SlashU Podcast

SlashU is back to our regularly scheduled syllabus.  This week we watched Island of Blood from 1982.  Available for free on Tubi with a couple short ads mixed in.  The cast for a low-budget movie goes to an island to shoot.  But there's a killer among them, he's got a whole bunch of tape recorders, all playing the same catchy (annoying) song.  And he's killing people accor...

We're back with the start of Season 3 of SlashU.  After taking a short hiatus so co-host Andy could get married, we're back with an episode jam-packed with questions submitted by our students.  Get to know a little bit more about your co-hosts, their history, their points of view on important issues like toilet paper, and all kinds of good stuff.  We resume our regular curriculum next week with a...

With co-host Andy getting married we couldn't record a regular episode for this week.  But fear not!  The content must go on for our students!  We're giving you a mini-episode of SlashU Xtra Credit.  We brought on the ladies in our lives Jodie and Cheryl and all four of us talked about Army of the Dead.  It's a two-and-a-half hour zombie action thriller on Netflix, brought...

This week we dive into a classic slasher story of heartbreak and revenge.  Our killer is "The Prowler" from 1981.  When a vet from WWII gets his heart broken via a "Dear John" letter, he gets his revenge at a local dance celebration and two people end up dead.  Thirty-five years later, the dance has been reinstated and this time it's a celebration for graduation from the local colle...

Happy Memorial Day here in the U.S.A.  Today we honor and remember those who paid the ultimate price in service to this country.  And even though it's a holiday, we still have a fresh SlashU episode to share with all of you students.  This week we kept our running theme of movies with "blood" in the title with Blood Theater from 1984.  This one is about as campy as they can get...

This week we head to Sweden!  It's a movie that's supposed to take place in Colorado, but was shot in Sweden with a Swedish director and some bad dubbing over the dialogue.  Blood Tracks.  When a film crew goes up a mountain to shoot for their rock music video, they decide to use an old condemned factory as a spot for some footage.  However, there's a family of hermits living t...

This week's movie took us all the way up to the Northwoods of Wisconsin.  We took a deep dive into Blood Hook from 1986.  Someone is killing people around the local Musky Madness fishing tournament by hooking them and dragging them into the water with a giant fishing lure.  Who is it?  Why are they doing it?  We'll tell you all about it today.  This was a movie with a...

This week we jumped into our PJ's, braided hair, and gossiped about boys and this slasher classic.  It's The Slumber Party Massacre from 1982.  Trish and her friends have a slumber party while her parents are out of town.  But unfortunately Russ Thorn, the escaped killer, has decided to grab a big drill and go on a killing spree in their neighborhood.  This movie had some great...

This week we're diving into a classic slasher recommended to us by one of our loyal Instagram followers @tales_from_the_blackside.  Thanks for the great recommendation John!  It's "The Burning" from 1981.  When some kids at Camp Blackfoot play a prank on old Cropsey the caretaker, it goes horribly wrong.  I mean...could it go any other way?  Cropsey ends up terribly burned...

Nick and Andy take a shot at a hot topic and discuss current events in this "break from the norm" episode of SlashU.  Just kidding!  We actually watched a slasher movie like we do every week.  Could you imagine if we just sat and discussed current events?  No thanks.  Anyway...when someone dressed as a police officer starts murdering innocent people, it's up to Detective Frank McCrae to try and so...

Four college girls on a road trip get stuck in rural Georgia.  One of them witnesses a murder, and it just so happens it was committed by the local sheriff!  Now it's a race to get away before the sheriff can silence the girls in order to get away with his crime.  Will they be the next to end up in a.... Shallow Grave?  This week we discuss Shallow Grave from 1987.  It was...

This week we continue our travels to the Motel Hell from 1980, a place where the guests are just dying to stay.  Haha!  See what we did there? The movie centers around Farmer Vincent and his sister Ida who run the Motel.  Together, Vincent and Ida have a booming smoked meats business.  But they use a secret ingredient to make the meats delicious.  It's humans.  We wer...

We jump back to the 70's this week with a look at a movie that's right on the beginning edge of our usual 1977-1988 preferred time frame.  This one's a great watch if you're just looking for a slasher movie that doesn't require a lot of thinking....I mean, not like any of them really require a lot of thinking.  There's even some good comedy sprinkled in to give you a chuckle.  It's...

