Podcast: BJ Colangelo on ‘Monster Man’

They say good things come in threes; that's certainly true when talking about podcast guests. After previously joining us for conversations on Teenage Cocktail and Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival, BJ Colangelo joins an exclusive club of three-time podcast guests at Certified Forgotten. And for her three-peat, Colangelo picked Michael Davis's Monster Man, a low-budget horror film that shows the best and the worst 2000s Hollywood had to offer.

When Adam (Eric Jungmann) sets off on a cross-country road trip, his goals are simple: crash the wedding and get the girl. Soon, though, Adam finds himself the chauffeur for two unexpected passengers. First is Harley (Justin Urich), the asshole ex-friend who stows aways in the back seat, and then comes Sarah (Aimee Brooks), a hitchhiker with a thing for cute nerds. But as the trio settles into their raunchy road trip vibes, Adam becomes the target redneck monster truck driver – and soon the three friends will need to fight for their survival or run afoul of a real-life Gravedigger.

In this short excerpt from the podcast, BJ explains how Monster Man went from a running joke to a beloved standard in the Colangelo household:

The first time we watched it, we were like, this is the worst piece of shit we've ever seen. This movie is terrible. And then it became a running gag. One of our friends bought us all copies of it on DVD for Christmas one year, just as a troll gift, and we started watching it more and more. And the more I watch this movie, and the more I make other people watch this movie, the more my, 'This movie sucks,' has turned into, 'I think I love this movie.' Not because I think it is good, not because I think that it is brilliant writing or great special effects or anything of that sort, but because of what this movie represents in terms of 2003. I am utterly obsessed with it.

The Monster Man episode of the Certified Forgotten podcast with BJ Colangelo is now available to stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music, or the podcast platform of your choice.