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70. Top Horror of 2023!
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The Top Horror of 2023 show caps off our year that’s seen some great and not-so-great moments of horror. Join the Demons as they, with their special guest Daphne Fauber, explore the top picks of horror tv and film in 2023. Will your favorite make the list? Mayobees! Have a seat and find out! This is the last podcast of the season for Streamin Demons, but never fear, we will be back with Season 3 in late January with oodles of surprises including….(spoilers) a special guest spot by someone with the initials T.R. All this and more on the next […]
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Introduction and Announcements
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funds. Hey everyone, Jim Phoenix here and this is the end of our 2023 streaming demon season. This is our special for New Year's evil or is that trademark? I don't know. New Year's Eve. We've got special guests. We've got special announcements. We've got special K, which I think still a serial. I'm not sure all that and more next stream and demons hit it.
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yeah it's exactly like species yeah i'm sorry my internet cut out
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Hey, everyone. Jim Phoenix here. You guys watched it. We've got something planned for you today. So welcome to Stream and Demons. Hit subscribe or like or for this to everyone. I don't know. I'm supposed to say it now or later. You can say it whenever. Just say it whenever. I'm going to say it during my reviews. Say this one in my heart. Say what's in your heart. Cholesterol.
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And subscriptions, please subscribe. Whatever it's called. As you subscribe, my LDL goes down. Whatever. I feel like it does something good. Something does something.
2023 Horror Recap and Discussion
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Today we've got the end of 2023 recap. The best store of horror. I can see the words. Of 2023-ish? That was a big ish.
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We have a special guest. We've got Box, my forever callers, say hello. We've got a special guest directly from the website and their own little smash story, the ballerina, Daphne Ballerina, say hello.
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Hello, I like the hunting in Venice. I thought it was interesting today. I thought it was spooky, but it's a special day. I wouldn't expect that. You promised me. I said I had a lot of fun. I wanted to get
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And you're right, because knowing pain, you probably said we thought the best horror of 2020 and his look you all pornos. He always gets that confused every time. He does. Repeatedly. So we ain't going to talk to pain today or Mick McGee because my voice can't do Mick me right now.
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Now, so we are special guests. I love it because that means I can be lazy. I can kind of like fluff off a bit. And we're doing four movies each. One, one, one, one. Top two and a top one. And it's going to be a death match for a top one. Something like that. I love it.
00:02:56
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And these are all the movies. None of us got paid to say these things, obviously, because we're going to probably trash these a bit, but no. I'm not sure. I love my movies. I went through a list, but it looked good. I checked it twice. I checked it twice. And so did I. It's called Google. Unfortunately, cocaine shark is not on it this year. No, not cocaine shark. I like cocaine shark. I saw so many sharks.
00:03:25
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I have a Christmas present for you. Is it a cocaine shark? I don't know why. Yeah, it might be cocaine shark. It might be. Did you look inside of your shark, by the way? I'm not saying cocaine. But it could be. No, I don't get it. Don't open it up. It's actually just an- Allegedly. Allegedly, yes. Why would I pack a art sculpture of shark with cocaine and send it to you? That's insane. I mean, that sounds like something you do.
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Actually, I think I like this one better than the other. It probably is. You know what it sounds like though? It sounds like something that would be in Gen X. I think this one's better than Murder on the Orange. It should be. That's red Murder on the Orange. Surviving Gen X. They're also kind of like. Surviving Gen X by Joe Shevchek. Get it now as the critics call it. The critics actually call it OSI. The critics actually like it. Some people hate it. Some people like it. I don't know. Go get it. Except you're my mom. Never read it. Yeah. Ever. Yeah.
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And my mom also no mom should read. Actually some moms have to read is obviously the cool mom. My mom would probably, I think it's a better name. Oh, well, there you go. I will send one out to your mom. Phrasing.
00:04:39
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We're still there phrasing good for us so Welcome to the to the non plug show all the plug shows. I don't know. It's been a weird ride. This is season Two three. What is it? I think end of three end of three. I believe we're getting a three. No
00:04:57
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How long you've been, you and I have been doing this for a year. This is the end of season two, going to season three, episode 70. And if you didn't see episode 69, it's because I didn't cut it.
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That's fine. I don't know. Is that a Valentine's Day show by this point? It's going to be all correct anyway. I think it's going to be one of those random shows where I'll wake up one day and I'll see that it's on and I'll dread that day. Just be out. It'll be for your birthday. Don't bang someone in order to figure out. I don't know. I'll put it out sometimes. I'll put it out somehow.
00:05:33
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All right, so special guests, welcome to our very organized end of the year, end of the century, not century. I'm way ahead of myself.
00:05:46
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Yeah, and as we are lazy, I'm Lisa, I'm Leslie, our format is we're going to go through, talk about it spoiler free as you can spoiler free as you can. And then at the end, we did a Cthulhu's out of five. Sounds about right. Like five Cthulhu is being great. Negative bazillion being your, I don't know. Was it cannibal Holocaust? I think those negative bazillion. Yeah. But you know, usually I hate it. Yeah, you did.
00:06:15
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I don't hate very many movies that I found when I did. You hate The Vivich too. I just didn't, okay. No, I didn't hate The Vivich. I just didn't think it goes horror. I like it for what it is, a good movie.
