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ALL ARE WELCOME! ALLLLLL ARE WELCOME!!!! This week's episode is a skeleton-filled pool deep dive into the brilliant 1982 horror: Poltergeist. The sisters attempt to break a curse of their own and discuss a beloved and terrifying movie from their childhood. Katrina has loads of trivia that she mostly remembers from when she wrote it down, and Anna has some very strong opinions on the handling of raw beef. This one barely stays on the rails; you're not gonna want to miss it!

KATRINA- is the PRO and has a very steady hand hovered over the big red button to catch a rule break. She has lots of trivia to tell, and will there be a mention of Stephen Spielberg in this one? It's an 80's movie. What do you think?

ANNA- is the CON and has plenty of non-garbage attacks this time to bring to the table. Mostly of the clown and food safety variety. 

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MORTAL KOMBAT!!!! Katrina and Anna take a trip back to the 90s and fight it out over the incredibly enjoyable 1995 game-to-film movie, Mortal Kombat. There can be only one winner here, so which sister will have the fatality?  Listen to find out!

ANNA- is the PRO this week and she's hoping for a flawless victory. Will she get it? We shall see. Hey Katrina, GET OVER HERE!

KATRINA- is the CON and she's ready to test her might. She's hoping for a flawless victory and has the perfect-ish attacks to get it. 

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This week the sisters pour themselves a couple of big ass cups  of ambition and break down the 1980 film: 9 to 5, starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Dabney Coleman. Who doesn't love a revenge comedy where women get even with their dickhead boss?

KATRINA-is in the PRO seat this time and plans to muffle any of Anna's stupid critiques by playing the 9 to 5 theme song on a constant loop in her head. And hopefully it's in your head now too.

ANNA-reluctantly takes the CON and comes with loads of dumb attacks like: is rehab good for someone, even if it makes them less interesting? 
The answer is a resounding yes, by the way. Rehab is a good thing. 

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This week is all about the part animated, part live action, film noir but for kids kinda...Who Framed Roger Rabbit! The sisters travel to Toontown and break down the groundbreaking 1988 film which, for the first and only time, had Disney characters co-existing with characters from multiple other animation studios, and set the wheels in motion for the Disney Renaissance of the 1990's.

ANNA- is the PRO and oooh boy did she ever make some questionable choices with the trivia. Was it a good idea to take a movie with a cornucopia of trivia and try and recite said trivia from memory while being heavily intoxicated? What are you, the trivia police? Cuz you gotta tell me if you are.

KATRINA- is the CON and does her best to dodge the big red button and attack a visually stunning, delightful movie. It won't be easy, but attack she must. She's not bad, she's just drawn that way. 

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Man meets woman, they fall in love, a weirdo jealous bishop somehow curses them so that she's a hawk by day and he's a wolf by night, and they have to break the curse with an eclipse. And Matthew Broderick's there too.
A tale as old as time. Geez, when is Hollywood gonna come up with something new???

KATRINA- is the PRO and gets to heap praise on one of the sisters' favorite 80's movie and soundtrack!

ANNA- is the CON and has only three words on her side...
Matthew. Broderick's. Accent.

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This week Katrina and Anna hash out another childhood favorite of theirs, The NeverEnding Story. Directed by the recently departed, Wolfgang Petersen, and based on the novel by Michael Ende, this 80's classic is beloved by many and the sisters are beyond excited to cover it.

*Disclaimer: there was a slight issue with the mics in this episode, so if it sounds like it was recorded in a tunnel...it was not. Blame it on the mi-i-i-i-i-i-icrophones.

KATRINA- leads the episode as the PRO and she wouldn't have it any other way, because she there is a 0% chance she could have attacked it. 

ANNA- takes the CON and goes for blood. Luckily this movie gifts her a questionable animatronic wolf, a luck dragon with questionable line-delivery, and some large statues with questionably large boobs. 

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Today is a deep dive recap of David Fincher's absolutely brilliant 1995 thriller, Se7en! This movie has everything. Well, everything if you're into upsetting, horrific, twisted crime scenes and 90's Brad Pitt. And Morgan Freeman. No wonder Katrina loves this movie so much.

KATRINA- is the PRO leading the episode this week and it's a good damn thing, because this is almost her favorite movie, second only to Silence of the Lambs.  She has a John Doe-style notebook filled to the brim with trivia and she's ready to murder any of Anna's attacks.

ANNA- is the CON on this one and she has a new strategy...get Katrina wasted. She has some lukewarm takes and a drinking game on the ready. Will she get a button push? Yeah, probably.

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HEY EVERYONE! A FEW EPISODES BACK WE SAID IF ANYONE CONTACTED US THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THE 1982 AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL--THE PIRATE MOVIE, WE WOULD  DROP THE EPISODE WE RECORDED COVERING IT, BUT NEVER RELEASED.

WELL...APPARENTLY WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO LOVE THIS MOVIE, SO AS PROMISED, HERE YOU GO. THROWBACK EPISODE FOR A THROWBACK MOVIE!

ENJOY!

Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins in Australia doing a "modern" take on the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, The Pirate of Penzance...what exactly is there not to love???

This award-winning film (Nominated for nine Razzies and winner of three) has been described by critics as "unwatchable"  and "excruciating"  and "literally painful to get through" and is a personal favorite of the Split Happens sisters. If you'd like to see it before you listen to the episode, it's conveniently located exclusively on YouTube.

ANNA- takes the PRO and sends Katrina out to walk the plank.

KATRINA- takes the CON but luckily has plenty of ammo with Christopher Atkins' questionable everything in this movie. 

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Welcome to the weird and wonderful and fantastical world of Terry Gilliam! The sisters delve into their VHS vault and discuss a childhood movie they watched a billion and a half times, 1981's Time Bandits. Starring (among others) John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Kenny Baker, Craig Warnock, and the late, amazing David Warner

ANNA- has a whole lot to say about this movie is ready for any and all of Katrina's lame attacks. Pathetic attacks, really.

KATRINA- is also ready with some very good, very valid critiques. Also...lame and pathetic, Anna?! Honestly.