Movie Night Mates

It's a good day when Cillian Murphy is back on the pod! We're closing out the spookiest time of the year with 28 Days Later. Danny Boyle's horror classic redefined zombies for the new millennium and cemented itself in the hall of horror greats by doing so. Cillian Murphy stars as Jim, a man who wakes up from a coma only to find London ravaged by a zombie-like rage infection. 28 Days Later also stars Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston, and Megan Burns. Have a very happy Halloween, mates!

 

By the way, this will be our last episode for a while (or maybe ever). Thank you so much to everyone who listened and watched some fun movies with us this past year! It really means a lot!! - Love, Dan + Jess + Avery

 

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Our penultimate Shocktober is here and we're discussing the divisive Halloween Ends! Director David Gordon Green and star Jamie Lee Curtis return to cap off the modern Halloween trilogy with a final showdown between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers... with a totally different movie playing for 90 minutes beforehand. Decisions are split between two camps for this movie, so check out our episode to see what we thought of it!

 

P.S. - If you haven't already, be sure to go check out our first two episodes (ever) on the original Halloween and the 2018 requel!

 

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Shocktober continues once again! We started this podcast a year ago, and to celebrate, we're bringing it back to a classic slasher for the spookiest season of the year: A Nightmare on Elm Street. This film introduced the world to Freddy Krueger, rocketed Wes Craven to horror icon status, and proved that slashers can be deeper and freakier than masked men at summer camps. A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of our favorite horror movies ever and this time Dan is once again joined by Mimi for a movie almost as scary as Dear Evan Hansen. 

 

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It's Jess's birthday and she's celebrating it the only way she knows how, with The Nightmare Before Christmas! This Halloween (yes, Halloween not Christmas) classic follows Tumblr sexyman Jack Skellington as he becomes disillusioned with his current life and latches onto the first new thing he sees to make it his whole personality - something we can all relate to. The Nigthmare Before Christmas is a beautifully animated movie with one of Danny Elfman's best scores. Listen (and sing) along with us to celebrate Jess's birthday and ring in the best time of the year!

 

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Our final Spook-tember entry is one Avery's been looking forward to for a while: The Night House! Rebecca Hall stars as Beth, a woman who's tragically lost her husband recently when it becomes evident the house he built for the both of them may be housing a malicious entity. The Night House is helmed by David Bruckner (who will soon be directing Hellraiser on Hulu) and features creative scares, gorgeous visuals, and an electric leading performance from Rebecca Hall. 

 

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Log on to goth4goth.com and join us as we watch Urband Legend for Spooky September. One of the few bearable meta-slashers created in the wake of Scream, Urban Legend follows a group of students at a prestigious university who start getting picked off one-by-one in ways mirroring famous urban legends. Starring Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Robert Englund, Michael Rosenbaum, and the man, the myth, the Morbius himself - Jared Leto - Urban Legend is a silly millennium slasher you won't want to miss this Halloween season.

 

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We continue to keep things spooky with this week's sudden sleeper hit, Barbarian. Shockingly written and directed by Zach Cregger (of WKUK fame), Barbarian stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard, and Justin Long. It is also a film best viewed as in-the-dark (both literally and figuratively) as possible, so I'm going to shut up now. Make sure you've seen the movie before hitting play because this episode is FULL of spoilers!

 

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Spooky September continues as we watch Final Destination! Initially starting life as an X-Files episode, this supernatural slasher stars Devon Sawa and Ali Larter as two teens who narrowly avoid death with a group of classmates - only to find out death still wants them. Final Destination is packed with intricate kills, morbidly good dark humor, and Y2K fashion you'd see teenagers walking around wearing today. Make sure your sharps are corked, your doors are locked, and your floors are dry before watching Final Destination with us!

 

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It's September which means it's Halloween, so we're kicking off our spooky season early with The Cursed. This gothic werewolf tale was written, directed, produced, and shot by Sean Ellis and stars Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, and Alistair Petrie. Dan was joined by Jess and Mimi (last seen watching Dear Evan Hansen before disappearing for a year). If you're looking for an eerie and atmospheric film to kick off the season, then The Cursed is for you!

 

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We're back and hitting the ground running with the best Predator movie since the first, Prey. This movie makes the best choice possible for the Predator series by going back in time to explore the Yautja's first hunting trip to Earth as we follow two Comanche siblings who cross paths with the universe's most dangerous hunter. From director Dan Trachtenberg and starring Amber Midthunder and Dakota Beaves, Prey is an excellent film with well-written relationships, impressive historical accuracy, and some truly gnarly action. It's free on Hulu, so put it on and join us in reveling in this sci-fi action romp!

 

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