Pod Sematary

In this episode of Pod Sematary, Chris and Kelsey explore the further reaches of experience!

First up is the 1987 Clive Barker classic, Hellraiser! See the introductions of Pinhead, Chatterer, Butterball, and... uh... Female Cenobite? Also, hear how the movie traumatized a young Kelsey by opening her mind to an experience beyond limits, of pain and pleasure, indivisible.

Then it's on to the universally praised (for some reason) We Are Still Here from 2015. The hippies are great, but does the rest of the cast stack up? Chris doesn't understand the backstory because it's dumb, and the misses are disappointing because the hits are just so fun. Where do we end on this one?

Plus! Chris complains about the MPAA, Kelsey shares her concerns about the future of horror, and we discuss our non-spoiler thoughts on Hereditary (which we'll cover in full once it's available to stream at home). Join us! We have such sights to show you!

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Audio Sources:

"Hellraiser" produced by Cinemarque Entertainment BV, et al

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

"We Are Still Here" produced by Snowfort Pictures in association with Dark Sky Films

CW: Attempted sexual assault of a minor; Potentially inflammatory horror trope involving an ostensibly trans person (Sleepaway Camp)

It's Summer Camp Week at Pod Sematary - that time when parents send their kids away so they can finally get some peace and quiet.

First up, Chris & Kelsey get very excited for Sleepaway Camp from 1983, a cult classic with a shocking and controversial twist ending. Go for a canoe ride and see the water snakes! Interact with the local wildlife! See if you can get a bullseye on the archery range! Enjoy our hot showers! And get to know our kind and responsible staff, like Ronnie (and his dick)!

Then it's briefly on to a bad movie with bright spots of ingenuity (or a good movie with stupid moments?), 2015's exhilaratingly titled Summer Camp! It does some cool stuff, but is that enough to save it from mediocrity?

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Audio Sources:

"Angela’s Theme (feat. in Sleepaway Camp)" written and performed by Frankie Vinci

"Liar Liar" produced by Imagine Entertainment & Universal Pictures

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

"Rixty Minutes" (Rick & Morty S01E08) produced by Williams Street, et al

"Sleepaway Camp" produced by American Eagle Films Corp. & U.S. Films

"Summer Camp" produced by Castelao Pictures, et al

CW: Violent Sexual Assault

Please feel free to skip ahead to 1:21:58 ("And we see Alex is there...") when prompted

It's Father's Day on Pod Sematary and we're talking all about crazy fathers!

First up is the 1960 French classic, Eyes Without a Face! What won't a father do to take care of his daughter? Find out with us and witness one of the most vivid horror scenes in black and white.

Then it's 2016's Don't Breathe about a blind father who loses his daughter in a tragic accident. When thieves come in the night, how far over the edge will he go?

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Audio Sources:

"Army of Darkness" produced by Dino De Laurentiis Communications, et al

"Don't Breathe" produced by Screen Gems, et al

"Eyes Without a Face" produced by Champs-Élysées Productions & Lux Film

"Eyes Without a Face" written by Billy Idol & Steve Stevens and performed by Billy Idol

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

"TCM Imports" hosted by Ben Mankiewicz

We wrap up Prom/Graduation season on Pod Sematary with two bad horror movies - but only one of them is GOOD bad.

First up is the Troma classic (?), Graduation Day, from 1981. It's a story with no protagonist but lots of potential villains. The murders only last 30 seconds but Gangster Rock goes for over 7 minutes!

Then it's the wildly disappointing Dance of the Dead from 2008. It's a comedy zombie flick that isn't that funny and takes forever to get to the zombies. But are there any redeeming features? (Spoiler: there's a couple.)

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Audio Sources:

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

"Graduation Day" produced by Troma Entertainment

"Dance of the Dead" produced by Compound B

"Weird Satanist Guy" via BowserVids @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YErFwJX0HKE

Prom season continues on Pod Sematary: Chris is sick! Kelsey's getting sick! And on the most important day of our lives!?

First up in the Prom Night Double Feature is the "way underrated" 1980 classic starring Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis. It's the movie that asks, "What if Carrie but Halloween? Plus Saturday Night Fever?" Remember kids: Be a Kim - Not a Wendy.

Then Chris gets very angry about prescription medication and then just angry in general when discussing the "fucking paint-by-numbers bullshit" 2008 sequel. The less said about this one the better, we think.

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Audio Sources:

"Airplane!" produced by Paramount Pictures

"The Brood" produced by Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) et al

"Carry On Wayward Son" written by Kerry Livgren and performed by Kansas

"Dark Side of the Moon" (Supernatural S05E16) produced by Warner Bros. Television, et al

"Pet Sematary" (1989) produced by Paramount Pictures & Laurel Productions

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

"Prom Night" (1980) produced by Simcom Limited, et al

"Prom Night" (2008) produced by Alliance, et al

"S&M Present" (Robot Chicken S01E09) copyright Cartoon Network ("What a twist!")

