The Grawlix Podcast

Happy Holidays, ya’ old building and loan! It’s the time of year to bust out the Jimmy Stewart impressions, mix in a bit of Randy Savage because it’s all pizza, and fire up your favorite Christmas classics. And by Christmas classics we mean horror movies, of course.

Yes, it’s the gift that keeps giving… the Monster of the Week segment! We gathered the whole Grawlix Podcast and Grawlix Cinematic Universe crew around the smoldering yule log that is 2020 to discuss Holiday horror movies. It just seemed appropriate.

Melanie and Randy tag team a double feature of Black Christmas. Melanie first discusses the original 1974 proto-slasher before Randy gets out-SJW-ed by the 2019 “remake”. Jesse brings some levity with the 80s Christmas comedy classic Ernest Saves Christmas. Jasper follows up with a stocking stuffed with ultra-camp in the over-the-top horror comedy Santa’s Slay starring Bill Goldberg.

Finally, we stick a bow on the evening with a game! Randy finds the most ridiculous reviews of holiday classics from Letterboxd.com users for a few rounds of “guess the movie by the review.” Yeah, that’s a totally original, never before heard of game… we swear. Enjoy!

Originally streamed live December 17th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

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Yee haw! This episode we’ve got so much merriment you’ll squeal like a pig. First, for this week’s horror movie Monster of the Week we plunged deep into the backwoods and swamps of rural America. And Slovenia. And South Wales, apparently. Listen, every country has their own version of the hillbilly and that’s the theme of this episode. Hixploitation!

Randy talks moonshine and lederhosen with Slovenia’s first horror film, Killbillies (aka Idila). Jesse braved the primitive landscape of 2006 BBC 3 television by revisiting Torchwood Season 1, Episode 6: Countrycide. Melanie wraps the segment with a recommendation of the excellent horror-comedy Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.

Then we attempt to take on the relentless onslaught of news from the happiest investor’s call on Earth. Yep, it was Disney’s Investor Day! Just the sound of that has us filled with merriment and wonder. Enjoy!

Originally streamed live December 10th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

Full show notes: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/12/nights-12-10-2020/

Forget the news, forget #SnyderWatch, it’s time to talk slashers! Loveable, bloodthirsty, teen stalking, serial killers are this episode’s Monster of the Week. It’s not all horror films, though, because we’re also joined by comic book writer/artist Robert Geronimo.

Robert discusses his ongoing comic series Blood Realm (hear our original review of Blood Realm Vol. 1 back on Grawlix Podcast #88). Robert also talks about his new graphic novel, WIREHEAD, which features a cybernetic slasher stalking teens in the Pocono Mountains. You’ll be surprised by which slasher flicks Robert drew inspiration from and his take on Terminator being one of them.

Then we segue into the Monster of the Week segment. Jesse digs Richard Stanley’s Hardware out of the sand dunes, Melanie crashes the sausage fest that is Dude Bro Party Massacre III, and Randy rings up the forgotten 80’s grocery store slasher Intruder. Enjoy!

Originally streamed live December 3rd, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

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The Monster of the Week this episode is infestations or pests so it’s about to get creepy crawly. Jesse rounds out a trifecta of out-there actors following Nicolas Cage and Christopher Walken in recent episodes with the 2003 remake of Willard, starring Crispin Glover. Melanie gets campy with a better than expected 2009 horror comedy Infestation and Randy discusses the truly bizarre Dario Argento film Phenomena. Wait, Phenomena had mutants, telepathic insects, and a razor blade wielding chimpanzee and STILL doesn’t get a recommend!?

On the week’s React at the News segment the trio discuss the surprising Wonder Woman 1984 release announcement, no CGI James Dean for Chadwick Boseman, #DisneyMustPay, and more. Enjoy!

Originally streamed live November 19th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

Video version, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/11/nights-11-19-2020/

Halloween may be over but the horror show that is 2020 continues to lumber forward so we’ve decided to keep the Monster of the Week segments going! With everything going on here in the states we decided the only appropriate monster to discuss was… government.

So, each of us discuss a different political or government themed film. Randy revisits the wonderfully dry and poignant wit of In The Loop. Jesse takes the Christopher Walken, David Cronenberg, Stephen King classic The Dead Zone for a walk. And Melanie gets real with the 2016 documentary 13th.

