From swords to sludge, we discuss the glorious resurrection of campy cult icons in 2025’s “Red Sonja” and “The Toxic Avenger”.
Arnold Schwarzenegger – whose credits include Junior and The Expendables 3 – has called Red Sonja the worst film he has ever made. That is a matter of personal opinion, but there is no denying that the Brigette Nielsen vehicle is pretty bad. Add to that the fact that this adaptation has been languishing in development hell for over a decade, and it seems like a huge risk.
The 2025 version of Red Sonja succeeds because it knows its audience.
It is a straightforward sword and sorcery flick that is sexy enough to play to that audience, but modern enough not to exploit Matilda Lutz. The performances are fantastic, and the production looks great. There are some missteps along the way, but it is an excellent adaptation of Red Sonja.
How do you make a re-imagining of The Toxic Avenger? The original idea was to go the family-friendly route. But is that what fans really want to see? You also don’t want to go the make jokes out of sexually assaulting a blind woman direction either, since nobody wants to see that. Is there a middle ground when it comes to Troma?
Thankfully, the 2025 version of The Toxic Avenger manages to figure it out.
It is crude and disgusting fun that manages to offend without taking things too far. Sure, there is a lot of violence, and it definitely will not be for everyone, but fans of the source material will love what they did with the latest installment.
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Every week AIPT Movie Editor Nathaniel Muir and his cinema partner in crime Blake Heath discuss indie and genre movies you have have never heard of, the ones you cannot hear enough about, and the ones you never want to hear about again.
Episode 370: Mid year recap
Time moves more quickly now than it ever has. It was not that long ago that we were talking about a new show executive produced by the Duffer brothers. About a month later, it is one and done. As someone once reminded us, we are just two guys who watch movies. Production budgets and domestic grosses are only a passing interest to us. Still, there are some things that catch our attention. Were we right to say that Michael would get to $1 billion? And what does the future hold for Obsession?
There was a major change to our humble little podcast this year. We decided it would be in our best interests to be a little more focused. To that end, we went to just covering one movie each show. Despite this, we still managed to cover twenty-three movies over seventeen episodes. And twenty of them were released in 2026.
So, what do we have to talk about? And will we get as worked up as we did last week? The horrors of high school, zombies, musicals, buff nuns, and grindhouse adjacent fun. It may not all have been good, but everything left some sort of impression on us.
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Adventures in Movies! is hosted by Nathaniel and Blake. You can find Nathaniel on Instagram at nathaninpoortaste. Blake can be found on Twitter @foureyedhorror and on Instagram at foureyedhorror. You can reach us personally or on Twitter @AdventuresinMo1.
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