Head Cannon: Recent Episodes
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Brent blindsides Corey with surprise guest Sean Jones to discuss 1984's The Toxic Avenger, radioactive piss, the evolution of bigotry in the U.S., red pill online culture, firing photon torpedoes at Moby Dick, planting seeds of divorce, and how Brent was a year early to see Jim Gaffigan. He's stressin' me, Julie!
Brent and Corey welcome back podcast favorite and national firefighter Anthony Pedersen (Octopus/Caveman) to discuss 2019's Color Out of Space, what a monumental loser Elon Musk is, Barbie leg swastikas, giving your significant other magenta balls, why Jimmy Kimmel owes Anthony a shirt, and we reveal the identity of Jeffrey Epstein's pilot. Don't forget to feed your mother/brother!
Brent and Corey welcome first time guest and My Chemical Romance superfan Jacob McReynolds to discuss 1977's Suspiria, Brent and Corey's improv history, German slap-dancing, the history of giallo, Corey and Jacob's short film, and the journey of the Suspiria theme song through hip hop. Settle into our large, communal bedroom and listen to this episode!
As Brent and Corey wait for a guest who is ultimately unable to make it, they discuss the killing of Brian Thompson, and his alleged assailant Luigi Mangione, referencing sources such as Mariame Kaba's "We Do This 'Til We Free Us," weighing the inherent patriarchal harm of violence and requisite psychological damage of a person capable of violence against the peaceful capitulation to a system (and the few individuals who benefit from that system) that is causing human suffering, ecological collapse, and very likely human extinction.
Brent and Corey welcome back one of our regular and favorite guests Nicole Bruce to discuss The Lebowski Bar in Iceland, the rhotic R, Corey battling poison ivy, vapes on a plane, and at about 40 minutes in, we even talk a little bit about 1992's Death Becomes Her. Listen to this episode and be young forever!
Brent and Corey welcome back Devon Sawa's biggest fan, Melissa Poole, to discuss 1999's Idle Hands, The Fat Lady Party, family-friendly comedians being filthy, the myth of an inevitably progressive trajectory, the milk bidet, and Granny's 13 fingers and 13 husbands. Listen to this episode and help us use this Druidic knife on some high school kids!
Brent and Corey welcome back Head Cannon regular JT Robinson to discuss hitting too much Plutonian Nyborg before getting on a plane, Facebook beefs, oppression in counterculture movements, our love of Akira, and we even spend a couple minutes talking about 1981's Heavy Metal. Let this green orb turn you into a puddle of goo.
Before the episode on The Grudge with Tim Cook, Brent and Corey discuss their first jobs, behind the scenes at movie theaters, dispensaries, and the surveillance state.
Brent and Corey welcome first time guest Tim Cook to discuss 2004's The Grudge, eggs Benedict tips, Tom Cruise's real name, the ubiquity of animated narutomaki, the Japanese equivalent of Freddy vs. Jason, babying a man-child, Corey's carnitas recipe, and buying houses in unincorporated areas and in neighborhoods with HOAs. Don't let your obsession with us create a curse that will consume all who encounter it with its fury!
Brent and Corey enjoy a slightly different format as we preview a movie that is soon coming to streaming - 2023's Children of the Pines. We got an advance screener of the film and want to tell you all about it! Actual discussion of the movie starts about 16 minutes in. You know we gotta BS about some BS first! Listen to this episode and check out Children of the Pines on streaming starting this Friday 10/18!
Brent and Corey welcome YouTuber, filmmaker, film critic, and former largest Letterboxd account Karsten Runquist to discuss 1974's Black Christmas, guerilla filmmaking, the proto slasher, the Italian giallo subgenre, Christmas horror movies, pegging an old man with a snowball, and some of our favorite Head Cannon episodes. The podcast is coming from within the house!
Brent and Corey welcome back their inspiration for getting into podcasting in the first place Mike Jeffers and JR Mcintire about 1999's Lake Placid, their music podcast Half-a-Half-a-Cench, the day Princess Diana died, the modern state of pornography, JR's new EP with his band Arctic Char, and Mariska Hargitay's life story. Don't be a rude sarcastic; listen to this episode!
Brent and Corey welcome back great comedians and even better friends Mookie Harris and Kelsey VanVoorst to discuss 1994's Interview with the Vampire, DeeDee Megadoodoo, Anne Rice's real name, wearin' that low pony, the nitty gritty details of vampire biology, and coping mechanisms born from the burden of mortality. We wept as we made this episode!
Brent and Corey welcome back brilliant photographer Tara Brooke (and her bird) to discuss 2010's Rubber, her underwater photography business (including a trip to the Seychelles), telling our kids they have evil twins, having sushi for Mother's Day, Corey explaining pickleball, and the Colorado Killdozer. Why should you listen to Head Cannon? No reason. Just do it anyway.
Brent (who joins us only in spirit) and Corey welcome back film devourer and connoisseur Josh Halterman to discuss our first Shyamalan movie - 2016's Split, a wide variety of 2024 movies, the perfect double feature of disappointment, shooting reaction shots of trees, and a dude playing a dude who's pretending to be the personality of another dude. Check out this episode of Head Cannon and see our sweet dance moves!
Brent and Corey welcome back brilliant comedians Raechel Karas and Meg Flood to discuss 2007's 30 Days of Night, watching Daniel Isn't Real... on weed!, why the DemoCRAPs are destroying the country, blowing it out your side with your honey, the collapse of Blockbuster Video, possible public redemption for the movie John Carter, and Morgan Freeman narrating The Matrix. Remind yourself you're part of this community; listen to Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back Head Cannon mainstay Josh Halterman to discuss 2019's The Lighthouse, the disappearing window to show movies to your children, Corey smashing his childhood nightlight, Brent witnessing a frog holocaust, the Fermi paradox, whether Prometheus is a hero or a villain, and the societal detriment of space exploration sci-fi. Don't abuse yerself in the toolshed! Listen to Head Cannon instead!
