Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

We're going all the way back to 1988 for Stan Winston's directorial debut and one of the great "guy in a suit" monster movies of all time, PUMPKINHEAD

PUMPKINHEAD
RELEASED: October 14, 1988
DIRECTED BY: Stan Winston
STARRING:  Lance Henriksen, John D'Aquino, Kerry Remsen
BUDGET: $3.2M 
BOX OFFICE: $4.4M 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $2M

NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up Blastober with a fun one from 1998 that should be familiar to long-time listeners 
Show Notes:
Pumpkinhead & Mewtwo: Separated at birth?
https://imgur.com/a/tSt8qII

0:00 Intro 
2:46 Show & tell
8:04 This week's movie

Blastober rolls on with the 2024 Giallo homage CUCKOO

CUCKOO
RELEASED: August 9th, 2024
DIRECTED BY: Tilman Singer
STARRING: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas, Jan Bluthardt 
BUDGET: $7m
BOX OFFICE: $6.7m 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $3m 

NEXT WEEK: After a couple recent entries, we're going back to the 80s for an iconic creature feature. 
0:00 Intro 
2:37 Show & tell
7:42 This week's movie

Blastober is kicking off with a 2026 entry! We dive into Nia DaCosta's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
DIRECTED BY: Nia DaCosta
RELEASED: January 16, 2026
STARRING: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry
BUDGET: $63m
BOX OFFICE: $58.5m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M

NEXT WEEK: Blastober carries on with another recent-ish selection
0:00 Intro 
2:50 Show & tell
10:57 This week's movie

We're back and we're on our superhero tip covering one of the MCU's first big misfires, it's 2021's ETERNALS

ETERNALS
RELEASED: November 5, 2021
DIRECTED BY: Chloe Zhao
STARRING: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry
BUDGET: $236m 
BOX OFFICE: $402m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $50m 

NEXT EPISODE: We're gonna take some time to prepare for BLASTOBER! 
0:00 Intro 
3:01 Show & tell
9:08 This week's movie

We're back from a brief hiatus with our third Tony Scott episode, it's 2005's DOMINO.

DOMINO
RELEASED: October 14, 2005
DIRECTED BY: Tony Scott
STARRING: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Delroy Lindo, Christopher Walken, Mo'Nique
BUDGET: $50M
BOX OFFICE: $23.5M
ESTIMATED LOSS: Total

NEXT EPISODE: The first real sign that something might be wrong with the MCU's box office dominance, it's 2021's ETERNALS
0:00 Intro 
3:20 Show & tell
9:09 This week's movie