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S5 E16 | Hold the Fort (2025) | The HOA vs. the Hordes of Hell (with Yung Hee)
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Jo sits down with Yung Hee — yes, that Yung Hee, all grown up and off the Mystery Team — to break down Hold the Fort (2025), William Bagley's horror comedy about a young couple who move to the suburbs and discover their HOA fights the literal hordes of hell once a year. One of them thinks neighbors are a gift. The other one is Jo. Spoiler-free, mostly.
Key Moments:
- The one-year embargo on a movie that's been out for a year
- Jo's real HOA story: the "gardener" who paid half the rent
- The premise — gates of hell open yearly, dues are monthly
- Bruce Campbell rules: horror comedies need real stakes
- Three Stooges violence... with death
- Would we watch it with the neighbors? One of us would.
- Verdicts: two yeses, zero clubhouse parties
Jo's take: Tight 74 minutes, impeccable pacing, comedic violence with an actual body count. I'd watch it again — alone, on my couch, no neighbors.
Yung Hee's take: A celebration of community. Everyone knew their role. Great teaming. I'd move in.
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Transcript
Intro
Introduction of Young He and Today's Theme
00:00:07
Jo
Everyone, Joe here and today's special guest is someone I've been watching for a while. It's really weird, but I got none other than the adult grown up version, all grown up, Young He from the Mike Tyson Mystery Squad.
00:00:22
Jo
Young, how are you?
00:00:22
Yvonne
They're doing great.
00:00:25
Jo
Yeah, okay. So, for those who don't ever seen Mike Tyson Mysteries, Young was, ah you're you're Mike Tyson's daughter.
00:00:36
Jo
I don't know how that works out. No spoilers. But it's very nice to have you. Apparently, he's not coming to come, is he? Tyson?
00:00:46
Yvonne
Well, you know, we'll we'll have to see by the end of the show
00:00:49
Jo
Oh, hey. that That's a help of special guests.
Introduction to Streaming Demons and 'Hold the Fort'
00:00:53
Jo
All right, Young. So you and i we watched Hold the Fort. And for those who know, welcome to Streaming Demons. We're doing movie reviews. It's season 12 by now. I can't help you.
00:01:04
Jo
But we're doing Hold the Fort, which came out in June 2020. What year is this?
00:01:11
Yvonne
show. We're 26th.
00:01:12
Jo
Is this 20?
00:01:13
Jo
You guys had an embargo for a movie that came out last fucking year?
00:01:14
Yvonne
yes
00:01:18
Jo
Oh, man. Okay, whatever. So we had an embargo. We couldn't talk about it, even though this movie has apparently been out for a fucking year. Whatever. I'll get through this one.
00:01:30
Jo
We watched Hold the Fort, which is a... Well, it's it's a horror comedy, right? That's fair to say.
00:01:41
Yvonne
Yes,
Overview of 'Hold the Fort' and Release Context
00:01:42
Yvonne
absolutely.
00:01:42
Jo
Written and directed by Willem Bagley, and ah the other writer was ah Scott Hawkins. And starring Chris Myers, Levy, Burdick, and Julian Smith. We watched this.
00:01:55
Jo
It was an hour and not even an hour and a half. It was like an hour and 20.
00:01:59
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:01:59
Jo
It was like IMDb has an hour and 16 minutes. And they have it as, after moving to the suburbs, a young couple find themselves trapped in an echo. Reading motherfucker.
00:02:10
Jo
I've been at Comic-Con for 72 hours or whatever the fucking three days is. And I've been at whatever. After moving to the suburbs, a young couple finds themselves trapped in an epic battle between their new HOA housing association.
00:02:27
Jo
homework make Homeowner's association. ah right yeah An onslaught of monsters from hell.
00:02:31
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:02:32
Jo
Ooh, the trap. So, IMDB, I'm guessing this is probably rated R-ish for blood, guts, and ass or some of that. It might be PG-13.
00:02:46
Jo
I'm too lazy to actually look at this thing. But is this your first time watching a movie that was, we'll say, sent as an offering for viewing pleasure to review? Is this is your first time reviewing a movie?
00:03:01
Jo
I know he did a lot of mystery solving.
00:03:01
Yvonne
Absolutely.
