The Horror Returns - THR - Ep. #405: International Horror - New Zealand: Bad Taste (1987) & Housebound (2014)

Episode Date: February 28, 2024

This week we are joined by Super Marcey and Bede Jermyn from Super Network to talk some Kiwi horror. Cool of the week includes After Dark with Marcey, Love Lies Bleeding, Black Sheep, Love is Blind, B...ill Muri, True Detective, and Nyad. Trailers are Borderlands and Boy Kills World. The podcast spotlight shines on Double Feature Podcast. And we get feedback from lots and lots of people. Thanks for listening! The Horror Returns Website: https://thehorrorreturns.com THR YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@thehorrorreturnspodcast3277 THR Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thehorrorreturns THR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehorrorreturns/ Join THR Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1056143707851246 THR X: https://twitter.com/horror_returns?s=21&t=XKcrrOBZ7mzjwJY0ZJWrGA THR Instagram: https://instagram.com/thehorrorreturns?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= THR TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-horror-returns SK8ER Nez Podcast Network: https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-p3n57-c4166 E Society Spotify For Podcasters: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/esoc E Society YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCliC6x_a7p3kTV_0LC4S10A Music By: Steve Carleton Of The Geekz

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Starting point is 00:00:09 Greetings, victims, for those of you who delight and dread, who fantasize about fear, who glorify gore, welcome. You have found the place where the horror returns. Listeners beware. This podcast contains major plot spoilers. and the foulest of language. Join us in celebrating the old and the new, the best, and the worst in horror. Welcome back, everybody, to The Horror Returns.
Starting point is 00:01:05 I am your host, Lance, and we have Brian and Philip, and I think Nick Cage has shown up. Are you here, Nick? Of course, I'm always here, Lance. It's always good to come back on the show, especially if it's an episode about me. Oh, wait a minute. This isn't an episode about me.
Starting point is 00:01:20 I better get going by. Well, that was quick. What's going on? I feel very offended that you haven't done a Nicholas Cage film. I'm his clone, Nicola Cage. I do 50% of his work. All right. Well, Nicola, how did you enjoy the wedding that you attended recently?
Starting point is 00:01:42 It was fantastic. It was the best wedding I've ever been to as a clone. No ghosts involved, right? There are so many ghosts, I can't even tell you. Indeed, especially Megazazzo's ghost writer. That's right. So we're doing the films of New Zealand. Dude, I got to say that's a spot-on Nick Cage.
Starting point is 00:02:02 I like it. Yeah, but which one was the spot on Nick Cage? Well, yours, obviously. Damn it. I'll try better next time. Yeah, you got to like your game. Your New Zealand accent came out beat. Okay.
Starting point is 00:02:23 I'll get a. It's me from New Zealand, mate, pushing chups. So New Zealand is going to talk about some New Zealand horror films, eh? We're going to cook some forking eggs and we're going to be ready. We're going to worship at the altar of our God Peter Jackson. Oh, perfect. Yeah. No, that's Sir Peter Jackson, Marcy.
Starting point is 00:02:49 Oh, has he been knighted? Yes. He was noited by the sheep of our country. I was going to say, he united him. I'm going to stop before New Zealand comes after me. Exactly. I think we need the stop, too. And someone pissed off the dog with those accents.
Starting point is 00:03:11 Yes. I'm trying to quiet in the dog. So we don't have any New Zealand. friends that were aware of Brian do we? Brian's on me Hello I'm dealing with connection issue, give me a minute. Go ahead.
Starting point is 00:03:28 Why did we not get New Zealand guest on, man? We had to settle. We had to settle for Australia. Well, got a Kui in my pocket. That was terrible. That was more cocky than Keith. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:43 They felt like that was cocky. In a pocket. Well, for the next time you do, any films from New Zealand, we'll try and put you in touch with some podcasters that are from New Zealand, hopefully. All right. We'll try find some if we don't know any. I'd rather stick with our friends from Super Network. It's Super Marcy herself and the terrible Aussie bead.
Starting point is 00:04:10 What's up, guys? Pretty good. Pretty good. Sorry. I was going to say, if you couldn't tell it was us, that's very rude. But yes, thank you for having us. I'm sorry, we have derailed your podcast already. Oh, that's okay.
Starting point is 00:04:27 We're experts at that. More derailments to come, I'm sure. So what's up with you guys? Get like a thousand shows going on over there. So what are the last 12 or so? Oh, well, we've been pretty busy with all of our shows. We've got a new podcast as a horror episode that's coming out soon. That's on a couple of episodes from the 80s version of The Twilight Zone.
Starting point is 00:04:56 And we've just released a new episode of our Osploitation podcast, The Osploicast, which was really good. I'm trying to think what else. Oh, yeah, we do have quite a few To Be Tuesday episodes coming out, including some bonus ones as well, which we're excited about. And I try to fake policy. What else do we have in the... Well, for Tobey Tuesdays, we just wrapped up. Today's was the final episode for February. So that was the conclusion to classic Doctor Who month,
Starting point is 00:05:28 because we don't just watch movies on Tobey. We watch TV shows now as well. But it helps that Doctor Who had lots of four episode arcs that were like 20, 25 minutes or something. So we could kind of do them as if it was a movie. So we had, yeah, we had that. And yeah, I think there's, what are our podcast do we have? We've got King's Own.
Starting point is 00:05:53 We have episodes coming up for that, I think. I can't remember what the last one was. No, it was Rose Red. Yeah, that's right. We did that. King's Own's Book Club with me and Steve. There's a new episode coming out in a few weeks, but you can go back and listen to the one we did where Bean joined us as well.
Starting point is 00:06:12 So, yeah, there's quite a few of Super Network things. going on that we can't remember, even though we are 100% and I'm not being sarcastic. We have stuck to our schedule for 2024 so far. I'm very proud of us. That's right. Camp Crystal Lake, babe. Oh, well, that's a completely separate show from the Supernet. We're going to be here all night with the shows.
Starting point is 00:06:35 Yeah, well, both that and also Beb v. The Living Dead have been good as well. So I've got the main episodes of both of those and plus some awesome bonus episodes. that are coming out very soon, including some special interview episodes. So, yeah, those are being great. And I know, Marcy, you've been busy with your solo show after dark as well. Yes, After Dark with Super Marcy, an adult-only podcast has come back for 2024. And as of, it's come back. Muhaha, in the form of a dune to popcorn bucket.
Starting point is 00:07:13 But, yeah, as a. As we are recording, the latest episode is dropped, so check it out, but I'll talk about that a bit later as well. Sorry. Lots to talk about. So after dark, have you ever been kicked off YouTube? Not for these shows themselves, but they don't like my clean edits of pornography, but they haven't taken them off. They've just aged restricted it. so that's all right yeah just get a log in you're good right yeah yeah and there will be uh
Starting point is 00:07:49 there will there will be more um watch alongs for clean cuts of pornoes uh on coming to after coming to after dark and uh potentially uh you guys might be invited on for a horror porno parody uh clean cut watch along as um just in case you ever want to to watch porn for the storyline. Exactly. You have to work out what the storyline is, and I know exactly which one I'm going to invite you guys on, but I'm going to keep it a secret until then.
Starting point is 00:08:25 All right, we're in. So, cool of the week. What you got? Who's first? Marcy? Ooh, yes. All right, yeah, sure. We'll just stay on After Dark,
Starting point is 00:08:40 because, yeah, my call of the week is my own self-promise. of my show because I am such a narcissist. But as we are recording this episode, the brand new episode of After Dark has now dropped. And I'm very excited and happy that I got to record this episode. I think Australians will especially, in our age bracket, will especially appreciate the episode because my guest, my guest and I talk about two Japanese films that played a lot on one of the channels here in Australia.
Starting point is 00:09:22 And I don't think the films really were known outside of Japan and Australia. And the films are Weather Woman and Weather Woman Returns. And if you need, I guess, some context. The only place I could find to watch the films was on a Russian porn. site, but I have since added them to archive org, so you can watch them and then listen to me talk about them. But that's my call of the week. It was interesting to revisit two movies. I was definitely too young to be watching at the time, but I was an naughty girl. I'd stay up late, put the channel on in my TV bedroom and watch all the grown-up content.
Starting point is 00:10:07 Also, I probably wouldn't trust a Russian porn site, just throwing it out there. I think they came and told me Russian, I'm not sure. All right, so I'm just going to put after dark. Dave, what you got, man? Well, before we just jumped on and started recording, I just literally got back home from an early screening of a film, and I went and saw quite a bad screening of the new Kristen Stewart film Love Lives Bleeding.
Starting point is 00:10:43 which is, which is kind of about these two women, one of them being a bodybuilder, who's played by Katie O'Brien. She's in the Mandalorian and the Wasp Quantum Mania. So they form a relationship and then things kind of spiral out of control from there. It's a full-blown pulpy crime story that has some pretty insane moments. in it and it's also but it's pretty awesome from start the finish and it's actually the follow up film for
Starting point is 00:11:18 Rose Glass who did St. Maud so this is her follow up film. Okay, all right. And I have to say like I was kind of mixed on St. Maud but this one as a follow up is way way better. I was going to say it sounds like
Starting point is 00:11:33 yeah because I remember you were quite mixed on St. Maud so I was like oh you really liked this one. So maybe they found, I don't know, because I haven't seen it, but maybe they found an improvement or just a different story that kind of connected with you, Beat. Oh yeah, definitely, definitely. I mean, it deals with bodybuilders who are two women who love each other. So I mean, what's not the love? But also it has a lot of like Nicholas Winding Refund kind of vibes to it in terms of its tone and style. So, yeah, I think it's coming out like everywhere in March. So I definitely give it a watch
Starting point is 00:12:13 when it does come out. It's pretty awesome. Okay. So is this going to be released in Australia first for a change? I think it's being released around the same time everywhere because it just premiered some dance. And let me just find out where... Got to do the festival circuit. Okay. Yeah, exactly. It's got to do the festival circuit. Uh, actually, Yeah, actually, I think it's coming out in the US first, but then a week later, Australia gets it. So we're only delayed by a week. That's an improvement. That's an improvement. 75 years.
Starting point is 00:12:49 I mean, next week, they're finally showing the 1930s version of Dracula. It's finally coming out after the 100 years. It's about time. I can't wait to see this new actor that everyone's been talking about Bella Lagosia. I've been hearing great things about him. Yeah. But I've heard he's dead. Yeah, but he can still be good.
