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

Finally we get to cover Spider-Man: No Way Home, a film we've wanted to do for some time. Now that it's getting its home video release, we get caught up on all the Peter Parker antics including the multiversal traversal that happens in this film. We talk about how much fun it is to get all of the universes together, why Spider-Man works even with its multiple supervillains, the usage of Dr. Strange, and a whole lot more. Also, we're drinking Sloop Brewing Co.'s Nelson + Moteuka Bomb NEIPA!

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We thought we were done with the Scream franchise back when we did Scream 4, but we were wrong! We're back to talk about Scream 5 or Scream 2022 or whatever you want to call it, and we have a lot to say! We tackle the new cast, the legacy cast, the richness of Woodsboro, the Ghostface antics, and a whole lot more. Also, we're drinking Weihenstephaner's Vitus weizenbock.

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We finish the Warwick Davis Leprechaun franchise (finally - it feels like we've done an episode almost every year since our start!) with the painful Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood. If you heard our episode on Leprechaun in the Hood, you'll know we were not satisfied with Leprechaun's first trip, so heading back for a second excursion in the hood is another exercise in pain. Honestly, this one is a little bit better, but not by much - there's really not much more that can be done with the franchise, and we talk about that in detail. Hopefully you enjoy spending your St. Paddy's day with us!

We're drinking Fidens' Collecting Shinies S'mores stout!

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Next up - Scream (5)

Yikes. We've done the original, we've done the 2000s remake. Now we're back for Netflix's new requel Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which supposedly did so poorly in its test screenings that it did not get a theatrical release. We experience this firsthand with notations about exactly why this movie doesn't work. The excessive wokeness! The aping from Halloween 2018! The unlikable characters! Leatherface plain old having a crappy mask! Ultimately, we land on the movie is fine, watchable, but ultimately not good.

Also we're drinking Artisinal Brew Works' Birria di Capriccio Italian Pilsener.

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Next up: Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood.

Happy Black History Month! To celebrate, we're taking a look at perhaps the most important blaxploitation film in cinematic history with Ivan Dixon. We're happy to discuss the Black movement in the film involving guerilla warfare learned by the CIA, tokenism in the workforce and still at play today, identity politics, Herbie Hancock's score, the voice of Black writers, and a whole lot more. This episode may be one of our most liberal discourses.

We're also drinking Ommegang Brewing Company's Keep It Crunchy Granola Stout!

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Next up: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Netflix requel.

We've updated our cover image to Bronson, so why not cover a film of his as well? We dive into Murphy's Law, a Cannon release from the mid '80s when Bronson was basically keeping the company afloat with his pictures. Here, we discuss the buddy comedy elements at play with Bronson's co-star Kathleen Wilhoite, get down to the ditty (at the beginning of the episode), and discuss just how generic this movie's villain motives are. We're also drinking Big Ditch Brewing Company's Pineapple American IPA!

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Catch us next week for some Black History Month Blaxploitation!

We wanted to do a Valentine's Day episode and we picked Happy Death Day 2U misunderstanding that it is not, in fact, set on Valentine's Day but just released around that time. No matter, we make it a Valentine's Day episode anyway by rating the movie on scale of Turkish Angora cats and hearts, as well as discussing our love lives. Oh yeah, we also talk about the been there-done that Happy Death Day 2U, which transitions from slasher to sci-fi with its dimensional travel.

We're also drinking Naragansett's Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout! Have a little love this Valentine's Day!

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 While Wes Anderson movies might seem out of our wheelhouse, we have done a few in the past and we truly enjoy his wry aesthetics. We've been meaning to check out The French Dispatch for some time and now that we have, we can't stop talking about it. Despite the meta commentary asking us to stop overanalyzing, we certainly do just that in this episode, breaking down each of the three shorts in this anthology, the aesthetics, the great cast, and a whole lot more.

We're also drinking Fifth Hammer Brewing's Solar Circuit wit with lime, orange, and habanero!

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WE DID IT! We've hit 200 episodes and we thought the perfect way to compile all of our hard work would be to pick a film that summarizes all of the things we've been working on in the past 7 years. So Escape from New York felt like the perfect amalgamation - action, Kurt Russell, neo-western ideas, Lee Van Cleef, Tom Atkins, a celebration of John Carpenter (who also has a birthday very soon!). We have a lot of fun discussing the film, loving the soundtrack, and ultimately just documenting our overall enjoyment of the movie. We also run down some of our best episodes in a quick retrospective of our podcast! We hope you enjoy celebrating our 200 episodes, and we hope to be around for at least 200 more.

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Back to business with a new episode of the podcast - of course, we're not following a theme anymore so we wanted to cover our first found-footage movie on the show. We're in good hands with 2014's Creep starring Mark Duplass as a deranged guy who stalks our first-person perspective victim. This movie gets around all of the contextual issues found-footage films normally have trouble with, and we discuss what Creep does right to put it ahead of the pack. We're also drinking - random stuff! Including Kojiki Japanese whisky.

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Thanks for listening! Write to us at [email protected] to suggest films.