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The Next Evolution In Terror.

A new month, a new theme: MONSTER MARCH! We kick it off 1997 film THE RELIC.

A mysterious creature begins terrorizing a Chicago natural history museum just as it prepares for a major exhibition. A scientist and a detective race to uncover the origins of the threat before the opening-night gala turns deadly.

Also this week: The difference between a peeper and a peaker, Tom Sizemore was in Heat, and is The Bloodhound Gang okay in 2026?

All this--and a whole lot more--on this week's episode of NEON BRAINIACS!!

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The Relic (1997)

Directed by Peter Hyams

Written by Amy Holden Jones, John Raffo, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver

Starring Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore, Clayton Rohner, and Chi Muoi Lo

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00:00 - Intro & Opening Banter

37:50 - "The