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Woo! Don't woo. This is a solemn and serious occasion,
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David DeNoyer. Hey, my spookies! Enrique Couto here, bringing you
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another little extra here at Weekly Spooky as we are
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celebrating the 2026 Halloween season. Although, really, Weekly Spooky is
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one of the only places that truly celebrates the 2026
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Halloween season. From January 1st to December 31st. This is true.
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The real Halloween season. But I'm here with my good
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buddy and former Welcome to Primetime and Do You Even
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Movie co-host David DeNoyer.
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Hello.
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And David has put together a list, I think it
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was three years ago. 2023, yeah. Three years ago, David
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put together a quintessential Halloween time watch list. And it
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was very exhaustive, very solid, but I mean, it was,
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but it also didn't miss that much. But recently you
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came to me and said, Hey, what if we did
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another one?
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Another one. Indeed. I, it was one of those things where, uh,
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you had, you'd said, I'm, I'm into it, but can
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you do it? Because like you said, we covered a
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lot on that first.
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Yeah. I basically was like, I don't want you to
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like force it just because you're trying to like a.
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Shot on video horror film from 1986.
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Well that'd be impressive 86 is was a hard time
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to shoot on video that is that is uh well
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here's a shot of video horror from 1986 so you
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just mean video violence yeah that's right i'm pulling out
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the nerd i will say this is not.
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On my list but one that i watched recently that
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i really really liked uh because i've been participating in
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uh there's a woman named sarah who does a 100 horror.
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I don't want to hear about the women you're participating.
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100 horror films in 92 days challenge and i've been
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This is my second year participating in it, so I've
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been watching a lot of deep cut stuff that I
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haven't seen because that's the challenge is it's 100 horror
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films you haven't seen in 92 days starting on August
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1st going all the way to the 31st of October.
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Okay.
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And The Night Brings Charlie, that's a really fun movie.
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You'd never seen The Night Brings Charlie?
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I had never seen The Night Brings Charlie.
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So The Night Brings Charlie was one of those, before
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we fully begin, I just want you guys to understand
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this is just movie nerd talk, but we will have
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some gems. of strange films to watch, but yeah, just
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be ready because this is about as a, as nerdy
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as it gets. This is the kind of stuff that
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usually we just talk about in the car. Yeah, basically. But, uh, okay.
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So the night brings Charlie. Oh man. I mean, that
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was one. There were a few of these kind of
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direct to video rarities from the nineties that they were
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just kind of, they weren't like legendary is not the
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right word, but they were almost like, like folklore.
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Yeah.
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Cause you couldn't find them.
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No.
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Or you would, you know, you would know one guy
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who knew a guy. It was like an urban legend,
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except then you could like in the late nineties, you
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could go online and see like the worst screen grab
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ever from the night brings Charlie.
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Oh yeah.
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Which would say, okay, so it exists.
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But for the longest time, that was one of those
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films you couldn't find anywhere. And I remember the first
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time I got my hands on a copy of it,
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I mean, it's been probably 15 years.
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But I remembered thinking, like, this is kind of the
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slasher movie comfort food. Like, not even comfort food. Just, like,
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this is like a slasher movie bag of pork rinds. Yeah. No, 100%. But, like,
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that you like. You know, they're good. And, you know,
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but when you put them down, you know, you're kind
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of like, I'm glad that's over, but I'll do it again. Yeah. Oh, yeah.
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I mean, that's been the fun thing about the challenge
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is there's, For one, there's so many movies on YouTube.
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I mean, shit you would not expect to just be
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readily available that's been on there for X amount of years.
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Like readily available legitimately? I would doubt it.
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Legitimately is the point. Yeah, it's there. It's there, but
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it's been there for enough time that I'm kind of like, ah,
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it's fine.
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I mean, yeah, nobody's, there's no cop on the beat.
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Well, I mean, archive.org's the same way. Same. You can
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go on there and you'll find stuff that's simply out
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of print. Oh, yeah. Not public domain. No. But simply
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out of print. Yeah. So, The Night Brings Charlie's readily
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available as of the time that we're speaking. As we're recording, yes.
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Illegally on YouTube.
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And there's a couple titles on here that are only
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available on YouTube from what I can find, but the
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fact that they're out there, I mean, I had to
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add them to.
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The list, so I mean. I have always had an
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attitude that If a film is impossible to get your
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hands on or damn near impossible, like the only way
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to get it is a, you know, $ 300 out of
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print DVD. You know, it's different if the people who
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made it are like, no, we're only selling this as
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a $ 90 steelbook or some crap.
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But if it's just that it's scarce, I start to
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feel a little less bad about a basic bootleg. Yeah.
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Assuming nobody is like heavily profiting from the bootleg because
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they didn't. they didn't have the right, but it's also like, Hey,
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give us another option. If you don't want us to
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watch it for free, help us pay for it.
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We can't.
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I mean, and there's stuff you can obviously rent, which
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I mean, some of those I'll cover on this as well,
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but it's like, I was pretty shocked with what I
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could find on YouTube. So not necessarily advocating for that,
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but I mean, you might be surprised if you, if
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you haven't, if there's something on your list that you
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have like been wanting to see or whatnot, um, check
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YouTube first. Cause it's surprising the amount of stuff that's
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on there.
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And sometimes it's there legitimately. Yeah.
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There's actually a couple of my lists that are like that.
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I've had some really good luck with watching kind of
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random movie picks on YouTube that are legit. Yeah. But
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the options are, you know, to be Roku channel and
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then like maybe Fandango at home free with ads and
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then YouTube. And since I have YouTube pro or red
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or whatever, they renamed it this week.
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I don't have to watch ads. So it's the only
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way I can watch it. free without ads, you know,
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cause well, no, cause like if it was on Amazon prime,
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I would pick that first because I have it with
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no ads.
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Absolutely.
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But, uh, so I, that saved my butt a few times. Um,
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and with movies you wouldn't expect, like, I think that's
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where I rewatched, uh, it's not even a horror movie.
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Why am I talking about it? But, uh, I rewatched like, uh,
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Oh gosh, what was that movie about? The, uh, the,
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FBI operative who's actually helping the Russians?
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Oh, um, not. Oh, I almost gave a spoiler for
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a movie. It's not No Way Out. That's a Kevin
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Costner movie.
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No, no, no.
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Shit. Um.
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He takes in, like, a younger agent. Yeah. I can't
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think of the name right now. I can't think of
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the name either. But it was super good.
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And, yeah, it was on YouTube. Yeah. That's where I
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was able. And it was, like, you know, from MGM's
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channel or whatever company's channel. So there are some legitimate
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watches on YouTube and some illegitimate watches on YouTube.
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And I will point some of those out. But any
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of the movies that I'm going to name here, I'm
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going to give you the sources as to where they
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are available as of this recording. And some of them
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have multiple and some of them you have one option
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and one option only.
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That is the way it goes sometimes.
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Yeah.
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How many is on this list again?
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So we are back to 60 again.
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Holy shit.
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We are back to 60 again, broken into four columns.
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So we've got.
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Man, I should have went with a double espresso.
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We've got Gateway Horror. We've got Seasonal Rewatches, Underrated Halloween,
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and This Is Halloween. So you ready to get into this?
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I better be.
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All right.
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That is... Wow. For some reason, I know you sent me...
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I know you sent me something, but one thing, anybody
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who's worked with me any amount will know, the moment I,
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and this is a horrible statement, the moment I trust you,
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I don't really check. I'm just like, no, as long
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as you show up prepared, and then you show up
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with 60 films.
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And this is exactly what we did last time. So
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let's roll into it. So we're starting with Gateway Horror.
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Last time I was here, I called this Family Scares.
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More so approach, I went with it this time, was...
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when we did it last time, it was more so
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kind of a Halloween based for kids horror film. This
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is just kind of gateway horror. Some of them might
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have Halloween. Some of it just might be good starters.
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Okay. Yeah. And, and, you know, for those who may
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not be familiar, I mean, gateway horror suggests that it's
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relatively accessible, both in content and availability. Yes. And therefore
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you might watch it and then be like, huh? You know,
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I really liked the witches of Eastwick. What's cannibal Holocaust about?
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Or like when I did the Christmas one where I,
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for some, I can reason put rare exports on the
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family list, not even thinking about the fact that there's
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a lot of Santa dong in that movie. Well, and
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reindeer like wipe out.
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You see, the actual phrase would be Santa dongs.
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Dongs, yeah, yeah.
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Because there are multiple Santas with multiple, well, each has
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a dong. Yes, yes. But they all look like Santa.
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But yeah, I remember when I put that on the list,
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I was like, oh yeah, I guess that's not a
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kid's movie.
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No. It is about a kid, though.
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It's about a kid.
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And it's not, I'll give you that, though. It's about
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a kid, and it is a kid's perception. It's just
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that the whole sticking point of the film is that
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it has a harder edge.
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Yes, very much so.
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But it does, like, especially if you're desensitized to, you know,
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serious violence and nudity, like you are.
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That's not wrong.
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Then you would go, oh, it's a kid's movie because
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it's about a kid, like, learning about, like, the evil
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creature at Christmas. It's like, no, I guess Elves is
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a kid's movie.
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Mikey's a kid movie. It has a kid in it.
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I mean, I did watch it when I was the
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age of Mikey in the movie. All right.
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So kicking us off, Gateway Horror. Let's go with 1986's
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The Worst Witch, directed by Robert Young. This is a
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1980s TV special that was over in the UK. The
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plot synopsis says Mildred is one of the young girls
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at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do
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anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers.
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The headmistress of the school, Miss Cackle, has an evil
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twin sister who plans to destroy the school. Can Mildred
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foil the plans before the Grand Wizard comes to the
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academy for Halloween celebrations? You'll never forget.
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The Grand Wizard.
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Played by Tim Curry, because this is the Something Something Halloween.
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because the first time I was exposed to that piece
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of media as its own piece of media where, where
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Tim Curry appears to be doing a music video at
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a cable access station. Basically. Yeah. I mean, just bad
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green screen and he's walking toward the camera and being
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like oddly serious, but you can tell he knows it's ridiculous. Um,
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that was the joke. Cause it went on so long.
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Yeah. The real songs, anything can happen on Halloween, but
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hen and I, uh, just an inside joke between us. Uh,
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cause they showed it at horror Rama once. Like that
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was the intermission.
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Out of context. Yeah. I just played.
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Yeah. And it's just, you know, the song is anything
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can happen on Halloween. It's really cheesy. Um, the reason
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I chose the worst, which, uh, you've got Diana rig
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in it. You've got a very young for use of bulk.
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And as I mentioned, Tim Curry, um, this is a
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movie that you had mentioned or that you had mentioned
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the thing about regards to, uh, you know, a $ 300 DVD. Um,
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This thing is out of print. It's been out of
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print for years. Desperately out of print, I would say.
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Readily available right now on YouTube. That's literally how I
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watched it for the first time a couple weeks ago, actually.
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I recently just watched this, actually, for the Horror Challenge.
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I wouldn't say it's not very good. Uh, it's more
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so it's just, this is definitely a kid's movie. There
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are songs in it. Um, the plot is kind of
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ham fisted together. There's not really much. No, but it's
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a really fun little, uh, kids horror film. That's perfect
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for Halloween time. And again, Tim Curry, uh, who we
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just recently lost, unfortunately is really fun in this movie,
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but it's cheesy. Uh, it's one that is not really
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on many lists because again, it's just not been available
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for a while. Um, So the fact that it is
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readily available to find on YouTube at this time, we're
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going to go ahead and put that on the gateway
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horror list. So that's The Worst Witch from 1986, directed
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by Robert Young.
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I think that's absolutely a kind of a gateway horror.
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I mean, it's literally any horror movie that's meant for
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kids or kids movie that's just a little too scary.
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Which there are a lot of those from especially the
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70s and 80s where it's like, hey, here's a nightmare sequence.
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And then people remember it forever. Did I ever tell
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you this? I still have. A vivid memory of the
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first time I saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
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Do tell.
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Because of.
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The boat ride? The boat ride.
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Everybody remembers the boat ride. Everybody remembers the flying monkeys
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in Wizard of Oz. Now, I was either in preschool
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or kindergarten. That's the part I don't remember is which
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one it was. But it was early. It was probably preschool. And...
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We watched it. They brought in the projector, the 16
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millimeter projector. I mean, this would have been, you gotta remember,
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this would have been like 89 or 90 or 91,
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somewhere in that. So I just remember us watching that
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and being all excited. And then me being like, holy crap,
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when the boat ride starts. So, and in a lot
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of ways, I would call that a gateway to horror,
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not a gateway horror film, but a gateway to horror.
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Yeah, absolutely. And moving on into another gateway, let's step
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it up a little bit. I was going to say
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more current, but I just realized this movie is 21
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years old. But that's 2005's Corpse Bride, directed by Tim
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Burton and Mike Johnson. In a 19th century European village,
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a young man about to be married is whisked away
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to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride
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while his real bride waits bereft in the land of
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the living. This has the voice talents of Johnny Depp,
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Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracy Allman, Christopher Lee, Albert Finney,
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Michael Goff, all the regular Tim Burton alum are here,
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including Danny Elfman, who does the music on it. This
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is one that kind of took me, I wouldn't say
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it took me a while to see. It was just
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one that when it came out in 05, I wasn't super,
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I was kind of moving into like actual horror at
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that point. So I wasn't really into the kiddie horror.
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But then that wasn't kiddie horror. That was 16 year
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old girl horror when it came out.
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No, no. Cause I, cause I was 15, 16 when
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it came out.
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Yeah.
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Do you ever tell you what we all used to
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call it?
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No.
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It like me and my movie buddies, we used to
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call corpse bride. And we'd always say, you mean Tim
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Burton's the nightmare before cash miss.
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That's that's great.
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Oh, wow. I thought I told you that before. That's
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what we used to call it because it was so
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clearly like a Hot Topic movie. I mean, it was
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made for like that generation of spike bracelets and things
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like that. But it's not a bad film.
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It's not. No, I mean, it's got some really good
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humor in it. The music's great. I mean, Danny Elfman,
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you know, as he did the score for Nightmare Before
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Christmas and, of course, all his other scores for like
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Batman and, of course, his work for Oingo Boingo. I mean,
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the dude's got... Worked for Oingo Boingo. I mean, he
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was Oingo Boingo. He is Oingo Boingo.
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I am Oingo Boingo.
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But it's a really fun movie. It's got that same
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feel as Nightmare Before Christmas. It's got a seriously decent
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plot as well, too. I was really impressed by the
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first time I watched it. Haven't been back to it
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in a while, so I need to go back to
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that one. But I had a lot of fun. I
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think it was about four or five years ago when
