Horror Business

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking 1974’s Let Sleeping Corpses Lie and 1980’s Nightmare City.

First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance!

We start by talking about some of the stuff involving horror recently. Liam talks about a recent screening of The Seventh Curse at The Brewed Coffeeshop in Chicago and the accompanying limited-edition shirt he did with Rough Cut for it as well as the newer horror film The Watcher. Justin talks about watching Phil Tippett’s Mad God on Shudder, as well as the film Revealer. He also talks about some of the films he saw at the 2022 Chattanooga Film Fest (you can read his reviews at www.cinepunx.com) as well as The Black Phone.

We start with Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. We begin by talking about how impressive it is in how “ahead of the curve” it is when it comes to zombie films in Europe as it proceeds Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead by four years and cannot be written off as just another film trying to ride Romero’s coattails. Justin talks about how it presents an interesting reason the dead are returning to life, and Liam talks about how the film feels like a bridge between Night and Dawn.

We talk about how the film actually has quite a bit in common with The Crazies as well. We discuss how the film has a very “British” feel to it beyond the filming location, despite being a Spanish-Italian production.

Liam talks about how the film has a very haunting feel to it and the ending is cruel but satisfying.

Justin discusses how the film has a touch of folk horror to it due to the protagonist being a cosmopolitan outsider in rural England, and how he feels entirely foreign in his own country simply because he’s in a different part of it.

Justin brings up how the movie is criminally underrated despite being from the same time period as some of the classic zombie films. Liam talks about how the film has a touch of the “fear of hippies” that films from that time period had.

Up next is Nightmare City. Justin talks about his personal history of the film when he purchased it with City Of The Living Dead and Hell Of The Living Dead and how back in the early aughts it was marketed as the first “running zombie” film, although Liam points out the creatures are more akin to vampires than they are to zombies.

Justin talks about how the film has more in common with Crossed and The Sadness than it does with a film like 28 Days Later. We discuss how, unlike our previous film, this one doesn’t really bother with building atmosphere and how director Umberto Lenzi was displeased with Hugo Stieglitz’s performance in this film.

Liam talks about how the movie has little, if any, regard for any kind of “rules”. Justin talks about how much he dislikes the ending and how he thinks it keeps the film from being truly great. Liam talks about how the true horror of the film is the concept of society falling apart simply from a momentary lapse in attention and some creeping horror taking advantage of that. We also talk about how the film is particularly relevant in a post 1/6/21 world.

First and foremost, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking 1979’s Tourist Trap and 1986’s Crawlspace.

First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance!

We start by talking about some of the stuff involving horror recently. Liam talks about seeing the new David Cronenberg film Crimes Of The Future, and we discuss the career trajectory of Kristen Stewart. We talk about the most recent season of Stranger Things, and Justin talks about starting the television series Evil.

We start with Tourist Trap. Justin starts off by talking about how underrated he thinks the film is and that it deserves to be held in the same regard as Halloween, A Nightmare On Elm St, and other classic slashers. He also talks about how genuinely scary the film was for him.

Liam talks about how much of a soft spot he has for this film, in that it’s a “fucked up” movie that doesn’t get credit for how upsetting it is. We discuss how the film is largely fun until the kills occur, at which point it becomes almost cruel. We talk about how the performance by Chuck Connors in the lead drives the unhinged feeling of the film.

We talk about how the film is largely realistic and at time it feels like the protagonists might actually get away. Justin discusses how the film really just needed to have a guy in a mask to be a successful slasher, but the addition of the mannequins and wax figures puts it above and beyond it’s contemporaries.

We discuss how the movie successfully pulls off a red herring in the form of a fictional brother. Justin briefly talks about the impact the film had on the work of performance of artist Eric Fornier and his character Shaye St. John.

Up next is Crawlspace. We give a summary of the film and talk about the legacy of actor Klaus Kinski. We talk about how Kinski differs from other legendary “hard to work with” actors in that Kinski was a legitimately dangerous and evil human being who inflicted real harm on people around him.

We talk about how the movie largely hinges on Kinski’s performance and wouldn’t be nearly as memorable as it was. Liam talks about how some of the more upsetting scenes are when he’s attempting to be a “normal” person.

We talk about the set design of the film and how it successfully made a relatively small apartment building into something approaching a surreal labyrinth. We talk about how the subject matter of the film (Nazi atrocities) weren’t that far removed chronologically when the film came out. We conclude by talking about the concept of inherited trauma.

First and foremost, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking about Doom and Girl On The Third Floor with (unspecial) guest Chris Reject of Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, here to promote the upcoming third annual Reel Rumble event at Mahoning Drive In on June 3rd and 4th!

