Watch With Sound

On today’s episode we talk about the series; The Haunting of Bly Manor. Created from the same creator as The Haunting of Hill House, Mike Flanagan. We talk about how we felt about this 9 hour series, Mike Flanagan’s incredible storytelling ability, the “it’s not even that scary” opinions, comparing the two series, and how they stand on their own. Come hangout and listen!

A brand new film exclusively on Shudder streaming service, Host is a Zoom/webchat based horror film that is also the length of a regular Zoom call. A fantastic film that uses a computer based filming style, Shudder blew both of us away, could be called the best horror film of 2020. (Granted that there haven’t been new horror films because of our current situation.) We also talk about Shudder and how excited we are to see what this streaming services has in store for us.

A 2006 horror film that went under the radar; Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a unique horror mockumentary film that commentates a lot on the “rules” of horror films and how the formula gets made. In this world slashers like Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Michael Myers are actually canon, Leslie Vernon aims to be one of the greats in the “fear industry” and a documentary group follows him on how he rises. Come hangout and listen to our surprisingly first horror movie of October!

To start off this continuous series of Studio Ghibli movies, this episode is on the “violent for a Ghibli film” Princess Mononoke. A thrilling story about a prince, trying to shake off a demon curse set upon him by a boar, Ashitaka meets three people that are trying to change nature forever. With the overarching message of humans, nature, and war, this movie’s message can still be seen as relevant till this day. We also go into depth of expanding an empire without stepping on people around you, is it possible? Come hangout and listen to us talk about one of our favorite Ghibli movies.

In this new episode, we talk about the new Netflix original; The Devil All the Time. This movie is packed with great actors that give even better performances. With a cast of Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgard, Harry Melling, Sebastian Stan and many other brilliant actors, each actor and actress really bite into their role in the film, which makes up a lot of the positives in this film. We also get into each character and how it plays into the themes of the film and the idea of “God works in mysterious ways.” We also get into the idea of religion, the positive and negatives within normal life and how this movie exposes the corrupt power trips that religion gives these characters. Come hangout and listen as we talk about this new Netflix original film.

On today’s new episode we do the iconic animated film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. We go into why we love this film so much, why it’s probably the best Spider-Man movie, and the easter eggs and details they put in this movie to show the love, care, and passion that they had with the film. We had Sophia Fregoso to come hang out and talk about the different aspects she loved with this film. “It always fits... eventually.”

Happy Tuesday! Tuesday new episode? You know what that means! A new episode of Quick Take! We hangout, relax, and catch up on this episode. We talk about what we’ve been doing, answer some questions, and rank our favorite A24 films, along with our least favorite A24 films. Come stop by and hangout with us!

From famed writer & director Charlie Kaufman, comes I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Charlie Kaufman is known for writing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and many other films. I’m Thinking of Ending Things is a dangerously abstract film with its defined line of haters and lovers. This movie is so abstract that we have two warnings before actually getting into the film: context warning & spoiler warning. We get into Charlie’s famous surreal style, along with our pondering feelings of the film. There’s a lot to say about this film.

September is Suicide Prevention Month, if you or someone you know is struggling, you’re not alone and resources are always available. Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

The Babysitter: Killer Queen; Sequel Syndrome

Coming from the runaway classic, The Babysitter, the sequel; The Babysitter Killer Queen is a runaway, but maybe not in a good way. We go into depth with what we like and what we REALLY didn't like with this sequel. We expand on why the first one was so good and how this movie steps on all the traps that the first one avoided when creating a comedic horror film, we also talk about the future for this film (there has been talks for a third film already) and what we want to see with the third film.

The Babysitter, The Fun-Having Slasher Film

On today’s episode we do the 2017 Netflix original; The Babysitter. The sequel, The Babysitter 2: Killer Queen, comes out tomorrow! So why not re-watch the original and brush up on what happens before the sequel comes out! We go into depths of why we liked this film, the stylistic choices that push this film even further and why it was so easy to have fun with this movie. We also talk about if we were in this position what would we wish for, going into each character and why we love them, and lastly we go into what top 3 sci-fi characters would we send to face a big bad villain. Are you guys excited for the sequel or is this your first time even hearing there is a sequel? Most importantly, which sci-fi characters from any sci-film would you choose to face the big bad?