Saturday Night Freak Show

Sean mounts the head of Sylvester Stallone atop the Saturday Night Freak Show Wall of Fame with Eye See You (2002), the closest the Italian Stallion will ever get to being in a horror movie (outside of Cobra). Stallone is a despondent FBI agent who gets shipped off to a cavernous detox center in the wintry wilds of Wyoming and discovers one of the patients there is a killer. But which one? Listen as we talk cigarette censorship, Stallone's killer mitts, and how a flamethrower makes everything better, in this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colin emphatically declares "It's not cranberry sauce!" while surveying the crimson carnage of the holiday slasher Blood Rage (1987). Terry and Todd are identical twins. One of them is a psychopathic killer. After escaping from a mental hospital on Thanksgiving, he of them heads back home to bring a nightmare to the tenants of the Shadow Woods apartment complex. Listen as we talk about condom salesmen, Oedipal complexes, pumpkin pie mutilation, and bloody mayhem on this week's exciting show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michaela finds she can't uninstall the grim reaper in the smartphone horror flick Countdown (2019). A young nurse finds herself stalked by death after downloading a killer app which ticks off the minutes until her predicted death, and must enlist the help of a sardonic wireless salesman and a rap-loving priest to save herself. Listen as we talk technological terrors, #MeToo in the workplace, and user agreements from Hell, on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Holly finds that all the boys, the girls, and the demons are obsessed with possessing Jennifer's Body (2009). Sex symbol Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried star in a tale of two childhood BFFs whose friendship begins to fracture when one of them becomes possessed by a demon and starts eating people. Listen as we discuss satanic rock bands, female power fantasies, the career longevity of Adam Brody, and the made-up slang of writer Diablo Cody, all on this week's exciting episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean gets us to watch his preferred version of Halloween II (1981, aka "the censored, alternate universe TV cut"). Listen as we reminisce about watching R-rated movies get sterilized for television, marvel at the editorial free-reign afforded Universal's broadcast wing in the 1980's, and bash Halloween (2018) again, all on this week's supernerd episode. WARNING: Intimate knowledge of every editorial decision made for the theatrical version of Halloween II may be required for full enjoyment of this podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colin runs for his life from a hideously deformed carny after witnessing the strange goings-on inside The Funhouse (1981). Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hooper's first studio feature follows a quartet of teens into a traveling carnival which may be hiding a monster within. Listen as we talk about county fairs, turkey legs, freak tents, fortune tellers and monkeys-riding dogs, all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michaela finds herself on the receiving end of head-drilling, brain-sucking silver spheres of death with Phantasm (1979)! Brothers Mike and Jody, along with hippie ice-cream man Reggie, investigate creepy goings-on at the local mortuary and run afoul of the sinister Tall Man. Listen as we chat about nightmares, drive-ins, impromptu jam sessions, and worship at the altar of the '71 Hemi 'Cuda, all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Holly offers the Internet Radio Superstars $1 million a piece to spend the night in the House on Haunted Hill (1999). Five strangers find themselves trapped in a former art deco insane asylum along with ghosts, creeps, ghouls and a rich married couple (Geoffrey Rush and Famke Janssen) who amuse themselves by plotting to kill each other. Listen as we remember horror's PT Barnum, William Castle; late 90's haunted house movies; and try to get a sponsorship from Cameo.com; all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean takes a whack at the Big Apple with Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989). Getting tired of chopping up teens at a woodsy summer camp, Jason hops aboard a cruise ship bound for NYC where he finds himself welcomed by a city in which he fits right in. Listen as we rank all the Friday the 13th movies, pay tribute to Kane Hodder's contribution to the series, and marvel at improbable teleportation and ghostly visions in this week's exciting episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We go on a return Freak Show Field Trip to the clown-haunted sewers of Derry, Maine for a final confrontation with It: Chapter Two (2019). Twenty-seven years have past since 7 kids thought they beat a child-eating monster that lives beneath their hometown; now, they're summoned back once it's discovered to have survived. Listen as we talk about killer clowns from outer space, changes between Stephen King's novel and the screen adaptations, and all sorts of other It-related nonsense on this week's exciting episode!Get caught up by listening to our It (2017) review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colin lives through the holy terror of communion with a freaky Catholic slasher with Alice, Sweet Alice (1976). Little Brooke Shields, in her first film role, is murdered in church and suspicion falls on her troubled sister, Alice. Is she the masked killer in the yellow rain slicker? Listen as we talk about religious fanaticism, pedophile landlords, schizoid tweens, and soap opera dynamics on this week's exciting show!