Starting point is 00:13:13 I mean, if Al Pacino can be a walking corpse, anybody can. And still have children. Exactly. How is that sperm still active? I bet even he's wondering that too, Marcy. Zombes, I'm telling you. Yeah, Brian explained it to us a couple of weeks ago, but I can't remember what he said. Brian, you said there was a reason for that.
Starting point is 00:13:40 I'm sorry, you cut out. My connection is shitty. I don't know what anybody's saying. Al Pacino's 100-year-old sperm. How does it work? I suspect it was there's zombie spurns. I just said he had a kid. I don't know how it works.
Starting point is 00:14:01 Do we all agree? Hashtag zombie sperm. It's like, it's like, Popping a balloon full of baby powder. Oh, no. Rehydrate it and inseminate, right? Isn't that how? Sure.
Starting point is 00:14:14 You're rehydrating the spin. I'm going to say yes. That's how I see it in my mind. The next reanimator movie is actually going to be about reanimated sperm. He's going to reanimate the spurns. Oh, yeah. Exactly. Also, in terms of other cools of the week, I've got to go one more.
Starting point is 00:14:39 And this is, it took me about nearly a year and a half, but I finally finished watching Squid Games. Oh, nice. Do you like it? Yeah, I loved it. Like, I watched the first five episodes, like a year and a half ago with my cousin came down. So we watched them all in a row. And then she left off, like, go back to it. And it took me about another year and a half to watch the remaining four.
Starting point is 00:15:04 What does that happen? You're going to watch the game show? Yeah. I've been beating to because I hear the game show is actually surprisingly a lot of fun, so I'll have to give it a watch. But to be fair, though, the only reason why I took this song is I am, exactly, to be fair, is that I'm like the slowest TV watcher. It takes me like a billion years to watch a TV show.
Starting point is 00:15:25 He only just started the very first TV show that ever happened. He's only on episode one. I don't know what that show was. I think it was I love Lucy, I think. You only just got to the first episode of I Love Lucy. Exactly, exactly. But that's the thing, though, it's like with all these shows kind of dropping lots of episodes and doing binge watching, it's, like, hard to catch up
Starting point is 00:15:51 because I could, like, watch two episodes at a time, and then I'm, like, exhausted. This is why, like, the weekly thing that, you know, Disney Plus does and all that, or HBO. So I kind of prefer that. Weekly is good because then you have time to anticipate it. But can I add to my call of the week just because I was self-promoting? But I will give a call of the week. It is still podcast related. Bede and I recorded a podcast the other day.
Starting point is 00:16:19 And it just so happened to include a New Zealand horror comedy, which is Black Sheep. And I recommend people who haven't seen it to check it out because it is great. It is so much fun. It is a very well-made, like, low-budget film. And if you wanted to see people turn into sheep, it is the movie for you. It's always been my dream. Yes.
Starting point is 00:16:45 It's very heavy on the early Peter Jackson vibes, which we will discuss later in the episode. Okay, makes sense, yeah. I got you. New Zealand, Peter Jackson, right? It kind of all goes together. Yes. Who else has come out of New Zealand? That's been a big film.
Starting point is 00:17:02 filmmaker. Oh, well, one of the filmmakers we're talking about later, Gerald Johnston. He directed Megan. I know that. Oh, that's right. I saw that in the credits. I was like, wow. It's Mithrigan. Get it right. Oh, sorry, that's right. Mifregan, sorry. So he's officially made it then, right? Yes, exactly. I would say with how successful I can't say the name now. Mifrigan, Marcy. Mifrigan. And that we're getting a, like, it's getting a sequel.
Starting point is 00:17:33 So I think, yeah. Mithorgon. Moforgon. Miforgian. Mifrigan goes to Australia and then New Zealand. That'll be a cool movie. Yes. But yeah, be New Zealand filmmakers because I can't remember any off the top of my name.
Starting point is 00:17:53 Well, I don't leave Tamabore, who did Once Were Warriors and died of a day. He's another one. try to think you I'm sure there is a few but I just can't think of them off the top of my head. I mean, there's one that's really glaringly obvious that people really don't like these days. Uh,
Starting point is 00:18:14 Lasi, Taka, Kahakazia. Oh, Taika Wahidi, that's right. Thank you. The biggest of all, right? Well, I don't know. Peter Jackson with Lord of the Rings is that's a hard to find.
Starting point is 00:18:29 You have Peter Jackson. Maybe I'll just Google it because I actually, it's not because I don't know any. It's because I don't remember names. Really bad for, like, I can't remember anybody's name. I don't remember my name.
Starting point is 00:18:48 I guess directors from New Zealand are Jane Campion. Yeah. Okay. I've heard. Like, like a big one. I'm not sure. who some of the other ones are besides like the
Starting point is 00:19:01 main ones we've kind of already named but there is quite a lot of them and I'm sure if I knew what the movies were I would absolutely know who they are yeah so we could do several more episodes now oh totally totally
Starting point is 00:19:18 oh somebody dogs down I was going to say the dog yeah I was going to say the dog agrees too it could be a long night with him barking at every shadow tonight. But yeah, I guess that's how cool so the week. Yeah, we'll shut up for a while.
Starting point is 00:19:39 Well, I'll jump in. I don't have a ton that I've watched except my wife started on the new season of Love is Blind, so I've been watching it. Sorry. And I say it with an eye roll, except I fucking love that show. I know you do. I know you do. You motherfuckers wouldn't turn it off.
Starting point is 00:19:57 time we were there. It was that during the day and then alien fucking documentaries at night. Hey, you ask you. And I found a new musical artist, which I shared with you guys, but we'll throw it out there for all of my metalhead guys
Starting point is 00:20:18 out there. He used to be the clean vocals on the band Attack Attack, back in the early 2000s. But the name of the band is Bill Murray, B-I-L-M-U-R-I. Okay. And they've got some of the greatest music videos I've ever seen.
Starting point is 00:20:35 Like, I just, like, Photoshop's head onto weird shit and sings along. It sounds like the kind of music video Bede would make, and I'm not even kidding. I mean, yeah. You mean, I mean, that's true, and we should say it. Like, I can imagine Bid doing, like, clips of his face over Nicholas Page in scene. Like, why isn't that?
Starting point is 00:21:00 Can we make that happen? Marty, like, I could have done that back in the old days with the, what was that? The one where you could like put your face on video clips and stuff like. Yeah, reface. Yeah. I could have done that. Yeah, but it doesn't need, no, it has to look crap, like a really bad Photoshop. Like, that's kind of the point of these is it's a bad Photoshop job and it's just bad enough to be really funny.
Starting point is 00:21:27 from such songs as Lord Farquodzilla from the 400-pound Back Squat album. And absolutely cranking my MF and hog. Great song. All right. I just look him up, man. The guy's a fucking genius. They're my new favorite people.
Starting point is 00:21:55 Like when they go on tour and play live, there's a chick with a saxophone playing while they're like jamming out on the guitar. It's pretty awesome. Just randomly, huh? It is, but it works. Like, they mix, like, even the last couple songs have like a country toying and it totally works. Beyonce's doing country now, so why not, right? Oh yeah, I heard about that. Allegedly. Why not? I don't think it sounds country. What do you guys think? I don't like modern country at all.
Starting point is 00:22:32 Very rarely will I like or tolerate listening to like a newer country song. And it's just not for me. So if you tell me something sounds country and I'm not completely cringing or just being like, I'm not interested, maybe it's not that country. Good point. Well, this one's got a little bit of country twang as in like metal country. So it's a weird, it's a weird combination. That sounds more like what I could put up with, I guess.
Starting point is 00:23:04 It's a weird combination. It totally works, trust me. And that's all I got. All right. You got anything, Brian? I got a movie and two TV shows I started. My movie, I think it's. Australian film,
Starting point is 00:23:24 Monolith, starring Lily Sullivan. Yes. That is a fuzzy film. Yeah, pretty decent slow burn sci-fi movie. Basically, Lily, yeah, Lily Sullivan
Starting point is 00:23:37 plays like a, I guess she used to be a journalist and a disgrace journalist, and now she's like a true crime, mystery, kind of unsolved mystery type podcaster now. when she gets into the story about a mystery black box that people keep receiving and strange things happen.
Starting point is 00:24:00 And the more she digs into it, the more strange things starts happening to her. And it's a pretty good, decent little sci-fi film. Slow burn is not like a whole bunch of action or anything is going to happen. It's just kind of a more of a mystery. So. Looks pretty interesting. I'm checking out. the IMDB page.
Starting point is 00:24:23 Yeah. And for the most... Mysterious boxes. Yes. Like the Dic Box. I thought we were going somewhere else with that. Never mind.
Starting point is 00:24:35 Oh, yeah. Not I was. Philip just ruined that. I know. And I started Avatar to Last Bender on Netflix. Oh, is it out? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:24:50 It's pretty close to the animated series, but I think the acting of the kid and the younger, younger adults is going to probably wear on me throughout the series. Uh-oh. They're not good actors. Okay. It's better than that last monstrosity, though, right? I don't know what you're talking about.
Starting point is 00:25:13 If someone is not that, like, not familiar with, like, the original, do you think it's understand like you can understand it if you watch if you start watching it like without knowing the story and all that i think for me it helped because it kind of jumps right into the story and i mean they do explain some things here and there but i feel like i've seen enough of the animated series that i can follow the story but i do recommend the original anime series don't watch the movie. Watch that first. And off of your recommendation, Lance, I checked out,
Starting point is 00:25:56 I'm not done with it, but I checked out True Detective Knight Country. Oh, nice. All right. I do get what you're talking about, the thing vibes. Okay. Get that throughout the first episode. Callie Reyes is excellent in it so far. Trying to work on getting an interview with her
Starting point is 00:26:16 because we reviewed one of our movies on Stream and she was open to the idea, so fingers crossed, we can get her at some point. That would be nice. It's been a while since we've done an interview. Yeah. But I think for me, this season is probably the best since the first season. Yeah, that seems to be the case with a few shows, right? A lot of people are saying that.
Starting point is 00:26:44 But I will say this is not filmed in Alaska. You would know. And the city is not, the town is not even a real place. Well, man, don't take us out of it, Brian. Come on. Let us have our Alaskan fantasy. If we can't be there, we want to be there in spirit. That was like that Texas Killingfields thing.
Starting point is 00:27:09 They were talking about like Clark County. I was like, I don't even think there is a Clark. That's like Alabama or something. That's it for me. All right. Cool. So what's at the top of the heat, man? I'll go true detective. True detective. All right. Cool.
