Midnight Murderama

Yes, yes, let’s all make the joke now: “I thought Session 8 was better!”. This week our hosts – along with special guest co-host Elizabeth – watch the deceptively standalone Session 9, a 2001 horror film that flew under most moviegoers’ radars at the time, but has since gathered some considerable clout as more horror fans have discovered it. Is this a psychological horror story of a man having a mental breakdown? A haunted tale of possession? Or perhaps a mix of both?

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“I want to play a game.” This week our hosts watch the film that launched a thousand jaw-splitter traps: 2004’s Saw! Chances are if you were a horror fan in the 2000s you were aware of the Saw franchise. Love it or hate it, it can’t be denied that it made a permanent mark on the face of horror. It reignited the public’s interest in being served up an annual horror entry that we hadn’t seen since Freddy and Jason.

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“They’re heeeeere”

This week our hosts watch Poltergeist, that other Tobe Hooper film that may have been ghooooost directed by Steven Spielberg. But is that accusation fair? What does it say about Hollywood not giving credit to someone who directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, thinking he also couldn’t direct a family-focused movie where no one dies?

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I hope you know, I pack a chainsaw,
I’ll skin your ass raw,
And if my day keeps going this way, I just might,
Make some chili tonight

Our hosts watch The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), and learn how everything is bigger in Texas, including their lumbering serial killers. It’s the story of one family’s perilous journey to protect themselves from an onslaught of hippie teens! …or something like that.

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When Dracula said, “Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”, we’re pretty sure he was talking about The Wyld Stallyns. This week our hosts conclude their epic 2-part journey into the history of the vampire with Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Pound-for-pound you’re not going to get another movie giving you more shots of Keanu getting his crotch bitten by lady vampires. We dare you to find a film with more!

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“One! One new podcast episode! Ah! Ah! Ahhhh!”

This week features one of the most classic and iconic horror movies, 1931’s Dracula. Our hosts explore an important topic: does being classic and iconic still actually make it a good film? (spoiler alert: maybe not?)

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“You can’t have a rom-com where people are making out with bees in their mouths.”

This week our fearless hosts watch 1992’s Candyman, where they see how a British, white, male director unpacks what it’s like to be a female interacting within a poor, black, Chicago community. Tony Todd defined a character that still endures to this day, and the question of “Would you say ‘Candyman’ in the mirror five times?” is still whispered at sleepovers.

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Game over, man! This week our hosts watch Near Dark – Kathryn Bigelow‘s violent, vampire western. They see problematic views on farm dating, allusions to the AIDS scare of the eighties, and most importantly, they see vampire Bill Paxton chew scenery like it was filled with blood.

This episode also features a special segment catching up with The Hart Chicks Present Podcast co-host Jaleh to discuss how Near Dark star, Adrian Pasdar, has been making the news lately (by pissing off The Chicks so badly that they wrote a whole album about him!).

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It was the tape that launched a thousand pale children ghosts movies. In the late 90’s, Ringu was unleashed upon the world, and introduced the uncultured masses to the creepy world of J-Horror. This week our hosts dissect the origins of Sadako and the effectiveness of urban legends.

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Your mother loves pods in hell! This week the guys watched The Exorcist, determining if it holds up to the title of “Scariest Film Ever Made”. If you thought little kids yelling swear words was hilarious in “Good Boys”, then this film will be a laugh riot!

Be sure to check out our newest podcast, Agents of Horror, where we play tabletop roleplaying game as some of our favorite horror movie heroes and villains.

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