In-Depth Review of 'Species'
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It's a good psychological drama. It's not horror. It has the devil. That's why I don't. But okay, go on. Who doesn't have the devil? I have a devil on my shoulder. Anyway. Okay. We're getting off track again.
00:06:43
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because I am lazy and box is not lazy. I'm just over here. I'm just watching. I'm having a good time. Having a good time. Oh, I was listening to a queen today. So you may go first. What's number four for you? What's number four movie for you or show? Also the
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You know, I'm young, I got a lot of horror to catch up on. So I've mostly been watching classics this year. And so I couldn't actually come up with four things that came out in 2023 that I watched. So my fourth number four, which I watched this year for the first time, is the 1995 movie, Species. Starring Alfred Molina,
00:07:32
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And other people, but Alfred Molina is the main person you need to worry about, I think. And it's about, oh, sorry. No, no, no, it's about what? Yeah, it's about a smoking hot alien babe who is desperately trying to procreate. That was Natasha Hetridge, right? It was not Sharon Stone, sadly. Not Sharon Stone, but it's Natasha, right?
00:08:03
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It's sexy. Alfred Molina's in it. Babe. Oh, I see what you're saying. Oh, I thought Alfred. Oh, did he play Octavius? Is that Doc Ock? Alfred Molina? No. Yes, it's Doc Ock. Okay. So Doc Ock's in it. And then Natasha Hentridge is in it. Okay. And George Whitaker is also in it.
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as he is. And now I remember as 1995, this is the beginning of a lot of the them. I don't think he was Doc quite yet. Ninety five. No, no. We're starting out. OK. I'm Michelle Williams. Well, this is a lot of people. You missed this since like 20 years or 30. Yeah, I can't do that. I am 24 years old. Oh, baby. Oh, I'm so sorry. I mean, I mean, an adult just like us. Right, Jim?
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Sorry, I actually fell, I hit my head on the sensor button as I was saying something. No, we're totally that young, right, Jim? Oh, yeah. No cap. Of course. I just don't use moisturizer. See this? Hey, folks, at home, always moisturize. Otherwise, when you're 24, you will look like this. Yeah. Yeah. I guess it depends on the type of relationship you have with you. So I've not had very many years to catch up, is all I'm saying. You can do it. You can catch up. So what made you want it?
00:09:27
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What made you want to do this one? I read the description on HBO Max. And I said that sounds like a hilarious movie and also has Alfa Molina in it, which my husband loves. So I said, Hey, Hank, you want to sit down and watch this movie about sexy alien? Yeah, sexy alien babes. He said, let's do it. It's like Omega.
00:09:56
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wanting to have babies a lot. Yeah. Omega having babies a lot? Yeah. Wait, didn't she eat people? Yeah, it's kind of like a praying mantis deal. Okay. I don't think that's a spoiler. I think that's actually the whole tagline of the movie. We eat people. So was it as sexy as you thought it would be? Yeah. Um,
00:10:24
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So my knowledge of like 90s and 80s movies is that it like if it, there's gonna be boobs in it.
00:10:35
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Um, like a hundred percent. And so that was unsurprising. Um, I think there are some ones where I was like, I guess you can do this in a movie. Some things are very, um, I need to rewash this very clean. Yeah. A lot of skin, a lot of skin. Obedience camp. The way we're dogs. I don't know how much you want me to spoil, but he's there for 10 minutes gets it on.
00:11:03
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Oh, really? All eight of his arms? Okay. Species part two of the hentai. I like it. Yeah. I just saw that there actually is a third, a third in 2004. Oh, that's gotta be
00:11:25
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I think the tire was populated by now of all the species. So do you remember if this is, um, practical effects or CGI from 95? Uh, a lot of those practical effects. I think it's almost exclusively practical effects. It looks like super fun and good. Like I was very impressed. I think it's held up really well. Um, the other thing I like about it a lot is that it's almost like,
00:11:50
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in the sense where it's like Forest Whitaker and Alfred Molina and the lady from CSI Miami and Michael Madsen all team up.
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And they're like all specialists from different fields, like Forest Whitaker is like a psychic and like one of them is a biologist and one of them is a psychologist and like, you know, one of them is just like muscle, right? And so they all team up and are hired by the government to track down this alien babe and kill her before she procreate.
00:12:21
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and uh it's like so refreshing because they all instantly have such amazing chemistry because I know like typically in the team up movie they have to be like you know assholes to each other and they like grow like oh we like each other now I'm sure that's exhausting in this movie they're like instantly all best friends um they love each other and there's so much chemistry and it's so nice it just launched them
00:12:47
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Just have that. Yeah. Well, it was 95. We actually did like each other that much back then. Yeah, things changed. Yeah, things dramatically changed. I blame millennials, personally. Yeah. Well, I'm a Zoomer, so. You're a Zoomer. She is. I know. Stop, stop. I can't. La, la, la, la, la, I can't. So I'm the only millennial in the room, ass.
00:13:13
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Well, you know what? We say like surviving millennial. You can't do that. So surviving John next door. That's a good thing. So you, you picked this out and it's 95. It's like a buddy film. I dig is chocolate. No, wait, was chocolate chip Charlie is chocolate chip Charlie in it. No, I think it's a reference from, um, is it from the stuff? It's from the stuff. It's from the stuff. Garrett Morris Garrett Morris from the stuff. If you haven't seen the stuff, it's a fun one. That one's a fun one.