Starting point is 00:27:28 Oh, wait. I saw, how do you pronounce his name? Denny, Villanoe? Villanue. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah, I'll accept everybody's answer. Okay. I checked out. I've never seen it, and it was kind of a blind spot in his filmography. I checked out Sicario. Oh, nice.
Starting point is 00:27:50 Nice. That recommendation for sure on that one. Great cast, great story. So check that one out, too. Oh, yeah. Doug Grays, I'm glad. God knows what he's talking about. Yes, he does.
Starting point is 00:28:09 I'm going through my Oscar movies, so forgive me if I don't mention any horror. But I think my favorite of them, I don't think it's nominated for Best Picture, but it's got like a best actress nom. You guys heard of that movie, Nyad about the swimmer. Annette Benning plays the character. I had no other, but I haven't said that yet.
Starting point is 00:28:30 She plays a swimmer. She plays a swimmer, and so she was a professional swimmer, like, 30 years ago. The character's, like, in her mid-50s. And speaking of Jody Foster, she's in it also. She plays the coach. But it's just like a super inspirational sports movie. it's like got all the beats you know the good guy wins at the end of course
Starting point is 00:28:53 you know they do it but like seeing all the shit she has to go through spoilers well no not really a spoiler hopefully you know how most American sports movies go but it's just kind of interesting because the one thing she never was able to accomplish is she wanted to swim from
Starting point is 00:29:11 Cuba all the way to Key West Florida and like every time she tried it when she was in her 20s she had to turn back for this reason or another So 30 years goes by and she's not swimming professionally. And she looks at her coach and says, guess what? I want to do it. I didn't finish it then. And Jody Foster looks at her.
Starting point is 00:29:30 Like she's absolutely crazy. And then the stuff she goes through, like swimming with sharks, swimming with jellyfish. I was going to say that's terrifying. You know how many sharks are the Caribbean? She's out of her fucking mind. But she did it. So like at the end you get that feel good rush. So I've seen a lot of the best picture nominees again.
Starting point is 00:29:52 Like I watched Oppenheimer again. We saw poor things. American fiction. Those were all just kind of like a lot of talky talk. And this one just had a lot more like feel good to it. So I don't know. For my money, I enjoyed it quite a bit. So that's giving me my cool of the week.
Starting point is 00:30:08 Totally not horror. Well, I guess it is horror, right? Swimming with shocks out there. You just want to get a tech by some sharks. All right, well, that's mine. That's fine for the week. So, Brian, you got any news for us? Yeah, we're going to start with some TV news.
Starting point is 00:30:29 I guess they're trying to bring Bewitch back for modern-day reimagining. Probably a bad idea. Did they not see the terrible movie? The movie was terrible, but it's completely enjoyable. Something wrong with me, obviously. Let's see. Disney Plus has renewed goosebumps for a second season, and they're going to do, basically, this series looks like
Starting point is 00:30:56 it's going to be an anthology with a different cast and story each season. Does that mean we have to cover that for podcasters of horror now? We might have to, Barcy. We might have to. We did cover some episodes from the original goosebumps series. There you go. Me and my daughter enjoyed it. I don't know if it was more so...
Starting point is 00:31:19 I don't know if it's more so me watching it with her that added to the enjoyment but it's very young adult so... Not a surprise there, right? Lance, I believe you checked out the first two seasons of the terror
Starting point is 00:31:37 from AMC. Yeah, yeah, it was a good self-contained story that left it a little bit open-ended, but I think they answered enough questions to make it satisfying. They're coming back with a third season titled Devil in Silver, and it will prepare next year.
Starting point is 00:31:59 Don't everybody talk at once. Have you guys seen that? I've never seen it. I haven't even heard of it. I know of it, but I haven't seen it either. Yeah. It's a TV show. Bade won't get to it for another 50 years.
Starting point is 00:32:14 That's very true. Unless you covered on the podcast. Is it on TB now? That's the question. I think it's on Pride video here at Australia. Okay. I think. Yeah, I have to look it up because I know the first two seasons are,
Starting point is 00:32:29 so I'll have to check it out at some point in 50 years time. Let's see. Paramount Plus is Evil. We'll return for a fourth and final season. Okay. I've heard good things. I've never seen it. Mike Culture is in that, right?
Starting point is 00:32:47 Yeah. I started watching the first season or so. it seems pretty decent. Yeah, I checked out the first half. I just never got back to it, but I heard it gets better. Yeah. The second half of Chucky's season three
Starting point is 00:33:03 will return on April 10th. Nice. I've got some time to catch up because I'm still on season two. You'll get there. So am I. I haven't even started it. It's really good.
Starting point is 00:33:18 Yeah, it's on my list. I feel ashamed. I've got it. I've got so many podcast things to do and it sets me back, damn it. Yes, it will do that. I get it. My cool of the week,
Starting point is 00:33:31 True Detective, will return for fifth season and they're bringing back the night country season creator Issa Lopez to do the fifth season. Interesting, okay. Very, very dark, very dark show, by the way.
Starting point is 00:33:47 It's aptly named. There's a lot of really weird stuff going on. Well, her movie was pretty dark. What was it? Tigers aren't afraid. That's a great movie. That was on a lot of top ten lists that year. I highly recommend that movie if people haven't seen it.
Starting point is 00:34:07 Yeah. Movie news. We haven't got a release date for Maxine, but Ty West says he already has an idea for a fourth film. Of course. Hell yet. I'm excited. A question.
Starting point is 00:34:21 If for some reason Maxine bombs. Do you think he can make this fourth movie off the strength of the first two? Well, I think so because the first two movies were very, very low budget. I think they were like under $5 billion each or maybe even less. And it's not like they kind of lit up the box office or anything. I mean, they probably did make their money back. So even if this movie kind of goes, has the exact type of budget, I could see it still doing well regardless, whether it's like a huge hit or not.
Starting point is 00:34:55 But I think now that people have seen X, seen Pearl, and then now you have this film that has, you, that's the, since it's the next film, but also has a much bigger cast this time around with like Kevin Bacon, Giancarlo Esposito and more. Like, that could definitely draw name, like draw a lot more people to it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:35:20 I can't imagine it being really shitty. but there's always possibility I can't imagine it bombing I mean they've got such a built-in audience for that right well we'll segue right into something that sounds shitty and I got a lot of responses on this on social media Lionsgate is reportedly developing a new version of American Psycho Oh why okay
Starting point is 00:35:48 That's closer to the book I got what a lot of comments were I mean even I like to post it about it, but not to be like, this is such a bad idea. It was more like, if you do this the right way, if you update it the right way to fit a modern satire, you could have something. Like, you need the right people to ride it and be behind it. But you make, like, Patrick Bateman be like some fucking influencer because that is literally the best. analogy like how
Starting point is 00:36:26 how like you know it would it would great on people but it would probably fucking work and if people walk out of that movie idolizing Patrick Bateman then I think we might need to
Starting point is 00:36:41 get them some professional help but the same goes for the original like that's not your hero I there just seems like a whole a giant opportunity to fall flat on your face on this one and only a very small little window to be awesome how about a continuation you bring christian bail back oh boy could we have yeah a continuation that he takes he takes someone
Starting point is 00:37:09 under his wing and then we get like 80 style montages with Huey Lewis in the news playing No no no All the like songs he talks about in the first movie Yes That's your montage music Okay Let's come on the swing the axe to
Starting point is 00:37:28 Huey Lewis in the news Or Phil Collins, let's go No no no What they should do is make a follow up To do with Milakudas Returning No Oh
Starting point is 00:37:39 Please not Jesus. They can tell you Bob. Oh, wait a minute. She killed him that second film, so no mind. That one's out of canon now. Christian Bill is the only reason
Starting point is 00:37:54 that first movie worked the way that it did. It's going to be hard to recreate that. Very true. Very true. Maybe Dane DeHon. That's the only one I could think of it. Or Nick Cage. Nick Cage could move on from Dane to Han.
Starting point is 00:38:09 Lionsgate is also. In this, sorry, sorry to pick off, I was going to say, in this climate, I could imagine them going for like a Timothy Shalomey and he's just going to be like, yeah, of course they would. Yeah. He would actually fit. Yeah. Because he's got that youngish face. He can, like, if he plays it right, you're going to want to punch him in the face. Like, I think it'll work.
Starting point is 00:38:31 Actually, that would really work. Honestly, if I was in charge, I would make a good product. Well, that would be the person you cast for sure. Well, I would raise Timothy Shalemay and raise Glenn Powell. That's who I would go with. I mean, I've been waiting for him. I've been waiting for him to be in something big, not Twisters, because that's not what I... I actually thought he should have been the new Human Torch for Fantastic Four, the way he played his character in Top Gun Maverg.
Starting point is 00:39:04 Yeah, that'd be good. That's who I would pick for an American Psycho remake or reboot if that ever happened. I could use both of them because you also have to have other characters. Well, that is true. True. Well, Lionsgate's also developing a new version of Stephen King's The Dead Zone. Well, we have another film for us for the podcast, Marcy, for the King's Zone. I was thinking we have to cover.
Starting point is 00:39:37 Oh, my God. Again, if you do it right, it could be good. But I don't have all the faith usually. But as with any movie, I go in level-headed. I'll judge it accordingly. I just found out there was a TV series made after the movie. I think there was. Yes.
Starting point is 00:39:55 It was one season or something. Huh. I don't think it lasted very long. Wasn't it? Anthony Michael Hall was. Yeah. Yes, it was. Yes, it was.
Starting point is 00:40:07 Let's see. Marlon Wayans and Uncut Jim star Julia Fox are going to star and Jordan Peel produce sports horror film Goat. Okay, we've been waiting for this one. Wonder if it's going to be a... Is it going to be horror or horror comedy or what? I just said sports horror, Lance. Yeah, but if the main character
Starting point is 00:40:33 doesn't slowly turn into a goat through the course of the film. I'm going to be very upset. You just spoiled the movie. I'm too smart for that, see, I should be in charge of all Hollywood. It'd be a different Hollywood, that's for damn sure. It would all be after dark. Every movie would have to be played after dark. I'm going to say there'll be a hell of a lot more tits and dick on screens. Philip, she should watch that series on Netflix you were talking about.
Starting point is 00:41:05 Obliterated. Fantastic. It was fun. Yeah. 12-inch slongs, Marcy. Yeah. I'll check this out. There's a couple of them out, and I'm like, there's no way that's real.