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I revisited it.
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I mean, it's definitely... They had that gothic vibe. I mean,
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at that point, down pat, because Nightmare Before Christmas was...
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A while before that. What, 10 years? Not quite 10 years?
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I want to say 94, so right about 10 years.
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I saw that as a kid when it came out.
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I was 8 when it came out in theaters, so
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I probably saw it when I was 10 on home video.
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And I always liked it.
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It's got one of my favorite lines in it. There's
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a scene where Johnny Depp accidentally almost sets the bride's
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mother on fire. And he goes into this forest and
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he's rehearsing. And he's like, with this candle, I will...
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I will set your mother on fire. He's just standing
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in the forest talking to himself.
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I think that's definitely a solid gateway horror.
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Yeah, absolutely is. So 2005 Corpse Bride currently available to
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rent on Fandango, Plex, Apple TV, not really streaming for
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quote unquote free anywhere, but it's readily accessible if you
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want to find it.
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Yeah. And all of those will not be the case
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within a week of us airing this.
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It'll all be lost. We'll see what happens. I did
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this list, like I said, out of season, so it
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could change. Moving on to another gateway, let's go back
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to the 80s with one that is, again, a little
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tough to find. But, man, if you can find it,
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you are in for a really good time. And this
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is at the era when there was one company that
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still made really good horror films, even though you don't
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expect them to. And that is Disney with 1980s The
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Watcher in the Woods, directed by John Hogue. This is
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the story of after an American family moves to an
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old country manor in rural England... One of the daughters
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is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long-lost daughter
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who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.
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This has Betty Davis in it. Kyle Richards is in it.
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Carol Baker. It's got a pretty decent cast. This is
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genuinely a scary early Disney film that has become available
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again through YouTube recently, but otherwise you would have to
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find either a out-of-print DVD or even a more expensive
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Blu-ray through the Disney Club. But this is genuinely a
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scary movie.
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I would have to agree, but also, I mean, it's
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not an early Disney movie. It's 1980.
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Yeah, 1980, yeah.
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But it's older by today's standards. I mean, you know,
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like when you sit down and like, enjoy, you know,
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some frigging Evanescence song or something. That's like the same
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thing as your parents enjoying like the Doobie Brothers.
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You're not wrong.
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When you were a kid, like it's the same distance.
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I literally was thinking about Evanescence the other day because
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when the album Fallen came out, that was one of
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the two items that I was able to take on
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our trip to Florida. That was something that mom bought
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while we were at Walmart, while we were doing our
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last minute shopping. And I was like, when did that
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album come out? And I think it was like right
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around 2003, if I'm not mistaken.
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Oh yeah, that had to be. But I want to mention,
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so I've always liked Watcher in the Woods. It's been
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a while since I watched it. Disney had a string
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of surprisingly scary movies.
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Yeah.
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One thing I don't think people realize so easily is,
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you know that it was a flop.
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Oh, it was a huge flop.
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Yeah, the budget was $ 6 to $ 9 million, and it
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did $ 5 million at the box office, which was the
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beginning of what would be... simultaneously, which would, what would
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become Disney's greatest decline and then greatest rise.
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Yeah.
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Because the eighties were really bad for Walt Disney until
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they established touchstone pictures. And then eventually Hollywood pictures as well,
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which were studios geared toward making films for adults. And
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they really just opened their own little Roger Corman studio
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because it became a joke because of like good morning,
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Vietnam and stuff like that. People used to joke that,
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touchstone cast at the back door of the Betty Ford clinic.
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That was a real joke. People used to say, because,
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because it was like, because, uh, I think that was
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right after, uh, Robin Williams got out of rehab. He
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went right into doing good morning Vietnam. So it's, it's
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kind of funny, but touchstone really did kind of not
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only reestablish Disney by having these lower budget movies that
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were very big earners, but also by kind of establishing this,
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this middle level Hollywood that, That wasn't quite indie, but
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it felt a little indie, but it had big names
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in it and it was in theaters everywhere. They had
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a lot of hits. They had a lot of okay
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hits and a lot of big ones. And then, you know,
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and then it was what I think it was like
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right after it was Aladdin or beauty in the beast.
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One of those.
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Was when all of a sudden Disney was just like,
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we're back, bitches.
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Beauty and the Beast, because there's a great documentary I'll
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recommend if nobody has seen it called Waking Sleeping Beauty
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that is basically all about the lull of the 80s
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into the early 90s with Disney. So that's talking about
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like Rescuers Down Under and stuff like that. And for
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those who don't know, Beauty and the Beast was shown,
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if I remember... correctly at con um not finished it
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did not have any color in regards to like animation
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like it was basically just the sketching and they showed
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it just to see how the reaction was and it
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did fucking.
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Gangbusters they showed the animatic they showed the animatic that's
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bizarre yeah If you have not.
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Seen Waking Sleeping Beauty, phenomenal documentary, especially if you're a
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Disney fan. But yeah, Watcher in the Woods, 1980. It
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is one that, like I said, it's a little scarce
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right now, but you can find it if you look
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hard enough. It's still a pretty creepy movie. It's got
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a great cast in it. Betty Davis is really upsetting
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at times in it as well.
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Well, Betty Davis was a phenomenal actress, you know, and
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when she kind of, and I mean this with sincere appreciation,
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when she started getting like hag roles.
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She did a really good job.
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She did.
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She did. She always gave her all.
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Even that one that Larry Cohen did. I'm blanking on
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the title. Is it Evil Stepmother or Stepmother?
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Not Stepmother.
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It's an alien.
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It might have a stepmother from hell.
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Stepmother from hell or something like that. Yeah, that's even
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a great one for her.
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Oh, she was great in that.
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But yeah, The Watcher in the Woods, 1980. Definitely, if
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you have not seen that one, that is one to
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seek out. So let's go a little bit more current
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and spring into 2022 with one that Hen and I really,
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really enjoyed. And it seems like we might be in
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the minority on that. That is Spirit Halloween, the movie
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directed by David Pogue.
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I liked the Spirit Halloween movie. I remember renting it
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00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:18.380
so all of our buddies could watch it on like
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in October at some point. And, you know, it is,
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it is literally a movie about kids getting trapped in
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a spirit Halloween store and there's spirits and ghosts and
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all that stuff. But what do you want? You know,
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like it's literally meant for kids. It's meant to be fun.
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They had the perfect cast. I mean, I mean, Christopher Lloyd,
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Christopher Lloyd, Rachel Lee Cook was great in it. I
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don't know. I like sometimes. I just don't know what
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people want, more they want.
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I don't know what you expect from a movie called
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Spirit Halloween the movie.
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Yeah, it's like, what do you think? It's going to
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be like a gritty horror film? It's literally for children.
502
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A third of the store is not for you, me. Yeah.
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Because I'm middle-aged and not with kids.
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And it's got creepy moments in it. It's got some
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pretty fun humor to it. And also, the runtime was
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pretty consistent on it for it to fly by.
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It was brisk, 82 minutes. I enjoyed it. It had
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a Halloween-y vibe. which that alone is very important to me.
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Yeah, and that is currently available to stream on Shudder
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and Tubi as well as Fandango.
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It's free.
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You can also rent and buy it if you choose51300:22:25.430 --> 00:22:27.990
to as well. But readily available on Shudder and Tubi,51400:22:28.069 --> 00:22:31.470
Spirit Halloween the movie. It's exactly what the title suggests.51500:22:31.609 --> 00:22:33.750
So if you're into something like that, then maybe check51600:22:33.789 --> 00:22:34.089
that out.51700:22:34.470 --> 00:22:37.259
I love that it's on Shudder. I didn't even realize51800:22:37.299 --> 00:22:39.089
it went to Shudder. That's a perfect place for it.51900:22:39.079 --> 00:22:42.880
100%. So moving on into Gateway Horror, we still have...52000:22:43.390 --> 00:22:46.410
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island from 1998.52100:22:46.410 --> 00:22:50.309
That, you might not be able to top that for52200:22:50.349 --> 00:22:50.930
Gateway Horror.52300:22:50.990 --> 00:22:51.470
I think so.52400:22:51.789 --> 00:22:54.390
So I had not seen that since I was a kid.52500:22:54.559 --> 00:22:54.799
Yeah.52600:22:55.190 --> 00:23:00.279
And Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. So one of the problems52700:23:00.299 --> 00:23:02.940
with those Scooby-Doo movies, seeing them when you're a kid,52800:23:03.019 --> 00:23:06.019
is telling them apart. And every Scooby-Doo episode has at52900:23:06.059 --> 00:23:09.500
least a degree of Halloween feeling anyway, because they're all53000:23:09.539 --> 00:23:13.150
a little spooky, because they're all mysteries. But I put53100:23:13.170 --> 00:23:15.130
that on maybe two or three years ago. I think53200:23:15.150 --> 00:23:17.029
it was on HBO. They had all of them on there,53300:23:17.049 --> 00:23:20.750
I believe. So I put that on, and it has53400:23:20.849 --> 00:23:23.470
some scary stuff. It does.53500:23:23.730 --> 00:23:26.740
No, it really does. The plot involves, after going their53600:23:26.779 --> 00:23:30.299
separate ways, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred reunite to53700:23:30.339 --> 00:23:33.539
investigate the ghost of Moonscar, the pirate on a haunted53800:23:33.599 --> 00:23:37.019
bayou island. But it turns out the swashbuckler spirit isn't53900:23:37.039 --> 00:23:39.509
the only creepy character on the island. The Sleuths also54000:23:39.549 --> 00:23:42.190
meet up with cat creatures, zombies, and it looks like54100:23:42.210 --> 00:23:44.690
for the first time in their lives, these ghouls might54200:23:44.829 --> 00:23:45.730
actually be real.54300:23:46.190 --> 00:23:48.049
That's the thing that actually got to me the most54400:23:48.109 --> 00:23:52.009
was this idea that they were finally seeing real ghosts,54500:23:52.029 --> 00:23:56.289
real monsters, as opposed to yet another elderly white guy54600:23:56.509 --> 00:23:58.259
who would have gotten away with it if it weren't54700:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.319
for you meddling kids.54800:23:59.700 --> 00:24:02.799
It was funny. About a year ago, my girlfriend and54900:24:02.940 --> 00:24:05.500
I had just finished John Carpenter's The Fog, and we55000:24:05.519 --> 00:24:08.420
wanted something... Just to kind of lull into, and we55100:24:08.440 --> 00:24:11.339
put on Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. That and John Carpenter's55200:24:11.359 --> 00:24:14.039
The Fog, phenomenal double feature. That actually kind of works55300:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.859
really well together.55400:24:14.900 --> 00:24:17.200
See, last time I watched John Carpenter's The Fog, we55500:24:17.220 --> 00:24:22.450
had a really bad thunderstorm. And then an hour after55600:24:22.490 --> 00:24:25.009
that was over, the wind was blowing so bad, I55700:24:25.029 --> 00:24:26.910
had a window cracked to get the breeze. And all55800:24:26.930 --> 00:24:29.470
of a sudden, it was knocking things off of shelves.55900:24:29.509 --> 00:24:31.450
And I was like, oh, I guess it's pretty bad.56000:24:31.470 --> 00:24:33.230
And then the power was all messed up for half56100:24:33.369 --> 00:24:36.890
a week. So, I don't know. I'm worried that the56200:24:36.930 --> 00:24:37.690
film's cursed now.56300:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.519
I mean, I get that.56400:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.839
For me.56500:24:39.119 --> 00:24:40.799
But, I mean, you know what's not cursed is Scooby-Doo56600:24:40.859 --> 00:24:43.980
on Zombie Island. Currently available to rent or buy on56700:24:44.019 --> 00:24:47.230
Fandango as well as Apple TV. There also was a56800:24:47.349 --> 00:24:50.880
really good Blu-ray just put out recently. That includes not56900:24:50.920 --> 00:24:53.319
only Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, but Return to Zombie Island,57000:24:53.339 --> 00:24:56.119
which I haven't seen, haven't heard great things about, but57100:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.859
I'm still curious.57200:24:56.880 --> 00:24:58.579
I don't think I ever got around to watching that57300:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.599
because it's relatively new.57400:24:59.700 --> 00:25:02.950
Yeah, but 1998 Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, readily available on57500:25:02.990 --> 00:25:06.349
Fandango and Apple. That is a awesome gateway horror flick.57600:25:06.809 --> 00:25:09.849
Moving back in to an older one and another Disney57700:25:09.890 --> 00:25:13.430
horror that has recently found its place on Disney +,57800:25:13.470 --> 00:25:17.359
and that is 1983's Something Wicked This Way Comes from57900:25:17.440 --> 00:25:21.210
Jack Clayton. In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives,58000:25:21.259 --> 00:25:24.019
granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the58100:25:24.059 --> 00:25:27.079
esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys58200:25:27.200 --> 00:25:30.779
overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out? This58300:25:30.859 --> 00:25:33.279
is basically diet needful things for kids.58400:25:33.720 --> 00:25:35.740
Oh, yeah. No, no, no. Without a doubt.58500:25:35.869 --> 00:25:38.630
I mean, and you have Jonathan Price, who plays Mr.58600:25:38.670 --> 00:25:43.390
Dark in this, up against Jason Robarbs. The two acting58700:25:43.470 --> 00:25:46.029
bodies in this movie going head to head is one58800:25:46.069 --> 00:25:48.359
of the best things about this movie. But on top58900:25:48.400 --> 00:25:52.299
of that, again, this is just another scary movie. It's59000:25:52.319 --> 00:25:55.940
got really creepy moments to it. It's got children in peril.59100:25:56.099 --> 00:25:59.640
It's got a whole theme basically going with getting older59200:25:59.660 --> 00:26:01.289
and the fear of that as well, too.59300:26:01.809 --> 00:26:04.910
No, this is one that is, in some ways, it's59400:26:04.950 --> 00:26:07.630
better than Scooby-Doo and Zombie Island. Except that Scooby-Doo on59500:26:07.670 --> 00:26:12.230
Zombie Island gives you Scooby-Doo. Yeah. Which makes it even59600:26:12.269 --> 00:26:14.390
more of a gateway because you know Scooby-Doo. Yeah. Everybody59700:26:14.430 --> 00:26:15.150
knows Scooby-Doo.59800:26:16.049 --> 00:26:16.250
But.59900:26:17.089 --> 00:26:21.869
yeah, no, that something wicked this way comes is yeah.60000:26:21.990 --> 00:26:23.529
They just added it to Disney plus like in the60100:26:23.569 --> 00:26:25.950
last six months, it had not been on there for, for,60200:26:26.029 --> 00:26:29.539
I think since honestly it's start and, uh, I'm happy60300:26:29.559 --> 00:26:31.299
that we're getting more of the older ones on there,60400:26:31.339 --> 00:26:33.700
but yeah, something wicked this way comes, you can find60500:26:33.740 --> 00:26:35.880
on Disney plus it's also available some other places. If60600:26:35.900 --> 00:26:38.559
you want to look, um, this is just one that60700:26:38.680 --> 00:26:40.519
really took me by surprise. I used to have the60800:26:40.559 --> 00:26:42.819
old anchor bay DVD and then I luckily upgraded to60900:26:42.839 --> 00:26:45.880
the Disney movie club Blu-ray before they went out of business. Um,61000:26:46.529 --> 00:26:49.390
It still holds up immaculately. Jason Robarbs and Jonathan Price61100:26:49.410 --> 00:26:51.269
together on this is just a lot of fun.61200:26:51.569 --> 00:26:54.259
I'm going to have to get that on my Halloween61300:26:54.319 --> 00:26:57.619
watch list, which is starting off, by the way, on61400:26:57.880 --> 00:27:01.599
my Halloween season with a rewatch of Dead Like Me.61500:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.980
Oh, that's a great series.61600:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.920
I know.61700:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.559
Phenomenal series.61800:27:04.579 --> 00:27:07.779
I just finished the pilot showing it to Rachel, and61900:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.660
I was crying.62000:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.440
Is it her first time?62100:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.970
Yeah, she's never seen it. She's never heard of it.62200:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.440
Dead Like Me is so good.62300:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.039
It's phenomenal.62400:27:13.259 --> 00:27:15.700
So good. Now, I do know this one is one62500:27:15.730 --> 00:27:18.769
that you like as we move into the 90s with62600:27:18.769 --> 00:27:24.529
1991 Halloween Essential, Ernest Scared Stupid by John Cherry. Yeah.62700:27:24.589 --> 00:27:29.210
Now, this is one that really got its due with62800:27:29.269 --> 00:27:33.009
my generation. Yeah. And more so once my generation were62900:27:33.029 --> 00:27:37.039
in their 20s and 30s. Mm-hmm. Because as time went on,63000:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.779
people will be like, Oh crap. Have you seen Ernest63100:27:38.799 --> 00:27:42.150
scared stupid? Cause it like, it like scarred me for63200:27:42.190 --> 00:27:46.289
life as a child because Ernest is so goofy. The63300:27:46.359 --> 00:27:48.720
Ernest movies are so goofy. They're so fun. I've always63400:27:48.779 --> 00:27:52.630
loved them. And, Scares Stupid, of course, was always my63500:27:52.690 --> 00:27:55.250
favorite because my favorite thing was spooky stuff at Halloween.63600:27:55.650 --> 00:27:59.079
But the monster is really scary. The Kyoto Brothers did63700:27:59.150 --> 00:28:00.019
the effects, right?63800:28:00.160 --> 00:28:03.700
They basically reused Killer Clown from Outer Space.63900:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.660
Yeah.64000:28:04.839 --> 00:28:07.049
I mean, once you see that, you can't unsee it.64100:28:07.220 --> 00:28:10.500
And that's their design style as well, anyway. Yeah, so64200:28:10.519 --> 00:28:12.779
the effects were done by the guys who made Killer64300:28:12.799 --> 00:28:18.349
Clowns from Outer Space, legendary effects artists. There are real stakes...64400:28:19.440 --> 00:28:22.799
Real evil enters the town and Ernest has to stop64500:28:22.839 --> 00:28:24.980
them and pardon the pun, in earnest.64600:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.319
Yes.64700:28:25.619 --> 00:28:29.869
He does. Because the stakes feel so real, even though64800:28:30.150 --> 00:28:32.190
Ernest P. Worrell is the lead.64900:28:32.250 --> 00:28:32.529
Yeah.65000:28:33.430 --> 00:28:35.309
It really works. Oh, it does. And it really makes65100:28:35.349 --> 00:28:39.490
you appreciate a scary movie where you have a satisfying ending. Yeah.65200:28:39.690 --> 00:28:41.710
And I mean, also like the one thing that surprised me,65300:28:41.710 --> 00:28:43.190
because I only saw it for the first time like65400:28:43.210 --> 00:28:46.009
five years ago. I did not grow up with this movie.65500:28:46.049 --> 00:28:46.440
How?65600:28:46.569 --> 00:28:47.140
I don't know.65700:28:47.269 --> 00:28:48.490
I feel like I would have forced you to watch65800:28:48.549 --> 00:28:49.150
it sooner than that.65900:28:49.170 --> 00:28:51.730
At some point, yeah. But I was more so surprised66000:28:51.789 --> 00:28:53.930
by the children in peril aspect of it, because they66100:28:53.970 --> 00:28:54.910
do not mess around.66200:28:55.130 --> 00:28:59.329
No, no, no. Well, and that was one of the first...66300:28:59.650 --> 00:29:01.730
First three? I think Ernest Goes to Camp was the66400:29:01.950 --> 00:29:04.390
first to be on, which was the first Ernest movie,66500:29:04.490 --> 00:29:07.589
was the first to be on Blue. Yeah. But Ernest66600:29:07.609 --> 00:29:10.049
Scared Stupid came to Blue really early on, and it66700:29:10.069 --> 00:29:11.769
was because, I think, it was because of all the66800:29:11.789 --> 00:29:14.180
millennials who... Yeah. Would collect it immediately.66900:29:14.200 --> 00:29:16.700
Because Camp, Scared Stupid, and Christmas are like the top67000:29:16.740 --> 00:29:18.220
three in most people's echelon.67100:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.779
I would say so.67200:29:18.880 --> 00:29:22.980
Yeah. But yeah, Ernest Scared Stupid, currently available on Fandango67300:29:23.000 --> 00:29:25.119
to rent or buy, but also streaming right now on67400:29:25.180 --> 00:29:29.349
Amazon Prime in the U.S. But yeah, that is 1991's67500:29:29.380 --> 00:29:31.950
Ernest Scared Stupid. You can find it where I just67600:29:31.950 --> 00:29:34.720
said you can. This is just one that is really,67700:29:34.720 --> 00:29:37.170
really fun and pretty twisted as well.67800:29:37.170 --> 00:29:39.220
I can't believe you Yeah, I can't believe you didn't67900:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.559
see that.68000:29:39.900 --> 00:29:43.680
It was Ernest was always was was always there. One68100:29:43.700 --> 00:29:45.279
of the first Ernest movies I ever saw was Ernest68200:29:45.299 --> 00:29:47.180
in the Army because I always remember him eating the68300:29:47.200 --> 00:29:49.990
fruit snacks and then puking on the sergeant.68400:29:50.549 --> 00:29:51.450
I mean, that sounds right.68500:29:51.549 --> 00:30:03.690
Yeah. into another cut from Disney that is absolutely terrifying68600:30:03.869 --> 00:30:07.009
and also readily available on Disney +. And we also68700:30:07.049 --> 00:30:09.349
mentioned Farooza Balk earlier, so let's mention her again in68800:30:09.369 --> 00:30:14.039
1985's Return to Oz. Because if you want to talk68900:30:14.059 --> 00:30:16.289
about gateway horror, this is just horror.69000:30:17.140 --> 00:30:19.730
No, Return to Oz. I mean, if you thought Wizard69100:30:19.769 --> 00:30:22.089
of Oz is a gateway to horror, Return to Oz69200:30:22.170 --> 00:30:23.390
is just a horror film.69300:30:23.430 --> 00:30:27.289
Horror film entirely. Dorothy, saved from the psychiatric experiment by69400:30:27.309 --> 00:30:29.470
a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of69500:30:29.490 --> 00:30:32.470
her dreams and makes delightful new friends and dangerous new enemies.69600:30:32.829 --> 00:30:35.630
This is her returning to Oz as Farooza Balk, and69700:30:36.049 --> 00:30:38.369
she finds out that Oz is really in shambles. A69800:30:38.509 --> 00:30:40.819
evil witch has moved in and really screwed things up.69900:30:41.990 --> 00:30:44.509
When I say an evil witch, I also should mention70000:30:44.569 --> 00:30:46.930
that she has multiple heads in this movie because that70100:30:46.970 --> 00:30:49.109
is one of the scariest things about her is she70200:30:49.170 --> 00:30:51.710
has a cabinet, a glass cabinet full of heads.70300:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.690
Why would that be scary?70400:30:52.710 --> 00:30:55.059
Yeah, that she wears and also that her henchmen have70500:30:55.140 --> 00:30:59.339
wheels for hands and feet. This movie's terrifying.70600:30:59.359 --> 00:31:02.119
And another great example of a massive Disney flop.70700:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.799
Oh, how much?70800:31:02.799 --> 00:31:07.069
$ 28 million budget. 11 million at the box office. Ouch.70900:31:07.329 --> 00:31:10.119
I know it played HBO like incessantly. That was one71000:31:10.140 --> 00:31:12.369
thing that had its claim to fame. This was one71100:31:12.410 --> 00:31:15.349
that I saw early on because for some reason in71200:31:15.390 --> 00:31:17.849
my family, we had a picture book of Return to71300:31:17.990 --> 00:31:21.029
Oz that was like an old ex-library copy. And I'm71400:31:21.490 --> 00:31:23.650
three or four years old flipping through this thing and71500:31:23.690 --> 00:31:27.289
seeing a glass case full of heads and wheelie people.71600:31:27.670 --> 00:31:30.670
And I'm just like, what the hell is this? It's71700:31:31.029 --> 00:31:35.029
Return to Oz, baby. Yeah, Return to Oz is definitely one.71800:31:35.069 --> 00:31:36.549
If you are a Wizard of Oz fan and you've71900:31:36.609 --> 00:31:38.529
never seen Return to Oz, this is the year to72000:31:38.569 --> 00:31:40.509
do it. And this is the time to do it because,72100:31:40.529 --> 00:31:42.809
like I said, this movie is unsettling, but also a72200:31:43.009 --> 00:31:45.210
genuinely good film on top of that as well. And72300:31:45.230 --> 00:31:47.670