Brent and Corey welcome first-time guest, writer, and all-around great dude Justin Heim to discuss 1994's The Crow, visiting the Home Alone house, regulating your children's smart phone time, the pre-internet viral spread of rumors about Marilyn Manson, Charlethan supergluing Troll dolls to hubcaps, and ravens negotiating on behalf of SAG-AFTRA. It's time for the annual burning of the city with Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back animator and dear friend Adam Dix to discuss the 1991 French movie Delicatessen, how Adam's cowgirl doodle was flirting with Brent, Corey sending everyone to the guillotine, Brent's dad pointing F-15 missiles at his daughter's prom date, and the impact of Israel/Palestine on the upcoming election. Scout to Scoutmaster! Listen to Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back Tracy Rowland and Todd McGinnis to discuss 2005's Constantine, their cat Mr. Burns, completing winter sports to maintain Canadian citizenship, the movies Heat, The Creator, and Blade Runner 2049, getting kinky in the electric chair, and Wilford Brimley pulling out your diabetes. Light up that cig and take a long, hard drag of Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back writer, friend, and Colonel Seaman Emily Goodson to discuss 2005's The Descent, hot possums, dating cavepeople in heaven, Emily's old curmudgeon era, the sociology of gender in horror movies, and the b*hole on Brent's family's property. Pour yourself a glass of wine, put your earbuds in, slide into your blood pool, and relax to the dulcet sounds of Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back brilliant actor and friend of the show Ryan Ruckman to discuss the only movie Stephen King ever directed - 1986's Maximum Overdrive, firing a crossbow from your kitchen, why Zack Snyder needs a mulligan on all of his movies, blinding your cinematographer, breathalyzing Colin Farrell every morning, and your childhood friend whose parents just let you watch whatever. You have to listen to this episode! We made you!
Brent and Corey welcome back filmmaker and regular guest Amber Ray Snyder for an episode that immediately flies off the rails and stays there as we discuss 1971's The Touch of Satan, what makes a chowder a chowder, Corey's master's thesis on Hot for Teacher, our prenatal connections to Dune, getting unwittingly drugged, and Amber's real-life paranormal investigations. Listen to this episode; it's where the fish live!
Brent and Corey welcome back filmmaker and coffee entrepreneur Noah Kinsey to discuss the 1980 slasher classic Friday the 13th, the progressive history of the board game Monopoly, how Brent got scammed out of his Papa John's Papa Dough, and Noah's new award-winning short, Lullaby. Listen to this episode while playing some good, old-fashioned strip Monopoly!
Brent and Corey welcome back film aficionado John King to discuss 1995's Kicking and Screaming, doomsday prepper survivalism, the perfect age to harvest jackfruit, Burt Reynolds fighting Marc Summers, comparing carbonated waters, and a little Indianapolis restaurant inside baseball. Bonus points if you're listening to this in Prague!
Brent and Corey welcome back Indy-based comedian Daryl Hollonquest to discuss 2022's The Blackening, your light-activated vibrator, U-God being the babysitter for your psychedelic trip, why Matt Rife is such a clown, and how to play Spades. If we got an invite to the cookout, we'd be honored, but we wouldn't go.
Brent and Corey welcome back Nicole Bruce to discuss 1974's Young Frankenstein, Nicole's annual, jaw-dropping 31 Days of Halloween make-up/prosthetic showcase, Corey being surrounded by Italians, Michael Jackson's real voice, how being 41 absolves you of any responsibility or limitations, and Matthew McConaughey being stuck between Corey's board games. Look, we're gonna be honest here. There's something wrong with the audio and it sounds like a little man is playing a kazoo whenever Brent or Corey speaks. It doesn't completely ruin the episode, but no hard feelings if you can't deal with it.
Brent and Corey welcome back Indianapolis comedian Sean Jones to discuss 1993's Cop and a Half, the comedy scenes in Indy and Chicago, Corey eating with Jon Lovitz, when white America realized they can get AIDS too, that movie where Gary Oldman plays a little person, going to the Home Alone house, and Chicago's secret prison ice cream museum. Wanna play swords?
Brent and Corey welcome back friend of the show Willow (AKA AubreyPesky) to discuss 1996's From Dusk Till Dawn, the decline of social media, our pubic hair situation, Brent's shady black market vape, when your sex work mask slips, and going to see Taylor Swift in concert. It's okay; our fictional girlfriend is black.
Brent and Corey welcome back beloved guest Anthony Pedersen (AKA Octopus/Caveman) to discuss 2010's Beyond the Black Rainbow, Peter Weller's love for Octopus/Caveman, how Brent is secretly a Decepticon, great fat directors, "stand your ground" insects, and the return of Alex Jones to Head Cannon. Join us on a psychedelic journey to enlightenment!
Brent and Corey welcome back JT Robinson to discuss 1991's Naked Lunch, the calculus of whether or not to own a gun, Corey's family being evicted by wild dogs, the problem with social media, when Brent's going to prison, and Stephen King's thoughts on drugs and creativity. Grab yourself a cold, frosty glass of mugwomp juice and check out our William Tell routine!
Brent and Corey welcome first-time guest and Twilight aficionado Taylor Cox to discuss 2008's Twilight, getting daily transfusions from your blood boy, violent diamond boners, the exhaustion of being a hater, and Brent shooting out of his air hockey table bed. Hop on our backs, spider monkeys; it's time to fly through the treetops!
Brent and Corey welcome back comedian and not opera singer David Britton to discuss 1931's Dracula, the Korean heart speculum, how to spell Schenectady, the rare treasure hidden in Stuart Little, and why Corey thinks Singin' in the Rain was directed by the Coen brothers. Check out David's new stand-up album with Megan Gilbert, Possum Pals, anywhere you can listen to stuff!
Brent and Corey welcome actress, model, and photographer Michaela Duerson to discuss a movie she didn't watch- 2022's Nope, modeling with Iman, Cardi B's mic throwing abilities, going to La Hacienda with our homie Albert Einstein, post-apocalyptic Corey hoarding all the protein, and how Michaela definitely isn't a conspiracy theorist. Quick! Let's help Aerosmith shoot CDs at fascists!
