Blood and Black Rum Podcast - A Cult Film / Horror Podcast

We're tackling a different kind of film today during our Halloween celebration. WNUF Halloween Special is a film near and dear to a lot of people's hearts thanks to its very nostalgic presentation of TV from yesteryear, mimicking news broadcasts, live Halloween shenanigans akin to Ghostwatch , and a near endless supply of spot-on commercials. We try to talk about this movie in three parts...

Continuing our slate of Halloween episodes, we take a look at the gory practical-effects laden horror film Terrifier from 2016. Prior to the hubbub over Terrifier 2 , Damien Leone's slasher flick starring Art the Clown came and went with little fanfare. Here we talk about the relative lack of a plot, the torture porn elements and how they mesh with the film's admittedly sinister opening se...

On this edition of Halloweenies II, we're diving into a nostalgic classic that neither of us has seen in decades: Ernest Scared Stupid ! While there's no arguing the film isn't that great, the Halloween atmosphere and lovable nature of Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) means that there are definitely some endearing qualities in this decidedly dumb movie. We talk about the many faces of Er...

Welcome back to another year of our Halloween specials! This time around, we're covering more movies that actually take place on or around Halloween. First up is The Houses October Built , a found-footage film about a group of documentarians trying to find the most extreme haunt possible. We talk about the use of the word "haunt" in the industry, the creepy factor of the movie, how w...

For our last episode of this year's Red Hot '80s Action Summer, we're taking a look at George Miller's iconic film The Road Warrior (or Mad Max 2 ), a full-throttle action film which set the precedent for post-apocalyptic wasteland thrillers. The stunts, crashes, and fuel-guzzling chase sequences are a wonder, and we talk about all of these in detail as well as this as a precursor...

More summer, more action with this episode of Red Hot '80s Action Summer in which we return to Chuck Norris' jingoistic movies about war. This time we're looking at The Delta Force , a sometimes comical take on a real plane hijacking by Palestinians in 1985. Of course, it wouldn't be a Chuck film without shooting, missiles, and a lot of ridiculous music. We talk about the length of...

Sorry for the late episode! Red Hot '80s Action Summer continues with a look at the sequel to Jackie Chan's fantastic Police Story , and this time, there's a bomb! Sorry - I should say multiple bombs, since this movie is basically a barebones plot about extortion with bombers without much motive. We talk about the lack of an engaging plot, the stuntwork that is a little less exciting t...

Red Hot '80s Action Summer is back, and this time we're back to duty with a look at Arnold Schwarzenegger's classic 1985 flick Commando ! In true action movie fashion, Schwarzenegger's character has his daughter kidnapped by communists and he's got to get her back! We talk about the film's fast-paced construction, the ridiculous stunts throughout, the generic massive gunfig...

In true Blood and Black Rum fashion, we dive into some '90s nostalgia with an episode centered on the 1995 film Clueless . A precursor to Mean Girls , this film hits mostly the right notes of a fun high school flick, and we talk about the many big-name actors, the similarities and differences to other '90s rich-person flicks like Cruel Intentions , the stuffed musical score, and a whole lo...

It's not quite time for the creepy season yet, but we wanted to get a jumpstart (and a jump scare) with 2016's The Autopsy of Jane Doe , which is a movie that packs a wallop with a nude body that doesn't actually do anything and yet still maintains its eerieness. We talk about Andre Ovredal's atmosphere throughout, the clinical way that this film picks apart the dead, the supernatu...

To end our KaiJune festivities, we turn to a remake of a classic '50s American horror film that, in our eyes, crosses over in similarity to traditional kaiju films. The Blob is revitalized in this violent, practical effects-laden movie about teenagers attempting to stop a giant monstrosity that continues to grow as it feeds on townspeople, and here we talk about the large cast, the excellent T...

For this episode of KaiJune, we wanted to cover something a little different and outside of the usual definition of a kaiju film. So we're tackling one of the staples of the Nuclear '50s with Them! , about giant killer ants in the New Mexico desert. Here we discuss the effects, the immediacy of the film's plotting, the colorful cast of the film, the Red Scare elements throughout, and a...