00:13:41
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I don't think there's boobs in that one, though, unfortunately. But it's fun enough of the bottom. So you are seeing this species. It is Natasha's first movie, by the way, that that's actually her premiere is kind of like. Now, you said it holds up would ever come out in 2000. Would you see this coming out in 2024, I guess? Like would a movie like this ever exist again? Like ever exist again?
00:14:11
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I mean, it kind of reminds me of that one like weird movie, I'm sure remember what it's called, about the scientists who make, who are the couple, they're scientists and they make, it's called Splice or something? Yes, it's, yes. Splice, would they make a baby? Yes. And then it's like a weird alien baby. Yeah, yeah. It kind of reminds me of that, but like way more entertaining.
00:14:37
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That should be the tagline. I'm pretty sure it's a tale of my marriage. Sorry. It came out today. It would be, I mean, I think the effects wouldn't be as impressive. I liked, I mean, it's kind of weird. Oh, she has, sorry, her nipples are tentacles. Again, you're selling this. You're not, not selling this. I know. I like it. That's why it's my number four out of all the movies I've watched this year.
00:15:07
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So yeah, so she when she turns into her alien form, her nipples become tentacles around people. I dig that as one should. I think that's gonna be great on a pole. But would we see that today? I don't know. It would look worse. It wouldn't have as good. You know, it's all practical effects. And that's the thing that the CGI will break up with like the Hulk when they couldn't see his arm for a while. I will tell you this. When Natasha was in this film, she was closer to your age.
00:15:37
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but now we're talking about the film, she's closer to my age. That's how long. Time out goes forward like that.
00:15:47
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You're kind of like seeing like a before picture of people. I dig that. I think we should go and watch more older movies like the older, this is from 95. Oh, no, boy. No, remember, Jim, remember, we're all so young. Yeah, those really, really old movies. The old movies from the 90s. Yeah. Is anybody still alive from the 90s?
00:16:10
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Box you mean from the 1900s, right? 1990s. Well, okay. I dig it. I think we should go. What, what kind of Cthulhu reason, uh, ratings reasons. Um, I think it's like I'm a level. So it's not like a high cinema. I can't stress that enough, but I would recommend it to anyone. I'd say five.
00:16:35
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It was a joyous experience.
Review of 'Summoning Sylvia'
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I loved it. I would recommend it to anyone. That's amazing. This is also like our best stuff. It's kind of like voodoo. This is the best stuff list. I give it one. This is our best stuff list? No, five. I'm not following a five. I'm sorry. No, I'm not following a five. You watch it. You see the technical nipples. Flip it around and you tell me it's not a five out of five. I mean, that sounds like a five out of five.
00:17:06
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I'm going to put this on my box set with the first Resident Evil box set, or the first Resident Evil movie. I also like the first Resident Evil movie. The unedited Resident Evil movie, because Box and I have both learned that the one streaming is quite disappointing for one reason. Very disappointing. Which was rude.
00:17:28
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Which I honest with God, when Box is like, there is a, like, there is? But there's no way. I saw it in the theater, I wouldn't remember. I know it would be when I... I know it would be when I was thinking about it. But when I watched it on stream, I'm like, Box is not there, I'm sorry. Like, I don't know. I think you're just, like, making stuff up. And I had to actually buy the dang movie on, yeah. So we have this as a five. I'm not following that.
00:17:54
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Oh, box her up. What's your four one? What's your fourth one? I'm trying to look up. I actually gave it. I can't find it. Oh, there it is. Is you looking for it? I see a phone call. No, no, no, no, no. Summoning Sylvia. Summoning Sylvia. No. Yeah. Please, no. It says Tara Reid on the caller. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
00:18:22
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Okay. I did give it. Yeah. Okay. I knew what I gave it. Apparently there's a movie called, yeah, 2023. We actually got it as the screener from whom? I mean, give her us for us. We get screeners. Yeah. The horror collective, I think gave us under collective. Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:49
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Good for us. Yeah, good for us. It was Justin. Good old Justin. Oh, yeah. Thank you, Justin. Yeah, he's great. He always gives us the good stuff. For real. He does. So this is my number four. And I watched about 15 movies, 16 movies that were new in 2023. So again, I'm coming at it really from the best of the best. But you wrote only one review. What?
00:19:16
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I'm messing with you. Yeah, you are messing with me. I've read a lot of reviews this year. I mean, not tons, but anyway, anyway, Summoning Sylvia, it's, it's actually very cute, funny, and heartfelt movie about two men who are going to be getting married. And so one of the men is going to go have his, what is it, groom's night out? What do you call that? Bachelor party? Yeah. And so it's all him and his friends, and they're going to go out to this haunted
00:19:46
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you know, like bed and breakfast type thing, and they're just gonna have a good time. But womp womp, his fiance's straight, angry brother shows up as well. And so they have to try to incorporate him, all while getting haunted and trying to solve the mystery of who Sylvia is and why she's- Is there a dead hooker? No. That's not a bachelor party.
00:20:12
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No, they're just, they're going to have fun. They're just there to have fun and, and drink my most. Oh, I think that Tom Hanks will be bachelor party.
00:20:22
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Yeah, what? How? How'd you get there? He said bachelor party. I thought you meant like Tom Hanks will be bachelor party with a dead hooker. No, you must be very confused. That's true. While the writing is very sweet, like I said, it's very heartfelt. The acting is really good. Everybody gives up their A game.
