<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This week on Total Movie Recall, the age of innocence is over, and somehow what was supposed to be a fun episode about a trashy, campy, forgotten 90s horror movie becomes a despairing yawp into the empty air about the power structures that let abusive, predatory men get away with everything. Don’t worry, we still find time to talk about the golden age of Nickelodeon and this awful, awful movie.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The Willies (1990)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; d. Brian Peck (&lt;a href= "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3115792/Pedophile-X-Men-actor-convicted-sexually-abusing-Nickelodeon-child-star-working-underage-kids.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;convicted child sex offender&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Starring&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000276/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Sean Astin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395475/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm"&gt;Jas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395475/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;o&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395475/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm"&gt;n Horst&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588679/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Joshua John Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259984/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Bill Erwin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072476/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Doug Benson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731927/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Kimmy Robertson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293466/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t19" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Kathleen Freeman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100989/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Michael Bower&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131647/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Kirk Cameron&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:image {"id":460,"sizeSlug":"large"} --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/44q6SiNzmleQgZ6BFlNSI9?si=ngCF2m4QRduOP6KrWGBMsg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;&lt;img class="wp-image-460" src= "http://www.totalmovierecall.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/willies-1990-poodle-in-microwave.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:image --&gt; &lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Things discussed in the show:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Pedophilia in Hollywood&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089907/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;The Return of the Living Dead&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639321/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Dan O'Bannon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0347656/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Clu Gulager&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439170/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;James Karen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129883/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Don Calfa&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZP3DR0qEms" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio with Brian Peck in 1991&lt;/a&gt; on the set of Growing Pains&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://vimeo.com/142444429" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener"&gt;An Open Secret&lt;/a&gt; (documentary)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Qanon, The Clintons, Trump &amp; Jeffery Epstein&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sexual_abuse_cover-ups" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Casting couches, Boy Scouts &amp; the Catholic Church&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeCx-6S7UyI" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Hollywood Babylon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnwwwy/charlie-chaplin-was-a-sadistic-tyrant-who-fucked-teenage-girls" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Charlie Chaplin's child bride&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Bryan Singer&lt;/a&gt; and Brian Peck&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Kevin Spacey&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Truth:_The_Rape_of_2_Coreys" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys&lt;/a&gt; - the film accuses Charlie Sheen of sexually abusing Corey Haim&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Charlie Sheen and Brian Peck&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Different Strokes molester episode&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Victor Salva (&lt;a href= "https://www.vice.com/en/article/8gv855/victor-salva-loves-terrorised-semi-naked-youths-jeepers-creepers-powder-clownhouse" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;convicted child sex offender&lt;/a&gt;), director of Powder and the Jeepers Creepers franchise&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Nickelodeon: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Solute Your Shorts (Donkey Lips),&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Tales" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Weird Tales&lt;/a&gt; / the &lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sharpe_Shaver" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Shaver Mysteries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uHRZ5T5FqY" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Stand by Me's pie eating contest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Fat shaming&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Next week: Labyrinth&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Total Movie Recall

Steve Albertson & Ryan Mixson

TMR 044 – The Willies

OCT 26, 202088 MIN
Total Movie Recall

TMR 044 – The Willies

OCT 26, 202088 MIN

Description

This week on Total Movie Recall, the age of innocence is over, and somehow what was supposed to be a fun episode about a trashy, campy, forgotten 90s horror movie becomes a despairing yawp into the empty air about the power structures that let abusive, predatory men get away with everything. Don’t worry, we still find time to talk about the golden age of Nickelodeon and this awful, awful movie. The Willies (1990) d. Brian Peck (convicted child sex offender) Starring Sean Astin Jason Horst Joshua John Miller Bill Erwin Doug Benson Kimmy Robertson Kathleen Freeman Michael Bower Kirk Cameron

Things discussed in the show: Pedophilia in Hollywood The Return of the Living Dead (Dan O'Bannon, Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa) Leonardo DiCaprio with Brian Peck in 1991 on the set of Growing Pains An Open Secret (documentary) Qanon, The Clintons, Trump & Jeffery Epstein Casting couches, Boy Scouts & the Catholic Church Hollywood Babylon Charlie Chaplin's child bride Bryan Singer and Brian Peck Kevin Spacey My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys - the film accuses Charlie Sheen of sexually abusing Corey Haim Charlie Sheen and Brian Peck Different Strokes molester episode Victor Salva (convicted child sex offender), director of Powder and the Jeepers Creepers franchise Nickelodeon: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Solute Your Shorts (Donkey Lips), Weird Tales / the Shaver Mysteries Stand by Me's pie eating contest Fat shaming Next week: Labyrinth