We continue our coverage of KaiJune with a look at Guillermo del Toro's anime-influenced Pacific Rim , a combination of Godzilla-esque kaiju monsters and Neon Genesis Evangelion type mecha battles. We talk about the obvious use of CGI, the film's everyman main character, the length of the movie, the variation of these new kaiju aliens, and a whole lot more. We're also drinking Busch Li...

Our second foray into giant monster movies finds us jumping to the Heisei era for the rebirth of Gamera in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe , 15 years after the end of the original series. Here we find Gamera fighting Gyaos yet again but with all new backstory and science fiction mumbo jumbo; we talk about the film's penchant for delivering a lot of science talk, its lackluster special effects...

We start our celebration of kaiju films from the very beginning, with the 1954 Godzilla from director Ishiro Honda. We discuss the film's merits and also some criticisms of the loose narrative structure; we also talk about the film's origins after World War II, its direct associations with nuclear bombings, the use (and confusing science behind) the Oxygen Destroyer, and a lot more! We&#39...

We're doing a double-feature of Ari Aster flicks, and the one we're starting with is 2019's Midsommar ! This folk horror tale about a bad breakup is surely inspired by The Wicker Man , but Aster goes above and beyond with a sprawling tale or cultural rituals that draws from historical fact. We talk about the film's pacing, its metaphors on grief and empathy, the realistic gore, and...

The weather's getting hotter and that means we're covering some sultry stuff on the show. We're tackling a '90s/'00s nostalgia trip with Cruel Intentions ; if you grew up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Dawson's Creek , you most likely have in some way been impacted by the sexy trashiness that is this movie. We're talking the burn book plot devices, Ryan Philippe's...

We'll come right out and say it - we weren't huge fans of Evil Dead Rise . In this episode, we attempt to document exactly why it didn't work for us. We know we seem to be in the minority here, but there were just some things that didn't fit, even besides the fact that this film really only feels like an Evil Dead movie in name alone. We talk about the gore, the lack of character r...

We're a little late to Robert Eggers' 2019 opus The Lighthouse , but after watching it we both became instant fans of this psychological thriller/lonely men drama about two lighthouse keepers stuck on an island with potential supernatural elements. We talk about the various themes and interpretations you can come away with after watching the movie, the excellent performances from Robert Pa...

For this episode, we're talking about Sam Peckinpah's notorious classic psychological thriller Straw Dogs ! Dustin Hoffman and Susan George star as a couple terrorized in Cornwall after they find out the locals are just as prone to violence as Americans. We talk about the themes, that r* scene that got the film an X rating, what Peckinpah means by the film's conclusion, and a lot more....

We ventured out to theaters as Courteney Cox requested to see Scream VI and we have some opinions. If you remember from our episode on Scream (5), we were a bit mixed on how we felt about that one and we're pretty much the same on this one too. There are some hits, some misses, and we talk about a lot of plot holes throughout. Also - why is Danny in this movie? We're drinking Thin Man Brewery/Repl...

We're late on Black History Month but that's no reason to skip a blaxploitation movie. This time we're talking 1971's Shaft starring Richard Roundtree as the titular hero. We talk the black hero of blaxploitation, the film's significance, the Isaac Hayes soundtrack, groovy boobs, and a whole lot more! We're also drinking Yuengling's Hershey's Porter! Approximate timeline 0:00-10:00 Intro 10:00-18:...

We're doing a poliziotteschi for our new episode, a genre we have never done before. This time we're taking on Umberto Lenzi's Almost Human (AKA The Executioner , The Death Dealer , Milan Hates ), which was recently released on Blu-ray by Severin Films. We talk about the film's vigilante politics, its focus on a sociopathic criminal, the Ennio Morricone soundtrack, and a lot more! We're also drink...

If it seems like deja vu, that's because Groundhog Day was last week and we missed our chance to get this episode up. However, in the spirit of the film, we're doing it now - and you'll like it! Here we talk about the seasonal seminal favorite Bill Murray movie that set into motion all of the other "reliving the same day" movies; we discuss the gaslighting going on in this movie, its classificatio...

We said we were doing a giallo, and we were semi-faithful; while Dario Argento's Inferno isn't technically a giallo, it does have facets of one. We talk about this sequel to Suspiria and find new enjoyment in accepting the movie for what it is - a different take on the Three Mothers, with a unique approach to the subject matter that drives more into the dream-like than reality. We're discussing th...