FEVER CLOWNS author Caleb Bethea returns for two films where clowns are the *least* of our worries. We begin in the silent era with Victor Sjöström's 1924 psychological thriller HE WHO GETS SLAPPED, starring Lon Chaney as the most masochistically humiliated clown in screen history. Disturbing in a very different way is Victor Salva's 1989 slasher CLOWNHOUSE, which was somehow still released after its director was imprisoned for abusing its child star. We discuss whether it's truly unwatchable with that knowledge, and how Salva still ended up with a career that included hits like JEEPERS CREEPERS.

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Holy shitty movies, Batman! Unwatchables' 3-part series concludes with two of Marc's childhood favorites, films that almost killed not just Batman but superhero films in general. Joel Schumacher's gaudy, "toyetic" takes on the Dark Knight are a far cry from Christopher Nolan's or Tim Burton's; we decide whether 1997's camp-fest BATMAN AND ROBIN lives down to its reputation, and if 1995's less infamous BATMAN FOREVER is actually any better.

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For Part 2 of our 3-part series, our producer Tony picks two movies that have us wondering: could these get made today? First we shine the harsh light of 2026 on Alexander Payne's 1996 satire CITIZEN RUTH, a comedy that dares to make a farce out of both sides of the abortion debate. Then it's on to the enlightened era of 2008, where Ben Stiller's TROPIC THUNDER earned an Oscar nomination for a performance in black face—does it still get away with it, and is that even the most offensive part?

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Today’s UNWATCHABLES looks back on two very different films about the September 11th terrorist attacks. Paul Greengrass’ UNITED 93 came out less than 5 years after the tragedy and was the first Hollywood film to dramatize the day that many people weren’t sure needed dramatized. We’ll discuss what recreating the attacks means today as well as back in 2006, and then consider the other end of the spectrum: 2017’s simply titled 9/11, a chamber drama starring a post-TWO AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center. And if that sounds ill-advised… you have no idea.

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Today we're kicking off a three-part series where Seth, Marc, and our producer Tony each take turns curating an episode. First up are Seth’s picks, three ill-fated attempts to make feature-length films out of the songs of the Beatles: 1978’s Bee Gees-starring musical SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND; Julie Taymor's 2007 box office bomb ACROSS THE UNIVERSE; and Danny Boyle’s 2019 fantasy romance YESTERDAY.

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Today UNWATCHABLES takes on the dark side of faith, and who better to help us than pastor and author Jonathan Martin? These films are highly unconventional but intensely emotional explorations of characters grappling with their devotion to an Old Testament-style God: Michael Tolkin's daring 1991 drama THE RAPTURE, and Lars Von Trier's punishing 1996 melodrama BREAKING THE WAVES.

You can find more from Jonathan at https://jonathanmartinwords.com

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Film writer Devan Suber joins us for two oblique character studies about internet-warped minds and the technology they—we?—use to mediate reality. Antonio Campos' 2008 experimental drama AFTERSCHOOL and Pascal Plante's 2023 psychological thriller RED ROOMS may be from opposite ends of the internet era, but both are tapped into the urges that keep their deeply troubled protagonists online... even if we aren't so sure what those are.You can find more from Devan at https://letterboxd.com/cvance1/

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Today film critic Richard Lawson helps us take on the unwatchable franchise that followed from one of our most watchable classics. Steven Spielberg's JAWS is one of the most influential and enduring Hollywood blockbusters ever made, and its three sequels are... not. We take a look at what happened after Spielberg left: 1978's retread JAWS 2, 1983's Sea World-set JAWS 3-D, and 1987's bizarrely supernatural JAWS: THE REVENGE.You can find more from Richard at https://www.premiereparty.com

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