00:03:02
Jo
Okay. So...
Community Experiences: Joe vs. Young He
00:03:06
Jo
in the In this thing, we like to do a spoiler-free movie review, okay?
00:03:13
Jo
So no spoilers, so people haven't watched this can actually get in and kind of get groovy with it and do the best they can, of course, right? Now, with that said, I'm just general general instance of it.
00:03:28
Jo
Did you like this movie? I mean, straight out.
00:03:32
Yvonne
I thought this movie was fun.
00:03:32
Jo
eating You thought
00:03:35
Yvonne
And I like, thought it was fun. I like the take on the neighbors and their relationships.
00:03:58
Jo
But... I got to see it in first hand. We even talked during the movie and it was more like, oh, you're like this person. And it turns out to be the worst person in the world. I'm like, ah, thanks. I'm like the other person. The other person's cool.
00:04:13
Jo
Like, oh my God. Like Chris Mayer's like The character's like, oh, wait he's jogging and he's doing these things and he's meeting his neighbors and that's what you should do. should always make friends with your neighbors. like, that sounds fucking dreadful.
00:04:28
Jo
Making friends with my fucking neighbor sounds fucking dreadful to me. Just dreadful.
00:04:32
Yvonne
Well, some of us enjoy talking to our neighbors.
00:04:38
Jo
It sure the fuck ain't me. Spoiler alert, it is not Joe. And if it's you at home, you are also the weirdo. No one likes talking to neighbors. Your neighbors don't like talking to you.
00:04:50
Jo
They put up with you because they live next to you. They don't want their shit stolen and get their slits, you know, throat slit in the middle night. So they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, of course, just don't hurt us.
00:05:00
Yvonne
I think this was a really good take on that. You
Joe's Humorous HOA Experiences
00:05:04
Yvonne
know, this is really proof that neighbors matter.
00:05:08
Jo
Uh-huh. that That you're bringing to neighbor's matter?
00:05:10
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:05:11
Jo
Okay, fine, why fine, fine.
00:05:13
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:05:14
Jo
So we are introduced to the housing, like the HOA, right? The Homeowner Association.
00:05:22
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:05:23
Jo
Have you lived with HOA before? I'm just curious.
00:05:27
Yvonne
No, but I do really like that they had a clubhouse.
00:05:31
Jo
Oh, God. You're the only person in the world that actually wants an HOA? Are you kidding me?
00:05:36
Yvonne
Probably.
00:05:37
Jo
Do you want? Oh, good God.
00:05:38
Yvonne
if I'm probably the HOA in my building.
00:05:43
Jo
You are the unofficial HOA. Well, we got part of those letters correct.
00:05:45
Yvonne
Probably.
00:05:50
Jo
Ah, Ah, ah, young he.
00:05:51
Yvonne
You're so funny. hu ha
00:05:52
Jo
I know. Hee-hee-ho-ho. Don't hurt me. So, sure, fine, I get it. I've lived in HOA. Bean, if you're listening, I actually have, yeah, yeah.
00:06:03
Yvonne
You have.
00:06:05
Jo
I lived in a golf course in Vegas. like ah Like a real fancy fucking golf course.
00:06:09
Yvonne
Okay, you have to tell a story.
00:06:12
Jo
Why? Okay, done.
00:06:13
Yvonne
Okay, don't, but that is hilarious.
00:06:15
Jo
No, it was Bean and I, and I got us the place because Bean, if you haven't noticed, he's Mexican.
00:06:27
Jo
Sorry, Giocano, to be honest, because he was born in America, you can't deport him. Or can you? Bean, if you're listening, 20 bucks, or I spill all the beans. Oh, i mean, you know what And we got it because i am white.
00:06:43
Jo
Period.
00:06:43
Yvonne
Oh. Okay.
00:06:44
Jo
The end. And the people who renting it to us, they thought I knew their daughter. i did not. i didn I knew her the daughter's friend, which is ah like small world oddly enough.
00:06:58
Jo
Like, oh, yeah, we you must have been over at the house. Like, no, no, I've never been in your fucking house. But I didn't say that out loud because I'm not dumb. Yeah, yeah, that guy looking familiar yeah. She's got like an eyes and stuff, right? Yeah, yeah. She's smaller than me. Everyone's smaller me.
