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!
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.
Not Everyone Who Comes to This Lover's Lane Has the Same Thing on Their Mind.
1976's The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a proto-slasher that creates a stunning killer in it's Phantom but loses its suspense on slapstick comedy bits. We dive into those elements and go kill by kill to discuss how this film influenced the slasher genre.
Plus in our pop culture check-in, we talk family-friendly Halloween movies like Halloweentown & Coraline, then we dive into Waxwork, In the Tall Grass,
The Furies, and oddly enough Failure to Launch.
Ryan and Bee are back with another giallo, but first, a big life update. They also dive into more cheesy and non-cheesy action flicks, Captain Marvel, some bubblegum pop renaissance before finally breaking open their first look at Argento with Deep Red.
Kicking off their Black Christmas month, Bee and Ryan watched like a billion movies this week. Sorry guys, we know, it's a huge pop culture check in. At least we talk about Twilight. WHAT?! OH FUCK YEAH WE DO. Then we move on to the protoslasher classic, Bob Clark's BLACK CHRISTMAS.
WE HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER. We also talk about the King himself (Stephen, of course), a hometown film, and perhaps one of the most influential films to permeate the slasher genre in history: BAY OF BLOOD.