Starting point is 00:41:17 Did you, I mean, I don't think you guys would have seen it, but did you, you guys did not see Dickless Cage, did you? No. First I've heard of it. All right. Well, I am going to message the. group in Messenger and show you it and then you can thank me for witnessing the greatest thing of all times. I literally just have to find where I save a photo. All right. Until you find that photo. It's coming through now. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:41:57 I mean, you said slum, so. Oh, God. So. So. I'm sad no one's bought it for me. That's for the superfan. That's where the horror returns group later on, if they want to see what it looks like. That's right. That's right. We'll get it out there. T-shirt. The most beautiful I'd wear that T-shirt.
Starting point is 00:42:22 I'd wear that T-shirt. All right. The Speak No Evil remake starring James McAvoy and McKenzie Davis gets a September 13th release date. I'm going to butcher their names. Severin Biala and Veronica Franz. They did the Goodnight Mommy, the original one. They've signed on to direct Paul Trimblaze a head full of ghosts. And Lance, you read one of his books?
Starting point is 00:42:59 Yeah, the one about the cabin at the end of the world. It was, I probably won't read any more of his stuff. It was slower than I like in a book. So, yeah. The movie was not as good as the book, but just by a hair. Or as they say in Australia, by a Kantair.
Starting point is 00:43:22 Isn't that an Australian saying? I'll wait that up to Basie, too. He sounded a little bit Irish when you said. Yeah, I don't know if that sounded a strange. Maybe that's an Irish saying. Exactly, exactly. We all know Pedro Pascal's going to be Reed Richards, so he's had to back out of Zach Krieger's weapons,
Starting point is 00:43:46 Zach Krieger's follow-up to Barbarians. Josh Brolin is in talks to fill in. Hmm. Like Josh Brolin? I could buy about Josh Broleby yet. I mean, I was literally just watching that Josh Brolin talks about his most iconic roles before we jumped on the podcast, because that just dropped.
Starting point is 00:44:08 Alexa is listening to you, and so is Brian, apparently. Brian, I got a little... He's actually just AI. Yeah. I got a few non-horror news. The Crow Reboot, starring Bill Scarsguard, gets a June 7th release date. Yes, I did see that come up. I'm, I guess, cautiously optimistic.
Starting point is 00:44:33 like maybe it'll be good maybe it won't we'll just wait and see I'll believe that movie exists once I actually sit in the cinema and stuff I mean that's so fair yeah yeah because to be fair because that movie has been in the works for so long and so many different actors have covered going on that movie I'm pretty sure they announced me as starring in it at one point I think so I remember that I had posted about it The John Wick's spin-off ballerina starring Anna Diarmus is pushed from 2004 the next year, or from June 7, 2012 to June 6 next year, because they want to film bigger action sequences for it.
Starting point is 00:45:18 What's the guy that was the director of the third? Oh, Chad Strzzi. Yeah, he's signed on to oversee the entire frame. franchise so after signing on he wants to make the ballerina bigger than I guess what they shot so more more action I mean that's not a bad thing so yeah yeah that's a good good reason good reason and we're getting a new kick-ass movie from Matthew Vaughan with Nick Cage he better be at it well that might be That might be the thing, though, because it's said that the new kick-ass movie will be part of a metaverse
Starting point is 00:46:05 and offer a different approach to the R-rated superhero concept of post-kick-ass world, and will be set in the same universe as the original films. Interesting. Okay. I also said this will be the, this film will be the third entry in a trilogy that starts with school fights and will be connected yet to the previous kick-up. ass movies. So there'll be other movies in the universe that are not kick-ass movies, but this will be the kick-ass. Kick-ass will be the third in the trilogy of these new movies. Yeah. I'm doubt to seeing you
Starting point is 00:46:42 kick-ass movie, so I'm there for it. That's my curiosity and my attention, so sure. Why not? And lastly, uh, werewolf by night director, Michael. not even going to try his last name. Giacito, I think. Thank you. Thank you, Pete. As in talks to direct Marvel's Midnight Suns.
Starting point is 00:47:07 Hell yeah. Is Blade going to be in there? He's got to be in something that casted him. No shit. He's not getting any younger, is he? And that is it. I'll go ahead, B'all right.
Starting point is 00:47:21 I was going to say, like, they had to have to, because, I mean, Bohusia Ali has been attached to play Blade forrest. It was like they have to cast them any sooner or by the time they actually makes the film he'd be the same age
Starting point is 00:47:33 as Wesley's time. I feel like he was cast like three years ago and we haven't seen Blade at all. It's longer than that I think five years ago, I think. It was when they did the Comic-Con announcement
Starting point is 00:47:45 on stage, that was pre pandemic. Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill. That's what Wesley's been trying to tell everybody. All right, my fellow Aussies. I'm not an Aussie.
Starting point is 00:48:02 All right. Well, I'm in Melbourne for fuck's sake. Yeah, but not the cool Melbourne. Yeah, and you have to say it, like how we say it, Melbourne. Not Melbourne. Okay, I'm in Melbourne, Florida. Melbourne, Melbourne, Hinn, Melbourne. Melbourne.
Starting point is 00:48:19 Melbourne. It's not bored, it's been. All right. All right. Anyways. Wait, we do have trailer parks here, though. So are you guys ready to take a little trip to the trailer park? Hells you.
Starting point is 00:48:35 All right. Brian is going to bring us the big, the small, and sometimes the very, very weird. What's the first one tonight, Brian? First one is Boy Kills World. When his family is killed, a deaf man named Boy escapes to the jungle, where he is trained by a mysterious mentor to enact vengeance on the murderers. This is directed by Moritz Moore, produced by Sam Ramey, Roy Lee, written by Tyler Burton Smith, Iran Remmers, and Moritz Moore, the stars Bill Scarsgard, Jessica Roth, Michelle Dockrey, Brett Gillen, Isaiah Mustafa, Andrew Koji, and Fam Kay Jansen. Let's see, Marcy, what you think?
Starting point is 00:49:24 The first thing I thought was, why is Bob from Bob's Burgers narrating this trailer? And then I realized the character can't hear or speak and it's their inner voice and it's Bob from Bob's Burgers. I, this looks weird and bizarre and I'm kind of curious to see it. Plus, I do like Bill Scarlet's term. And I'm going to have to stop thinking, like, that voice is Archer or Bob. Like, it's weirds me out. Like, I don't know why. It's just a very distinct voice.
Starting point is 00:50:07 The guy's got a great voice. Yes, but it's like, I guess so, it just, eh, it, it, it, I don't know, just, like, affects my mind. If I watch Archer and I'm like, but that's not Bob. and then I watch Bob's Berger's. That's not Archer though. It's so bra. B.S.
Starting point is 00:50:27 Yeah, weirdly interested in seeing this. B. Yeah, I'm excited for this one. This film definitely looks like my jam when it comes to offbeat over-the-top action films. And like I... Although I got to say, though,
Starting point is 00:50:44 this reboot of Boy Meets World is weird, I'm just saying. It is. Yeah. I know. I hired Writer Strong in there. But that looks with a lot of fun and like you, Marcy, I was caught off by
Starting point is 00:50:58 the duration of the trailer at first until you find that it's like, oh, that's the character's inner voice. And I thought, okay, I'm so in for this film and the fact that it has quite a supporting cast as well is, has been very excited
Starting point is 00:51:14 to check out. It looks like a lot of fun and getting to see Jessica Roth in a badass action mode as well so I'm excited for that too yeah that was one of the high points for me because I've been a fan of her since Happy Death Day so it's good to see she's in here
Starting point is 00:51:30 doing some action Bill Scarsguard in this kind of gives me hope for the Crow reboot seeing what he's doing in this movie another another person I saw on the cat Andrew Koji I liked him in the HBO series of the Warriors
Starting point is 00:51:48 Okay. That's a good series. I recommend that one. And yeah, I also love that his inner monologues, the last thing he heard him was from a video game. And that was like the number one thing he had to get was an inter monologue. Yeah, well, he's deaf and mute, right? So that's the only way you're going to hear any dialogue from him, I guess. Probably.
Starting point is 00:52:14 So he's probably going to go the whole movie and not actually say anything. and just emote to archers and her dialogue. Yes. Yes. Could be. Crazy. Which, if done right, could be awesome. And it looks like it is.
Starting point is 00:52:34 I'm pretty stoked about this one. And did they spoil Charltono Copley getting killed in the trailer? I don't think they actually showed him getting killed, though, did they? But it assured that he was in the movie. it looked like I could be wrong but it looked like that scene at the end when the guy drops the engine part on the person's head
Starting point is 00:52:54 and looks like in a Charlottel hopefully uh oh well it's a pulp fiction moment where they accidentally kill the guy could be yeah I just want to know which
Starting point is 00:53:08 Brian which book in the Hunger Games is this one is to me this look like it I mean, is it the same exact story or am I? Like, I haven't read any of the books, so I couldn't tell you, but it sure looked a lot like it to me. Pick me to ask about the Hunger Games books. I thought you read them all. I actually have.
Starting point is 00:53:31 I haven't even seen all the movies. Okay. But it does seem very Hunger Games-ish. I don't know. I'm reserving judgment. Looks like good action, but I'm more excited to see Monkey Man. That looks like a better scene. Well, this one comes out April 26, but I think you're holding your excitement for your favorite director's upcoming movie.
Starting point is 00:53:56 Eli Roth's Borderlands. Oh, is that Eli Roth that I didn't realize. No, that's not Eli, is it? I saw his game at the end of the credits, so okay. Eli Roth watched Guardians of the Galaxy and was offered to do this adaptation of Borderlands and he jumped at the chance. It looked very Guardians of the Galaxy. And sounded with the throwback music. It's got a great cast.
Starting point is 00:54:23 Kate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt, which people might recognize her. She was young Asoka and young Gamar in End Games. Oh, okay. She looks awesome for this. Probably going to pronounce his name wrong. Florian Montanou. Sure.
Starting point is 00:54:46 Ivan Drago Son from Creed, too. Okay. Gina Gershahn, Jamie Lee Curtis, and he wasn't listed in the main credits, but I put him in there because I like his comedy. Bobby Lee. Yeah, I was going to say, I saw a little bit of Bobby Lee in there. I'm like, damn, I didn't even in a while.