00:07:14
Jo
And so we got the place and being... would The arrangement was, we'll do this, da-da-da-da-da. He had to cut the grass. That was one of the arrangements. He had to cut the grass. I don't know why. It just worked out that way.
00:07:28
Jo
And we would get phone calls about my gardener being out on a Saturday
00:07:35
Yvonne
Okay.
00:07:35
Jo
from our neighbors telling the HOA that we were breaking the rules. After the first couple, and they keep fining you, by the way. They're like, oh you have a gardener out.
00:07:47
Jo
And the the people are running from him got so pissed off. Like, dude, what are you doing? You can't have any gardeners out on the weekends. It's illegal. It's against HOA rules.
00:07:59
Jo
You cannot have gardeners out. We're getting like fines right now. I'm like, gardeners? like what like What I'm trying to tell them, like dude, like we barely can afford rent. Do you think I can afford a gardener right now? like What's wrong with you, man?
00:08:12
Jo
Turns out later on, my girlfriend worked for the call center. Our neighbor, our elderly woman, who was our neighbor, kept calling in when Bean was cutting the grass.
00:08:26
Jo
Because even though Bean physically paid half the fucking rent and lived there, she thought she was my, or he was my gardener.
00:08:35
Yvonne
Oh wow.
00:08:36
Jo
Yeah. Yeah.
00:08:37
Yvonne
Okay.
00:08:37
Jo
And when my girlfriend, who knew he was not the gardener, tried to explain this woman on the phone because she was the HOA phone rep for a minute, that Bean actually lived there, it blew the woman's mind because, but but he's Mexican.
00:08:38
Yvonne
Well...
00:08:55
Jo
And racism. and And go. That's this fucking, that's what I get out of HOAs. And my other friend's building a fucking dragon because of her HOA, but that's kind of cool.
00:09:06
Jo
So that's that's my experience with HOAs. You would get experience of like, oh, the neighbors are friendly. gotta talk to them. And everything nice happens. I just, oh my god, the neighbors gotta be $12 million. Here's some money.
00:09:18
Jo
And I'm like, yeah, Bean, you can't go outside. Nobody can. Just stay inside for a while, dude. Just fucking stay inside.
00:09:25
Yvonne
Okay, well my experience is completely different.
00:09:25
Jo
And so, yeah. Your experience is completely different. Everyone's nice and sunshine.
00:09:32
Yvonne
Everyone's nice and sunshine and they come over for dinner and they take care of my dog and...
00:09:35
Jo
Oh my God. they They come over for dinner? Why?
00:09:39
Yvonne
Yeah! Or we stop in and like pop over for tea.
00:09:44
Jo
What? Like on purpose?
00:09:48
Yvonne
Yes! Yes!
00:09:51
Jo
That sounds so fucking dreadful.
00:09:51
Yvonne
It's lovely seeing people in the in the hallways or outside.
00:09:57
Jo
Oh, so you live in an apartment that was like hallways and shit?
00:10:01
Yvonne
Yeah, there's three floors. I probably know almost everybody.
00:10:05
Yvonne
And I'm the one who gets us together.
00:10:09
Jo
Do they like, hey, I can't wait. Or they're like, oh, thank fuck she's gone.
00:10:13
Yvonne
No, no, they're excited. In fact, I would, if this was a movie that we could all watch together, we probably would and we'd have some laughs.
00:10:22
Jo
Wait, will wait, wait. If this were a movie you could all watch together, why can't you watch this movie?
00:10:26
Yvonne
Okay, no, we could, we could.
00:10:28
Yvonne
I'm just saying. Okay.
00:10:28
Jo
Hold the Fort, by the way, 2025.
00:10:30
Jo
So, okay, so you're saying it looks good to you. I'm saying it looks dreadful. And for what it's worth, which side of the HOA do you think this
Exploring the Plot of 'Hold the Fort'
00:10:41
Jo
falls on?
00:10:41
Jo
Do you think this is, like, Hold the Fort has more of my version where people really don't want to fucking be there, but we have to be, or your version, they're all joyful and happy.
00:10:52
Yvonne
No, they're all joyful and happy. they all have like They all have a role.