I always love the tagline, all new adventure down the72400:31:47.710 --> 00:31:51.069
yellow brick road, because that just says that it just72500:31:51.109 --> 00:31:54.670
seems screaming kid friendly. And this movie is and isn't72600:31:54.710 --> 00:31:55.349
at the same time.72700:31:55.650 --> 00:31:57.849
Well, I mean, the books, it's based on our kids' books.72800:31:57.890 --> 00:32:00.390
They're just very scary kids' books, if I remember correctly.72900:32:00.450 --> 00:32:04.130
No, absolutely. So, yeah, Return to Oz, 1985, currently available73000:32:04.230 --> 00:32:06.599
on Disney +. You can also rent it from Fandango73100:32:06.630 --> 00:32:11.980
and Apple. Moving into the 2000s once again, let's go73200:32:12.220 --> 00:32:14.920
with another classic that has really, really found its audience73300:32:14.960 --> 00:32:18.039
over the years, and that is 2009's Coraline, directed by73400:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.819
Henry Selnick.73500:32:19.740 --> 00:32:21.309
Oh, okay. I was.73600:32:21.980 --> 00:32:24.200
not the biggest fan of Coraline for the longest time.73700:32:24.220 --> 00:32:26.359
I didn't really have necessarily anything against it. It was73800:32:26.380 --> 00:32:29.539
just one that I really hadn't latched onto. I'd seen73900:32:29.559 --> 00:32:31.900
it once. I think I rented it when I was74000:32:32.680 --> 00:32:35.500
in junior high or something like that. And the more74100:32:35.539 --> 00:32:37.480
that I've gone back to Coraline, A, it's a really74200:32:37.509 --> 00:32:42.549
good movie, but B, there are legitimately terrifying images in this,74300:32:42.769 --> 00:32:43.450
even for an adult.74400:32:44.130 --> 00:32:46.309
I mean, there's a reason. It's a pretty well-loved movie.74500:32:46.390 --> 00:32:46.990
I've not seen it.74600:32:46.990 --> 00:32:47.670
You've never seen Coraline?74700:32:47.690 --> 00:32:47.750
No.74800:32:48.289 --> 00:32:50.890
So the plot of Coraline is wandering her rambling old74900:32:50.910 --> 00:32:53.819
house in her boring new town. 11-year-old Coraline discovers the75000:32:53.859 --> 00:32:56.519
hidden door to a strangely idolized version of her life.75100:32:56.920 --> 00:32:58.960
In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make75200:32:59.059 --> 00:33:02.500
a frighteningly real sacrifice. If you have not seen the meme,75300:33:02.880 --> 00:33:05.420
this is the movie that has the woman with buttons75400:33:05.480 --> 00:33:09.200
for eyes and mouths sewn up and whatnot. I mean,75500:33:09.220 --> 00:33:11.299
this has, like I said, some terrifying imagery in it.75600:33:11.329 --> 00:33:15.049
But Coraline is a really, really good kids movie. It's75700:33:15.069 --> 00:33:18.359
a really good gateway horror film. And it has really75800:33:18.759 --> 00:33:21.059
taken off to a point of getting its cult fandom,75900:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.660
I would say, too.76000:33:22.579 --> 00:33:25.240
I mean, I've never heard anything but good things about it.76100:33:25.240 --> 00:33:27.009
And it's from the same director who did A Nightmare76200:33:27.049 --> 00:33:30.089
Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, which was a76300:33:30.630 --> 00:33:33.880
very big deal when I was a kid. So, yeah,76400:33:33.890 --> 00:33:36.529
I mean, that alone should tell you. you know, all76500:33:36.549 --> 00:33:37.109
you need to know.76600:33:37.289 --> 00:33:41.109
Voice talents of Dakota Fanning, Terry Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Don French,76700:33:41.190 --> 00:33:44.430
Keith David, Robert Bailey Jr., Ian McShane. I mean, the76800:33:44.450 --> 00:33:47.220
list goes on and on with this. Currently available right76900:33:47.259 --> 00:33:49.440
now to rent or buy on Fandango. You can also77000:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.740
stream it on Hulu as well as the Roku channel.77100:33:51.799 --> 00:33:55.140
So Coraline from 2009, you know, if you have not77200:33:55.160 --> 00:33:57.980
seen Coraline, definitely check that one out. And if you77300:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.740
have kids, maybe put them in front of the TV77400:33:59.779 --> 00:34:01.039
too on that one. They might enjoy that.77500:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.440
Yeah, and it rhymed.77600:34:03.450 --> 00:34:06.230
So moving back into a little bit more current one,77700:34:06.359 --> 00:34:11.739
let's go with Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween from 2018.77800:34:11.739 --> 00:34:15.760
Also rhymed. Yes, it did. I mean, anything with Goosebumps77900:34:16.320 --> 00:34:21.179
is going to be a perfect gateway for kids. I mean,78000:34:21.360 --> 00:34:25.539
I grew up on Fear Street and Goosebumps, and I78100:34:25.719 --> 00:34:30.739
think they made a massive influence on everything about my life.78200:34:30.840 --> 00:34:33.900
Yeah. Goosebumps 2 synopsis. Be careful what you wish for.78300:34:34.019 --> 00:34:36.880
With their after-school junk business, best friends Sonny and Sam78400:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.980
hope to find treasure in other people's trash, but when78500:34:39.079 --> 00:34:42.280
cleaning out an old stein house, they open a locked78600:34:42.340 --> 00:34:45.800
book that frees a supernatural nightmare, Slappy. Now, with the78700:34:45.820 --> 00:34:48.059
help of Sonny's sister, Sarah, they're in a race against78800:34:48.099 --> 00:34:50.179
time to find the sinister dummy and all the creatures78900:34:50.219 --> 00:34:52.980
he's brought back to life into the pages before he79000:34:53.019 --> 00:34:56.389
unleashes total pandemonium. Also includes probably one of our favorite79100:34:56.429 --> 00:34:59.750
jokes of all time for a Goosebumps movie, which is79200:34:59.969 --> 00:35:02.940
there's a scene... where Jack Black, as R.L. Stine, is79300:35:03.059 --> 00:35:05.679
wandering the streets, all the chaos is broken out, and79400:35:05.760 --> 00:35:09.300
a red balloon floats past a sewer, and Jack Black goes,79500:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.380
I knew I wrote that!79600:35:11.039 --> 00:35:15.159
I knew I wrote that first. No, both of those79700:35:15.199 --> 00:35:17.480
Goosebumps films are great, but yeah, the second one taking79800:35:17.519 --> 00:35:19.000
place on Halloween.79900:35:19.039 --> 00:35:22.119
Yeah, super, super fun. It has a lot of great80000:35:22.159 --> 00:35:23.900
creatures in it, it's got a lot of great humor,80100:35:24.019 --> 00:35:26.079
and the cast, I mean, you got Jeremy Ray Taylor,80200:35:26.159 --> 00:35:29.900
you got Ken Jeong, Chris Parnell, Bryce Kast, a bunch80300:35:29.920 --> 00:35:32.460
of people in this one, and the chaos that ensues80400:35:32.699 --> 00:35:34.909
actually occurs on Halloween night, if I'm not mistaken, as well.80500:35:35.070 --> 00:35:35.860
I'm pretty sure you're right.80600:35:36.119 --> 00:35:38.809
And that's why it's called Haunted Halloween. So yeah, Goosebumps 2,80700:35:38.809 --> 00:35:41.949
Haunted Halloween, currently available to stream on Netflix as well80800:35:42.090 --> 00:35:44.769
as you can rent it on Plex, Fandango, and Apple TV.80900:35:45.190 --> 00:35:47.670
If you haven't seen any of the Goosebumps movies, definitely81000:35:47.789 --> 00:35:49.869
add those into your lineup this year. They are a81100:35:49.969 --> 00:35:52.289
lot of fun. Really, really like those movies. I really81200:35:52.309 --> 00:35:53.550
wish we could get a third one at this point.81300:35:53.769 --> 00:35:57.090
Yeah, really. I kind of assumed there'd be one, but... Well,81400:35:57.110 --> 00:35:59.570
didn't we get that weird Didn't we get a really81500:35:59.650 --> 00:36:00.690
weird Goosebumps series?81600:36:00.710 --> 00:36:03.090
Oh, we got the TV series with David Schwimmer and81700:36:03.449 --> 00:36:05.030
Justin Long, if I'm not mistaken.81800:36:05.250 --> 00:36:07.119
Yeah, which I feel bad I never finished it.81900:36:07.250 --> 00:36:07.849
It was good, though.82000:36:08.030 --> 00:36:10.809
I remember getting more and more fascinated the longer I82100:36:10.809 --> 00:36:11.650
went into it. Yeah, yeah.82200:36:12.130 --> 00:36:15.130
So let's go into another Netflix one that really, really82300:36:15.150 --> 00:36:16.800
took my storm. Not going to talk about this one long.82400:36:17.050 --> 00:36:20.820
That is 2025's K-Pop Demon Hunters, directed by Chris Applehans82500:36:20.880 --> 00:36:24.659
and Maggie Kang. When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira, and Zoey82600:36:24.780 --> 00:36:27.090
aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret powers to82700:36:27.130 --> 00:36:30.170
protect their fans from supernatural threats. 100%, this is a82800:36:30.230 --> 00:36:33.969
great gateway horror film, or in general, just a good film.82900:36:34.050 --> 00:36:36.409
It's got a great soundtrack, a lot of fun animation,83000:36:36.429 --> 00:36:40.010
a lot of fun monsters, and some really well-handled topics83100:36:40.070 --> 00:36:42.469
that are not what you expect in a kids' movie sometimes,83200:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.920
I would say. Have you seen it yet?83300:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.599
Oh, no, I haven't had a chance. It's actually a83400:36:45.619 --> 00:36:47.659
lot of fun. I don't doubt that it's not good.83500:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.039
Yeah.83600:36:48.380 --> 00:36:49.659
People are really, really into it.83700:36:49.780 --> 00:36:51.269
I mean, Criterion's putting it out on 4K.83800:36:52.210 --> 00:36:52.710
Good for them.83900:36:54.070 --> 00:36:56.730
But yeah, K-Pop Demon Hunters, that is another one that84000:36:56.750 --> 00:36:58.500
I would recommend. Like I said, a lot of fun,84100:36:58.599 --> 00:37:00.980
a lot of great music in that one, and readily available,84200:37:01.000 --> 00:37:02.980
of course, to stream on Netflix, because that's the only84300:37:03.000 --> 00:37:04.679
place that has it until that 4K comes out.84400:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.539
That's how they do business.84500:37:07.090 --> 00:37:10.840
Let's move back a little bit into 1997 with another84600:37:10.880 --> 00:37:14.519
Disney one that, again, was really, really hard to find84700:37:14.559 --> 00:37:16.380
for a while. There was a very out of print84800:37:16.420 --> 00:37:19.119
DVD from Echo Bridge. Otherwise than that, this one was84900:37:19.179 --> 00:37:21.119
not even on Disney Plus, still not on Disney Plus85000:37:21.139 --> 00:37:24.219
to this day. And that is 1997's Under Wraps, directed85100:37:24.280 --> 00:37:28.869
by Greg Beeman. A comedy adventure in which three 1285200:37:28.869 --> 00:37:30.429
year olds have a close encounter with a 3000 year85300:37:30.449 --> 00:37:34.579
old mummy. Marshall, Gilbert, and Amy accidentally set the mummy free,85400:37:34.840 --> 00:37:36.500
but if they don't get him back to his resting85500:37:36.519 --> 00:37:39.409
place by midnight on Halloween, he'll turn into dust and85600:37:39.449 --> 00:37:42.130
lose his only chance of being reunited with his long-lost love.85700:37:42.590 --> 00:37:45.389
This was a Disney Channel staple when I was a kid.85800:37:46.489 --> 00:37:47.420
You know what? I've seen it.85900:37:47.570 --> 00:37:47.989
Have you seen it?86000:37:47.989 --> 00:37:49.730
Yeah. I was going to say you had to have, yeah.86100:37:49.750 --> 00:37:52.809
It took me a second, but I watched it. They86200:37:52.849 --> 00:37:53.969
did a remake. Yeah, in 2021?86300:37:53.969 --> 00:37:55.650
Yeah, that is available on Disney +, but this is86400:37:55.690 --> 00:37:59.869
the original from 1997. currently available on YouTube and has86500:37:59.909 --> 00:38:01.789
been there for a bit, so I would recommend checking86600:38:01.829 --> 00:38:03.610
it out there. Otherwise, you want to spend, I think,86700:38:03.610 --> 00:38:08.309
$ 80 to $ 100 on the DVD now. But super fun movie.86800:38:08.429 --> 00:38:10.429
It's got a lot of play on horror. Marshall is86900:38:10.469 --> 00:38:12.380
a huge horror fan, so his room's decked out with87000:38:12.389 --> 00:38:14.360
a bunch of stuff. Even opens with a fake horror87100:38:14.440 --> 00:38:17.340
movie as well, too. The whole last half of the87200:38:17.360 --> 00:38:20.079
movie takes place on Halloween. One of my favorite scenes87300:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.639
in this movie, as of recent, because I watched it87400:38:21.820 --> 00:38:24.300
about a year ago, is the mummy ends up stumbling87500:38:24.340 --> 00:38:26.679
into a drive-thru and orders a bunch of food. To87600:38:26.739 --> 00:38:30.019
get a total of like 24 bucks for like six cheeseburgers,87700:38:30.059 --> 00:38:32.340
a bunch of fries and soda. And I miss those days.87800:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.599
I remember those days better than you.87900:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.960
You probably do.88000:38:36.019 --> 00:38:38.050
I was driving a car when it was that cheap.88100:38:38.690 --> 00:38:42.389
But yeah. No, this one's super charming and I really88200:38:42.449 --> 00:38:42.800
loved it.88300:38:42.949 --> 00:38:43.750
No, it's very cute.88400:38:43.769 --> 00:38:46.789
Yeah, this one's a really great addition to your lineup.88500:38:46.929 --> 00:38:50.210
I cannot speak on the remake, mainly because I just88600:38:50.610 --> 00:38:53.199
haven't been able to make To get myself to push88700:38:53.219 --> 00:38:54.699
play on it because I love the original so much.88800:38:54.719 --> 00:38:56.460
This was one that I grew up with as a kid.88900:38:56.480 --> 00:38:59.840
I mean, I would have been five when this came out.89000:38:59.900 --> 00:39:02.659
So I may have even caught the premiere on Disney Channel.89100:39:02.679 --> 00:39:04.940
Who knows? Because my grandparents had Disney Channel at this point.89200:39:05.320 --> 00:39:07.119
That's how I saw this. My grandma had recorded it89300:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.380
on a VHS. So that's how this movie stuck with89400:39:09.400 --> 00:39:13.280
me through years. But yeah, Under Wraps 1997, currently available89500:39:13.420 --> 00:39:15.739
on YouTube. Or if you want to pay extensively for89600:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.960
a DVD, it is out there.89700:39:17.280 --> 00:39:19.889
I like how it's like my grandma taped me Under Wraps.89800:39:20.409 --> 00:39:23.010
I'm like, my great aunt taped me Freddy's Dead. We're89900:39:23.050 --> 00:39:23.599
not the same.90000:39:23.619 --> 00:39:27.119
We're not the same. And speaking of we're not the same,90100:39:27.199 --> 00:39:30.530
let's go with a sequel that is, in my opinion, opinion,90200:39:30.550 --> 00:39:33.190
I don't want to say it's better than the original,90300:39:33.590 --> 00:39:36.449
but damn, I love this movie. And that is 1990s90400:39:36.510 --> 00:39:39.530
Gremlins 2, the new batch directed by Joe Dante.90500:39:39.550 --> 00:39:43.699
I could see that one being more Halloween-y, but also90600:39:43.860 --> 00:39:46.650
it is... It is more kid-friendly.90700:39:46.650 --> 00:39:47.349
100%.90800:39:47.349 --> 00:39:48.010
In some way.90900:39:48.050 --> 00:39:49.809
In some ways, yeah. There's still some humor in there.91000:39:50.389 --> 00:39:53.070
Well, yeah. And because Gremlins 1 has a lot more91100:39:53.110 --> 00:39:54.539
big scare moments. Yeah.91200:39:54.940 --> 00:39:57.039
And I mean, there's still scary stuff in this one, obviously, too.91300:39:57.480 --> 00:40:00.159
Here they grow again. Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move91400:40:00.179 --> 00:40:03.159
to the Big Apple, land jobs in high-tech office park,91500:40:03.260 --> 00:40:05.960
and soon reunite with a friendly and lovable gizmo. But91600:40:06.000 --> 00:40:08.699
a series of accidents create a whole new generation of gremlins.91700:40:08.739 --> 00:40:11.460
The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a91800:40:11.539 --> 00:40:15.590
top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers. making them even91900:40:15.630 --> 00:40:19.110
harder to destroy. Once again, returning is Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates.92000:40:19.199 --> 00:40:21.820
We've got a great performance by John Glover in this92100:40:22.059 --> 00:40:25.000
as a, as a tycoon. Uh, my God, I love,92200:40:25.639 --> 00:40:27.150
I love this movie.92300:40:27.250 --> 00:40:29.730
I love that. You also get, um, Robert Prosky.92400:40:29.929 --> 00:40:30.090
Yeah.92500:40:30.110 --> 00:40:32.449
And you get kind of like a, like a, Horror92600:40:32.489 --> 00:40:33.690
host kind of character.92700:40:33.750 --> 00:40:34.050
Yeah.92800:40:34.130 --> 00:40:35.489
Robert Picardo's in there.92900:40:35.610 --> 00:40:39.230
Christopher Lee, Dick Miller. I mean, this is just a really,93000:40:39.449 --> 00:40:42.300
really fun one that really is aimed more towards kids93100:40:42.320 --> 00:40:44.219
with its humor. But there is some still scary stuff93200:40:44.260 --> 00:40:46.219
in it. It's got a lot of great jokes in it, though,93300:40:46.340 --> 00:40:48.059
and a lot of great cameos. I mean, even the93400:40:48.119 --> 00:40:50.340
ones we haven't named yet, there's still there's still plenty93500:40:50.380 --> 00:40:51.760
of popping up in this movie. Yeah.93600:40:51.800 --> 00:40:54.119
Gremlins 2 was the one I rewatched the most as93700:40:54.179 --> 00:40:57.699
a kid. And it definitely has that kind of frenetic93800:40:57.960 --> 00:41:01.800
kids Halloween energy. Even though it doesn't take place on Halloween,93900:41:01.840 --> 00:41:04.929
it definitely has that vibe. So I think that's a94000:41:04.989 --> 00:41:06.710
really solid recommendation.94100:41:06.949 --> 00:41:09.769
Currently available to stream on HBO Max. You can also94200:41:09.909 --> 00:41:14.150
rent it from Fandango or Apple. If you are a fan,94300:41:14.210 --> 00:41:17.179
I would recommend there is a Blu-ray double feature of both.94400:41:17.199 --> 00:41:18.679
So if you don't have either of the Gremlins movies,94500:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.980
that's a great way to get it. I don't think94600:41:20.000 --> 00:41:21.960
it's hit 4K yet, which actually kind of surprised me.94700:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.659
Yeah, I don't think so.94800:41:23.159 --> 00:41:24.539
But once it does, I'm going to definitely get that94900:41:24.559 --> 00:41:27.099
because I love Gremlins 2 New Batch 1990 directed by95000:41:27.139 --> 00:41:30.519
Joe Dante. Available, like I said, on Max and Fandango.95100:41:30.539 --> 00:41:32.980
So make sure you check that one out as we95200:41:33.019 --> 00:41:34.739
are beginning to wrap up Gateway. We'll go to the95300:41:34.780 --> 00:41:38.079
second to last one, which is another personal favorite of mine.95400:41:38.199 --> 00:41:41.909
And again, another great one. Let's go with 2002's live95500:41:42.070 --> 00:41:46.010
action Scooby Doo movie, because why the hell not?95600:41:46.989 --> 00:41:48.250
The one written by James Gunn?95700:41:48.409 --> 00:41:51.309
The one originally written by James Gunn, yes. Directed by95800:41:51.389 --> 00:41:54.530
Raja Gosnell. Be afraid, be kind of afraid, when the95900:41:54.550 --> 00:41:58.239
Mystery Inc. gang is invited to Spooky Island, a popular96000:41:58.280 --> 00:42:00.639
amusement park. They soon discover that the attractions aren't the96100:42:00.719 --> 00:42:03.659
only things that are spooky. Strange things are happening, and96200:42:03.679 --> 00:42:06.059
it's up to Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma to96300:42:06.139 --> 00:42:08.599
uncover the truth behind the mysterious happenings. This is, of course,96400:42:08.619 --> 00:42:11.079
the live action with Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar,96500:42:11.119 --> 00:42:14.699
Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini. Rowan Atkinson in this one as96600:42:14.719 --> 00:42:18.500
well as Ilsa Fisher and you've got a really fun96700:42:18.639 --> 00:42:20.400
performance by Sugar Ray in this as well if you96800:42:20.420 --> 00:42:22.079
want to date this movie any further.96900:42:22.239 --> 00:42:25.119
I mean as if it were possible yeah but Scooby Doo.97000:42:25.239 --> 00:42:27.440
Live action if you have not seen that or if97100:42:27.820 --> 00:42:30.500
your kids haven't seen it this is such a fun97200:42:30.639 --> 00:42:34.360
movie that honestly even though it's got it's dated CGI97300:42:34.409 --> 00:42:36.329
moments it's still a lot of fun got a lot97400:42:36.349 --> 00:42:38.610
of great performances in it a really good soundtrack as97500:42:38.650 --> 00:42:40.789
well too and Spooky Island is still a place that97600:42:40.849 --> 00:42:43.219
I really want to fucking visit I.97700:42:43.199 --> 00:42:47.110
Mean, it's literally a living cartoon. I mean, it's a97800:42:47.110 --> 00:42:49.389
cartoon movie, but it's live action. So, I mean, I97900:42:49.449 --> 00:42:52.929
think you can forgive the cheesy digital animation.98000:42:53.230 --> 00:42:55.829
I would say so. But yeah, Scooby-Doo and even Scooby-Doo98100:42:55.829 --> 00:42:58.829
2 Monsters Unleashed, both are phenomenal films. Of course, you know,98200:42:58.869 --> 00:43:00.730
Matthew Lillard really got his claim to fame in this98300:43:00.809 --> 00:43:03.320
one as Shaggy, and he's definitely earned it as the98400:43:03.429 --> 00:43:06.420
rest of the cast. So that is currently available to98500:43:06.539 --> 00:43:10.639
rent on Fandango, Plex, and Apple. But as we mentioned earlier,98600:43:10.900 --> 00:43:12.320
officially up on YouTube.98700:43:13.170 --> 00:43:14.570
Oh yeah, I mean, that doesn't shock me.98800:43:14.710 --> 00:43:18.199
Yeah, so that is Scooby-Doo from 2002. And rounding out98900:43:18.380 --> 00:43:21.400
the gateway horror, this is kind of a cheat because99000:43:21.440 --> 00:43:23.780
of A, the runtime on it, and B, it's not99100:43:23.820 --> 00:43:28.619
technically a movie. That is from 1929, The Skeleton Dance99200:43:28.679 --> 00:43:30.619
by Walt Disney, the five-minute short.99300:43:31.019 --> 00:43:32.260
Oh, okay, yeah, I remember.99400:43:32.280 --> 00:43:35.630
This is one that I've basically started kicking off my99500:43:35.670 --> 00:43:38.309
Halloween season with, because again, A, five minutes, but it's99600:43:38.349 --> 00:43:41.030
just a lot of fun. It's just the clock strikes midnight,99700:43:41.090 --> 00:43:43.469
the bats fly from the belfry, A dog howls at99800:43:43.489 --> 00:43:45.889
the full moon and two black cats fight in the cemetery.99900:43:45.949 --> 00:43:48.530
A perfect time for four skeletons to come out and100000:43:48.550 --> 00:43:51.650
dance a little bit. A really, really cute short available100100:43:51.710 --> 00:43:54.190
on Disney +. It is kind of the perfect thing100200:43:54.210 --> 00:43:55.900
if you're wanting to get in that spooky mood. I100300:43:55.909 --> 00:43:57.619
would say while you decorate the house, but again, you100400:43:57.639 --> 00:43:58.780
got five minutes and then it's done.100500:43:59.179 --> 00:44:01.380
Well, you know, the skeleton dance is public domain as100600:44:01.440 --> 00:44:04.500
of January of last year, too. So you could probably100700:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.880
find it anywhere. Elsewhere.100800:44:05.920 --> 00:44:08.050
Yes, I would imagine so. But yeah, that is going100900:44:08.090 --> 00:44:10.409
to round out the gateway horror. So skeleton dance, a101000:44:10.449 --> 00:44:13.530
perfect one. to check out if you are wanting to101100:44:13.610 --> 00:44:23.349
get the kids and yourself into the halloween season let101200:44:23.469 --> 00:44:27.329
us move into seasonal rewatches so these are movies that101300:44:27.429 --> 00:44:30.079
i've moved into my halloween rotation and i think you101400:44:30.099 --> 00:44:32.239
should too both for their feel they may take place101500:44:32.280 --> 00:44:34.530
on halloween or just have halloween vibes And so we're101600:44:34.550 --> 00:44:37.710
going to kick that off with one that I like,101700:44:37.909 --> 00:44:40.030
but man, a lot of people love this movie way more.101800:44:40.369 --> 00:44:45.139
And that is 1998's Practical Magic, directed by Griffin Dunn. Oh, wow.101900:44:45.719 --> 00:44:48.500
Does it have to do with the sequel coming out?102000:44:48.539 --> 00:44:50.940
The sequel that is out and apparently has people split102100:44:50.980 --> 00:44:53.570
as well. I.102200:44:53.670 --> 00:44:55.190
You know, I had that chance to keep up with102300:44:55.230 --> 00:44:57.949
it because as spooky season was starting, I was very like,102400:44:58.500 --> 00:44:59.099
you know, busy.102500:44:59.199 --> 00:44:59.460
Yeah.102600:44:59.679 --> 00:45:03.500
But, uh, it looks like it's doing okay. $ 75 million budget,102700:45:03.500 --> 00:45:05.440
93 million box office. It's not a massive hit.102800:45:05.539 --> 00:45:07.440
No, but it's doing, yeah, it's definitely doing well. But yeah,102900:45:07.460 --> 00:45:10.079
we're talking about the original from 1998, uh, with, uh,103000:45:10.139 --> 00:45:13.889
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stocker Channing, Diane Weiss says, uh,103100:45:13.989 --> 00:45:16.849
Sally and Jillian Owens born into a magical family have103200:45:16.909 --> 00:45:20.809
mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Jillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy103300:45:20.909 --> 00:45:24.170
Angeloff dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash103400:45:24.210 --> 00:45:27.380
course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallett growing suspicious,103500:45:27.420 --> 00:45:30.360
the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov and unwittingly inject his103600:45:30.400 --> 00:45:32.639
corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their103700:45:32.679 --> 00:45:34.679
family line. So the one thing that I'm going to103800:45:34.719 --> 00:45:37.170
say about Practical Magic is every time I go back103900:45:37.190 --> 00:45:39.659
to this movie, I absolutely do have a blast with it.104000:45:40.289 --> 00:45:42.969
But my God, you can see the studio interference in104100:45:43.010 --> 00:45:45.710
this movie. The plot is an absolute mess.104200:45:45.869 --> 00:45:48.750
Yeah? Yeah. It's been a while since I watched it.104300:45:48.769 --> 00:45:51.840
This was what I would have called my sister's kind104400:45:51.880 --> 00:45:53.530
of movie because I had an older sister growing up.104500:45:54.559 --> 00:45:59.619
Practical Magic, Death Becomes Her, those were all very popular104600:45:59.679 --> 00:46:04.030
with teenage girls in the 90s. which my sister was one,104700:46:04.050 --> 00:46:05.699
although actually she might've been in her twenties by then,104800:46:05.760 --> 00:46:08.659
but still, uh, but I've always, I've always had a104900:46:08.699 --> 00:46:10.420
soft spot for those films, but I haven't seen the105000:46:10.440 --> 00:46:12.659
original practical magic in a very long time.105100:46:12.780 --> 00:46:15.750
Still holds up really cute movie. Um, it's got Halloween105200:46:15.789 --> 00:46:18.000
feel out the ass with just the witchy vibes. Uh,105300:46:18.070 --> 00:46:19.730
I want to live in that house that her aunts105400:46:19.769 --> 00:46:22.909
have for one. I mean, it's just a really fun movie.105500:46:22.949 --> 00:46:26.030
That's pretty, that pretty, uh, enjoyable for the family. There's,105600:46:26.110 --> 00:46:28.039
there's some content to it, but overall, I mean, it's105700:46:28.059 --> 00:46:31.300
a PG 13, uh, I wouldn't say horror film. It's105800:46:31.360 --> 00:46:35.889
a scary-ish movie, but Practical Magic is a lot of fun,105900:46:36.329 --> 00:46:38.650
regardless of the plot that's messed up in that movie.106000:46:38.690 --> 00:46:41.789
My God, you cannot not tell anymore.106100:46:42.289 --> 00:46:42.869
Fair enough.106200:46:43.260 --> 00:46:46.329
But yeah, yeah, that is 1998's Griffin Dunn's Practical Magic106300:46:46.650 --> 00:46:48.750
currently streaming on HBO Max. You can also rent it106400:46:48.809 --> 00:46:51.530
on Fandango and Plex as well. And again, you can106500:46:51.550 --> 00:46:54.159
get yourself ready for the sequel that my mom actually106600:46:54.199 --> 00:46:56.139
really did enjoy, by the way, because I was afraid106700:46:56.159 --> 00:46:59.000
it was going to have that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to Beetlejuice106800:46:59.039 --> 00:47:01.539
Beetlejuice feel to it. And luckily, she said it wasn't106900:47:01.579 --> 00:47:01.840
like that.107000:47:02.329 --> 00:47:05.429
Okay, fair enough. I mean, I thought it wouldn't come107100:47:05.510 --> 00:47:07.469
off as too chintzy. No.107200:47:08.030 --> 00:47:10.889
So moving on into seasonal rewatches, another one that has107300:47:10.929 --> 00:47:14.679
kind of fallen into my rotation over the years. Unexpected107400:47:14.980 --> 00:47:16.539
one that I just didn't know if I was going107500:47:16.559 --> 00:47:18.440
to like, A, because I didn't know how this director107600:47:18.460 --> 00:47:21.639
would handle a children's film, and that is 2018's The107700:47:21.679 --> 00:47:23.869
House with the Clock in Its Walls by Eli Roth.107800:47:24.010 --> 00:47:26.190
I had a feeling when you said, when you built107900:47:26.269 --> 00:47:27.010
up the director. Yeah.108000:47:27.449 --> 00:47:30.190
So this is when 10-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned. He108100:47:30.250 --> 00:47:32.070
is sent to live with his uncle Jonathan in a108200:47:32.110 --> 00:47:35.869
creaky and creepy old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise108300:47:35.909 --> 00:47:38.610
that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle108400:47:38.630 --> 00:47:41.010
was a warlock, Lewis begins learning magic, but when he108500:47:41.070 --> 00:47:44.219
rebelliously resurrects an evil warlock, he must find the secret108600:47:44.239 --> 00:47:46.559
of the house and save the world from destruction. This108700:47:46.579 --> 00:47:48.679
has an amazing cast in it, such as Jack Black,108800:47:48.699 --> 00:47:53.800
Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle McLaughlin, Colin Camp. This is108900:47:54.059 --> 00:47:56.079
one that is, you know, like I said, it's a109000:47:56.119 --> 00:47:59.480
children's film, but Again, it has really, really good scares109100:47:59.519 --> 00:48:01.639
to it, has a really good story to it, and109200:48:01.739 --> 00:48:04.489
is genuinely a lot of fun. It was a Black109300:48:04.530 --> 00:48:06.489
Friday pickup of all things years ago. That's how I109400:48:06.860 --> 00:48:09.170
found it in my life. But it was one that109500:48:09.230 --> 00:48:10.960
really surprised me on how much I enjoyed it.109600:48:11.650 --> 00:48:15.429
I mean, it's from the same writer as 2005's film Boogeyman.109700:48:15.889 --> 00:48:17.050
Oh.109800:48:17.170 --> 00:48:20.510
Kripke wrote a lot of interesting stuff. I've never seen109900:48:20.550 --> 00:48:23.269
this one, unfortunately. I missed out on it, but I110000:48:23.289 --> 00:48:26.099
have not heard a bad word about it. about the110100:48:26.119 --> 00:48:28.800
film so I think it's a it's a solid pick.110200:48:28.780 --> 00:48:30.940
Yeah 2018's House of the Clock on the Walls not110300:48:30.980 --> 00:48:33.079
only does it have a really really fun Jack Black110400:48:33.119 --> 00:48:34.800
performance because you know what movie does it for that110500:48:34.840 --> 00:48:37.610
matter but he's not in yeah I mean that's fair110600:48:38.130 --> 00:48:41.369
okay Kyle MacLachlan is really really scary in this movie110700:48:41.409 --> 00:48:43.170
I will say too and that is one thing that110800:48:43.210 --> 00:48:45.070
I really have always stuck in my brain he's got110900:48:45.250 --> 00:48:47.469
one scene where his face morphs and it is kind111000:48:47.510 --> 00:48:52.789
of the stuff of nightmares fair enough currently available to111100:48:52.809 --> 00:48:55.909
stream on netflix also rentable on apple tv and fandango111200:48:56.210 --> 00:48:58.309
house of the clock on its walls from 2018 directed111300:48:58.329 --> 00:49:00.639
by eli roth another great one if you are looking111400:49:00.679 --> 00:49:04.960
for a seasonal feel which moves us into a 90s111500:49:05.000 --> 00:49:07.019
film that i just saw for the first time this111600:49:07.059 --> 00:49:09.940
year uh despite this film being a hundred percent uh111700:49:09.980 --> 00:49:13.289
we'll just say my shit and that is 1992's demonic111800:49:13.329 --> 00:49:16.349
toys directed by that.111900:49:15.349 --> 00:49:17.389
You never saw demonic toys um it.112000:49:17.239 --> 00:49:19.579
Was one that i was always aware of. Full moon112100:49:19.639 --> 00:49:21.400
is one of those companies that it's just like, I112200:49:21.480 --> 00:49:24.119
know of certain titles that I've enjoyed and I know112300:49:24.179 --> 00:49:26.300
certain titles exist. I've just never really gotten to them112400:49:26.449 --> 00:49:27.829
until this year and last year.112500:49:27.869 --> 00:49:31.789
Honestly, I grew up in the heyday of full moon112600:49:31.829 --> 00:49:35.769