Brent and Corey welcome first time guest and Facebook Survivor contestant Hailey King to discuss 2020's The Invisible Man, racism in linguistics, Barbenheimer, the world's biggest Bass Pro Shop/aquarium, and Matt Damon watching Corey take a sh*t. Listen to this episode or be voted off the island!
Brent and Corey welcome comedian Christian Okoye to discuss 1993's Leprechaun, the differences and similarities of horror and comedy, olde timey prospector improv, Brent as a fainting goat, renting a cabin in Brown County, Indiana, and mockingly puppeteering your dead wife's body. Diddley Diddley Dee! A Leprechaun is me!
Brent and Corey welcome DJ, music producer, just all-around great guy Adam Jay to discuss 1997's Event Horizon, the hopepunk genre, how boring the international space station is, the impending collapse of civilization, the recipe for photographs, and the ancient, cosmic secrets of Jerry Maguire. Where we're going, we don't need eyes!
Brent and Corey welcome first time guest Melissa Poole to talk about 2000's Final Destination, body suspension, the Fermi paradox, throwing porn at owls, the Eve 6 guy on Twitter, and taking a shit on the moon. Why is my Hoover full of boobs!?!
Brent and Corey welcome back actress and comedian Frankie Bolda to discuss 1979's Time After Time, Corey's breakdown of time travel stories, Mick Jagger bird-dancing off the Titanic, getting condescended to by Matt LeBlanc's son, and Doc the Parrot's last words. Eat shit, Wells!
Brent and Corey welcome back Darkus Beasley (and her son Dante) to discuss 2022's Men, how it is a good triple feature with Pan's Labyrinth and The Green Knight, manufacturing generic brands, the Arnold Schwarzenegger of Brits, and how men are like raw chicken. Don't eat that apple!
Brent and Corey welcome back animator Adam Dix, who joins from a bustling hookah shop to discuss the 2006 South Korean film The Host, allergy advice, Kim Jong Un's head canon, a scoliosis monster, The Korean Jerry Bruckheimer, and how if you see someone stealing food, no the f*ck you didn't. Now run this squid tentacle over to mat 7; their squid only had nine!!!
Brent and Corey welcome Twitter superstar Dave Cactus to discuss 1960's The Little Shop of Horrors, the current state of Twitter, catholic schools and kickball, putting Nyquil in the minestrone, and horsey sauce - the Hollywood tradition. Go check out his band Adrenalin!
Brent and Corey welcome back host of the Experience Grind podcast Kyle Collins to discuss 2015's The VVitch, Corey's first experience with a throat stoma, horizon-based eyes, making an ocean of blood, the unholy canine worshipped in Brent's household, and dipping your little breadsticks in your mama's marinara. Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?
Brent and Corey welcome back actor and all-around badass Tracy Rowland to discuss 1998's Blade, conservative beer tears, the Dalai Lama suckin' young boys' tongues, Corey getting straight-razored, and Brent's family becoming Catholic. Why aren't you already listening?!? Motherf*cker, are you outta your damn mind?!
Brent and Corey welcome back professional actor and new dad Ryan Ruckman to discuss 1988's Killer Klowns from Outer Space, peeing on your shows, old lady joggers propelled by their skeletons, and connections to movies like Ernest Scared Stupid, RoboCop, and Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. F*** you! Over.
Brent and Corey welcome back dear friend JT Robinson to discuss the 1977 Japanese film House, why modern drug dealers are lame, Corey's free St. Paddy's Day at The Second City, choosing boobs or violence, and what drove Sean Connery to stop acting. This is the perfect podcast to listen to when you're waiting in the ER with a bucket stuck on your butt!
Remember we're a bi-weekly podcast now! But here's a little treat to tide you over between episodes - some bonus content from our conversation with Charlie Lind about 2016's The Wailing. In this bonus content, we don't discuss the movie at all. Instead, we talk about the past and current states of improv, including our respective experiences in L.A., Chicago, and Indianapolis. Boo-yah!
Brent and Corey welcome back friend and actor Charlie Lind to discuss the 2016 Korean film The Wailing, H.S. girls wrestling, the Stanford Tree, 4th degree burns, and assassinating our baby selves. Dig into your communal neighborhood vase of kimchi and listen up!
Brent and Corey welcome back friend of the show Mike Jeffers to celebrate our 100th episode(!), discuss 1987's Evil Dead II, how dentists love horror, practical wetness, why we don't have Vietnam War reenactments, garden tools by Hattori Hanzō, and Corey and Mike's experience at The Vic Theatre in Chicago seeing Bruce Campbell's live Bruce-O-Rama show, which included the Last Fan Standing Trivia game and a screening of Evil Dead II. Happy 100th episode!!!!!
Brent and Corey welcome back writer and all-around hilarious guy Jack Hutsey to discuss 2007's The Number 23, Brent's dog's secret life, drinking 400 year old beer, and Corey's plan for his chickens in the event of a flood. Is Head Cannon... God?
Brent and Corey welcome back improv master and speaker extraordinaire Jon Colby to discuss 1986's Little Shop of Horrors, its alternative endings, sumo wrestler butt wipers, movies we almost thought about watching, and purchasing a Ted DiBiase Cameo. Listen to us, Seymour! Listen all night long!
Brent and Corey welcome back one of the funniest people ever, David Britton, to discuss how to improve the national anthem, Corey's beef with Chuck Woolery, classic Italian stereotypes, Brent swapping credit cards with a stranger, the final straw with Corey's last libertarian friend, David almost getting banned on his first visit to The Bob & Tom Show, and we even talk a little bit about the 1990 adaptation of Stephen King's Misery. Come and listen to this cockadoodie podcast!
Brent and Corey welcome back Aly and Gus to discuss 2022's The Menu, how improv is like food, our biggest fan Mick Jagger, the contradiction of having to make art for people who have money, how the inherently active mode of interaction on the internet has been turned passive, and how to be happy. Are you one of us?
