The Suspense is Killing Us

Apr 01 2025 167 ep. 149 mins 166
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A podcast about movie thrillers from the 80/90’s and even sometimes the 2000s! Hosted by Matt Lynch, Emalie Soderback and Travis Vogt.

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Ep. 163: WE HAVE THE RUNS

Apr 01 2025 157 mins  
Three thrillers featuring the word "run" in the title, each one more or less about someone running to or from something! RUN (1991, Geoff Burrowes) NOWHERE TO RUN (1993, Robert Harmon) RUNNING SCARED (2006, Wayne Kramer)

Ep. 162: GRUESOME TWOSOMES

Mar 18 2025 169 mins  
The culmination of our last couple episodes! After all that groundwork we are rewarded with: three mediocre sequels! All the laughs, all the thrills...all over again! ANOTHER 48 HRS (1990, Walter Hill) F/X2: THE DEADLY ART OF ILLUSION (1991, Richard Franklin) ANOTHER STAKEOUT (1993, John Badham)

Ep. 161: THE BUDDY SYSTEM II

Mar 04 2025 173 mins  
We check out some buddy cop movies for folks who want some laughs to go with their gun-play. Three 80's classics where the cops make dick jokes between (and sometimes during) kills! Ohhhh nooooo! 48 HRS. (1982, Walter Hill) RUNNING SCARED (1986, Peter Hyams) STAKEOUT (1987, John Badham)

Ep. 160: MANIFEST DENNEHY

Feb 18 2025 155 mins  
Three nail biters featuring the king of stocky gravitas, Mr. Brian Denney. F/X (1986, Robert Mandel) BEST SELLER (1987, John Flynn) THE LAST OF THE FINEST (1990, John Mackenzie)

Ep. 159: INTO THE WOODS

Feb 04 2025 184 mins  
Give a listen to this episode about legendary good actor/bad guy James Woods and the full spectrum of tightly wound yelling guys he can play. Don't jerk us around, fella. COP (1988, James B. Harris) TRUE BELIEVER (1989, Joseph Ruben) THE SPECIALIST (1994, Luis Llosa)

PATREON BONUS: MULHOLLAND DR.

Jan 27 2025 76 mins  
From our Patreon page! We eventually get around to talking about the movie but as you might imagine this is more of a retrospective of David Lynch's entire career and what it meant to us individually. But if you ever ask us to explain what this podcast is about, we'll politely say "No."

Ep. 158: TRAINING DAY

Jan 18 2025 147 mins  
ALL ABOARD for thrills and chills as we get railed by three movies about trains and the bad things that can happen on and/or to them! Hey...ride it. RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985, Andrei Konchalovsky) MONEY TRAIN (1995, Joseph Ruben) UNSTOPPABLE (2010, Tony Scott)

Ep 157: GET IN SHAPE

Jan 07 2025 155 mins  
Honestly we just wanted to do these three because they all have shape titles, but they all ended up being weirdly similar! How do you square that? CUBE (1997, Vincenzo Natali) SPHERE (1998, Barry Levinson) TRIANGLE (2009, Christopher Smith)

Ep. 156: TRIBUNALS AND TRIBULATIONS

Dec 23 2024 170 mins  
Well, it's Christmas Day AND it's Emalie's birthday, so you know its the perfect time to talk about three military courtroom dramas! We trust there will be no...objections? A FEW GOOD MEN (1992, Rob Reiner) COURAGE UNDER FIRE (1996, Edward Zwick) HART'S WAR (2002, Gregory Hoblit)

Ep. 157: GET IN SHAPE

Dec 22 2024 155 mins  
Honestly we just wanted to do these three because they all have shape titles, but they all ended up being weirdly similar! How do you square that? CUBE (1997, Vincenzo Natali) SPHERE (1998, Barry Levinson) TRIANGLE (2009, Christopher Smith)