A hidden chapter of Camp Redwood is revealed. The survivors help a stranded hitchhiker.
The story continues to unravel and we learn the real origin of Camp Redwood! Bee & Ryan eat up this new reveal and what it means for the rest of the show.
In our newest episode, we chat about the Jason Blum & Ryan Murphy produced sequel The Town That Dreaded Sundown. This beautiful but mostly unseen film takes the original true crime proto-slasher it is based on and turns it into a full-blown slasher. Graphic & violent kills, small-town mentalities, and a complicated final girl give us a lot to dissect.
Plus in our Pop Culture check-in we talk this year's Halloween costumes, Paranorman, Halloweentown, Living With Myself, I Feel Pretty, Sweetheart & Lake Mungo
With the horrors of the night behind them the survivors deal with the fallout of their choices.
After last week's "conclusion" of the 1984 storyline AHS goes to the future, well, 1989 that is. Here you will find out the odd places each character has landed themselves in, including baller 80's mansions and the Radio Shack/Blockbuster mashup VideoShack. Ryan & Bee laugh about facial hair, discuss character arcs and get their predictions ready for the final two episodes.
As twilight broaches, the survivors brace for a final brawl.
Episode five brings a conclusion to our first big story arch, but we still have lots of questions! We discuss this transition episode and what's to come.
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.
Mr. Jingles closes in on the one who got away as the counselors rally to escape Camp Redwood.
In this episode, Ryan gets validation when one of his predictions from last week comes true. Then they dive into the nature vs nurture argument, talk their discomfort with the Night Stalkers likeability, finally see the killers come head to head in battle and watch some of their favorite tropes show up.
Imitation is the best form of tragedy. Coming clean can be pretty messy.
It's the third episode of American Horror Story: 1984 and the twists have arrived! We finally get to know some of our characters besides Brooke & Margaret, Mr. Jingles continues his slashing and we make our boldest predictions yet.
This week Bee & Ryan tackle one of the aught slasher remakes, 2009's Sorority Row directed by Stewart Hendler and starring Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumor Willis, Carrie Fisher and a slew of other people you will recognize.
They go kill by kill and talk themes of sisterhood, the unique ways a lug wrench can be used to kill someone and the clever nods to the original.
Plus in their pop culture check-in they talk about the tv shows Unbelievable & On Becoming a God In Central Florida as well as genre films 3 From Hell & Bliss.
Darkness descends upon the camp. Although it's lights out, evil has no curfew.
Episode 2 of the slasher themed season of American Horror Story kicks it up a notch and we are here for it! Bee & Ryan go over the crew, cast, plot and then go kill by kill to examine this episode. Then they discuss their predictions for the season to come.
In the summer of 1984, five friends escape Los Angeles to work as counselors at Camp Redwood. As they adjust to their new jobs, they quickly learn that the only thing scarier than campfire tales is the past coming to haunt you.
American Horror Story is back for season 9 and this year they've embraced the 80's slasher. In this first episode, Bee & Ryan dive into the characters and go kill by kill to examine the plot. They identify some of their favorite slasher tropes already used and hypothesize what's to come!
Ryan and Bee celebrate back to school with one of the original college teen screams, 1983's House on Sorority Row. This whodunnit is a beautifully filmed slasher complete with sorority girls, a prank gone wrong and a den mother with a mysterious past. Plus in their pop culture check-in they talk Hustlers, It: Chapter 2, and The Eyes of my Mother.
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."
How well does The Final Girls (2015) succeed at being a slasher? That's what we are here to find out! We tackle this meta flick from Todd Strauss-Schulson in this weeks episode. We go over every aspect of the movie, the movie within the movie, all the amazing easter eggs and what makes this meta slasher different from others in the genre.
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)
This week Ryan and Bee tackle the 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. They dissect the film and analyze what makes this sequel so lackluster, and frankly, bad. We will give you a hint: it's missing Kevin Williamson.
We head back to Crystal Lake this week with Friday the 13th Part 2 from 1981! We compare and contrast the film from the original, discuss the questionable lingerie choices of our cast, discuss the importance of Jason as a character and what a badass final girl Ginny is.
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.
Bee has done a TV binge on two vastly different networks and Ryan covered a variety of films, ranging from children's movie to classic ghost story. Then, they dive into FALL BREAK! Wait, we mean...THE MUTILATOR!
Back from our break that you didn't even know about, Bee and Ryan have shared a few movies, including the biggest movie EVER (probably) Avengers: Endgame and the cute Netflix original Someone Great. Plus, some sick ass disco as we cover Prom Night and Liam's first podcasting appearance!