The Cherry Picker

🎀 Here we are, Eddie's final episode as co-host! This week is also our Patreon's choice episode for the month, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? has emerged victorious. Join us as we say goodbye to Eddie and have some fun fan-casting feuding duos to star in a hypothetical Baby Jane remake.  Also, as always, we've picked out the most loathsome characters from the film, so join us...

🦅 Released 15 years ago, My Soul to Take was Wes Craven's second to last film, and one that is notoriously maligned. But is it that bad...? Well, you will have to hear what we say about it, because this is one of those movies where the conversation surprised us. Also, as always, we've picked out the most loathsome characters from the film, so join us at the end of the episode in voting...

❄️ Just three episodes left for Eddie, so we are wrapping up another long-covered franchise this week. Cult of Chucky was the last feature film in the official Chucky franchise (before he went over to television), and we have some very opposing thoughts on the movie. We also have our franchise rankings, so there's lots of spicy takes to be had in this episode. Also, as always, we've pick...

🦖 With this being Eddie's last month co-hosting the podcast, we wanted to finish off one of his favorite franchises that we have been covering... I mean, technically, we haven't covered the remake yet, but The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise would not be complete without Wes Craven's super meta, high concept sequel, which also happens to be the concluding chapter in what we lovin...

🔟 For this month's Patreon's Choice episode, we are sifting through the 21st century (2001-Present) to pick out our top 10 horror movies. This episode will include Zack's list, Eddie's list... and just because we like some variety, we will also be looking at Letterboxd's Top 10 Most Popular horror movies, as well as the Top 10 Highest Rated. Be sure to vote on the Cherry...

🦃 We love slashers here at The Cherry Picker, and with the holiday right around the corner, we figured it was a good time to visit a newer entry in the genre with Eli Roth's Thanksgiving. In this episode we will discuss the original "Grindhouse" trailer that started it all, and how it evolved into a feature film 16 years later. This is a fun episode, because Thanksgiving is a movie...

🛍️ Reaching way back to the early 90s with this one! Before it was a hit television series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy was a wacky offbeat movie which was heavily meddled, resulting in a tonally different version which flopped hard, but has since become a cult classic. Join us as we mine the comedy gold, and draw comparisons to what the series would eventually become. Also, as always, we...

🥣 It’s been a while since we’ve talked about Chucky, so we’re starting to make our way through the last few entries of the franchise. Also, Eddie has an announcement to make, so make sure not to miss this one. Also, as always, we've picked out the most loathsome characters from the film, so join us at the end of the episode in voting for which one was the most deserving to die.    If you wou...

🍭 Happy Halloween, folks!!! This month's Patreon's Choice movie is the anthology film, Trick 'r Treat. Eddie is off this week, so we brought in special-ghost, Tim, to chat about the movie, as well as the the new I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, and the SCREAM franchise. Also, as always, we've picked out the most loathsome characters from the film, so join us at the end of the...

📐 The Halloween franchise marathon comes to its conclusion this week with a supersized episode where we will be talking about 2 MOVIES IN 1 with the Theatrical and Producer's Cuts of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. We do our best to rationalize the crazy thorn cult stuff. We will also provide our rankings of the Halloween franchise so far (only based on the movies we've covered.....

🍪 Of all the over-hated horror movie sequels known to existence, you won't find another one that we staunchly defend more than Halloween 5! So major TRIGGER WARNING!!! We will be having a good time unpacking all the bad things (that we love so adoringly), as well as all the great things (which are unfairly overlooked). Join us if you love or love to hate this movie. We know it's ridicul...

🚑 Back in 1988, Michael Myers made his long-awaited return to horror cinema after Freddy and Jason dominated the box office for most of the decade. Halloween 4 is a very safe entry in the Halloween franchise, but that doesn't mean it's lacking, and we found a surprisingly endless amount of things to discuss in this week's episode as we continue our Halloween marathon. As always, we...

🤺 This month's Patreon's Choice episode is Urban Legends 2: Final Cut, which incidentally is turning 25 next week. We've got a lot to say about this one, surprisingly. So hop on in and join us as we delve into one of the most extensive conversations you will currently find on this fascinatingly peculiar slasher sequel. And as always, join us in voting for the most deserving charact...