00:20:49
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But I'd be laughing. You'll be, you know, I mean, you won't be crying, but you'll be like, Hey, box. What? Who's in it? Okay. I could get there. Uh-huh. Exactly. Everyone gives them their A game. Who? I know everyone. Those people. This came out really long ago. So I'm going to sit and finish. You're going to be sorry.
00:21:15
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Uh-huh. That sounds all right. I know. I'm going to be sorry. So, when you're watching, it's called Finding Certain. No, Summoning? Summoning. How do you summon Sylvia? Is it like Candyman? Now, they actually have a really fun Ouija board session. And Sylvia comes on there.
00:21:42
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And who is she? And why is she there? And is she evil? Is she not? I don't know. They have to figure that out.
00:21:49
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I like that idea. Yeah. I kind of dig that. It's like a Ouija board. You won't believe who just called the star of Ouija. Terror read. I put them on the phone. I'm going to go get some water. You want to get some water? I don't know. I don't know if you're going to get water. But OK. So everyone gives an A game. Everyone's like super into it. And you said they're writing smart and hard. Frankie Grande is great. Troy Wada.
00:22:18
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Michael O'Rae and Travis Coles. Oh, Travis Coles. Is that the guy from TikTok? You know what I'm trying to say, TikTok tease? No. There's different Travis? Yes. Travis Coles? Yes, he's an actor and comedian. Far as I know, I don't know. I don't ask everyone their names sometimes. He's an actor.
00:22:43
Speaker
He was in Torchwood, apparently. You know, they're in New York City. Maybe that's what I think. The people were previous movies. Ghostface is trying to kill them. And then, you know, of course, there's. Oh, yeah, you're right. Ghostface Shrines and all the other ghosts. Summoning Celia. Yeah. And then they. I see this now in Battle Hall. It's OK. I get it. And everybody. You just might see that name popped up. Yeah. Again, because like it's funny. There's some definite. It's lighthearted until it's.
00:23:13
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It's not, but it never gets too dark or too, you know. So if you want something that's like fun, like harder, that's going to lift your spirits. It's great. And it's like summoning Sylvia. Cause it's... Or summon some spirits. Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh
00:23:55
Speaker
Okay, I can do four out of five four out of five or somebody in Sylvia
00:24:00
Speaker
I dig it. I think I'm going to have to check these out. This is why I like doing our shows. I get to see things or hear things. I should watch people and just crack it over. So self dig up myself as a self dig is, you know. So my fourth one. OK, boy, what do I want to do for number four? You know what? I'm going to hit up.
00:24:20
Speaker
Scream Therapy, 2023 of Cassie Keat. We did some little pressure for this one before. And then we had to bury everything we did because of the writer's strike and then the actor's strike. But now that we can actually see and talk about this movie.
Discussion on 'Scream Therapy'
00:24:40
Speaker
It's like, no, keep hitting. Watch this again and again. It really is a great horror comedy. Oh, we've knocked him down. Let's run away. If you know me, I did the horror comedies. No, take his knife and stab him. Or keep hitting him with your baseball bat. Instead, every single time they drop the baseball bat. Not so much direct and dead and loving it, because we both thought that was a better movie than it was when we reviewed it. Yeah, I mean, you think it's going to be, but it's Mel Brooks, not Mel Blanks.
00:25:09
Speaker
which I'm confused, but you think it's gonna be funny and it has not age well, or even- No, no, it is not. Nothing aged. I've done the, there's other ones that we watched throughout the years, but I really did horror comedy, and I like really smart horror comedy, and I think Scream Therapy, in 2023, look at that, from Cassie Keat,
00:25:38
Speaker
It is an amazingly tight movie and it gives a lot of stuff. We see when they're filming out, it's all pretty much practical. What's it about? It's about five friends struggling in their lives.
00:25:57
Speaker
head out to the desert for a girls weekend, the restorative scream therapy. What scream therapy is. I didn't rush you know, it's essentially like watching. I have no idea. No idea. So their vacation takes a sharp turn when they cross paths with a cult of in cells. I looked that word up. Yeah. I know. I know. It's not like that too, right there. No, I don't know what I know. It's not my tattoo.
00:26:22
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I didn't know, uh, call it themselves. Yeah. Who are very pressing on a very pressing human sacrifice. So you have these things are working together. It is a true feminist movie. And I dig it. I'm like, yeah. Remember you were going to like Cassie keep because they made your argument for that one movie we used to disagree on. Yeah. I know you keep creating that out.
00:26:49
Speaker
Mad Max Furiosa. Mad Max Furiosa, but yes. What did I say? Furiosa, which is supposedly coming out at some point. Oh, I thought that was already that movie we're watching.
00:27:03
Speaker
OK, so that's a coming up second movie. Yeah. So this is going to be a buddy comedy slash horror, a feminist comedy slash horror. And it does a lot of smart things were. I'm sorry. I liked it a lot. All due to the fact of bringing it into the 2023, we see the world how we said, you know, change from species 95 to how we are now and how we actually like each other. Ninety five is just like we used to get along because
00:27:32
Speaker
It's us against everyone else. I think that's why we all have a problem. It's like, it's us against the world. Just watch Clerks. If you ever want to see what 95 looks like, watch Clerks. I wouldn't know because I'm young.
