It’s a Christmas miracle! Original co-host Shannon Cholakian has returned for one night only to help us review the 2007 French extremist flick INSIDE aka À L’INTÉRIEUR. Hey, it’s set on Christmas Eve…
Join us as we review the film, discuss how it’s not appropriate family viewing, having an oddly in depth conversation on feminist film, and try not to burn the bread we have in the oven. Merry Christmas everyone!
This week we’re going back into the annals of Mexican cinema history for 1968’s HASTA EL VIENTO TIENE MIEDO (EVEN THE WIND IS AFRAID)!
Join us as we review the film, attempt to show off our terrible Spanish, and discuss the long, arduous journey it took to get here.
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We’re back in action after a brief one week birthday break! It’s the second week of Mexican horror month and we’re exploring the feature debut of homegrown hero Guillermo del Toro, CRONOS! This 1993 vampire picture has every idea in the book and no idea how to wield them, but it’s awesome.
Join us as we discuss the film, sing excerpts from Grease, and shudder over how friggin’ gross this movie was!
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Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights theyoungcenter.org
For Sergio’s birthday, his present was actually being able to choose the movie! Of course, he chose the 2015 thriller SICARIO, because he has no idea what a horror film is.
Join us as we review the film, argue over Benicio del Toro’s morality, and discuss possible sequels. Also, stick around to listen to Sergio unwrap his SECOND birthday present!
Apologies in advance for not being able to access certain dialogue clips we reference in the episode. DMCA and all that.
For the first week of Mexican Horror month, we check out the 1975 nunsploitation (which is apparently a genre) movie SATÁNICO PANDEMONIUM!
Join us as we review the film, dissect yet another wonderful DVD synopsis, and struggle to remember the names of ANYBODY in the movie.
Warning: The discussion gets a little blue. If you’re listening with children, well, why did you even decide to do that in the first place?
If you donate to one of the following organizations, you will be able to choose a movie we review on the show!
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Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights theyoungcenter.org
From December to March (Brennan mistakenly said April, ignore him), we will be picking themes each month that put a spotlight on filmmakers who are part of marginalized or disenfranchised communities. This month we’re doing Mexican Horror, and it’s very exciting indeed.
If you donate to one of the following organizations, you will be able to choose a movie we review on the show!
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I Am Holding Your Hand zazzle.com/iamholdingyourhand
Border Angels borderangels.org
CHIRLA (Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles) chirla.org
Immigration Equality immigrationequality.org
National Immigration Forum immigrationforum.org
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights theyoungcenter.org
Let’s wave a quick and much-needed goodbye to Proto-Slasher month by ranking the four films we watched and playing a quick round of Six Degrees of Brooke Shields!
For the final week of proto-slasher month, we head back to 1979 for a little vacation in TOURIST TRAP!
Join us as we review the film, discuss what makes the perfect Thanksgiving movie, and discuss the mystical de-sexifying power of the bucket hat.
We’re three-quarters through proto-slasher month and things are finally getting interesting with 1976’s ALICE, SWEET ALICE!
Join us as we review the film, figure out why Brooke Shields is famous, and plead for listener Tristian to actually explain what the hell is going on.
For the second week of Proto-Slasher month, we fail to redeem ourselves very much with 1976’s THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN!
Join us as we review the film, fail at more American history, and learn the legend of Sparkplug!
For the first week of Proto-Slashers month, we explore the much ballyhooed WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, from 1979. Babysitters, beware!
Join us as we review the film, discuss ringtones and remakes, and realize that the part everybody remembers is only the first twenty minutes.
It’s time for month 3, y’all! This time, we’re headed back in time to witness the formation of one of Brennan’s favorite genres by exploring the proto-slashers of the 70’s! Thanks to listener Tristian for the idea!
Also, again, sorry for the audio malfunction. This is the last of the episodes recorded on that infamous night.
Happy Halloween, everybody! For this special holiday episode, we explore a secret bonus First Film, Rick Rosenthal’s directorial debut, 1981’s HALLOWEEN II. This is the second year, so it’s time for the second installment of John Carpenter’s slasher opus!
Join us as we review the film with special guest Patrick Hamilton of the Kill by Kill podcast! It’s a fascinating discussion that touches upon classic slashers of yore, Halloween urban legends, and a discussion of how we would most like Michael Myers to kill us!
It’s time to say farewell to First Films Month, but first let’s recap what we’ve learned over the past 30 days!
Also, we get to hear about YOUR favorite scary movies and have a super special secret chat with the good folks from Reply All.
Also, apologies for the audio quality once again. This was recorded on the same night as the previous episode, when our equipment went on strike.
In this very special episode of First Films month, we explore five short films that either were expanded into horror features or earned their directors enough creed to get their own movie:
“Panic Attack” Fede Alvarez
“Mamá” Andrés Muschietti
“Lights Out” David F. Sandberg
“Saw” James Wan
“The Monster” Jennifer Kent
Apologies for the audio being swimmy this episode (and in the outro to follow). We had technical difficulties. Thanks for bearing with us for this super fun episode!
This week we take to the movie theater aisles once more for OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL!
Join us as we review the film and find out if our planchettes point to “YES” or “NO” for Mike Flanagan’s latest outing. But don’t touch it in the living room.
This week, our First Film comes from the back catalogues of superstar director/box office devourer James Cameron circa 1981: PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING.
Join us as we review the film, assess its place in Cameron’s filmography (spoiler alert: it’s low), and learn more misinformation about American history!
Apologies for the sound quality on the dialogue clips. Finding a good quality copy of this movie is like trying to find the most perfectly shaped turd. Some might be better, but they’re all still turds.
Our second first film of the month belongs to James Gunn, auteur of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. In this episode we explore his 2006 directorial debut SLITHER!
Join us as we review the film, learn about worms, hear Brennan’s rant about method acting, and teach Sergio about movies he’s already seen but apparently forgot every detail of!
For this super special bonus episode, we discuss the 2016 remake of GHOSTBUSTERS, which is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD.
Join us as we discuss the movie’s undeserved controversy, try to imagine a better future for ourselves, learn about the secret life of Charles Lindbergh, and - oh yeah - review the movie.
It’s the first week of First Films month and we’re starting with the big guns. Did you know filmmaking giant Steven Spielberg cut his teeth on a TV movie thriller in 1971? That’s right, in this episode we’re hitting the road and watching DUEL.
Join us as we review the film, discuss our vague memories of American history, and talk roadside safety and/or proper sandwich ordering.