Saturday Night Freak Show

Colin forgets one of life's most valuable lessons: never stop at a backwoods Tourist Trap (1979)! Friendly proprietor Chuck Connors shows off a wax effigy of his wife to young travelers in his off-road "museum" while his telekinetic brother runs around in a creepy mask, encasing beautiful women in plaster. On this episode you'll hear about mannequin orgies, hearts bursting in fright, random nose-blowings and more on this weeks exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michaela has a premonition of bad things to come after watching Final Destination 3 (2006), aka the one with the rollercoaster. Mary Elizabeth Winstead suffers survivors guilt after her friends are killed and then tries to save the rest from the machinations of Death itself. Listen as we explore death by tanning bed, the therapy of yelling at bears, Choose Your Own Adventure DVDs, and the legacy of the entire Final Destination series on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Holly is lured in by the promise of watching Donald Pleasance, Jack Palance and Martin Landau together in a slasher movie with Alone in the Dark (1982). During a citywide blackout, a quartet of psychos escape from a mental hospital and lay siege to the home of their therapist. Listen as we contemplate bizarre dream sequences, punks against nuclear power, and Jack Palance's lung capacity on this week's exciting show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean wonders if 10 years may have softened the pain of witnessing 2010's A Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Once upon a time, Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes set about to remake every sacred horror movie classic, this time casting Oscar-nominee Jackie Earl Haley as pederast child killer-turned-dream demon Fred Krueger. Listen as we heap scorn at the feet of creatively bankrupt Hollywood money men and ultimately drown in a pit of despair on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colin says you'll "buy a bag, go home in a box" of Popcorn (1991), a slasher film set in a movie theater where lovingly-crafted throwbacks to William Castle-style 50's "gimmick" movies play on screen during an all-night horror movie marathon. Listen as we recount uncomfortable 4D movie theater experiences, explore death by mosquito proboscis, and encounter the terror of crusty corpuscles on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michaela couldn't wait for Sean to get around to showing us his brand new Blu-ray of Tammy and the T-Rex: The Gore Cut (1994), a new version of a video store staple which reinstates a bunch of bloody sequences into formerly "family-friendly" sci-fi comedy. Denise Richards stars as a cheerleader who's jock boyfriend (pre-Fast and the Furious Paul Walker) is killed by bullies and his brain transplanted into an animatronic T-Rex. Listen as we marvel at girl-robot romance, mad scientists, testicular standoffs, and the blistering sexuality of Richards' climactic striptease on this week's exciting episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Holly says she'd take a job babysitting a haunted doll after watching The Boy (2016). Lauren Cohan, from TV's The Walking Dead, stars as an American nanny who relocates to a spooky English manor house to watch over an eccentric couple's "son," who turns out to be a porcelain doll. Strange occurrences ensue. Listen as we discuss reverse hauntings, giant British billiard tables, and test our tolerance for domestic disturbances on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Greetings, boils and ghouls! Sean tries to resist temptation, survive the night and save the world with Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995)! The popular 90's HBO TV series gets a big-screen upgrade as seven unlucky souls find themselves in an apocalyptic last stand between scruffy paladin William Sadler and a demonic cowboy (Billy Zane) with a coterie of demons in tow. Listen as we discuss the enduring appeal of The Crypt-Keeper, ask 'what ever happened to Billy Zane?', and the value of saving cooking grease, all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colin supposes Dario Argento is the godfather of the slasher film after watching Deep Red (aka Profundo Rosso aka The Hatchet Murders, 1975). An English pianist in Rome witnesses a murder and must discover who the black gloved killer is before he becomes the next victim. Listen as we compare the Italian giallo to the American slasher, find direct correlations between Deep Red and Halloween, and explore the strange beauty of giallo titles as we play another round of Giallo Shots on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michaela supposes that every celebrity's worst nightmare is The Fanatic (2019), in which a movie star-obsessed fan named "Moose" (John Travolta) suffers a series of humiliations at the hands of his screen idol (Devon Sawa), setting the feeble-minded fellow off on a quest to be acknowledged by his hero, at any cost. Listen as we