#68: NIGHT SCHOOL (1981)

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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!

#67: PIECES (1982)

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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!

#66: FATAL GAMES (1984)

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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!

#62: ALONE IN THE DARK (1982)

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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.

#60: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE (1985)

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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.

#59: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)

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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.

#57: MANIAC (1980)

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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.

#50: HOME SWEET HOME (1981)

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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.

#45: CHEERLEADER CAMP (1988)

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Bee & Ryan go to camp this week, Cheerleader Camp that is. Listen as they discuss this Leif Garret staring slasher that has some awesome surrealist dream sequences, decent kills, a final girl gone "crazy" & plenty of misogynistic themes to dive into.

PLUS they talk Nevada City Film Fest, Satanic Panic, 90's thrillers, & Magic Mike in their Pop Culture Check-In."

#43: THE CARPENTER (1988) w/ Aaron Dries & Brennan Klein

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This week Ryan & Bee are joined by Aaron Dries & Brennan Klein for a very special episode dissecting 1988's The Carpenter. This Wings Hauser led Canadian slasher has a lot more to unpack than you would think and our hosts really dive into it. We talk kills, quirky dialogue, character motives, and even who we would cast if we remade the film. (Somebody, please, pay us to remake this film)

#40: FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)

Ryan and Bee are back after a small break and in a big way. Before the pop culture check in, they break down some new and exciting news, both personal and podcast wise. During the check in, Ryan has seen some new theatrical releases, both genre and not, while Bee takes a trip back through her visit into the Child's Play franchise and both saw a new Netflix release. Finally, a full blown dig into one of the most decorated and celebrated slashers of all time, Friday the 13th.

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