Matt at HIFF33

Matt Hurt is the creator of ObsessiveViewer.com. He also created, hosts, and produces The Obsessive Viewer, Anthology, and Tower Junkies podcasts. He is a member of the Indiana Film Journalists Association and lives in Indianapolis with his cat Pizza Roll. 

2025

Obsessive Viewer Reviews
  1. My Top Ten Movies of 2024 and Thoughts on the Year – Jan 5

Podcast Episodes

Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast
  1. OV460 – Nosferatu (2024) & Babygirl (2024) – Guest: Andy Carr– Jan 2
  2. OV461 – Better Man (2024) & September 5 (2024) – Guest: Nick Rogers– Jan 9
  3. OV462 – 2024 Year in Review – Best Movies of the Year and Viewing Stats – Jan 16
  4. OV463 – Wolf Man (2025) & Back in Action (2025) – Guest: Nick Rogers – Jan 23
  5. OV464 – Companion (2025) & Presence (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Jan 30
  6. OV465 – You’re Cordially Invited (2025) & Love Me (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – Feb 6
  7. OV466 – Heart Eyes (2025) & The Gorge (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – Feb 13
  8. OV467 – Captain America: Brave New World (2025) & One of Them Days (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Feb 21
  9. OV468 – The Monkey (2025) & Grand Theft Hamlet (2025) – Guest: Mitch Ringenberg – Feb 27
  10. OV469 – Last Breath (2025) & Riff Raff (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – Mar 6
  11. OV470 – Mickey 17 (2025) & The Electric State (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Mar 13
  12. OV471 – Novocaine (2025) & Borderline (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Mar 21
  13. OV472 – Death of a Unicorn (2025) & The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) – Mar 31
  14. OV473 – Freaky Tales (2025) & A Working Man (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Apr 4
  15. OV474 – Warfare (2025) & The Luckiest Man in America (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – Apr 10
  16. OV475 – Thunderbolts* (2025) & Fight or Flight (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – May 15
  17. OV476 – Friendship (2025) & Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) – May 28
  18. OV477 – Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025) & Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025) – Guest: Keegan King – May 31
  19. OV478 – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) & Mountainhead (2025) – Guests: Brandon Cruz and Chelsea Cruz – Jun 8
  20. OV479 – How to Train Your Dragon (2025) & Echo Valley (2025) – Guest: Joe Shearer – Jun 15
  21. OV480 – 28 Years Later (2025) & F1: The Movie (2025) – Guest: Mitch Ringenberg – Jun 26
  22. OV481 – Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) & The Old Guard 2 (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Jul 4
  23. OV482 – Elio (2025) & A Minecraft Movie (2025) – Guest: Keegan King – Jul 10
  24. OV483 – Superman (2025) & M3GAN 2.0 (2025) – Guest: Mitch Ringenberg – Jul 17
  25. OV484 – I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) & Oh, Hi! (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – Jul 26
  26. OV485 – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) & Together (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Aug 1
  27. OV486 – The Naked Gun (2025) & Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) – Aug 20
  28. OV487 – Weapons (2025) & War of the Worlds (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – Sept 14
  29. OV488 – One Battle After Another (2025) & V/H/S/Halloween (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Oct 2
  30. OV489 – The Smashing Machine (2025) & The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – Oct 9
  31. OV490 – HIFF2025: Filmmaker Interview – The Tenderness Tour (2025) Director Andie Redwine & Star Richard Propes – Oct 16
  32. OV491 – HIFF2025: Filmmaker Interviews – A Simple Machine (2025) & Disposable Humanity (2025) – Oct 21
  33. OV492 – Shelby Oaks (2025) & Frankenstein (2025) – Guests: Brent Leuthold and Joe Shearer – Oct 30
  34. OV493 – Bugonia (2025) & Black Phone 2 (2025) – Guest: Keegan King – Nov 6
  35. OV494 – Predator: Badlands (2025) & Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – Nov 13
  36. OV495 – Wicked: For Good (2025) & Good Boy (2025) – Nov 26
  37. OV496 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) & Eternity (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Dec 12
  38. OV497 – The Long Walk (2025) & The Plague (2025) – Guest: Joe Shearer – Dec 30
  39. OV498 – IFJA Ten Best Films of 2025 – Guests: Andy Carr and Logan Sowash – Dec 31

Obsessive Viewer Companion Eps – Patreon-Exclusive Companion Reviews 

Anthology – The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror and Classic Sci-Fi
  1. TBD
Tower Junkies – A Stephen King Podcast
  1. 095 – Short Story/Novella – The Jaunt (Skeleton Crew) & The Dreamers (You Like It Darker) – Guest: Eric Vespe (The Kingcast) – May 2
  2. 096 – Movie – The Life of Chuck (2025) – Guest: Kim C (The Year of Underrated Stephen King) – Jun 12
Podcast Guest Appearances
  1. Odd Trilogies – Ep 97 – Frankenheimer’s Paranoia Trilogy (with Matt Hurt) – Mar 1
  2. Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast – Episode 12 – Matt (From Tower Junkies) on Sometimes They Come Back – Oct 5
  3. Odd Trilogies – Ep 112 – The Twilight of Kurosawa (with Matt Hurt) – Nov 1
  4. Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast – Episode 14 – The Ledge with Matt Hurt – Nov 2