The Good, The Bad, and The Sequel

As 2022 comes to an end, we wanted to take the time to look back at the year that was with a little awards show.  This also happens to be our 250th episode, which is wild.  In this episode, Jamie and I reveal some Top 4 lists of 2022 that we came up with; categories include favorite sequels, worst characters, favorite interviews, and more. This was a year that had us cover one of the Mt....

Happy Holidays, Sequel lovers! This week we are talking "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toymaker" which was one of the most mysterious sequels yet that had us guessing until the very end.  This sequel gave us some great SFX, which is standard when a friend of the podcast Brian Yuzna is involved.  We talked Mickey Rooney kicking ass, the weird toys, the terrible adults (like always), t...

Happy Holidays Sequel Lovers! The next sequel we are reviewing is "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5" and for it, I interviewed Actor Van Quattro who is the father who dies during the opening scene of the movie.  Van talked about growing up in LA but having no clue that he would become an actor.  Van talked about working on LA Bounty, Fight Club, theater, his world travels, his books, and mor...

This week we are talking "Puppetmaster X" which made us wonder for the 1st time ever, "How are there 9 others?".  This sequel is towards the bottom for watching, but it's at the top for giving us things to discuss.  We talked about the lack of seeing the puppets, the fact they don't speak, our mutual admiration of Sarge, Leech Woman, and so much more.  Watch the review at sequelsonl...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Puppetmaster X" and for it, I interviewed Actor Martin Harris.  In the movie, Martin plays a soldier, but he was such an interesting interview because of his journey to Hollywood from Poland with stops in Germany, covering the NBA in Europe, performing at the Comedy Store, and more.  Also, I loved the other jobs he does in tv and film besides acting l...

This week we are talking "Friday the 13th Part VII" which had discussing a lot of different topics about our friend Jason.  We talked about Jason and what knowledge he actually has, the legendary kills, Carrie vs Jason, and so much more.  This movie has some unlikeable characters, fun kills, and some great stunt work. Watch the review at sequelsonly.com/f13part7 The next sequel that will...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Friday the 13th Part VII: A New Blood" and I interviewed Jason Voorhees's Victim Staci Greason.  Staci played Jane and was the 1st victim of Jason in the movie, but she had some great memories from it.  We talked about her journey from growing up in a remote part of Colorado to making it in showbiz, how she ended up in LA, working for an agency, how s...

This week we are talking "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" which is another sequel that set out to be the last (but not really).  This movie had a lot for us to discuss like the confusion of when they are dreaming vs when they are awake, the lack of deaths, the creepy carnival, the recovery shelter that looked like it was abandoned, and more.  No matter if you liked this movie or not,...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" and for it, I was lucky enough to chat with Special FX Artist Jeffrey S Farley.  Jeffrey's work in Freddy unfortunately was mostly cut, but he has worked on so many epic projects over the years like The Blob Remake, Demolition Man, lots of Full Moon Features, Wolf, and lots more.  Jeffrey talks about how seeing the...

This week we are talking about "Halloween: Resurrection" which is the perfect way to celebrate Halloween, even though it's not the best installment.  This movie had a lot to discuss and we brought back Nick Sbordone to help us out.  We discussed the reality theme used in the movie, the quick kills, Dangertainment, Henry Rowengartner, Tyra Banks, and more.  Happy Halloween! The next...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Halloween: Resurrection and for it, I had the honor of interviewing Michael Myers himself, played by Stuntman Brad Loree.  Brad talks about the process of landing that role, almost playing Jason Voorhees, how former guest Ken Kirzinger helped him into the biz, Jack Lemmon, and more.  More of a fun conversation, than an interview. Enjoy. Next up is our...

This week we are talking about "Exorcist II" which is known to be one of the worst sequels of all time by movie lovers and they are right!  This movie marks the 2nd sequel we covered of Oscar-winner, the late-great Louise Fletcher which didn't end up too well, the other being Grizzly II.  This movie was so bad that we brought in a friend of the podcast Peter, who has a podcast called Fan...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Exorcist II” and for it, I interviewed Hollywood's go-to Bug Wrangler of the 80s/90s/00s, Steven R Kutcher.  Steven is an entomologist who was recommended by his professor to work on Exorcist II and the rest is history.  Steven worked on Wonder Woman, Arachnophobia, Hocus Pocus, Jurassic Park, Spiderman, and so much more.  Steven even introduced...