Brent and Corey welcome Defiance Comedy cofounder and Indianapolis theater mainstay Molly North to discuss 2021's The Green Knight, Brent's surplus of human shampoo, the romance of mixtapes, being 40, Brent witnessing a honeymoon breakup, and chopping someone's head off in front of your mom. We're ready now.
Brent and Corey welcome back dear friend and talented writer Emily Goodson to discuss a movie none of us chose, 2019's The Intruder, as well as true crime cats, reluctantly fighting, weresharks, and Sisyphean autoeroticism. Who came to make sweet love? Not us. Who came to kiss and hug? Not us. Who came to beat it up? Head Cannon.
Brent and Corey welcome back friend of the show and member of the Superfoolins and Arctic Char, JR Mcintire, to discuss 2012's V/H/S, dealing with anit-vaxxer family, the Weird Al formula, and the time Brent and Corey stumbled onto a vampire nest. I like you!
Brent and Corey welcome back podcaster, filmmaker, and definitely not a nepo-baby Amber Ray Snyder to discuss 2019's Ready or Not, disguising your lube as hot sauce, cursing the veggies at Kroger, the state of Chicago improv, and shooting at snow clouds in Texas. Come celebrate the release of Scream 6 by discussing another movie from the same directors!
Brent and Corey welcome back their good friend and Head Cannon's very first guest, Jordan Owens, to discuss the 2022 German film The Privilege, starting barter economies, Jordan befriending Muscle Monks in Japan, a fungus lesson, and why Corey should be missing part of a finger. Tune into this episode and who knows what will happen? A random, unexpected ménage à trois? Maybe!
Brent and Corey welcome their fanciest guest yet, Anthony Brando, to discuss 1968's Rosemary's Baby, Facebook Survivor and other Online Reality Games, utilitarian lovemaking, why we don't have heroes, Corey's band kid stories, and the logistics of Se7en. Check out Head Cannon - Now sponsored by Essential Tannis Root Oils!
Brent and Corey welcome back incredibly talented artist, musician, and Twitter superstar Anthony Pedersen (Octopus/Caveman) to discuss 1994's The Shawshank Redemption, whether or not Andy is guilty, poop math, ACAB thoughts, the problem with James Cameron, and Anthony's incredible Alex Jones and Jordan Peterson impersonations. HEAD CANNON WAS HERE SO WAS OCTOPUS/CAVEMAN
Brent and Corey welcome back certified film genius John King to discuss 1974's The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Brent almost getting his ass beat by a student, Corey shitting on IKEA meatballs, and the time a stranger gave Brent his teeth. Rip your shirt off and let's go!
Brent and Corey welcome back the incorrigible, incomparable JT Robinson to discuss 2006's Pan's Labyrinth, how we almost did Naked Lunch, the history of democracy in Spain, Blockbuster Video stories, and how fascists are just the Titan Cronos. Draw a chalk door and climb on into this episode!
Brent and Corey welcome back the expert on Thanksgiving small portions, David Barronton, to discuss 1984's Children of the Corn, the worst striptease in the world, sabotaging the Muzak at your job, children on exploding crosses, and making excuses to get out of having sex with Linda Hamilton. Outlander! We have your woman! She still lives!
Brent and Corey welcome dear friend and talented performer Claire Wilcher to discuss 2015's The Blackcoat's Daughter, her career as a film and theatre intimacy director, Brent's vasectomy anniversary, Crown Royal junk pouches, and how Claire is bigger than Jesus. Come share our disbelief about that being Lauren Holly!
Brent and Corey welcome back friend of the show Mike Jeffers to discuss 2022's Barbarian, the similarities between horror and comedy, confidently ignoring women, and Barbarian: the Romantic Comedy. Just join us for the podcast tonight and we'll figure it all out in the morning.
Brent and Corey welcome back Amber Ray Snyder to discuss 1994's Serial Mom, nepo-babies, an examination of addictive gambling personalities, Brent's POG empire, watching HBO with your finger on the prev. channel button, dirty romance audiobooks read by your sister, and Corey tip-toeing around eugenics. Shove needles into your crotch and check out this episode of Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back the host of the Coffee Time podcast and Spartacus Coffee entrepreneur Noah Kinsey to discuss 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a TON of politics, Noah's time spent as JFK Jr., and all of our QAnon experiences. Let this be the universe where you listen to Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back friend and talented animator Adam Dix to celebrate Christmas with 2010's Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, an update on The Cuphead Show, Santa's grey wiener, Corey forgetting the word "storm," and how Brent attacked his windows with a lawnmower. Stick around til the end of the episode for a classic Christmas song from President Tightrhymes (Corey)!
Brent and Corey welcome friend-of-the-show Josh Halterman to discuss 1986's Big Trouble in Little China, Brent almost getting killed by a fire hose, Corey's extensive Adrienne Barbeau knowledge, and how Brent saw a piece-of-shit movie. Better bring your battle casket for this one!
Brent and Corey welcome back Indy-based comedian Sean Jones to discuss 1991's Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Corey's head canon for the O.J. Simpson trial, autoerotic terminator asphyxiation, and the unfortunately named Bill Cobbsy. We know now why you cry; it is because you missed an episode of Head Cannon.
Brent and Corey reconnect with old friend Evan Rhea to discuss 1984's The Terminator, a visit to Betty White's deathbed, Kyle Reese as a QAnon fanatic, Kyle Reese as a baby giraffe, and Corey's struggle to sample the Terminator theme into a 4/4 beat. If you don't listen to this podcast, our fathers will beat us!
Brent and Corey welcome comedian and casting director Raechel Karas to discuss 2003's Darkness Falls, jamming out to NPR, getting stuck in elevators, the perfect segue, and Raechel's upcoming documentary about SA survivors. Stay in the light!
Brent and Corey welcome Chicago-based comedian Meg Flood to discuss 2019's Daniel Isn't Real, the families living in your zits, enthusiastic consent, and how Brent got catfished. Open wide and let us inside!