On the TV, movie, & entertainment news front we also discuss YouTube pulling the plug on Rewind 2020, Xbox enters the world of Cinevapic, Netflix actually renews some good shows, and more. Enjoy!

Originally streamed live November 12th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

Video replay, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/11/nights-11-12-2020/

Are you ready for Cage Fight round 2!? For our un-Halloween-like Halloween Monster of the Week episode we opened our eyes wide and gazed into the vast expanse that is Nicolas Cage.

Jesse paid the ghost with the fairly subdued Nicolas Cage horror film, Pay the Ghost. What wasn’t subdued was the entertainingly awful hidden gem that is Between Worlds that both Randy and Melanie watched. Could this be the quintessential Nic Cage film? Enjoy!

Originally streamed live October 29th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

Video version, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/11/nights-10-29-2020/

It was only a matter of time till we got to them…. PUPPETS! Evil puppets and dolls are this episode’s horror movie monster of the week.

Melanie talks about Chucky’s AI smart assistant makeover in 2019’s Child Play. Jesse discusses the Puppet Master franchise’s first solo character spinoff with Blade the Iron Cross. Randy shares his thoughts on 1978’s Magic, in which Anthony Hopkins has an unhealthy relationship with a puppet and throws out some real Psycho vibes.

The React at the Reboot/Remake segment returns with a vengeance in this week’s entertainment news as a Battlestar Galactica movie may actually happen someday and Tim Burton eye’s an Addams Family live-action TV series. Plus, this week’s #SnyderWatch news has us thinking the Snyder Cut may NOT have actually existed.

Originally streamed live October 22nd, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

Video replay, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/10/nights-10-22-2020/

On this live episode, the horror movie monster of the week is doppelgängers, clones, or evil twins.

Not DoppelJesse revisits the Moff era of Doctor Who with a look at Rebel Flesh and The Almost People. The less evil twin of Melanie discusses Twinsanity (2018), a movie so entwined in twinness that it also goes by the title of Downward Twin. And podcast not pod person Randy talks about Invasion of the Pod People. An Asylum clone meant to capitalize on 2007’s Invasion which is itself a 4th generation remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Doppel-ception!

Our 100% not doppelgänger hosts also discuss the week’s entertainment news including a Lumberjanes animated series, the continuing saga of movie theater chains, and some totally not-news Justice League Snyder Cut news. Enjoy!

Originally streamed live October 15th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

Video version of the episode and show notes: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/10/nights-10-15-2020/

The monster of the week this episode is witches. It was by total coincidence that Randy mentioned the 1990 film, The Witches, a day before the trailer for the new HBO Max take on the film dropped.

So, Randy decided it was time to revisit 1990’s The Witches. Melanie dug up something interesting with The Autopsy of Jane Doe while Jesse ditched the horror and went Ghibli with Kiki’s Delivery Service.

The week’s entertainment news includes Netflix giving GLOW the axe despite being renewed (and filming!) and we finally get to see some footage of the animated Invincible series. Plus, Marvel looks to be embracing the cinematic multiverse, Disney ditches the theater chains in a big way with the new Pixar film, and more. Enjoy!

Originally streamed live October 8th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

Video version, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/10/nights-10-8-2020/

October is here and the monster-of-the-week segment continues. We kick our favorite month off with an odd choice of horror movie "monster" but also the most realistic... creepy neighbors. Or is our paranoia the real monster as we let our imaginations run wild with unfounded ideas of the what the neighbors are up to? I mean, what the hell is he building in there?

Well, since this episode we are discussing horror movies there is a good chance the neighbors are up to no good. They could vampires like in Randy's pick, the 1980's classic Fright Night. They could all be up to no good with some kind of plot like in Melanie's pick, the indie psychodrama that is 1BR. Or they could be Shia LaBeouf like in Jesse's pick, Disturbia.

Also, the week's entertainment news including the when Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness filming is to start, a Borat sequel, and Halloween viewing available now on HBO Max and Disney+. Of course, that's not even close to all of it so enjoy!

Originally streamed live October 1st, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

Video, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/10/nights-10-1-2020/