The Pod and the Pendulum: A Horror Movie Podcast

This week we're joined by Horror Queers' host Joe Lipsett to talk The Final Destination. Mike's going to be real here for a moment. While he's on the record saying there's "not a bad movie in the series," watching this one back to back to back in preparation for the show really tests that theory. This one has become semi-affectionately known as the "one with the 'fuck your feelings' cast." Still, this episode is more proof that great talks can spring from not so great movies.

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This week we're joined by Ryan Larson (Ghastly Grinning, We Are Horror 'zine) & BJ Colangelo (This Ends At Prom podcast) to break down the third movie in the Final Destination series. We all feel like this is the one where the series really finds its stride. This is a wild one where we travel down a lot of winding roads while trying to embrace the sweet embrace of death. From soothing our too-scared to fly parents with all the drugs, to Mike realizing he's a bear, to working at a theme park as Tweety Bird, we have it all, plus a bit of talk about the movie. 

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Enjoy this clip from our December bonus episode on KRAMPUS. In this brief segment, Mike and Lindsay discuss whether declaring the goal to make a "classic" movie immediately sabotages the effort, how the humor of Krampus draws folks in with a false sense of comfort before going super dark, and finally, Mike tells a heartwarming story of threatening to punch out shoppers while visited by the ghosts of Black Fridays past. 

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This week we're joined by Jenny Leigh of the Austin Asian American Film Festival and Brian Keiper of Bloody Disgusting to break down Final Destination 2, the wise known as the movie that freaks everyone out about giant logs. We talk liquified goo, ignoble deaths in horror, Batman, hair dye considerations and so much more this time around. 

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This week Mike & Lindsay start a new series with our breakdown of the 2000 "slasher without a slasher killer" Final Destination. Mike hails this as the nest franchise of the first ten years of the decade, and points to the creative Rube Goldberg machine inspired kills and creative conceit as his evidence. While death awaits us all, hopefully it'll give us time to talk with Greg Mucci (@ReelBrew) to talk about his love for this movie as well. What started as a spec script for the X-Files evolved into five fun as hell movies. 

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This week we're back to tackle 2000's Urban Legends: Final Cut, a movie Mike had no idea existed until he started this podcast. This first time viewing was a delight, as the series finds a way to weave in new urban legends with a new cast and whole new killer. Does talking about late 90s / early 00s horror mean we have to talk about Scream? Why yes it does, as Mike and cohost Lindsay Traves talk how this series stacks up with Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson's masterpiece. Speaking of masterpieces, your hosts take another left hand turn to wax rhapsodic over their love for all things Martin Scorsese. Folks, it's a hell of a fun episode. 

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Mike is joined by Zena Dixon (@realqueenof horror) and Molly Henery (@bloggingbanshee) to talk about their love for the 1998 suspense slasher URBAN LEGEND.

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This week we're talking about what Mike has called "the most disappointing movie ever." That's right, no matter how we tried to avoid it, we knew we'd have to talk about the Platinum Dunes botched effort at rebooting the Elm Street series one day. Jerry skipped this episode in protest so Mike is joined by his friends. To his surprise, along with its detractors there are some defenders as well. 

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