Binge Movies: Rankings and Reviews

The Rocky Franchise, Ranked (featuring Richard Jackson Val of Verde Broadcasting)

Coming to you from the last video store in the universe, we step back into the ring to determine which Rocky film goes the distance and which ones hit the mat. We break down the legacy of Sylvester Stallone, the evolution of Rocky Balboa, and how the series reinvented itself with Michael B. Jordan in Creed and Creed II.

Films Ranked in This Episode:

• Rocky (1976)

• Rocky II (1979)

• Rocky III (1982)

• Rocky IV (1985)

• Rocky V (1990)

• Rocky Balboa (2006)

• Creed (2015)

• Creed II (2018)

We analyze the training montages, villains, emotional arcs, franchise highs and lows, behind-the-scenes details, and why this series still dominates pop culture 50 years later.

If you love Rocky, rankings, Stallone, deep dives, Creed,  franchise analysis, this is the episode to lace up for.

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Credits
Host: Jason
Produced by: Binge Movies
Franchisees: Heather, Dan, Jason, Matt, Pete
Support: patreon.com/bingemovies

Body Horror Movies, Ranked

From the last video store in the universe, we’re diving headfirst into the fleshscape.
This is the episode where skin melts, bones twist, metal fuses, and the human form becomes… negotiable.

We’re ranking five of the most nightmarish entries the genre has ever produced:

1. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989): Industrial noise. Screaming metal. The body as weapon.
2. Society (1989): The shunting heard ’round the world.
3. Body Melt (1993): Wellness culture taken to its liquifying extreme.
4. Thanatomorphose (2012): Slow, rotting decay as an art-film endurance test.
5. Possessor (2020): Cronenbergian mind/body invasion for the digital age.

We break down the gore, the metaphors, the transgressions, and the sheer cinematic audacity of filmmakers who dared to ask, “What if humanity was just… obsolete?”

Press play and prepare for mutation.
Only one of these atrocities will survive the ranking.

Credits
Host: Jason
Produced by: Binge Movies
Franchisees: Heather, Dan, Jason, Matt, Pete
Support: patreon.com/bingemovies

The Running Man (2025)

INSTANT REACTION: Edgar Wright returns with another flop at the box office, while Glen Powell does his best (?) with another "retread."

Predator: Badlands (2025)

INSTANT REACTION: Coming to you from the last video store in the universe, it's Binge Movies.

Jason dives into Predator: Badlands, the latest chapter in the Predator saga. Is this return to the hunt a bold new evolution of the franchise or another casualty of nostalgia overload? Expect instant reactions, unfiltered opinions, and deep-cut franchise context—from Predator (1987) to Prey (2022).

New Slashers Season: Slashers Season 2

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Credits
Host: Jason
Produced by: Binge Movies
Franchisees: Heather, Dan, Jason, Matt, Pete
Support: patreon.com/bingemovies

First Time Filmmakers, Ranked

EPISODE 204: First-Time Filmmakers. 

Some directors arrive fully formed, kicking down the door with a debut that rewrites the rules.

In this episode, we rank the first films from some of cinema’s boldest voices:
Charles Laughton’s haunting The Night of the Hunter (1955),
Peter Bogdanovich’s Targets (1968),
Paul Schrader’s blue-collar nightmare Blue Collar (1978),
The Coen Brothers’ breakout Blood Simple (1984),
and Philip Ridley’s surreal The Reflecting Skin (1990).

Five debuts. Five filmmakers announcing themselves to the world.
Which one deserves to be preserved for all time?

New Season: Slashers Season 2
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Credits
Host: Jason
Produced by: Binge Movies
Franchisees: Heather, Dan, Jason, Matt, Pete
Support: patreon.com/bingemovies