being a home video company and just owning the shelves112700:49:35.829 --> 00:49:38.809
of Hollywood video. Yeah. with full moon films. And that112800:49:38.849 --> 00:49:40.550
went until like the early two thousands.112900:49:40.710 --> 00:49:40.869
Yeah.113000:49:41.369 --> 00:49:44.780
Um, and this was one that actually was hard to113100:49:44.800 --> 00:49:46.780
get ahold of for a minute because of the paramount113200:49:46.840 --> 00:49:51.099
era full moon movies. And I think the first time113300:49:51.179 --> 00:49:55.469
I saw demonic toys from start to finish because it113400:49:55.510 --> 00:49:58.150
had been on HBO and stuff for dozens of times113500:49:58.750 --> 00:50:01.110
was when it was on William Shatner's full moon fright113600:50:01.150 --> 00:50:05.659
night on sci-fi channel, which I, ah, That was a113700:50:05.800 --> 00:50:09.000
special time. My heart was so broken when it got canceled.113800:50:09.360 --> 00:50:13.119
Cause I, you know, just settled everything at a Saturday113900:50:13.159 --> 00:50:16.409
night to watch William Shatner's full moon fright night. It114000:50:16.449 --> 00:50:19.730
was so fun. It was so cheap. Um, and Bill114100:50:19.769 --> 00:50:22.420
Shatner was clearly into it, but not that into it.114200:50:23.670 --> 00:50:25.130
Like there were some of them where I swear they114300:50:25.150 --> 00:50:26.849
would cut back. They would cut to him and he114400:50:26.889 --> 00:50:30.409
would do like one gag. Like, I mean, like it'd114500:50:30.429 --> 00:50:33.070
be like 18 seconds and then it would go to the, like,114600:50:33.860 --> 00:50:37.119
I think that they just the production wasn't very well done.114700:50:37.679 --> 00:50:39.639
The one thing that I was surprised that it had114800:50:39.679 --> 00:50:41.360
never gone on my radar is the movie takes place114900:50:41.400 --> 00:50:42.360
entirely on Halloween.115000:50:42.860 --> 00:50:43.099
What?115100:50:43.239 --> 00:50:43.599
Yeah.115200:50:43.989 --> 00:50:44.820
I didn't remember that.115300:50:44.860 --> 00:50:47.809
Halloween night. So Halloween night is when the movie takes place.115400:50:47.849 --> 00:50:50.429
The plot synopsis says while on a stakeout, Judith Gray,115500:50:50.809 --> 00:50:53.269
a beautiful tough cop, is trapped inside a warehouse full115600:50:53.289 --> 00:50:55.389
of toys that have been awakened to murderous life by115700:50:55.429 --> 00:51:02.139
a strange child of darkness. It is extremely ridiculous. Demonic toys.115800:51:02.579 --> 00:51:05.059
I mean, I think that's putting it pretty lightly. Yeah.115900:51:05.440 --> 00:51:06.980
I mean, you've got a bunch of toys that are116000:51:07.000 --> 00:51:09.159
going after these people that have invaded this factory. There's116100:51:09.280 --> 00:51:11.760
a mob plot at the very beginning that gets them116200:51:11.880 --> 00:51:15.300
into the factory. There's a possession story going on as116300:51:15.340 --> 00:51:17.190
well with this. There is a lot of things to116400:51:17.230 --> 00:51:20.409
happen in the... What runtime is it? It's like super116500:51:20.449 --> 00:51:20.909
freaking quick.116600:51:20.929 --> 00:51:23.469
It's got to be 80-some. 83.116700:51:23.469 --> 00:51:26.329
Yeah, 83 minutes. Yeah, 83-minute runtime. A lot happens in116800:51:26.349 --> 00:51:30.059
Demonic Toys. It is a wild movie. But also just116900:51:30.099 --> 00:51:31.780
has those good scares to it. And like I said,117000:51:31.800 --> 00:51:34.159
it takes place on Halloween. So if you are looking117100:51:34.199 --> 00:51:38.829
for something and necessarily doesn't have a Halloween feel to it,117200:51:38.829 --> 00:51:41.250
because I don't really think there's much like trick-or-treating or anything.117300:51:41.769 --> 00:51:43.789
But no, it is in the plot of it. So117400:51:43.809 --> 00:51:46.730
Demonic Toys from 1992, a lot of fun and a117500:51:47.130 --> 00:51:49.730
very wild flick that is exactly the kind of thing117600:51:49.750 --> 00:51:52.530
you'd expect from Full Moon. Currently streaming right now on117700:51:52.639 --> 00:51:55.119
Tubi Prime as well as the Roku channel. So it117800:51:55.179 --> 00:51:57.059
is readily available out there. So if you haven't seen117900:51:57.099 --> 00:52:00.019
Demonic Toys yet, Cannot recommend that one enough, just even118000:52:00.059 --> 00:52:00.760
for its runtime.118100:52:01.219 --> 00:52:05.940
And just so you can be fully prepared to watch118200:52:06.360 --> 00:52:08.179
Dollman versus Demonic Toys.118300:52:08.510 --> 00:52:09.219
That movie's a mess.118400:52:09.610 --> 00:52:10.269
Yeah, it is.118500:52:10.309 --> 00:52:11.110
But Dollman's great.118600:52:11.730 --> 00:52:12.789
Oh, yeah.118700:52:12.809 --> 00:52:16.789
So let's move into one that everybody knows, but when's118800:52:16.829 --> 00:52:19.530
the last time you watched it? And that is 1999's118900:52:19.590 --> 00:52:23.289
The Sixth Sense, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. You know,119000:52:23.510 --> 00:52:25.469
what is there to say about this movie, except that119100:52:25.510 --> 00:52:26.460
it's kind of fucking perfect?119200:52:27.469 --> 00:52:29.610
Yeah, I would have to say so. I mean, it's got,119300:52:30.269 --> 00:52:34.670
it's got great, I mean, like industry establishing performances.119400:52:34.730 --> 00:52:34.969
Yeah.119500:52:35.429 --> 00:52:38.199
It's got the twist that everybody knows now, but at119600:52:38.239 --> 00:52:41.320
the time it was a heck of a, of a reveal. It's,119700:52:41.400 --> 00:52:43.980
it's a solid film. It leaves you feeling creeped out.119800:52:44.480 --> 00:52:44.900
It works.119900:52:45.099 --> 00:52:47.820
It works so well. It's a phenomenal ghost story. Uh,120000:52:47.880 --> 00:52:51.429
following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist, Malcolm Crow meets a120100:52:51.469 --> 00:52:53.630
nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding120200:52:53.650 --> 00:52:55.429
a dark secret, uh, spoilers.120300:52:55.630 --> 00:52:58.099
He sees dead people. It's true.120400:52:58.260 --> 00:53:00.789
It is true. But the reason I put this on120500:53:00.829 --> 00:53:03.409
the list is not only is it a phenomenal ghost story,120600:53:03.449 --> 00:53:06.110
but on top of that, even if you know the twist,120700:53:06.429 --> 00:53:08.829
still going back to this movie, it has not lost120800:53:08.889 --> 00:53:12.130
its effect at all. I would agree. There's so many120900:53:12.170 --> 00:53:14.610
things you can pick up on that second, third watch,121000:53:14.650 --> 00:53:17.469
whatever you want to call it. Bruce Willis, Haley Jo Osment,121100:53:17.530 --> 00:53:21.420
Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Trevor Morgan, Donnie Wahlberg. Huge cast121200:53:21.440 --> 00:53:23.559
in this one, and this was the one that put M.121300:53:23.579 --> 00:53:24.179
Night on the map.121400:53:25.820 --> 00:53:27.719
Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, without a doubt. Yeah. It121500:53:27.760 --> 00:53:31.059
was one of the most influential horror films of a generation.121600:53:31.380 --> 00:53:33.329
I don't know. I mean, you know, you and I121700:53:33.369 --> 00:53:35.650
have seen multiple M. Night movies and theaters. I don't121800:53:35.690 --> 00:53:39.510
know if he's ever hit this point again, but he's121900:53:39.550 --> 00:53:41.829
definitely come close. I mean, Split is probably one that122000:53:41.869 --> 00:53:45.570
I would say almost matches the veracity of this one.122100:53:46.030 --> 00:53:48.110
Yeah. I mean, yeah. No, I would actually have to agree.122200:53:48.130 --> 00:53:48.469
Yeah.122300:53:48.530 --> 00:53:51.179
Because I keep forgetting. I mean, I love Split. I122400:53:51.340 --> 00:53:53.500
keep forgetting what a solid horror film it is because122500:53:53.719 --> 00:53:57.079
it all... heads toward the epic of glass.122600:53:57.139 --> 00:53:57.420
Yeah.122700:53:57.619 --> 00:53:59.400
Which is not so much a horror film as it122800:53:59.480 --> 00:54:02.139
is like an adventure fantasy.122900:54:02.289 --> 00:54:02.489
Yeah.123000:54:02.530 --> 00:54:06.610
But split really scary. And, but for different reasons.123100:54:06.789 --> 00:54:09.289
For different reasons, I will be. Yeah. Six cents, 1999123200:54:09.289 --> 00:54:13.170
currently available on Peacock as well as Fandango. Um, if123300:54:13.210 --> 00:54:14.630
you have not seen it in a bit, or if123400:54:14.650 --> 00:54:16.199
you've never seen it, there's people out there that just123500:54:16.239 --> 00:54:18.420
know the twist and then never saw it. This is123600:54:18.460 --> 00:54:20.199
the time to check out the six cents. The movie123700:54:20.219 --> 00:54:21.900
still has its impact to it. And it is just123800:54:21.960 --> 00:54:25.860
genuinely a great ghost story. Yeah. So moving on, let's123900:54:25.880 --> 00:54:28.019
go into something a little bit more lighter, but one124000:54:28.159 --> 00:54:30.960
that I and you both had a blast with in theaters.124100:54:31.800 --> 00:54:35.619
That is Boo! A Madea Halloween from 2016, directed by124200:54:35.679 --> 00:54:36.320
Tyler Perry.124300:54:36.760 --> 00:54:39.960
I love Boo! A Madea Halloween. I don't care what124400:54:40.019 --> 00:54:44.500
anybody thinks. And I saw Boo! in the best possible way.124500:54:44.619 --> 00:54:49.010
I saw it in a rural Georgia movie theater. And124600:54:49.050 --> 00:54:52.119
it was awesome. I thought it was so funny. That's124700:54:52.159 --> 00:54:53.420
another good way to see it. But I got to124800:54:53.460 --> 00:54:56.360
hear people chuckling. They had to hear me laughing, which124900:54:56.420 --> 00:54:59.480
I'm sure was a lot of fun for them. But125000:54:59.679 --> 00:55:01.579
I think this one's hilarious. I know for a lot125100:55:01.619 --> 00:55:05.429
of people, Medea is not their thing. But Boo, in particular,125200:55:05.489 --> 00:55:07.969
is a very accessible Medea movie. You don't have to125300:55:08.050 --> 00:55:11.829
know everything about Medea to think it's funny. The interactions125400:55:11.849 --> 00:55:13.769
between all the characters are great. And also.125500:55:15.280 --> 00:55:18.599
Honestly, with that film especially, I just would marvel in125600:55:18.940 --> 00:55:22.989
awe at Tyler Perry playing all of these characters in125700:55:23.170 --> 00:55:26.929
one scene. And the scenes would be long and feel improvised,125800:55:26.949 --> 00:55:31.489
but there's no way to really improvise because he's playing125900:55:31.550 --> 00:55:35.570
every character. which means at least four hours of makeup.126000:55:35.710 --> 00:55:38.769
It just blew my mind when I realized how that126100:55:38.789 --> 00:55:41.440
was going. But also just some legitimately funny things. Boo126200:55:41.440 --> 00:55:43.099
2 is pretty good as well. I like that they126300:55:43.119 --> 00:55:45.880
took a totally different direction. But Boo is just the126400:55:46.000 --> 00:55:46.480
one for me.126500:55:46.519 --> 00:55:49.420
Yeah, Boo Madea Halloween says, Madea winds up in the126600:55:49.480 --> 00:55:53.170
middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious haunted Halloween126700:55:53.510 --> 00:55:57.349
fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while126800:55:57.369 --> 00:55:59.610
keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.126900:56:00.190 --> 00:56:03.690
It is super funny. It's got so many references to127000:56:04.139 --> 00:56:07.800
popular horror films, both Boo and Boo 2. So if127100:56:07.840 --> 00:56:10.159
you have not seen either of these movies, this is127200:56:10.219 --> 00:56:12.300
definitely one to put on the list. Even if you're127300:56:12.320 --> 00:56:14.409
not a Tyler Perry fan, take a chance at this one.127400:56:14.769 --> 00:56:16.750
You may find yourself really enjoying it.127500:56:17.269 --> 00:56:19.050
Yeah, I think you'd be surprised.127600:56:19.130 --> 00:56:22.159
Yeah. So that is currently available to rent on Fandango.127700:56:22.179 --> 00:56:24.159
You can also rent it on Plex and play it127800:56:24.340 --> 00:56:26.519
on the Roku channel as well, where it is streaming127900:56:26.579 --> 00:56:28.059
for quote unquote free right now.128000:56:28.380 --> 00:56:28.880
Yeah.128100:56:29.239 --> 00:56:32.539
So that is Boom! A Dia Halloween 2016. Moving on,128200:56:32.639 --> 00:56:35.349
let's go into one. This is a question I get128300:56:35.809 --> 00:56:38.469
pretty common because people know me as the movie guy,128400:56:38.489 --> 00:56:40.250
but also the horror guy. And they always ask me,128500:56:40.289 --> 00:56:43.030
you know, what's the scariest movie that you've seen or128600:56:43.070 --> 00:56:45.949
what's one you've seen recently? The first time I watched128700:56:45.989 --> 00:56:49.849
this movie, I genuinely had to stop it halfway and128800:56:49.889 --> 00:56:52.289
then watch it the rest in the morning. And that128900:56:52.369 --> 00:56:54.179
is 2012's VHS.129000:56:55.000 --> 00:56:56.119
Oh. Yes. Really?129100:56:56.400 --> 00:56:59.659
I was in college, and it was late at night,129200:56:59.880 --> 00:57:02.480
and it was shortly after the siren story, which I129300:57:02.500 --> 00:57:04.719
think might even be the first story, that I just129400:57:04.880 --> 00:57:06.360
was like, aye, this is too much.129500:57:08.219 --> 00:57:09.130
That surprises me.129600:57:09.139 --> 00:57:12.539
I know, yeah. So 2012's VHS, directed by David Bruckner,129700:57:12.619 --> 00:57:15.949
Matt Benolpen, several other directors in this. This collection is killer,129800:57:15.969 --> 00:57:18.710
says the tagline. When a group of misfits is hired129900:57:18.789 --> 00:57:21.349
by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house130000:57:21.409 --> 00:57:24.480
and acquire one rare VHS tape, They discover more found130100:57:24.500 --> 00:57:27.940
footage than they had bargained for. You may be worn130200:57:28.000 --> 00:57:29.610
out on the VHS movies by this point. I think130300:57:29.619 --> 00:57:31.219
we're up to like, what, eight?130400:57:31.510 --> 00:57:33.769
I think the eighth one is coming out in October130500:57:33.789 --> 00:57:34.150
of this year.130600:57:34.309 --> 00:57:36.309
But if there is one thing that I can recommend130700:57:36.329 --> 00:57:39.190
to you, go back to the original source. Because that130800:57:39.269 --> 00:57:42.630
first VHS movie not only captures the feel of the VHS,130900:57:42.889 --> 00:57:45.710
it doesn't feel like we're putting a widescreen movie on131000:57:45.750 --> 00:57:47.989
a VHS tape like some of them have lately.131100:57:48.590 --> 00:57:49.889
Yeah, I would agree with that.131200:57:50.050 --> 00:57:52.969
But overall, the stories are great. And what people forget131300:57:53.250 --> 00:57:55.829
is even though VHS Halloween has come out, which may131400:57:55.849 --> 00:57:59.719
be on the list later, hint, hint, wink, wink, VHS131500:58:00.199 --> 00:58:03.260
ends with a Halloween story, which are the guys going131600:58:03.300 --> 00:58:05.699
into the house during the Halloween party and thinking that131700:58:06.079 --> 00:58:08.969
the cult thing that's happening is part of the initiation.131800:58:09.409 --> 00:58:12.449
And it's not. VHS is just a really well done131900:58:12.869 --> 00:58:15.250
set of stories in this first one. Not only does132000:58:15.269 --> 00:58:18.050
it have a great cast of up-and-comers at this point,132100:58:18.090 --> 00:58:20.860
I mean, you've got Adam Weingart in it, you've got132200:58:22.059 --> 00:58:24.239
Joe Swanberg is in this, a bunch of people in132300:58:24.260 --> 00:58:26.699
this one. The siren story kicking it off is really scary.132400:58:27.199 --> 00:58:31.400
The couple on a trip through a Grand Canyon area132500:58:31.420 --> 00:58:34.389
is fine, but overall, I think the first story and132600:58:34.409 --> 00:58:36.289
the last story are the strongest in this, but it's132700:58:36.389 --> 00:58:38.889
not a bad compilation at all. And it is a132800:58:38.929 --> 00:58:41.650
good reminder of where it started versus where we are now,132900:58:41.710 --> 00:58:44.980
which again, No complaints to the VHS series. I'm happy133000:58:45.000 --> 00:58:47.199
they're still going. I've enjoyed them for what they are.133100:58:47.699 --> 00:58:51.539
But the first one from 2012 is a phenomenal addition133200:58:51.559 --> 00:58:52.460
to your Halloween lineup.133300:58:53.079 --> 00:58:54.519
I would have to say so. I mean, I think133400:58:55.619 --> 00:58:57.949
the great thing, the thing that works really well with133500:58:57.969 --> 00:59:01.670
the VHS movies is the anthology format. Because if one133600:59:01.710 --> 00:59:03.590
or two of them don't connect with you, for the133700:59:03.650 --> 00:59:06.719
most part, they're all very short. Yep. With some exceptions133800:59:06.760 --> 00:59:08.539
in the later series where you might be like, wow,133900:59:08.559 --> 00:59:10.119
this one's like 31 minutes long.134000:59:10.159 --> 00:59:10.320
Yeah.134100:59:10.519 --> 00:59:12.000
But for the most part, you know, if you're not134200:59:12.139 --> 00:59:14.139
fully in love with it, it's like, well, just wait134300:59:14.179 --> 00:59:16.420
a minute. It's like going to see the Ramones. It's like, oh,134400:59:16.420 --> 00:59:17.659
if you don't like the song, don't worry. The next134500:59:17.699 --> 00:59:18.369
one's coming right up.134600:59:20.170 --> 00:59:22.750
Yeah. VHS also, uh, the first one has a really134700:59:22.769 --> 00:59:24.750
good strong wraparound, I would say, which is one thing134800:59:24.769 --> 00:59:26.789
that they really had a little lackluster on as the134900:59:26.809 --> 00:59:29.150
series has gone. But the first one with them going135000:59:29.170 --> 00:59:32.179
into the house, finding these mountains of VHS tapes, it's135100:59:32.260 --> 00:59:34.380
a very eerie feel to it. It's got a lot135200:59:34.400 --> 00:59:36.239
of good scares in it. It's got some humor to it.135300:59:36.280 --> 00:59:41.139
So VHS 2012 currently available to you can currently stream135400:59:41.179 --> 00:59:44.360
it on Amazon Prime, Fandango, Roku channel. It is out135500:59:44.429 --> 00:59:46.590
there where you are looking. So make sure you add135600:59:46.630 --> 00:59:47.809
that into your Halloween lineup.135700:59:48.070 --> 00:59:49.769
Yeah, I think that's a very good addition.135800:59:56.889 --> 01:00:01.179
Let's go into more seasonal rewatches with a absolute classic. Um,135901:00:01.320 --> 01:00:05.119
and that is going to be 1989 pet cemetery directed136001:00:05.179 --> 01:00:08.579
by Mary Lambert. I mean, what can you say? It's136101:00:08.619 --> 01:00:09.199
pet cemetery.136201:00:09.239 --> 01:00:11.659
I would say hopefully a lot. Cause it's a podcast,136301:00:11.719 --> 01:00:16.110
but no pet cemetery was in a lot of ways.136401:00:16.250 --> 01:00:19.409
One of the first really scary movies I remember. Yeah.136501:00:19.710 --> 01:00:23.750
As in, I had seen, you know, horror movies on136601:00:23.789 --> 01:00:26.090
TV and, and things like that had been around a lot,136701:00:26.110 --> 01:00:28.599
but I, I, I can't say exactly when, but I136801:00:28.639 --> 01:00:32.320
remember my memory of Pet Sematary was always like, that's136901:00:32.360 --> 01:00:35.380
a really scary movie. It doesn't have Jason or Freddy137001:00:35.440 --> 01:00:37.719
or Pinhead. It's just a really scary movie.137101:00:37.880 --> 01:00:40.980
And it felt almost wrong as a kid because it137201:00:41.059 --> 01:00:45.800
was literally a killer kid. At the end. At the end, yeah.137301:00:45.860 --> 01:00:46.380
Spoilers.137401:00:46.619 --> 01:00:50.559
Shut up. But I would honestly even say, if you137501:00:50.599 --> 01:00:53.929
haven't seen... The first three. So that would be Pet Sematary,137601:00:53.969 --> 01:00:56.250
Pet Sematary 2, and even the remake. I think those137701:00:56.409 --> 01:00:58.550
three are worth watching. I didn't see Bloodlines.137801:00:58.730 --> 01:01:00.409
I didn't hear much about it. It was okay. It137901:01:00.469 --> 01:01:04.889
wasn't great. But no, 2 I think is horribly underrated. Oh, yeah. Great,138001:01:05.030 --> 01:01:08.329
great 90s vibe going on with it. But yeah, Pet138101:01:08.349 --> 01:01:11.389
Sematary is a great one that just kind of. nails138201:01:11.510 --> 01:01:12.909
to me it's kind of yeah like i said the138301:01:12.969 --> 01:01:15.530
quintessential creepy horror film.138401:01:15.429 --> 01:01:17.360
No absolutely i mean if you're not familiar with it138501:01:17.380 --> 01:01:19.679
uh after the creeds family cat is accidentally killed a138601:01:19.719 --> 01:01:22.840
friendly neighbor advises his burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery138701:01:23.320 --> 01:01:25.400
they may also bury some other things in that cemetery138801:01:25.440 --> 01:01:27.300
as well so you got a family that's moved into138901:01:27.320 --> 01:01:30.519
an area uh there's a cemetery that is around that139001:01:30.619 --> 01:01:33.219
is an Indian burial ground and they are suggested not139101:01:33.239 --> 01:01:35.110
to put anything in it, but something might go in it.139201:01:35.420 --> 01:01:38.099
There's a lot of horrifying scenes in this one. There's139301:01:38.119 --> 01:01:40.780
a lot of good tension and a lot of good139401:01:40.800 --> 01:01:45.019
suspense and overall just unsettling vibes all throughout. I mean,139501:01:45.119 --> 01:01:47.119
even if you're not talking about Gage with the scalpel139601:01:47.139 --> 01:01:51.440
at the end, you know, you've got Rachel's sister and whatnot.139701:01:51.480 --> 01:01:53.780
I mean, there's a bunch of creepy things in Pet Sematary.139801:01:54.820 --> 01:01:59.070
And honestly, it is one that surprisingly, it's out there,139901:01:59.110 --> 01:02:00.369
but I would have thought it would have been streaming140001:02:00.389 --> 01:02:02.769
at this point. You can rent it on Fandango, Plex,140101:02:02.809 --> 01:02:05.400
or Apple TV, but there's a great 4K out there.140201:02:05.420 --> 01:02:07.760
There's a great Blu-ray. So if you are looking for140301:02:07.800 --> 01:02:10.719
some scary vibes, some classic scary vibes, some great Stephen King,140401:02:11.150 --> 01:02:14.190
Pet Sematary from 1989 is one that you definitely want140501:02:14.210 --> 01:02:14.630
to check out.140601:02:14.789 --> 01:02:17.610
And a closing theme by the Ramones, which I was140701:02:17.650 --> 01:02:18.349
just talking about.140801:02:18.409 --> 01:02:21.780
Yes, you were. So Pet Sematary 1989, add that into140901:02:21.820 --> 01:02:24.280
your lineup for a good scary time. Even more of141001:02:24.320 --> 01:02:27.539
a scary time, let's move into one that really, really141101:02:27.579 --> 01:02:30.800
took people by storm. Has been voted, if I'm not mistaken,141201:02:30.980 --> 01:02:34.679
by a... Oh my god, I can't think of what141301:02:34.699 --> 01:02:36.960
the word is, but... I think it was a poll141401:02:37.099 --> 01:02:39.800
that this is one of the most, if not the141501:02:39.840 --> 01:02:44.010
most scariest. That is 2012's Sinister, directed by Scott Derrickson.141601:02:45.159 --> 01:02:48.750
This is, if you're not familiar, true crime writer Ellison141701:02:48.829 --> 01:02:51.329
Oswalt is in a slump. He hasn't had a bestseller141801:02:51.389 --> 01:02:53.409
in more than 10 years, and it is becoming increasingly141901:02:53.449 --> 01:02:56.130
desperate for a hit. So when he discovers the existence142001:02:56.170 --> 01:02:58.190
of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family,142101:02:58.469 --> 01:03:00.530
he vows to solve the mystery. He moves into the142201:03:00.550 --> 01:03:03.570
family home, into the victim's home, and gets to work. However,142301:03:03.630 --> 01:03:06.119
when old film footage and other clues reveal Hint at142401:03:06.159 --> 01:03:08.820
the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living142501:03:08.860 --> 01:03:11.280
in the house may be fatal. This is, of course,142601:03:11.320 --> 01:03:15.679
the Ethan Hawke horror film from 2012. Sinister not only142701:03:15.760 --> 01:03:17.840
has a great sequel, I think Sinister 2 is really142801:03:17.880 --> 01:03:21.199
good too, but the first Sinister, genuinely really fucking scary.142901:03:21.679 --> 01:03:26.869
Yeah, this is the tricky thing. I mean, number one,143001:03:26.889 --> 01:03:32.829
any film that has a series that follows it, you143101:03:32.889 --> 01:03:36.489
kind of will forget how strong that first movie was. Yeah.143201:03:37.050 --> 01:03:40.090
Especially when they're more on the modern era, when they're,143301:03:40.230 --> 01:03:43.789
you know, from the early 2000s. Yeah. Or even mid to,143401:03:43.809 --> 01:03:49.650
you know, late 2000s. Because Sinister, the first Sinister, super scary. Yeah.143501:03:49.929 --> 01:03:50.809
First Insidious.143601:03:51.250 --> 01:03:52.030
Super scary.143701:03:52.269 --> 01:03:56.329
First Saw. Yeah. Phenomenal. You know, but it's easy to143801:03:56.389 --> 01:04:00.539
forget whether you love the, Direction the series took or don't,143901:04:00.679 --> 01:04:03.159
it doesn't really matter. You'll just kind of, it just144001:04:03.179 --> 01:04:06.500
kind of becomes a conglomeration. And then you sit down144101:04:06.559 --> 01:04:10.260
and just watch sinister or just watch insidious, especially sinister.144201:04:11.159 --> 01:04:13.000
And you'll get creeped. I actually saw that one. The144301:04:13.039 --> 01:04:15.840
first time I saw that was at the drive-in and it,144401:04:16.110 --> 01:04:19.570
it got me several times with its. With its big144501:04:19.829 --> 01:04:20.369
jump scares.144601:04:20.530 --> 01:04:22.869
And if you're not familiar, this is also written by C.144701:04:22.929 --> 01:04:25.769
Robert Cargill. He is the guy behind The Black Phone.144801:04:25.869 --> 01:04:29.710
He has also done recently The Gorge, Doctor Strange. I mean,144901:04:29.769 --> 01:04:34.250
he's a great writer. And Sinister is genuinely one of145001:04:34.269 --> 01:04:36.650
those movies where it's the less you see is the145101:04:36.670 --> 01:04:39.489
more scary it is. There's definitely scary moments and violent145201:04:39.510 --> 01:04:43.440
moments in this. But overall, it's surprisingly tame for what145301:04:43.480 --> 01:04:45.179
you think you may be getting into with a movie145401:04:45.199 --> 01:04:45.969
about a snuff film.145501:04:46.320 --> 01:04:48.809
Yeah, I would agree with that. Yeah, sure.145601:04:49.110 --> 01:04:51.710
It has still one of the best scares of all145701:04:51.730 --> 01:04:54.449
time from a trailer, which, you know, if you if145801:04:54.489 --> 01:04:56.710
you've seen the trailer, remember it in theaters, you know145901:04:56.750 --> 01:04:58.889
exactly what I'm talking about. There are so many great146001:04:58.929 --> 01:05:01.309
moments that this is one that you really need to146101:05:01.329 --> 01:05:03.250
put your phone down. You really need to focus on146201:05:03.269 --> 01:05:04.889
this one to get the full experience of it. Turn146301:05:04.909 --> 01:05:07.369
the lights off, maybe light a candle. Sinister will give146401:05:07.409 --> 01:05:08.050
you some chills.146501:05:08.449 --> 01:05:10.230
Yeah. No, it will. It'll get to you.146601:05:10.530 --> 01:05:13.179
Currently streaming on Hulu as well as Peacock. You can146701:05:13.219 --> 01:05:15.860
also rent it on Fandango and Apple. Definitely check out146801:05:15.889 --> 01:05:18.519
Sinister if you have not. You are missing out on146901:05:18.579 --> 01:05:20.420
one of the best movies in probably the last decade,147001:05:20.460 --> 01:05:20.880
I would say.147101:05:21.079 --> 01:05:22.420
Wow. Some big praise.147201:05:22.579 --> 01:05:24.639
I would say so. And moving on to more bigger praise,147301:05:24.659 --> 01:05:26.780
let's go with an absolute classic as well, and that147401:05:26.920 --> 01:05:30.639
is 1982's, directed by Tobey Hooper, maybe Poltergeist.147501:05:30.780 --> 01:05:35.929
Oh, why are you trying to tick me off? Poltergeist147601:05:36.130 --> 01:05:39.750
is another film that growing up was kind of just147701:05:39.849 --> 01:05:41.429
known as the scary movie.147801:05:41.449 --> 01:05:41.679
Yeah.147901:05:41.880 --> 01:05:45.599
Like it's a scary one. Everybody always remembers the, you know,148001:05:45.639 --> 01:05:48.800
they moved the graves, but they left the bodies and the, the,148101:05:49.059 --> 01:05:52.199
you know, rotten corpses in the pool and clown, but,148201:05:52.440 --> 01:05:55.469
and just, you gotta remember, you know, when I grew up,148301:05:55.510 --> 01:05:57.550
it was the heyday of the tube television. The tube148401:05:57.590 --> 01:06:00.829
TVs were on their way out in 2000, uh, as148501:06:00.869 --> 01:06:04.039
weird as it is. to realize like actually watching dead,148601:06:04.079 --> 01:06:06.199
like me rewatching it. I'm realizing like, Oh, this was148701:06:06.239 --> 01:06:08.179
an HD. It was an Oh three. So I'm like,148801:06:08.260 --> 01:06:11.389
Oh yeah, that was when it started. It was more148901:06:11.750 --> 01:06:13.050
further back than I realized.149001:06:13.090 --> 01:06:13.250
Yeah.149101:06:13.769 --> 01:06:22.059
So a TV that's on static was a normal thing. Sometimes. Uh,149201:06:22.159 --> 01:06:25.280
I remember when I was a kid, I think it149301:06:25.300 --> 01:06:29.199
was our VCR or maybe it was the Nintendo or something. Um,149401:06:30.099 --> 01:06:31.840
There was something up with it where when you wanted149501:06:31.860 --> 01:06:35.300
to switch it over, sometimes you would just get, and149601:06:35.320 --> 01:06:38.619
it would be loud. Yeah. And it scared me like149701:06:38.739 --> 01:06:41.239
so bad. I hated the sound of a static TV.149801:06:41.860 --> 01:06:44.300
So that really freaked me out in Poltergeist. I always149901:06:44.489 --> 01:06:47.769
liked Poltergeist, but also Toby Hooper directed Poltergeist. He did.150001:06:47.929 --> 01:06:49.389
But I know you're saying that to needle me. Yeah.150101:06:49.409 --> 01:06:51.449
Because I hate when people try to make the argument150201:06:51.469 --> 01:06:55.670
that he didn't direct Poltergeist. He did. He did. spielberg's150301:06:55.809 --> 01:06:58.289
influence was all over it but sure he produced it.150401:06:58.369 --> 01:06:59.969
But i mean spielberg's influence is on a lot of150501:07:00.010 --> 01:07:00.750
things but i mean it's.150601:07:00.690 --> 01:07:02.949
All over gremlins too and nobody claims dante didn't direct150701:07:02.969 --> 01:07:04.130
gremlins well.150801:07:03.869 --> 01:07:06.269
Maybe joe would probably kick steven's ass at that point.150901:07:06.889 --> 01:07:08.630
Yeah i want to i'd pay to watch that fight151001:07:09.130 --> 01:07:11.710
especially now oh my god when they're both like taking151101:07:11.789 --> 01:07:14.849
ibuprofen and ben gay and up before they fight.151201:07:15.750 --> 01:07:18.340
But uh if you're not familiar with poltergeist The Freeling151301:07:18.360 --> 01:07:21.440
suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity or opens151401:07:21.480 --> 01:07:23.699
a portal to the other side. With the help, they151501:07:23.719 --> 01:07:27.059
must cross over to get their daughter back. Poltergeist is151601:07:27.159 --> 01:07:29.730
one of those movies, again, that the pop culture of151701:07:29.769 --> 01:07:32.670
it means that you may think you know everything about it.151801:07:32.750 --> 01:07:35.190
But one of the experiences that I have with Poltergeist151901:07:35.230 --> 01:07:37.289
that really made me love this movie was one that152001:07:37.309 --> 01:07:40.130
you were there for. When we went to you, we152101:07:40.150 --> 01:07:42.260
went separately, but you and I went to Dixie Drive-In152201:07:42.280 --> 01:07:45.519
for their triple feature that was Poltergeist, Evil Dead 2,152301:07:45.519 --> 01:07:46.360
and Texas Chainsaw.152401:07:46.500 --> 01:07:47.179
That was awesome.152501:07:47.219 --> 01:07:48.409
That was an awesome one, yeah.152601:07:48.469 --> 01:07:51.269
Yeah, they did a couple of those awesome three-fers. Yeah.152701:07:51.309 --> 01:07:53.969
The only thing that stank about it was that eventually152801:07:54.030 --> 01:07:56.320
the three-fers became kind of the same stuff all the time.152901:07:56.360 --> 01:07:56.619
Yeah.153001:07:56.639 --> 01:07:59.739
Which I get. I get it. Because... Back when film153101:07:59.780 --> 01:08:02.539
prints were king, getting to go to the drive-in or153201:08:02.579 --> 01:08:04.500
to the movie theater to see Nightmare on Elm Street153301:08:04.579 --> 01:08:05.559
was like, whoa.153401:08:05.579 --> 01:08:05.880
Oh, yeah.153501:08:06.019 --> 01:08:08.539
Getting to see Friday the 13th, whoa, Halloween, any of153601:08:08.559 --> 01:08:10.980
the Halloween movies, whoa, whoa. I remember for years, I153701:08:11.119 --> 01:08:14.010
had only ever seen in the theater Halloween 5 because153801:08:14.030 --> 01:08:15.650
that was the print that people could get.153901:08:15.670 --> 01:08:16.310
Could get, yeah.154001:08:16.649 --> 01:08:20.069
But now- You know, you just order it from the place,154101:08:20.869 --> 01:08:21.390
the distributor.154201:08:21.560 --> 01:08:23.340
I mean, literally last year on Halloween, I got to154301:08:23.380 --> 01:08:27.359
see Halloween, Halloween 2 and Halloween 3 at Dixie Halloween night.154401:08:27.439 --> 01:08:29.439
