The Really Awful Movies Podcast

This week on the Really Awful Movies Podcast, another sequel in a well-known horror franchise: Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice.

Time for some hicksploitation…

And it comes in the form of a “corny” sequel to an 80s quasi-classic, featuring a bunch of rustic, Bible Belt folk.

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(if you’re interested in a discussion of the first Children of the Corn, give it a listen)

Happy Halloween!

And Happy Halloween III: Season of the Witch is the subject of today’s show.

On this episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, a look back at this idiosyncratic (and still underappreciated) sequel from the 80s.

Topics:

Tom Atkins

Halloween-related films that are not in the Halloween franchise

John Carpenter’s anthology series vision

Blumhouse’s take on the franchise and much more!

Ah, the comfort of an ’80s slasher.

This week on the podcast, a star-studded flick, The Initiation – which features the combined forces of Clu Gulager (Return of the Living Dead) and Vera Miles (Psycho, Psycho II).

And in the lead, the incomparable Daphne Zuniga (Spaceballs).

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Today on the podcast, a mockumentary (or rather, a rockumentary) that is undoubtedly one of the funniest films ever made.

Turn this up to 11, as the Really Awful Movies Podcast dives into This Is Spinal Tap, a master class in improvisation and character development.

This week, The Black Phone.

From the director of the Ethan Hawke-starrer, Sinister, this is one of the better Blumhouse productions (not saying much, to be fair).

On this episode, a dissection of the at times quite excellent horror/thriller.

This week, the Netflix doc, Mr. McMahon.

If you’re not a fan of wrestling, maybe pass on this one? Or better yet, give it a shot.

It’s about the brains (so to speak) behind pro wrestling and his seedy background promoting the enterprise which fused sport and entertainment, the WWF / WWE.

So, brother…step into the squared circle, and throw yourself off the top turnbuckle.

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To the 80s we go, and investigating another backwoods horror film, The Forest.

A micro-budget affair, this one sees California hikers set upon at a remote park in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

But this isn’t your run-of-the-mill slasher. No, it’s a multi-genre horror extravaganza!

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This week on the show, some Canadian horror. And an IP that’s filmed in Ontario, this reviewer’s home province.

Since making waves at Sundance, In a Violent Nature is continuing to provoke discussion as it moves to Shudder.

Is it a plodding bore, or a sinister masterpiece? Are we witnessing the next Art the Clown, another addition to the Mount Rushmore of Horror occupied by Pinhead, Freddy, Jason, Michael, Norman, etc?

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It’s sequel time!

On this episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, a re-examination of Lamberto Bava’s Demons 2, the less popular of the two canonical series entries.

Here, condo dwellers are trapped in their building once zombies are unleashed through a movie that’s playing on TV.

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This week on the podcast, we head to Charles Band Land and the 1980s, for a curious post-apocalyptical sci fi horror and Demi Moore’s uh…breakout role?

Dr Paul Dean was compelled to create a bio-weapon for an evil corporation on behalf of the mysterious group, The Merchants. Once he realizes the error of his ways, he tries to destroy it…BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.

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