"Science Fiction/Double Feature" written by Richard O'Brien & Richard Hartley and performed by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

"That Thing You Do" produced by Twentieth Century Fox, et al

It's prom season on Pod Sematary, folks, and Chris & Kelsey are chatting about Stephen King's Carrie! It's a double feature!

First up, of course, is the Brian DePalma classic from 1976! What happens when an isolated and terrorized young woman discovers she has power over her life after all? What happens when she's pushed too hard? Then, as spring turns to summer, so must we also discuss the "woefully unnecessary" 2013 remake, which has us asking, "Why aren't we watching Cabin in the Woods instead?"

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Audio Sources:

"The Beginning: Making Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace" produced by Lucasfilm Ltd.

"Carrie (1976)" produced by Red Bank Films

"Carrie (2013)" produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), et al

"Clue" copyright 1985 by Paramount Pictures (based upon the board game Clue® by Parker Brothers)

"Mean Girls" produced by Paramount Pictures, et al

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

"Science Fiction/Double Feature" written by Richard O'Brien & Richard Hartley and performed by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

It's Serial Killer Week on Pod Sematary! Entirely by chance, it's also David Fincher Week, which has Chris excited because Fincher is one of his all-time favorite directors. First up is 1995's se7en, where you can hear Chris express his love for Brad Pitt (who is as an angel). Then it's on to 2007's based-on-a-true-story Zodiac, where Kelsey admits she might just die if she were in the same situation. We've got some absolute bangers this week, folks!

Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/998377566653198336

Audio Sources:

"David Fincher - And the Other Way is Wrong" via Every Frame a Painting @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPAloq5MCUA

"David Fincher - Invisible Details" via kaptainkristian @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QChWIFi8fOY

"How David Fincher Hijacks Your Eyes" via Nerdwriter1 @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfqD5WqChUY

"Hurdy Gurdy Man" written and performed by Donovan

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

"se7en" produced by New Line Cinema, et al

"Star Wars" produced by Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox

"True Romance" produced by August Entertainment, et al

"Zodiac" produced by Paramount Pictures, et al

"Zodiac | When Truth is Stranger Than Fiction" via Film Radar @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb75EkzE24k&t=1s

Pod Sematary celebrates Mother's Day this week by talking about some of the scariest. First up, Chris and Kelsey watch 1964's Strait-Jacket, which is just an hour and a half of heads getting chopped off and Joan Crawford running out of rooms. Then it's on to the 2013 sorta-del Toro flick, Mama, about the worst mother in the world: Jessica Chastain.

Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/994070270284587008

Audio Sources:

"Carry On Wayward Son" written by Kerry Livgren and performed by Kansas

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" written and performed by Eminem

"A Few Good Men" produced by Columbia Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment

"Mama" produced by Universal Picture, et al

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

"S&M Present" (Robot Chicken S01E09) produced by Williams Street, et al ("What a twist!")

"Strait-Jacket" produced by William Castle Productions

CW: Mental Disorder, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Potential Self Harm

Dissociative Identity Disorder is the order of the day on this week’s Pod Sematary. Chris & Kelsey talk for way too long about these surprisingly fascinating movies. 1992’s Dance Macabre asks, “What if the phantom was Freddy Kruger and the opera was a Russian ballet school?” This would be interesting enough, but then it adds, "Oh, and go ahead and throw in multiple personalities while you’re at it.” It’s an angle that adds something to the story, but is that something a good twist? 2016’s (M. Night Shyamalan’s) Split, on the other hand, astonishingly ditches the plot twist and instead explores the possibility that DID patients are the key to unlocking human potential.

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Sources:

"Carry On Wayward Son" written by Kerry Livgren and performed by Kansas

“Dance Macabre” produced by 21st Century Film Corporation, et al

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

“Split” produced by Blinding Edge Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, et al

"Through the Wire” written by Kanye West, David Foster, Tom Keane, & Cynthia Weil and performed by Kanye West

"Weird Satanist Guy" via BowserVids @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YErFwJX0HKE

Chris & Kelsey go to the birds this week on Pod Sematary with Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic, The Birds, and the Syfy Original, Flu Birds, from 2008. Featuring:

--Hitchcock loves independent women but does he think as highly of their intelligence?

--Chris shares his love for the Halloween bin.

--Is Flu Birds bad on purpose or just plain ol' bad?

Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/990398715620876289

Sources:

"Birds, The"

"Carry On Wayward Son" written by Kerry Livgren and performed by Kansas

"Clue" copyright 1985 by Paramount Pictures (based upon the board game Clue® by Parker Brothers)

"Flu Birds" copyright 2008 by Active Entertainment, maybe?

"Hackers" copyright 1995 by United Artists

"I Want Candy" performed by mc chris (originally featured in Aqua Teen Hunger Force S01E09 "MC Pee Pants" copyright 2002 by Cartoon Network)

"It" copyright 1990 by Warner Bros. Television

"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & and performed by The Ramones

"Weird Satanist Guy" via BowserVids @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YErFwJX0HKE