I mean, there was nothing better than that.154501:08:29.819 --> 01:08:31.439
And that is epic. And I'm not saying that it's154601:08:31.479 --> 01:08:34.399
not good. It's just like, but what you're talking about154701:08:34.420 --> 01:08:36.600
when they were doing the three furs at the drive-in.154801:08:36.649 --> 01:08:36.819
Yeah.154901:08:36.979 --> 01:08:39.210
That was like the beginning era of that where they155001:08:39.229 --> 01:08:42.189
were like, whoa, you know, tonight is Nightmare on Elm Street,155101:08:42.210 --> 01:08:44.609
Friday the 13th and Halloween. And you're like, whoa. Yeah.155201:08:45.029 --> 01:08:46.350
And then it's like, you know, next week it's Texas155301:08:46.369 --> 01:08:48.210
Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, and something else will155401:08:48.270 --> 01:08:50.869
be like, whoa. So that was like one of my155501:08:50.909 --> 01:08:51.810
favorite eras. Yeah.155601:08:52.029 --> 01:08:56.029
Poltergeist is genuinely a scary movie. It's got such a155701:08:56.289 --> 01:08:59.130
fun throwback vibe to it, of course, because like you mentioned,155801:08:59.149 --> 01:09:01.279
like with the tube television. and the snow and everything155901:09:01.340 --> 01:09:03.840
i mean it's just this is a movie that again156001:09:04.020 --> 01:09:06.300
pop culture may make you think that you think know156101:09:06.359 --> 01:09:08.300
everything about this movie if you haven't seen in a156201:09:08.319 --> 01:09:09.659
while poltergeist still holds up.156301:09:09.659 --> 01:09:14.210
Immaculately yeah i would i would be inclined to agree yes.156401:09:15.909 --> 01:09:18.829
So moving us back through seasonal rewatches, let's go with156501:09:18.909 --> 01:09:20.390
one a little bit more recent.156601:09:20.789 --> 01:09:21.369
Oh, okay.156701:09:21.569 --> 01:09:23.329
This is kind of a cheat because this is three.156801:09:23.350 --> 01:09:24.800
How many of these are a cheat, by the way?156901:09:24.989 --> 01:09:25.300
Several.157001:09:26.180 --> 01:09:29.640
Is it like 14% cheats by volume?157101:09:29.840 --> 01:09:32.140
I think you'll appreciate this one, though, because you can't157201:09:32.260 --> 01:09:33.840
pick one of these three. You have to just say157301:09:33.880 --> 01:09:38.779
the entire trilogy. That is 2021's Fear Street trilogy through Netflix.157401:09:39.100 --> 01:09:42.500
Okay. Yeah. I don't think you're saying it's cheap because157501:09:42.520 --> 01:09:44.819
the three of them are the one are one pick.157601:09:45.310 --> 01:09:48.100
I mean, that's not really a cheat. A cheat would157701:09:48.140 --> 01:09:50.300
be being like, it's three, and that counts as three157801:09:50.359 --> 01:09:53.520
from the list. You did the opposite. You're giving a threefer.157901:09:53.699 --> 01:09:56.340
Threefer, yeah. So we were talking about Fear Street 1994, 1984,158001:09:56.310 --> 01:10:05.029
and 1666. These are just really, really fun games. Young158101:10:05.069 --> 01:10:07.829
adult slashers that are actually kind of pretty hardcore.158201:10:07.869 --> 01:10:11.159
They're not young adult slashers. They're based on young adult slashers.158301:10:11.180 --> 01:10:16.060
But no, they are gruesome, violent, gory, mean-spirited, but a158401:10:16.220 --> 01:10:17.039
lot of fun.158501:10:17.340 --> 01:10:20.380
Directed by Lee Janik is the first one. I think they're,158601:10:20.420 --> 01:10:22.380
they might, are they all directed by Lee? I can't remember.158701:10:22.399 --> 01:10:23.140
I think they are.158801:10:23.399 --> 01:10:27.890
Yeah, but 1994, for example, says after a series of, oh,158901:10:27.909 --> 01:10:29.010
security check. Okay, cool.159001:10:29.050 --> 01:10:29.310
Thanks.159101:10:29.850 --> 01:10:30.430
What are you doing?159201:10:31.100 --> 01:10:31.439
I don't know.159301:10:31.470 --> 01:10:34.489
There we go. After a series of brutal slayings, a159401:10:34.630 --> 01:10:36.750
teen and her friends take on an evil force that's159501:10:36.810 --> 01:10:41.350
plagued their notorious town for centuries, has one of the159601:10:41.630 --> 01:10:46.229
most brutal kills with a bread slicer, I would say.159701:10:46.810 --> 01:10:48.590
Do you remember that? It's in my top five of159801:10:48.750 --> 01:10:50.850
bread slice killers. Oh, yeah, yeah.159901:10:51.210 --> 01:10:52.310
No, I remember it, yeah.160001:10:52.470 --> 01:10:56.560
So that's 1994. You also have, like I said, 1978,160101:10:56.560 --> 01:10:59.600
which is in 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing160201:10:59.640 --> 01:11:01.979
must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors160301:11:02.000 --> 01:11:05.159
from their town's history come alive. And then we wrap160401:11:05.260 --> 01:11:09.460
up with 1666, which is 1666, a colonial town is160501:11:09.539 --> 01:11:12.779
gripped by a hysterical witch hunt that has deadly consequences160601:11:12.819 --> 01:11:15.630
for centuries to come. And it's up to teenagers in160701:11:15.630 --> 01:11:18.069
1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse160801:11:18.109 --> 01:11:19.989
before it's too late. All three of the movies are160901:11:20.010 --> 01:11:21.970
tied together, even if they have different stories.161001:11:22.289 --> 01:11:25.050
Yeah, they all bring one big piece together.161101:11:25.090 --> 01:11:25.310
Yeah.161201:11:25.369 --> 01:11:28.869
And they work super well. I remember being so excited161301:11:28.890 --> 01:11:31.310
because I believe they released one every month. One every month, yeah.161401:11:31.890 --> 01:11:32.369
In the summer.161501:11:32.550 --> 01:11:35.350
Yeah, and this is 2021, so we're talking a year161601:11:35.609 --> 01:11:38.880
into COVID, basically. We were all excited for these.161701:11:39.720 --> 01:11:40.920
Yeah, I would agree with that. Yeah.161801:11:41.270 --> 01:11:44.609
So, Fear Street series currently available on Netflix, only available161901:11:44.630 --> 01:11:47.010
on Netflix, if I'm not mistaken. We really need a162001:11:47.050 --> 01:11:48.329
physical release of those, just so.162101:11:48.329 --> 01:11:49.729
Yeah, that's Netflix, you know?162201:11:49.850 --> 01:11:50.130
Yeah.162301:11:50.350 --> 01:11:53.270
Like, if Criterion said they wanted to do it, they'd162401:11:53.289 --> 01:11:54.609
let them, but otherwise.162501:11:55.069 --> 01:11:57.729
So, sticking with the 90s theme, let's go with another162601:11:57.890 --> 01:12:01.829
great rewatch, and again, another original that kind of, I162701:12:01.850 --> 01:12:04.109
wouldn't say has been forgotten, because the series is still162801:12:04.149 --> 01:12:06.880
going to this day, but that is 1996's Scream, directed162901:12:06.909 --> 01:12:13.170
by Wes Craven. I mean, this movie still... Holds up 100%.163001:12:13.170 --> 01:12:13.510
Scream?163101:12:13.630 --> 01:12:13.829
Yeah.163201:12:14.250 --> 01:12:16.869
Just a little bit. Just a little bit. There's a163301:12:16.909 --> 01:12:17.989
reason it's a classic.163401:12:18.109 --> 01:12:18.369
Yeah.163501:12:18.750 --> 01:12:21.640
The guy reinvented the genre twice. He did it with163601:12:21.649 --> 01:12:23.859
Nightmare on Elm Street. He did it with Scream. There's163701:12:23.880 --> 01:12:28.479
a reason Scream connects with people. It really tapped into163801:12:29.479 --> 01:12:33.899
what young people were into in 1996. Yeah. That's the thing.163901:12:34.260 --> 01:12:36.399
But it's hard to know that if you weren't there.164001:12:36.619 --> 01:12:36.760
Yeah.164101:12:37.460 --> 01:12:39.600
But, like, I was there. My sister was the age164201:12:39.640 --> 01:12:43.350
of the characters in Scream. And I don't know how164301:12:43.409 --> 01:12:46.170
Wes Craven tapped into that so well, being a guy164401:12:46.210 --> 01:12:48.750
in his, like, 40s or 50s at that point. Yeah.164501:12:48.970 --> 01:12:53.689
But he sure did. And Scream deserves to be a classic.164601:12:53.989 --> 01:12:55.109
I think that's inarguable.164701:12:55.289 --> 01:12:57.989
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, so even more of a perfect164801:12:58.029 --> 01:13:00.380
time to revisit it. If you're not mistaken, a year164901:13:00.460 --> 01:13:02.300
after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is165001:13:02.319 --> 01:13:04.380
terrorized by a mass killer who targets her and her165101:13:04.420 --> 01:13:06.960
friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.165201:13:07.970 --> 01:13:10.810
I mean, it's Scream. You've either seen it or you haven't.165301:13:10.909 --> 01:13:13.329
And if you haven't, you really have a treat to165401:13:13.630 --> 01:13:16.500
unpack for this Halloween. I mean, the kills are still great.165501:13:16.939 --> 01:13:20.560
The references are hilarious. The cast is phenomenal. I mean,165601:13:20.640 --> 01:13:24.840
this movie just had its seventh entry this year. And165701:13:25.199 --> 01:13:27.329
like I said, we're talking 30 years later. It's still going. So,165801:13:27.369 --> 01:13:29.630
I mean, there's got to be something worth watching for165901:13:29.649 --> 01:13:30.770
this one. Yeah.166001:13:31.430 --> 01:13:33.250
No, yeah. I couldn't agree more.166101:13:33.430 --> 01:13:37.199
Scream available on Plex currently to rent. You can also166201:13:37.260 --> 01:13:40.180
stream it on Paramount. So it is out there. If166301:13:40.220 --> 01:13:42.640
you have not seen any of the 4K releases or166401:13:42.699 --> 01:13:44.840
if you even can track down one of the original166501:13:45.180 --> 01:13:47.319
box sets that was the, I think it was a166601:13:47.359 --> 01:13:49.550
three-pack that was Scream 1 through 3 and plus two166701:13:49.569 --> 01:13:51.989
documentaries that are on Blu-ray, that's a great pack too.166801:13:52.029 --> 01:13:54.189
But if you haven't seen Scream in a while, make166901:13:54.210 --> 01:13:55.949
sure you add that into the lineup. You will have167001:13:55.989 --> 01:13:58.600
a great time with that. It still holds up. And167101:13:58.819 --> 01:14:00.920
you may also find yourself watching the rest of the167201:14:00.939 --> 01:14:03.859
series because, in my opinion, there's really not too many167301:14:03.880 --> 01:14:04.560
bad ones in them.167401:14:05.020 --> 01:14:07.779
Yeah. I'll give you that. Yeah. I'll give you that.167501:14:08.039 --> 01:14:11.939
Not too many. Moving on through seasonal rewatches, let's go167601:14:12.000 --> 01:14:13.939
into the one that Hen loves to make fun of167701:14:13.979 --> 01:14:16.539
me for because I was a kid born under a167801:14:16.619 --> 01:14:21.069
hot topic moon, so naturally I must love 2001's Donnie Darko,167901:14:21.130 --> 01:14:22.470
directed by Richard Kelly.168001:14:22.649 --> 01:14:23.789
Of course you do. Yeah, yeah.168101:14:23.810 --> 01:14:26.609
Of course you do. I, to this day, still have168201:14:26.630 --> 01:14:29.899
never seen a theatrical cut. I've only seen the director's cut.168301:14:29.960 --> 01:14:31.539
So this year I'm actually going to fix that and168401:14:31.579 --> 01:14:34.920
watch the theatrical. But Donnie Darko, after narrowly escaping a168501:14:34.939 --> 01:14:37.880
bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of168601:14:37.920 --> 01:14:40.300
a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a168701:14:40.359 --> 01:14:44.000
series of crimes. This is Jake Gyllenhaal, Jenna Malone, James Duvall,168801:14:44.020 --> 01:14:48.109
Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Noah Weil, even a young Seth168901:14:48.149 --> 01:14:50.989
Rogen appearing in this as well. It's a weird movie.169001:14:51.279 --> 01:14:53.319
I'm not going to deny that. I don't think anybody will.169101:14:53.380 --> 01:14:55.520
Joe Bob had a great breakdown for this movie, and169201:14:55.539 --> 01:14:58.939
he showed it a while back. But Donnie Darko is169301:14:59.239 --> 01:15:01.560
really perfect for Halloween because not only does the ending169401:15:01.600 --> 01:15:04.300
take place on Halloween, it just has a very eerie169501:15:04.359 --> 01:15:08.949
feel to it. It is very universal in the sense169601:15:09.189 --> 01:15:12.029
of you don't know what is happening, but there's a169701:15:12.109 --> 01:15:12.810
lot going on.169801:15:13.270 --> 01:15:15.189
Yeah, I can see that. Yeah, yeah, for sure.169901:15:15.310 --> 01:15:19.020
Yeah, and overall, it just really... Holds up, in my opinion.170001:15:19.119 --> 01:15:21.970
I've probably seen this movie close to ten times at170101:15:21.979 --> 01:15:24.689
this point in my life, if not more. Probably more, honestly.170201:15:24.710 --> 01:15:26.689
I'm probably just not being honest at this point. But170301:15:27.010 --> 01:15:30.090
Donnie Darko is a great Halloween pick. It is, again,170401:15:30.149 --> 01:15:34.069
a time capsule piece, early 2000s, and this was actually170501:15:34.109 --> 01:15:35.909
put out right before the towers went down, if I'm170601:15:35.949 --> 01:15:38.350
not mistaken. Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah, which is kind of170701:15:38.510 --> 01:15:40.109
interesting if you think about the subject content of it, too.170801:15:41.649 --> 01:15:45.630
So Donnie Darko, 2001, currently streaming on Hulu as well170901:15:45.670 --> 01:15:48.810
as Amazon Prime, Tubi, and you can also find it171001:15:48.890 --> 01:15:51.170
any other places. There's a great 4K that's available from171101:15:51.229 --> 01:15:53.399
Arrow of it now that has both cuts of it171201:15:53.479 --> 01:15:55.539
on there. But if you haven't seen Donnie Darko, it's171301:15:55.579 --> 01:15:57.949
a weird one, but you may find yourself really liking it.171401:15:57.979 --> 01:16:00.340
There is a lot of feel to it for the171501:16:00.380 --> 01:16:02.920
spooky season, so I cannot recommend it enough. I mean, hell,171601:16:02.939 --> 01:16:06.140
you got a giant, really creepy-ass bunny rabbit in this movie.171701:16:06.659 --> 01:16:07.140
And how.171801:16:07.279 --> 01:16:08.380
And how indeed.171901:16:08.560 --> 01:16:09.340
I think it's a good pick.172001:16:17.189 --> 01:16:19.670
Go back into a classic for another seasonal rewatch. One172101:16:19.710 --> 01:16:22.270
that I had the pleasure of revisiting this year that172201:16:22.449 --> 01:16:25.590
I just was reminded again that Stephen King really does172301:16:25.750 --> 01:16:27.500
have some great movies out there that kind of get172401:16:27.539 --> 01:16:30.140
buried by some of the bad ones. That is 1985's172501:16:30.340 --> 01:16:34.840
Silver Bullet, directed by Dan Atayas. Silver Bullet is just172601:16:35.560 --> 01:16:38.060
one of the most underrated werewolf movies, if I'm being honest.172701:16:38.279 --> 01:16:41.430
Yeah, no, I think that's a fair assessment. Silver Bullet is...172801:16:42.189 --> 01:16:45.949
It's got a great atmosphere. It's 80s as all get out.172901:16:46.130 --> 01:16:49.060
It kind of feels like a good companion almost to173001:16:49.180 --> 01:16:53.340
The Lost Boys, even though it's much less in your face.173101:16:53.439 --> 01:16:54.020
And homoerotic.173201:16:56.439 --> 01:16:57.000
Debatable.173301:16:57.039 --> 01:16:59.140
Debatable. Especially that church scene with all the people.173401:16:59.220 --> 01:17:00.199
And you got Gary Busey.173501:17:00.319 --> 01:17:03.970
And Gary Busey. I mean, Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim,173601:17:04.029 --> 01:17:08.189
Terry O'Quinn. Where is the one guy that is the priest?173701:17:08.329 --> 01:17:10.029
I can never remember his name, but he is so173801:17:10.090 --> 01:17:13.439
good in this movie. Small city of Tarker's Mills is173901:17:13.539 --> 01:17:16.550
startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears174001:17:16.600 --> 01:17:19.069
the work of a maniac, but sightings of mysterious hairy174101:17:19.130 --> 01:17:21.930
creatures soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but174201:17:21.949 --> 01:17:25.210
there's only one boy who's still outside. This is such174301:17:25.270 --> 01:17:30.170
a wild movie, but is really, really scary still. The174401:17:30.229 --> 01:17:33.189
opening attack, especially like the werewolf through the window, the174501:17:33.229 --> 01:17:35.569
werewolf on the train tracks. There's a lot of memorable174601:17:35.630 --> 01:17:37.890
scenes in this, and like Hen mentioned earlier, Gary Busey174701:17:38.010 --> 01:17:39.479
is top Busey in this.174801:17:39.850 --> 01:17:43.800
Oh, yeah, yeah. No, I think it's a great werewolf movie.174901:17:44.060 --> 01:17:46.579
It's got great lore behind it, great characters.175001:17:46.600 --> 01:17:46.840
Yeah.175101:17:47.319 --> 01:17:49.039
I've always thought that it worked really well.175201:17:49.380 --> 01:17:51.460
Based on Stephen King's story, The Cycle of the Werewolf,175301:17:51.479 --> 01:17:53.260
so if you're a Stephen King fan and haven't seen this,175401:17:53.420 --> 01:17:56.039
Silver Bullet, currently readily available to stream on Paramount. You175501:17:56.060 --> 01:17:58.739
can also rent it, once again, from Fandango and Apple TV.175601:17:59.680 --> 01:18:02.800
It is one that I really have come back on.175701:18:03.260 --> 01:18:05.359
I saw it a lot as a kid on TV175801:18:05.520 --> 01:18:07.819
and getting to watch it uncut several times now, both175901:18:07.859 --> 01:18:10.560
for my Blu-ray as well as my digital library. Just176001:18:10.579 --> 01:18:11.500
a lot of fun in this movie.176101:18:11.979 --> 01:18:13.270
Yeah, no, that's a very good pick.176201:18:13.859 --> 01:18:17.550
So moving us into the last two of the seasonal rewatches,176301:18:17.569 --> 01:18:20.090
let's go with another 80s classic. Not much needs to176401:18:20.109 --> 01:18:23.529
be said about this one because everybody knows 1982's Creepshow176501:18:23.569 --> 01:18:25.149
directed by George A. Romero.176601:18:25.729 --> 01:18:29.090
That is probably the most Halloween movie that has no176701:18:29.170 --> 01:18:30.770
Halloween reference.176801:18:30.810 --> 01:18:32.329
Pumpkin in the Window at the very beginning.176901:18:32.510 --> 01:18:33.409
Oh, no, you're right.177001:18:33.489 --> 01:18:35.390
So it takes place around Halloween, but we don't get177101:18:35.569 --> 01:18:37.109
anything else besides that.177201:18:37.130 --> 01:18:39.890
Well, or at least the, you know, the wraparound takes177301:18:39.949 --> 01:18:41.350
place around Halloween. Yeah, the wraparound. That's a fair point.177401:18:41.430 --> 01:18:41.649
Yeah.177501:18:41.710 --> 01:18:45.149
But it's just got that EC Comics vibe, that shock177601:18:45.189 --> 01:18:49.109
horror vibe. Creepshow is a crowd pleaser.177701:18:49.130 --> 01:18:49.989
Yeah, it is.177801:18:50.140 --> 01:18:51.779
It's definitely, that's a great one to put on with177901:18:51.819 --> 01:18:55.340
your buddies when you're, you know, having your Halloween pizza178001:18:55.439 --> 01:18:58.319
movie fest. Like you're going to enjoy the hell out178101:18:58.340 --> 01:19:00.720
of revisiting Creepshow. And if you have any friends who178201:19:00.739 --> 01:19:02.380
haven't seen it before, go check it out. It makes178301:19:02.439 --> 01:19:04.000
it 30 times as exciting.178401:19:04.260 --> 01:19:06.279
And just to make Hen happy, I'm also going to178501:19:06.319 --> 01:19:09.560
give a shout out to Creepshow 2 because Creepshow 2178601:19:09.560 --> 01:19:12.050
is a lot of fun as well and also has178701:19:12.090 --> 01:19:13.350
a pretty Halloween feel to it too.178801:19:13.550 --> 01:19:16.090
It does. I mean, they carry a similar vibe. It's178901:19:16.130 --> 01:19:20.310
just that Creepshow... Honestly, Creepshow feels a little bit stodgier.179001:19:20.510 --> 01:19:20.670
Yeah.179101:19:20.989 --> 01:19:24.590
It's still better. Yeah. But Creepshow, you know, Creepshow has179201:19:24.630 --> 01:19:27.050
that kind of that vibe. Creepshow 2 feels a little179301:19:27.090 --> 01:19:30.229
bit more youthful, a little bit more B-movie. 100%. And179401:19:30.270 --> 01:19:32.430
a little more sleazier. And a little more, yeah, and179501:19:32.470 --> 01:19:35.689
more pulpy. Yeah. And that, I think, makes it a179601:19:35.729 --> 01:19:38.079
little bit more of a fun time, especially if that's179701:19:38.100 --> 01:19:39.720
the kind of thing you're into, if you're into kind179801:19:39.760 --> 01:19:42.460
of a... More outsider horror space.179901:19:42.640 --> 01:19:44.659
And if you're familiar with the Creepshow series that's on180001:19:44.699 --> 01:19:47.020
Shudder and you've never seen the movie, make sure you180101:19:47.050 --> 01:19:49.449
check it out. Luckily, they only made two Creepshow movies,180201:19:49.529 --> 01:19:52.310
so once you see those two, you're done. Not another180301:19:52.369 --> 01:19:52.850
one exists.180401:19:52.949 --> 01:19:55.310
No, not a single Creepshow 3.180501:19:55.310 --> 01:19:58.609
Not a single Creepshow 3, but Creepshow 1982, currently available180601:19:58.710 --> 01:20:02.369
to rent or buy on Fandango or Apple. Once again,180701:20:02.510 --> 01:20:05.170
also a great 4K recently put out by Shout that180801:20:05.189 --> 01:20:08.149
I cannot recommend enough. It is out there and waiting180901:20:08.189 --> 01:20:09.930
for you to find if you have not seen Creepshow.181001:20:10.329 --> 01:20:13.109
That is probably one of the best Halloween picks on181101:20:13.149 --> 01:20:15.220
this list that, again, has very little Halloween in it.181201:20:15.470 --> 01:20:19.829
And I finally got my cake. And I got my cake, Bedelia.181301:20:20.350 --> 01:20:23.810
So rounding out seasonal rewatches, I could think of no181401:20:23.850 --> 01:20:26.770
better than one that really had an impact on me,181501:20:27.390 --> 01:20:28.930
and I have not revisited it in a while, and181601:20:28.949 --> 01:20:30.649
I'm definitely going to do it this year, but that181701:20:30.909 --> 01:20:35.439
is The one, the only, 1999's The Blair Witch Project.181801:20:36.119 --> 01:20:39.069
Yeah. You know what? I'm going to be visiting. No,181901:20:39.090 --> 01:20:41.430
not revisiting. Visiting for the first time are the two182001:20:41.569 --> 01:20:42.989
Showtime documentaries.182101:20:43.369 --> 01:20:44.010
Oh, nice.182201:20:44.069 --> 01:20:46.869
That were made later on. One's about, I think, about182301:20:46.930 --> 01:20:47.810
Rustin Parr.182401:20:47.890 --> 01:20:48.130
Yeah.182501:20:48.930 --> 01:20:52.449
Which is all Blair Witch Project era. It's all Blair182601:20:52.470 --> 01:20:54.989
Witch lore. Yeah. But I have them now, and I've182701:20:55.029 --> 01:20:57.229
never seen them, and I've heard they're actually really creepy.182801:20:57.250 --> 01:20:58.909
You've got the festival cut, too, now, I think, too,182901:20:58.930 --> 01:20:59.609
with that box set.183001:20:59.649 --> 01:21:00.289
I thought we watched it.183101:21:00.710 --> 01:21:01.270
We did not.183201:21:01.329 --> 01:21:02.350
Oh no, I watched it with Rachel.183301:21:02.449 --> 01:21:02.710
Okay.183401:21:02.949 --> 01:21:06.510
Yeah. It's, it's, I mean, it's, it's not better, but183501:21:06.550 --> 01:21:09.289
it's definitely fascinating because you could see like the little183601:21:09.869 --> 01:21:12.640
things they cut out and the music's different a little183701:21:12.649 --> 01:21:15.640
bit and the sound mix is a little bit different. Um, no,183801:21:15.659 --> 01:21:17.600
I was, I'm glad I imported that because it was183901:21:17.640 --> 01:21:17.970
worth it.184001:21:18.399 --> 01:21:20.479
But yeah, Blair Witch Project, for those who are not aware,184101:21:20.520 --> 01:21:22.319
I don't know how you couldn't be, but anyway, in184201:21:22.380 --> 01:21:25.579
October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods184301:21:25.640 --> 01:21:28.819
near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary. A year later,184401:21:28.859 --> 01:21:32.000
their footage was found. One of the most notorious found184501:21:32.020 --> 01:21:35.850
footage films, this one, was breaking down, I mean, everybody's184601:21:35.859 --> 01:21:38.350
door around the release of Halloween in 99. My mom184701:21:38.390 --> 01:21:40.710
literally watched this while passing out candy. She had rented184801:21:40.729 --> 01:21:44.109
it from Hollywood Video, watched it while passing out candy.184901:21:44.550 --> 01:21:47.930
This movie was being so talked about, and the Curse185001:21:47.970 --> 01:21:51.409
of the Blair Witch documentary was playing on SyFy Channel185101:21:51.510 --> 01:21:54.069
so much, I convinced my mother to take us to185201:21:54.109 --> 01:21:56.970
the theater, because I had to see it right away,185301:21:57.289 --> 01:21:59.489
and I was so unsettled.185401:21:59.720 --> 01:22:02.500
Yeah, no, I mean, it is one that still has185501:22:02.539 --> 01:22:05.819
the impact to it. You know, I will give you185601:22:05.899 --> 01:22:08.529
some some precursor to it that there is a lot185701:22:08.569 --> 01:22:10.329
of shaky cam in this movie that I did not185801:22:10.369 --> 01:22:11.489
remember the last time I watched it.185901:22:12.029 --> 01:22:13.810
So I never had a problem with it. Some people186001:22:13.850 --> 01:22:15.750
said they got like motion sick in the theater. I186101:22:15.850 --> 01:22:16.670
did not have that issue.186201:22:16.750 --> 01:22:19.579
No, I didn't either. Blair Witch Project. I mean, what186301:22:19.640 --> 01:22:21.779
more can be said about it? It is iconic for186401:22:21.880 --> 01:22:23.880
all the right reasons. It is still scary to this186501:22:23.920 --> 01:22:27.680
day and has had two sequels or three. Two.186601:22:27.689 --> 01:22:27.909
Two.186701:22:27.939 --> 01:22:29.539
Because Book of Shadows and then Blair Witch.186801:22:29.680 --> 01:22:29.819
Yep.186901:22:30.140 --> 01:22:33.399
Which, not bad movies. I'm a defender of Blair Witch,187001:22:33.420 --> 01:22:34.000
Book of Shadows.187101:22:34.180 --> 01:22:34.880
Of course you are.187201:22:35.619 --> 01:22:35.979
You know what?187301:22:36.380 --> 01:22:38.199
I liked it when it came out. I didn't even187401:22:38.260 --> 01:22:40.119
dislike it when it came out. But no, it's definitely187501:22:40.140 --> 01:22:41.359
getting its due now. Yeah.187601:22:41.539 --> 01:22:44.699
But Blair Witch Project 1999, currently available on HBO Max.187701:22:44.729 --> 01:22:46.609
You can also rent or buy it where you normally187801:22:46.670 --> 01:22:49.109
get your movies at. So make sure you check that out.187901:22:49.149 --> 01:22:50.609
If you haven't seen it in a while or haven't188001:22:50.630 --> 01:22:53.189
seen it at all, it is one that is absolutely188101:22:53.229 --> 01:22:55.699
perfect for this time of year. That wraps us up188201:22:55.880 --> 01:22:57.779
on seasonal rewatches. We are halfway through, Hen.188301:22:58.340 --> 01:23:01.880
Oh, good. Only an hour and 20 minutes in.188401:23:02.159 --> 01:23:05.279
So let's move into underrated Halloween movies, kicking us off188501:23:05.739 --> 01:23:09.369
with one that I hear like no one talk about.188601:23:09.409 --> 01:23:11.869
It kind of had a big, big stink when it188701:23:11.930 --> 01:23:14.090
when it first released. But nobody's talked about this movie.188801:23:14.729 --> 01:23:18.369
I personally enjoy it. And that is 2016's 31 directed188901:23:18.430 --> 01:23:19.289
by Rob Zombie.189001:23:19.510 --> 01:23:20.130
I have not seen it.189101:23:20.229 --> 01:23:21.029
You've not seen it.189201:23:21.050 --> 01:23:21.390
I have not.189301:23:21.590 --> 01:23:24.840
So, yeah. 31 is the story of five carnival workers189401:23:25.060 --> 01:23:27.939
are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned hell-like compound189501:23:27.970 --> 01:23:29.970
where they are forced to participate in a violent game,189601:23:30.289 --> 01:23:32.310
the goal of which is to survive 12 hours against189701:23:32.369 --> 01:23:35.850
a gang of sadistic clowns. Featuring Sherry Moon Zombie, Richard Brake,189801:23:35.909 --> 01:23:39.640
Meg Foster, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Roebuck, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Ginger189901:23:39.659 --> 01:23:42.020
Lynn Allen. The list goes on and on with this one.190001:23:42.479 --> 01:23:46.100
This is the most Rob Zombie has ever zombied his190101:23:46.140 --> 01:23:47.140
zombie little heart out.190201:23:47.899 --> 01:23:49.579
Okay, I think I follow what you mean. And it190301:23:49.659 --> 01:23:50.619
works because of that.190401:23:50.659 --> 01:23:52.180
I mean, this is a Rob Zombie film to a190501:23:52.220 --> 01:23:54.579
T from the overuse of the F word, as we190601:23:54.640 --> 01:23:56.960
all come to know from those movies. The violence is190701:23:57.079 --> 01:24:00.899
over the top. It is just a seriously wild and190801:24:00.939 --> 01:24:05.220
deranged make of The Hunger Games, basically, on Halloween night.190901:24:05.539 --> 01:24:06.039
Okay.191001:24:06.119 --> 01:24:09.569
So, I mean, you're talking about carnage galore. It has191101:24:09.630 --> 01:24:13.189
a really, really great Richard Brake performance as Doomhead in this.191201:24:13.229 --> 01:24:17.220
He basically steals the show. Actually murders Deanna Roebuck in191301:24:17.239 --> 01:24:18.300
the opening scene, by the way.191401:24:18.800 --> 01:24:21.000
Yeah, Roebuck's good at getting killed at the start of things.191501:24:21.039 --> 01:24:23.100
He is good in this one especially. So yeah, 31191601:24:23.100 --> 01:24:25.000
from 2016. That is going to kick us off for191701:24:25.020 --> 01:24:28.770
the underrated Halloween movies, which moves us into one that191801:24:29.029 --> 01:24:30.750
you actually turned me on to, good sir.191901:24:30.770 --> 01:24:31.149
Oh.192001:24:31.550 --> 01:24:35.270
And that is one of 2025 releases that Shudder had192101:24:35.390 --> 01:24:37.350
entitled Night of the Reaper.192201:24:38.149 --> 01:24:40.550
Oh, yeah. I like Night of the Reaper a lot.192301:24:40.710 --> 01:24:46.699
Directed by Brandon Christensen. This movie is wild because it's192401:24:46.840 --> 01:24:49.060
not what you expect at all from the synopsis.192501:24:49.260 --> 01:24:51.800
No. And Night of the Reaper, the reason that was192601:24:52.479 --> 01:24:55.779
extra special for me was I watched it, I think192701:24:55.819 --> 01:24:58.670
it was last Halloween season. Yeah. I watched it. I192801:24:58.710 --> 01:25:02.130
just picked something random on Shudder because it was in October.192901:25:02.149 --> 01:25:05.449
And I love doing our big shows for October for193001:25:05.489 --> 01:25:08.340
Weekly Spooky, but I get burnt. out I mean I'm193101:25:08.359 --> 01:25:11.140
recording every single day like six hours a day yeah193201:25:11.560 --> 01:25:14.439
forever it feels like and I put that on just193301:25:14.560 --> 01:25:18.810
praying I could get a little escapism and it grabbed193401:25:18.859 --> 01:25:21.210
me and I was a few times I was like193501:25:21.250 --> 01:25:22.909
I don't know I don't know and the ending was193601:25:22.970 --> 01:25:27.130
just immaculate it was so well thought out so satisfying193701:25:27.289 --> 01:25:29.949
just damn good feature film there's.193801:25:29.850 --> 01:25:31.500
One thing that the ending does that I'm not going193901:25:31.520 --> 01:25:33.460
to spoil but with a title of Night of the194001:25:33.479 --> 01:25:36.399
Reaper you just kind of expect a certain song possibly194101:25:36.439 --> 01:25:37.899
to be In the movie.194201:25:37.930 --> 01:25:38.729
Not on that budget.194301:25:39.329 --> 01:25:41.090
And oh, no, it's in there. Oh, yeah.194401:25:41.250 --> 01:25:42.250
Yeah. No, you're right. Oh, yeah.194501:25:42.409 --> 01:25:44.909
No. And it's used perfectly. But the story is college194601:25:44.930 --> 01:25:48.310
student Deanna visits home and is roped into babysitting. The194701:25:48.350 --> 01:25:50.750
local sheriff is mailed a piece of evidence and is194801:25:50.829 --> 01:25:52.689
led on a scavenger hunt to reveal the killer of194901:25:52.729 --> 01:25:55.770
another babysitter. So you've got a mass killer that's knocking195001:25:55.810 --> 01:26:00.079
off babysitters in this town. That's just the first 20-ish minutes.195101:26:00.119 --> 01:26:02.000
Yeah, it's just getting warmed up.195201:26:02.039 --> 01:26:05.159
Just getting warmed up. It is a great B-horror slasher195301:26:05.199 --> 01:26:07.760
that really snuck out of there from Shudder last year.195401:26:07.920 --> 01:26:10.979
It is Halloweeny AF, and if you're looking for one195501:26:11.060 --> 01:26:13.560
that you have probably not seen or heard of, Night195601:26:13.579 --> 01:26:16.979
of the Reaper from 2025, currently available on Shudder, is195701:26:17.100 --> 01:26:19.359
one that I cannot recommend enough, and I'm so happy195801:26:19.399 --> 01:26:20.859
that you texted me about that one.195901:26:21.079 --> 01:26:23.579
Yeah, did you ever watch that rental one? Which one196001:26:23.600 --> 01:26:25.300
was that? The one with the video rental store.196101:26:25.319 --> 01:26:27.180
Oh, the last video store? Yeah. Oh, yeah.196201:26:27.340 --> 01:26:29.119
I thought you did. Yeah, that's a great one, too.196301:26:29.420 --> 01:26:31.149
And another one that we had a blast with is196401:26:31.189 --> 01:26:35.550
our next pick in 1985, director Ruben Galindo Jr. 's196501:26:35.810 --> 01:26:37.170
Cemetery of Terror.196601:26:37.869 --> 01:26:39.750
Hell yeah. Yes.196701:26:40.210 --> 01:26:42.670
On Halloween night, a group of bored teens decide to196801:26:42.710 --> 01:26:44.569
