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Dissect the Direct

by Peet Swann
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  • David Fincher's 1999 Fight Club

    October 22, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min

    Mischief, mayhem and maybe the yearning for a soul mate too. Fincher's cult classic is on the marble and an old friend joins me for his first appearance on the podcast so we can break the first two rules of Fight Club.

  • Jim Henson's 1986 Labyrinth

    October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Adorable creatures, Bowie's bulge and a spoilt teenager's journey into adulthood. We go through the labyrinth for our 59th episode.

  • The Wachowskis's 1999 The Matrix

    October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    Weapons, wormholes and womb goo. We put a seminal sci-fi classic under the scalpel for our 58th episode.

  • John McTiernan's 1999 The 13th Warrior

    September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

    Mead, Monsters and Myths. We put a Beowolf adaptation and box office bomb starring Antonio Banderas on the slab for our 57th episode.

  • Guy Ritchie's 1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

    August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    A dodgy poker game, antique shotguns and copious amounts of ganja, yeah? We put the gangster film that launched more than a few careers on the marble slab for our 56th episode.

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  • Robert Zemeckis 1985 Back to the Future

    August 14, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min

    For our 55th episode we put this beloved sci-fi classic on the slab.

  • Paul W.S. Anderson's 1997 Event Horizon

    July 23, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

    As a small tribute to Sir Sam Neil we chose this hellish science fiction cult classic for our 54th episode. Libera te tutemet ex inferis...

  • George A Romero's 1979 Dawn of the Dead

    July 12, 2026 · 58 min

    For our 53th episode we take a scalpel to one of cinema's most enduring monsters via George A Romero's horror classic. (The strong female protagonist is called Francine).

  • Joel Schumacher's 1987 The Lost Boys

    July 2, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

    Ruined dates, aggressive dogs and lots of missing children. We take our 52nd episode to Santa Carla and follow the exploits of a couple of pint sized Van Helsings.

  • Richard Donner and Steven Spielberg's 1985 The Goonies

    May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

    Booby traps, lost treasure and crumbling caverns. We put a seminal childhood adventure romp on the marble slab for our 51st episode.

  • Steven Speilberg's 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark

    May 13, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

    Spiders, snakes and booby traps. We put the first Indiana Jones film on the slab for our 50th episode.

  • James Cameron's 1986 Aliens

    April 29, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

    Ellen Ripley and the colonial marines face a nightmare on a distant planet. We put the second film in the Aliens franchise on the slab for our 49th episode.

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About the show

We seek out the gory, the violent and the ridiculous films that we remember from our childhood in the 80s and 90s and pick them apart with fondness and catharsis. buymeacoffee.com/dissectthedirect