Jun 16, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min · 14 segments
By the early '90s, the slasher subgenre that had dominated horror in the '80s was already seen as on life support. But that didn't stop an upstart comic book company, formed in 1986 and already quite…
Chris, you can tell us a little bit about this one.
For sure.
Uh, it is directed by Manny Coto, uh-
Here we go.
Here, I just wanna say, you thought you were so slick.
[laughs]
We did the whole Dr. Detroit episode, and somehow you got by without me going on a whole thing about how the end credit is coming soon, Dr. Detroit 2: The Wrath of Mom, and it's even in the Wrath of Khan, like, you know, font.
And like, we just, like, bypassed it.
We flew by it, and you thought you were, like, you were scot-free.
But here we go with it.
Tell, tell us a little bit about Manny Coto.
[laughs]
[laughs] D- don't you dare.
Um, he is a...
He directed a movie called StarKid.
Yeah.
Um, that Joseph Mazzello, uh, boy and his robot movie.
Um-
Yeah.
I need to look into if we need to cover that movie.
Uh, eh, quite possibly because, uh, I, I do remember that movie quite a bit from my childhood.
Um-
Mm-hmm
... of course, Joseph Mazzello, you know, uh, uh, uh, from, from my favorite movie, Jurassic Park, right? Timmy.
Mm-hmm.
Chris, you can tell us a little bit about this one.
For sure.
Uh, it is directed by Manny Coto, uh-
Here we go.
Here, I just wanna say, you thought you were so slick.
[laughs]
We did the whole Dr. Detroit episode, and somehow you got by without me going on a whole thing about how the end credit is coming soon, Dr. Detroit 2: The Wrath of Mom, and it's even in the Wrath of Khan, like, you know, font.
And like, we just, like, bypassed it.
We flew by it, and you thought you were, like, you were scot-free.
But here we go with it.
Tell, tell us a little bit about Manny Coto.
[laughs]
[laughs] D- don't you dare.
Um, he is a...
He directed a movie called StarKid.
Yeah.
Um, that Joseph Mazzello, uh, boy and his robot movie.
Um-
Yeah.
I need to look into if we need to cover that movie.
Uh, eh, quite possibly because, uh, I, I do remember that movie quite a bit from my childhood.
Um-
Mm-hmm
... of course, Joseph Mazzello, you know, uh, uh, uh, from, from my favorite movie, Jurassic Park, right? Timmy.
Mm-hmm.
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