steal a corpse from a local morgue and take it196901:26:44.600 --> 01:26:47.239
to a nearby cemetery where they perform a satanic ritual,197001:26:47.739 --> 01:26:52.229
unwittingly reviving a bloodthirsty serial killer. I mean, if you197101:26:52.270 --> 01:26:54.250
listen to that synopsis and you're like, holy shit, how197201:26:54.270 --> 01:26:57.270
I've not heard about this movie. Exactly. You you need197301:26:57.310 --> 01:27:00.109
Cemetery of Terror in your life. You need two to197401:27:00.149 --> 01:27:03.250
three Ruben Gallardo Jr. movies in your life. Cemetery of Terror,197501:27:03.329 --> 01:27:04.569
Grave Robbers and Don't Panic.197601:27:05.109 --> 01:27:09.270
Yeah. And I they all have a lot to like.197701:27:09.350 --> 01:27:11.390
I mean, Don't Panic is kind of the most popular197801:27:11.470 --> 01:27:13.609
one and it's kind of the lamest one, in my opinion. Yes.197901:27:13.970 --> 01:27:16.670
But man, Cemetery of Terror.198001:27:17.810 --> 01:27:21.890
It has carnage. It's got a beautifully done set for198101:27:21.909 --> 01:27:24.529
the cemetery. There's at one point that basically the kids198201:27:24.550 --> 01:27:26.930
have snuck into the cemetery, and as they're leaving, the198301:27:27.050 --> 01:27:29.010
fence shoots out of the ground, locking them in.198401:27:29.010 --> 01:27:30.369
Oh, that's one of those memorable things that made me go,198501:27:30.409 --> 01:27:31.989
holy crap, this movie's awesome.198601:27:32.149 --> 01:27:35.829
It is so good. Currently available on YouTube. You can198701:27:35.909 --> 01:27:39.409
also get a beautiful, beautiful Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome as well.198801:27:39.789 --> 01:27:41.640
They have put out the three movies that I mentioned198901:27:41.649 --> 01:27:43.060
as well, and another one that I'm not going to199001:27:43.100 --> 01:27:45.539
mention that Hannah and I watched recently. Yeah. Yeah, that's199101:27:45.619 --> 01:27:46.000
a movie.199201:27:46.039 --> 01:27:46.939
That's all I got to say about that.199301:27:46.960 --> 01:27:48.520
That's all I got to say about that one, yeah.199401:27:48.539 --> 01:27:52.060
Cemetery of Terror, Grave Robbers, Don't Panic. Any of his199501:27:52.479 --> 01:27:54.760
80s horror films, Reuben Gelland Jr., you're going to have199601:27:54.779 --> 01:27:56.939
a good time with. You've probably never heard of them,199701:27:56.979 --> 01:27:58.439
or if you have, it may have been in passing.199801:27:58.720 --> 01:28:01.550
Definitely check out Cemetery of Terror for your Halloween lineup.199901:28:01.659 --> 01:28:05.449
It is so much fun, super cheesy, super violent, and200001:28:05.489 --> 01:28:06.829
just a really, really good time.200101:28:07.390 --> 01:28:09.229
Yeah, I could not agree more.200201:28:09.710 --> 01:28:14.189
And another good time, let's talk about the one The200301:28:14.310 --> 01:28:20.449
only 1995's Jacko, directed by Steve Latchaw. Oh, yeah.200401:28:20.850 --> 01:28:25.239
No, this is one that deserves a lot of love,200501:28:25.260 --> 01:28:27.500
and it's gotten a lot of love as it's aged,200601:28:27.539 --> 01:28:30.869
and Riff Trax did it. It's so fun. It's not200701:28:30.869 --> 01:28:36.750
meant to be silly. It's not meant to be particularly campy. Nope.200801:28:36.750 --> 01:28:39.130
Uh, but it is, I mean, it's, uh, this is200901:28:39.390 --> 01:28:42.210
a Halloween movie to a T you have a giant201001:28:42.489 --> 01:28:46.020
jack-o'-lantern figure with a scythe that is knocking out people that, uh,201101:28:46.079 --> 01:28:47.939
basically aren't respecting the night, honestly.201201:28:48.220 --> 01:28:48.460
No.201301:28:49.199 --> 01:28:51.859
And, the synopsis says a long, long time ago, a201401:28:52.020 --> 01:28:54.159
wizard was put to death, but he swore vengeance on201501:28:54.199 --> 01:28:57.109
the townsfolk that did him in particularly Arthur Kelly's family.201601:28:57.529 --> 01:28:59.630
Arthur had done the final graces on him when he201701:28:59.670 --> 01:29:02.229
came back to life as Mr. Jack, the pumpkin man.201801:29:02.659 --> 01:29:06.600
The Kellys proliferated through the years, and when some devil-may-care201901:29:06.619 --> 01:29:10.439
teens accidentally unleashed Jacko, young Sean Kelly must stop him202001:29:10.510 --> 01:29:13.619
somehow as his suburban world is accosted and the attrition202101:29:13.680 --> 01:29:16.079
rate climbs. What a hell of a synopsis you got there.202201:29:16.220 --> 01:29:18.560
Yeah, well, Jacko deserves nothing less.202301:29:18.640 --> 01:29:21.989
It does deserve nothing less, especially if you're a fan202401:29:22.210 --> 01:29:24.470
of physical media and you want to have a piece202501:29:24.789 --> 01:29:27.170
of physical media that is just one that you'll go202601:29:27.210 --> 01:29:30.029
back to time and time again, Jacko has one of202701:29:30.069 --> 01:29:32.380
the most infamous commentary tracks on it.202801:29:32.609 --> 01:29:34.869
Yeah, even though it's a work. It is a work.202901:29:34.890 --> 01:29:37.449
It's still very fun. People think that they're actually fighting,203001:29:37.489 --> 01:29:41.079
but Fred Olin Ray, the producer, and Steve Latchaw, the203101:29:41.119 --> 01:29:44.300
director- Or, like, going at it a bunch. And it's203201:29:44.359 --> 01:29:47.899
very funny. Like, Steve gets mad and, like, storms out.203301:29:48.020 --> 01:29:50.630
And then he gets locked out of the studio. Fred203401:29:50.689 --> 01:29:53.649
goes over and lets him back in. But that may203501:29:53.689 --> 01:29:55.649
have really happened. That part might have actually happened. It203601:29:55.670 --> 01:29:59.829
might have. Knowing Fred pretty well and how close he203701:29:59.869 --> 01:30:03.359
and Steve Latchaw are as buddies, I think they were203801:30:03.380 --> 01:30:04.979
just having a good time with it.203901:30:05.279 --> 01:30:07.979
But yeah, Jacko is a 100% Halloween movie. Takes place204001:30:08.039 --> 01:30:08.880
on Halloween night.204101:30:09.340 --> 01:30:10.840
Killer has a giant pumpkin head.204201:30:11.039 --> 01:30:14.220
Giant pumpkin head. There's a who's who B-horror in it204301:30:14.319 --> 01:30:15.619
as well in appearances.204401:30:15.640 --> 01:30:18.189
Including people who've been dead for almost seven or eight years.204501:30:18.210 --> 01:30:19.029
Even when the movie was made.204601:30:19.170 --> 01:30:19.409
Yeah.204701:30:21.649 --> 01:30:26.069
But Jacko currently streaming on Shudder. Oh, yeah. Yeah.204801:30:27.600 --> 01:30:30.020
Joe Bob never showed that, did he? Yeah, he did.204901:30:30.039 --> 01:30:32.359
I think that's when it first got on there. Last Halloween.205001:30:32.579 --> 01:30:35.100
That and, god damn, what was the other one he205101:30:35.119 --> 01:30:37.159
did after Jacko? I'm trying to remember. Was it Beyond205201:30:37.420 --> 01:30:38.359
the Door 3, maybe?205301:30:38.550 --> 01:30:39.600
I think so. That sounds right.205401:30:39.859 --> 01:30:43.270
Yeah, but Jacko, 1995 Steve Latchaw, currently streaming on Shudder205501:30:43.369 --> 01:30:46.369
as well as on Prime and on Plex, on Roku.205601:30:46.810 --> 01:30:49.050
It is basically anywhere you're looking for it. And if205701:30:49.069 --> 01:30:52.810
you haven't seen Jacko, absolutely add that into your lineup205801:30:53.010 --> 01:30:55.270
for an underrated Halloween pick of this year.205901:30:55.680 --> 01:30:59.520
And keep your eyes peeled for the bizarrely serious sequel.206001:30:59.720 --> 01:31:00.760
It was bizarrely serious.206101:31:01.560 --> 01:31:05.670
I really liked it. It was strange and fun. Yeah.206201:31:06.229 --> 01:31:10.289
And a great way to see Sybil Danning come out206301:31:10.310 --> 01:31:11.850
of retirement and act one more time.206401:31:12.010 --> 01:31:15.319
Yeah, Jacko 2 is going to be coming out very soon,206501:31:15.399 --> 01:31:17.600
and we do recommend that. So get ready for it206601:31:17.619 --> 01:31:20.000
with Jacko. Once again, like I said, streaming on Shudder.206701:31:27.340 --> 01:31:31.010
Moving into another underrated Halloween, another one that I think206801:31:31.050 --> 01:31:35.399
you and I discovered last year or maybe two years ago. 1991,206901:31:35.399 --> 01:31:37.680
directed by Doug Robertson's Haunted Ween.207001:31:38.340 --> 01:31:40.789
Oh, yeah. Haunted Ween, baby.207101:31:41.210 --> 01:31:44.189
One Halloween night, a little girl visiting the Berber Family207201:31:44.229 --> 01:31:46.789
House of Horrors attraction is brutally hacked to pieces by207301:31:46.810 --> 01:31:49.489
their young son, Eddie. Having fled the scene, Eddie is207401:31:49.550 --> 01:31:51.640
taken away by his mother to live in solitude at207501:31:51.680 --> 01:31:54.359
a remote cabin. 20 years later, the Top Hill State207601:31:54.380 --> 01:31:58.079
College Sigma Pi fraternity are desperately trying to raise some cash,207701:31:58.359 --> 01:32:00.859
so they decide to throw a raucous fundraiser party for207801:32:00.880 --> 01:32:03.659
their peers. In the midst of festivities, a mysterious figure207901:32:03.720 --> 01:32:07.000
arrives at the door. This is the story of what208001:32:07.060 --> 01:32:09.079
happens if you and your friends are running a haunt208101:32:09.159 --> 01:32:11.630
on Halloween night and a serial killer infiltrates it.208201:32:11.880 --> 01:32:12.539
Damn right.208301:32:12.960 --> 01:32:14.140
And it is a lot of fun.208401:32:14.739 --> 01:32:15.640
Total blast.208501:32:15.739 --> 01:32:18.520
Total blast. This one was put out by Vinegar Syndrome208601:32:18.729 --> 01:32:22.310
in their Homegrown Horrors box, but it is actually available208701:32:22.369 --> 01:32:25.390
right now on Tubi as well as on Fandango. Haunted208801:32:25.409 --> 01:32:27.890
Ween is 100% a Halloween movie. It takes place on208901:32:27.930 --> 01:32:30.260
Halloween with you being inside of a haunt, which may209001:32:30.279 --> 01:32:32.020
be another theme that's coming up here in a little bit.209101:32:32.500 --> 01:32:34.779
But this is one that is a lot of fun.209201:32:34.800 --> 01:32:37.630
It's a decent little slasher. The only thing is the209301:32:37.710 --> 01:32:39.909
ending really doesn't make much sense, but you still have209401:32:39.949 --> 01:32:40.670
fun with it anyway.209501:32:40.729 --> 01:32:41.989
Yeah, who cares about that?209601:32:42.399 --> 01:32:45.119
But yeah, Haunted Ween, 1991, one that Hannah and I209701:32:45.140 --> 01:32:47.060
just had an absolute blast with, and I'm sure you209801:32:47.159 --> 01:32:50.479
will too. Moving us in to another one that was209901:32:50.550 --> 01:32:51.989
a surprise. I don't know if you've seen this one,210001:32:52.029 --> 01:32:53.569
but I need to show it to you if you haven't.210101:32:53.590 --> 01:32:54.430
Is it Evil Dead?210201:32:54.609 --> 01:32:56.909
No, it's not Evil Dead. No, it's not Baby Geniuses.210301:32:57.890 --> 01:33:01.470
This is one that kind of caught me by surprise210401:33:01.529 --> 01:33:04.970
because sometimes you see certain horror actors, we'll say, on210501:33:04.989 --> 01:33:07.250
the covers of things, and you're like, oh, that could210601:33:07.270 --> 01:33:08.829
be either really good or really bad.210701:33:09.270 --> 01:33:09.569
Yes.210801:33:09.789 --> 01:33:11.970
This has Bill Moseley and Kane Hodder on the cover210901:33:12.010 --> 01:33:12.170
of it.211001:33:13.180 --> 01:33:14.409
What year? 2023. Oh, it could go either way.211101:33:14.449 --> 01:33:17.489
Directed by Dan Lance, this is Hayride to Hell.211201:33:22.270 --> 01:33:24.079
Oh, I never got around to watching that one, I211301:33:24.119 --> 01:33:24.439
don't think.211401:33:24.500 --> 01:33:25.880
It is so much fun.211501:33:26.119 --> 01:33:28.520
There was another haunt movie around that same time.211601:33:28.579 --> 01:33:31.539
The one we all watched last year, Haunt Season. That's211701:33:31.560 --> 01:33:34.479
all we'll say about Haunt Season. Hayride to Hell. A211801:33:34.579 --> 01:33:37.750
small town farmer exacts his bloody revenge on unscrupulous town211901:33:37.789 --> 01:33:39.949
folk who try to steal his land. This is the212001:33:39.989 --> 01:33:43.189
story of Bill Mosley being a poor farmer who has212101:33:43.250 --> 01:33:45.109
a hayride that's been in his family for years, a212201:33:45.130 --> 01:33:48.310
whole haunted attraction. Kane Hodder plays the local sheriff along212301:33:48.350 --> 01:33:50.079
with some people in real estate that are trying to212401:33:50.159 --> 01:33:52.420
buy the land out from under him. And in a sense,212501:33:52.460 --> 01:33:54.399
trying to steal it. So he decides to put on212601:33:55.039 --> 01:33:58.859
one final hayride night and invites them all for just desserts.212701:33:59.079 --> 01:34:00.500
It does sound pretty awesome.212801:34:00.520 --> 01:34:03.720
Dude, it is so much fun. It is dark. It212901:34:03.739 --> 01:34:08.140
is like black comedy Halloween horror right here that has213001:34:08.399 --> 01:34:11.460
one of the most satisfying endings is all I can say.213101:34:11.479 --> 01:34:14.159
It was one that I put on last year just213201:34:14.239 --> 01:34:15.859
on a whim. I think I got it cheap off213301:34:15.899 --> 01:34:19.279
of Fandango, actually, for like two bucks. But Hayride to Hell,213401:34:19.770 --> 01:34:24.810
currently available on Tubi, Fandango, Plex, and all as well213501:34:24.829 --> 01:34:27.130
as Apple. This is one that you may look at213601:34:27.149 --> 01:34:28.989
the cover and be like, that can't be good. I'm213701:34:29.029 --> 01:34:31.430
telling you here and now, this one is an absolute blast.213801:34:31.470 --> 01:34:35.229
If you're looking for one of those fun slasher Halloween213901:34:35.270 --> 01:34:37.670
horror films, literally takes place on a hayride during Halloween.214001:34:37.729 --> 01:34:38.970
I mean, yeah, you can't beat that.214101:34:39.069 --> 01:34:39.270
No.214201:34:40.130 --> 01:34:41.649
I can't wait to go on a hayride or two.214301:34:42.289 --> 01:34:43.130
I want to go with you.214401:34:43.430 --> 01:34:46.170
Apparently, Dayton Screen Park has a hayride.214501:34:46.409 --> 01:34:47.770
Yeah, I have heard that. It's supposed to be pretty good.214601:34:48.720 --> 01:34:50.500
Yeah, I'm definitely going back to Brimstone.214701:34:50.520 --> 01:34:52.000
Oh, Brimstone's a lot of fun.214801:34:52.020 --> 01:34:54.260
Their hayride was so good.214901:34:54.279 --> 01:34:55.840
So good. One of the best hayrides of all time,215001:34:55.880 --> 01:34:59.159
for sure. So moving us into more underrated Halloween. I215101:34:59.180 --> 01:35:01.319
had mentioned it earlier, and so let's get into it.215201:35:01.739 --> 01:35:04.930
2025's VHS Halloween. This is the VHS entry with all215301:35:04.939 --> 01:35:09.109
the stories taking place around Halloween. This is one that215401:35:09.729 --> 01:35:12.329
I was ready to be lukewarm on, but then I215501:35:12.350 --> 01:35:15.800
ended up having a real big blast with it. even215601:35:15.840 --> 01:35:18.479
if there is one story that is extremely disturbing out215701:35:18.500 --> 01:35:19.760
of the entire VHS series.215801:35:19.939 --> 01:35:21.760
Yeah, I did enjoy this one a lot, though.215901:35:22.279 --> 01:35:25.460
VHS Halloween, a collection of Halloween-themed videotapes, unleashes a series216001:35:25.500 --> 01:35:29.100
of twisted, blood-soaked tales turning trick-or-treat into the struggle for survival.216101:35:29.460 --> 01:35:31.819
You've got what happens if a haunted house came alive,216201:35:32.060 --> 01:35:34.590
what happens if you steal candy from the wrong person216301:35:34.859 --> 01:35:36.550
and end up in a factory where you may be216401:35:36.590 --> 01:35:40.770
turned into the candy, what happens if you mess with216501:35:40.869 --> 01:35:45.100
this woman who collects... people as their babies, basically.216601:35:45.119 --> 01:35:48.159
Yeah, no, it really runs the gamut and it does216701:35:48.199 --> 01:35:52.789
a great job of, of just throwing that Halloween nostalgia216801:35:52.909 --> 01:35:54.489
at you as hard as it can.216901:35:54.529 --> 01:35:54.770
Yeah.217001:35:55.270 --> 01:35:57.529
Uh, the only thing it throws harder than that is, uh,217101:35:58.289 --> 01:35:59.539
children's bodies.217201:35:59.260 --> 01:36:01.760
Children's bodies indeed there is one segment that I will217301:36:01.779 --> 01:36:03.340
give you a fair warning on if you are a217401:36:03.380 --> 01:36:07.520
parent there is a segment involving a workplace where they217501:36:07.560 --> 01:36:10.850
have kids videos basically that one takes a pretty brutal217601:36:10.890 --> 01:36:12.869
dark turn so you may want to be weary of217701:36:12.890 --> 01:36:15.890
that one but otherwise VHS Halloween a lot of great217801:36:15.930 --> 01:36:18.920
fun currently streaming right now on Shudder with all the217901:36:18.939 --> 01:36:21.590
other VHS movies, if I'm not mistaken, the ones that218001:36:21.609 --> 01:36:24.810
they've exclusively made. But that is one that I definitely218101:36:24.829 --> 01:36:28.289
cannot recommend enough. So VHS Halloween 2025, add that into218201:36:28.329 --> 01:36:31.750
your underrated Halloween watching. Next up is another one from218301:36:31.789 --> 01:36:35.800
the 2020s, and 2020 exactly is Bad Candy, directed by218401:36:35.880 --> 01:36:39.739
Scott Hansen and Desiree Connell. On Halloween night in New Salem,218501:36:39.800 --> 01:36:43.000
radio DJs Chili Billy and Paul tell twisted anthology of218601:36:43.039 --> 01:36:46.350
terrifying local myths residents of the small town experience horrifying218701:36:46.369 --> 01:36:49.229
paranormal encounters that lead them to a grim end. If218801:36:49.270 --> 01:36:51.109
there is one thing that I can say about this movie,218901:36:51.149 --> 01:36:53.199
when Hannah and I watched it on my porch several219001:36:53.239 --> 01:36:57.479
years ago, stick with it. It may feel a little219101:36:57.539 --> 01:36:59.899
sluggish in the middle, but the ending has a really,219201:36:59.939 --> 01:37:02.460
really strong finish to it. Your radio DJs, by the way,219301:37:02.500 --> 01:37:04.930
played by Zach Galligan and Corey Taylor of Slipknot.219401:37:05.050 --> 01:37:10.810
Yes. Not to be confused with Zach Galligan of Slipknot. No,219501:37:10.869 --> 01:37:13.649
that one's a really fun, You know, it's not perfect,219601:37:13.689 --> 01:37:14.270
but what is?219701:37:14.329 --> 01:37:15.130
Yeah.219801:37:15.289 --> 01:37:17.609
Oh, Trick or Treat or whatever. There are a few,219901:37:17.649 --> 01:37:20.199
but no, but it definitely scratches the itch. It does.220001:37:20.220 --> 01:37:20.869
And I enjoyed it a lot.220101:37:20.880 --> 01:37:22.939
No, I mean, it takes place entirely on Halloween. It's220201:37:22.960 --> 01:37:26.239
an anthology on Halloween. It's got really good effects to it.220301:37:26.300 --> 01:37:29.380
And like I said, the ending reveal makes it worth220401:37:29.439 --> 01:37:34.899
watching alone. So Bad Candy from 2020, currently available on Tubi, Fandango,220501:37:35.060 --> 01:37:38.079
and Plex to stream for free. So make sure you220601:37:38.119 --> 01:37:40.340
check that one out. It is one that really stuck220701:37:40.380 --> 01:37:42.989
by because it came out In 2020, so we were220801:37:43.029 --> 01:37:45.510
at the height of COVID at that point. And it's220901:37:45.649 --> 01:37:47.989
one that I've never really heard anybody else talk about.221001:37:48.010 --> 01:37:49.189
Yeah, it kind of came and went.221101:37:49.310 --> 01:37:52.270
Kind of came and went. So Bad Candy from 2020221201:37:52.270 --> 01:37:56.119
rounding us up into more underrated. I'm curious how you're221301:37:56.140 --> 01:37:57.439
going to react to this one because I bet you're221401:37:57.460 --> 01:38:01.220
going to be surprised. And that is 1988's Flesh Eater,221501:38:01.359 --> 01:38:02.760
Revenge of the Living Dead.221601:38:03.079 --> 01:38:03.699
I'm not surprised.221701:38:03.970 --> 01:38:04.510
You're not surprised?221801:38:04.649 --> 01:38:06.109
No, that movie's so much fun.221901:38:06.130 --> 01:38:07.090
That's still Halloween, too.222001:38:07.189 --> 01:38:10.939
Yeah, that's a blast. That movie is so cheesy, it222101:38:10.979 --> 01:38:13.239
has to remind you of Halloween. And it is on Halloween.222201:38:13.279 --> 01:38:16.699
It is on Halloween, yeah. Directed by William Hinsman. He lived,222301:38:16.720 --> 01:38:18.899
he died, he's back, and he's hungry. A group of222401:38:18.939 --> 01:38:22.100
college students take a Halloween hayride into the countryside and222501:38:22.159 --> 01:38:24.149
convince the driver to take them to a secluded area222601:38:24.210 --> 01:38:26.630
for the night of debauchery. However, the fun turns to222701:38:26.670 --> 01:38:29.390
terror when a local farmhand unearths a mysterious wooden box222801:38:29.409 --> 01:38:32.579
that contains inscriptions. ancient zombie. This is the story of222901:38:32.640 --> 01:38:35.500
a zombie making his rounds on Halloween night, making more223001:38:35.520 --> 01:38:38.760
zombies and going into a Halloween party, going on a hayride.223101:38:39.319 --> 01:38:41.460
A lot, a lot of carnage in this one, and223201:38:41.619 --> 01:38:43.039
it is a lot of fun.223301:38:43.140 --> 01:38:45.239
Hell of a lot of fun. It's just silly, dumb223401:38:45.279 --> 01:38:46.020
zombie fun.223501:38:46.300 --> 01:38:48.569
That recently had a Blu-ray released by, is it 4K?223601:38:48.560 --> 01:38:51.210
Yeah. 4K or... I think it is 4K. I think223701:38:51.229 --> 01:38:51.810
there is a 4K.223801:38:51.829 --> 01:38:55.369
Yeah, by Vincent. But it is readily available right now223901:38:55.550 --> 01:38:58.380
on Tubi and Plex to stream. If you haven't seen224001:38:58.420 --> 01:39:00.239
Flesh Eater, if you're a zombie fan, or if you're224101:39:00.260 --> 01:39:04.260
looking for a B-horror movie that is so Halloween-y it224201:39:04.300 --> 01:39:06.689
will make you spew candy, Flesh Eater Revenge of the224301:39:06.729 --> 01:39:07.170
Living Dead.224401:39:08.170 --> 01:39:09.590
Make you spew candy.224501:39:09.609 --> 01:39:10.569
Make you spew candy.224601:39:10.609 --> 01:39:12.050
I don't disagree with that statement.224701:39:12.250 --> 01:39:15.569
So moving into more of the underrated Halloweens, this is224801:39:15.670 --> 01:39:17.899
one that I saw recently, and I think you had224901:39:17.920 --> 01:39:22.680
seen it before me. 2023's Dark Harvest, directed by David Slade. Oh, yeah, yeah.225001:39:22.720 --> 01:39:23.739
Dark Harvest is good.225101:39:23.819 --> 01:39:26.899
It's really good. In a small Midwestern town... A deadly225201:39:27.000 --> 01:39:30.710
annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare Sawtooth Jack rises225301:39:30.750 --> 01:39:33.329
from the cornfields and challenges the town's teenage boys into225401:39:33.369 --> 01:39:37.529
a bloody battle of survival. Literally, the families in regards225501:39:37.569 --> 01:39:42.220
of this town submit their boys into fighting Sawtooth to225601:39:42.300 --> 01:39:45.140
basically keep the town in flourish. I mean, it is225701:39:45.140 --> 01:39:46.159
100% a crazy-ass movie.225801:39:47.710 --> 01:39:49.850
Yeah, no, that one was a real surprise how much225901:39:49.909 --> 01:39:50.649
I really loved it.226001:39:50.770 --> 01:39:53.329
Yeah, and it's got some great effects to it. It's226101:39:53.369 --> 01:39:57.050
got some magnificent lighting, especially in the chase sequences through226201:39:57.069 --> 01:39:59.649
the cornfields and stuff. You are literally in a Midwest226301:39:59.689 --> 01:40:01.729
town surrounded by cornfields. What is more Halloween?226401:40:01.770 --> 01:40:02.970
Yeah, the vibe's perfect.226501:40:03.130 --> 01:40:07.050
Yeah, so Dark Harvest in 2023, currently available to rent226601:40:07.149 --> 01:40:09.609
or buy on Fandango and Apple TV. One that's not226701:40:09.649 --> 01:40:12.289
streaming yet, but hopefully when this drops, it is out226801:40:12.310 --> 01:40:14.449
there a little bit more because it's criminally underseen in226901:40:14.489 --> 01:40:14.949
my opinion.227001:40:15.850 --> 01:40:17.189
Yeah, I would have to agree with that.227101:40:17.489 --> 01:40:19.649
And another one that, again, we didn't hear many people227201:40:19.670 --> 01:40:23.020
talk about, but we sure as shit loved, is 2025's R.L.227301:40:23.520 --> 01:40:26.840
Stine's Pumpkinhead, directed by Jim Garrard.227401:40:27.000 --> 01:40:29.720
Hey, it must have been good enough because the sequel's227501:40:29.739 --> 01:40:31.260
going to be dropping on the 16th, I think?227601:40:31.279 --> 01:40:32.199
I think so, yeah.227701:40:32.579 --> 01:40:33.399
Yeah, I can't wait.227801:40:33.420 --> 01:40:36.380
So do not confuse yourself with Pumpkinhead with Lance Henriksen.227901:40:36.439 --> 01:40:39.670
This is R.L. Stine's original creation. When his brother disappears228001:40:39.729 --> 01:40:42.689
and everyone forgets he existed, Sam must unravel the mystery228101:40:42.750 --> 01:40:45.510
before Finn is gone forever. This is the story of228201:40:45.550 --> 01:40:49.479
a family that moves into a town that is very Midwest.228301:40:49.640 --> 01:40:53.619
It's very odd. And above all else, there are really228401:40:53.720 --> 01:40:56.270
weird pumpkin patches or a really weird pumpkin patch in it.228501:40:56.539 --> 01:40:59.180
Well, and for the record, the greatest mystery of the228601:40:59.239 --> 01:41:01.720
film was as we were watching it because it's a228701:41:01.760 --> 01:41:02.479
Tubi original.228801:41:02.560 --> 01:41:02.739
Yeah.228901:41:02.970 --> 01:41:05.409
So you can only watch it or at least mostly229001:41:05.430 --> 01:41:06.409
you can only watch it on Tubi.229101:41:06.470 --> 01:41:06.630
Yes.229201:41:07.380 --> 01:41:09.359
During the commercials, I was like, what did R.L. Stine229301:41:09.399 --> 01:41:11.270
have to do with this? It looks like he just229401:41:11.310 --> 01:41:13.850
lended his name. I think he did. I couldn't find229501:41:13.890 --> 01:41:15.670
him in the story credit. I couldn't find him in229601:41:15.689 --> 01:41:20.630
the producing credit. But it definitely was a blast. That229701:41:20.789 --> 01:41:23.369
ending was so much darker than I was ready for.229801:41:23.390 --> 01:41:25.250
For a YA horror film, yeah.229901:41:25.390 --> 01:41:27.689
But that really amped me up for a sequel because230001:41:27.710 --> 01:41:29.710
they set up a really good, like, all I could230101:41:29.729 --> 01:41:31.069
think was like, I want to know what they do.230201:41:31.109 --> 01:41:31.350
Yeah.230301:41:31.729 --> 01:41:35.779
So I'm so pumped to get to watch the new230401:41:35.819 --> 01:41:36.539
Pumpkinhead 2.230501:41:36.539 --> 01:41:39.510
It's scary. It's got a great creature design in it.230601:41:39.619 --> 01:41:41.520
You are going to be wondering what the hell is230701:41:41.560 --> 01:41:43.640
going on the entire time you're watching. And then once again,230801:41:43.720 --> 01:41:45.500
once you get to that ending, you're going to be like, shit.230901:41:45.789 --> 01:41:46.310
All right, then.231001:41:46.569 --> 01:41:47.640
Well, okay.231101:41:47.760 --> 01:41:51.800
But yeah, Pumpkinhead from R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead, 2025, like Hen said,231201:41:51.859 --> 01:41:54.539
currently and only available on Tubi. And again, look for231301:41:54.560 --> 01:41:57.619
the sequel coming October 16th. So that is one that231401:41:57.659 --> 01:42:00.050
we cannot recommend enough. That was so much fun last year.231501:42:00.060 --> 01:42:01.149
Yeah, that was a total blast.231601:42:01.529 --> 01:42:03.909
One that I'm going to throw into the mix is231701:42:04.029 --> 01:42:06.189
one that I've beat the drum for a little bit before.231801:42:06.210 --> 01:42:08.310
I think I've mentioned it on past episodes of Do231901:42:08.329 --> 01:42:12.149
You Even Movie. That is 2009's Scare Zone, directed by232001:42:12.210 --> 01:42:15.510
John Pagowski. Um, the haunted attraction where terror is real232101:42:15.569 --> 01:42:17.199
scare zone is Oliver pride and joy.232201:42:17.579 --> 01:42:17.779
Sure.232301:42:17.840 --> 01:42:20.619
It's just another strip mall Halloween horror house, but as always,232401:42:20.659 --> 01:42:22.840
he puts his heart and soul into it. The attraction232501:42:22.880 --> 01:42:24.890
is open for three nights only. And Oliver has brought232601:42:24.930 --> 01:42:28.149
back his old staff, including ex-con spider, eager, uh, bride232701:42:28.229 --> 01:42:31.470
to be summer and the, uh, ignite. Oh my God.232801:42:31.489 --> 01:42:31.670
I can't.232901:42:31.710 --> 01:42:31.930
Wow.233001:42:32.609 --> 01:42:35.920
And the enigmatic goth princess Claire. A bunch of newbies233101:42:35.960 --> 01:42:38.319
are also on board, including Ernest Young Daryl, who immediately233201:42:38.359 --> 01:42:42.199
finds himself bewitched by the creepy Claire. The dysfunctional scream233301:42:42.220 --> 01:42:45.079
team learns to work together while someone or something is233401:42:45.140 --> 01:42:47.199
out to make the horror real. Once again, this is233501:42:47.229 --> 01:42:50.710
the story of what happens when something sinister sneaks into233601:42:50.750 --> 01:42:53.930
a haunt and starts making the carnage real. It is233701:42:54.010 --> 01:42:57.130
a really, really good flick. Low budget. It was one233801:42:57.149 --> 01:42:58.829
that I found on DVD when I was back in233901:42:58.850 --> 01:43:01.640
my days of working as manager at FYE. It was234001:43:02.079 --> 01:43:05.260
one that really took me by storm, and do not234101:43:05.340 --> 01:43:07.560
sleep on this one. It is readily available right now234201:43:07.739 --> 01:43:10.539
on Tubi and Fandango. You can also get a cheap234301:43:10.560 --> 01:43:12.020
DVD as well if you want to, but that is234401:43:12.189 --> 01:43:15.130
2009's Scare Zone. Cannot recommend it enough.234501:43:15.569 --> 01:43:16.449
I've not seen that one.234601:43:16.489 --> 01:43:17.159
I'll have to show that one to you.234701:43:17.170 --> 01:43:18.109
I'd like to see that one. Yeah, please.234801:43:18.130 --> 01:43:21.329
We'll definitely check that one out. Routing us out into234901:43:21.369 --> 01:43:24.250
the near end of the underrated Halloweens, this is one235001:43:24.270 --> 01:43:26.720
that I had the pleasure of revisiting recently and forgot235101:43:26.779 --> 01:43:30.609
how Halloween-y it feels, and that is 2021's directed by235201:43:30.710 --> 01:43:32.850
Edgar Wright, Last Night in Soho.235301:43:33.750 --> 01:43:36.229
Oh, that is a very, you know, that's one that235401:43:36.250 --> 01:43:39.140
was great and everything, but I kind of forgot about it.235501:43:39.430 --> 01:43:44.109
But it's really good, and it's got a great, gothic, creepy,235601:43:44.880 --> 01:43:47.920
ghost-who-killed-me vibe that really works.235701:43:48.100 --> 01:43:51.119
So the previous, the 2023, the previous list I had235801:43:51.159 --> 01:43:53.659
put Suspiria on there for the colors of a Halloween235901:43:53.680 --> 01:43:55.600
feel and just the movie in general. This is one236001:43:55.640 --> 01:43:58.220
of those again. The color palette in this movie is236101:43:58.539 --> 01:44:01.119
so eerie. There's one scene that literally takes place at236201:44:01.159 --> 01:44:03.260
a Halloween dance where people are in costume as well.236301:44:04.090 --> 01:44:06.750
It's a great little slasher film that is also just236401:44:06.770 --> 01:44:09.250
a nice little thriller as well. A young girl passionate236501:44:09.289 --> 01:44:12.449
about fashion design is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s236601:44:12.489 --> 01:44:15.829
where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But236701:44:15.869 --> 01:44:18.010
1960s London is not what it seems and the time236801:44:18.029 --> 01:44:21.270
seems to be falling apart with shady consequences. Thomas McKenzie,236901:44:21.289 --> 01:44:24.960
Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith. You've also got a great performance237001:44:25.319 --> 01:44:29.300
by Terrence Stamp in this. This is one that Made237101:44:29.319 --> 01:44:30.779
a splash when it came out, but also once again237201:44:30.800 --> 01:44:33.220
during the COVID times. Have not heard many people talk237301:44:33.260 --> 01:44:36.600
about it. Last Night in Soho is such an underrated237401:44:36.659 --> 01:44:39.399
flick in regards to the terror that this movie can bring.237501:44:40.079 --> 01:44:42.100
Yeah, I would agree. That one's one that you really237601:44:42.140 --> 01:44:43.810
ought to put on your watch list if you've never237701:44:43.850 --> 01:44:44.109
seen it.237801:44:44.239 --> 01:44:47.470
Got incredible visual aesthetic to it. It's got a great237901:44:47.829 --> 01:44:49.770
twist reveal at the end as well. So if you238001:44:49.810 --> 01:44:52.109
are looking for something that is newer, that may have238101:44:52.130 --> 01:44:54.689
slipped by you, definitely check out Last Night in Soho238201:44:54.869 --> 01:44:57.420
by Edgar Wright. Currently available right now on Prime. You238301:44:57.460 --> 01:44:59.979
can also rent it at Fandango as well as Apple TV.238401:45:00.260 --> 01:45:02.560
There's also a really good 4K out. That's how I238501:45:02.600 --> 01:45:14.289
watched it recently. Moving us further into underrated Halloween. This238601:45:14.390 --> 01:45:16.470
