OV494 - Predator: Badlands (2025) & Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) - Guest: Sam Watermeier

The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new Dan Trachtenberg movie, Predator: Badlands in a feature review and then, in this week's secondary review, we talk about the animated anthology film, Predator: Killer of Killers. We also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, movie news, and more.

Timestamps

• Show Start - 00:28
• Introducing Sam - 03:56
• Screening in Indy - 11:52
• News Before the Reviews - 14:30

Feature Review

• Predator: Badlands (2025) - 28:55
• Spoiler - 1:18:21

Secondary Review

• Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) - 1:48:26

• Closing the Ep - 2:10:10
• Patreon Clip - 2:12:39

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