Corey (left alone as Brent goes on a quest for his child's shoes) welcomes back Julia Williams to discuss 2002's 28 Days Later, the dudebros of zombies, Jacques Ze Whipper, and Cillian Murphy's dong. If we start to turn, just do what needs to be done!
Brent and Corey welcome back actors, comedians, and wonderful people Kelsey VanVoorst and Mookie Harris to discuss 1997's Anaconda, Jon Voight's ThighMaster, Birth of a Nation in Space, and Chekhov's urethra fish. Join us on this episode and let us hold you tighter than your true love!
Brent and Corey celebrate Halloween with friend and fellow ComedySportz Indianapolis alum Jeff Clawson by discussing 1991's Ernest Scared Stupid, middle school Corey getting fired from a haunted house, comparisons with Hocus Pocus, Leprechaun, and Jim Carrey, Gen. Worrell drone bombing the Middle East with milk, and the time Brent and Corey went to a hillbilly Christian biker church haunted house in the middle of nowhere Indiana. Happy Halloween!
Brent and Corey welcome back film professor and cinephile John King to discuss 1988's The Serpent and the Rainbow, droppin' Predators into every movie, following Papa Doc's family on Insta, the Genghis Khan bottleneck, and Dr. Samur-Ray Romano's jump scares! Crawl out of your grave and join us for another episode of Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back friend of the show Josh Halterman to discuss 2007's The Mist, GentleMinions, ties between King and Lovecraft, dozens of other movies including Everything, Everywhere, All At Once, and why Brent and Corey's noses are always bleeding when Josh comes on the show. It's Head Cannon; listen to it, loser!
Brent and Corey reconnect with old friend Charles Pearce to discuss 1989's The 'Burbs, the time we all met Mr. T, tales from Austin, and why we desperately need a 'Burbs remake. You don't have to sneak in; the door's wide open!
Brent and Corey welcome comedian and Twitch streamer Chad Woodward to celebrate this week's release of Hocus Pocus 2 by discussing 1993's Hocus Pocus, whether or not they have Halloween in California, fighting wolves to distract from COVID, our Head Cannon head canon, and why Chad hates The Princess Bride. Take out your yabos and tune into another episode of Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back friend of the show and Twitter superstar Anthony Pedersen (Octopus/Caveman) to talk about 2021's Pig, his beef with Kanye West over Kim K's diarrhea, 9/11 sushi rolls, GG Allin vs Rush, and his uncanny Alex Jones impression. Pull your wife off life support and tune into - Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back professional drinker, sommelier, and master of wine Ella Raymont to discuss the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In, no-no squares, baleen feeding in the swimming pool, hatching teeny tiny humans, and the Russian guy who got hit in the head with a particle beam. You're officially invited in to this episode of Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back friend and writer Emily Goodson to discuss 2021's Malignant, Brent's fertility bed made from the bones of his enemies, The Anal Gland Poetry Slam, Furious 7: Tokyo Drift based on Push by Sapphire, and why Emily is banned from Yelp. Put your mom in the attic and let's go!
Brent and Corey welcome the wildly talented underwater photographer Tara Brooke to discuss the 2008 French film Martyrs, dating horror stories, martyrdom franchises, and why she's the Trixie to Brent's Junior. Get comfy, peel all your skin off, and listen for the secret of what happens after death!
Brent and Corey welcome back their Indy improv buddy Mookie Harris to discuss 1999's Stigmata, Risk strategies, Brent's dad's obsession with Chumbawamba, ambushing people with Fish Heads, and how Gabriel Byrne lost an award to Jar Jar Binks. Cozy into your $7,000 bed surrounded by hundreds of candles as water drips seductively onto your lips and listen to another episode of Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey go guestless to discuss 2022's Prey, the ennui hibachi chef, basketball animals, cocaine onion volcanoes, and why we don't say, "Bear." Climb into a dam and watch the bear fight!
Brent and Corey welcome a dynamo of the Chicago improv/sketch comedy scene, Chris Terry, to talk about 1986's The Fly, stepping on TJ Miller's toes, sticking tweezers in LaMDA's port holes, chian-smoking monks with pet penguins named Kant, and whether or not you've heard of this guy named Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pop in your earbuds, grab a snack, puke all over it, and tune into another episode of Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome actress Tracy Herring to compare and contrast the 1973 and the 2006 versions of The Wicker Man, and discuss canine surrogate mothers, how Nic Cage is invading Brent's backyard, and it's been 0 Days Since Gandhi Has Slept with a Young Girl. Listen to this episode; it's better than the bees!
Brent and Corey welcome back actress and Canadian ambassador Tracy Rowland to discuss 1985's Stephen King's Cat's Eye, getting injured on Umbrella Academy, cow-nnibals, #FonzieStrong, and Fievel Commits War Crimes. Every breath you take, every move you make, I'll be podcasting you!
Brent and Corey chat with longtime friend Amber Craig about the best worst movie ever 1990's Troll 2, Brent replacing his deck bones, Juggalo Yoda, corn sex in an RV, and the last person to fellate Genghis Kahn. Join us for this episode because WE DON'T PISS ON HOSPITALITY!!!
Brent and Corey welcome back Twitter superstar Aubrie (@AubriePesky) to discuss 2018's The Strangers: Prey at Night, trading geese for Jordan Peterson, step cis porn, turning our guests into Drew Barrymore, and what boobs are for. Abandon your mortally wounded father and let's go!
Brent and Corey chat with Chicago improvisor extraordinaire Elena Panyard (however you pronounce it) about the 2008 Canadian film Pontypool, The Second City Zoom classes, Dr. Fauci climbing in your window, the Toronto New Wave, and whether or not you're down with OPP. Do not translate this into English!
Brent and Corey chat with friend Heather Dent about 2002's May, putting sugar down your pants for seduction, veterinary canine disembowelment, and Brent's new anti-vampire faucet. "We're those people. We will watch that movie!"