Starting point is 00:55:06 We're going to save Lance for last since he feels like Eli Roth is a complete hack. Okay. So, B, we're going to start with you. Yeah, well, I haven't played the Borderland game, so I'm pretty much a new when it comes to that whole world of the game. But, yeah, I think it still looks a lot of fun. Like, it definitely has a lot of Guardians of the Galaxy vibes, for sure. But it definitely does intrigue me, and the fact that this is Eli Roth's probably biggest film today in terms of budget has me very intrigued.
Starting point is 00:55:40 And it also, and it looks like the Cape Blanchet. It looks like she's having an absolute ball in this film. So, yeah, I'm definitely intrigued to check this one out. Marcy? Well, I actually haven't seen Thanksgiving yet. So I can't, yeah, say one thing or another based on that. But I have seen, obviously, Ily Ross other films. I don't mind Eliroth at all as a filmmaker.
Starting point is 00:56:12 I really, really liked the sort of more family-esque movie he did. I can't remember the name. The house with clock at all. Oh, that's right. Yes, that was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed that. And obviously, he's reuniting with some of that cast as well. But this just looked like big, silly fun.
Starting point is 00:56:34 I am not attached to the games. I haven't played them. I'm only just more aware of some of the visuals of it. But again, I will go into it and just see it for what it is. It's not going to be in my mind about if it's like the video game, because again, I haven't played it, and I try not to do that anyway and just try and judge something for what it is. But yeah, I think I'll probably enjoy it.
Starting point is 00:57:00 So, yeah. Yeah, I have played the video game a little bit, but not enough to really know, like, any lore behind it or anything. I just sort of recognize a couple of the characters and stuff. It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. And hopefully it's going to be, you know what, hopefully it is Guardians of the Galaxy-ish, and it'll be pretty awesome.
Starting point is 00:57:28 That's where I'm hoping this goes, but we'll see. Yeah, I agree with what B. said. Kate Blanchett looks like she's just having a ball playing this role. and I think everybody else also is and then you got Jack Black doing a voice role and I think he does great voice work. Yeah. Well, he is riding
Starting point is 00:57:50 high off of Mario right now. As he should be. He was awesome as Bousel. He was pretty awesome as Bousal. And unlike my co-host, I do like Eli Ross movies. So Lance, how much did you hate this trailer
Starting point is 00:58:10 when she saw Eli Ross name pop up. I'm kind of looking forward to this. I mean, come on. What happened to Lance? This is not the Lance, I know. Think about it, though. You get this cast together, and obviously they've given him an unlimited budget, which helps a lot.
Starting point is 00:58:31 But, I mean, it looked really pretty. Like, lots of great eye candy, really good special effects. Looked like a decent mix of CGI and practical, you know. I might be wrong. We get in there and it's literally all CGI like it looks like a Super Mario's game or something like you stepped in a video game which is part of
Starting point is 00:58:48 How much practicals you can do with this movie I know, I know and that's kind of part of what they're going for right? Because it is based on a video game but I you know I've dabbled with a few of the versions of the game and it's fun it's kind of like a post-apocalyptic wasteland I
Starting point is 00:59:03 the girl with the I guess she was wearing like rabbit ears or something like that I kind of got a Fortnite vibe Philip, you know, how they wear all those skins. But yeah, no, overall, I'm going to go see it. Eli's going to get my money on this one because they definitely got me with this trailer. And you can't go wrong with Kate Blanchett handing it up, right? I mean, she's like doing her absolute level best to do a, you know, kind of like an underworld
Starting point is 00:59:31 redo where she's the super sexy, super hot female action star. So I'm looking forward to it. What can I say? Wow. Straight from Thor Ragnarok, man. That's right. That surprised me, Lance. Not too long ago, you were saying Eli should just quit the business.
Starting point is 00:59:51 Well, I didn't. I'm not sold yet. But I'll go watch it for sure. And Brian, you better believe I'll watch it on the big D at the movie theater here. That's where you can feel it in your seat. That's right. I like the Dickless, Dickleus Cage. Don't forget to bring your Dickleus Cage when you go.
Starting point is 01:00:16 Oh, never. I'm not leaving home without it now that I've seen it. I hope it's got a remote control. It just kind of goes off and doesn't stop. Just walks around the house casually. Yeah. Oh, I'm Nicholas Cage. Borderlands comes out August 9th.
Starting point is 01:00:39 Okay. And that's it for the trailers. All right. I guess that means this is time for listener feedback. I always forget for a second. This week, we're going to sign the podcast spotlight on double feature podcast. Double feature podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by identical twin sisters, Kira and Mika. in which the two discussed varied topics in film.
Starting point is 01:01:11 Listeners can expect film reviews, actor spotlights, chats with special guests, and other random tidbits. So check it out. I get it. Double feature and they're twins. I get it. Twins, Basil. Katie Yonder did just send us a screener of the film Windigo. So we're going to check that out.
Starting point is 01:01:34 Thanks, Katie. Thanks for letting us. Lance. Yeah. Yeah, it's in the Gmail account. Sorry. I think Ness has already seen it. And we had a few posts in the Facebook page go viral. Oh, wow. While we cannot cover all the listener feedback, we have handpicked a few comments. Mike J. Marin says, I'm excited to announce
Starting point is 01:01:57 that producer Isaac Trimble and I are directing and producing a documentary about Hintill Ku Kau. Native American Child Developmental Program. Development Program in Oakland, California. We're filming our interviewees this week. So looking forward to hearing their stories. Thank you to everyone involved. You are the first voice.
Starting point is 01:02:20 Very nice. Yeah. Support independent filmmakers. Yeah, he's badass. Brian posted a picture of the crew near the helicopter for the thing 1992. 1999. Who writes this shit? Ten news too late on that photo.
Starting point is 01:02:44 So far we have 13,000 reactions and 529 comments, and here are a few. And you give me the guy's name that has accents all over the fucking place. Great horror, Fryeus. Crowley Check? I don't know. Great movie, but when I look at the staff of this polar research station. What kind of science? We handpicked them, right?
Starting point is 01:03:11 Yeah, there you go. What kind of scientist are they? And in what fields? To me, it looks like they were camping rather than doing any research. And flamethrowers are a common part of polar expeditions? Well, yeah, dude, there's a lot of ice.
Starting point is 01:03:25 I was about to say, how much ice is there? Are you going to stay warm? Hello? Plus, they're flamethrowers. I'd take them. Yeah. It's an action movie. They know what they're getting into.
Starting point is 01:03:38 William Howardson says one of the best horror films made ranks up there with Alien. Yes, it does. Good call. Elizabeth Van Kirk Dory says, good movie. I've seen it several times. The remake is boring. The 1992 remake deed? Yes.
Starting point is 01:03:59 Yeah, the remake didn't really kill it. Although, I don't know, it was sort of a different timeline. and the same thing. It was like a prequel. Kind of a prequel, isn't it? Yeah. But yeah, it was a little bored. Darren Burke says, what a nice group of friends. I hope that nothing happens to them. Nothing happens to them.
Starting point is 01:04:21 Get it? All right. Wendy Powell Younger says one of my all-time favorite, scariest shit. Guy Freeman says, Kurt Russell wearing that sombrero as he heads to the helicopter. too cool this guy. Linda Lou, the original
Starting point is 01:04:41 1951 movie, could never be beat. Oh, I've watched the remake, and I still may have to go back to the 1951, black and white, my absolute favorite. I don't know that I've ever actually seen that. It's good for what it is. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:04:56 I do think it's free on Tooby. Oh, there you go. To be fair. Dude, Toobie's got all kinds of shit. No shit. 2B is the new crack. How are you two not sponsored by 2B? No kidding. Well, yet.
Starting point is 01:05:12 The K word is yet. I'm sorry. I'd play one day. Tube, if you're listening. Exactly. Like, it's a dude. Jane Wilson says, watch this on pay-per-view back when it came out.
Starting point is 01:05:28 Remember you had to call the phone number and order the movies and they'd add it to the cost of your bill? Those were the days. $157. What's this charge? Karen Frost Kluge says My youngest son works in Antarctica At the U.S. Science Station at McMurdo.
Starting point is 01:05:48 He's a carpenter. Huh. How can they do that if Antarctica is an ice wall? John Musuya says My number one All-time favorite horror film. I wish someone would. create a seasonal series based on the story i can't get enough of the plot
Starting point is 01:06:10 brian get on that yeah well raddness series so the alien only comes back every season just when it's cold they don't like water haven't you ever seen signs um tim chesterton says uh the thing nineteen eighty two is technically a sequel from the original but it didn't fit so they made a prequel around the 2000s that fit better with the 1982 one, which was kind of garbage. Yeah, it's sad that they had practicals all made for that movie, and then the studio was like, no, CGI.
Starting point is 01:06:53 Ah, that's what happened. Greg Roles says, awesome cast, always love Keith David, and, of course, Kerr Russell. True. Keith David's best movie for sure. I don't know about that. It lives. It's pretty good. True.
Starting point is 01:07:14 But did he use a flamethrower? No. But he did use sunglasses. Although he didn't want to put him on, Brian. And he also fought Rowdy, Roddy Piper. That's right. Which was pretty great.
Starting point is 01:07:29 Yeah, you win. Terry, Kevin. Evan Bain says, wow, that one scared the crap out of me. Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Alien. Wow, indeed. Steve Owl says with the prequel, it's a shame they didn't go for the practical FX as the high-ups wanted a CGI. If they stuck with the practical, kept in the alien pilot instead of the ridiculous Tetra-CGI overlay, this would have been a classic. P.S. Why they changed? change the ship being uncovered by the heat of the engines from uncovering it by the Norwegian team with the thermite is beyond me and ruin the continuity. So there's also that. And Brian also posted a pick of Adrian Barbeau from the set of Creep Show that got a lot of traction. Of course it did. Archie Callis says I will always love Adrian Barbeau. David Beelan says also loved her as a young man and still do.
Starting point is 01:08:39 Rich Eugene Cole says, oh, Rich Eugene Cole, oh, I don't know. Harry, if you ever touch me again, you'll be wearing your balls as earrings,
Starting point is 01:08:49 L. M.A. Warren Jackson says, I absolutely love that movie. That particular tale was the best. Lola White says, Creepshow, very entertaining and funny
Starting point is 01:09:02 with a great cast. And Stephen Cushman says this is the best part of creep show. He got his, birthday cake and then her head on a platter. And regarding the upcoming Godzilla X-Kong, Al Ramser says I'll be watching. We'll be watching you, Al Ramseur.