is one that I really am going to beat the238701:45:16.489 --> 01:45:19.399
drum for for a second. There have been so many238801:45:19.409 --> 01:45:22.859
great horror releases this year. We've had Backrooms. We've had Obsession.238901:45:22.939 --> 01:45:26.020
We've had Resident Evil, which you and I just recently saw. Yeah.239001:45:26.359 --> 01:45:29.619
Literally before recording this. In regards to one that I239101:45:29.699 --> 01:45:31.829
really wish more people would get on board with because239201:45:31.890 --> 01:45:33.310
it feels like it came out at a time where239301:45:33.329 --> 01:45:37.409
there was too much out there is 2026's Hocum, directed239401:45:37.470 --> 01:45:38.609
by Damian McCarthy.239501:45:38.890 --> 01:45:40.069
Yeah, it got overlooked.239601:45:40.550 --> 01:45:41.689
It really got overlooked.239701:45:41.789 --> 01:45:44.270
Because so many great titles came out, it just got239801:45:44.310 --> 01:45:46.189
totally overlooked, and it's really good.239901:45:46.300 --> 01:45:51.180
Really good, really Halloween-y, really folky. Actually, there's a scene240001:45:51.220 --> 01:45:53.539
that takes place on Halloween, like a major scene. When240101:45:53.579 --> 01:45:57.399
novelist Owen Baum retreats to a remote inn to scatter240201:45:57.420 --> 01:45:59.960
his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of witch hunting,240301:46:00.279 --> 01:46:03.590
the honeymoon suite, disturbing visions, and a shocking disappearance forces240401:46:03.630 --> 01:46:06.109
him to confront dark corners of the past. This is240501:46:06.149 --> 01:46:09.390
an isolated inn in a forest. There is a folksy240601:46:09.430 --> 01:46:13.159
feel to it. And there is so many terrifying moments240701:46:13.199 --> 01:46:15.539
of this from the visual styles that they have to240801:46:15.560 --> 01:46:18.100
the reveals they have. And generally one of the most240901:46:18.159 --> 01:46:21.420
terrifying bunny characters next to Donnie Darko, I would say.241001:46:21.640 --> 01:46:23.899
Yeah, I think that's a very fair assessment. Jeez.241101:46:24.039 --> 01:46:27.619
Yeah, it is Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, David Wimmelt. This241201:46:27.850 --> 01:46:30.210
is one that I cannot recommend enough. If you're looking241301:46:30.270 --> 01:46:32.289
for a newer horror film that may have slipped past you,241401:46:32.590 --> 01:46:34.109
you may have seen the previews for it. You may241501:46:34.149 --> 01:46:38.470
have seen the creepy imagery. Hocum is genuinely a scary,241601:46:38.869 --> 01:46:41.649
good movie. october movie for your lineup.241701:46:41.470 --> 01:46:43.729
Yeah i'm gonna put that on mine actually yeah we241801:46:43.750 --> 01:46:45.390
saw it in the theater i really want to watch241901:46:45.409 --> 01:46:46.680
it again and i want to show it to rachel242001:46:46.720 --> 01:46:48.979
who was already amped about it but it left the242101:46:49.020 --> 01:46:49.720
theater too.242201:46:49.619 --> 01:46:52.760
Quick yeah and as of this recording it's not streaming242301:46:52.819 --> 01:46:55.380
anywhere in regards to quote-unquote free but you can rent242401:46:55.420 --> 01:46:57.979
it of course really nowhere i would have.242501:46:57.899 --> 01:47:00.050
Thought for sure it would have been on like one242601:47:00.090 --> 01:47:01.050
of those you know one of the.242701:47:01.850 --> 01:47:04.829
Peacock or something, yeah. But no, to my knowledge, the242801:47:04.909 --> 01:47:06.710
only place you can get it is basically renting it242901:47:06.729 --> 01:47:09.609
from your usual places. But hopefully with October coming, that243001:47:09.630 --> 01:47:10.170
will change.243101:47:10.590 --> 01:47:11.189
It would be nice.243201:47:11.449 --> 01:47:14.890
It would be nice. And wrapping us up for the243301:47:14.989 --> 01:47:18.369
underrated Halloween column, one that I just discovered this year243401:47:18.470 --> 01:47:20.409
that I cannot believe it took me this long to243501:47:20.449 --> 01:47:22.149
get to it. I was aware of this movie, but243601:47:22.229 --> 01:47:25.069
once again, we're talking about one that is scarce in243701:47:25.149 --> 01:47:27.729
regards to had a DVD release from Anchor Bay back243801:47:27.770 --> 01:47:31.020
in the day. I'm guessing the licensing for music is243901:47:31.079 --> 01:47:36.109
a fucking nightmare now. And that is 1985's The Midnight Hour,244001:47:36.250 --> 01:47:37.409
directed by Jack Bender.244101:47:37.550 --> 01:47:39.470
Oh, man. So I think I watched that for the244201:47:39.510 --> 01:47:41.800
first time last year. Yeah. That's good.244301:47:41.859 --> 01:47:42.260
It's great.244401:47:42.279 --> 01:47:43.319
Really good one.244501:47:43.600 --> 01:47:46.670
It is readily available on YouTube and multiple sources of it.244601:47:46.680 --> 01:47:49.079
They've got a nice cleaned up print. They've got the244701:47:49.140 --> 01:47:51.560
TV premiere print of it. This is a TV movie244801:47:51.699 --> 01:47:55.560
from 1985. Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinny are high244901:47:55.600 --> 01:47:58.180
school friends who unwittingly raised the dead on Halloween night.245001:47:58.720 --> 01:48:01.500
Once the dead returned, Pittsburgh Cove will never be the same,245101:48:01.699 --> 01:48:04.720
or will it? This is just a really fun 80s245201:48:05.439 --> 01:48:08.340
TV movie. Has an incredible soundtrack, like I said, which245301:48:08.399 --> 01:48:10.100
is probably the reason we haven't seen a release of245401:48:10.140 --> 01:48:13.090
it with Depeche Mode, The Smiths. I mean, there's a245501:48:13.159 --> 01:48:13.710
bunch of people.245601:48:13.869 --> 01:48:16.829
With being a TV movie, they likely didn't get releases,245701:48:17.189 --> 01:48:20.119
the music released for yeah that kind of thing uh245801:48:20.300 --> 01:48:22.399
side note really quick i got curious i want to245901:48:22.420 --> 01:48:24.199
check what hokum did at the bar it actually did246001:48:24.220 --> 01:48:26.380
really well at the box office and 25 million against246101:48:26.420 --> 01:48:29.510
five shit so it actually was a small hit like246201:48:29.550 --> 01:48:31.430
not even a minor hit a small hit glad to246301:48:31.470 --> 01:48:33.369
hear that um but yeah it just kind of came246401:48:33.390 --> 01:48:35.720
away but anyway So, but the midnight hour. Yeah. When246501:48:35.760 --> 01:48:38.699
it comes to TV movies, TV series, things like that, music,246601:48:38.939 --> 01:48:41.859
music rights become a nightmare, uh, from that era.246701:48:42.050 --> 01:48:42.199
Yeah.246801:48:42.270 --> 01:48:45.229
Cause it wasn't until I think the early two thousands246901:48:45.270 --> 01:48:47.710
that people were really thinking like, Oh, this TV thing247001:48:47.770 --> 01:48:50.289
is going to end up on, you know, home video247101:48:50.350 --> 01:48:52.810
or worse. There were examples where they had signed the247201:48:52.850 --> 01:48:55.729
contracts and it said videotape. So then when videotape what247301:48:55.750 --> 01:48:56.470
it was, DVD.247401:48:56.689 --> 01:48:59.710
They didn't have a screwed. Yeah. But yeah, Midnight Hour247501:48:59.829 --> 01:49:01.810
is a lot of fun. You've got pretty much every247601:49:01.850 --> 01:49:03.979
single monster that you can think of. You've got a247701:49:04.060 --> 01:49:07.659
great music number by the monsters at one point. And overall,247801:49:07.699 --> 01:49:10.380
just a really fun little ghost story that also has247901:49:10.399 --> 01:49:12.000
that family feel to it. This is one that the248001:49:12.060 --> 01:49:14.899
kids can watch as well. It's a family-friendly one with248101:49:14.939 --> 01:49:18.979
a great soundtrack, great monsters, and 100% Halloween vibes all248201:49:19.010 --> 01:49:19.470
the way through.248301:49:19.479 --> 01:49:19.869
Oh, yeah.248401:49:20.069 --> 01:49:23.649
The Midnight Hour, 1985, currently available on YouTube. If you248501:49:23.689 --> 01:49:26.289
have not seen it, Again, this is one of the248601:49:26.329 --> 01:49:27.590
top ones that I'm going to put on this list248701:49:27.609 --> 01:49:29.189
that you need to check out this year because I248801:49:29.220 --> 01:49:31.340
was blown away by how much fun it is. And248901:49:31.359 --> 01:49:32.979
I'm surprised that no one's grabbed it up yet.249001:49:33.439 --> 01:49:36.220
Yeah, I mean, it must be it must be really249101:49:36.239 --> 01:49:38.960
a mess. Yeah, it's got a situation must be a mess.249201:49:39.079 --> 01:49:41.659
So that wraps us up for underrated Halloween picks, which249301:49:41.720 --> 01:49:44.119
moves us into the last and final column, which is249401:49:44.140 --> 01:49:47.970
this is Halloween. All these movies have Halloween in them249501:49:48.029 --> 01:49:50.010
in one way or another, whether it takes place, whether249601:49:50.050 --> 01:49:52.670
the vibes are there. Starting us off with one that249701:49:52.869 --> 01:49:55.010
I'm a bit lukewarm on. You and I saw this249801:49:55.069 --> 01:49:58.970
in theaters in my hometown. That is 2019's Candy Corn249901:49:59.050 --> 01:50:00.170
by Josh Hastie.250001:50:00.770 --> 01:50:03.510
It was fine. It was fine. I think I was250101:50:03.550 --> 01:50:04.920
a little too amped up for it.250201:50:05.289 --> 01:50:07.470
But it's got great Halloween vibes all the way through.250301:50:07.630 --> 01:50:09.689
I mean, it's literally called Candy Corn, which is a250401:50:09.750 --> 01:50:10.409
great title.250501:50:10.449 --> 01:50:10.729
Yes.250601:50:11.289 --> 01:50:14.369
And I think if you put that on expecting to250701:50:14.430 --> 01:50:17.449
have some fun, you're not expecting something super scary, but250801:50:17.489 --> 01:50:20.930
you're not expecting something... Super dumb. You know, you're expecting250901:50:20.970 --> 01:50:22.850
just like a solid little flick that's going to make251001:50:22.869 --> 01:50:25.390
you feel like it's Halloween time. Yeah. It totally works. Yeah.251101:50:25.510 --> 01:50:29.029
This on Halloween Eve in 1980, local outcast Julian Cummings251201:50:29.090 --> 01:50:32.569
is carelessly murdered. A vagabond with witch doctor, Dr. Death251301:50:32.640 --> 01:50:35.039
takes matters into his own hands and brings Julian back251401:50:35.079 --> 01:50:38.039
from the dead. to creatively seek brutal revenge on his killers.251501:50:38.460 --> 01:50:40.520
This is a Halloween to a tea movie. You've got251601:50:40.539 --> 01:50:42.680
your killer that looks exactly almost like a pumpkin at251701:50:42.720 --> 01:50:45.800
times as well. You've got a really creepy, uh, outlook251801:50:45.939 --> 01:50:47.909
of the town and just the style and just the251901:50:47.949 --> 01:50:50.810
visuals that they have with it. Um, candy corn again,252001:50:51.149 --> 01:50:52.770
not one that you're going to be blown away by,252101:50:52.810 --> 01:50:55.289
but if you're looking for Halloweeny vibes, uh, And something252201:50:55.310 --> 01:50:57.550
you haven't seen probably because I've never heard anybody talk252301:50:57.569 --> 01:50:58.600
about Candy Corn, unfortunately.252401:50:58.729 --> 01:51:01.739
Yeah, there was a big push promoting it. Yeah. And,252501:51:01.840 --> 01:51:04.739
you know, hence we saw it at the screening up252601:51:04.800 --> 01:51:05.600
in Troy, Ohio.252701:51:05.619 --> 01:51:05.819
Yeah.252801:51:06.140 --> 01:51:08.220
But yeah, it just kind of evaporated.252901:51:08.579 --> 01:51:08.859
It did.253001:51:09.439 --> 01:51:12.130
To some extent, which happens, unfortunately happens a lot. It does.253101:51:12.229 --> 01:51:15.189
And this one is readily available on Prime, Tubi, Fandango,253201:51:15.350 --> 01:51:17.149
all of those for free watches. So if you're looking253301:51:17.170 --> 01:51:19.130
for something you haven't seen that's got the Halloween feel253401:51:19.149 --> 01:51:23.550
to it, Josh Hasey's Candy Corn 2019. Currently available multiple places.253501:51:24.149 --> 01:51:26.800
Next up, another cheat, as I have a one spot253601:51:26.840 --> 01:51:29.659
for two movies, but the movies share the same title.253701:51:30.079 --> 01:51:32.520
And that is, and they were both released the same year, too,253801:51:32.560 --> 01:51:35.619
which is kind of hilarious. 2014's Mischief Nights.253901:51:36.420 --> 01:51:37.000
Oh, yeah.254001:51:37.079 --> 01:51:37.520
Yeah.254101:51:37.600 --> 01:51:40.329
Both of those are great for totally different reasons, too.254201:51:41.310 --> 01:51:43.529
Did I bring you the Blind Girl Mischief Night? Yeah,254301:51:43.569 --> 01:51:44.590
you brought me Blind Girl one.254401:51:45.050 --> 01:51:47.250
So I will talk about the first one that I254501:51:47.310 --> 01:51:49.329
saw beforehand and brought me the one that we are discussing.254601:51:49.369 --> 01:51:52.310
That is Travis Barker's Mischief Night, which is the nights254701:51:52.350 --> 01:51:55.159
before Halloween. A teenage babysitter is stalked by a mass killer.254801:51:55.520 --> 01:51:58.140
But in an unusual turn of events, victim and victimizer254901:51:58.159 --> 01:52:01.279
become to develop romantic feelings for each other. Basically, a255001:52:01.319 --> 01:52:04.600
babysitter is taking care of the kid. She is home255101:52:05.279 --> 01:52:08.949
and she has Halloween vibes going on. She's watching Dementia255201:52:08.949 --> 01:52:11.250
13 on TV. And then she starts hearing some funny255301:52:11.289 --> 01:52:13.560
noises around. And it turns out there might be a255401:52:13.600 --> 01:52:16.930
killer out there, but then it's not exactly what you expect.255501:52:17.170 --> 01:52:20.890
This is a really twisted little movie that came from255601:52:20.909 --> 01:52:23.010
the After Dark Horror series towards the tail end of255701:52:23.050 --> 01:52:25.970
that series. It has Malcolm McDowell in it as a255801:52:26.010 --> 01:52:29.680
great cameo, as the neighborhood watch guy.255901:52:30.000 --> 01:52:31.199
Yes, yes.256001:52:31.239 --> 01:52:34.199
Who really makes up for everything in the movie. This256101:52:35.579 --> 01:52:38.470
is just a really twisted Halloween tale that takes place256201:52:38.510 --> 01:52:42.229
on Halloween. Currently available on Amazon Prime and Tubi, so256301:52:42.250 --> 01:52:44.649
you can find that Mischief Night 2. Moving us into256401:52:44.670 --> 01:52:47.520
the other Mischief Night, this is one that is directed256501:52:47.649 --> 01:52:51.180
by Richard Shankman. Young Emily Walton, who has suffered from256601:52:51.199 --> 01:52:54.800
psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her256701:52:54.819 --> 01:52:57.579
mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to256801:52:57.619 --> 01:53:00.020
protect herself and her loved one from an intruder.256901:53:00.500 --> 01:53:03.060
I have always, this one I believe is horribly underrated.257001:53:03.100 --> 01:53:06.239
Talk about one people don't talk about very much. I257101:53:06.300 --> 01:53:09.039
found this because I bought, like, a Blu-ray double feature257201:53:09.079 --> 01:53:11.350
that had this and something else on it. All Hallows' Eve.257301:53:11.369 --> 01:53:14.930
All Hallows' Eve, that's what it was. And I just257401:53:14.970 --> 01:53:16.590
remember putting it on and thinking, like, oh, okay, this257501:53:16.609 --> 01:53:19.340
looks like a pretty decent, like, thriller horror movie. And257601:53:19.380 --> 01:53:23.279
then it just got... better well it did something that257701:53:23.300 --> 01:53:26.560
i find very rare in kind of random discovery movies257801:53:27.199 --> 01:53:31.369
it got better and then crazier yeah and then better257901:53:31.649 --> 01:53:34.590
and then crazier brutal so by the time it ends258001:53:35.270 --> 01:53:38.560
you don't feel like you watched a particularly ridiculous movie258101:53:38.840 --> 01:53:41.079
but you did i mean like the ending is completely258201:53:41.119 --> 01:53:43.939
bonkers but that has been like one of my secret258301:53:43.979 --> 01:53:47.720
weapon showstoppers and for any like halloween party where you're258401:53:47.739 --> 01:53:50.100
gonna watch a bunch of you know stuff for halloween258501:53:50.199 --> 01:53:52.939
yeah that's that's without a doubt one of my my258601:53:53.000 --> 01:53:55.220
best in that in that realm.258701:53:55.220 --> 01:53:57.579
Currently available to stream on plex you can also rent258801:53:57.600 --> 01:54:00.060
it on fandango and apple um if that blu-ray is258901:54:00.079 --> 01:54:01.640
available i haven't looked at the price in a while259001:54:01.659 --> 01:54:04.960
but i think it probably will because rlj um that259101:54:05.000 --> 01:54:07.149
is a great double feature all hallows eve the original259201:54:07.319 --> 01:54:10.550
and mischief night together you cannot get more Halloween-y than that.259301:54:10.689 --> 01:54:13.659
Yeah, no, and yeah, I can't recommend that Mischief Night enough,259401:54:13.859 --> 01:54:14.640
but there's two of them.259501:54:14.720 --> 01:54:15.180
There's two of them.259601:54:15.199 --> 01:54:15.819
So it gets confusing.259701:54:15.859 --> 01:54:17.739
And they're both worth a watch, but yeah, Mischief Night,259801:54:18.579 --> 01:54:22.140
both of them from 2014, they are excellent picks that, again,259901:54:22.619 --> 01:54:25.500
underrated and perfect Halloween night picks. So if you're looking260001:54:25.539 --> 01:54:28.300
for something to get into on the All Hallows' Eve,260101:54:28.420 --> 01:54:30.810
then that is one to check out. Moving us through260201:54:30.869 --> 01:54:33.670
This Is Halloween list, we move into 2018 with another260301:54:33.729 --> 01:54:35.550
one that we got to see in theaters that has260401:54:35.590 --> 01:54:40.319
Halloween out the ass, and that is 2018's Hellfest. On260501:54:40.340 --> 01:54:43.060
Halloween night at a horror theme park, a costume killer260601:54:43.100 --> 01:54:45.739
begins slaying innocent patrons who believe it is all part260701:54:45.760 --> 01:54:51.069
of the festivities. This is a Halloween carnival where carnage260801:54:51.130 --> 01:54:53.630
is ensuing and no one believes the one person who's260901:54:53.649 --> 01:54:54.130
witnessing it.261001:54:54.630 --> 01:55:00.210
Yeah, no, this one is a total blast. Really, really fun. Yeah. Obviously,261101:55:00.390 --> 01:55:02.859
massive Halloween vibes because it's at a haunt.261201:55:03.239 --> 01:55:05.420
And the late, great Tony Todd as the ringleader of261301:55:05.439 --> 01:55:06.390
the Halloween festivities, too.261401:55:06.399 --> 01:55:06.859
So good.261501:55:07.000 --> 01:55:07.539
Yeah.261601:55:07.600 --> 01:55:09.920
This one's one that, again, people don't talk about a ton,261701:55:09.939 --> 01:55:11.779
but it was popular. I mean, it came out and261801:55:11.800 --> 01:55:12.979
a lot of people went to see it. I believe261901:55:13.020 --> 01:55:13.920
it was pretty successful.262001:55:14.039 --> 01:55:17.279
No, it was definitely one to check out. It has262101:55:17.359 --> 01:55:20.220
an extremely dark ending that I was not expecting.262201:55:21.420 --> 01:55:23.420
Yeah, it's got a gut punch for you.262301:55:23.579 --> 01:55:26.880
Definitely a gut punch. So Hellfest 2018, currently available to262401:55:27.020 --> 01:55:29.619
rent or buy on Fandango and Apple TV. I think262501:55:29.649 --> 01:55:32.050
the Blu-ray is still readily available as well. It is262601:55:32.229 --> 01:55:34.229
one that if you haven't seen, definitely throw that on.262701:55:34.270 --> 01:55:35.430
You will have a good time with it if you're262801:55:35.449 --> 01:55:37.869
a slasher fan. And if you're a slasher fan, this262901:55:37.930 --> 01:55:40.850
is one that I recently discovered that may not be263001:55:40.850 --> 01:55:45.329
100% Halloween, but the finale is. And that is 1988's263101:55:45.529 --> 01:55:48.350
Primal Rage, directed by Vittorio Rambaldi.263201:55:48.859 --> 01:55:49.239
Okay.263301:55:49.420 --> 01:55:52.699
A scientist at a Florida university inadvertently creates a rage263401:55:52.739 --> 01:55:56.210
virus while performing experiments intended to restore dead brain tissue263501:55:56.250 --> 01:55:58.989
in baboons. When a journalist for the college paper breaks263601:55:59.010 --> 01:56:00.710
into the campus lab, he's bitten by one of the263701:56:00.729 --> 01:56:03.729
infected baboons. The virus soon spreads to a trio of263801:56:03.789 --> 01:56:05.649
rapists and a valley girl, all of whom go on263901:56:05.670 --> 01:56:08.930
a killing spree. Specifically with that part of the rapist264001:56:08.989 --> 01:56:11.380
and the valley girl, that happens at a Halloween dance.264101:56:11.640 --> 01:56:11.939
Yes.264201:56:12.279 --> 01:56:17.319
And they are legitimately ripping throats out, taking heads off,264301:56:17.539 --> 01:56:22.829
dismantling people. Oh my god. This movie's cuckoo bananas. Cuckoo bananas.264401:56:23.409 --> 01:56:28.329
It is absolutely out of its gourd. And like I said,264501:56:28.449 --> 01:56:30.649
that final 20 minutes takes place at a Halloween dance.264601:56:30.670 --> 01:56:32.210
So you may be turning it on and being like, well,264701:56:32.229 --> 01:56:35.310
where's the Halloween? Just wait. It will get very wild.264801:56:35.369 --> 01:56:38.289
It is incredibly bad taste, but so, so much fun.264901:56:39.109 --> 01:56:41.250
Of course, you know, you got to have Bo Svensson265001:56:41.270 --> 01:56:42.229
in there somewhere as well.265101:56:42.300 --> 01:56:43.319
Yeah, you have to by law.265201:56:43.399 --> 01:56:44.340
Who plays the scientist?265301:56:44.359 --> 01:56:45.420
It's international treaty.265401:56:45.600 --> 01:56:49.560
International treaty. So Primal Rage currently available on Tubi to265501:56:49.600 --> 01:56:51.979
stream as well as Plex. You can also find it265601:56:52.020 --> 01:56:54.060
on Fandango and the Roku channel. So this one is265701:56:54.189 --> 01:56:56.010
out there as well. If you are a fan of265801:56:56.029 --> 01:56:58.350
physical media, once again, I will say that I believe265901:56:58.369 --> 01:57:00.710
it is Vincent that recently put out a release of266001:57:00.729 --> 01:57:02.630
this and recently in the last like two to three years. So,266101:57:03.430 --> 01:57:05.380
but yeah, Primal Rage is one that really surprised me.266201:57:05.449 --> 01:57:08.590
It is a lot of fun and, incredibly uh packed266301:57:08.750 --> 01:57:12.890
core as well yeah so moving us into another more266401:57:12.949 --> 01:57:16.439
recent one uh let's go with 2022's dead stream directed266501:57:16.479 --> 01:57:18.819
by joseph winter and vanessa winter oh.266601:57:18.800 --> 01:57:21.500
Man that's a that was a surprise that's a fun266701:57:21.640 --> 01:57:23.319
wild thing evil.266801:57:23.159 --> 01:57:27.399
Dead goes uh basically prank channel evil dead 2 evil266901:57:27.420 --> 01:57:29.319
dead 2 yeah it goes to a prank channel so267001:57:29.340 --> 01:57:32.119
you got a disgrace internet personality attempts to win back267101:57:32.180 --> 01:57:34.739
its followers by live streaming one night alone in the267201:57:34.779 --> 01:57:38.220
haunted house but he accidentally unleashes a vengeful spirit. His267301:57:38.279 --> 01:57:40.829
big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.267401:57:41.390 --> 01:57:43.109
You fucking hate this guy, for one. I just want267501:57:43.130 --> 01:57:43.949
to be clear about that.267601:57:43.970 --> 01:57:45.449
This dude is the worst. Oh, no, he's not likable267701:57:45.489 --> 01:57:46.149
in any way.267801:57:46.310 --> 01:57:49.060
Yeah, you get to see some of his history with267901:57:49.100 --> 01:57:51.659
his prank channel. He almost killed a homeless man, or nearly.268001:57:52.199 --> 01:57:55.000
did if I'm not mistaken if I can't remember he268101:57:55.079 --> 01:57:57.399
is dying for followers to to come back to his268201:57:57.420 --> 01:57:59.079
channel so he does the one thing that he thinks268301:57:59.100 --> 01:58:01.939
will do in going into a creepy house that is268401:58:02.159 --> 01:58:04.810
has a curse to it and accidentally reads from a268501:58:04.810 --> 01:58:07.020
from a planchette that has the curse on it not268601:58:07.020 --> 01:58:09.460
planchette uh, book book. Thank you.268701:58:09.960 --> 01:58:11.159
It's a, it's a tough word. Yeah.268801:58:11.180 --> 01:58:11.340
Yeah.268901:58:11.399 --> 01:58:13.699
Four letters, one syllable, but yeah.269001:58:13.920 --> 01:58:16.600
Dead stream, uh, was one that really, really surprised me.269101:58:16.760 --> 01:58:19.409
I did not go in expecting to really like it.269201:58:19.479 --> 01:58:22.199
I thought the premise was kind of lame, but, um,269301:58:22.760 --> 01:58:26.250
the amount of chaos that breaks out in this movie269401:58:26.770 --> 01:58:30.510
and the Halloweeny vibes of him doing this and everything, uh, so,269501:58:30.569 --> 01:58:31.029
so much fun.269601:58:31.109 --> 01:58:35.770
It's masterful. The level of wild special effects, the sense269701:58:35.789 --> 01:58:39.500
of humor, the fun of it. That was one that269801:58:39.539 --> 01:58:41.560
I really wasn't expecting. What got me to watch it269901:58:41.600 --> 01:58:43.939
was somebody said, oh, no, it's like a found footage movie,270001:58:44.260 --> 01:58:47.979
but it's like Evil Dead 2. And I was like, what?270101:58:48.000 --> 01:58:49.079
So I had to watch it.270201:58:49.359 --> 01:58:53.260
Currently available on Shudder and Netflix. Deadstream, one of the270301:58:53.300 --> 01:58:55.560
more recent ones that I cannot recommend enough, also has270401:58:55.619 --> 01:58:57.640
a very short runtime of 88 minutes, so you are270501:58:57.720 --> 01:59:00.100
in and out of that one. And It really does270601:59:00.159 --> 01:59:01.819
not stop once it starts.270701:59:01.939 --> 01:59:04.470
No, no, that is a film where you're going to270801:59:04.520 --> 01:59:05.369
test your bladder.270901:59:05.949 --> 01:59:06.770
You will test your bladder.271001:59:06.810 --> 01:59:08.130
Or you'll hit pause.271101:59:08.430 --> 01:59:11.130
Moving through, this is Halloween. This is one that I271201:59:11.149 --> 01:59:14.970
have mentioned before. I may have mentioned it on 2023's lineup,271301:59:15.029 --> 01:59:16.369
and I may have mentioned it on Do You Even Movie.271401:59:16.829 --> 01:59:18.529
A near and dear one that is close to my heart,271501:59:18.689 --> 01:59:22.100
and that is 2004's The Hollow, directed by Kyle Newman.271601:59:22.630 --> 01:59:26.750
This is a ABC original family that was actually shot271701:59:26.829 --> 01:59:28.689
to be a R-rated horror film that they cut down271801:59:28.729 --> 01:59:29.270
for TV.271901:59:29.369 --> 01:59:30.149
Really? Yes.272001:59:30.770 --> 01:59:34.079
So The Hollow is the story of Ichabod Crane's descendant272101:59:34.119 --> 01:59:36.560
in Sleepy Hollow conjures the headless horseman to return and272201:59:36.600 --> 01:59:40.640
resume his spooky slaughtering. This has a great acting lineup272301:59:40.680 --> 01:59:43.520
of Kevin Zegers from the Air Bud movies, Nick Carter272401:59:43.539 --> 01:59:46.489
of the Backstreet Boys. Kaley Cuco, A Big Bang Theory,272501:59:46.529 --> 01:59:49.630
and of course the Harley Quinn series. Stacey Keech, Judge Reinhold,272601:59:49.649 --> 01:59:53.220
Eileen Brennan. It is a really, really fun movie that272701:59:53.529 --> 01:59:57.939
is a headless horseman story that takes place in Sleepy Hollow.272801:59:58.000 --> 02:00:02.140
There's a hayride. There's multiple decapitations. You've got Stacey Keech272902:00:02.159 --> 02:00:05.460
that is trying to basically keep the curse at bay273002:00:05.479 --> 02:00:07.569
with the horseman, who is a descendant of the Cranes,273102:00:07.609 --> 02:00:10.329
who is trying to impress on Kevin Zegers, that he273202:00:10.369 --> 02:00:11.909
is basically going to be the next one to stop273302:00:11.930 --> 02:00:14.770
the horseman. It is a really, really fun movie that273402:00:14.989 --> 02:00:15.930
no one talks about.273502:00:16.350 --> 02:00:19.210
I think I've seen it. I'm almost certain I've seen it, actually.273602:00:19.250 --> 02:00:21.470
When it premiered, of course, it was like a TV cut.273702:00:22.029 --> 02:00:24.359
Syfy picked it up sometime later, and that's where I273802:00:24.399 --> 02:00:25.100
first saw it.273902:00:25.140 --> 02:00:26.779
That must have been where I saw it.274002:00:26.800 --> 02:00:28.000
Saw it uncut, I guess you could say.274102:00:28.079 --> 02:00:30.659
I saw it. I recognized the poster instantly. Yes.274202:00:30.800 --> 02:00:33.979
It is currently available on Plex as well as the274302:00:34.020 --> 02:00:36.229
Roku channel. It is also available on YouTube. There is274402:00:36.270 --> 02:00:38.090
a DVD out there that I think is still priced274502:00:38.229 --> 02:00:41.430
pretty reasonable as well. The Hollow is a cheesy Sleepy274602:00:41.449 --> 02:00:43.810
Hollow tale that I cannot get enough of. I basically274702:00:43.850 --> 02:00:46.340
watch it every single year. One of my favorites of274802:00:46.359 --> 02:00:48.039
my mom and I. So if you have not seen274902:00:48.359 --> 02:00:49.979
The Hollow and you're a fan of Sleepy Hollow or275002:00:50.060 --> 02:00:52.960
any of the Ichabod Crane stories, definitely check that one out.275102:00:53.079 --> 02:00:55.779
It is one that you will not be upset about.275202:00:56.739 --> 02:00:59.140
It's a good way to put it. You won't hate275302:00:59.300 --> 02:01:01.159
Dave any more than you already do.275402:01:09.890 --> 02:01:12.489
Moving through the This Is Halloween column, let's go into275502:01:12.550 --> 02:01:14.850
another more recent one that, again, I feel like just275602:01:14.970 --> 02:01:18.470
has not gotten its due. And that is actually a sequel,275702:01:18.970 --> 02:01:21.399
the third in this series, which is a Haunting in275802:01:21.479 --> 02:01:22.720
Venice from Kenneth Branagh.275902:01:23.359 --> 02:01:23.979
Oh, yeah.276002:01:24.020 --> 02:01:24.279
Yeah.276102:01:24.399 --> 02:01:24.760
Okay.276202:01:24.880 --> 02:01:28.819
This is the Hercule Poirot story that is the third276302:01:28.899 --> 02:01:32.520
entry in Kenneth's series so far. This is one that really,276402:01:32.560 --> 02:01:34.359
really was a blast in theaters. I have not been276502:01:34.390 --> 02:01:35.630
back to it. I need to go back to it.276602:01:36.149 --> 02:01:39.369
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in a276702:01:39.409 --> 02:01:42.979
self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween seance at276802:01:43.020 --> 02:01:46.699
a decaying haunted palace. When one of the guests is murdered,276902:01:46.720 --> 02:01:49.180
the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows277002:01:49.239 --> 02:01:56.189
and secrets. The supernatural element to this movie is executed... perfectly,277102:01:56.350 --> 02:01:56.930
in my opinion.277202:01:57.130 --> 02:01:58.750
No, they did a really good job with it. I've277302:01:58.810 --> 02:02:01.060
actually read the book that that was based on.277402:02:01.060 --> 02:02:01.939
Halloween Party, I think.277502:02:02.039 --> 02:02:03.560
Yeah, I think it was, but it was back when277602:02:03.579 --> 02:02:08.250
it was Halloween, W-E-apostrophe-E-N. And one of my favorite parts277702:02:08.270 --> 02:02:11.510
about that book is that an immense amount of what277802:02:11.569 --> 02:02:15.359
people are talking about is how to have a Halloween party.277902:02:15.439 --> 02:02:15.779
Yes.278002:02:15.840 --> 02:02:20.619
Because Halloween didn't exist in that literal form for, you know,278102:02:20.640 --> 02:02:21.640
a long time.278202:02:21.699 --> 02:02:21.920
Yeah.278302:02:22.279 --> 02:02:25.270
So I found that book really charming, but I thought278402:02:25.279 --> 02:02:27.720
that the way they did. It was kind of like278502:02:28.039 --> 02:02:30.319
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, how it was like, this is278602:02:30.340 --> 02:02:35.500
Hercule Poirot experiencing real ghosts, but probably not really. But278702:02:35.800 --> 02:02:36.479
you never know.278802:02:36.520 --> 02:02:37.239
You never know.278902:02:37.260 --> 02:02:39.279
But no, I thought that one was freaking boss. So279002:02:39.300 --> 02:02:42.039
much fun. And the vibe, the Halloween spooky vibe is279102:02:42.159 --> 02:02:42.720
super strong.279202:02:42.779 --> 02:02:45.579
Old-timey spooky vibe, too. So, I mean, it's very creepy.279302:02:45.760 --> 02:02:49.729
And again, when it comes to the execution of Ken,279402:02:49.739 --> 02:02:54.109
this character, portrayal of Hercule Poirot, I cannot state enough279502:02:54.149 --> 02:02:55.729
that the man was made for that role.279602:02:55.890 --> 02:02:56.750
Yeah, no, he's perfect.279702:02:56.930 --> 02:02:58.930
Perfect for it. And this has a great cast of279802:02:59.350 --> 02:03:03.149
Kyle Allen, Jamie Dorian, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan,279902:03:03.220 --> 02:03:06.000
Emma Lard, Kelly Riley. A lot of great names in280002:03:06.020 --> 02:03:08.479
this one. And again, with it being a sequel, I280102:03:08.539 --> 02:03:10.699
think people were kind of tuned out after Death of280202:03:10.720 --> 02:03:12.619
the Nile, which is why they didn't go see this one.280302:03:12.739 --> 02:03:13.079
Yeah.280402:03:13.880 --> 02:03:16.600
Haunting in Venice deserves a look. It is currently available280502:03:16.779 --> 02:03:18.520
