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Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

By: Jon Drake and Ian Dukes
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It's not a podcast about bad movies. It's a podcast about movies that did badly. Join comedians Jon Drake (@drakegatsby) and Ian Dukes (@ianpauldukes) as they dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood. Every episode reviews a movie that lost money at the box office and tries to figure out what went wrong.

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  • Episode 163 - Lord of Illusions
    Oct 29 2025

    We wrap up another successful Blastober with the final film from horror master Clive Barker: it's an interesting mix of cosmic horror and noir, 1995's LORD OF ILLUSIONS

    LORD OF ILLUSIONS
    RELEASED: August 25, 1995
    DIRECTED BY: Clive Barker
    STARRING: Scott Bakula, Famke Jannsen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel von Bargen
    BUDGET: $11M
    BOX OFFICE: $13.3M
    ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M

    NEXT EPISODE: We're done with the scaries for now and getting into espionage with 2015's Guy Ritchie spy jaunt THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

    SHOW NOTES
    Swann's fake mustache
    https://imgur.com/a/CeeBt7a

    0:00 Intro
    3:44 Show & tell
    9:00 This week's movie

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Episode 162 - Frailty
    Oct 22 2025

    Blastober barrels forth with 2001's creepy psychological horror FRAILTY!

    FRAILTY
    DIRECTED BY: Bill Paxton
    RELEASED: April 12, 2002
    STARRING: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew, Jeremy Sumpter
    BUDGET: $11m
    BOX OFFICE: $17,4m
    ESTIMATED LOSS: $2m

    NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up Blastober with the third and final feature from a Master of Horror.

    SHOW NOTES

    Auto shop angel
    https://imgur.com/a/6Q7J43s

    Scenes of Meat, TX
    https://imgur.com/a/g1kxxFn

    0:00 Intro
    3:45 Show & tell
    8:30 This week's movie

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 161 - Alien: Covenant
    Oct 15 2025

    Let’s go back to where it all began. And then like 10 years after that. It’s the sequel to the prequel that is ALIEN: COVENANT

    ALIEN: COVENANT
    DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott
    RELEASED: May 19, 2017
    STARRING: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir
    BUDGET: $112m
    BOX OFFICE: $240.9m
    ESTIMATED LOSS: $40m
    NEXT EPISODE: Blastober chugs along with an early 2000s cult favorite from an actor/director

    Tweet about Gay Evil Robot
    https://imgur.com/a/XLyCIzf

    Steve Zahn Strange Wilderness clip
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCpKp73kJtI

    0:00 Intro
    2:53 Show & tell
    9:32 This week's movie

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    1 hr and 26 mins
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