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

Blood and Black Rum Podcast continues their Death Wish Series with Death Wish II, a film that basically reboots the premise of the original. We talk about the lack of direction in this sequel, the off-kilter tone and music score, and the poor thematic representation of vigilantism. We also cover Brown's Brewery beer and more!

Approximate timeline

Intro: 0:00 - 15:00

Beer talk: 15:00 - 30:00

Film talk: 30:00-end

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It's the beginning of our DEATH WISH series, and this marks a new twist on Blood and Black Rum Podcast - Martin leads this episode, and the subsequent episodes in the series!

We tackle Death Wish, a film starring Charles Bronson as a vigilante against crime in NYC after his wife is murdered and his daughter raped by thugs (including one of our favorites, Jeff Goldblum). We talk about the nature of the film's premise - of fighting back with gunplay - and also discuss the political and societal implications of the film, noting how little society has changed forty-three years after the film's release.

Intro - 0:00-15:00

Beer talk - featuring Sierra Nevada's Sidecar Orange Pale Ale and Peach IPA - 15:00-30:00

Film talk: 30:00-end

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In this dual episode, we take a look back at 2016 to discuss some of our episodes as well as the new films that we covered. You can find this discussion in part 1 of the podcast, from 0:00-35:00.

In the interlude, we talk about the beer we're drinking on the podcast - this time, it's Sam Adams' new Hopscape, a wheat pale ale that tastes fairly similar to their Rebel IPA. Skip to 35:04-44:00 for that.

In part 2, we discuss the film in question: Don Coscarelli's Bubba Ho-Tep, a film about Elvis, aging, and death. While the film has some great themes, both Martin and Ryne found it a bit slow. Check out this discussion from 44:02 to the end of the show.

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Our final Festivus Series episode was a secret, but now it's revealed - we're doing Die Hard, the greatest Christmas movie ever. In this episode, we give reasons why this technically is a Christmas movie, talk about how the film has held up over time, discuss our favorite Bruce Willis movies, drink some New Belgium beer, and get into a tete a tete over the film's lengthy exposition scenes. Oh yeah, we also rank Family Matters and Full House, offering Netflix a new original series: Familier Matters.

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Finally we get to finish our original Vacation series along with continuing our Festivus Series for the holidays. We started to cover all of the Vacation films way back at the beginning of our podcast, and now we end with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. It's probably Ryne's favorite holiday film of all time, and it's up there for Martin as well. We talk our favorite scenes, the relatable element that makes this Vacation film stand out, and we sip on Rogue's Santa's Private Reserve Ale as well as a new rye whiskey from Springbrook.

Finally we get to finish our original Vacation series along with continuing our Festivus Series for the holidays. We started to cover all of the Vacation films way back at the beginning of our podcast, and now we end with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. It's probably Ryne's favorite holiday film of all time, and it's up there for Martin as well. We talk our favorite scenes, the relatable element that makes this Vacation film stand out, and we sip on Rogue's Santa's Private Reserve Ale as well as a new rye whiskey from Springbrook.

Our Festivus Series continues with a return to the Silent Night, Deadly Night Franchise: Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2. The film is basically a recap of the original with some new footage thrown in involving Billy's brother Ricky, and in general terms no one would ever think this is a good film. But from a comical perspective, Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 is pure genius, a hilariously bad horror movie that features Eric Freeman in a defining roll. We also talk about Dread Central's new move to Patreon, Scream Factory's Black Christmas fiasco, and our podcast joining the Ace Podcast Network!

Note: Around 33 minutes we talk about a recap scene from Silent Night, Deadly Night where we refer to Billy's mother as Linnea Quigley. That was a mistake - I had Linnea on the mind - and we actually mean Tara Buckman. Sorry about that!

The first episode of our holiday Festivus Series is Krampus, Michael Dougherty's 2015 horror film featuring the evil shadow of St. Nicholas. On the 'cast we discuss Adam Scott's sweaters, Old Milwaukee beer, Black Christmas' domination of the Christmas horror genre, and even get into Dougherty's other film Trick 'r Treat a little bit!

We continue our tradition of seeing every new superhero film with Doctor Strange, which is a very good film that unfortunately suffers from some distinct flaws - ones that have become more prevalent as Marvel's superhero origin stories continue. We talk about Cumberbatch, the stereotypical origin plotting, the graphics, and the controversy over the Ancient One's race!

Now that we're done with our Halloween Series, we thought we'd take the podcast in a different direction: dumb comedy. And what's more topical than Idiocracy, the 2006 Mike Judge film that blatantly mocks the increasing stupidity of humanity and makes some scarily accurate predictions about our future. So this episode gets kind of political; it also attempts to see both the social and political commentary within the film. But since we're also irreverent, we talk about Sierra Nevada's winter 12-pack too.