First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance!

We start by talking about some of the stuff involving horror recently. Chris talks about watching Nia D’Costa’s Candyman and how it felt much more impactful upon rewatch. Liam talks about attempting to watch the new Firestarters as well as the recent film Master. Justin talks about Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness and the  films Monstrous and Broadcast Signal Intrusion.

We start with Doom. We talk about our experiences with the Doom franchise as kids. Justin talks about how he should by all rights enjoy this movie but doesn’t, and Chris talks about enjoying when he first saw it but didn’t enjoy it the second time around. Liam talks about while Dwayne Johnson’s performance in this film isn’t good per se it’s certainly less sanitized than some of his more recent films.

We go off on a brief tangent on director Uwe Boll and his lunatic tendencies. Justin goes off on an unhinged and ill-advised rant about Martian civilizations and how this film doesn’t make good use of such an idea.

Justin also talks about the implications of a character who is apparently inherently evil displaying enough of a conscience to commit an act of self-sacrifice, so they hurt anyone else.

We briefly touch upon the problematic concept of revealing that characters are shitty by having them say sketchy things. Justin talks about how the film leans lazily into using archetypical characters from war films and how films like Predator, Aliens, and Overlord are quite successful at using them. Justin talks about how it’s a small step forward in that the film didn’t reduce Rosemond Pike’s character to just another romantic interest.

Up next is Girl On The Third Floor. Liam talks about his mixed history with this film, in that he thinks it should be good, but he doesn’t enjoy it at all, including the performances, the way the film half-heartedly explores complex themes, the pacing, etc.

Chris talks about how he was unexpectedly frightened by the film and it engaged him, although he agrees with Liam that it doesn’t fully engage with some of the themes in it, as well as being disappointed with CM Punk’s performance given the fact that Punk is quite capable of playing somewhat shitty characters.

We talk about how there were parts of the film that were quite effective, but the film failed to tie up all the loose threads in the end. Justin talks about how the film attempts to utilize the Stephen King “Bad Place” technique where locations become characters in and of themselves.

First and foremost, thanks to Chris for every amazing thing he has done for this podcast and the other podcasts on this network. Head to www.xlvacx.com and check out his IG at @the_lvac to follow everything he does. Also, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time, thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking about Phantom Of The Mall: Eric’s Revenge and Slaughter High.

First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance!

We start by talking about some of the stuff involving horror recently. Liam talks about the newer Ty West film X. Justin talks about reading the comics A Nice House On The Lake and Something Is Killing The Children and Alma Katsu’s speculative work on the Donner Party The Hunger.

We start with Slaughter High. We give a summary of the film and talk about how it is a very British version of American teenhood. We briefly touch upon the tragedy of the lead actor in the film who died by suicide shortly before it was released and perceived the film as his life’s work.

We discuss the absolute lack of surprise or scariness in the film and how it has little to no suspense. We briefly talk about the weird British celebration of April Fool’s Day.

We discuss the films awkward approach to a classic revenge slasher film setup in which the killer is someone who was first assaulted and humiliated and is inspired to seek his vengeance and the laziness of the script and the dull unimagitive nature of the kills.

We talk about how the film is worse than bad it’s lazy and uninspired. Justin talks about how learning of the main actor’s death by suicide makes the film far more unenjoyable in retrospect.

Up next is Phantom Of The Mall: Eric’s Revenge. We talk about how the film takes a somewhat convoluted approach to the traditional slasher film, and how it utilizes some interesting approaches to red herring techniques. We briefly discuss the arc of Pauly Shore’s career and how this film hints at the chaos to come.

Justin talks about how the mall the film is shot in seems realistic but somewhat dreamlike, in that it doesn’t seem real but is an actual mall. We talk about how the film utilizes and interesting subplot involving corrupt real estate deals and embezzlement, as well as the archetype of the “sleazy ‘80s hitman”. We discuss some of the less appealing aspect of the film, such as the unnecessary sex scenes of the female lead.

We talk about how unlike the typical slasher film in which the villain’s motivation revenge for is a personal wrong against them, Eric’s motivation in this film is something akin to terrorism against corrupt capitalists by blowing up a mall. Justin talks about how while the film isn’t necessarily a good film, it at least made at attempt to go the distance and give it their all.

First and foremost, thanks to you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have something a little different for you guys this episode, as we’re not going to be talking about anything specific but are instead just hanging out and talking.

First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance!