00:10:55
Jo
And this one,
00:10:57
Yvonne
They all play their role. they are there They're totally locked in in an excited kind of way.
00:11:06
Jo
An excited kind of way. Okay.
00:11:08
Yvonne
Well, they know what's coming and that's what they do.
00:11:12
Yvonne
They have a plan.
00:11:12
Jo
Yes.
00:11:13
Jo
They do have a plan. And we're going to... It's not even a spoiler because this is actually the entire premise of the fucking movie. So it's not spoiling it. The HOA is on a land that the gates of hell open up every fucking year.
00:11:30
Jo
And what happens is they have to like really honestly, like the title says, hold the fork. The cops aren't coming. The army is not coming. ever know Everyone in the area know that was a fucking land where the devil comes up and shit like that.
00:11:43
Jo
And they're like, no, no, no, we don't need your police. we will We'll hold it for ourselves. And so that's why their prices, the housing are so fucking low and HOA fees are so fucking high because they have to buy ammunition and apparently a pool.
00:11:57
Yvonne
Thank you.
00:11:57
Jo
So you have that, right? Now, Would you live in a place that you know was not even haunted? Because I know you guys, when you're doing the Mike Tyson Mysteries, you actually went out a lot to find haunting mysteries, which is nice, you know, eventually.
00:12:12
Jo
And even ah an episode where you guys found the guy a house, which was also haunted and killed everyone. But still, would you normally sign up for an HALA like this, where not only is it haunted, but you have to fight the spawns of hell once a year?
00:12:30
Yvonne
So I think actually I might.
00:12:32
Jo
Really?
00:12:33
Yvonne
Because you know what? That that that community, really, it's a pretty big celebration of community in my opinion. I think I'd be great in that community.
00:12:44
Jo
okay. you Sally probably would be. but But the other side is, aren't the hordes of hell also a community?
00:12:54
Yvonne
They are, but that's that's who we're fighting. So, you know, a win's a win.
00:12:58
Jo
You assume... Okay, so what if I was on the other side? What if I was part of the whores of hell? Huh?
00:13:05
Yvonne
Okay, why are you over there?
00:13:07
Jo
Are you kidding me? Do you see the fucking HOA? Of course I'm on the other side. Like vampires and...
00:13:13
Yvonne
I would imagine you would more likely just be in the house and we'd be knocking on the door because we need your help and you wouldn't answer.
00:13:20
Jo
Yeah, no, that's actually more correct. I wouldn't be like, an HOA fucking party? Really? i can meet everyone? I can't wait not to do that at all. just ah I'm going to be over here with my Japanese sex doll.
00:13:33
Jo
<unk> We'll be fine. Oh, did I say that part out loud?
00:13:37
Yvonne
You did.
00:13:37
Jo
I mean, like whatever. So you you have this and it's got ah you know the ragtag cast of characters. you've You've got the stoner. You've got the guy who's a little too gung-ho. You've got the the big nerd for HOA who's got all of these little things, all the rule books down. And you have the newcomers who just really can't agree with each other. They're married somehow, but they're complete opposites.
00:14:05
Jo
you know She looks like fun.
00:14:06
Yvonne
Yeah, well.
00:14:07
Jo
He looks like a piece of shit. And throughout the movie, he is piece shit. So kind of like, oh, wait, that was your favorite character.
00:14:13
Yvonne
Well, he tries.
00:14:14
Jo
My bad.
00:14:14
Yvonne
He tries.
00:14:16
Jo
Yeah, sure. He tries by jogging. Jogging, first of all, ain't fucking exercise. That's a mode of transportation. You know that, right? That's not actual exercise. You're just moving.
00:14:25
Yvonne
Okay, there are races, you know. It's called ah track and field.
00:14:28
Jo
Yo, hey, hey, hey.
00:14:30
Yvonne
Okay.
00:14:30
Jo
We're not that type of show. We do not see races. only color we see is money. Green, green, green.
00:14:37
Yvonne
Okay.
00:14:38
Jo
That's all we need. Oh, you meant like track and field, though. You shouldn't say that in the first place.
00:14:42
Yvonne
Track and field.
00:14:42
Jo
I think you're going racist with this stuff. um month yeah well chuck What the fuck's track and field? Like running and more running? Jesus Christ. I mean, why? like do i get us yeah do I get a medal for walking, too?