on Hulu right now. You can also rent it from280602:03:18.539 --> 02:03:21.720
Fandango and Apple. If you're a fan of those movies280702:03:21.819 --> 02:03:23.260
or if you've seen the first one, didn't see any280802:03:23.279 --> 02:03:25.800
of the others, Haunting in Venice, throw it on. You280902:03:25.819 --> 02:03:28.270
will not have a bad time with it. The ending281002:03:28.390 --> 02:03:31.670
reveal of basically everything that's been going on really sold281102:03:31.710 --> 02:03:32.050
it for me.281202:03:32.050 --> 02:03:34.890
Yeah, no, that's a solid pick. Very solid.281302:03:35.430 --> 02:03:38.430
So Haunting in Venice 2023 available on Hulu. Another new281402:03:38.590 --> 02:03:41.560
one that took me a couple watches to really, really281502:03:41.600 --> 02:03:43.579
latch onto of how much I enjoyed it, which is281602:03:43.600 --> 02:03:44.380
2023's Late Night with the Devil.281702:03:46.380 --> 02:03:48.239
Really? It took you a little bit to get into it?281802:03:48.239 --> 02:03:52.390
The first time I watched it, I didn't dislike it.281902:03:53.149 --> 02:03:56.750
I think it went a little bit more out there282002:03:56.789 --> 02:03:57.649
than I was expecting.282102:03:58.109 --> 02:04:02.060
I don't love the ending, but everything else I really enjoyed.282202:04:02.100 --> 02:04:02.680
So much fun.282302:04:03.819 --> 02:04:05.279
I remember the first time I watched it, I was like,282402:04:05.300 --> 02:04:07.699
the most unrealistic part of this entire movie is that282502:04:07.720 --> 02:04:11.239
they would do a live show at midnight. Yeah. Back then.282602:04:11.550 --> 02:04:14.250
Yeah, so the synopsis, if you're not familiar, a live282702:04:14.270 --> 02:04:17.390
broadcast of a late night talk show in 1977 goes282802:04:17.510 --> 02:04:21.010
horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living room. This282902:04:21.069 --> 02:04:23.210
is David Dasmalchian at his peak.283002:04:23.569 --> 02:04:24.590
Yes, without a doubt.283102:04:25.220 --> 02:04:28.979
Late Night with the Devil is a behind the scenes283202:04:29.020 --> 02:04:30.640
of this talk show. So not only do you have283302:04:30.680 --> 02:04:33.800
the actual... quote-unquote found footage of the VHS tape of283402:04:33.819 --> 02:04:35.779
the show, you also get to see the behind the283502:04:35.800 --> 02:04:37.659
scenes of what's going on with it, which adds an283602:04:37.739 --> 02:04:39.479
element of real eeriness to it.283702:04:39.560 --> 02:04:45.430
Yeah, it's like a love letter to 1970s television, but283802:04:45.569 --> 02:04:48.010
with a hint of love toward Ghostwatch.283902:04:48.109 --> 02:04:48.390
Yes.284002:04:48.850 --> 02:04:51.989
With a hint of love towards, you know, the era284102:04:52.050 --> 02:04:55.810
of James Randi. And with a little bit of a284202:04:55.850 --> 02:04:59.479
love for an era way before this, which would have284302:04:59.500 --> 02:05:03.579
been the spiritualism era in the United States where seances284402:05:03.640 --> 02:05:06.239
and all that stuff was just happening all the time. Yeah.284502:05:06.979 --> 02:05:11.739
So it's a fun one. It establishes a great vibe.284602:05:11.760 --> 02:05:13.699
I keep saying vibe. I'm not trying to be hip.284702:05:14.390 --> 02:05:16.850
But it's legit. I mean, Halloween is a vibe. It's284802:05:16.890 --> 02:05:19.069
a feeling you get. That's why you can watch some284902:05:19.109 --> 02:05:21.310
movies that have nothing to do with Halloween and and285002:05:21.390 --> 02:05:23.930
feel like, oh, this makes me think of Halloween. It's285102:05:23.970 --> 02:05:27.409
because it's kind of a vibe of a spookiness and285202:05:27.430 --> 02:05:31.319
your surroundings being just eerie enough or building a world285302:05:31.380 --> 02:05:34.199
that's kind of creepy or what have you. And that is,285402:05:34.680 --> 02:05:37.060
without a doubt, what Late Night with the Devil does285502:05:37.079 --> 02:05:37.720
very well.285602:05:37.859 --> 02:05:40.350
Accomplishes, yeah, 100%. I mean, if you're looking for one285702:05:40.399 --> 02:05:42.710
that you think you may know what the movie is285802:05:42.750 --> 02:05:45.250
going to give you, you have no idea.285902:05:45.479 --> 02:05:47.300
Yeah, I saw it in the theater, and I loved it.286002:05:47.479 --> 02:05:48.399
It was a great experience.286102:05:48.500 --> 02:05:50.890
Yeah, so Late Night with the Devil, currently available to286202:05:50.949 --> 02:05:53.390
stream on Shudder, Hulu. You can also rent it from286302:05:53.430 --> 02:05:58.310
Fandango and Apple. Moving us into the final... titles of286402:05:58.350 --> 02:06:02.399
This is Halloween. Let's go into Hell House LLC from 2015.286502:06:02.399 --> 02:06:06.279
Yes, a recent cutting deep into horror topic.286602:06:06.420 --> 02:06:06.800
It was.286702:06:06.939 --> 02:06:09.239
And one that holds up very well.286802:06:09.520 --> 02:06:12.760
Really does. Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the286902:06:12.800 --> 02:06:15.159
death of 15 tour goers and staff on the opening287002:06:15.199 --> 02:06:17.979
night of Halloween Haunted House Tour, a documentary crew travels287102:06:18.039 --> 02:06:19.699
back to the scene of the tragedy to find out287202:06:19.720 --> 02:06:22.239
what really happened. I'm going to go ahead and state287302:06:22.859 --> 02:06:26.239
that 90% of the Hell House films are actually really,287402:06:26.260 --> 02:06:26.579
really good.287502:06:27.119 --> 02:06:27.819
I would agree with that.287602:06:27.840 --> 02:06:29.520
The only one that I was not a fan of287702:06:29.539 --> 02:06:30.310
was the most recent one.287802:06:30.319 --> 02:06:32.079
I haven't seen. That's the one I haven't seen. Yeah.287902:06:32.119 --> 02:06:34.800
Lineage. Um, but the hell house series are great. This288002:06:34.899 --> 02:06:38.520
first one is so fucking unsettling. I cannot state that enough.288102:06:38.699 --> 02:06:42.600
The scenes where you have people trying to see if288202:06:42.659 --> 02:06:44.800
the figures that are in the clown costumes are actually288302:06:44.840 --> 02:06:46.739
people or not unsettling as hell.288402:06:47.000 --> 02:06:49.479
Oh yeah. They get to you real easy and, and288502:06:49.579 --> 02:06:51.159
it works very, very well. Yeah.288602:06:51.220 --> 02:06:53.779
So it's a great found footage horror film. Uh, once again,288702:06:53.819 --> 02:06:56.399
another short one that just around 90 minutes, uh, Currently288802:06:56.439 --> 02:06:59.939
streaming on Shudder, Amazon Prime, Tubi, Roku, so you can288902:07:00.000 --> 02:07:02.189
find this dude wherever you want to watch it. Hell289002:07:02.199 --> 02:07:05.250
House series, Hell House LLC especially. Definitely check that out289102:07:05.289 --> 02:07:07.310
if you haven't. And also listen to The Cutting Deep289202:07:07.430 --> 02:07:08.630
because that is a great episode you guys did.289302:07:08.670 --> 02:07:09.829
It was a pretty solid one.289402:07:09.930 --> 02:07:12.909
It was. And going into an episode that you and289502:07:12.949 --> 02:07:14.329
I did for Do You Have a Movie, one of289602:07:14.409 --> 02:07:19.380
my favorite discoveries probably in the last couple years is Cobweb.289702:07:20.199 --> 02:07:23.520
Yeah, Cobweb was one I wasn't expecting to like as289802:07:23.579 --> 02:07:24.479
much as I did. I liked it.289902:07:25.369 --> 02:07:28.720
Yeah, Cobweb is so much fun. This is one that290002:07:28.810 --> 02:07:31.880
you probably didn't hear much about because it was in290102:07:31.920 --> 02:07:33.760
theaters for like a week and then it was gone290202:07:33.800 --> 02:07:36.899
from 2023. This is an eight year old boy tries290302:07:36.939 --> 02:07:39.100
to investigate the mysterious knocking sounds that are coming from290402:07:39.149 --> 02:07:41.930
the inside walls of his house, unveiling a dark secret290502:07:41.949 --> 02:07:44.430
that his sinister parents have kept hidden from him. His parents,290602:07:44.470 --> 02:07:47.750
by the way, played by Lizzie Kaplan and Anthony Starr. Yes.290702:07:47.770 --> 02:07:50.470
So very popular at this point right now. But one290802:07:50.510 --> 02:07:52.939
thing that I cannot say enough about Cobweb is the290902:07:53.000 --> 02:07:57.289
Halloween vibes in the final 20 minutes are so strong291002:07:57.350 --> 02:08:00.060
for this movie. Pretty much throughout the movie. you've got291102:08:00.079 --> 02:08:02.810
a pumpkin patch and everything going on, but literally the291202:08:03.010 --> 02:08:06.859
final attack sequence, I guess you could call it, happens291302:08:06.979 --> 02:08:10.350
on Halloween night and is so, so delicious when it291402:08:10.359 --> 02:08:13.189
comes to the carnage that ensues with that fucking movie.291502:08:13.210 --> 02:08:14.989
A little creepy the way you said that, but I agree.291602:08:15.010 --> 02:08:17.090
Yeah, you know, it is what it is. But Cobweb,291702:08:17.409 --> 02:08:21.810
currently available on Moviesphere. You can also find it available on,291802:08:23.090 --> 02:08:23.649
what is this one?291902:08:24.189 --> 02:08:24.550
Who knows?292002:08:24.750 --> 02:08:27.369
Fossum. Ah, yes. Yeah, but it's not out there so292102:08:27.390 --> 02:08:29.649
much right now. The Blu-ray is pretty cheap. I cannot292202:08:29.689 --> 02:08:31.489
recommend the Blu-ray enough. So if you are a fan292302:08:31.510 --> 02:08:33.250
of Cobweb or if you haven't seen Cobweb and you292402:08:33.289 --> 02:08:36.750
like blind buying good horror films... Cannot recommend cobweb enough.292502:08:38.050 --> 02:08:42.630
Moving us towards the ending once again of the Halloween lineup.292602:08:43.210 --> 02:08:45.319
2013's WNUF Halloween special.292702:08:45.579 --> 02:08:50.199
A classic. Sincerely a classic. I mean, I saw WNUF292802:08:51.060 --> 02:08:52.300
before anybody.292902:08:52.460 --> 02:08:54.390
I bought it from you at Wasteland years ago.293002:08:54.630 --> 02:09:00.380
But I mean, before that... Uh, the director, Chris LaMartina293102:09:00.460 --> 02:09:04.140
sent me an MP4 of the finished film. I was,293202:09:04.279 --> 02:09:06.659
I was very loosely involved in the making of that movie.293302:09:06.920 --> 02:09:09.079
I did a voice on it. I did a voice293402:09:09.239 --> 02:09:12.140
and I, uh, I loaned Chris a piece of equipment,293502:09:12.220 --> 02:09:15.039
which without it making that film would have been very,293602:09:15.100 --> 02:09:17.039
very difficult. I don't want to bore you. It's just,293702:09:17.180 --> 02:09:19.189
it involves VHS, but I don't want to go into293802:09:19.199 --> 02:09:21.649
all the tech details because it's not that interesting, but293902:09:21.989 --> 02:09:24.689
I got to watch one of the first versions of294002:09:24.729 --> 02:09:26.750
it that ever existed and the first thought i had294102:09:26.789 --> 02:09:28.710
when i was done watching it was this is special294202:09:28.789 --> 02:09:29.630
yes it.294302:09:29.609 --> 02:09:31.550
Was one that um the first time i watched it294402:09:31.989 --> 02:09:34.390
it wasn't a dislike i i've always liked this movie294502:09:34.449 --> 02:09:36.529
but i just recently in the last couple years got294602:09:36.569 --> 02:09:40.479
terror visions release of wnuf and uh out there halloween294702:09:40.489 --> 02:09:45.119
special both by done by chris they are so halloweeny294802:09:45.180 --> 02:09:47.739
feels not only with the nostalgia of just the way294902:09:47.779 --> 02:09:49.500
that like the commercials used to be and the way295002:09:49.560 --> 02:09:52.770
the tv broadcast used to be But they're also really295102:09:52.789 --> 02:09:55.510
good horror films wrapped around all the nostalgia.295202:09:55.810 --> 02:09:57.029
Yeah, I would have to agree.295302:09:57.250 --> 02:10:00.869
So WNUF currently available on AMC Plus and Shudder. If295402:10:00.909 --> 02:10:03.409
you have not seen it, it is 83 minutes of295502:10:03.750 --> 02:10:06.949
super fun VHS cable nostalgia that I cannot recommend enough.295602:10:06.989 --> 02:10:08.789
Has some great performances in it as well and a295702:10:08.970 --> 02:10:10.789
really fucking twisted ending, I will say.295802:10:10.829 --> 02:10:14.270
Yeah, it's a love letter to stuff like Ghostwatch and295902:10:14.329 --> 02:10:18.189
Unsolved Mysteries. It's a real love letter to the 1980s296002:10:18.260 --> 02:10:22.479
Halloween experience. It literally looks like it's a tape somebody296102:10:22.520 --> 02:10:25.560
dubbed for you. There are commercials, and some of them296202:10:25.600 --> 02:10:28.720
get fast-forwarded through. Some of them you actually witness. My296302:10:28.760 --> 02:10:31.260
favorite aspect of it is that the first act is296402:10:31.340 --> 02:10:34.439
the news before the actual feature.296502:10:34.460 --> 02:10:35.279
Before the actual special.296602:10:35.300 --> 02:10:38.279
So you get to establish everything that's going on, and296702:10:38.479 --> 02:10:41.020
then they go into the haunted house live on TV.296802:10:41.239 --> 02:10:41.439
Yeah.296902:10:41.579 --> 02:10:42.100
Great stuff.297002:10:42.220 --> 02:10:45.199
And out there, Mega Halloween Tape, which is the sequel297102:10:45.220 --> 02:10:48.149
to that, also just as good. So recommending both of those.297202:10:48.279 --> 02:10:51.029
AMC Plus and Shudder. You've already mentioned it, so we297302:10:51.069 --> 02:10:52.449
might as well go ahead and put it out here.297402:10:52.470 --> 02:10:54.899
1992's Ghostwatch, also on this list.297502:10:54.920 --> 02:10:58.720
Ghostwatch is amazing. So the final episode of Terrifying and297602:10:58.760 --> 02:11:03.340
True in October, I did a massive deep dive into,297702:11:03.699 --> 02:11:05.920
you know, I mean, Ghostwatch went to the court.297802:11:06.079 --> 02:11:08.890
Court, because it made people super afraid. And did it297902:11:09.029 --> 02:11:09.729
kill someone?298002:11:09.949 --> 02:11:12.810
Well, there were people who believed that it caused their298102:11:12.829 --> 02:11:13.609
son to kill himself.298202:11:13.850 --> 02:11:14.010
Yeah.298302:11:14.279 --> 02:11:16.920
It's all in there. It, and the court found them298402:11:17.039 --> 02:11:21.020
not liable legally, but found them liable morally. They said298502:11:21.060 --> 02:11:23.729
that they should have considered the effect this could have298602:11:23.810 --> 02:11:26.369
on people. But of course their argument was it had credits.298702:11:27.289 --> 02:11:30.369
Like it was on, it was on, on TV during298802:11:30.430 --> 02:11:34.390
a slot that's for dramas. So it's a, that's a298902:11:34.489 --> 02:11:37.399
phenomenal watch. And I, but I did an entire hour and,299002:11:37.390 --> 02:11:42.460
20 minute show with excerpts from, from store, like from299102:11:42.500 --> 02:11:45.020
when they were on news programs and real ones.299202:11:45.079 --> 02:11:45.279
Yeah.299302:11:45.699 --> 02:11:46.420
It's wild.299402:11:46.680 --> 02:11:49.039
Yeah. A live broadcast on Halloween night, a BBC team299502:11:49.060 --> 02:11:52.420
investigates a reported poltergeist in ordinary London home. Um, it299602:11:52.500 --> 02:11:56.970
is super, super fun, super scary, and just a Halloween299702:11:57.010 --> 02:11:57.689
vibes once again.299802:11:57.970 --> 02:12:00.810
Yeah. The fact that everybody seems to be perfectly grown299902:12:00.909 --> 02:12:03.670
up and responsible and British, and then everything goes the300002:12:03.710 --> 02:12:05.850
way it does really ups the scare factor.300102:12:05.890 --> 02:12:06.109
Yeah.300202:12:06.630 --> 02:12:09.350
And yeah, Unlike a lot of these, it isn't a300302:12:09.409 --> 02:12:13.529
love letter to old television. It is old television. It's300402:12:13.609 --> 02:12:18.420
just literally trying to be as accurate to the day300502:12:18.479 --> 02:12:20.880
that it was made as possible. And that made it300602:12:21.079 --> 02:12:22.000
age beautifully.300702:12:22.039 --> 02:12:24.560
Yes. And another one that has aged beautifully and is300802:12:24.619 --> 02:12:27.659
a time capsule, 1991's Scary Movie.300902:12:28.239 --> 02:12:31.850
Yes. Now, this is one I... I only love it301002:12:31.979 --> 02:12:36.119
more every time I watch it. The fact that it's301102:12:36.199 --> 02:12:39.340
a Halloween horror film about waiting in line... At a301202:12:39.359 --> 02:12:43.350
haunted house. That's too good. Yes. Because that's exactly what the...301302:12:43.359 --> 02:12:46.600
Especially before the fast passes and all this stuff, which,301402:12:46.640 --> 02:12:48.739
of course, I shell out the money for because I301502:12:48.739 --> 02:12:50.579
don't want to wait in line. But when I was301602:12:50.640 --> 02:12:52.090
a kid growing up, when you went to a haunt,301702:12:52.149 --> 02:12:53.890
you waited in line at least an hour, hour and301802:12:53.909 --> 02:12:56.890
a half minimum. So I love that the movie is301902:12:56.930 --> 02:12:59.430
about them waiting in line. And, yeah.302002:12:59.850 --> 02:13:02.199
Carnage ensues. Uh, we talked about, we had a whole302102:13:02.239 --> 02:13:04.399
episode on demon movie for scary movies. So go back302202:13:04.439 --> 02:13:06.159
and listen to that. If you haven't, uh, it has302302:13:06.229 --> 02:13:08.189
a really young John Hawks in it right before he302402:13:08.229 --> 02:13:09.770
was probably going to land from dust till dawn and302502:13:09.810 --> 02:13:10.609
a couple other things.302602:13:10.670 --> 02:13:10.890
Yeah.302702:13:11.329 --> 02:13:13.869
Um, The paranoid teenage nerd comes to believe that an302802:13:13.909 --> 02:13:16.359
escaped lunatic may be hiding in the neighborhood Halloween house302902:13:16.380 --> 02:13:18.979
of horrors and slowly starts to descend into madness. That303002:13:19.000 --> 02:13:23.000
doesn't even cover everything in this movie because there's so303102:13:23.060 --> 02:13:25.020
much surrounding it with the haunts and everything.303202:13:25.079 --> 02:13:25.840
It's a start.303302:13:26.020 --> 02:13:28.899
Yeah, it's a start. I would say so. Scary movie303402:13:28.960 --> 02:13:31.590
currently available on Tubi. You can also get it on303502:13:31.600 --> 02:13:33.930
Folsom as well. There is a great Blu-ray out there303602:13:33.949 --> 02:13:35.270
from Agfa, which I still need to get.303702:13:36.270 --> 02:13:37.310
Oh, you don't have the blue?303802:13:37.350 --> 02:13:39.130
I have it digitally. I haven't bought the blue yet.303902:13:39.210 --> 02:13:39.729
I need to.304002:13:39.729 --> 02:13:42.050
Wow, that actually shocks me. Yeah, I know. Because you304102:13:42.069 --> 02:13:43.170
bring it up a lot.304202:13:43.189 --> 02:13:44.810
I love Scary Movie. It's so much good.304302:13:44.829 --> 02:13:46.060
Yet you don't own it.304402:13:46.229 --> 02:13:49.979
Scary Movie, 1991. Definitely check that out. Into the second304502:13:50.020 --> 02:13:53.300
to last pick, this is one that I knew I304602:13:53.319 --> 02:13:55.460
was going to like, and I'm still waiting on a304702:13:55.619 --> 02:13:59.010
goddamn sequel, which is 2019's Scary Stories to Tell in304802:13:59.050 --> 02:14:04.109
the Dark. Yeah, where is that sequel? Where is that sequel?304902:14:04.130 --> 02:14:08.449
Because where this movie ends, you're waiting for that sequel. Pennsylvania, 1968,305002:14:08.439 --> 02:14:10.539
after playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and305102:14:10.579 --> 02:14:12.579
her friends decide to sneak into a haunted house that305202:14:12.659 --> 02:14:15.880
once belonged to a powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces305302:14:15.899 --> 02:14:18.460
that they will be unable to control. This is, of course,305402:14:18.479 --> 02:14:19.800
the scary stories of Tell in the Dark that you305502:14:19.840 --> 02:14:21.720
know from the books by Alvin Schwartz.305602:14:21.819 --> 02:14:26.159
Yes, the legendary books that inspired a generation of weirdos305702:14:26.199 --> 02:14:29.090
like me to do all kinds of weird, spooky things.305802:14:29.789 --> 02:14:33.420
The movie does a really good job... in my opinion305902:14:33.460 --> 02:14:34.600
of splitting the difference.306002:14:34.819 --> 02:14:35.000
Yeah.306102:14:35.359 --> 02:14:38.689
It, it, it feeds a lot of the hopes and306202:14:39.229 --> 02:14:42.529
wants of the older fans of the book, but it306302:14:42.590 --> 02:14:44.770
really is at the end of the day, a scary306402:14:44.829 --> 02:14:46.310
movie for younger people.306502:14:46.550 --> 02:14:46.789
Yes.306602:14:47.050 --> 02:14:49.369
And that I think is important.306702:14:49.569 --> 02:14:52.789
No, a hundred percent. This is a teen horror film306802:14:52.890 --> 02:14:55.409
that really goes hard because the kids are not just306902:14:55.529 --> 02:14:58.579
quote unquote disappearing. They're dying. Yes. Like they're getting murked.307002:14:59.319 --> 02:15:01.560
Yeah, yeah, there's no coming back. Well, I mean, unless307102:15:01.590 --> 02:15:03.130
we ever get a sequel to find out.307202:15:03.149 --> 02:15:04.970
Yes, exactly. But the one thing that I do want307302:15:04.989 --> 02:15:07.250
to state with this movie in particular is if you're307402:15:07.270 --> 02:15:09.510
a fan of the opening of Halloween 4, which, of course,307502:15:09.529 --> 02:15:10.710
you are if you're listening to this show.307602:15:10.729 --> 02:15:11.529
Darn tootin'..307702:15:12.649 --> 02:15:14.149
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark might up it307802:15:14.180 --> 02:15:16.180
just a little bit because you are getting a tour307902:15:16.220 --> 02:15:18.720
of this small town that's decked out for Halloween during308002:15:19.340 --> 02:15:20.760
Season of the Witch by Donovan.308102:15:21.000 --> 02:15:21.079
Yeah.308202:15:21.100 --> 02:15:22.680
I mean, that's the opening of the movie. You know308302:15:22.699 --> 02:15:24.840
what you're getting into. That is a feel that you308402:15:24.920 --> 02:15:27.909
cannot master to that point that it does in this movie.308502:15:27.930 --> 02:15:28.010
Yeah.308602:15:35.510 --> 02:15:39.239
That brings us to the final. This is Halloween and308702:15:39.260 --> 02:15:42.699
the final of this entire list. And I could think308802:15:42.739 --> 02:15:45.180
of nothing else than one that has just become an308902:15:45.560 --> 02:15:49.189
absolute staple for me as the years go on. She309002:15:49.250 --> 02:15:51.909
hosted it herself. And that was when I was like, man,309102:15:51.949 --> 02:15:54.510
I really like this movie. I am talking about none309202:15:54.670 --> 02:15:57.670
other than Elvira's Mistress of the Dark.309302:15:58.270 --> 02:15:59.420
Oh, OK. Not Haunted Hills.309402:15:59.500 --> 02:16:00.239
Not Haunted Hills.309502:16:00.340 --> 02:16:00.739
No, no, no.309602:16:01.380 --> 02:16:04.079
Mistress of the Dark from 1988. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.309702:16:04.260 --> 02:16:07.039
This is such a fun Halloween movie.309802:16:07.220 --> 02:16:10.659
Yeah. Yeah. It's got all of the campy nostalgia fun309902:16:11.199 --> 02:16:14.640
that really does kind of bring that spooky vibe. I mean,310002:16:14.680 --> 02:16:19.979
Elvira is one of the originators of that silly, spooky, campy,310102:16:20.119 --> 02:16:21.300
nobody gets hurt vibe.310202:16:21.319 --> 02:16:24.810
Yeah. Upon arriving in a small town where Elvira has310302:16:24.850 --> 02:16:27.670
inherited a rundown mansion, the famous horror host must battle310402:16:27.710 --> 02:16:29.810
an evil uncle and townspeople who want her to be310502:16:29.850 --> 02:16:31.739
burned at the stake. That is one of the things310602:16:32.360 --> 02:16:34.600
that I don't want to undersell with this movie. The310702:16:34.700 --> 02:16:36.760
humor is so top tier.310802:16:37.000 --> 02:16:37.610
Oh, yeah, yeah.310902:16:37.829 --> 02:16:40.069
Like, it is so much fun. You've got a great311002:16:40.110 --> 02:16:43.090
cast of Cassandra Peterson, of course, as Elvira. You've got311102:16:43.409 --> 02:16:47.930
Edie McClurg. You've got her uncle that is played by, oh, man,311202:16:47.950 --> 02:16:50.459
where's his name at? I just lost it. Damn it.311302:16:50.500 --> 02:16:51.059
Typical.311402:16:51.079 --> 02:16:54.209
That's fine. Anyway, the cast is great. The story is311502:16:54.250 --> 02:16:56.069
a lot of fun. It is one that you can311602:16:56.110 --> 02:16:57.629
watch with the whole family. There's a little bit of311702:16:57.670 --> 02:16:59.530
risque content, but I mean, it's Elvira. You kind of311802:16:59.590 --> 02:17:03.340
expect that. But this is such a fun Halloween movie311902:17:03.420 --> 02:17:07.020
that goes absolutely off the rails in its final 15 minutes.312002:17:07.760 --> 02:17:10.079
No, it's a blast. I mean, it's pure 80s fun.312102:17:11.059 --> 02:17:14.129
And Elvira is I mean, there's a reason reason she's312202:17:14.250 --> 02:17:16.290
like the ambassador of Halloween.312302:17:16.170 --> 02:17:21.090
Haunted houses, monsters, appreciation for bad monster movies. Everything can312402:17:21.129 --> 02:17:23.920
be found in 1988 Elvira, Mrs. of the Dark currently312502:17:23.959 --> 02:17:26.920
available on Prime. I will also say that the 4K312602:17:27.000 --> 02:17:29.760
and Blu-rays from Arrow are absolutely worth grabbing if you're312702:17:29.780 --> 02:17:32.600
a fan. And as you mentioned, Elvira's Haunted Hills is312802:17:32.729 --> 02:17:35.659
also available currently right now and streaming online. Both of312902:17:35.719 --> 02:17:37.100
those movies are great Halloween picks.313002:17:37.120 --> 02:17:40.440
Well, Dave used to hate Haunted Hills until I convinced313102:17:40.459 --> 02:17:42.020
him to really watch it again.313202:17:42.250 --> 02:17:44.030
I think you and Joe Bob both did it.313302:17:44.389 --> 02:17:46.950
Well, I mean, it was me, though. No, I think. No, no. Remember,313402:17:47.090 --> 02:17:49.209
I showed it. I made you rewatch it. Oh, yeah.313502:17:49.229 --> 02:17:49.469
Yeah.313602:17:50.139 --> 02:17:52.670
Two later that Joe Bob showed it. So you were313702:17:52.700 --> 02:17:53.930
already back on board.313802:17:53.969 --> 02:17:55.090
And then I had to watch it again just to313902:17:55.129 --> 02:17:58.889
confirm I was. But that is the end of the314002:17:58.889 --> 02:18:01.819
2026 Ultimate Halloween lineup. I don't believe you.314102:18:03.139 --> 02:18:05.979
Well, I really appreciate you sharing this with the audience.314202:18:06.219 --> 02:18:07.879
I hope you all were taking notes.314302:18:08.299 --> 02:18:08.520
Yes.314402:18:08.760 --> 02:18:09.200
Good luck.314502:18:09.659 --> 02:18:11.459
I will tell you, if you want to find me314602:18:11.600 --> 02:18:15.149
on Letterboxd, I am at DavidSMWA, which stands for David's314702:18:15.190 --> 02:18:17.809
Watching Movies. Again, you can also find both of these314802:18:17.870 --> 02:18:20.090
Letterboxd lists on there as well for all these titles.314902:18:20.290 --> 02:18:21.510
So if you follow me on there, you'll be able315002:18:21.530 --> 02:18:23.409
to get access to these titles as well. And also315102:18:23.450 --> 02:18:25.670
keep up with me as I move through. I think315202:18:25.709 --> 02:18:27.920
I'm about to hit my 700th movie for the year.315302:18:28.579 --> 02:18:28.959
Wow.315402:18:29.059 --> 02:18:30.500
Yeah, it's been a pretty crazy year.315502:18:31.569 --> 02:18:32.920
It doesn't sound like it. It sounds like you've been315602:18:32.940 --> 02:18:38.250
watching movies, but... Well, I do appreciate it, Dave.315702:18:38.389 --> 02:18:38.909
Yeah.315802:18:39.270 --> 02:18:42.250
And tell people what you're working on lately, because I315902:18:42.270 --> 02:18:43.809
know you've been doing a lot of work with This316002:18:43.850 --> 02:18:44.430
Week in Geek.316102:18:44.469 --> 02:18:46.399
Yes, I am over on This Week in Geek with316202:18:46.620 --> 02:18:49.260
our buddy Mike Askewie and my buddy Ken Reels and316302:18:49.319 --> 02:18:53.059
also Adam A. Donaldson. We have been, as of this recording,316402:18:53.120 --> 02:18:55.420
we've been doing a lot of Halloween content. I know316502:18:55.620 --> 02:18:57.520
as of this drop, we may have our From Dusk316602:18:57.540 --> 02:18:58.959
Till Dawn trilogy episode out there.316702:18:58.979 --> 02:18:59.700
Nice.316802:18:59.760 --> 02:19:02.239
We will also be covering the Scanners films, which includes316902:19:02.299 --> 02:19:05.010
Scanners 1 through 3 and Scanner Cop 1 and 2317002:19:05.010 --> 02:19:05.309
as well.317102:19:05.590 --> 02:19:09.549
Well, you have to cover the best scanners films. Yes.317202:19:10.030 --> 02:19:13.110
And, uh, one of my favorites, uh, that, that again, uh,317302:19:13.250 --> 02:19:15.569
honorable mention, I guess we'll put in is the original317402:19:15.649 --> 02:19:18.690
dark castle, uh, entertainment releases. So we're talking about the317502:19:18.809 --> 02:19:21.120
remakes of the William castle movies, such as haunted, uh,317602:19:21.149 --> 02:19:24.219
house on hill. Uh, you've got, um, wow. Why am317702:19:24.239 --> 02:19:25.879
I blanking? All of a sudden a ghost ship is317802:19:25.920 --> 02:19:28.909
in there, which isn't one, but, uh, House of Wax.317902:19:29.489 --> 02:19:30.280
Blanking on the other one.318002:19:30.290 --> 02:19:31.450
I don't know what your problem is, man.318102:19:31.530 --> 02:19:34.209
I don't know. Gothica is one that I watched recently318202:19:34.250 --> 02:19:35.850
that I also really like. Why can I not think318302:19:35.889 --> 02:19:37.069
of the other one? 13 Ghosts.318402:19:37.450 --> 02:19:38.149
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.318502:19:38.329 --> 02:19:41.069
Yeah, so we talked about, we're talking about House on318602:19:41.090 --> 02:19:43.870
a Hill, 13 Ghosts, House of Wax, and Ghost Ship,318702:19:43.930 --> 02:19:46.209
so that's going to be an episode dropping. We do318802:19:46.270 --> 02:19:49.649
episodes such as Loose Cannon and Random Access Memories, so318902:19:49.770 --> 02:19:51.290
if you want to find all that information, you can319002:19:51.309 --> 02:19:54.329
go to thisweekengeek.net. You can also find us wherever you319102:19:54.350 --> 02:19:57.799
get your podcasts. So we are releasing episodes weekly over there.319202:19:58.319 --> 02:20:01.180
Awesome. Yeah, and I'll be popping on over there at319302:20:01.239 --> 02:20:04.260
some point in the month with a special episode I319402:20:04.280 --> 02:20:08.700
did with Birdman and James Rolfe, the Angry Video Game Nerd.319502:20:08.739 --> 02:20:13.319
It's our fourth, I think, or fifth? Fourth year in319602:20:13.340 --> 02:20:15.120
a row that the three of us have done a319702:20:15.399 --> 02:20:18.500
Halloween topic, and we had a lot of fun with it.319802:20:18.639 --> 02:20:19.340
Always great episodes.319902:20:19.399 --> 02:20:21.459
Make sure to check them out at This Week in320002:20:21.520 --> 02:20:25.260
Geek on your favorite podcast app. And now I'll leave320102:20:25.280 --> 02:20:27.840
you with this. Well, what more can I leave you with?320202:20:27.860 --> 02:20:30.739
You have a giant pile of movies. This is your homework.320302:20:30.840 --> 02:20:33.579
There will be a test. If you want to send320402:20:33.639 --> 02:20:36.020
us an email, if you want to get a hold320502:20:36.040 --> 02:20:37.780
of us or, you know, get a hold of Dave,320602:20:37.819 --> 02:20:40.479
I'll forward any abuse you have toward him. He will320702:20:40.760 --> 02:20:45.620
send an email to weekly spooky at gmail.com. And all320802:20:45.659 --> 02:20:49.159
I could say is everything that weekly spooky about is320902:20:49.200 --> 02:20:53.829
about beyond just Halloween all year long. is making the321002:20:53.860 --> 02:20:56.809
most out of your spooky season because as a grown man,321102:20:56.850 --> 02:20:58.809
and I know Dave has had this experience as well.321202:20:59.829 --> 02:21:02.950
Sometimes it's easy to feel like you're losing the spirit321302:21:03.149 --> 02:21:07.110
or losing the, the excitement. And to an extent, you know,321402:21:07.229 --> 02:21:08.270
you're not a kid anymore.321502:21:08.370 --> 02:21:08.530
Yeah.321602:21:08.889 --> 02:21:12.450
But one of the things I always hope that weekly321702:21:12.469 --> 02:21:15.629
spooky can help you do is start your spooky season,321802:21:15.670 --> 02:21:20.670
your Christmas season, whatever, whatever you celebrate while living in321902:21:20.709 --> 02:21:23.170
the spookier side of life, I'm hoping we can help322002:21:23.209 --> 02:21:26.309
you celebrate it more thoroughly and find things that will322102:21:26.350 --> 02:21:29.270
bring that joy back into your life. So thank you322202:21:29.290 --> 02:21:32.450
all for joining us. And you'll be hearing from me322302:21:32.489 --> 02:21:34.450
in no time, I'm sure, because this is probably like322402:21:34.500 --> 02:21:38.040
the second show that's dropped that day. What an October322502:21:38.260 --> 02:21:41.959
it has been. And it hasn't even technically started. Well,322602:21:42.139 --> 02:21:44.420
it has, but not when we're sitting here. We're like322702:21:44.440 --> 02:21:44.860
a day away.322802:21:45.559 --> 02:21:47.399
It's Halloween. Everyone's entitled to one good scare.322902:21:48.020 --> 02:21:50.149
Exactly. Six times. Six times.323002:21:51.280 --> 02:21:52.879
Or seven if you're watching Halloween 2.323102:21:52.860 --> 02:21:55.399
Well, there you go. Thanks, guys.
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