00:27:45
Speaker
Okay, that's we have to go back and watch these movies. Right, exactly. So you have this and the acting is fantastic. It's a lot of great performances. It's a smart move. And it's just really, there's there's parts where they get me some like, okay, what happened to this character? And then later on, they bring him back like, Oh, that's what happened. Like, they actually don't forget about the character. It's fine. It's all very well
00:28:08
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done. We're talking about from the writer from Cassie's point of view, and also as Cassie directed it. So yeah, both the writer and director on set at the same time. I dig it. I really wish I could watch this right now. Besides my screener. I don't want to be a blast.
00:28:27
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Hopefully it comes out to all theaters soon. I do know it might've gotten derailed a little bit by the strike and things kind of like shut down. We can't talk about press and stuff like that. But I'm glad that's all over with. And if you really want to hear Cassie and I talk about
00:28:42
Speaker
The cage for like 12 hours long. Check out our interview with our friends. What's cracking? The benefits of going to conference. Lovely person. Funny as hell. University. Go check this one out when you can. Screen therapy. I'm giving this one 4.5. Go through those. Say I can beat yours. No. 4.5. Final African. But none of them are doing it as a tentacle. You can't be a tentacle titty. That's the thing. That's why they want to follow you. There's no way I can beat that right now. Yeah, there's no way any of us can beat that.
00:29:09
Speaker
Or can I? We'll see. We'll see. We'll find out. But what's number three for you? Yeah, let's do it. It's a good idea. If that is a real bad idea, definitely. And now we're going to move on. And I was like, are you OK? I can't do well. It's a mistake. I can't be that scary. We'll be OK. I'll be there. I did actually get out. But yeah, I will be there. And then he watched which two screen movies immediately prior is my killer story.
00:29:39
Speaker
And he was like, I don't know why I do that. I'm even more freaked out about it. I like it. We just kept making jokes about how...
00:29:48
Speaker
And when one person left the room and be like, Oh, yeah, I've not read or we've like, they come back and be like, we have bad news. All three of us are cookie books. And I think they captured. And so he kept talking about how the actual pro figure out which one of us was go space. Yes. Yes. Yes. And we did it in record time because my husband was so scared. He was so scared. He was solving the puzzle. Right. That's an amazing cast.
00:30:18
Speaker
It's an amazing cast. Liz Lemon's in it. I couldn't remember Tina Fey for a second. I couldn't remember Tina Fey's name for a second. I did the character. She's in it. The person from Mean Girls in it and the guy from Four? Isn't it? No, not the actor-director.
00:30:40
Speaker
No, the director of Thor. The original. The Dark World. No, no, no, Dark World one. I was going to get excited. But the person who was in everything all at once, and also Star Trek Deep Space Discovery 9 or... I don't know, five. Disco? Which was Star Trek?
00:31:01
Speaker
This is her Star Trek disco episode. There is one. Great. There's a disco one. There's a Star Trek disco. It was a
Review of 'Haunting in Venice'
00:31:08
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lot of fun. Because when they first started doing abbreviations like NTDs, it was the actual Star Trek. We lost that one. She'll probably come back. She doesn't want to talk about Star Trek disco. And we noticed that in the beginning. Oh, we were trying to spoil it. We were not going to spoil Star Trek disco for you. But it's actually the original one is Star Trek STD.
00:31:34
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Because they weren't thinking And that's why they started doing no
00:31:51
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Like really hard like everything. Perfect. We got Wilson Cruz and Anthony Rapp and Doug Jones. What do you want to call it? STD on the counter in a way that made it fall. Million STDs, like in species. I've never seen this before in my life, but we also put it precariously somewhere sketchy. An average is like, yeah, I just threw it in there.
00:32:16
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Dapping that you're now that you're back tapping. You've got hotening and we are hot in Venice. Do you see it in the theater or in the Home Did you watch for that murder-oriented Express and then okay, cuz I was in the same world I Was heart-breaking this one got got there
00:32:49
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Something on the nail. Someone died. Right. Oh, nice.
00:33:18
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I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. I liked the fun of it. I liked the interaction between the characters or the actors because it really is. It keeps you going, keeps you going, keeps you going. There's no,
00:33:49
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There's no real boring moment of it. There's no law. There's no like thing we're talking about before. And our interview, which goes live, by the way, Daphne, I did it. There's no like 15 minutes of like reading involved. There's no setup for just, it is, it is tight. It is tight and it's scary. It's got some jumps. Oh my God. Zoomers. Oh, I'm surrounded. Okay. So.
00:34:16
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I, okay, it was a lot of prothral effects, but not all prothral effects, right? Was there CGI in this one? I can't, I can't remember. Yeah, nothing looked out of place, nothing looked fake. I saw it on the big screen. So like, even on the big screen, it looked immersive and the sound was really there. It was kind of lifting it all up. I might have to rewatch it on a smaller screen just to see if it kind of holds up.
00:34:46
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but I think if you did not watch Oriental Express and God, now I'm blanking on it. The Egypt, Nile, the Deaf Nile. You don't need to watch those too. You watch this one and enjoy it, right? Okay. You don't even need to know who Herco Parro is. You just kind of like watch this. It's a mystery in itself. Really?
00:35:26
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Yeah. The same. Yeah. If you want to read, read this one is, it's actually the original was Halloween party. Oh, is it? I have that. Yeah. They rebranded it as, uh, but deaf and Venice, Venice, haunting, haunting in Venice. Yeah.
