The Cherry Picker

🚁 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...

🧁 Hard to believe it's already been that long, but Happy Death Day is celebrating its  5th birthday this month! But is it really as good as you remembered it to be? Dive into this week's episode with us as we revisit this genre hit, where we will discuss why Tree is a Top 10 final girl , why the Babyface killer is kind of lame, the future of the franchise, and as always, we'll be c...

🐝 Celebrating its 30th anniversary this week, we are very excited to finally talk about the original Candyman. In this episode, we will discuss the idea of urban legend folklore , and what drew the character of Helen Lyle to seek out the legend of Candyman. We'll also discuss our many interpretations of the story, and why Candyman is anything but another senseless slasher villain. We'll...

⛓ In preparation for the upcoming release of the NEW Hellraiser movie, we're kicking off spooky season by revisiting the Clive Barker original, based on his novella The Hellbound Heart . In this episode, we cover everything from the first film, including the Cenobites, the fairytale characters, the nightmarish imagery, and we'll even touch upon some of the later sequels, as we'll pr...

🚒 Continuing our three month coverage of the Blumhouse Halloween trilogy from director David Gordon Green, this episode will be dedicated to the extremely polarizing middle chapter, Halloween Kills. To change up the pace a little bit, we will be organizing this episode into two parts. Since we don't want to come off as being completely negative, the first half of the podcast will be highligh...

🚿 Today we are diving into one of Eddie's ALL TIME favorites, and arguably one of the greatest horror movies ever made: PSYCHO! In this episode, we will be discussing what makes Psycho a PERFECT movie , track Alfred Hitchcock's journey towards filming it, we'll also make notes comparing the movie to the book (as well as the much maligned 1998 remake), as well as pick apart the psyc...

🍾 We cannot get enough of what A24 is putting out this year, and their summer released whodunnit is certainly riding this wave. In this episode, we will discuss the new trend of giving retro horror movies the arthouse treatment, which movies we think Bodies best emulates, how to craft an expertly written and paced murder mystery, why this also works as a commentary on Gen Z, and as always, we&apo...

👠 This week we are delving into Zack's favorite scary movie , the now 40 year old Italian giallo, Tenebrae. This being a murder mystery slasher that is not as widely known to North American audiences, we will spend the first part of this episode discussing the plot from a non-spoiler perspective, including director Dario Argento 's trademark style, the film's LGBTQ appeal, and how...

🔥 Summer is almost over, which means we're getting into spooky season. And what better way to celebrate that, and the upcoming release of Halloween Ends, than to start with the first chapter in the Blumhouse / David Gordon green directed trilogy. In this episode, we will engage in a very contentious debate over the merits and fallbacks of this franchise reboot , including the film's sto...

🎬 It's time for another Scream podcast, this time the infamously campy third instalment. In this episode we will discuss why Scream 3 deserves a lot more recognition than it receives, but also why it is still deeply flawed, and all of the changes that could have been done to make it better. This includes everything from the unremarkable opening scene featuring Cotton Weary, to the wasted pot...

👯‍♀️ Single White Female turns 30 years old this month, and we had an inkling to revisit this early 90s guilty pleasure. In this episode we will discuss the mini sub-genre of horror dedicated to the scorned and unhinged femme fatale, which includes Fatal Attraction, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and Basic Instinct. We will also talk about who almost got cast in the lead role, and how that would...

☁️ Jordan Peele's third film is finally upon us, and after much anticipation, we are ready to get sucked into the madness! In this episode, we will offer our individual rankings of Jordan Peele's film repertoire to date, we'll dissect the mysteries behind the Gordy's Home TV Show massacre, mull over the areas of Nope where we think Peele improves (and regresses) upon his alread...