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The Schlock and Awe Podcast

The Schlock and Awe Podcast

Lindsay Wilkins 100 Episodes Aug 18, 2026

The Schlock & Awe Podcast is a double feature podcast that celebrates all movies, from the sublime to the suspicious. Hosted by Lindsay Wilkins, it explores a wide range of films, offering commentary and reviews.

Episodes

S&A 257 Baby's First Body Horror: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie (1990) & The Fly (1986) W/ Andrew
S&A 257 Baby's First Body Horror: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie (1990) & The Fly (1986) W/ Andrew Aug 18, 2026 5324 This week on S&A Lindsay & Andrew Shaw look at Baby's First Body Horror Double. Steve Barron's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie (1990) & David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986). A secret of the ooze double. But more than that - how a specific generation was brought up. There is a through line from Jim Henson - Steven King - David Cronenberg. And we are the way we are because of it. War
S&A Presents Murderers We Have Known: The Girl in the Velvet Swing & Ragtime
S&A Presents Murderers We Have Known: The Girl in the Velvet Swing & Ragtime Aug 15, 2026 6162 On this Murderers We Have Known Lindsay & Nadine take a look at another Crime of the Century. The murder of New York Architect Stanford White by Philadelphia Millionaire Harry Thaw. All seeming about The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing. Richard Fleischer's The Girl on the Red Velvet Swing (1955) & Milos Forman's Ragtime (1981). These movies are set during a specific time of innovation and pro
S&A 256 Visions of Continental Girlhood: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, The Coming of Sin & The Taste of Honey W/ Carmelita
S&A 256 Visions of Continental Girlhood: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, The Coming of Sin & The Taste of Honey W/ Carmelita Aug 11, 2026 9016 This week on S&A Lindsay and Carmelita Valdez McKoy go for a triple feature of epic proportions and sexual awakening. Jaromil Jireš' Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) & José Ramón Larraz's The Coming of Sin (1978) & Tony Richardson's The Taste of Honey (1961). This Triple goes into so many directions, sex, exploitation, queerness, growing up. To grow into a women there is a lot go
S&A 255 Beware Free Wishes: The Simpson's Treehouse of Horror II & Obsession (2026) W/Bede
S&A 255 Beware Free Wishes: The Simpson's Treehouse of Horror II & Obsession (2026) W/Bede Aug 4, 2026 5700 This week we go to Springfield where they did story telling first. Lindsay & Bede Jermyn look at reference and story telling convention with a Double of The Simpsons Tree-house of Horror II (1991) & Curry Barker's Obsession (2026). Not only was Lisa 's Nightmare The Monkey Paw one of Barkers inspiration for his Obsession but it also show how our stories are often change, manipulated and re
S&A 254 Jesus Changes the Channel: Being There & The Man Who Fell to Earth W/ Genevieve
S&A 254 Jesus Changes the Channel: Being There & The Man Who Fell to Earth W/ Genevieve Jul 29, 2026 5444 This week on S&A Lindsay & Genevieve Radosti of Movie Jawn & CineFilth Podcast have to choose a Messiah but we change the channel. It's a Double of Hal Ashby's Being There (1979) & Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). This is a double of a Jesus Figure who loves television. And more importantly a portrait of 1970s America and where they are heading to into the 1980s and
S&A Presents Murders We Have Known The Lonely Hearts Killers: The Lonely Hearts (2006) & The Honeymoon Killers
S&A Presents Murders We Have Known The Lonely Hearts Killers: The Lonely Hearts (2006) & The Honeymoon Killers Jul 26, 2026 4507 On this Murders We Have Known Lindsay & Nadine take on another kill duo. This time Raymond Fernandez & Martha Beck - The Lonely Hearts Killers. The Double Todd Robinson's Lonely Hearts (2006) & Leonard Kastle The Honeymoon Killers (1970). One a period piece set in the time appropriate time of the late 1940s, the other set in contemporary America. And everything is just a bit shit, whet
S&A Twinning Titles One More Shot 2024 & 2025 W/Bede
S&A Twinning Titles One More Shot 2024 & 2025 W/Bede Jul 22, 2026 6004 This week Lindsay & Bede on this S&A Twinning Titles Lindsay & Bede want One More Shot. James Nunn's One More Shot (2024) & Nicolas Clifford's One More Shot (2025). Two movies who used a gimmick structure - The Long Take or One Shot or the Time Loop Movie to contain their movies. Do these movies stretch out of the structure or work within it.   Feel free to rate, review & subsc
S&A 253 Charles Walters does more than the Gimmick: Dangerous When Wet & Billy Rose's Jumbo W/ Jake
S&A 253 Charles Walters does more than the Gimmick: Dangerous When Wet & Billy Rose's Jumbo W/ Jake Jul 14, 2026 6533 This week on S&A Lindsay & Age Film Critic Jake Wilson head into the world of Charles Walters. A Spectacular Spectacular Double of Walter's Dangerous When Wet (1953) & Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962). Two golden age musicals that are about movement, transformation and that something intangible thing about art. Feel free to rate, review and subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite pod
S&A Murderers We Have Known Leopold & Loeb: Swoon & Rope
S&A Murderers We Have Known Leopold & Loeb: Swoon & Rope Jul 11, 2026 4473 Welcome to a new Schlock & Awe Series. Murderers We Have Known. Lindsay & Nadine will focus on a famous murder or series of murders and look at how a Double Feature treats changes and portrays the crime. To start things off we are looking at Leopold & Leob and the Crime of the Century with a Double of Tom Kalin's Swoon (1992) & Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948). This is a Double that
S&A 252 Styled Action in 1985: Code of Silence & Witness W/ Andy
S&A 252 Styled Action in 1985: Code of Silence & Witness W/ Andy Jul 7, 2026 6221 This week on S&A Lindsay and Imperial Scum Podcast Co-Host Andy go back to 1985 with two directors entering the Hollywood scene. Andrew Davis' Code of Silence (1985) & Peter Weir's Witness (1985). Two comparable directors with two distinct styles. Both taking on corrupt cops both dealing with an outside influence. Gang Warfare and the Amish. Both these seemingly typical 1985 action movies
S&A 251 The Magic of Fate: Dune (1984) & Sorcerer (1977) W/ Kahn
S&A 251 The Magic of Fate: Dune (1984) & Sorcerer (1977) W/ Kahn Jun 30, 2026 5129 This week on S&A Lindsay & Film Critic Kahn Duncan try to untangle the strings of fate with a Double of David Lynch's Dune (1984) & William Fredkin's Sorcerer (1977). This is not just a Double about Fate, it is also about the environment that each world inhabits but also about a certain Space Opera hanging over both as each of these auteurs try to define their era.  Remember to rate, r
S&A 250 That Gene Kelly Vibe: One the Town & An American in Paris W/ Rachel
S&A 250 That Gene Kelly Vibe: One the Town & An American in Paris W/ Rachel Jun 23, 2026 6364 This week on S&A Lindsay and Rachel tap dance on the town in Paris with a Gene Kelly Double of Stanley Donan's On the Town (1949) & Vincente Minnelli's An American in Paris (1951). Gene Kelly was an important figure not just in the Movie Musical but in Movies in General. They way he developed dance and abstract moved through film history. Plus these movies are just fun   Original Graphics

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