Blood and Black Rum Podcast - A Cult Film / Horror Podcast

For our last Festivus episode in 2022, we're tackling the six-part miniseries The Santa Clauses! Of course, it's a tradition for us to cover Tim Allen's holiday output and this is no different. We are pleasantly surprised by this Disney+ series and we attempt to document our enjoyment over the course of this 2.5+ hour show. We talk about Mrs. Claus, Bernard's return, the Yule-verse, attempt to understand how much money was left on the table by Judge Reinholdt, and a whole lot more. We're also drinking KCBC (King's County Brewing Collective)'s Here Comes Santa Claws DDH IPA!

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Festivus may be over but we will return for the last episode of 2022 next week...

Note: from this point on we will not be adding episode numbers to our titles, since King Apple wants it that way.

We are talking about one of John Landis' finest comedy films and one that takes place during the Christmas season, Trading Places! Here we talk about the inherent comedy in watching rich people get their kicks, the duality between Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis' rockin' bod, and a whole lot more. We're also drinking Beer Tree Brewing Co.'s Flannel Lined Everything winter ale!

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Come back for our Festivus finale, an episode on the entire The Santa Clauses TV show!

This was Martin's pick for Festivus, and while we will admit that it is not entirely Christmassy, it does take place during the bulk of the holiday season so we will allow it. We've already covered one Bond movie (From Russia With Love) and now we're taking a look at George Lazenby's only excursion as 007; here, we talk about the overarching espionage narrative, the excellent action sequences, Blofeld and his Swiss Alps laboratory, and a whole lot more. It's also a special beer episode; we're talking about Fidens' Do You Freestyle? West Coast and East Coast double IPAs. These were brewed in collaboration with Freestyle Hops in New Zealand and are meant to be two offerings with the same hop content in different IPA styles. We taste and comment on both, and later in the show, we combine them.

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Next up on Festivus: Trading Places!

Welcome to another Christmas season and a new edition of our Festivus Series! For our first episode for 2022, we are talking about Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, otherwise known as "Didn't we do this last time?" Here we talk about what makes the film work even though it's a repeat, the great scenes that make up some of our favorites, our nostalgia for the NYC atmosphere, and a whole lot more. We're also drinking Brooklyn Brewery's Winter Red IPA!

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Next time: On Her Majesty's Secret Service!

Hey, it's Thanksgiving and we're running out of options, so we're covering 1981's Home Sweet Home on this special episode. This is not a good slasher movie, not even close, but it's occasionally accidentally hilarious; we talk about that, the lack of Thanksgiving, the interchangeable characters, and a whole lot more for you to feast on with your turkey dinner.

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Come back next week for the start of our Christmas episodes!

It's about time we took on the precursor of the spaghetti western genre, and what better time to do it but right before Thanksgiving? We're bringing you an Italian buffet featuring discussion about Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone and his direction, the score by Ennio Morricone, the oft-ridiculous nature of this film, and a whole lot more. We hope you enjoy a deep dive back to our roots on the start of the Man with No Name trilogy!

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Next up: Thanksgiving episode!

What happened here? Where did it go so wrong? We try to break it down in this special bonus Halloween episode for Halloween Ends. We get into all kinds of mischief here, so it's best to just listen in. We're also drinking Beer Tree's Trippy Treats: Skittles sour.

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We're ending our Craven Some Cronenberg series with a discomforting film from Cronenberg, Dead Ringers. Here, Cronenberg doesn't stick to explicit body horror, instead implying the element of internal bodily mutation and harm with a story about twin gynecologists with some disturbing attributes. We talk about all of the themes apparent in the movie, the performance by Jeremy Irons, contemplate the female perspective, and a whole lot more. We're also drinking Fidens' Liam and Me brown ale with coffee!

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A special Halloween episode will be up soon on Halloween Ends!

We've done a lot of good Wes Craven movies, but it's time to take a dive into one that doesn't work so well. My Soul to Take is a late film in Craven's career, releasing just before his final movie Scream 4, and it definitely suffers from the '10s era of filmmaking. This movie got sucked into the craze of the era, getting a 3D release and recycling a lot of Craven's previous ideas into a really messy slasher that has way too many themes going on for its own good. We talk about all of this, California condors, teen religious zealots, and a whole lot more. We're also drinking 1911 Cider's Honeycrisp hard apple cider.

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Next up: Cronenberg's Dead Ringers!

With our latest episode of Craven Some Cronenberg, we switch back to Cronenberg's output with one of his finest films, Videodrome. Both of us were taken with the ways the film navigates various themes, and we think that both Debbie Harry and James Woods do a great job here diving into taboo subjects. We talk about the body horror, sexual and violent fetishism, what Cronenberg means by the movie, and a whole lot more. Also, we're drinking Founders Ultimate Oktoberfest bourbon barrel-aged marzen!

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Next up: Craven's My Soul to Take!