Rowdy film criticism with the filters removed.
The Black Dog Podcast mixes film-chat banter, geeky detours, listener feedback, and long-form comic reviews of older movies and genre television. It is scrappy, conversational, and happiest when a baffling plot choice gives the panel room to spiral.
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The Black Dog Podcast is a comedy movie review show with the energy of friends picking apart a film after watching it together. It is structured, but only just. Episodes usually begin with a burst of gags, then move into catch-ups, feedback, and the featured review. The conversations are full of side roads. That looseness is part of the design. Recent episodes cover films such as Pumaman, The Guest, Tornado, and Misery, alongside specials on Alien Earth. The panel can be silly about flying effects, awkward plot logic, and oddly specific choices. It can also be direct when a story feels lazy, confused, or built from posters before ideas. Listener feedback matters here, especially through the Facebook group and email, where audience comments feed back into later discussions. The show often separates first impressions from spoiler talk, giving room for both quick verdicts and detailed complaint. It likes genre material. Superhero oddities, thrillers, disaster pictures, science fiction television, and older reputation-heavy movies all fit its range. The review style is not academic. It is reactive, joke-led, and powered by people trying to make one another laugh while still landing a point. The funniest stretches often come when frustration takes over. A failed finale, a strange character decision, or a barely plausible scene becomes fuel for a bigger riff. The podcast is also comfortable with exhaustion, irritation, and the feeling that everyone involved has suffered through something together. That gives its bad-movie coverage a useful edge. Praise, when it appears, feels earned because the show is not automatically generous. The result is a rowdy film-club experience for listeners who enjoy opinionated genre talk, recurring voices, and comic impatience with weak storytelling.
Made for: For listeners who enjoy funny, opinionated movie and genre-TV conversations that move from jokes to spoilers to listener feedback without becoming formal criticism. Best suited to people who like cult films, older releases, franchise grumbling, and conversational banter.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its unstable mix of structured review and live-wire derailment: feedback, personal stories, running jokes, and sharp plot complaints all compete for space. It feels less like a verdict machine than a recurring group argument with punchlines.
Join Lee, Darren, Jim and Elton as they waffle, wonder and jabber on about film, geek news, video games and any other tangential rubbish that spring to mind, before reviewing a movie from yesteryear. Removing the Rose Tinted Specs to see if a film really deserves its classic status or the Sh*t Covered Goggles to see if a bad film is actually as awful as its reputation.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A lively roundtable that tests films and television against character logic, storytelling rules, prior discussion and the audience's counterarguments.
The Black Dog Podcast lets Lee, Darren, Jim and Elton worry at a screen story until its internal logic either holds or gives way. A movie-focused edition such as The Guest folds its chosen film into jokes, personal updates and responses to earlier discussions.
This is the film club where a broken shower can delay your date with Dan Stevens.
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Puma Man impressions and box office guesses send The Black Dog crew off course.
The Black Dog crew opens its Pumaman discussion with competing Puma Man impressions, a detour about getting lost on the A5, and a joke that the review is over before it has begun.
The Guest is the pick, while Paul Kearns gives the Misery feedback its best turn.
The Black Dog names The Guest as this week's movie pick before the hosts catch up on their weeks and return to feedback on their Misery episode. The conversation picks up when a host asks author Paul Kearns whether he would rewrite a story to keep Annie Wilkes happy.
Listener feedback raises doubts about the alien's threat before the hosts consider what Wendy might do next.
Lee, Darren and Elton begin their discussion of episode four of Alien: Earth, "Observations," with listener feedback about how little threat the alien seems to pose. Its acid fails to work, and it can be dragged around.
Black Dog Specials vents over the Alien: Earth finale and the rules behind it.
Black Dog Specials arrives at the Alien: Earth finale with its patience worn thin. Lee, Darren, Jim and Elton take on episode 8, "The Real Monsters," first bringing Jim up to speed before turning to what the ending leaves them thinking.
The Guest is on the bill, with a shower mishap and a thoughtful Misery detour along the way.
The Black Dog has The Guest on the bill, and Dan Stevens gets a knowing mention before the hosts settle in. First come the jokes and a catch-up on the week, including a shower repair story that ends with a bill just after the speaker thinks the job is done.
Fast banter, loud takes, no clean turns.
A loose comedy catch-up.
Pennsylvania banter with the brakes cut.
1980s movies, cranky friendship, endless detours.
Episode 248 of The Black Dog Podcast features four British hosts — Lee, Darren, Jim, and Elton — discussing their weeks before reviewing the 2014 Dan Stevens thriller The Guest.
The Black Dog Podcast’s Alien Earth Episode 8, “The Real Monsters,” is reviewed by Lee, Darren, Jim, and Elton, with the panel opening by warning that the finale will be discussed in full spoilers.
The Black Dog Podcast covers Alien Earth episode four, "Observations," with Lee, Darren, and Elton splitting the discussion into non-spoiler and spoiler sections.
A comedian delivers a series of topical jokes and puns about Marvel, Putin, and everyday situations.
Two podcast hosts chat in the green room about dad jokes, weird news, and April Fools' Day pranks.
The Black Dog Podcast’s 250th episode centers on Lee’s pick, the 1980 superhero film Pumaman, alongside weekly updates and listener feedback.
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The Black Dog Podcast opens by naming The Guest, then spends most of the runtime on tax returns, a hygienist visit, horror deep cuts, and a review of 28 Years Later.
A comedian delivers a series of puns and jokes about Marvel, Putin, and everyday situations.
Two hosts in a green room discuss a plan involving Napoleon's jewels and sumo wrestlers, with a humorous reference to Julia Roberts.
A group of podcasters review the finale of the TV show Alien Earth, discussing its flaws and listener feedback.
The hosts of the Black Dog podcast discuss their thoughts on Episode 4 of Alien Earth, including feedback from listeners.
The hosts introduce their special episode covering episode 3 of Alien Earth, discuss feedback from previous episodes, and prepare to dive into the content.
The hosts of the Black Dog Podcast discuss the first two episodes of Alien Earth in a humorous and rambling manner.