Cult cinema, ranked and regretted.
2 Guys 5 Movies works through film by way of top-five lists, retrospectives, and recurring side-series detours. Its recent episodes lean hard into horror, giallo, trash cinema, and weary amusement at strange casting choices.
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2 Guys 5 Movies is a film podcast with a taste for lists, retrospectives, horror timelines, and movies that seem to exist mainly to test patience. Its cleanest mode is the top-five format, where a year such as 2012 becomes a way to talk through horror cycles, under-the-radar releases, and the slow movement toward modern horror with more explicit subtext. Its rougher, funnier mode is The Spin Chagrin. There, a previous category prompt sends the discussion toward whatever title can satisfy the joke, however strained the path may be. That looseness is part of the design. The show can spend time on Troma, then separate the company’s bought-for-VHS releases from the movies made with a more handmade cult spirit. It can look at Monsturd, Sledgehammer, Captive, or Force of Execution without pretending that every bad movie is bad in the same way. The discussion often turns on performance, genre expectations, cheap production choices, and the strange charisma of familiar names in questionable projects. Cameron Mitchell, Steven Seagal, Ving Rhames, Topher Grace, Mark Wahlberg, and Gregory Maguire come up as reference points inside larger conversations about how movies work and how they fail. The pace is conversational. The humor is blunt. The judgments can be harsh, but the show is not just dunking from a distance; it pays attention to structure, casting, endings, titles, categories, and the odd details that make a film memorable. Horror fans get the most consistent lane, especially those interested in giallo, cult cinema, and early-2010s genre shifts. Trash-film viewers get the second lane, with enough specificity to separate affectionate low-budget chaos from dreary sludge. The result is a podcast for listeners who want movie talk that feels informed, impatient, funny, and willing to follow a bad idea all the way to the credits.
Made for: Best for horror fans, cult-film completists, and listeners who enjoy blunt, conversational movie criticism. It especially suits people who like low-budget curiosities discussed with real genre memory.
What sets it apart: The show combines structured top-five film discussion with The Spin Chagrin’s category-driven punishment watch. That gives it both archival range and the chaos of chasing terrible titles for oddly specific reasons.
The podcast features two ordinary but knowledgeable film fans who examine film, past and present, through top five lists and retrospectives.
A wheel lands on "Emperor Sex," and your movie night is no longer under adult supervision.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A Seagal detour that lands on the title joke, the bad delivery, and the final showdown.
This review follows Two Guys, Five Movies through episode 204 of The Spin Chagrin and its long look at Force of Execution, where the terrible title is part of the joke.
A seven-movie flight turns into a sharp, exasperated case against one especially frustrating watch.
A long-haul flight gives this single-episode review a clean, funny frame: too many hours in the air, too many seatback movies, and one watch that leaves Frank Pellicone and Chris Gasper with plenty to unload.
A silly category prompt turns into a loose, chatty argument with itself.
Episode 208 of Two Guys, Five Movies plays the Emperor Sex category for humor, and the result is a loose, funny back-and-forth. Frank Pelicone admits he may have cheated, then explains that he had already watched Empire of Ash 2 for The Spin Chagrin and kept looking for another…
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
Co-host Frank Pellicone discusses seven movies he watched on flights to Thailand, including 'Boy Kills World', 'Guardians of the Galaxy 3', '1992', and 'It Ends with Us'.
The hosts discuss the 2008 film adaptation of the video game Max Payne, focusing on Mark Wahlberg's involvement and production details.
The hosts discuss the 2001 movie 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' after addressing technical difficulties and a previous category called Goonie Jedi.
The hosts discuss their top five Dracula movies, exploring vampire films and their personal views on the genre.
Hosts Chris Gasper and Frank Pelicone review the 2025 horror sequel '28 Year Later: The Bone Temple', focusing on its bizarre elements like zombie nudity and a cult leader.
Frank Pellicoon and Chris Gaspari revisit 1985’s The Legend of Billie Jean, a film Frank had confused with Billy Jack.
Chris Gaspard and Frank Pelican compare Monsturd and Sledgehammer in episode 209 of The Spinster Grin, using their “chagrin” scale to judge low-budget movie frustration and effort.
Chris Gasper and Frank Pelicone review Nia DaCosta's The Bone Temple, the sequel to Alex Garland's 28 Years Later, and rate it around six out of ten.
Chris Gasper and Frank Pelican review Flight Risk (2025), a Mel Gibson-directed thriller starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace.
Chris Gasper and Frank Pellicone rank horror films from 2012 while describing the year as a transition between straightforward genre movies and the indie, subtext-heavy horror associated with 2014 onward.
The hosts introduce and begin discussing the 1980 sci-fi film 'Captive' starring Cameron Mitchell, focusing on its opening sequence and initial impressions.
2 Guys 5 Movies spends episode 204 on Force of Execution (2013), a Steven Seagal crime story that the hosts connect to the later prequel A Good Man and to Seagal's much heavier look.
This episode discusses the 1972 Italian giallo film 'So Sweet So Dead' and its connection to a shame-based category from a previous podcast.
Two hosts discuss the 2024 film adaptation of the musical Wicked, comparing it to the original book and stage version.