Horrorscope

We're going into uncharted territory...a place we've never gone...to a film with no Wikipedia article.! That's right, we're diving back into the toilet to watch the 1989 sequel with no relevance to the original, Ghoulies 2! 

This movie has a carnival gone mad, more magic, and, most importantly, more ghoulies. Jaime absolutely loses it and it's Eric's fault. 

Content Warnings: ableism, violence, gore, light sexual content 

Buckle up, partners! We dove into Ti West's 2022 new release, X, which has received a lot of buzz for its style and homages. We were surprised by this movie's tone and restraint rather than the subject matter since this slasher grapples with aging, youth, beauty, sex, counter-culture, and one very patient alligator.

Content warnings: sex and nudity, drug use, animal death, eye trauma, hand trauma, head trauma, gore, stabbing, gator stuff. 

Grab your shovel and your Dad, it's time for André Øvredal's 2016 supernatural medical thriller, The Autopsy of Jane Doe! This movie is brisk, brilliantly shot, and carried by the two main actors and some advanced yoga techniques. Eric supports the snacking rights of coroners while Jaime tries to unravel the mystery and keep her lunch down.

Content Warnings: animal death, mention of suicide, body horror, medical horror, unreality.

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We're tempting fate this week with a new franchise! James Wong's 2000 supernatural horror film Final Destination is established in popular culture but it's not even close to what we were expecting. Get ready for survivor's guilt, weird acting choices, and a lot of electrical fires.

Content warnings: Paranoia, suicide, gore, hanging, head trauma, car accident, decapitation, fire, and a gnarly plane crash opening scene. 

Sometimes, a movie meets you where you're at, and where we're at this week is a silly, silly place.  We dove into Luca Bercovici's 1985 American horror comedy film, Ghoulies. This movie is a LOT and we loved every second of it.

Content warnings: goopy textures, brief clowns 

Double-check the calendar and settle in— we watched Christopher Landon's 2017 black comedy slasher, Happy Death Day. This movie has all the makings of a good time, but does any of it pay off? Jaime works through the details while Eric tells us some cursed, cursed info. 

Content warnings: murder (duh), brief graphic depiction of suicide, parent death, threat of implied sexual assault.

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Evidence

Grab your closest friends and your biggest pair of clown shoes! It's time for Stephen Cognetti's.found footage favorite, Hell House LLC. This movie is frequently recommended for a reason; it scared the daylights outta us. Does it hold up plotwise? Would we actually watch this documentary? What happens in the sequels and do they star a handsome, scarred angel named Russel?! You'll have to listen to find out!

Content Warnings: suicide, cult stuff, claustrophobia, crowds panicking, gore, and CLOWNS.

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Dead Wife Montage

Did you double-check the GPS? Weird, it looks like you're pulling up to an identical podcast episode...it's time for David Bruckner's psychological horror, The Night House! This movie has clever cinematography, a knock-out performance from Rebecca Hall, and a whole lot of problems. Eric and Jaime try to escape the maze of plot together. 

Content Warnings: This movie has unreality, mental health themes, psychosis, suicide, and brief strong moments of violence with vignettes of violent images. (Please listen to the ad break for an in-depth content warning about the suicide content in this movie!) 

We're going to Wall Street, baby! Let's start the year off strong with Mary Harron's black comedy horror film, American Psycho (2000)! This satire on excess and privilege had a surprisingly scrappy production history. Eric revisits a classic while Jaime is continually surprised. 

American Psycho is a horror satire based on Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel of the same name and stars Christian Bale alongside Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Justin Theroux, and Reese Witherspoon. The film bodes a killer soundtrack featuring Huey Lewis and the News "Hip to Be Square," Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, amongst other 80s hits!

 
Content warnings: Violence & Gore, Sex & Nudity, Dog Death (off-screen)

Show Notes:

Who other than Tom Cruise has inspired Christian Bale?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/oct/23/tom-cruise-christian-bale-american-psycho

Twenty Years Later, ‘American Psycho’ Has Only Grown More Timely
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/4/14/21219921/american-psycho-anniversary-christian-bale-patrick-bateman

What Makes American Psycho A Cult Classic
https://hnmag.ca/opinion/what-makes-american-psycho-a-cult-classic/

2021 is coming to a close and so is season 2! Let's take a look at the best and worst of the movies we watched this year. Categories are:

Best Girlboss Moment
Best Special Effects 
Best Musical 
Most Justified Villian
Who Wore it Best
Biggest Waste of Potential 
Most Underrated 
Biggest Waste of Our Time 
Best Movie of the Year 
Worst Movie of the Year 
Most Pleasant Surprise of 2021 

(Thank you all so much for your support in 2021! We can't wait to bring our goobery energy to season 3.)