HubrisWeen!

By S Frost and Tim LehnererTV & Film Film Reviews

HubrisWeen! episodes

October 18, 20242024M. The Mad.
Do you want to see Billy Zane fight mad cows? We did too! Instead, we got The Mad (2007).
Show Notes.
Our full episode on Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.
Films referenced in this review:
Cooties (2014).
Dead Heat (1988).
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995).
10 min
October 17, 20242024L. The Lighthouse.
All your secrets will be revealed in the stark light of The Lighthouse (2019).
Show Notes.
Films referenced in this review:
Subject Two (2006).
10 min
October 16, 20242024K. Krampus.
In Krampus (2015), family is Hell.
Show Notes.
Films referenced in this review:
Home Alone (1990).
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989).
10 min
October 15, 2024 2024J. Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter.
What happens when a famous outlaw encounters the descendant of a famous mad scientist? When Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (1966), sparks fly! Also bullets. Probably some furniture, too.
8 min
October 14, 20242024I. It’s a Wonderful Knife.
Another Christmas horror movie? And why not? George Bailey never had as bad as Winnie Carruthers does in It’s a Wonderful Knife (2023).
Show Notes.
Our HubrisWeen review of Forever Evil.
The comic Maniac of New York from Aftershock Comics.
Films referenced in this review:
Forever Evil (1987).
Freaky (2020).
It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
10 min
October 13, 20242024H. House.
Avant-garde horror? Child’s nightmare? Whatever it is, there’s no place like House (1977).
Show Notes.
Our HubrisWeen review of Alice.
Films referenced in this review:
Alice (1988).
Brazil (1985).
Five Elements Ninja (1982).
12 min
October 12, 2024 2024G. The Green Slime.
Clashing egos and zero tactical skills struggle to resolve an infestation of The Green Slime (1968).
Show Notes.
It’s Just A Show recently did an episode about the MST3K pilot, which features The Green Slime.
9 min
October 11, 2024 2024F. Flora.
Out in the deep woods, it’s not the fauna you have to watch out for — it’s the Flora (2017).
10 min
October 10, 2024 2024E. Eerie Tales.
We’re not certain that Eerie Tales is the earliest anthology horror film, but from 1919 it’s certainly earlier than any we’ve covered so far!
14 min
October 09, 2024 2024D. Dial Code Santa Claus (aka Deadly Games).
A child is left alone in a grand house for Christmas Eve and must use his wits to fight an intruder. Santa brings real stakes and brutal assault in the French film Dial Code Santa Claus (a.k.a. Deadly Games) (1989).
10 min