Luke Jaconetti

It’s Showa action on the big screen! And in riffed form, too! It’s Rifftrax Live: Mothra, and Earth Destruction Directive is there! Is it worth your time to check out this 1961 science fiction classic on the big screen? Download and find out! Featuring my brother Jason’s comments as well! […]

It’s an epic monster event as Earth Destruction Directive is joined by the Beware Of Monsters podcast! Guests Christopher Ouellette and Jeremy Robinson join Luke to discuss the 2006 Korean monster hit The Host! It’s an in-depth examination of one of the most well regarded and successful monster films of […]

I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen giant starfish! On this episode of Earth Destruction Directive, it’s downright PANDALIRIUM as we have two episodes of Ultraman front and center! First, Pestar, fire-breathing echinoderm, makes landfall and proceeds to heat things up for the Science Patrol! Then Gamakujira, half-frog, half-whale, half-monster (…?) […]

A podcast with no wars and more importantly NO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS! This time on Earth Destruction Directive we’re taking a look at a film that some might consider a little odd, Gamera vs Guiron! Although I am not sure what one would consider odd about a film where two prepubescent […]

No one can stop us now! The frogs are on the loose! It’s DX Gaiden time once again (…*sigh*) as Jason Jaconetti and Dr. Bill Robinson join in the fun as we discuss the third and final film of the “TBS Trilogy,” Frogs! It’s a classic of the eco-horror genre […]

That trick never works! This time out on Earth Destruction Directive, we’re talking about the only monster in the Toho library who would theoretically give Rocky The Flying Squirrel a for his money, Varan! It’s a monster on the loose in the greatest, throw-backiest tradition as we go on a […]

Paul Spataro, Bill Robinson, Scott Gardner, Alan Middleton, Chris Tyler, Luke Jaconetti and Gene Hendricks spend a few minutes with you sharing their thoughts about the loss of a great person. We’ve lost Shawn Engel, who has been a good friend to all of us. http://www.smithandkernke.com/obituary/Shawn-Engel/Edmond-OK/1571833

Not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! You are in fact seeing Godzilla, King Of The Monsters, in a Marvel comic book! And I will be your guide through this titanic first issue, as Big G decides he has had enough of flattening Japan for the time […]

It’s time to fight the monsters! As the air gets crisper, the leaves start to turn, and the football gets more intense, what better way to celebrate the coming of Autumn than with Ultraman battling a pair of monster bent on destruction? First it’s the Ruffian From Outer Space, as […]