The Cherry Picker

🦜 Freddy's back, and this time they're ready... errr wait, wrong revenge sequel. In this episode we will be revisiting the controversial follow up to Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street, which has come to be known over the years as "The Gay Elm Street Movie"! We'll cover everything from the film's recent renaissance, the not so subtle subtext, what this film...

💃🏼 Taking a trip back in time... well not that far back... but to 2021's Last Night in Soho, which is one of our absolute favorite horror movie's of that year, featuring the incredible talents of Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomasin McKenzie . In this episode we'll discuss the masterful work achieved by Edgar Wright with his first serious horror movie, on a level of both technical filmmak...

🩸 Not only does Evil Dead Rise release this month in theatres, but we are also celebrating the 10th anniversary of Evil Dead...the reeeeemake? requel? reboot? Whatever its official moniker is, it's a movie that has plenty of fans separate from the original Sam Raimi franchise starring Bruce Campbell. So in this episode, we continue our journey towards the new film release, but discussing all...

🚇 Serving up a big slice of Scream this week, with the franchise's latest helping: Ghostface Takes Manhattan!!! Join us and our guest, Podcast Editor Andre Felix, as we each offer our personal take on Scream VI in another mega episode where we talk about as much as we can in just under 3 hours. Make sure to stick around til the end, where ALL three of us will choose which characters we think...

⚜️ Who all remembers James Wan's divisive, genre bending horror picture from the other year? Well for this week's episode we are diving back into this camp fest for better or worse, where we'll discuss the film's effectiveness and staying power, Gabriel's status as a contemporary horror icon, the incredible cinematography of the James Wan cinematic universe, and whether or...

🥧 It's International Pie Day!!! So we figured we would celebrate by covering something very niche. Join us as we dig into the feast that is Stephen King's Thinner, adapted into this very strange 1996 film. Lots of very unlikeable characters in this one too, so make sure to stick around til the end, as we'll choose which character we think was most deserving to die. ● ● ● ▶️ Watch t...

🧶 Sorry Jack, Chucky's back... on The Cherry Picker that is. Join us for this episode as we relive one of the most beloved Child's Play movies, where we ask the question if this is the perfect movie in the franchise. We also discuss the eternal rivalry that is Chucky and Andy, a laundry list of homages and horror movie references, and what we thought some of the funniest moments of the...

🍽 In this episode we are taking a bite out of last year's delicacy, The Menu. If you haven't seen it, we recommend you check it out first, as we don't want to spoil your appetite. It's a great "Eat the Rich" style thriller in the same vein as Ready or Not , and stars Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy. Join us as we devour this feast of a film, and as always, stick aro...

🏰 We're getting closer to the release of Evil Dead Rise, so to keep going with the series, we'll be covering the third instalment this week: Army of Darkness. Join us as we talk about the highs and lows of the Sam Raimi's Evil Dead legacy, the evolution of Bruce Campbell as Ash, and why Evil Dead might not be as favoured by the LGBTQ community as other horror properties are. And of...

⛏ Happy Single's Awareness Day! To celebrate, we're going back in time to an old school slasher that was arguably one of the best Friday the 13th knockoffs of its day. Join us as we get very Canadian and talk about all the things right and wrong with My Bloody Valentine, decide whether or not this is the best Valentine's themed slasher, propose a different storyline besides this fil...

🍼 Making our way through some of last year's new releases that we missed, this week we will be descending into the depths of Barbarian. Join us for a very contentious debate as we argue the merits and missteps of this hugely popular, yet somewhat divisive horror hit. We'll talk about everything from the troubles the filmmaker, Zach Cregger, encountered while trying to get this project o...

🚁 In the spirit of covering more horror movies from every era, we've decided to revisit George A. Romero's cult zombie classic from 1978. In this episode we will discuss the cultural, socioeconomical, and aesthetic relevance of Dawn of the Dead today, remark on the film's very specific comic book style of blood and violence, and hypothesize what we would do in an abandoned mall in...

👂 Critics are raving about 2023's first big horror release, M3GAN, and we're here to full disassemble it and give you our honest opinion on. We'll also discuss what we want to see in the sequel, and potential sequel names, question whether or not PG-13 horror is really that bad, and of course, we'll choose which character we think was most deserving to die. ● ● ● ▶️ Watch the...