Corey and Brent talk with actress and model Alexa Hartfield about 1987's The Lost Boys, her experience on projects like Empire and Death Wish, teneting Tenet, not quite being Keanu, and how Corey murdered his mother. Take your shirt off, whip out your sax, and let's jam!
Corey welcomes friends of the podcast JR McIntire and Mike Jeffers to discuss 1978's Halloween, John Carpenter drunkenly reading Reddit articles, and why Corey is being cancelled by Star Trek fans. Check out JR's music with Arctic Char, Superfoolins, and Daughterman, as well as podcast projects from Mike and JR Half-a-Cench and A Star is Lorne (listen for Brent and Corey on the Coneheads and A Night at the Roxbury episodes)!
Brent and Corey welcome filmmaker Amber Ray Snyder to talk about 1999's The Blair Witch Project, professional Cheerios stacking, creating animal hooves with gang signs, mermaid JNCOs, and our new favorite show - Pimp My Witch House! ALSO, check out Amber's award-winning short film Evermore Nevermore at www.ambersnyder.com
Brent and Corey chat with Chicago-based comedian Meaghan Pelissier about 2004's Shaun of the Dead, Mellencamp suckin' on some human guts, Corey's conversion to rage flossing, and canine autoerotic teabagging. Grab a beer and some hog lumps and let's go!
Brent and Corey welcome back fellow ComedySportz Indianapolis alum Daryl Hollonquest to discuss 2017's Get Out, figure out what lo mein is, have a blue lives matter flag bonfire, influence the Ben Stiller algorithm, and hear from Will Smith's Open Hand, Bernie Sanders' Mittens, and Left Shark. Now, pop your earbuds in and sink into the floor!
Brent and Corey welcome Catelyn Hartfield to celebrate the premiere of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness by comparing and contrasting with 1994's In the Mouth of Madness (the final film in John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy). There's also plenty of talk about Lovecraft's work, including At the Mountains of Madness. Sit down, strap in, and listen to this podcast where you're already the main character!
Brent and Corey welcome King/Lovecraft aficionado and Buzzfeed writer Tasia Bass in our most animal-focused episode yet! We discuss 2021's Werewolves Within, Tasia's spaceship apartment, voodoo mouse repellant, self-milking cows, erotic asphyxiation geese, and Corey's backyard chicken murder mystery. Toss your axe at the target, pop your earbuds in, and join us!
Brent and Corey welcome friend of the show Anthony Pedersen (Octopus/Caveman) to talk about 1990's Jacob's Ladder, terrorist trading card NFTs, Mr. Hands, Keeping Up with the Skywalkers, creating your own meaning in life, and how Chuck Norris should just grow the eff up already. Put Head Cannon into your death montage experience and let's go! ALSO, check out Octopus/Caveman's new album Wolf in Love!!!
Brent and Corey embrace the chaos of Valentine's Day, as they throw a Skype link out on Facebook and Twitter and start recording without a plan, welcoming what ended up being an amazing lineup of guests, Ryan Demarest, Missy Nyuda, Tracy Herring, Mark Cashwell, and Dave Ruark to talk about movies (and TV shows) ranging from Midsommar, Signs, Mirrors, 28 Days Later, and The Lighthouse to What Lies Beneath, Intolerable Cruelty, They Came Together, Get Out, Jessica Jones, Shh The Octopus and everything somehow keeps coming back to The Wizard of Oz. There's no place like Head Cannon, there's no place like Head Cannon, there's no place...
Brent and Corey welcome Indianapolis actor/comedian Tyler Lyons to discuss 2014's The Babadook, the Bloomington basketball riots, becoming an accidental doctor, and the time Sinbad was Brent's substitute teacher. Wrap your arms distressingly tight around our necks and let's go!
Brent and Corey reconnect with ComedySportz Indianapolis chum Sean Jones to talk about 1991's The People Under the Stairs, pullin' up to parties with a car full of Legos, the first Got Milk? commercial, The Matrix: Resurrections, and Brent's double chimney. Put on your gimp suit and join us!
Brent and Corey talk with musician, podcaster, and little boy that lives in your mouth, Mike Jeffers, about the 1980 Stanley Kubrick classic, The Shining. We dive deep into differences between the movie and Stephen King's book, symbolism and possible interpretations, and showing off your scat collection. After this episode, go listen to Brent and Corey talk about Coneheads on Mike's podcast A Star is Lorne!
Brent and Corey exorcise some demons with writer, actor, and general badass Todd McGinnis, as we discuss 1990's The Exorcist III: Legion, grieving windshield wipers, the secret origin of cacti, and shit on BMWs. You can't go home with that carp in your bathtub so come on over and spend some time with Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey take a trip with friend of the show Josh Halterman to discuss 2019's Midsommar, consensual curses, yelling at Sandra Bullock, and your disgusting Ed Geiner. Wrap yourself up in you bear suit and enjoy the audio tableau painted by Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey sit down with friend of the show and bonafide professor of film, John King, to take on the second installment of John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy, 1987's Prince of Darkness. We also discuss Grocery Tips, stabbing someone with half a limo, incepting Satan with The Mighty Ducks, and Victor's whiskers. So get comfy, grab your Christ juice and salad shrimp, and pop in those earbuds!
Brent and Corey welcome world-famous comedian David Britton (not the opera singer) to discuss 1954's Creature from the Black Lagoon, conforming to the social norms of zombies, long boobs, prank calls as Hanna-Barbera characters using fleshlights, and flies gonna vomit. You just stay right here and listen to Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome staple of the Indianapolis theatre community, Frankie Bolda, to talk about 1959's The Tingler, ranking the Cubas, Brent's new pet man in a puppy suit, and putting hard working Americans out of jobs by tending to your dead wife yourself. Don't make me put a hole in you the size of a medium grapefruit; check out this episode!
