This week, making a case that Popcorn is one of the best horror films of the 1990s.

The 90s, at least compared to other decades, didn’t bring with it the sheer number of classics (compare, for instance, the 80s and Maniac, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Re-Animator, The Fly, The Shining, Videodrome, all of which are better than the best horror films of the 90s, like Candyman, Scream, Ebola Syndrome, etc, etc).

Anyway, that’s not to say you can’t unearth some gems. Like Popcorn.

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This week on the podcast, an Aussie-US, Lionsgate-WWE Films co-production, See No Evil.

This one rests on the formidable shoulders of wrestler, Kane, the antagonist here and chief antagonist to The Undertaker during the heyday/attitude era of WWE.

Juvie/criminal types are taken to a prison work program, but rather than picking up garbage on some interstate, they’re tasked to clean up some derelict hotel.

They’re supervised by two corrections officers, and as they’re going about their duties (rather lazily, it should be said), they are being stalked…by…a giant…hulking…killer.

See No Evil, but listen to and subscribe to the podcast! New episodes are uploaded every Friday.

This week on the podcast…snakes and snake-related nature run amok flicks.

We shine the spotlight on Megaboa, a 2021 affair, featuring a prof and some grad students fending off a giant snake on a tropical island.

Unlike other animal attack genres, snake horror flicks have yet to produce a bona fide classic, a la Jaws (sharks), Backcountry (bears), Alligator (gators) or Cujo (dogs).

Ever wonder why that is?

Anyway, let’s take a deep dive into this one, shall we?

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This week on the podcast, a return to the Canadian province of Quebec. Slaxxx is a low-budget horror lensed in the region, about, of all things…a killer pair of jeans.

On this episode of the show, “fast fashion,” personifying inanimate objects in horror, Montreal-area horrors, the makings of an effective horror film, unique horror movie weaponry, the book, Death by Umbrella! The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons, and much more!

This week on the podcast, back from Montreal so it seems fitting to tackle a film that David Cronenberg lensed over there. So, here it is!

Rabid is a classic, Canadian body horror starring Marilyn Chambers.

It involves a shady medical clinic in rural Quebec and its enigmatic operator, one Dr. Keloid.

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This is the third revisiting of the film by the show’s host.

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Be afraid. Be very afraid.

This week on the Really Awful Movies Podcast, a bit of a departure: The Top 10 Horror Movies from the 1980s.

The 80s were the Golden Era of Horror. Of course, classic horror movies are produced every decade. And right now, we are in a bit of a Golden Era, with new classics being created before our very eyes, Hereditary, Terrifier, Goodnight Mommy, Bone Tomahawk, and many more.

However, the 80s were different. There were so many titles released – and so many iconic franchises were birthed, two of which made their way into the list here.

So tune in, and don’t forget to subscribe to the show. Back to the regularly scheduled straight up review format next week.

This week on the podcast, one of the more obscure films ever covered on the program: No Exit, AKA, Fatal Combat.

This one is a 1995 Canadian action filmed lensed in the Greater Toronto Area and directed by Damian Lee. It stars the excellent Jeff Wincott, an actor/martial artist perhaps best known for his role in Night Heat.

In No Exit/Fatal Combat, the masses are entertained by…what else? A fight to the death TV show! The movie title refers to the title of the show, whose producer/creator brings death games to the airwaves, all from a remote Arctic studio.

The unlikely breakout (literally) star of the proceedings is of all things, a humble university professor, John Stoneman (Wincott).

But, he’s getting more than he bargained for, as this is one tough hombre.

This week on the podcast, a 2019 Aussie production titled, The Furies.

This is a survivalist/dystopian horror, occupying Battle Royale / Rollerball territory, but a hell of a lot gorier. Billed as Halloween meets The Hunger Games (wholly inaccurately) this one focuses on women who wake up in strange black coffins, only to find themselves in a fight to the death in a mining town hellscape in NSW, Australia.

There’s a harrowing atmosphere, to be sure, but things unravel toward the end, an unfortunately all too common occurrence in horror.

Tune in, check it out!

Broadly, when it comes to the genre’s modern era, “travel horror” dates back to The Hills Have Eyes and includes the likes of Tourist Trap, Hostel, Turistas, Wrong Turn, The Rental (feel free to check out that podcast) and of course, more recently, the hit film, Midsommar.

Influencer is the latest entry in what could be described as tourist horror, directed by Calgarian Kurtis David Harder, and has a neo-noir-ish feel and a super unique local that really puts it a cut above and definitely makes it worth your time (currently streaming on Shudder).

Set in Thailand, the movie focuses on a bored, titular influencer (Madison, played by Emily Tennant), who is experiencing Lost in Translation ennui while abroad ’cause her boyfriend is too busy to join her. She lolls about in a hotel bar and eventually connects with a mysterious figure, CW, expertly portrayed by Canadian actress, Cassandra Naud, who shows her the ropes.

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On this episode of the podcast, Killdozer and The Toxic Avenger, two low-budget horror films.

What links these two together is they’re both micro-budget horrors with a cult following, more so for the Troma production. In Killdozer, as the name overtly suggests, a construction vehicle becomes sentient and well…kills!

Shocker, sometimes literally. And in The Toxic Avenger, a 90-lb weakling develops super hero powers when falling into toxic waste, again, as the name suggests. Vigilante justice is then brought to Tromaville.

This is a short one this week, back to longer format podcast episodes next week.