We talk about Justin’s recent transcontinental road trip and how we met up in Chicago for dinner and hangs, including Justin’s abominable diet on the trip and how he in general is a disgusting monster in general. (We briefly mention the new vegan pizza place in Lehigh Valley Paranormal Pizza so shout out to them!)

We talk about the new Taiwanese horror film The Sadness and how almost overwhelmingly violent but haunting the film was, as well as some of the underlying themes the film has and some of the more unorthodox choices it makes narratively.

Liam briefly talks about the film Everything Everywhere All At Once. Liam talks about attending a live show of the podcast Horror Vanguard hosted by past guest on the podcast Jon Greenaway. Justin talks about seeing the film The Cellar a few highlights of his trip, including seeing filming locations of the 1990 version of Night Of The Living Dead, the Monroeville Mall, and a few creepy experiences he had along the way, including visiting Point Pleasant, West Virginia where the Mothman sightings occurred, the Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, and getting a behind the scenes tour of the UFO Watchtower in Hooper, Colorado where he got to see the skeleton of Snippy the horse.

First and foremost, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking about two classic part twos with Philadelphia hardcore stalwart and fellow Prince superfan Chris Striegel: Ghoulies II and Pumpkindhead II: Blood Wings.

First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance!

We start by talking about some of the stuff involving horror recently. Chris talks about finally diving into the television show Supernatural. Liam talks about his new column Out Of The Box and the Netflix series Voyeur, as well as the Mignola-verse series Sir Edward Gray: Witchfinder. Justin talks about the Epix series From, the film Take Back The Night, as well as starting the anime series Attack On Titan.

We start with Ghoulies II. We talk about how not only this film superior to the first film is, but also the peculiar phenomenon of how when most people think of Ghoulies, they’re thinking of the second film as opposed to the first. We discuss how the second film seems like a more natural plot for a film about tiny demon monsters, as opposed to the first one where it feels like the Ghoulies themselves were shoehorned into a film more about goofy Satanic rites.

We talk about how, while the film is by no means a good film, it’s incredibly fun to watch. We briefly talk about how despite Charles Band being mostly known for Full Moon pictures, most of the movies people think of his are when he ran Empire Pictures, and the subsequent controversy around the failed documentary on Empire in which the director just took the funds and disappeared.

We briefly talk about the semi-problematic scene in which the larger predatory Ghoulie that is summoned at the end to eat the smaller ghoulies goes after celebrated little person actor Phil Fondacaro. We discuss the rather ‘80s phenomenon of films going after bosses without criticizing capitalism as a whole.

We talk about the infamous poster for the original film featuring a Ghoulie in a toilet that never happened in said film but made Charles Band insist on having a Ghoulie in a toilet scene in the second film.

Up next is Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings. We discuss Liam’s distaste for the original film and how the sequel is undeniably a cheap cash in.

We talk about how this film, unlike the first film we discussed, isn’t even a fun film to watch despite having a stacked cast, and how that partially comes from how seriously the film takes itself despite being actual garbage. We talk about the film doesn’t utilize a classic method of practical effects in the ‘80s when it comes to horror films: don’t show too much and when you do show it in poor lighting to hide the seams.

We also talk about how the film tosses out the mythos laid down in the first film and then doesn’t really discuss any sort of new mythos, and furthermore doesn’t really embrace any of the themes from the first film. We talk about the sickeningly ‘90s aesthetic of the film.

Thanks to Chris for being a true homey and coming to talk with us, and thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on iTunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking folk horror with 1967’s Viy and 1983’s Eyes Of Fire. Both films are currently available on Shudder!

First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance!

We start by talking about some of the stuff involving horror recently. We discuss the Showtime series Yellowjackets.

We start with Viy. We briefly discuss the films history, in that it is the only horror film released in the Soviet Union, and how it’s based upon the same source material as Bava’s Black Sunday.

Justin talks about how the film initially wasn’t to his liking due to the protagonist’s tendency to “yuck it up” and play the oaf, but later during the films climax he found the film quite frightening.

Liam talks about how early on the film resembles a silent film with sound. The practical effects of the film are discussed, as is the concept of the film as a criticism of the church.

Liam argues that the film is a folk horror film mostly because it is a folk tale and how the antagonist ends up not being Satan but instead a vaguely pagan god-monster.

Up next is Eyes Of Fire. We discuss how we not only both saw the film for the first time at Horrorthon in 2016 but also it was the first time we’d even heard of the film, which is a shame because it’s quite good. We talk about how the film is quite good despite many of the special effects failing, and Justin talks about how this actually makes the film scarier because it lends the film a “weird nightmarish feel”.

