee who just won’t leave them alone. It’s Darby O’Gill...5270truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/030-hackers-1995-part-2--19191651https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19191651Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:00:16 +0000Zero ScienceWe’re back again with Fidget Creative’s John Crawford, as he digs into why Hackers inspired him to not now, nor ever, become a hacker. So hack the Gibson to hear us talk about the film’s thrilling conclusion, how the film inspired a generation of...4692truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/029-hackers-1995-part-1--19109962https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19109962Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:00:06 +0000Zero ScienceFidget Creative’s John Crawford, a man who is not now nor has never been a hacker, joins us to talk about the most inspiring movie of his youth: Hackers! The sensationalized (yet surprisingly grounded) story of hacking whiz kid Dade Murphy (Johnny Lee...5216truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/028-how-i-got-into-college-1989--19042177https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19042177Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:00:16 +0000Zero ScienceAn underachieving, obsessive stalker needs to convince an audience that he’s not a complete screw up in 86-minutes. If Underachiever creeps on Lara Flynn Boyle, spends his entire tuition fund on advice from Nora Dunn and Phil Hartmann, eats food off...6196truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/027-prince-of-darkness-1987--18975835https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18975835Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:00:20 +0000Zero ScienceSo a priest, a pseudo-physicist, and a bunch of middle-aged grad students walk into a church... it’s John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness! Join the crew on this late night podcast where they talk science, Satan, and the devil’s obsession with water...6184truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/026-the-dark-crystal-1982--18914336Don’t forget to check out Christopher’s other shows like Old Men Yell at Cloud and Nickelbackin’ at http://www.zero-science.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18914336Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:00:12 +0000Zero ScienceThis week we’ve got the most torpid muppets this side of Podling Village. Christopher Brown of Zero Science Network brings us the 1982 Jim Henson fantasy epic The Dark Crystal. Epic, in this case, is defined as slow, boring, and lending to a general...Don’t forget to check out Christopher’s other shows like Old Men Yell at Cloud and Nickelbackin’ at http://www.zero-science.com/]]>4589truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/025-the-blue-lagoon-1980--18851608https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18851608Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:00:03 +0000Zero ScienceVery special guest Danielle Brown (of Treefort Five) brings us a tale of adventure, amazing engineering, and forbidden romance that surely got us on put on a government watch list. That story is The Blue Lagoon, the 1980 Christopher...5335truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/024-the-secret-of-nimh-1982--18793418https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18793418Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:00:14 +0000Zero ScienceAh, Rats. This week is all about the 1982 Don Bluth directed The Secret of NIMH, starring all manner of rodents, birds, and one lazy-as-hell evil cat. Also, there’s some magic (Matt disapproves), some romance (Bridget approves but wanted MORE), and a...4792truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/023-chopping-mall-1986--18723748https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18723748Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:00:03 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, Matt brings a cinematic gem to the table: the 1986 cult classic Chopping Mall. Do you like tank-like Killbots, pepperoni-scented sexual encounters, and daughters of marines? Then boy, do we have the movie for you! Seriously though, we loved...5212truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/022-clifford-1994--18666436https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18666436Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:05:21 +0000Zero ScienceQuintin is sorry. He’s so very sorry. But in his defense, he needed to share the insanity. So put on your red jacket, jump on the LA subway and get ready to go to Di-No-Saaaaaur World, because it’s Clifford time! Martin Short stars as a 10-year old...6418truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/021-innerspace-1987--18606524https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18606524Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:00:17 +0000Zero ScienceWe’re sticking in 1987 this week to take a look at Joe Dante’s Innerspace. Join us as we talk about our most scientifically unbelievable cinematic universe yet! Marvel as Dennis Quaid’s alcoholic pilot is miniaturized and rips and tears through a...6637truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/020-white-water-summer-1987--18549053
Next week: Innerspace, the 1987 Joe Dante scifi comedy where everyone (including Meg Ryan) is thirsty for Martin Short! Gross!

To prep, you can watch it right here:

http://www.vudu.com/movies/#!content/23724/White-Water-Summer]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18549053Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:00:03 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, Matt presents a tale about a culturally appropriating, emotionally unstable boys’ tour guide Vic (Kevin Bacon) as he tries to mold a young boy genius Alan (Sean Astin) into the man he believes he can be. Are you ready for a White Water...
Next week: Innerspace, the 1987 Joe Dante scifi comedy where everyone (including Meg Ryan) is thirsty for Martin Short! Gross!