00:14:51
Yvonne
Okay, have you ever done track and field?
00:14:55
Jo
Because I can do that. It's like you're saying swimming is a fucking sport. It's just not drowning. Don't get me started on fucking diving. Diving just means gravity. does this i like Who the fuck did Mark Spitz? Was that guy still a diver?
00:15:10
Jo
He should give half his medals of fucking gravity. Because that's the real champ, was gravity.
00:15:17
Yvonne
Okay, well, let's put you in a pool and see what happens.
00:15:17
Jo
You know, that's something.
00:15:21
Jo
Yeah. If I don't drown, do I get a medal too? Because that's all swimming is, not drowning.
00:15:25
Yvonne
No, you gotta make it across. You gotta make it across.
00:15:29
Jo
How big is this pool? I'm like i'm like six five I can just like walk across the fucking thing.
00:15:33
Yvonne
No walking allowed.
00:15:35
Jo
No walking allowed? what What are you?
00:15:37
Yvonne
No walking allowed.
00:15:39
Jo
i was going to make a joke back in. All right. So it it is a ragtag batch, right? They have people who get together who don't get together. There's hash brownies.
00:15:50
Jo
There's ingestins. And no one believes it until the very, very, very first time and they all see like the monsters come out. And they have to if eat wave of wave of monsters until the big bad boss comes up the end, right?
00:16:03
Jo
And it's... it's um I'm trying to do this about spoilers because but let's just say it is a horror comedy. I think that's fair. It is the actual horror comedy, right?
00:16:16
Yvonne
Yes.
00:16:18
Jo
And there is real stakes. like it's It's like a Bruce Campbell.
00:16:22
Yvonne
Oh, yes.
00:16:23
Jo
It's like a Bruce Campbell horror comedy where Bubba Hotep, right? People do die. I think that without spoiling, I think that just gives the meat of the genre more.
00:16:29
Yvonne
Yes.
00:16:34
Jo
you know it
00:16:34
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:16:35
Jo
It's Shaun of the Dead. People do die in Shaun of the Dead as well. It's it's wi ah Witless Infection, which is another horror comedy of Joe and Michelle. wouldn that so It does another...
00:16:51
Jo
ah people do die as well so you you it's not so much like game of thrones you can get attached to people you know it's like oh not everyone fucking dies i think but enough of them like okay cool cool cool there's there's the horror at there's a bite it's not just a comedy where everyone lives there's actually a bite there it is horror the what do you think of the horror aspects of this i mean are you are you a big horror fan i actually don't know
00:17:18
Yvonne
ah No, not really.
00:17:19
Jo
Yeah, this like you don't really watch them as hard.
00:17:21
Yvonne
Yeah.
00:17:22
Jo
So as someone who doesn't...
00:17:22
Yvonne
No, I don't.
00:17:23
Jo
yeah Is this something that would interest you normally?
00:17:30
Yvonne
Oh, I would have watched this, yes.
00:17:30
Jo
Like... Yeah, okay.
00:17:31
Yvonne
Yeah. Yeah.
00:17:32
Jo
So what...
00:17:32
Yvonne
But I don't know that the horror was all that much horror.
00:17:36
Jo
It really wasn't. it and it was I think the monsters were well done-ish.
00:17:41
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:17:42
Jo
I'll give it the ish. But yeah, it's...
00:17:47
Jo
was it anything that was too gory for you or anything was anything like anything gore was a bit over a top you know so it becomes funny again or is it kind of like anything creeped you out or what
00:18:00
Yvonne
um If anything, it was more over the top to make it comedic.
00:18:05
Jo
comedic okay yeah i i think that's i think that's accurate because
00:18:06
Yvonne
Yeah.
00:18:09
Jo
It is an epic battle. It's all these things, but it's also like so over at top where you can't take the violence seriously.
00:18:17
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:18:18
Jo
You just can't, like, oh, people are dying.
00:18:18
Yvonne
I agree to that.
00:18:20
Jo
and like its just It's just kind of like... I liken this, the whole default with the HOA, which I'm pretty sure you didn't watch this movie, but Yoga Hosers, where the evil people are Bratsis, where be Bratwurst Nazis.
