2 Guys And A Chainsaw - A Horror Movie Review Podcast

Like many of the critics before us, we felt this movie was uneven enough to prevent us from giving it the full stamp of approval. However, it manages to be bloody entertaining at times, simply by going where few dare to tread.

This paint-by-numbers haunted insane asylum story is far from "insanely horrifying," but it's not the worst film we've seen, by any stretch of the imagination.

This turkey - one of his few horror films - has to be one of the absolute best so-bad-it's-good horror flops. Once you're done hearing us riff on it, head over to Netflix for the MST3K episode.

This Spanish-language film takes place in a Barcelona apartment building, as a television producer gets trapped in a quarantine situation with a deadly outbreak. Todd usually doesn't like this sort of thing, but he enjoyed this film.

Ah, where to begin with this one? Scary it is not, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more wacky or off-putting film in all of cinema. We wish we could say we were taken in by its charms, but some rather disgusting antics in this movie turned our stomachs more than mere goriness ever could.

By the end, we were unexpectedly touched by this dated but unique "killer baby" movie.

This slow burn creep-fest really got under our skin and we enjoyed discussing its many nuances.

Who knew there was such a market for mediocre killer puppet movies?

We're both happy to discuss this Mario Bava giallo flick, which turned out to be the granddaddy of the slasher genre that came to prominence a decade later in the 80's. Yes, the plot is convoluted. But at least there IS a plot. Listen as we attempt to unravel it.

This Roger Corman-produced Alien-ripoff also happened to send a young James Cameron on his way to film stardom. It's hard to deny the strong resemblance between this film and Aliens, which he would later write and direct. Thanks, Ryan, for the suggestion!

Thank you, Mr. DeCouteau, for your tireless efforts at making movies that people want to watch.

Loyal listener Jordyn picked this week's movie, so we invited her along to discuss with us the utterly disturbing 2012 film, Sinister, starring Ethan Hawke.

Not many people outside the die-hard horror circles have even heard of George Romero's vampire tale, Martin. Sometime between Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, he made a few movies that failed to connect with a large audience. This would be one of them.

Our good friend and self-professed Jeff Goldblum fanatic, Simone, joins us on an adventure into sadness and absolutely disgusting makeup effects.

Our tribute episode to the late, great Bill Paxton, who puts a chilling yet lovable turn on the classic vampire-biker-western genre.

So it's a bit goofy and dated, but where else can you see The Greatest American Hero as a popular novelist and PTSD-afflicted Vietnam War vet wresting his son back from his aunt's evil house? Nowhere else, my friends. Nowhere else.

Although we are clearly not the target audience for this film, we did find some redeeming qualities in this otherwise missable flick. Plus you get to hear two white guys stumbling over themselves to remain objective about subjects with which they have little to no experience.

Simon Pegg's debut to American audiences fires on all cylinders as a rollicking comedy. Yet it's the strong characters and heart that elevates this far above most of the other horror comedies we've reviewed thus far.

This directorial debut by horror legend Dario Argento also happens to be both his first and perhaps most accessible feature film - so popular in Italy that it played at a single theater in Milan for several years.

It's a bleak story, but we both seemed to like it a lot better on the second go-round. Listen to also discover how it compares with the Japanese original. Shout out to loyal listener, Jordan, for this week's request. Thank you!

We both found plenty to laugh at in this Naked Gun-style send-up of pre-1982 horror films.

The three of us enjoyed chatting about this "Goonies for horror fans," delivered like a time capsule from the 1980's. We kinda wonder why it isn't more popular today.

Both of us were surprised at how we viewed Hostel through the lens of about 10 years. Craig didn't care for it as much, while Todd gained a new appreciation.

Neither of us can figure out how this shocker escaped our notice all these years. All we can say is, better late than never. Whatever you do, save yourself the surprise ending by not reading anything online about this before you see it.

Brought to you by the Globus-Golan team of schlocksters behind the late Cannon Films production powerhouse, we can't even say it's more than mildly interesting. But we did have a lot of fun talking about just how bad it is. So it's in this spirit that we lift up this first podcast as a toast to 2017 - hoping that you'll stay safe and avoid EEEEVIIIIIL as you ring in the new year.