Put the knife down Michael, Trick is here! Bee & Ryan tackle 2019's Trick from director Patrick Lussier.
This Halloween based slasher is non-stop violence with a high energy killer, elaborate setups & so much gory goodness. We dive into those kills & then put it up against the slasher blueprint to see how well this modern flick ranks!
Plus in our pop culture check-in, we discuss Color Out of Space, Love and Monsters & Countdown!
This week Bee & Ryan are finally tackling the underlooked 80's slasher from Ken Hughes, Night School.
It has everything you could want from a slasher, decapitations, nudity, a super cool ensemble for our killer, and a misogynistic & predatory professory to root against! In a year full of slashers, we see how this one ranks against the rest!
Plus in our pop-culture check-in, we talk Halloween movies, Beyond fest & more!
You've seen the poster hanging in your childhood video store, but have you seen the film? Ryan & Bee dive into the cult slasher, Pieces directed by Juan Piquer Simón. The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.
Plus in their pop culture check-in they discuss Ryan's birthday, the films Scare Me, The Strings, the Bill & Ted movies, The Babysitter & its new sequel, and Bee recommends her most recent reads, Fear Street: Party Games & The Family Upstairs!
As a group of teens trains for the upcoming Olympics, an insane murderer begins to inventively pick them off. Bee & Ryan look into this low budget slasher, full of confusing plot lines and full frontal nudity to figure out just how well it stacks against other slashers.
Plus in our pop culture check-in we discuss the new twilight book Midnight Sun, Amazon Prime's Get Duked, 90's horror including Body Bags & Stir of Echoes, Dave Franco's directorial debut The Rental, and more!
It's finally here, this week Bee & Ryan are tackling the iconic 1974 classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Directed by Tobe Hooper, this film changed the slasher genre forever. We go kill by kill to see how this film shaped the genre and where it ranks as a slasher.
Plus in our pop-culture check-in, we discuss Fantasia Fest, Nevada City Film Festival, the Netflix movie Work It, Wishmaster, erotic thrillers and more!
Innocence has never been deadlier. This week Bee & Ryan are joined by Molly Henry to discuss 2000's Cherry Falls.
This underrated Post-Scream slasher is both a twist on the genre and true to the formula. Listen to us dissect the kills one by one & say hymen more than we ever anticipated.
Plus in our pop-culture check-in we talk Ryan's move to LA, Bee's big job for Netflix, and a few movies we've managed to fit in.
What would you do to get your Dream Home? We find out what one woman is willing to do in this 2010 Hong Kong slasher. Brutal & unforgiving this is not a movie for the faint of heart.
Plus in our pop culture check-in we chat Ryan's big move, Hulu's Palm Springs, The Beach House & Relic.
Before there was A Nightmare on Elm Street there was Alone in the Dark! This week Bee & Ryan are joined by Brennan Klein as they go kill by kill to analyze this early slasher. Directed by Jack Sholder & produced by Bob Shaye, this 80's slasher follows a quartet of murderous psychopaths who break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
This is not a joke, we are in fact talking about 2008's April Fool's Day directed by The Butcher Brothers.
Wonky soundtracks, a group of aughts assholes and plenty of pranks, Ryan & Bee put it to the test to rank how this low budget remake works as a slasher.
This week we are talking about the "black sheep" of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Freddy's Revenge!
The film directed by Jack Sholder and starring Mark Patton & Robert Englund brings our favorite gloved killer back. Fred Krueger has new rules & even more kids on Elm Street to kill. We look to see how well this franchise entry hits the slasher tropes we know and love.
Plus in our pop culture check-in, we talk about Scream Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street, the 2019 documentary about actor Mark Patton's story of starring in Freddy's Revenge and how it has impacted his life until now.
One, two Freddy's coming for you. This week we dissect Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street, the slasher that forever changed the genre and created a pop culture icon. Listen as we gush about the importance of this film and its impact on the genre.
Plus in our pop culture check-in we chat Frozen II, Dumbo, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, The Room, Villians, The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek & HBO's Euphoria.
Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman..... this episode Ryan and Bee tackle the iconic 90's supernatural slasher.
We dive into the urban legend, themes of adultery, the Phillip Glass score, and whether the Candyman is more a haunted ghost story than a stalk and slash-er.
This week we dissect 1980's Maniac where a psychotic man with serious mommy issues stalks and slashes the attractive women of NYC.
We obsess over Tom Savini's special effects, marvel at the weird dialogue and dive into what this proto-slasher has to offer.
Plus in our pop culture check-in we talk divorce, Colorado, The Boy 2 & To All The Boys I've Loved Before.
In 1976 we were given Alice, Sweet Alice. Directed by Alfred Sole, a slasher before the slashers existed. We take a look at this iconic proto-slasher and look at how it helped shape the genre we love.
Plus in our pop culture check-in we talk Super Bowl and Birds of Prey.
Susan Jeremy, Valentine's Day, and a really weird hospital. This is all you need to know about 1981's Hospital Massacre. Follow along with us as we try and make sense of this bonkers 80's holiday slasher.
Plus in our pop culture check-in we discuss Zombieland 2, One Cut of the Dead, Ready or Not, Detective Pikachu & Bad Times at the El Royale.
Happy New Year! We are kicking off 2020 with a low budget winter slasher from 1988, Iced!
Iced is a soapy, formulaic slasher about a group of friends who find themselves invited to a new ski lodge only to be stalked and slashed. Plus in our pop culture check-in we discuss Underwater, the new Grudge, Scooby-Doo & Pokemon Sword.
Happy New Year's Eve!! It's time for my annual exhaustive breakdown of the best in movies, music, and TV! Let me know what you agree/disagree with! And I'm sure you'll disagree with a lot!
Merry Christmas! To celebrate the holidays we cover the newest Black Christmas flick. Directed by Sophia Takal, this Blumhouse produced remake takes the female empowerment messages of the original and amps them up to an extreme. One of the most divided we have been about a movie, so listen to hear our thoughts and where it lands on our ranking of slashers!
This week Bee & Ryan dive into their first Indian slasher with 2019's Game Over directed by Ashwin Saravanan. A film about trauma, death, survival and yes, video games.
This year, it's not the turkey being carved for Thanksgiving. This week we discuss 1981's Thanksgiving-inspired slasher Home Sweet Home, which involves a PCP maniac with a "Body by Jake" and a ranch full of horny men and women to create a mostly fun film despite the budget.
Plus in the pop culture check-in, we talk The Lighthouse, The Old Dark House,
Jerry Maguire, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Spy Who Dumped Me. Molly’s Game. The Impossible and Crawl.