Freaky Franchise

Our time with The Purge franchise has come to an end, even though our time in isolation due to the current pandemic has not. We'll wrap up the franchise by talking about some of the themes that were present throughout the films, and since these themes were much more at the surface than they usually are, you can probably guess what they are. We'll also take a stab at determining whether or not some of the most iconic fictional characters would purge.

Is it the end, or is it just the beginning? The last film in The Purge franchise takes us back to the origins of this annual event, which, unsurprisingly, turns out to be a racist and classist "social experiment" funded by a racist and classist government. We'll see some much more realistic Purge activities, and get some insight into how this whole thing works. We'll also talk about Vanessa Hudgens, licking elbows, quarantine commercials, and how Cordie would run the Purge.

It's time for the purge again, but it's also time for a presidential election! This installment of The Purge franchise focuses on Senator Charlie Roan, who is running against the New Founding Fathers on an anti-purge platform. What could possibly go wrong? We'll talk all about the heavy-handed parallels between the film and what was actually happening in the US when it was released. We'll also talk about the destruction of architecture, holy water, Harmon's crusty lips, and touching things.

It's another minisode where you can play along at home! This time, Cordie quizzes Theo by giving her bad movie descriptions to see if she can guess the film.

The Purge is back and better than ever! Well, not better, but there are certainly more machine guns. This time around we focus on three intertwining stories, with themes of redemption and right vs. wrong. We'll talk a lot more about our feelings on the concept of purging and how we think this would all play out in real life. We will also talk about dumpster bodies, big game hunting, One Direction, and what Malcolm X looked like.

Play along as Cordie tries to guess what different phobias are based on which character from a horror movie experiences them!

If you've been listening to this podcast for awhile, you know that we enjoy a good crossover fic where something totally random gets the horror movie AU treatment. For this minisode, we decided it would be fun to make up a few of our own!

It's time to take on a new franchise, and since we went from people hoarding toilet paper to some politicians genuinely saying that people should die in order to save the economy in the time between recording and publishing the episode, it seems like we chose the right one with The Purge. We'll talk about what happens in the film vs. what we think would happen if the purge was real, and get pretty deep into human nature for a bit. We'll also talk about washing machine theft, which movies have the weirdest masks, and people with no top lip.

For this episode, we played a special version of MASH to help determine what would happen to Cordie if she was in a horror movie.

We know that things are a bit tough right now, so we're going to be recording some mini-episodes throughout this time of social distancing/quarantine. As our lives are somewhat up in the air right now, the timing will probably be a bit random, so keep an eye out! It will be a fun chance for us to talk about stuff we don't usually have time for on the show, play some games, and make each other (and hopefully you) laugh.

In this one we will discuss what a horror movie written about our lives would be like.