To prep, you can watch it right here:

http://www.vudu.com/movies/#!content/23724/White-Water-Summer]]>5310truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/019-tales-from-the-darkside-the-movie-1990--18426962https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18426962Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:00:20 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, we crack open the case on Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, a movie Quintin thought was so frightening, he was scared of the trailer as a child. Stephen King and George A. Romero bring us some campy tales of mummy revenge, sexy(?)...5035truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/018-short-circuit-2-1988--18426780
While you’re here, if you’re in the Greater Boston Area and need a photographer, may we suggest our wonderful guest? http://www.jarrodstaplesphoto.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18426780Mon, 01 Jul 2019 12:00:03 +0000Zero ScienceThis week it’s a very special Clamshell Case Files, where special guest Jarrod Staples gives a harrowing story of survival in the face of an uncaring world...and that’s before we get to the attempted robot murder. It’s Short Circuit 2! Join a still...
While you’re here, if you’re in the Greater Boston Area and need a photographer, may we suggest our wonderful guest? http://www.jarrodstaplesphoto.com/]]>7297truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/017-short-circuit-1986--18353583
While you’re here, if you’re in the Greater Boston Area and need a photographer, may we suggest our wonderful guest? http://www.jarrodstaplesphoto.com/

Next week: Jarrod joins us again for Short Circuit 2, the sequel that actually contains all the scenes you thought you remembered from Short Circuit (unless you’re Matt). Get ready for more root hijinx, an almost entirely new cast, Toronto cast as New York, and slightly less racism!
To prep, you can watch it right here:
http://www.vudu.com/movies/#!content/22216/Short-Circuit-2]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18353583Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:00:18 +0000Zero ScienceOur very first special guest Jarrod Staples opens the file on a movie about a sentient, reformed killing machine and the woman who loves him (until tests audience demanded otherwise): the 1986 Steve Guttenberg, Ally Sheady, Fisher...
While you’re here, if you’re in the Greater Boston Area and need a photographer, may we suggest our wonderful guest? http://www.jarrodstaplesphoto.com/

