Episode 60: Hope (2026)

Hope is a 2026 South Korean science fiction thriller written, directed, and co-produced by Na Hong-jin. A police chief, a policewoman and a group of hunters try to track down and kill a mysterious creature that's laying waste to the South Korean village of Hope. This stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender.

Timestamps:

• (0:02:05) Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
• (0:22:08) Predator
• (0:53:10) From Beyond
• (1:10:58) Hope (2026)
• (1:45:08) Spoilers
• (2:16:25) Next time: Resident Evil (2026) & Resident Evil: Afterlife
  

Works Cited:

• From Beyond (Stuart Gordon, 1986)
• Hope (Na Hong-jin, 2026)
• 'Hope' Is a Confoundingly Off-the-Rails Sci-Fi Spectacle Destined for Cult Classic Status (Isaiah Colbert, 2026)
• Hope Review: Na Hong-jin's Creature Feature Is Undone by Terrible CGI (David Ehrlich, 2026)
• I Can't Tell If Hope Is a Good-Bad Movie or a Bad-Good One - Reactor (Reuben Baron, 2026)
• John McTiernan, director of 'Die Hard': 'My movies were quite patriotic, but being in prison changed my attitude' | Culture (Jaime Lorite Chinchón, 2025)
• Predator (John McTiernan, 1987)
• Predator movie review & film summary (Roger Ebert, 1987)
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (Nicholas Webster, 1964)

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Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel

Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa

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