00:35:53
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Halloween party, like we were starting to read it and it's, it's similar. It's got some stuff to it. She writes herself into this one. Interesting. Cause like the mystery writer, right? I think that's her avatar. Yeah. I dig. Okay. Um, I'm so sorry. I like this movie a lot. That's like, Oh, I see this movie. I know this one. I can talk about this one. So what do you give this as a Cthulhu rating? Four out of five.
00:36:30
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Now, if Tina Fey had tentacle nipples, would this be higher? To survive. Right, right, right. Exactly.
00:36:55
Speaker
Pretty sure we just gave Disney if you're listening that's already idea. You can't take that one TM take the mouse back put it in an envelope sealed it and sent it to ourselves. So now So four out of five I can can I beat that one? I don't know. You know what? I'm not gonna try right now box. What's your number three?
00:37:23
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Oh, so I had to think about this. I had to think about this pretty, pretty hard because the top three are real good, real good. So I'm gonna have to say, though, as much as I love this movie, oh, it's gonna be my number three, which is
00:37:46
Speaker
cocaine shark, is it? Cocaine bear. Oh my God. Is it really cocaine bear? Yes. Would you have to see still, sir? No, I saw it. I saw it. Oh, you did? Okay, good, good. Yeah, yeah. Yes. Yeah. It took me like a bit. I had so much fun in the theater watching this film and laughing my ass up and also going, because the deaths are so gruesome. It is. And very visceral.
00:38:16
Speaker
to where you will go like, haha. Just like that. What does that word mean? Yeah, I'm pretty dumb box visceral. No. Oh, I mean, you're the professor you should should know. Gosh, dang it. I don't profess anything anymore. Well, yes, that I like
00:38:38
Speaker
You're a professor of the arts of bad movies. The arts of bad movie. Ooh, is that a job title? That is a job title. I saw your business card. Is that my job? That's literally what you put on your, oh my God. I'm looking at my business card. Jesus. So this is cocaine bear. Cocaine bear. I'm guessing this is practical effects all the way. Cause why would you CGI a cocaine bear? There's no, there's no CGI for the cocaine. You're pretty sure the bear itself.
00:39:03
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Bear is CGI. It's a good creepy bear. Honestly, this movie, it has twists, it has turns, it has great acting, great writing. It's funny. It's scary. No, it's hard. Like in the end, you're like, I can't believe that I'm doing these things. You know, I'm feeling these things for these particular people. Also the tagline of my marriage. Go for it.
00:39:32
Speaker
What? Yeah. Nothing. Oh, oh, Zing. Or mine. Or mine, my friend. I'm sleeping, uh, slipping in like, uh, self-deprecation. Um, but it's, it's really good. Um, it was Ray Liotta's, his second to last film. Um, and second to the best, which is weird. His best, of course, being that like only one or one concert, like the Capoeira film that was.
Analysis of 'Cocaine Bear' and 'The Pope's Exorcist'
00:39:59
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But it's just a fun, wild ride set in the 80s, which I wouldn't know anything about because I'm young. The 1980s? The 1980s. Oh, yeah, that's one of them. Yeah, yeah. So I don't know if anyone's still alive from then, to be honest. Probably not. No, they had that cocaine bearing. Certainly not me. But it's such a fun film. It's great. Like I said, it's
00:40:28
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I think it's a movie you could watch with your dad, but maybe not your mom. That's true, that's true. But I know my mom would not appreciate it and my dad would probably wince a lot, but I could watch it. Why not? It's a family film. Oh sure, I'm sure. You know. Adam's family, but still family friendly.
00:41:01
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So I give it a five out of five. Giving a five out of five? Isn't that more than you rated it before? Or is that TT? No, that was TT. I think I did give it a five out of five before. It's fun. It's a lot of fun, man. I do like to fat. Okay. I like to fashion from it. It's very, Oh my gosh. Carrie Russell in that track suit.
00:41:29
Speaker
Oh, and we just saw some actually saw something amazing. Like I was like, is that alive or dead? Like everything's like, oh, please get on me. Oh, there's a cat. Oh, is she a standard issue? Oh, she is. I don't know where mine is. She's around here somewhere. What's standard issue? I don't understand. That's a standard issue, Kat. Yeah. Oh, is she paired? It's like.
00:42:03
Speaker
Oh, okay. Mine is peridactyl. Anyway, welcome to your top cats of 2023. Camp? It's not even school anymore. It's like camp. Oh.
00:42:31
Speaker
Oh, I'm sure there's no dog here. I can like relax and relax things and I can show everyone my butt as one does. Oh yeah, of course. Say hello to the butts. That's what cats the musical did, right? Talk about CGI.
00:42:52
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as we all get distracted by the cats. We gave this, we gave it a five. Okay. I can't beat the five. I'm so sorry. I'll take this one. Okay. My number three, right? Yeah. Okay. My number three is the Pope's exorcist. I mean, oh really? Go on. Well, okay. The reason why
00:43:15
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I needed a number three. Honestly, scream therapy should be number three. I just kind of like mess up my order. But follow Gabriel Ammar, Vatican's leading exercise is investigating the possession of a child that uncovers a conspiracy that Vatican has tried to keep secret. I like this because I've actually read Ammar's writing before. Yeah, you said that you liked that the writing is actually very good.