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Holly finds that fraternity hazing rituals aren't complete without a deranged murderer on the loose on Hell Night (1981). A quartet of pledges locked up in a spooky old mansion who discover that tales of a psychotic killer loose in the house may be true. Listen as we fathom the post-Exorcist sex appeal of Linda Blair, the bizarre bedroom rituals of college surfers, face grabbing as a power move, and more strange behavior on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michaela swears off going on vacation after watching Vacancy (2007). Quarreling marital duo Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsdale, en route to getting a divorce, stop off at an out-of-the-way motel and end up tormented by three masked men who are intent on adding them to their snuff film enterprise. Listen as we talk about the zeitgeist of horror films in the 2000's, motel-set horror movies, and tips to surviving the worst night of your life on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean makes a bet that he'll never be killed by lions, a claim that can't be made by the makers of Roar (1981). Called "the most dangerous movie ever made," a madman takes his family (including Melanie Griffith and her mother, The Birds star Tippi Hedren) into a habitat full of man-eating lions, tigers, and leopards to make a movie, resulting in over 70 cast and crew injuries. And that's what really happened, not the plot of the film! Listen as we share our slack-jawed disbelief at watching one of the most nail-bitingly irresponsible films ever made on this week's exciting show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colin finds himself forever standing guard over the Gates of Hell as The Sentinel (1977), in a star-studded Satanic supernatural shocker from Death Wish director Michael Winner. A beautiful model moves into a New York City brownstone and finds herself terrorized by bizzaro neighbors and nightmarish visions while a blind priest, who lives in the apartment above hers, may hold the answers. Listen as we talk naked orgies involving the elderly, a touching scene involving Mrs. Clark Griswold, and one of 70's horror's most scary moments on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michaela finds herself surrounded by killer felines in Strays (1991), in which a family moves into a country home only to find it's cellar is the lair of one super-pissed off, territorial cat and a furry army of murderous pussies. Listen as we debate the existence of the LA Metro, discuss the dynamics of Lifetime movie dramas, and unravel the mysteries of one Chuck Lubin, all on this exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Holly gets baked with the stoner horror comedy Idle Hands (1999), in which forgotten teen heartthrob Devon Sawa discovers his right hand is possessed by Evil, his stoner buddies come back to life as zombies, the hot girl across the street improbably has the hots for him too, and a Druidic demon hunter wants to kill him. Listen as we talk about the career trajectories of Seth Green and Jessica Alba, severed hand movies, and teen girl crushes, all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean imagines ending the world with a plague of dinosaurs courtesy of this week's flick, Carnosaur (1993), an ultra low budget Roger Corman-produced quickie designed to ride the dinosaur phenomenon created by Jurassic Park. Diane Ladd stars as a mad scientist determined to destroy the civilized world and restore dinosaurs to their place at the top of the food chain. Somewhere in there, newly minted dinosaurs rampage through the small town of Climax, NV. Listen to our instructive advice for budding filmmakers after our brains overheat while trying to follow the plot of this movie! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colin geeks out to flame-throwing, laser-blasting, smoke pellet-chucking ninja action in American Ninja (1985). Michael Dudikoff was chosen by Cannon Films to step in when Chuck Norris passed on the project, to play an American G.I. (named Joe!) who must use his master-level ninja skills to defeat an arms dealer and his army of ninja assassins. Listen as we marvel at hitherto unknown ninja magic, the star power of underappreciated action star Steve James, and the wisdom of keeping your kids away from ninja movies, all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michaela finds herself pursued by a killer whale with a death wish in Orca (1977)! After a fisherman (Richard Harris) kills his mate and her baby, a killer whale single-mindedly hunts him down, killing everyone he knows in an attempt to bait him out to sea for open fish-vs-man combat! Listen as we talk about Jaws ripoffs, post-apocalyptic roller derbies, leg-capitation, and the best place to eat at the Wisconsin Dells, all on this week's exciting episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.