Horror Movie Talk

We watched Constantine on HBO Max and I realized that I had a bunch of unfounded ill-will toward this movie, which is pretty good.

Crimes of the Future is a story about the far flung future, where the earth has succumb to environmental havoc wreaked on it by the human race. Humanity has been treated with pain-killers for so long that the concept of physical pain is novel. Our protagonists are Saul Tensor (Viggo Mortensen) and Caprice (Léa Seydoux), who’s art is performative surgery that seems to be extremely sexual in nature.

Men is an interesting movie and the third full length feature film that writer, director Alex Garland has made. Because it was made by a man, I feel comfortable saying that its pretty accurate. Although, it’s somewhat problematic that Garland assumes to know what the female perspective is, which could be said to be his inherent male privilege shining through.

Without question, this is one of the most depraved movies I’ve ever seen in terms of dialog. The violence is absolutely absurd and over-the-top. The themes are disgusting, and are meant to cast a light on the absurdities of politicizing a major health concern such as a pandemic. I heard a little bit about The Sadness before I watched it, enough to brace myself, which was good because I don’t think...

We watched The Wailing on Shudder.com and found out just how badly a well meaning dad can fuck up his entire family. A lesson I learned long ago.

Willow Creek is a found footage film focused on bigfoot enthusiast and documentarian Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore). Jim and Kelly are visiting Willow Creek, and the site of the original bigfoot footage shoot, the Patterson-Gimlin film shoot. Jim has been a passionate Bigfoot believer his whole life and is super-excited to make this documentary that allows him to pay...

The Possession of Hannah Grace does the smart move and doesn't make itself a carbon copy of all The Exorcist copycats. This is an interesting twist on the demon possession sub genre and is well crafted enough to overcome its repetitiveness.

We watched the wildly popular and controversial new film on Netflix, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and were shocked by the amount of home renovation involved in this iteration of the classic slasher franchise. * (2:24) - Intro* (7:45) - Synopsis* (8:51) - Review* (13:15) - Score* (18:40) - Spoilers* (1:11:10) - Which Killer Wins? @dgoebel00 on Instagram provided this amazing artwork. Follow him and che...

Drag Me To Hell brings Sam Raimi back to what he does best. Over the top, tongue in cheek horror. If you haven't seen this one, you should. * (1:20) - Intro* (4:24) - Trailer* (7:01) - Synopsis* (8:22) - Review* (12:15) - Score* (20:59) - Spoilers* (1:06:35) - Horror Movie Whooores Synopsis Drag Me To Hell, Directed by Sami Raimi, and starring Alison Lohman and the Mac guy, follows Christine Brown...

We watched 13 Ghosts on HBOMAX and it was exactly what I thought it would be, which is Ghost Ship meets Event Horizon with a side order of Wrong Turn. * (0:55) - Intro* (6:45) -Synopsis* (8:00) -Review* (11:40) -Score* (18:40) -Spoilers* (48:45) - Final Recommendations* (52:15) - Bad Reviews for Good Movies @dgoebel00 on Instagram provided this amazing artwork. Follow him and check out his website...

The Silence of the Lambs is known and memed today, over 30 years after it's release. There is a reason for that, it's one of the best movies ever made. * (1:37) - Intro* (6:37) - Trailer* (9:26) - Synopsis* (10:03) - Review* (21:56) - Spoilers* (1:07:24) - Horror Movie Whooores Synopsis The Silence of the Lambs stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee tasked with interviewing a psych...

We went and saw Scream and it was pretty much exactly what I figured it would be. @dgoebel00 on Instagram provided this amazing artwork. Follow him and check out his website. * (9:15) -Synopsis* (10:00) -Review* (14:00) -Score* (24:00) -Spoilers* (1:10:20) - A Letter from Jess https://youtu.be/-TfkyBWEoWY Synopsis Scream is a story about a movie about a movie. A young girl get’s called on the phon...

This hostel is so... hostile! This week we review Hostel, Eli Roth's torture-porn masterpiece. * (1:37) - Intro* (10:07) - Synopsis* (10:52) - Review* (21:30) - Score Synopsis College school student Josh is a good student and nice guy - albeit a little predictable. He is unceremoniously dumped by his whorish girlfriend. Among the people he turns to in his hour of despair is his Icelandic pal, Oli...

We watched Dawn of the Dead (2004) on Amazon because our Patrons told us to and I was not disappointed in the least. * (1:34) - Intro* (7:40) - Trailer* (9:43) - Synopsis* (10:45) - Review* (18:00) - Score* (28:00) - Spoilers* (1:09:45) - Hotline An Advice Podcast* (1:12:00) - Spotify Deal Talk https://youtu.be/j69OPw9nFHw Synopsis A nurse, policeman, young married couple, and a salesman walks int...