chat about the directorial prowess of Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, self-absorbed movie stars, lunatic fans, questionable acting choices and more, all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We wrap up Listener's Choice month with our most requested title: Creepshow (1982), as George Romero and Stephen King team up to pay homage to EC's horror comics of the 1950s. Prepare yourself for five jolting tales of terror, featuring ghouls, monsters, creepy crawlies and revenge from beyond the grave, all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listener's Choice month continues as we move on to our 2nd most requested movie, Sleepaway Camp (1983). Honestly, it's strange we haven't already covered this (although we did watch the sequel, Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers). Odd duck Angela and her cousin Ricky spend a summer weekend at Camp Arawak where, almost immediately, people begin dying one by one. What beef does the slasher hold against this wholesome, cheerful bunch of boys and girls? Listen as we talk about required reading in the horror genre, gender confusion, 80's fashions, and the importance of a strong ending on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're watching movies you voted for this month, and coming in at #3 is John Carpenter's The Fog (1980). The seaside hamlet of Antonio Bay is haunted by a 100 year old curse as a supernatural fog descends, bringing with it the ghosts of angry shipwrecked sailors! Listen as we tremble in awe at the power of Tom Atkins' un-mustached upper lip, our fear of being turned inside out, pirate ghost stories, and atmosphere so pungent you can smell it, all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're spending January 2020 watching movies you voted for, kicking off the celebration with #4: Jaws: The Revenge (1987). Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary) discovers this time it's personal as a Great White shark sets out to kill every member of her family, presumably in retaliation for its brethren destroyed in the first set of movies, and even follows her from Long Island to the Bahamas to get even. Listen as we talk grandma's romance-filled tropical vacation, obviously mechanical sharks, improbable endings and voodoo, on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's that time of year again, as we gather 'round the bar to make our picks of the Best and Worst Movies we saw in 2019! Will your favorite make the cut? As always, thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy it!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Holly burns rubber with John Carpenter's Christine (1983), based on Stephen King's novel. High school nerd Arnie becomes obsessed with restoring an old '58 Plymouth Fury, and gradually, as Christine comes back to life, Arnie gains a new self confidence. But who is killing off the high school bullies who tormented him? Listen as we discuss creepy car salesmen, teenage rebellion, automotive snuff films, and demon cars from hell in this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean finds out that what goes on in the baby's room isn't for kids in The Baby (1973)! A new social worker forms and unhealthy obsession with her latest client, a grown man with the maturity of a baby, who's kept in a giant playpen my his peculiar mother and sisters. Listen as we collectively cringe at all the diaper changing, breast feeding, cattle prod-wielding weirdness on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colin proclaims that "Satan was an acid head" and proceeds to freak out with I Drink Your Blood (1970), a notorious gorefest in which a vengeful tot poisons meat pies with rabies and feeds them to a group of satanic hippies, who then go on a blood-soaked rampage. Listen as amplified lip-smacking sends Sean and Michaela into a paroxysm of disgust, while we learn about Walt Disney's sex education cartoons and the glory days of exploitation cinema on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michaela thinks dressing up as Santa Claus might prove hazardous to her health in Don't Open 'Til Christmas (1984), in which a psycho slasher prowls the streets of London, killing Father Christmas wherever he finds him! Two lovebirds and a Scotland Yard detective try to run down the Santa killer before he slays again. Listen as we mine the shallow subgenre of British slasher movies, Kensington gore, the castration of Santa Claus and more, all on this week's exciting show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Holly winds up a reanimated ghoul after aliens enact Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959). Infamously described as "the worst movie ever made", director Ed Wood's sci-fi opus brings aliens to Earth to bring the dead back to life in an effort to conquer the planet. Listen as we expound on the career of Ed Wood, Bela Lugosi's posthumous guest starring role, and generally get a bunch of trivia wrong in this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.