00:43:39
Speaker
The writing of him as the actual Vatican's Exorcist is amazing. If you like that Vatican for some reason, I suggest getting it. If you like horror. Big Vatican fans over here. There has to be, oh, there's got to be some Vatican fans listening. I mean, if you ever. Yeah. The Pope hats, like the fake Pope hats and the foam fingers.
00:44:08
Speaker
Uh, don't make me do a Norm Macdonald bit. Oh, no, no, no. Turn away. Turn away. I know. I don't want to do it as by sound.
00:44:19
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I'll extract that one. So I like it. Or if you're like, if you actually want to understand what exorcism is and what it is to be a real exorcist, if you've read the the exorcist book, you know, the Michael Theater Blalley book, you read that one. You're like, I want to see what the actual view from the exorcist is, like the real view of it. Ammar is like the person to go to. He's passed away. He's no longer writing new books, but he's got two pretty good ones.
00:44:49
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Now, he also blames disco for the rise of. So it's like I think when he says disco, it's like the European sense. It might be like the translation. I think it's ever popular. I mean, it was like the disco is like rocking. Is it like disco, perhaps? Disco. That would be STD. He also blames STD. I mean, it could he could be drama.
00:45:11
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less zombies more people so you have this weird thing where you see something like the Exorcist where it's played
00:45:25
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No, I'm not. This is my actual choice. It's more or less what's going on. It's a little bit like you're doing in McDonald's. No, I don't. I can't. I can't. I don't know. But you see the exercise and you see how you play with this toy, why you summon the demon, you're talking to the dead, you deserve this. You broke God's law. One of the commandments, I don't like to fuck with toys or something. I don't know.
00:45:52
Speaker
Fungus zombies. Yeah, exactly. I think that's the fourth commandment. The fourth about now should not play with anything fun made by Hasbro or Mattel. Oh, speaking of the Ouija board, I sure can't take Tara's phone. It looks beautiful. No, no, no, no. Next year, Tara, we're talking next year. Maybe we'll do an interview next year, you know, the emotions. I don't want to spoil this, but I really do have something material.
00:46:16
Speaker
The third episode, I better be a terrible, awful. You better be or not? I better be in which things are incredibly. Maybe. I have to see. We still have to talk. It's a bunch of. You know, TV. But I've seen. Yeah, I think it's I can kind of announce that the Terry next year, 2024. Yeah. I don't know for how long we were talking. I'm trying to think that. Possibly Bigfoot two.
00:46:44
Speaker
That'd be funny if Bigfoot came on as Terry and then Terry was talking to Bigfoot. We can't do that to her. We can't. No, let's not do that to her. Trying for like a year or two to get to her. So we've got this thing where he says, you know, you do this, you're going to go to hell. And so you kind of deserve it as a kid, even as a kid, apparently, you deserve it. Something bad happened.
00:47:06
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Or you see this as, oh, the Pope's Exorcist or through the Pope's Exorcist book, I should say, the Gabriel Ammar's book, where it kind of had to upset God's law. You had to be tempted by the devil or try to tempt the devil himself, which is still a sin. And that's why it allows you to be possessed. And every once in a while, every once in a while, God's like, fuck it, possess him.
00:47:33
Speaker
Like every once in a while guys like I want to win anyways, but let's torture someone for a while That's not cool No, that's that's not a good plan. That's not a good business
00:47:52
Speaker
No, fighting Jesus is somewhere still in my car. So you have the book version. Crazy. This is not based on the book version, by the way, but you have the historical character of Gabriel Ammar. And what I really like is Russell Crowe brings him to life. I've never seen him as a Russell Crowe type. He runs Rexham. Oh, holy crap. It's a trick to have. I know. I don't think you're doing Russell Crowe. I guess. This is Jesus and?
00:48:20
Speaker
Russell Crowe, who knew? Yeah, and a singer. Cheryl Crowe, that's Cheryl Crowe. No, Russell Crowe. Russell Crowe's the singer? Yeah, isn't that like 40 odd grunt? His band? I have no idea. Maybe, maybe. Something like that. Anyway, go on. So I never saw Gabriel as this big dude because Russell Crowe seems from Gladiator. Yeah.
00:48:45
Speaker
But he plays the smart ass-ness of Amroth really well. He plays the guy who would be the Pope's archivist. I think Russell Crowe probably physically hates this though. You see this and you set it up. I think this is a horror movie that had promise. I think this is a horror movie that makes you think. And I think Daphne, did you say this was Angels and Demons?
00:49:15
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David, yeah. I think so, yeah. He's like the same guy. Oh, we did it. You just like threw a whole apple and marina thing. I'm about to watch more Spider-Man later on.
00:49:32
Speaker
So you have all these things going on and I dig it, I get into it. Again, the first time I saw this, I was on a plane. So like, is this sort of like a cocaine bear, I guess. Which you missed out on.
00:49:46
Speaker
Yeah, I know, I know. Maybe, maybe, but it is well acted. It is mostly relevant. Like, I can't really say that it's not well written because I think it is well written. I don't know how much it is like the director or actually the editor. So I think that we got into like a state where it's expecting for visuals to be. But it is definitely one of my top movies that I watched in two thousand twenty three
Half-Viewing of 'Scream 6' and 'Talk to Me' Review
00:50:14
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for horror. I was really impressed by the visuals.