We talk about some of the truly horrific imagery of the film, especially the “wood witch”. We discuss how the film relies on a truly unknowable source of horror, in that it eschews traditional horrific imagery and instead goes off in truly bizarre directions to frighten the viewer.

We discuss how the film avoids the trappings of colonial/folk horror stories in which colonists are pitted against Native American spirits or Native Americans are pitted against evil colonists and instead pits colonists against an evil that is entirely outside the Native American lore and remains entirely unexplained.

We talk about the idea of frontier America as a strange untamed land full of monsters as symbolic of imperial/colonialist fantasies is problematic but the idea of frontier America as a place full of literal monsters is fascinating.

First and foremost, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking about our favorite films of 2021!!!

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Liam’s Top 10 Jawns

The Last Matinee

V/H/S/94

 

Knocking

Werewolves Within

Coming Home In The Dark

The Feast

Lamb

The Boy Behind The Door

In The Earth

Titane

Justin’s Top 10 Jawns

The Swarm

The Boy Behind The Door

Son

Violation

Two Witches

Titane

Lamb

Silent Night

Caveat

Antlers

First and foremost, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking 1989’s Deadly Games and 2010’s Rare Exports.

First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance!

We start by talking about some of the stuff involving horror recently. We discuss the films Silent Night and The Novice, and Liam talks about acquiring some more trades from Mike Mignola’s BPRD Universe.

We start with Deadly Games. We briefly discuss the film’s production background in which the creators briefly considered suing the creators of Home Alone due to the similarities, and Justin laments the fact that the film is often seen as merely the schlocky horror film that may or may not have inspired Home Alone.

We discuss the very dark aspect of the film in which a child vows to kill Santa Claus for murdering his dog and how this aspect of the film is what makes the film so endearing, in that it’s never winking at the audience but instead plays it entirely straight.

We dive deeper into the film’s deviance from the comedic route that Home Alone takes in the villain’s motivation, as well as one of the darker aspects of the latter film being that Macauley Culkin doesn’t know his family is merely on vacation and instead thinks he wished them away and they’re not coming back.

We talk about the movie’s similarity to something Spielberg would have made back in the ‘80s and how it uses the emotional whiplash to its advantage in disorienting the viewer. We talk about how the film has very real stakes as compared to HA, and how the film has a weirdly surreal feel to it at times in that it feels almost like a dream.

Up next is Rare Exports. Justin talks about some of the effective wintertime imagery of the film. We discuss how the film would technically qualify as a folk horror film in that it involves something from the past that was buried being unearthed in present times and wreaking havoc.

We talk about the film’s arc away being somewhat tongue in cheek into something darker. We discuss the film’s sleight of hand in its revelation that the character we think is Santa is merely one of Santa’s minions and the true inspiration for Santa is far more monstrous.

We discuss the film’s semi-inconsistent tone. Justin talks about how he found the protagonist overwhelmingly annoying and how he seemed to exist only to propel other characters into danger and push the plot forward. We talk how the big showdown ending comes off as unearned.

First and foremost, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking 1971’s Hands Of The Ripper and 1973’s Satanic Rites Of Dracula.

First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance!

We start by talking about some of the stuff involving horror recently. Liam talks about attending the annual Exhumed Films 24 Hour Horrorthon and seeing the film Jakob’s Wife and trying to keep up with the newer Mike Mignola comics.  Justin talks about seeing the films Antlers and Ghostbusters: Afterlife and attending the annual Chiller Theatre horror convention.

We start with Hands Of The Ripper. Justin talks about how he wasn’t a fan of the film and how it didn’t stick with him at all, and how he was just bored with it.

Liam gives a brief summary of the film. We talk about some of the things we enjoy, including how it succeeds as a period piece and some of the more ridiculous aspects of said period (mostly Liam doing a bad Cockney accent).

We talk about our histories with Hammer films, and Liam admits that while he used to think these films were boring and dull, he’s coming around on them and that they’re adjusting to the changing of the times.

Up next is The Satanic Rites Of Dracula. Justin talks about his relative inexperience with the Christopher Lee Dracula films, and how he appreciated the fact that it included elements of a spy film.

We talk about how the film uses a classic ‘70s trope of “rich people are secretly Satanists”, but how their vision of Satanism is laughable in how earnest it is. We discuss Dracula’s use of science instead of just straight up magic, and the straight ethos of Dracula growing weary of eternal life. We again talk about how the films use of spy movie imagery is one of its strengths. We talk about the somewhat ridiculous concept of Dracula building his stronghold within shouting distance of one of the few things that could kill him. We discuss the intensity of the final scene and the implications of how maybe Dracula just “isn’t into it anymore”.

First and foremost, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers!  Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!