Miike's "Dead or Alive" & John Carpenter's Fan Expo 2026
It has been a rough month for CatBusRuss. His new warehouse job is expecting 11-hour days starting at 6 pm, and with every other weekend being mandatory Saturdays, he considers himself lucky to have the strength to check out the last day of Fan Expo Chicago. Then the convention organizers kicked him between the legs.
Was it a worthwhile trip? Yes. Our podcast host got to hang out with ThePoeticCritic, gave out of all his "I Dig Crazy Flicks" promotional buttons and pins, and got to ask "The Horror Master" John Carpenter a question at the "Halloween" panel. Unfortunately, if you did not give Fan Expo all your money up front, they could care less about how your experience was. They basically decided that one-day visitors are losers.
Raw. Baked. Ridiculously Good.
3X the Protein, 50% the Sugar, 20% the Carbs.
“I Dig Crazy Flicks” was founded as “Ninety For Chill”. It is Russ Stevens’s blog dedicated to movies with runtimes between 70 to 100 minutes. This runtime was the standard for horror movies and goofball comedies. Without the time for drawn out narratives, throwing everything at the wall and seeing what would stick was the rule. Thus, craziness ensues, and cinephiles like CatBusRuss want to preach the greatness of embracing the insanity.
Recent Episodes
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Episode 284
CatBusRuss plays host to Kolin of “Trashpanda Podcast” and Andras from “Ta2squid Podcast” with the plan to chat about 2005’s “Doom”. Chaos soon reigns over the conversation as if “The Dungeonmaster” from 1984 was taking control.
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Episode 283
CatBusRuss gets to ask The Horror Master what influences Argento’s films had on “Halloween”, watched Miike’s “Dead or Alive” to prep for @ccinemapodcast.bsky.social, and how the money gouging of #FanExpo constantly mocking nerds & geeks.
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Episode 281
CatBusRuss has a conversation with ThePoeticCritic about the current and future state of cinema. Because there should be movie reviews on a podcast, he went to #Peacock to watch #SuperMarioGalaxy & #Obsession.
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Episode 280
When are we going to get #JohnCena versus vampires? Why wouldn’t #HBOMax make him face off with #PedroPascal? Russ reviews “The Marine” (2006), “The Suicide Squad”, & “Bloodsucking Bastards” (2015) with Daddy.
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Episode 279
CatBusRuss & @lunagrayhorror.bsky.social discuss the most well regarded #British #horror #movies. Paganism, music, and Christopher Lee, get me a ticket to Summer Isle. Is it a musical? Is it asking you to pick religious sides?
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Episode 278
CatBusRuss reviews Meat Loaf in “Stage Fright (2014), Jonathan Rhys Meyer as Joe Stummer, #TheRamone’s feature debut, Dewey Cox, and Val Kilmer’s pipes in “Top Secret”.
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Episode 276
CatBus endures the #Tubi cut of “Scanner Cop 2”, bugs #JamesPax, memorabilia collector #MarkShort, @thecinemasnob.bsky.social, and Sam #FlashGordon Jones, and enjoys the vendors & after hours at QCFrightFest & PlanetFunkCon.
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Bonus
#PlanetFunkCon may be a success just for getting a #briancohalloran autograph on a #Clerks “The Animated Series” 8x10 of “Who’s Driving? Oh no! Bear is Driving!” #KenForee & #QCFrightCon visitors were cool too.
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Episode 275
CatBusRuss & Rae from “B3 Podcast” determine if fun #horror films like “High Tension” & “Sleepaway Camp” are undone with silly, perhaps not appropriate #pride month twists. Would a crazy twist have saved “Morbius”
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Episode 274
Vern from the “Cinema Recall” comes on the show to offer what he considers to be the most off-the-wall, sub 100-minute movie ever made, “Daisies”. It is a Czechoslovakian, new wave satire about exploiting those in power via feminine wiles.
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Bonus
Suggesting “Chuck Norris was a Sith Lord!!!” can bring a lot of attention. Russ was an impromptu panelist for the 80s’ #Transformers animated movie. Enjoys the bastardization of the top IPs at #BootlegSafari. Has Russ found the worst Paul WS film?
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Bonus
CatBusRuss needed a great day to kickoff #IndianaComicConvention after enduring “Deathstalker (1983)”. Thankfully the reps from the @raybradburycenter.bsky.social gave us four great panels. Fembots, Censorship, & more.
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Follow along with our host, CatBusRuss as he is supervised by Eva the Queen Kitty. He discusses a broad range of cinema and interviews fellow movie fanatics.