00:18:36
Jo
So there's violence in this, but they're like brought worse and they all explode.
00:18:36
Yvonne
Oh.
00:18:39
Jo
and Like it doesn't really, it's it's comedic violence. Comedic violence, which is like Three Stooges.
00:18:43
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:18:45
Jo
There you go.
00:18:46
Yvonne
Yes.
00:18:47
Jo
like I think that was apt.
00:18:47
Yvonne
Yes. I would agree with that.
00:18:48
Jo
Okay, good.
00:18:49
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:18:50
Jo
Yeah, it's more apt.
00:18:50
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:18:51
Jo
It's Three Stooges violence. It's comedic violence. But it's Three Stooges with death. There you go And i will tell you, he does have a character. There are character arcs.
00:19:01
Jo
Because I was kind of worried because sometimes the horror comedy genre is is like there's an arc. It just kind of like happens. It's a gag. got Another gag. Another gag. Another gag.
Character Discussion and Genre Comparisons
00:19:09
Jo
This is pretty much character driven.
00:19:12
Jo
Like really.
00:19:14
Yvonne
Yeah, well, that's what I'm saying. Each of them had their role. They really leaned into, you know, who they were.
00:19:17
Jo
Yeah.
00:19:21
Yvonne
it was and they was important. And they all kind of, like, knew, you know, their place.
00:19:28
Jo
Oh, man, like a team building exercise, isn't it?
00:19:31
Yvonne
It totally is.
00:19:32
Jo
Oh, God. you take what you You can take the girl out the mystery team, but you can't take the mystery team out of the girl? that something like that?
00:19:43
Yvonne
Something like that.
00:19:44
Jo
hes always talking It's a funny thing, man.
00:19:44
Yvonne
I guess,
00:19:46
Jo
You always talk about teams. Oh, God.
00:19:48
Yvonne
I know, I love teaming. I mean, I guess, you know, in some ways, really, there is, they did have some weakness in their execution.
00:19:49
Jo
oh god
00:19:58
Jo
Yes.
00:19:58
Yvonne
ah
00:19:59
Jo
Namely dying.
00:19:59
Yvonne
Their, no, no, the the new folks really weren't, you know, onboarded into their team properly.
00:20:06
Jo
oh Oh, wait. That is actually okay. That is accurate assumption all something that's an accurate assessment because they were not unboarded properly. They didn't read the fucking terms of the HOA.
00:20:16
Yvonne
No, no, they did not.
00:20:17
Jo
And everyone's like, what the fuck you mean you don't know? What the hell do you mean? You didn't read anything? like No, why would I read the HOA thing? So I agree.
00:20:27
Yvonne
No, and then they just went to the meeting. So.
00:20:31
Jo
Again, she didn't want to because she's sane. He did because he's a pussy.
00:20:39
Yvonne
No, it was a party. It was, it was. Seen as a party. they told They were told to come to a party. At the clubhouse nonetheless. Who doesn't want to go to a clubhouse?
00:20:46
Jo
Oh my God. Why would you? Me, me. It sounds fucking horrible. It sounds fucking horrible.
00:20:55
Jo
there's There's no way.
00:20:56
Yvonne
They met the other neighbors. They they exchanged.
00:20:58
Jo
Oh my God.
00:20:59
Yvonne
ah I think they you know they got treats. food. They shared alcohol. They shared food.
00:21:06
Jo
Was it a four cheese fucking frittata? Yeah, they shared a lot of stuff. They shared blood, guts, and ass too. but you know Okay, so again, without spoiling as well. Spoiling, without spoiling it.
00:21:18
Jo
Just overall in general, you thought the story was fine then.
00:21:23
Yvonne
Yeah, I thought the story was great.
00:21:24
Jo
Okay, and then the acting, I like the, I mean, most of the acting, I can't really find fault with any of the acting, honestly. It's like, there it's all perfect horror comedy acting for me, yeah.
00:21:35
Yvonne
Yeah, no, it was fun.
00:21:37
Jo
Anything really pop out that was like, eh, I don't know, or is this kind of smooth ride for you?
00:21:45
Yvonne
I think it was more more like a smooth ride.
00:21:47
Jo
Yeah, agree.