🏥 We are continuing our Halloween franchise marathon with Halloween II... MORE of the night HE came home!!! Join us for all the Loomis quotes and shenanigans in the sequel that John Carpenter calls "an abomination". And as always, join us in voting for the most deserving character to die at the end of the episode. If you would like to join our livestream recordings for The Cherry Picker...

🎃 After years of waiting and covering the franchise in a very weird non-linear sequence, we are finally talking about the one that started it all!!! The one, the only, the classic... Halloween. AKA John Carpenter's Halloween. This episode kicks off our two month fall season marathon in which we will be covering Halloweens 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. We're going hard this year, so make sure to co...

🔟 This month's Patreon Choice episode: The Top 10 Years in Horror. Join Zack and Eddie as they go through their favorite years in the horror genre, including some honorable and dishonorable mentions. No characters to kill off this week, however. Instead, we will be voting for which year was the absolute best in what the horror genre had to offer, so make sure to stick around until the end. I...

🌭 With the instant hype and success surrounding Zach Cregger's Weapons, we decided it was a great time to delve into a newer release. Join us as we share our own unique opinions on Cregger's follow-up to Barbarian (2022), discuss the pros and cons of non-linear storytelling, and try to make sense of the mysteries behind the movie. And as always, join us in voting for the most deserving...

💅🏻 Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, we are breaking out the champagne (holy water) for Randy Meeks's favorite scary movie: SHOWGIRLS!!! Join us as we lovingly review the BEST worst movie of all time and talk about how this NC-17 pariah came to be the camp classic that is is today. And as always, join us in voting for the most deserving character to die at the end of the episode....

🪦 The long-time-coming fourth "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID..." film is finally upon us, and you've all been waiting for this one. Join us as we discuss our thoughts and feelings about the latest horror franchise requel that sees the return of Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. as they saddle up to a brand new cast of hapless young adults. And as always, join us in voting for the m...

For this month's Patreon's Choice, we are covering "Death Becomes Her", nominated by Daniel Saturn, and voted by Patreon supporters. We are thrilled to be covering this 90s cult classic and horror adjacent - dark comedy. Come hang out with us as we discuss. And as always, join us in voting for the most deserving character to die at the end of the episode. If you would like to j...

🏎️ The numbers are telling us that you love when we cover the Final Destination franchise, so we've got some more speeding in for you. Get ready for the fourth chapter, and universally the least chapter. In spite of some of its shortcomings, is it still a fun movie? Hang with us to find out.  And as always, join us in voting for the most deserving character to die at the end of the episode. I...

🎓 We had the hankering for some 2000s slashers! So this week we are checking out Sorority Row (aka The House on Sorority Row REMAKE), the quintessential millennial-era, (The) Hills inspired slasher movie. The film appears to be very polarizing with us, and its audience, so tell us what your opinions are.  And as always, join us in voting for the most deserving character to die at the end of the e...

🛹 It's Summer Time! And with a brand new IKWYDLS movie scheduled to release this month, we are finally diving into the infamously hated third instalment of the franchise. Join us as we do a thorough analysis of why this movie exists, and whether the hate it receives is justified. These are always fun episodes. And as always, join us in voting for the most deserving character to die at the en...

💀 Thank you to Erik Champney for nominating "The Best Kills From Every Major Horror Franchise" as this month's Patreon Choice episode. Join Zack and Eddie as they each choose their favorite kill from the following franchises: Saw🧩 Evil Dead🩸 Final Destination🪵 Hellraiser⛓️ Child's Play🧑🏻‍🦰 Texas Chainsaw Massacre🥩 Scream📼 Friday the 13th🏕️ Nightmare on Elm Street🛌 and...

🕹️ Happy (belated) Father's Day! This week we're catching up with the 6th, and not so final, chapter of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Where does this sequel rank for all of you? You can find out how we feel about it here. And as always, join us in voting for the most deserving character to die at the end of the episode. If you would like to join our livestream recordings for The...