Brent and Corey chat with the host of the Experience Grind Podcast, Kyle Collins, about 1992's Dead Alive (AKA Braindead outside of the U.S.), pus custard, kickin' ass for the Lord, Corey's Grandma's fuckdoll room, and the porn classic, The Donkey & The Chambermaid. Soak your hammertoe and climb on into the comfy womb that is - Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey welcome back artist/animator Adam Dix (from our Hereditary episode) to celebrate his new show, The Cuphead Show!, dropping on Netflix on Friday! We also discuss 2011's Attack the Block, Adam's current work on The Great North, whether or not you could use a broken lamp as a cattle prod, and Anish Kapoor being devoured as the result of a frivolous lawsuit. Get cozy in your dumpster, cause we're gonna be here a while!
Brent and Corey chat with guest David Barronton about 1982's Poltergeist, Steven Spielberg's influence, handshake injuries, sniffing our scarves, and David tearing his face off. This podcast is clean!
Brent and Corey go guestless in the second episode ever recorded, covering 1987's Monster Squad. Topics range from geezers having sex to Gill-Man filing your taxes to Dracula's lair at the Holiday Inn. Corey's daughters Grace and Bella weigh in with their thoughts on the film, as well. So put your basic lid on it and tune in!
Brent and Corey chat with friend of the show Mookie Harris about 2005's The Exorcism of Emily Rose, the devil bringing a knife to a gun fight, cows throwing Molotov cocktails at The Second City, and a great day in gender equality via the president getting a camera up his ass. Wait til the clock strikes 3am, pop in your earbuds, and let's go!
Brent and Corey chat with Corey's iO chum Darkus Beasley about the 1979 classic Alien. We also discuss Koko the gorilla's obsession with nipples, baby cupboard emergency slides, and swap car accident stories. Settle into your favorite Lite-Brite pod next to the leaky chains room and join us!
Brent and Corey welcome Head Cannon's first repeat guest and Drew Barrymore doppelganger, Nicole Bruce, to break down 1996's meta whodunit slasher, Scream. We discuss COVID 99, creepy visits from The Baron, and the time an intruder crawled in through Corey's bedroom window. Make yourself some stovetop popcorn and settle on in!
Brent and Corey welcome the insightful and multi-talented Noah Kinsey to talk about 1975's Jaws as we bring you our most political episode yet. Seriously, it's a lot of politics, BUT it's mostly framing the Civil War as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. We also discuss kids karate chopping picket fences, space sharks, and getting people's brains in you. Dive on in; it's perfectly safe!
Brent and Corey chat with old friend and art-repreneur Adam Nahas about 2015's Krampus and his involvement in the annual Bloomington, Indiana Krampus Festival. This fustercluck of an episode also finds Nahas getting dickened by Dickens as he gets his own version of A Christmas Carol with visits from the Ghost of Christmas Capitalism, The Ghost of Your Youthful Hopes and Dreams, and the Ghost of Todd Horner.
Brent and Corey get into the holiday spirit with friend and fellow improvisor Jon Colby to explore 1988's Die Hard. Is it a Christmas movie? Is it a slasher flick? We also discuss Corey's Grandma and Granny's bathtub gin, murdering yourself, and Brent's foray into asshole waxing. Yippee-ki-ay, ya filthy animals!
Brent and Corey celebrate the release of 2021's Death to Metal with actor Charlie Lind and the director of the film, The Peter Jackson of Iowa himself, Tim Connery. We discuss waterboarding with blood, Hollywood nepotism, movies as pancakes, and, of course, all about the movie! Turn away from your sinful life of low rise jeans and pizza buffets and bathe in the redeeming light of Head Cannon!
Brent and Corey speak with their old chum JT Robinson about the 1999 Japanese film Audition, Japan's Love Hotels, and battles between prostitutes on dinosaurs and robot Benjamin Franklin, all while wearing our new Ed Gein Yeezys. I promise it's a good time, cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.
Brent and Corey chat with friend and playwright Emily Goodson about 2020's Freaky, Keanu Reeves's dog wife and dog children, the development of our Public Bathroom Review app, and whether we came from our fathers' left, right, or center ball. Pop your earbuds into your ears (or the ears of whoever's body you're inhabiting) and let's go!
Brent and Corey chat with actor Jeremy London (Mallrats, The Babysitter, Party of Five, 7th Heaven) about his extensive career, usurping drama teachers, London's Most Wanted Pepper Jelly, and There's a Big Rock Coming At Us! The Movie. Lower yourself down the dumbwaiter and join us in the vault!
Brent and Corey chat with fellow ComedySportz Indianapolis alums Mookie Harris and Kelsey VanVoorst about stand-up compared to improv comedy, eating tacos on a witch's tree stump, the Sexorcist, and LSD as a 70's college requirement in this episode all about 2013's The Conjuring. Possess this episode now!
Brent and Corey speak with the always-entertaining Josh Halterman about 1985's Re-Animator, cannabis farming, Han's Gruber's Powdered Beef, blowing up suburbia with bazookas, and why John Mellencamp can go to hell. Find a good spot to plop your head and let's go!
Brent and Corey chat with good friend Tracy Rowland about 2016's The Void, accidentally chopping off hands, drinking sake with a neti pot, catching toxoplasmosis from 4D movies. Hurry up birthing your little tentacle monster and tune into the show!
Brent and Corey chat with Corey's fellow Second City alum Julia Williams about 1973's The Exorcist, seeing movies with deaf people, accidentally pulling into the Pentagon, the combination library/Long John Silvers, and taking multiple poops on the scraps of the Exxon Valdez. I claim no negative energy from this podcast!
Brent and Corey chat with legendary Hollywood actor Doug Jones about being Chris Elliott's body double, the necessity of firing a mime bank manager, wrestling Jim Carrey in a teddy, and his work on projects like Mystery Men, Hocus Pocus, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and so much more! Don't be a hot, sweaty ass wrangler; check out this episode!
Brent and Corey chat with our good friend Mike Jeffers about 1981's An American Werewolf in London, poppin' seltzies in a bathtub full of Orbeez, getting our balloons stolen by naked Americans, and crushin' on 80-year-olds. Don't ask us for food; we don't have any!