00:21:48
Yvonne
and Yeah, there there wasn't any big surprises per se either, though.
00:21:52
Jo
No, no. And I think what happens, like part of the the charm of this movie is it's only like 70 minutes or 76 minutes.
00:22:01
Yvonne
hu
00:22:02
Jo
It's not that long. It doesn't, take I mean, I can't imagine this going any, like even a half hour, I'm like, know, what the fuck we're doing here? Like it ends bit short because it has to end a bit short and it works relatively well the way it ends.
00:22:14
Yvonne
hu
00:22:18
Jo
there There are some obvious logic flaws in this, but I think yeah the flaws have to be there to keep it a horror comedy versus a strict horror or strict comedy.
00:22:22
Yvonne
Yes.
00:22:32
Jo
I think they're trying to to do the flaws that pick the lane in between, which is nice. We both watched this as a screener. Would you have wanted to see this in a movie theater? I'm curious.
00:22:47
Yvonne
Yeah, I would have gone to the theater.
00:22:51
Jo
Really?
00:22:51
Yvonne
But again, with my neighbors.
00:22:51
Jo
Oh, fuck me. Sure. Sure. Am I in your neighborhood? but would have ah Would I have gone?
00:23:02
Jo
like Would you be like, hey you want to come to this movie? how would you okay
00:23:05
Yvonne
Yes?
00:23:06
Jo
How would you ask me to go to this movie with you and your neighbors? I'm Gary Securitas now.
00:23:13
Yvonne
ah Would I have told you that the neighbors are coming?
00:23:17
Jo
Yes, that's that's basically the question. yeah want to go boomo i sure yeah with My neighbors?
00:23:20
Yvonne
So, no. And i would have bought tickets in your favorite seat.
00:23:22
Jo
Well,
00:23:26
Yvonne
And then you could have sat there.
00:23:26
Jo
I have a favorite seat.
00:23:28
Yvonne
then...
00:23:29
Jo
Why would I have a favorite seat?
00:23:30
Yvonne
and then
00:23:32
Jo
That's fucking weird. um You think I favorite seat in in a Montreal theater?
00:23:33
Yvonne
fuck
00:23:38
Jo
you know what my favorite seat is?
00:23:38
Yvonne
yep
00:23:39
Jo
My couch. There's no fucking neighbors coming to my fucking house.
00:23:46
Jo
Okay, so you would actually...
00:23:47
Yvonne
So I just wouldn't have told you that the neighbors are coming.
00:23:49
Jo
Yeah. Which is kind of ready for the theme of the fucking movie. They didn't tell them the hordes of hell were coming until they were already in the clubhouse.
00:24:02
Jo
which Which oddly, like, for a clubhouse that gets attacked every year, it really wasn't that fortified. was basically fucking boss of wood.
00:24:10
Yvonne
No, not at all.
00:24:11
Jo
Yeah, and then, like, what were you...
00:24:12
Yvonne
And yeah, there was extensive damage.
00:24:13
Jo
no
00:24:18
Jo
Yeah, like, ah they need to fucking rethink that shit, man. Silver bullets and all sorts of, like, that's nice and all, but, like, build walls, motherfucker. take that Gobletrath thing.
00:24:29
Yvonne
Yeah.
00:24:30
Jo
Reverse it. So you would have watched it.
00:24:32
Yvonne
For as many times as they have done this,
00:24:35
Jo
Yes. yeah It's not like the first year. Like, it's the first of several years in a row you think they would build better shit. Absolutely.
00:24:44
Yvonne
Except that they were successful every other time.
00:24:48
Jo
Well, okay. They were successful every time because they had ringer. I think were we're not going to talk ah too much about the ringer ringer.
00:24:51
Yvonne
Yes, that's true. hu
00:24:57
Jo
Meaning, well, good we're not going to talk too much about who they had for a ringer. Because it's kind of like, I don't know, surprise-ish.
00:25:08
Jo
But they do have a fucking w ringer.
00:25:08
Yvonne
Sure.
00:25:11
Yvonne
Mm-hmm.
00:25:11
Jo
And that's why and how they win year after year.
00:25:16
Yvonne
Well, they must they must have learned somewhere along the way that they need that.
00:25:21
Jo
Yes.