Starting point is 01:09:26 We're always watching. But that's it for Lucein our feedback. Don't let that creep you up. Our show intro and all of our new logos from Steve Carlton from the Geeks with a Z. be on the lookout for some more great stuff from him. And of course, Natsulani does our original skull artwork. Check her out on Instagram.
Starting point is 01:09:45 And if you'd like to help us out, please consider becoming a Patreon patron. It really helps out, and we'll let you pick the movies for a future show at any amount. And for $5 a more a month, also pick commentary for a future bonus show. You can come on with us and talk to us about it. It'd be great. Just don't make it Rikio, because we might forget to record. That happens. that one wasn't terrible to watch twice though
Starting point is 01:10:11 true yeah that's true if you're going to watch it would be twice be exactly even if I thought there for it and it was lost to the adults a time lost some good jokes on that one though yeah all right on to our featured attractions this week we had to New Zealand to cover bad taste as well as
Starting point is 01:10:33 housebound we haven't done housebound I don't know I'm working on the spreadsheet I know we've talked about it we may not have actually covered Lance already already started it Oh thank God
Starting point is 01:10:48 Thank God But I'm almost 100% sure we haven't done this one Okay But I am almost 100% sure We've done some New Zealand films before Because didn't we do what we do in the shadows I don't know
Starting point is 01:11:02 My memory is not what it used to me That sounds familiar Well, we'll start out with Peter Jackson, 1987. Bad taste. Right, we're on our way. What are we spotted Frank? The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast food chain.
Starting point is 01:12:22 Is that? Sure. Director and writer is Peter Jackson, also known for all kinds of shit, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as you may have known. Peter Jackson made all the latex masks in his mother's kitchen. And it shows. As he frequently used her oven to harden the latex, his family was for us to have sausages for dinner.
Starting point is 01:12:52 During a scene where Derek's van swerves off the road and runs over one of the aliens, Ken Hammond sat on the hood of the van because they weren't able to buy a camera mount for the hood. Sir Peter Jackson was driving. But neither noticed the tree stump hidden in the tall grass. Uh-oh. The van stopped immediately
Starting point is 01:13:12 from high speed, launching Ken and the camera into the air. Amazingly, both Hammond and the camera came out fine, but the former said, uh, we ain't doing that one again. All right. Peter Jackson, bad taste. Marcy, what do you think? Yeah, I guess I
Starting point is 01:13:35 re-watched it the other day and I hadn't seen it since I don't know, it's been at least 10 years, but I did first see this on VHS and seeing it on VHS kind of works because it hides a lot of the amateurish stuff from a very cheap production, but there is something really fun and enjoyable about the film.
Starting point is 01:14:02 Like I think Peter Jackson, like Peter Jackson, you could see there was so much talent there, but you could also see this was a bit of a labor of love as well. And, you know, obviously it's not Peter Jackson's best because he would certainly get better, but it is a, I think it's just a really fun little film that you can see was a passion project and you feel that you feel like this is a film that had a lot of passion behind it. It is ridiculously silly. They have a lot of outlandish gore and the aliens are it's a it's a memorable design and while I think there are parts that don't quite work like it can drag a little bit I think it's a really fun and enjoyable
Starting point is 01:14:56 like debut film. I can't really say anything like negative about it because I think it's just something that is kind of joyful for as ridiculous as it is. Yeah, I have a lot of fun with this film. This is my second time watching it for. So, I mean, I watched it for the first time a couple years ago because it was one of Peter Jackson's earliest films
Starting point is 01:15:24 and I've been wanting to see it forever. And even on the second watch, it is still absolutely annotating. Like, I love the shabbiness of it all. And you could, like Marcy said, you can definitely tell that it was the spider kind of having kind of the similar kind of problems like a first time film maker would have, especially for a film as ambitious as this one. It still has a lot of passion and it has a lot of energy to it. I mean, I forgot like how, like, Peter Jackson uses so many interesting and unique camera angles throughout this film. And you can definitely tell he was inspired by Sam Raby when it came to this film.
Starting point is 01:16:06 And also, there are just so many sequences throughout this film that are just insane. Like the scenes with Derek and the Robert, the alien, like him kind of climbing down the sort of the ledge of the cliff. And I'm thinking, like, at any second, these. that character's going to fall off. I mean, he does. But I mean, what we have to sort of realize is that Peter Jackson plays both these roles in the film. And he's, like, interacting with himself throughout the course of these scenes. But at any moment, you're thinking Peter Jackson's going to fall off of that clip any moment.
Starting point is 01:16:42 There's nothing holding him from falling in these scenes. But depending on which angle they show it from, sometimes it's just a big hill. Yeah, exactly, exactly, exactly. But it is so fun, the gore is completely outrageous. It has so many very silly and over-the-top seeds. And it's also just a really fun satire as well with the aliens. And I love the fact that, yes, even the alien designs look very shabby as well, but they kind of add to the film.
Starting point is 01:17:14 And I love the fact once the aliens, basically, when they go into their full form and their hands and hair to get bigger, and then all of a sudden, like, their ass is, like, burst out of their pants and all that as well. When you have a large posterior that sticks out, like, you're always scared that it's just going to be too much for your pants to handle. Exactly, exactly. Just the individual butt cheeks popping through. Exactly, exactly. And it's just a really fun and entertaining film that I always have a good time watching.
Starting point is 01:17:50 And the fact that this film was shot over the course of four years on and off over four years, like you wouldn't think it took that long to shoot a film like this. Like it feels very consistent in terms of its filmmaking and story and even performances. I know like reading like more on the film, like we said, Peter Jackson plays the nerd Derek of the human team and then Robert the alien. But the fact is like, yeah, he's acting across himself. but from what I've read, those scenes, or at least those shots were done like years apart. So it's just amazing in terms of the editing of this film. But I think it's just a lot of fun that.
Starting point is 01:18:32 And it really is a good indicator of where Peter Jackson would go later on with his career, particularly when he made his early masterpiece, Brain Dead, aka Dead Dead Alive. Brian, what do you think? This movie is part horror, part sci-fi, part comedy. And I loved every single minute of it. I thought the practicals were amazing. Just something about the way the film was made. And Derek was my favorite character.
Starting point is 01:19:13 I don't know. Purposely was going for this Harry Potter glasses thing with the scarf. The stunt work was amazing because there was many times I'm just like these actors are stunt people. Well, not even stunt people because it looked like some of the actors had to play multiple roles in it. Right. Yeah. Look like they were going to get hurt any second filming this movie. And I just love that style of filmmaking, that gorilla get it done with what we got.
Starting point is 01:19:47 And yeah, a lot of fun. It was my first time watching it. And Marcy, my copy that I found on YouTube made it feel like it was watching a VHS. Yeah. The copy I watched it, it felt very VHS-like. And I think that's kind of how you should watch a movie like this, because I know they're the long talked about like 4K restorations of the earlier films. Like that sounds great, but I don't know if that is going to take away from the experience.
Starting point is 01:20:18 Yeah. It might, because I'm a big physical media collector and some of these 4Ks for these, like, kind of lower budgeted movies, you kind of notice all the things you wouldn't really notice before. But I'm probably still going to buy them anyways. All right, Lance. I can't say that I really enjoyed this movie because I thought it was kind of silly. I mean, you know what? being said, though, I definitely respect this movie. Not only for the
Starting point is 01:20:53 Brian, you mentioned the obvious nod to Harry Potter. I mean, you know the filmmakers saw this. They came up with the way that character was going to look and dress. And, you know, obviously, Disney got the idea for Up with the floating house from this movie.
Starting point is 01:21:09 You know, the floating house in which you can go into space and not need an oxygen tank for some reason to breathe. So, sure. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, it's a space. Lance it obviously launched into space. Okay, it launched into space.
Starting point is 01:21:25 So it was a spaceship. So they had it all set up. I'll tell you what really made me to respect this movie a lot is that they were really going for it with the practical effects. And no CGI fire, Brian. No CGI fire. All real fire, real explosions. And for God's sake, guys, were they using an actual rocket launcher?
Starting point is 01:21:47 Because it looked to me like they were. it really looked to me like that was a real fucking rocket launcher they probably can't say that they were good job and then you were telling us Philip about the camera work on the car and I mean these guys obviously had
Starting point is 01:22:06 tons of passion for this and I mean it paid big dividends for Peter Jackson as you guys mentioned he was even knighted as a result of this film so I can't hate it But I didn't love it. Let's leave it at that, Philip.
Starting point is 01:22:22 Wait, because of this film? We like to imagine that it was. He's made more? I thought, oh, I'm sorry. I thought this was the only film he'd made, Brian. Well, meet the feebles. That's right. That was fun.
Starting point is 01:22:37 Meet the feebles. This was right before that. And, yeah, it's a wild ride. I'm, I mean, I guess there's not a whole lot to the story, which is good because they don't really explain it at all. There's a reason for that. I don't think there was actually a script, and they just worked on five years that they had. Yeah, it was like just a bunch of action scenes and fake blood.
Starting point is 01:23:06 Yeah. I mean, the gunfire sounded real, too. I think they were using real guns. They probably were just popping holes in trees and filming it while they were doing it. That's why none of the... extras were listed in the credits. Because they died? They all died and went back to their...
Starting point is 01:23:24 They died on the way back to their extras home planet. Like, personally, if I'm fighting aliens, I would, you know, maybe try to aim and not waste all my ammo, but... Well, you know. They're more of a shoot from the hit machine guns kind of guys, so I can respect that. Not everybody is obsessed with guns, America.
Starting point is 01:23:48 Hey, I'm in Texas. I got a lot of them. But, no, it was, it was a lot of fun. I love the special effects. The whole brain falling out of the back of the dude's head. There are a lot of really cool just like shots with those just homemade effects. And like this film reminds me a lot of Sam Ramey. the evil dead, the original, because it's like such a labor of love and you can see it's cheap,
Starting point is 01:24:26 but they put their passion into it and the weird like bought dog, like, I'm being nice, too. Like the gore effects, I think, are quite similar because they're just so over the top. And it's just, it's fascinating to watch because it's like, how did you come up with this for like such little. money and all that and I how can you not watch bad taste or even the evil dead for that matter and not feel like you want to make your own like
Starting point is 01:24:58 made for nothing micro budget film because I feel more inspired than ever now I have to do it. Yeah this definitely was an evil dead inspired movie. The scene where he like falls off the cliff and then splats and blood goes everywhere.
