This week, after the news, we’ll cover the old drive-in classic, “Darkness Falls” followed by our discussion of the short film, “The Whistle” (1 and 2), and our modern-horror feature film, “Hereditary.” There’s someone lurking around in the shadows at the edge of the lot, and is that a machete he’s holding? Better car lock your doors and turn up the volume. Here we go...

News Features:

1. A Maine newspaper that horrified the bestselling author Stephen King by dropping its local book review coverage used his complaint to boost digital subscriptions. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/12/stephen-king-horror-book-review-portland-press-herald
2. A new Walking Dead teaser trailer - Returning February 10th - gives more hints about The Talking Dead (The Whisperers) and their part in the second half of season 9 - There are 2 leaders Alpha (Samantha Morton - Minority Report, Code 46, and many other things) and Beta (Ryan Hurst - Bates Motel series, Sons of Anarchy, and many other things) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lCFTEFaPL0
3. First international trailer for The Hole In The Ground has been released, an Irish horror film, showing in Ireland starting March 1st, but no US release date set yet.  https://www.firstshowing.net/2019/first-international-trailer-for-irish-horror-film-the-hole-in-the-ground/
4. At Hollywood’s 24th annual Critics choice awards January 14th, 2019, The Quiet Place took the prize in the science fiction/horror category, beating out Halloween, Annihilation, Hereditary, and Suspiria - It’s also the best reviewed movie on Rotten Tomatoes https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/entertainment/critics-choice-awards-winners/index.html
5. Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Boom) - A new comic version by a new artist at a new publisher with a release date of 1/23/19 for issue number 1 - sounds like a reboot/reimagining of the story from the beginning - There was a licensing shift from Dark Horse to Boom! https://shop.boom-studios.com/comics/detail/9178/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-1-main

Drive-In Special: “Darkness Falls (2003)”
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IV721G/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=askdrarca-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B000IV721G&linkId=1364b6fef298ffe7674a3a91b25035e1

Horror Short: “The Whistle” (1 and 2) (Youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX6KwZhHyCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx9-MiJYUgw

Feature Presentation: “Hereditary (2018)”
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DJ1BXPM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=askdrarca-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07DJ1BXPM&linkId=9997323cb0ac51aa42d13ae829f027b0

Closing

And it looks like the sun is starting to come up, so we’re going to have to get going, the Drive-in is closing down for the weekend. Stop in during the week at www.horrorbulletin.com for news and horror updates, to comment on this podcast, or to contact us.

I’m Kevin. And I’m Brian. And please pick up your snacks before you leave the drive in. Drive back in next weekend!

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