00:25:22
Yvonne
See? Good teaming.
00:25:24
Jo
It is good teaming. And I'll give you one more. I'll give you one more. Not only is this good teaming, Hold the Fort, by the way, it is, what's what's the most proper word for us?
Heartfelt Themes and Recommendations
00:25:36
Jo
There's heartfelt moments in it, too. It's not just horror comedy. It's a little bit romance. It's sweet. There's some sweetness in it.
00:25:44
Yvonne
Yes, it is. There is definitely some sweetness.
00:25:46
Jo
Yeah.
00:25:47
Yvonne
I mean, sweetness between the the neighbors, sweetness between the couple, and...
00:25:48
Jo
That they root, yeah.
00:25:52
Jo
settings Where's my board? Where's my fucking board? If your dad wasn't Mike Tyson. no yeah yes yeah Sweetness. ah Just like Walter Payton. There's Walter Payton everywhere.
00:26:04
Jo
See, Walter Payton was a football player. American. So I would also watch this in a theater. I'm kind of like sad i didn't get to see this at Gen Con or one of the convention screenings.
00:26:15
Jo
I actually would love movies like this.
00:26:15
Yvonne
No.
00:26:18
Jo
i saw Clone Cops like that, and it's brilliant. you know I would love to see this at an actual screening screening. And honestly, for, like I said, it's like 76 minutes.
00:26:30
Jo
You're not going to notice it. Nothing can drag on. Okay, hold on. Check that. There are some movies I did fucking screen. They were just shit for that long. but like Nothing this movie drags.
00:26:44
Jo
is The pacing is impeccable.
00:26:44
Yvonne
no
00:26:46
Jo
it's ah It's a Johnny Cash song. don't they don't they don't they don't they don't And 76 minutes, honestly, it does fly. It flies.
00:26:56
Yvonne
It's absolutely.
00:26:57
Jo
Yeah, and I'm always curious.
00:26:58
Yvonne
It was a good.
00:26:59
Jo
Yeah, it was it was good. I was i was curious about was happening next. Like, how can they fuck this up more?
00:27:04
Yvonne
Yeah.
00:27:05
Jo
Or how can they get through this issue and then fuck up the next issue? Like, you know, some of that.
00:27:09
Yvonne
Exactly.
00:27:10
Jo
And I was engaged and cared about the characters. All but one. And I'll give you a hint. It is the main character. I couldn't give a shit about him. But I think that's the point.
00:27:19
Yvonne
Oh.
00:27:20
Jo
But that was the point, though.
00:27:21
Yvonne
Yeah.
00:27:22
Jo
He was a douchebag.
00:27:22
Yvonne
Yes. Yes.
00:27:23
Jo
You're supposed to not like him.
00:27:24
Yvonne
Yes.
00:27:26
Jo
He's not a likable character.
00:27:26
Yvonne
Yes. Absolutely.
00:27:27
Jo
Which just means that acting was great, you know. It goes back to that. right, so we would both watch it in the theater. And if you want to see it, you can see it on video in demand. This is Hold the Fort. We would both go see it in the theater. I would watch this again.
00:27:40
Jo
Like, I would, yeah, maybe once or twice more, honestly. And that wouldn't be like a yearly thing for me, but I would watch this again easily. Absolutely.
00:27:51
Yvonne
absolutely
00:27:52
Jo
all right so Thanks, everyone. Go watch Hold the Fort. and If you want to see what Younghee is going up to next, guess who my next guess on what's cracking is? Younghee!
00:28:05
Jo
All that and more on one of my other...
00:28:06
Yvonne
Or on teaming.
00:28:07
Jo
Yeah, more on teaming. Oh, man.
00:28:09
Yvonne
Yeah.
00:28:09
Jo
And mystery solving. Teams and mystery solving. You know, they're going to Google you now and try to figure out if you're actually Younghee.
00:28:13
Yvonne
Yes.
00:28:17
Jo
You know that, right?
00:28:18
Yvonne
Excellent.
00:28:19
Jo
And, yeah.
00:28:19
Yvonne
Love the mystery.
00:28:20
Jo
and Better be. All right. From behalf of young he and myself, we bid you good day. Bye, everyone. Later, caters.
00:28:29
Yvonne
Bye.