Brent and Corey dive into debauchery and depravity with friend and Twitter darling Anthony Pederson (aka Octopus/Caveman) about 2018's Mandy, sex shops, jerk-off booths, prison experiences, the death penalty, and our crusade to end discrimination in pornography. Strap in, amigos! It's gonna be a long three days!
Brent and Corey reconnect with longtime friend Nicole Bruce to discuss 1985's Fright Night. We talk about Brent's toilet issues, Hollywood from Mannequin (and unfortunately Kristy Swanson), Indianapolis' own Sammy Terry, and Nicole's incredible, amazing 31 Days of Halloween, where she changes her face into an entirely new person everyday. Check her out on Instagram @ nicolethebruce!
Brent and Corey chat with Corey's friend from The Second City Chicago, Jack Hutsey, about 1992's Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula. We discuss making out with Walt Whitman, Twizzler-Man, A Very Madea Dracula, and the inherent horniness of vampires. Lay right down on our old, dusty, bedbug infested bed and let us chow down on your bangers and mash!
Brent and Corey chat with a friend from ComedySportz Indianapolis and lecturer/instructor of creative writing and media arts & science at IUPUI and Ball State, John King, about the 1982 film, John Carpenter's The Thing. We discuss how the movie is basically Animal House in Antarctica, the worst parts about having children, Downton Abbey, and the importance of cuddles. So cop a squat, pass the scotch, and stare at us distrustfully as we sink down into the frigid cold together!
Brent and Corey wander into an isolated world of danger and intrigue with Chicago-based improvisor Claire Saskowski as we cover 2010's Shutter Island. Join us as we struggle to discern reality from fiction, and chat about our good friends Leo DiCaprio, Jean Claude Von Damme, and Eddie Von Halen. In the immortal words of Gwen Stefani: We ain't no hollow back girl!
Brent and Corey hang out with Chicago-based comedian Meaghan Pelissier to talk about 2011's The Cabin in the Woods. We discuss the monsters, the lore, and the behind-the-scenes of the movie, as well as aggressive winking and that time Corey stepped on TJ Miller's foot. So grab a random trinket from your basement and join us!
Brent, Corey, and guest Ryan Ruckman went off on a tangent talking about, like, 30 movies that had nothing to do with Candyman, so it got cut from the episode! BUT it was too good to leave on the cutting room floor, so in this special bonus material we talk about Dune, Cool World, Insomnia, One Hour Photo, Dreamcatcher, What Dreams May Come, Death to Smoochy, Dr. T and the Women, Popeye, True Detective, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Failure to Launch, Starship Troopers, RoboCop, and many others.
Brent and Corey catch-up with the gem of the Indianapolis theatre scene, Ryan Ruckman! Just in time for the release of Nia DaCosta's new Candyman movie, we revisit the original, 1992's Candyman. In our most musical episode yet, we discuss Ryan's time with Defiance Comedy's boy band BroZone, the real crime that inspired Candyman, how many buttcracks Klingons have, and Corey gets off on a tangent about how much he loooOOOOOoooooOOOOoooves Kendrick Lamar. Say "Head Cannon" five times in the mirror!
Brent and Corey talk with their fellow former ComedySportz Indianapolis alum and sommelier extraordinaire Ella Raymont about wine, fake Shemps, and Sam Raimi's 1981 horror classic The Evil Dead. Grab a quick protein and let's go!
Brent and Corey catch up with a friend from ComedySportz Indianapolis, Daryl Hollonquest, for a raucous conversation about 2003's ridiculous Freddy vs Jason. We also discuss the connections of famous ComedySportz alum like Dan Harmon and Derek Mears, and Corey's experience with Southern Indiana redneck cornfield parties! It's like a big ol' poop in the mouth!
Brent and Corey speak with their good friend JR Mcintire about 1993's The Good Son in a wide-ranging conversation about everything from what shows we like and are watching now to what kinds of devious things we did as kids! Listen to this episode; don't eff with us!
Brent and Corey discuss 2018's Hereditary with good friend and animator Adam Dix, who has worked with Disney, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network on shows like Sofia the First, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, DC Super Hero Girls, Boss Baby, and Netflix's upcoming The Cuphead Show!, among others. We dive deep into the most disturbing movie we've covered on the show so far, and somehow end up talking about Wes Anderson for a while.
Brent and Corey speak with Tasia, a writer and expert on all things Gaimon, Lovecraft, and King, to compare the 1990 miniseries Stephen King's It with 2017's It and 2019's It Chapter Two! We also discuss the inventor of chicken nuggets and U.S. government cheese caves.
Brent and Corey catch up with Corey's former Second City Conservatory classmate Alexandra and her fiancé Gus to discuss 2014's It Follows. We ask: Who is the last person you would want "It" to appear as? How could the curse be used for good? and How the heck do you get your leg back in that position?
Brent and Corey are joined by their dear friend Aubrie to discuss 2021's Army of the Dead. How does it stack up against Zack Snyder's other movies? How does it stack up against other zombie movies? Find out right here!
Brent and Corey discuss 1983's Sleepaway Camp with guest James Capps. Is it a representative trans narrative? Is it a hot, problematic mess? Can it be both at the same time? Either way, everyone wins when the camp pedophile falls into the 120 gallon soup pot!
Brent and Corey dive deep into Thailand's folklore and the mythical creature krasue with the 2019 Thai film Inhuman Kiss. Let your head detach from your body, bringing all your organs and entrails with it, and join us on this journey!
Brent and Corey, along with our special guest Jordan Owens, discuss the 2018 movie Annihilation. Is it a metaphor for self-destruction, or cancer, or a Lovecraftian tale, or maybe a Dark Tower adaptation? Possibly all of the above? Explore all this and more in the second episode of Head Cannon!
Your hosts Brent Owens and Corey Jefferson cover 15 of the earliest horror movies ever made, spanning 1896-1913, and including titles like Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and the Damnation of Faust.