Creepin’ It Reel Horrorcast

Are you grateful for the life you have?

Prove it. Fight for it.

This week we take on the surprise juggernaut of the early 2000s, SAW. The low budget movie that changed the face of horror for the new millennium, SAW unleashed a whole new sub genre, sequels, and a bazillion watered down copycats on the world.

When the plot boils down to a life or death game, could you survive? Does SAW have what it takes to go down in history as a new modern classic? Do the themes of morality, gratitude, and righteousness translate through the blood and shit? Or should the series have been Game Over from the start?

With Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing starring, what more could you want from a vampire movie?

This week, Lunchbox and Meg take a keek at Hammer Horror’s first take on the Dracula story, THE HORROR OF DRACULA. A well regarded entry into Hammer’s catalog and a beautiful (and very British) interpretation of a gothic legend.

Does a stripped down version of the Bram Stoker classic hold up? How does it fit in with Hammer’s filmography? And most importantly, how did Lee’s Count make such an impression with only seven minutes of screen time and almost zero dialogue? Let’s pour a cuppa and find out!

Be my victim. Okay, Tony Todd whatever you want. A horror dark horse, CANDYMAN hooks an audience in a time where horror was considered dead and Clive Barker stories were getting mixed reactions. Is CANDYMAN as sweet as memory serves or does it hit rather sour? Is there room in horror for a star-crossed love story? And does horror with a message make a real impact?

This week our intrepid heroes head back to Asia for a zombie movie: TRAIN TO BUSAN. There are thrills, chills, and relationship ills... on a train! Highly regarded as one of the best modern interpretations of the otherwise played out zombie genre, TRAIN TO BUSAN hits right in the feels. But does this movie deserve the praise? Do the fast zombies add to or dampen the feel of the movie? And honestly, how did they cast the most perfect little girl for this thing?

Behind the iconic white mask are the Devil’s eyes. Pure evil and filled with murderous intent. This week we head over to Haddonfield to dismember HALLOWEEN!

Held in high regard, John Carpenter’s classic HALLOWEEN has gone down in history as THE slasher template for the rest of the films to follow.

But does it truly deserve the praise and accolades? Or has Michael Myers’ knife left it’s permanent mark on American horror that can’t be denied? With the string of sequels and remakes that follow, maybe it’s true that you can’t kill the boogeyman.

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Opening song track by Steve Terryberry

Sweet mother of monkey milk, slashers and survivors girls this one is a ride!

Settle in for a bizarre slow burn that has horror fans divided right down the middle. MIDSOMMAR provides a drug induced journey from laissez-faire college life to hippie cult nightmare.

Often compared to The Wicker Man, does MIDSOMMAR deliver the same culty goodness? Is the tension even effective? And most importantly, is MIDSOMMAR even a horror movie at all?

We intend to find out.

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When your dormmate sucks, desperation sets in, and you’re a broke college kid, what do you do?

You babysit of course! Or grandma-sit? Or just hang out in an empty house for $400?

Maybe just become an unknowing sacrifice for a satanic cult!

House of the Devil is the little sleeper that could. Full of tension, isolation, and a bitchin’ 1980s backdrop, does House of the Devil deliver? Or is the naïveté of our heroine a little too hard to believe?

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Have you ever seen a bloody sausage in a raincoat? Do you wanna? Here on Creepin’ it Reel, we have! David Cronenberg’s FIRST release out of film school explores sexual taboos, the ethics of science, and sexually transmitted diseases. But does it have all of the Cronenbergy goodness we’ve come to know and love? Or does this film need an antibiotic? So grab your prophylactic and let’s Netflix and chill tonight.

When becoming a man, a boy will experience many bodily changes. Urges intensify, The voice will change, and hair will begin to grow in funny places. Beware the moon! A unanimous favorite in the Creepin’ household - this week we explore An American Werewolf in London. A story of love, loss, and er, changes. This is a movie that is generally celebrated as a horror classic, but does John Landis’ horror debut deserve the praise? It’s time to tear London limb from limb.

For a Quickie episode, Meg and Lunchbox each compiled a list of some of their favorite horror movie ripoff music videos. Who apes the source material best? And what it is about rock and horror that is just magical together?