Episode 79: Gor and Bottom Five E...
Episode 79: Gor and Bottom Five Epics
Explicit
Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly weapons by Jason Santo and Michael Merrigan
S1 · E79
Aug 30, 2026
01:00:00
Episode notes

Jay sends Mike hurtling through an interdimensional portal and into the loincloth-garbed wasteland of Gor, an ’80s Cannon Films sword-and-sorcery “epic” about a nebbish professor transported to another world where he discovers he’s aces with a sword. With Oliver Reed chewing scenery, and enough sand, leather and exposed flesh to make Conan blush, Mike tries to determine whether Gor is the gloriously entertaining disaster its reputation suggests or simply a very long walk through the desert. After the review, the guys go big with their Bottom Five Epics before taking a moment to say goodbye to Phantasm icon and cinema’s most rogue ice cream man, Reggie Bannister. Then it’s back to battle for another round of Dueling Double Bills before Mike reveals the next cinematic punishment a ... 

Keywords
epic motion picture
bad movies
action movies
bad acting
bad cinema
bad movie review podcast
fantasy movies
b-movies
Cannon FIlms
80's movies