This week we are talking "Return of the Killer Tomatoes" which is a movie sequel that was on our list of must-do sequels when we started this almost 4 years ago.  This movie marks our 2nd sequel of George Clooney's that he wishes doesn't exist, but we are glad it does because this movie was awesome.  We discussed the great writing, breaking of the 4th wall, dating a tomato vs dating a ma...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Return of the Killer Tomatoes” and for it, I interviewed Cinematographer and Camera Operator Stephen Andrich.  Stephen talked about how he went from shooting college sports to landing a gig with the NFL, it is an awesome story.  He also talked about Return of the Killer Tomatoes, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Adam Sandler, Cobra Kai, and more.  Lin...

This week we are talking "The Purge Anarchy" which was a movie sequel that we didn't expect (because for some reason we that it was over-the-top gorey).   This movie had some dreaming of more Frank Grillo-led action flicks because if he was around in the 80s/90s at this age, he would've led so many action flicks.  The Purge Anarchy had us discussing the odd rules of the purge, how y...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "The Purge: Anarchy” and for it, I interviewed an actor who knows a thing about playing a bad guy in Actor Jasper Cole.  Jasper's career spans over 40 years, which is insane and a testament to his passion for his craft.  Jasper talked about being in Jason Takes Manhattan, working with Dee Wallace, finding his niche as a bad guy, and lots more. Jasper p...

This is our last Re-Release and it is quite the goodie. We are so excited to finally have the chance to dip our toes into the pool of Nightmare on Elm Street sequels and no better place to start than with Part 4 The Dream Master.  We talked broke down all the iconic kills, Freddy's one-liners, how they get rid of the dream warriors pretty quick, Alice's amazing character transformation, and o...

This week's Re-Release has us looking back at the time we welcomed a Horror legend and one of Doug's favorite final girls in horror history, actress Lisa Wilcox.  Lisa starred as "Alice Johnson" in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 & 5.  We talked about her falling on stage in junior high doing a play, moving to California for High School, John Stamos, Freddy Krueger, Brady Bunch, Star Tre...

This week's sequel has us traveling to a dystopian future where a young Mel Gibson (Mad Max) will do just about anything for gasoline. This movie has an all-star cast with Mel Gibson and Vernon Wells.  We, of course, talked about Jason Voorhees sorry I mean Lord Humongous, Feral Kid (What the hell was he), us both falling head over heels for Warrior Woman, how insane Vernon Wells is in this m...

When it comes to movies you aren't supposed to be rooting for the bad guy, but how could I not root for this week's guest Vernon Wells?  Vernon played legendary bad guys in Mad Max 2 as Wez and in Commando as Bennett. Vernon has quite the origin story because he had ZERO interest in being on camera, he wanted to be behind it. Luckily a director stuck him front and center, the rest is history....

Enjoy this week's Re-Release of Jaws 2.  Not too much longer til new episodes are out for your earholes to enjoy. This week we are talking "Jaws 2".  "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...." is the perfect tagline for the 1978 sequel to Jaws because this shark is on a mission in this one.  Jamie sees a lot of similarities between the shark and Jason Voorhees a...

Hey, sequel lovers, Doug here.  We are taking a little detour on our sequel-watching journey for me to settle in with my family's new little addition, but that doesn't mean we don't have anything for you.  We are going to pick a few sequels from our 1st year to Re-Release because many of you probably haven't gone back that far in our catalog, which we understand since we have over 220 ep...

This week we are talking "Friday the 13th A New Beginning" which is one of the most controversial of the series and a lightning rod for opinions from fans.  This is our 6th Friday the 13th and we had a blast discussing it.  We talked about some of the behind the scene nuggets we read about, our dream of a prequel about Ethel and JR, those damn enchiladas, Violet's dance moves, THAT endin...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Friday the 13th A New Beginning” and for it, I interviewed our first final girl from the franchise, Actress Melanie Kinnaman who played "Pam Roberts".  Melanie talked about her journey to being a final girl that started in western Massachusetts with a stop along in NYC where she was a dancer and then started acting in plays.  She even played "Cheryl L...