Next week: Jarrod joins us again for Short Circuit 2, the sequel that actually contains all the scenes you thought you remembered from Short Circuit (unless you’re Matt). Get ready for more root hijinx, an almost entirely new cast, Toronto cast as New York, and slightly less racism!
To prep, you can watch it right here:
http://www.vudu.com/movies/#!content/22216/Short-Circuit-2]]>6054truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/016-child-s-play-1988--183231233ef674fbf3b946478496eff46b62ce4cMon, 17 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceThis week we have it all: toys trying to kill your aunt, a questionable understanding of voodoo, serial killer getaway drivers, blood-smeared secondhand birthday gifts, and the crew fixated on many open windows in a frigid Chicago winter. You guessed...6403truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/015-the-wizard-1989--183231240b27cde71ba7420b88c97af95def2a88Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceWe’ve got a special treat for all you videoheads in honor of gaming’s biggest week, e3: the Electronic Entertainment Expo. 1989’s The Wizard, starring Fred Savage and the star you really wanted to see, gameplay of Super Mario Bros. 3! Listen along to...7311truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/014-toys-1992--18323127b8ee375ed72348b1b4d8e850875f6635Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, we’re transported into Barry Levinson’s waking nightmare, Toys! Robin Williams stars as Leslie Zevo, an emotionally stunted middle-aged man whose father wants him to grow up. So naturally, before dear old daddy’s beanie propeller makes its...69401992,barry,cool,j,levinson,ll,robin,toys,williamstruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/013-harry-and-the-hendersons-1987--18323130f438c68efa154c7bbe4700924c1358d0Mon, 27 May 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, the crew is working a case in the Pacific Northwest, where John Lithgow learns that fur is murder, ritual burial is the proper way to dispose of pot roast, and his daughter may be falling in love with a sasquatch. That’s right, it’s time to...6427truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/012-the-gate-1987--183231298792a9a001df459aa5054c7a64c54a88Mon, 20 May 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceWho is ready to join baby Stephen Dorff in summoning adorable, tiny demons hell-bent on human sacrifice? Hopefully you, listeners, as we work the case against kiddie horror movie The Gate. It’s a film packed with pseudo-Satanic metal music, model...5488truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/011-fire-in-the-sky-1993--18323131ca58f3630b6844f2b99e638a9b2d32c2Mon, 13 May 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceWe continue our foray into the 90s with a movie that’s barely about alien abduction, Fire in the Sky. If you like dirty aliens, impassioned church speeches and loads of maple syrup induced screeching, you’ll love this “true story.” D.B Sweeney goes...6057truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/010-pump-up-the-volume-1990--1832313246e100acf49540a78ef9f866df2d15d5Mon, 06 May 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceWe’ve finally found a movie from our youth that inspired us! This week, Bridget chose Pump Up the Volume, the 1990 Christian Slater pirate radio drama co-starring Samantha Mathis, our fav Ellen Green, and a certain respectable Italian businessman! Get...5946truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/009-willow-1988--18323134d012e4f48beb495ba45a252948f6386fMon, 29 Apr 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, we had a very special case request from Matt’s mom: Willow, the George Lucas and Ron Howard fantasy epic(?). Can Warwick Davis’s titular character save the day from a stop motion Clint-headed dragon, ape trolls, Mombi Palpatine, rodents of...602480s,movie,willowtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/008-captain-america-1990--18323133b00374e9036f43de9c29857263571da6Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceWith Avengers: Endgame releasing this week, the crew decided to take a look at the first Captain America appearance they remember: the 1990 trainwreck Captain America, produced by Canon Films co-owner Menahem Golan. With a Red Skull appearance somehow...5464truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/007-cloak-dagger-1984--18323138c13cc5f399034457b17206093d8fe736Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceQuintin brings up a case against Cloak & Dagger, the 1984 story about Russian spies trying to kill the kid from E.T. to retrieve an Atari cartridge stuffed with government secrets. It’s a classic boy who cried wolf story, if those stories also...5827truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/006-little-shop-of-horrors-1986--183231371356045808774f6fbbb338cd19e0ec68Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceBridget is ready to give blood, as the squad digs into her pick, the 1986 musical cult classic Little Shop of Horrors. Murder! Hungry Motown-voiced Alien plants! Abuse! Obnoxious baby boomer nostalgia! Questionable dental procedures! This one has...5074truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/005-beastmaster-1982--183231418181b49eaefe41248f409e420686b756Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceMatt needs his cunning (which, in reality, is just a couple of ferrets) to get through his case this week, Don Coscarelli’s 1982 sword and sworcery epic Beastmaster. Join as, as we really into the definitive reasons why Matt became a vegetarian, talk...5295truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/004-return-to-oz-1985--18323142bfc867c59d9742b5a28e1c18b558232fMon, 25 Mar 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceQuintin’s case is the dark story of a troubled, possibly delusional young girl, her (talking) pet chicken, a rotting pumpkin headed man and an evil witch that wants to collect your head. Naturally, it’s a kids’ movie: The 1985 sequel Return to Oz.4766truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/003-the-last-unicorn-1982--18323143972d05e87bd74d019634d868071cd3deMon, 18 Mar 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceBridget knew exactly what she wanted to talk about for her first case: The 1982 Rankin/Bass animated “children’s” movie, The Last Unicorn. Do you like cold, affectionless mythical creatures, hack wizards, drunk-ass skeletons, sad sack princes and an...4353truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/002-fortress-1985--18323144b2592bacdff241b4a2422c02986f217cMon, 11 Mar 2019 12:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceIt’s Matt’s turn to open a case, and he chooses the 1985 made-for-tv thriller Fortress. It’s Lord of the Flies meets Home Alone in the Land Down Under. Join us for a lively discussion on classroom abductions, Halloween masks, The Curse, how caves...4523truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/001-howard-the-duck-1986--18323146
Next up: Fortress, the 1985 made-for-Australian-TV drama about a group of rural school forced to fight for their lives after being abducted from their classroom.]]>1ded8953e24847acabddd1d49301fa17Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceThis week, the clamshell crew unanimously picked the infamous Howard the Duck as their inaugural file. Join them for a conversation that hits all of the important topics: typical Marvel junk science, Tim Robbins, Cleve...land (?), and of course, the...
Next up: Fortress, the 1985 made-for-Australian-TV drama about a group of rural school forced to fight for their lives after being abducted from their classroom.]]>4008truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/000-opening-the-clamshell-case-files--18323145d45cd2bb97f94a7b9ffee1b09c3670b2Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:00:00 +0000Zero ScienceWelcome to the first episode of Clamshell Case Files. Each week, one of our hosts picks a movie, we crack open a cold clamshell case and take a look back at the movies that influenced and (probably) traumatized us. This week, we introduce ourselves...261truefull