Starting point is 01:25:14 Peter Jackson legit fell down the cliff for a second. I was like Oh, he's, he's, that guy's not coming back. And then he does. But like, every once in a while, a skull flap pops open and he's like, ah, ah, until he closes it again. And then he's fine. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:25:30 He had a belt on his pants. Yeah. Well, and that piece of brain that he picked up and jam back in there. Yeah. That was pretty good. It was, uh, this was, um, like, I want to say it lives in the so bad that it's good category, but it's not really even bad. It's just so insane that it's good because it is definitely insane.
Starting point is 01:25:58 I had a lot of fun on this one. More than I expected. All right, scores. Marcy, one to ten. What do you think? I'm trying to think of what I actually get. Yeah, okay. All right.
Starting point is 01:26:15 It's, uh, I'm trying to think. Yeah, seven out of ten splattered brains everywhere. It's like not only is it just ridiculously like fun. It's such a marvel of micro budget filmmaking. And I love that Peter Jackson just started like with this kind of film to make. And then seriously like what? 15 years later, his Lord of the Rings, like, that's madness. And it's, it always shocks people when they only know Peter Jackson from that to be like, watch this. And it just blows them away
Starting point is 01:26:59 because they don't expect it. But it's, yeah, like, people should see it. It's, it's quite notorious, just for how, like, gory and stuff it is. But it's, it's very fun. Again, you just want to go and make a movie after you watch it. And it seems like kind of a special, Facts Labor of Love, right? Like that was what he was focused on at that point in time. And so that all the movie was about. Yeah, well, I think this is pretty much where
Starting point is 01:27:29 his company Wedder started on. So that's his special... Yeah, so this was like the first project they worked on. And they would become being special effects giants in the future as well. Yeah, what do you think the score? I'm going to give this one eight out of ten. I think it's a lot of fun.
Starting point is 01:27:47 and I just have a ball with it every time I watch it. It is very silly. It is very over the top. And, I mean, you can't go wrong with basically the whole subplot is Peter Jackson's character trying to put his brains back into his head. And then eventually he started to put alien brains into his head as well. So, I mean, if you can't get behind something like that, then I don't know what, sorry, I don't know what will.
Starting point is 01:28:14 But, yeah, it's a lot of fun. So 8 out of 10 from me. Well, and we never even mentioned the, like, coming from the ceiling with the chainsaw into the alien's assail. Yes. And then, like, birthing himself out the aliens' hindquarters with the chainsaw. And then wearing the skin suit. It was great. Oh, it was amazing.
Starting point is 01:28:38 That was amazing. If that description sounds insane to you, watch this movie. Fair enough. Brian, what do you think? This is right up my alley. This is an easy 8 out of 10 for me. And I want to see a sequel where Derek returns from wherever the house is spinning at because I want to see what the effects of putting the alien brain in his head.
Starting point is 01:29:05 Because you guys remember when he puts it in his head to one alien scene in was like, oh, shit. No payoff to that, though, huh? So we need a sequel. Well, he called somebody on the phone. I mean, you could argue, District 9 kind of shows you what might have happened, even though it's a little bit different. Back to Charlton Copley. All right, Lance? It's a six.
Starting point is 01:29:33 It's above the mid-water mark for sure. But, yeah, like I said, for them to put this much love into it, that means a lot. And then the little story about the aliens with the fast food thing going on that kind of reminded me a little bit of hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy that, you know, they were going to disseminate Earth just simply because it was in the way of where they wanted to build an intergalactic highway. So, you know, kind of like, you know, you puny humans, we're here to eat you. So it's a good subplot. I enjoyed that. So six, six of ten. As long as you bring your town.
Starting point is 01:30:13 I'm going to go six also, I think. I had a lot of fun with this one. I liked it more than Meet the People's, I think. I mean, is it better than Lord of the Rings? No, but it's fun to see where those guys started, you know? So I had a pretty good time with it. All right. So it sounds like we all recommend that guy.
Starting point is 01:30:39 And this was the first time watch for me. So go check it out. if you haven't seen it. And we'll move on to hellbound from 2000. Housebound. That's right. From 2014. Your client has been through a number of these treatment programs in the past,
Starting point is 01:31:00 and the results have been less than spectacular. Ms. Bactwell is in need of stability. I'm therefore ordering an urgent report into the suitability of a mother's house for a sentence of eight months' own detention. Gosh, that's high-tech, isn't it? Aren't you lucky, Kylie, having all that fancy technology on your foot? I speak back home? Some things have happened since I've been here.
Starting point is 01:31:30 A young woman is forced to return to her childhood home after being placed under house arrest, where she suspects that something evil may be lurking. Director and writer is Gerard Johnston, also known, or John Stone, actually. Also known for Mithrigan and New Legends of Monkey TV show. I don't know what that is. The location of the house is a little bit of a mystery.
Starting point is 01:32:03 The characters say they are on the Twin Coast Highway, which means they are somewhere north of Auckland, but the library books show a postcode of 4.4.4.4. 702, which is much further south in Fielding. That's what I thought. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 01:32:26 It won the Fresh Blood Audience Award in 2014 at a Germany's fantasy film festival. Marcy, what did you think about housebound? Yeah, this was my second time watching it. I think I first
Starting point is 01:32:44 watched it for 31 days of horror a few years ago. And I had a great time. I had a great time re-watching it. Like, I kind of remembered bits of it, but some things like I totally forgot happened. And I think it's just a really fun and interesting film. And I like that it's, it kind of, yeah, it gives you the house,
Starting point is 01:33:11 which is sort of another character, but the main character is kind of stuck there because of being under like house arrest with the ankle monitor. But then it's like, oh, all these spooky things happen at the house and blah, blah, blah. But then you find out like,
Starting point is 01:33:27 that's not quite what it is. It's something else. And there's a whole murder plot thrown in there. And it's almost daunting like, oh, okay, there's almost two hours. But you don't feel like it's almost two hours. The movie has the right blend of like horror elements, but comedy elements.
Starting point is 01:33:43 as well. And I think all the performances just really fit with the film. And I love the character of Amos. He was just, I don't know, he just brought everything to it. And once they kind of play up, yeah, once they play up the supernatural stuff and he's all on board with it. And it's just a fun time. And like, it's free on Tooby right now. I watched it on Tooby. To be fair. To be fair. I didn't even get any ads. How good was that? Wow. Amazing. It's a really good time with this film and I feel like there's something in, something in the air or it could be the sheep. I'm not sure. But the filmmakers are just really good at having really entertaining horror comedies.
Starting point is 01:34:42 And I mentioned Black Sheep earlier, which is another good example. And this, it just blends everything so well. And I just really like it. I'm not, I'm not surprised to see, um, the filmmaker like, like I didn't, I don't think I realized when I saw Mithrigan that it was that same person. But I'm surprised. I'm like, it makes a lot of sense. There's so much talent there.
Starting point is 01:35:05 Um, I really enjoy it. I just think it's great. And shout out to the lead actress who used to star on my favorite soap opera, the Australian classic Neighbors. Oh, look out. Bean, what do you think? Oh, I love this movie. I absolutely love this movie. I saw it when it played at the Melbourne International Film Festival 10 years ago this year.
Starting point is 01:35:31 And I kind of saw that on a whim because I thought, okay, plot sounds interesting. you know a haunted house story where our main character is under house arrest so i thought okay that's a and she has to live with her mother and her stepdad as well so i thought that sounded pretty interesting and then when i went and saw it yeah i was just laughing my ass off and it is a very clever and smart haunted house film i always kind of don't want to give too much away because it goes in directions that you don't expect that are actually quite surprising and also the performances are all great. I do love Morgana O'Reilly as the lead,
Starting point is 01:36:11 but I also love her relationship with Rima T. Weata, who plays her mom. And I remember her because she used to be on a sketch comedy show here in Australia back in the early 90s called Full Frunzels. That's where I recognised her from. And it's just a really fun film that kind of plays up and subverture expectations when it comes to the Horned House films. and there's just so many funny moments. There is a scene in this film involving a knife
Starting point is 01:36:41 with Amos and the film's villain that when that scene happened, I legit fell out of my chair because it was so simple in how it was delivered, but it was like one of those things like, why hasn't anyone ever thought about doing this joke? It killed me while I was watching it. Yeah. So, so, yeah. Housebound I absolutely love it.
Starting point is 01:37:06 It's just a great smart horror comedy. All right. Brian, what do you think? I agree with everything. Everybody said so far. This is a fun horror comedy. My favorite part of this movie is the characters.
Starting point is 01:37:24 I love everybody in it. I thought everybody did what they needed to do for their roles. She was the bad guy. Neighbors. Wasn't Margot Robbie? on neighbors? Yes, she was.
Starting point is 01:37:37 I know my stuff. I know my stuff. I guess she was. Sorry, I was talking about. But yeah, I also love the aspect that, like, B brought up. Like, you don't know if the house is haunted. You don't know if somebody's breaking in. You know, one character believes this, another character believes that.
Starting point is 01:37:58 And I think this is a better version of what they tried to do what was it the boy yes yeah we'll pick your movie right because they did this set up in many many movies it's sort of a genre all by itself a little bit
Starting point is 01:38:15 I tell you what if you haven't seen the movie go fucking watch it and then come back and finish listening to us we'll get into spoilers yeah uh Lance what do you think
Starting point is 01:38:29 see I don't get to you have more to go I'm sorry oh no I don't want to get too much into spoilers You know but yeah Okay, fair enough if some spoilers come up They do but yeah I mean this movie started out
Starting point is 01:38:43 First of all I absolutely fucking hated The main character at first Because I'm like this narcissistic bitch She's going to get probably Money to get drugs right So she can you know Do her junkie things that these evil junkies do Because they just want to put everybody
Starting point is 01:39:00 That's a stretch Wouldn't she be having tendencies throughout the movie? That's probably a fair point. That's probably a fair point. But I mean, look, she starts out literally trying to take an ATM,
Starting point is 01:39:19 take apart an ATM. Actually, she's with a guy who's an idiot. So he's fucking with it. He can't figure it out. In America, it's the meth heads that cherry bomb fucking ATM machines. Yeah, I think that's the point is they're supposed to be like, you know, drug addicts.
Starting point is 01:39:35 And, you know, obviously they're on camera. And the guy knocks himself out before he can even do anything. Like, and then of course, you're going to get caught when your car fucks up. She was the smart. But she was the smart. She was smart. She'd drug his ass to the car before she blew it up. If you were smart, you would have made sure your car work.
