Rogues Gallery

Case File 131 - Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

After the divisive response to Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Paramount knew it needed to bring Jason Voorhees back. But rather than simply return the series to busine

Case File 130: Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Ten years after Freddy Krueger first invaded our dreams, Wes Craven returned to the franchise he created with something very different in mind. New Nightmare brought Fred

Case File 129: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Movie

Released at the height of the franchise's popularity, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie brought the titular heroes to the big screen with a larger budget, redesigne

Case File 128: Zombieland

Originally pitched as a television series in the early 2000s, Zombieland was ultimately reconceived as a feature film. Join us as we trace the project's unusual journey f

Case File 127: Final Destination

What began as a spec script for The X-Files evolved into one of horror's most enduring modern franchises. By stripping away the traditional slasher formula and replacing

Case File 126: Dressed to Kill

This week, we're stepping into the stylish, seductive, and deeply divisive world of Dressed to Kill. Released at the height of Brian De Palma's fascination with voyeuri

Case File 125: Resident Evil (2002)

After years in development hell, a live-action adaptation of the blockbuster survival horror video game Resident Evil finally hit screens in 2002. As opposed to just rete

Case File 124: Ready or Not

Welcome back to Rogues Gallery! This week, we're gearing up for a deadly game night with Ready or Not. What began as a sharp high-concept pitch from writers Guy Busick

Case File 123: Weapons

This week, we're opening a case file on Aunt Gladys, the instantly iconic villain at the center of Weapons. Told across multiple perspectives and timelines, the film co

Case File 122: Hellraiser

The pod. You opened it. We cast. Welcome to a brand new season of Rogues Gallery! We're kicking things off by opening the puzzle box on the original Hellraiser. It's a

Case File 121: Halloween H20

It's the season finale of Rogues Gallery, and our final investigation of the year leads us into the eerily empty halls of Hillcrest Academy for a look back at Halloween H

Case File 120: Total Recall

It's Fall Verhoeven on Rogues Gallery! Our retrospective of Paul Verhoeven's work is winding down, and we're capping it off with a trip to Mars in his 1990 action/sci-fi

Case File 119: Paranormal Activity

A young couple sets out to capture proof of the strange disturbances in their suburban home, but what begins as an experiment in home video quickly spirals into a relentl

Case File 118: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Lisbeth Salander had already become an international icon before David Fincher brought her to Hollywood with his visceral and uncompromising retelling of The Girl With Th

Case File 117: Killer Klowns From Outer Space

This week, we're diving into one of the weirdest invasions ever committed to celluloid: Killer Klowns from Outer Space. When a group of extraterrestrial circus clowns lan

Case File 116: Saw

We want to play a game. That's right, it's time to investigate 2004's Saw - the low-budget sleeper hit that became a phenomenon and kicked off one of the most lucrativ

Case File 115: Deep Blue Sea

"Deepest. Bluest. My hat is like a shark's fin." - Henry David Thoreau This week, we're visiting the Aquatica Research Facility and submerging ourselves in the 1999 sc

Case File 114: I Saw The TV Glow

"Sometimes The Pink Opaque feels more real than real life." On this episode, we're traversing The Midnight Realm and opening up a case file on Mr. Melancholy from I Sa

Case File 113: Arachnophobia

This week, we're headed to the quiet town of Canaima, where a deadly infestation is crawling just beneath the surface. We're breaking down Arachnophobia, the Spielberg-pr

Case File 112: Jurassic World

This week, we're strapping into our Gyrospheres and heading back to Isla Nublar to unlock the secrets of 2015's Jurassic World. After spending over a decade exploring (an