This week we took a vacation to rural Arkansas to the Mountaintop Motel where our hostess Evelyn is not entirely stable.  After accidentally killing her daughter Lorie (or Lori, or Lorri), Evelyn snaps and massacres several other guests staying at the Mountaintop Motel during a thunderstorm.  Join us for all the campy fun where we mourn characters like Melvin Crenshaw, and praise charact...

In sticking with our "takes place in and around a school" theme this month we watched The House on Sorority Row from 1982.  The girls of Pi Theta Sorority just graduated and they want to throw one last big party at the house.  But their House Mother, Mrs. Slater, says absolutely not.  She always closes the house on June 19th and beyond for unknown reasons linked to a tragedy that happened to her 2...

It's a revenge story this week as we spoil Slaughter High from 1986.  Made in England, with English actors, and we of course set out to offend with our worst English accents.  The movie revolves around poor nerd Marty who was picked on in high school and left scarred by a prank that went too far.  Now at their 10 year class reunion, the kids who picked on Marty are targets for his revenge.  Or are...

We apologize in advance for Nick’s mic, you can still hear him fine but we’re working on it. Not professionals over here. It’s Graduation Day, from 1981. When one of the track team stars sadly dies after pushing herself too hard on the 200 meter sprint, a killer starts coming after the other members of the team. Who is it, and why? Also Nick and Andy declare their right to do whatever they want be...

In a small Northern California town a terrifying axe murderer wearing a bleach-white mask is going around killing people. Why? We don’t know. Who is it? We find out. This was an easy watch. Check out Edge of the Axe and listen to us discuss and educate you. It’s a classic from 1988 and we had some fun with it. Follow us on Instagram @SlashU_Podcast, facebook.com/SlashUPodcast and www. SlashUPodcas...

The owners of the Walnut Lake Market have decided to close their doors and sell the store. But they need the overnight stock crew to mark down everything one last time for a big sale. Too bad there’s an unwelcome guest in the store going around murdering the crew. It’s “Intruder” from 1989. This one came to us as a suggestion from a listener and boy did he give us a good one! There are some excell...

On a very special holiday episode of SlashU; curl up with the one you love and listen to us discuss this classic flick from 1981. When the small town of Valentines Bluff is terrorized by a murderer they thought was gone 20 years ago, the Valentine’s Day Dance (and all their lives) are put in jeopardy. We put on our best Canadian accents for this one friends. Check out My Bloody Valentine available...

We’re back and just as adequate as ever in our Season 2 premier. This week we dissect New Year’s Evil from 1980. A mysterious (not really) caller to a radio/TV show says he’s going to kill people across each of America’s different time zones as they hit midnight. He records the kills with something called a cassette tape recorder. Remember those? Anyway, we’re off to a powerful start to our 2nd Sl...

Friends it’s our 20th episode, and we’re celebrating with a roundup of all our movies so far. Join us in the first half for a quick review of all the movies we’ve watched up until this recording. In the second half we hand out some Slashy Awards for various categories that are completely legitimate and approved by the Academy. Not kidding at all, haha! We also went Live on Instagram during that se...

It’s our festive Christmas episode. This week’s movie is like so many other holiday classics where a kid suffering from a lifetime of PTSD finally snaps and goes on a killing spree dressed as Santa. You know, that ol’ chestnut of a plot line roasting on an open fire. Anyway, it’s a great twisted way to celebrate Christmas with your loved ones. Join us on Instagram at SlashU_Podcast and www. Facebo...

In this movie we think it’s Halloween because everyone has costumes on. And four pledges for the local Fraternity/Sorority have to spend the night in (haunted?) Garth Manor. Oh, and there are two killers but we’re not sure who the second one is, the movie doesn’t really explain it. Despite all the confusion, we’ve still got a pretty easy movie to follow this week. Take a listen, like, subscribe, a...

Friends, we are a podcast discussing campy Slasher/Horror movies. So when the movie we watched for this week is called Pieces, I think you can “piece” together the kinds of things that happen in the plot. Needless to say it involves a chainsaw, a college campus, and a Lieutenant on the case with a dreamy voice and lustrous head of hair. From 1982, it’s Pieces. Not suitable for all audiences. Check...