Starting point is 01:39:58 You would have had a backup. You would have taken a bicycle. Come on. This is not agitmic crimes, people. You're bound to get caught. See what, Brian? Two things. What are the laws in New Zealand?
Starting point is 01:40:10 Because they stole an entire ATM money box. And all she got was probation and an ankle monitor. I think it was like as the movie logic goes, I think it was based on her past history. And that the judge ruling in it is that it was drug-fueled and she needs to be looked after because, drug programs don't work. I think that was the thinking and obviously if
Starting point is 01:40:35 she fucked up she would be put in prison but I don't think you could argue she fucked up because of what happens in this movie without spoilers, yes. Remember I said I've been watching a lot of body cam videos lately? None of those motherfuckers go to prison.
Starting point is 01:40:52 It's all just perfect. All right, well look at least at the beginning she knew what she was doing right because the guy hit himself and the head and got knocked out and she like cracks it open grabs the money box and runs right and it's not her fault the car wouldn't start but actually the car got hung up on the speed bomb that's what
Starting point is 01:41:13 the problem was how did that oh my god that's crazy see there's details i need to see this movie yet again because there's more details well you should if you're if you're you're not a smart criminal if you don't prepare for everything that could happen any eventuality huh What was wrong with her feet? She couldn't get out the car and run. That's kind of what I was thinking, too. Like, why are you going to sit there and yell, fuck? I mean, she didn't, she ran.
Starting point is 01:41:40 We probably wouldn't have a movie, so. Well, see, it doesn't. Like, we could run, but the other guys left behind. So either way, she's fucked. Yeah, they were there. She's not running away than that. Fair. Yeah, fair enough.
Starting point is 01:41:54 I just, I, but so that opening scene made me, number one, hater, but number two realized she's pretty fucking cunning. She's pretty smart, right? Because she could figure it out where he hit himself in the head. So now she gets into this situation, which is rare window, you know, click, click, click, click, click, all these other movies, right, that have the same basic premise where you're trapped inside of a house, da, da, da, da, da, da. House arrest. I was like, oh, okay, this is going to be yet another of those movies. And then I'm like, okay, all right, so there may be something supernatural.
Starting point is 01:42:24 And her probation officer just happens to be an amateur, and might add, very amateur, ghost hunting. Right? So that's a great set up. Very hilarious. And that's a great setup, right? They could have ended it there. They could have made the house haunted. They could have given them their misadventures and it would have all been fun.
Starting point is 01:42:44 But no, this incredibly clever writer that made this film decided we're going to give a twist. And then after that twist and you think, you know, it's this, I'm going to give you another twist. And then after they get into the neighbor and you think, oh, there's the bad guy. Nope, going to give you another twist. So this was just brilliant. I mean, this is like one of the better movies that I've seen in quite a while. Watch it twice. This is probably one that I'll buy so I can watch over and over again.
Starting point is 01:43:10 Or shout out, Marcy. Watch it on Tooby. Tube. Tube! Hashtag Tooby. Yes, great, great film. I loved every minute of it. And I loved her development.
Starting point is 01:43:23 All the characters developed. Her and her mom's relationship from where it started at the beginning of the film to where it ended in the last. scene. I literally had some tears, so it was just a brilliant film. I loved it. I loved all the twists. I don't want to go into him, but Philip, if you're inclined, go for it, man. Yeah, man, I kind of feel the same way as you guys are saying about it. Like, it was, it was sort of just another haunted movie in that specific genre, but then it makes a name for itself on its own, which is cool.
Starting point is 01:44:02 And I kind of love every second of it. Like it, it, there's, there's not a whole lot of down moments in this movie. My, my only, like, plot holes that I really can point out were when the security guy was, like, hanging out with the cops and the psychiatrist talking to her, and she's telling them what she thinks is really happening. which is what's really happening. And then he is just fucking stone cold quiet, even though he knows what's happening. He said he didn't want to lose his job. I guess.
Starting point is 01:44:41 It was, that was a weird moment for me. I'm like, what the fuck, man? And so that was the only problem when they like didn't believe her. And it was a little frustrating. Yeah, it was a little frustrating because it was pretty obvious
Starting point is 01:44:58 that that's what was happening. and it was not just one person that knew that. Well, I think they played up the fact that she's had a trouble past and she's not trustworthy. Well, yeah, for sure. I can agree with them not believing her. That makes sense, but that dude knew it. And I'm like, why are you even in this scene if you're not going to fucking speak up? But aside from that, I love the real bad guy in the movie.
Starting point is 01:45:28 he did pretty well probably a lot of opportunities to take him out that weren't taking advantage of as in any board movie hey at least they didn't worry about killing people right because they definitely kill some people off that I thought we're going to make it that's true and the final kill shot there was was pretty awesome
Starting point is 01:45:50 that was that was insane and it's perfect Yeah, I loved it. It's a very, it's a very like Peter Jackson-esque. Yeah. This was a really, a really clever, like, basic horror movie that threw some comedy into it and a few twists that you didn't really see coming that made it kind of great. Like, I loved it. And this is the second time I've watched it.
Starting point is 01:46:30 And the first time I watched it, it was fucking fantastic, too. Man, this is a great movie. If you've never seen Housebound, go watch it right now. Totally work. Don't wait for the American remake, because you know it's coming, Bede. And yeah, it'll be re-titled Hellbound. It's chocolate. Yes, exactly.
Starting point is 01:46:48 There you go. All right. Scores. Super Marci. what do you think? Eight out of ten, I don't think I'm going to go stay at that house, for sure.
Starting point is 01:47:06 Nobody knows where it is. I mean, we don't know where it is. So if I can invite it, I probably can't find it. But it's such a great movie. It's so well done. Everything about it just works really well. It's very enjoyable. Please watch it.
Starting point is 01:47:25 I will be the who is supportive of their New Zealand neighbours. And I will say, please check out New Zealand genre films. They are so worth your time. And I have such an appreciation for what New Zealand does with their horror. It's its own thing, just like I think a lot of places have their own thing. But certainly, yeah, I think it's underrated. personally, I think more people should check it out.
Starting point is 01:48:00 Like, you could argue maybe it's not underrated. I don't know. But, yeah, watch this movie. It's free on Tubey. I'm going to shut up about Tubey now. Done. Eat, what do you think? Well, I'm going to give this nine out of stop starting pissing scene out of TED.
Starting point is 01:48:19 Sometimes I like that, all right? Which was also a fantastic scene. It was like, did I hear a noise? Okay, keep pig. Wait, did I hear another noise? Start again. And it goes on and on, and it's hilarious. Yeah, I think this is just a great film.
Starting point is 01:48:35 Like, it's funny. It actually, when it does turn on the horror, it can be actually creepy as well, because it finds that perfect balance between comedy and horror. And it's just really smart. It has a, it subverts expectations. It has a lot of great turns within the story. And like Marcy says, like New Zealand, just, knows how to make these type of films work really well. When it comes to the horror comedy market,
Starting point is 01:49:03 New Zealand just knows how to perfectly make them between this film and also bad taste we talked about before, but also brain dead, black sheep and many others. Like they just know how to make a good horror comedy that is always a lot of fun. And so is this one too. And to me, this is definitely up there as one of the best from New Zealand. in terms of their horror comedies. So, yeah, it's 9 out of 10 for me. I love it so much. All right.
Starting point is 01:49:36 I'll go right between you two and say 8.5. This is my third time watching it, and I feel like I get more out of it every time I watch it. And, yeah, great horror comedy. The speed bump. I've totally missed the speed bump. There it was. Lance, what do you think? Nine plot twist out of ten.
Starting point is 01:50:03 Nine. Yeah. Ooh. Yeah, I think I'm going to go nine also, man. I think this was a pretty fantastic movie. It stands out among the horror comedy genre, because it's not like blatant comedy. Yeah, it's not slapstick, right?
Starting point is 01:50:24 Yeah, it's so long. Yeah, it's, it's, it's, It's very dry comedy. It works in this movie, at least. I like it. All right. All right. That's it.
Starting point is 01:50:37 Paden Marcy, where can everybody find you? You can find all of our podcasts and home of the supernetwork at supermarcy.com. All our shows are on there. You can find the posts if you want to listen to one of the podcasts that we do and not via the website. It's on all your podcast streaming platform. and you can find the super network on socials and follow us. And, yeah, you can do the same for After Dark Super Marcy. Just look it up.
Starting point is 01:51:09 Find me on socials. Find me on the podcasting platforms. And I am generally Super Marcy. On all the social platforms, I am super underscore Marcy at on letterboxed. And you can see what weird shit I watch and what you can guess about what. I am potentially watching for a podcast or not. So, yeah, check all of that out. And, yeah.
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Starting point is 01:52:19 All right, all right. Appreciate you guys coming by. And as always, we know, thank you guys for listening to another episode of The Horror Returns. Shit, you guys know where to find us. Email us. Go to Facebook, et cetera. Next week, we're going to be doing another entry into our look into exploitation films with...
Starting point is 01:52:40 Am I going to pronounce this right? Jallo? Jallo. Yes. Jallo. Okay, cool. Jallon. But we got a special guest.
Starting point is 01:52:50 You guys all know him. You all love him. This dude does more to promote independent podcasters than anyone I know. and that is Don Annelli. He's going to be joining us next week to talk these movies. So we're looking forward to it. Brian, we've got, is this a coincidence bird with a crystal plumage and don't torture a duckling? They're both like bird-related or what?
Starting point is 01:53:17 They actually don't involve birds whatsoever. I am a big fan of both of those films, and I'm very offended. I'm not on that episode, but I'm just going to leave it at that. We had to squeeze Don in for all he does, so, you know. Yes, that's fine. But just saying, I'm Italian, that actually fits. Marcy, we're on. So we made a second.
Starting point is 01:53:43 Yes. Yes. Massey, we're on a podcast about New Zealand films and we're not even. I'm trying to help them do the right thing, you know. We don't, we know. But anyway, so. All right. Continue.
Starting point is 01:53:57 Hey, as long as these aren't the long lines of Bird Demick, I think we're okay. Oh, no, not at all. They're, um, if you've seen Jalos, the titles, uh, don't really reflect certain things in the film. So, um, you have, uh, the, oh my God, I'm forgetting the names. Lutio Fulci and Dario Argento, so I think you'll be fine. Those are the big, the big names, right? Mm-hmm. All right, looking forward to that, so Brian, until the whore returns again.
Starting point is 01:54:32 Good night.

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