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

We're already gearing up for Halloween, as is Scream Factory! For this episode, we take on the new Blu-ray of John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, a film that's influenced both by Lovecraft and popular horror fiction. This is a trip of a film, and we contemplate reality, madness, the noir qualities of the movie, Sam Neill's performance, and the special effects by KNB. Also, we think the theme sounds like "Enter Sandman." We have Saranac's 1888 Pils on the show to drink as well.

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0:00-15 Intro15:00-28:00 Beer talk28:00-end In the Mouth of Madness

Blood and Black Rum Podcast continues its coverage of all of the most recent Marvel movies with a look at the small but extremely fun Ant-Man and the Wasp. We're big fans of Paul Rudd, and so he can pretty much do no wrong in a film, but we find that this movie is uniquely less about Ant-Man than it is about Hank Pym and the Wasp. That leads to some interesting reveals, some Macguffins, and some great fight scenes using seamless CGI. We had a lot of fun with this light-hearted romp, and we think it shows in this episode. We're also drinking Sierra Nevada's BFD (Beer For Drinking) - you'll see why pretty much right away.

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We have to admit, we weren't looking forward to doing Halloween II, Rob Zombie's sequel to his remake, on the show. We had already done the first one for Remakeoween and, if you listened to that episode, you know that we hated pretty much everything about it. Halloween II doubles down on all of that, plus it adds a mystical horse and Sheri Moon Zombie draped in white. It's terrible, and truthfully there's not much more to say about it.

Yet we get a full hour of conversation about the wretched thing, trying to imagine how the producers felt about buying a horse, how Zombie managed to get Sheri Moon Zombie in a movie again, and how Scout Taylor-Compton's Laurie has transitioned into a very generic punk girl. Oh yeah, and how Michael Myers looks like a burly Jesus Christ figure. Plus we're drinking Sixpoint Brewery's Bengali IPA.

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0:00 - 20:00 Intro20:00-30:00 Beer talk30:00-end Halloween II

We don't do a lot of comedies on the show, but Kevin Smith films are their own type of cult classics and we have been in love with Mallrats ever since we saw it. In this episode, we talk about the film and its quirky charms, Jason Lee's particularly great acting here after his skateboarding career, the distillation of everything '90s, and a whole lot more. Something to note: we watched the Extended Version this time around (also known as the Version That Shouldn't Exist), so we point out some differences in that as well. We're also drinking Jameson's IPA Barrel Aged Whiskey and Sam Adams' Pale Ale.

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0:00-10:00 Intro10:00-20:00 Halloween 2018 trailer reactions20:00-30:00 Drink talk30:00-end Mallrats

Here's something of a different episode for the Blood and Black Rum Podcast. First of all, we've never covered a Star Wars film. Also, because Ryne's a casual SW watcher and Martin's an avid lover of the film series, we take turns talking about Solo: A Star Wars Story from both perspectives before coming together to talk about some of the good and bad in the film. Also: yes, we find Emilia Clarke hot. And we're drinking Founder's Solid Gold Lager.

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0:00-15:00 Intro15:00-30:00 Beer talk30:00-45:00 Ryne's casual take on Solo45:00-1:00:00 Martin's hardcore fan take on Solo1:00:00-end Overall discussion on Solo

Our new episode takes on a horror classic from Dario Argento: Suspiria! Just in time for the new remake this November, we're revisiting this ghoulish film that has become such a staple of the genre, and it's Martin's first time viewing. That means he doesn't have the nostalgic factor that Ryne does; however, we talk the colors, the music, the surplus order of barbed wire, the narrative (or lack thereof), and try to guess the themes of the film. We're also drinking Sixpoint Brewing's Citrus Jammer Gose!

Note: there were some issues recording this and Audacity had a few dropouts, so there may be some times where dialogue doesn't seem to fit together. We edited it the best we could without losing the content.

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0:00-13:00 Intro13:00-25:00 Beer talk25:00-end Suspiria

Spoilers in this episode. Turn back now if you haven't seen the film.

As Marvel concludes its Phase 3 of the cinematic universe, we reminisce about everything we've seen thus far in the 10 years of cinema history. For Avengers: Infinity War, we document the films that you need to see before venturing out to this one; then, we get into the nitty-gritty of this nearly 3 hour long blockbuster, ranging from the mistakes our heroes make to the excellent world-building and plot handling to some hypotheses for the next installments in the Marvel canon. We hope you enjoy this coverage and we encourage you to let us know how you felt about the movie on Facebook and Twitter. Oh yeah, we're drinking ZIMA on this episode too!

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0:00-14:00 Intro14:00-30:00 Beer talk30:00-end Avengers: Infinity War

We said we were going to do a western, so we're doing a western! On the docket for this episode is Sam Peckinpah's classic 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, a classic caper film where a sheriff chases an outlaw. In this case, it's James Coburn as the grizzled Pat Garrett and Kris Kristofferson as an old man playing the young Billy the Kid. We talk about Peckinpah's simple plot, the different cuts of the film, how both titular characters are developed, and of course we talk about Bob Dylan's awkward appearances in every scene. We also have Ballast Point's Mango Even Keel Session IPA on the show, but mostly Ryne's drunk on Tin Cup whisky (spelled the old-fashioned way for this film).

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0:00-15:00 Intro15:00-26:00 Beer talk26:00-end Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

We're back a little late for St. Patrick's Day, but we're still celebrating with our annual tradition: the Leprechaun series! We're on to Leprechaun 3 this year, when Warwick Davis goes to Las Vegas for some reason. You can bet there's gambling, boobies, and even more weirdly funny sequences in this sequel, but even with all of the tongue-in-cheek humor, it's hard to truly appreciate this film. We try our best, and we muddle through with a very erratic episode as we try to discuss Leprechaun 3 even when it's hard to put into words how ridiculous it really is. We're also drinking a variety of Guinness beers!

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0:00-15:00 Intro15:00-28:00 Beer talk28:00-end Film discussion

Since we did all of the other Death Wish films, we thought it would be important to do this Eli Roth remake as well. Joke's on us - this is the opposite of an important film. It's forgettable, boring, and certainly much less gritty than the original Charles Bronson film, and it also has an uncomfortable obsession with revenge murder. Roth doesn't even have his flair for gore too much here, and Bruce Willis is basically a zombie. Did we like anything about the film? I guess you'll have to listen to find out. And we're drinking Mill House Brewing Company's Cucumber Blessings Cream Ale.

Approximate timeline0:00 - 20:00 Intro20:00-35:00 Beer talk35:00-end Death Wish