🩼 Now that it's been a full year since the release of Scream 2022, we are finally going to unpack everything in this ginormous supersized episode of the podcast. Hang out with us for the next three hours as we re-evaluate this requel with a new lens, offer our updated franchise rankings, discuss the handling of the legacy characters and the new characters, our take on the writing, Radio Sile...

👨🏻‍🦽 Gearing up for another Friday the 13th this week, we will be covering the beloved sack-headed sequel, where our boy Jason Voorhees makes his first appearance proper as the long-standing representative of the slasher franchise. In this SUPERSIZED episode we will be covering all things from Alice's dishonourable send-off, why Ginny is our favorite Friday final girl, the controversies on...

👔 Finishing off 2022 with a some good ol' fashion homicidal decadence with Patrick Bateman, played superbly by English actor Christian Bale. In this episode we relive our first experience with American Psycho, discuss its initial controversy and eventual re-evaluation, pontificate over the film's ambiguity, discuss the unique style brought to the film by director Mary Harron (and how it...

🎅🏻 What are the holidays without a little murder and mayhem, amiright? So join us as we spread the Christmas spirit with this whimsical classic, where we'll even share our own experiences growing up with the holidays, and the most cherished toys we ever received. It's not all presents and joy though as someone's still gotta go, so as always we'll also choose which character w...

🎀 We wanted to cover one more newer release before the years end, so naturally we settled on Pearl; the prequel to Ti West 's "X", also released in 2022, and the subject of an episode we did back in March. In this week's episode, we'll talk all about why Pearl is the exception to Zack's " Why Prequels Suck " rule, go over the connections and Easter eggs the...

🩰 In this week's episode, we are taking a trip back to 1977 Freiberg Germany for Dario Argento's masterful, nightmarish fairytale, Suspiria. We'll cover everything from the supernatural mysteries of the witch's coven, to the explosive color palette which is fused with the pulse-pounding score by Goblin. And of course, as always, we'll also choose which character we think...

🖕 Now that Halloween is out of the way, we need a new franchise to glom onto for the time being, and with a brand new Evil Dead movie scheduled for 2023, we are counting down the months until its release by revisiting all of the previous entries, this time chatting all about Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn... quite possibly the funniest horror movie ever made . Stick around as we talk about our first...

🎁 With Chucky now being extremely popular once again (thanks in no small part to creator Don Mancini ), what better time than now to transport back to the humble beginnings of one of our favorite horror franchises. In this week's episode, we will discuss everything in the OG Child's Play movie, from the (in our opinions) Oscar worthy performances of Brad Dourif and Chris Sarandon , to t...

⚰️ Revisiting the Dark Castle remakes of the late 90s / early 2000s, this week we are talking all about their first outing with the modern day update of William Castle's House on Haunted Hill, originally from 1959. In this episode... well, we basically just have a bitter feud over whether this movie is nostalgic fun or pure trash. We'll touch upon the movie's little details, from it...

🧬 While the Universal Classic Monsters are experiencing a renaissance of sorts lately, with Blumhouse's The Invisible Man in 2020, and a Wolfman re-imagining in the works, we thought we would rewind back 20 years to explore the previous reincarnation of the H.G. Wells story, with the sexually charged, big-budgeted blockbuster Hollow Man. So in this episode, we will take a deep dive into the...

🚪 After an 11 year hiatus, and a seemingly sound conclusion to the original Scream trilogy, Scream 4 (or SCRE4M ) quietly sauntered into theatres with little to no marketing. As a result, it received a remarkably underwhelming box office intake which seemed to pump the brakes on any onward momentum for immediate future sequels. No matter how you feel about Scream 4 though, it can be argued that e...

🗼 The divisive conclusion to Blumhouse and David Gordon Green's Halloween requel trilogy is finally here, and there sure is A LOT to unpack with this one. Join us in this episode as we discuss everything that works, everything that doesn't work, Jamie Lee Curtis's last stand as Laurie Strode , our thoughts on the trilogy as a whole, and as always, we'll be choosing which chara...