00:50:16
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because of the acting, because of the writing, because of how they took things seriously. It would have been what none do. It could have been like, aye, or something. Yeah.
00:50:26
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They actually want to make a good movie. So here we go. I'm giving this one. You gave cocaine by fine. I did. And it was fine. Daphne, you gave yours to her? I didn't. I never was like super attached to it. I'm gonna give this one a four. But I think the last of us did like a better job. It's almost the day after day after day after the Christmas. Super. 4.5. Like invested in what's going on. 4.5. And then like everything is part of the story. So like the set is part of the story. I don't make you do that.
00:50:53
Speaker
Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
00:51:12
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I was actually talking to Isaac Thorne about like movies once. I think it might actually be a thread somewhere. And we were watching something that was just came out like, oh, this is not as good as like The Exorcist. It was The Exorcist awakening. Oh, yeah. The new one. Yeah. And like that was not an Exorcist film. Be good. Or it was like it was doing the whole thing. And Mavis both want to rewatch the Pope's Exorcist.
00:51:40
Speaker
And by comparison, this is like brilliant. It's like Kino right there. I dig it. All right. So 4.5 out of five. That's my final offer. Yes. Number three in the can Daphne. You're up for number two. Yes. I thought you were.
00:52:11
Speaker
I thought you're, oh, scream six. I thought you were going to say that he just like told you about it and you're like, Oh, I love this. She ate me. That's cute.
00:52:44
Speaker
Oh, really? Yes. We all need type. Yes. I mean, that's the best order to do it in. I hear. I think so.
00:53:11
Speaker
Yeah, and it's like, it's like, I don't know who these people are. Okay, so I want to ask, since you've only seen half of it, what is it about? Yeah, it was good.
00:53:33
Speaker
That's five. Yeah. Look. I think you just nailed all of them actually. Jim, I think this is going to be a new podcast we could do where we just watch half of the movie. I mean, I have to watch half of a movie now? Yeah. You can't even watch the trailers, can you bud? Do me half a trailer. Yeah. I don't know how to end this. You're talking about Zoomer like attention span. Meet Jim.
00:54:08
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, what are that? It's a plural. Is that ghost face faces or that's face? I go space. I face. I.
00:54:37
Speaker
Oh yeah. Interesting. Oh, you're right.
00:55:11
Speaker
Yeah. No, I get it. Right? He's not supernatural. Exactly. It's not supernatural. It's not like Michael Myers where he apparently becomes supernatural later on. I love good omens. Just some dude. I haven't seen the second season yet.
00:55:31
Speaker
But okay. And now I might be getting my scream six mixed up with my scream TV show, which might be made by five or also just like, which is, I think scream pipes was called scream by the way. Yeah. I might be getting mixed up, but didn't they actually just beat the snot out of them? Like, and he just like limps up and goes, okay, I'm good.
00:56:00
Speaker
Yeah, they never double tap. They never go like that. Well, that's okay.
00:56:20
Speaker
Yeah, always yeah, okay, so serial killers. Yeah, that's part Message from screen is all this could have been done if he just killed him early on mm-hmm Just kill your stalkers. Yeah Unless you're actually saying No, yes, please. It's like that's not his opinions. You should not kill anyone. I almost got out my kazoo I
00:56:46
Speaker
Do that. Uh, yeah, fine. Okay. There's a loop. Sorry. Hold on. Sorry. I didn't know it was on the loop. Take it off loop. So that was great. Okay. Again, they're well-acted. They're well-acted and oh my gosh. That's a great pick. Is it because you're a zoomer?
00:57:15
Speaker
Because it's boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. I like to like dance. I think that was a premise of Scary Movie One. When they're making fun of ghosts. Yeah. I think that's exactly it. Yeah, my name is Scream. I see Scream, the original Scream recently because I was screening it for somebody so they could understand Scream 6. Absolutely.
00:57:45
Speaker
I guess you didn't really have to, but I was like, I could just like jump into stream six, right? Yeah. Yeah. These people are like killing these people and these people are like killing these people. Yeah.
00:58:00
Speaker
This is the one of the first times because when Scream first came out, Drew Barrymore was a big draw for it. Yes. And she gets killed. First, it was like a Jackie Chan movie when Jackie Chan was nobody like, Oh, Jackie Chan, we can't wait to watch it. He gets killed in the first five minutes. It's like psycho. Everybody had thought that, Oh, we're going to go find it. You know, I forgot who played Miriam. Exactly. But that's exactly it. You know why you forgot?
00:58:26
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because Anthony Perkins is so good at cycling. It could just be him. It could just be him. That's, that's one of the big things. Oh, I took a classical study in my college when I was
00:58:46
Speaker
doing poppers. I don't know. Box, remember the time we met in James Miller's class and we're watching horror in New Vegas? Yeah. And then he trashed his movie, puppet master. Yeah. But I think, you know, we're still there. And so it could be now we used to watch it because we're in, we're juniors. We were so young. We were so young.
00:59:13
Speaker
Yeah, it was just last year. It was right. Yeah. I was still working my term paper. I've had 400 words. How I can never write 400 words on a paper. Is it it? We have to study. That's what we should be doing right now. It's funny. Oh, no, I just had my fun. Anyway, go on scream. What, what would you give? Scream six that the 30 minutes of it. Yeah. All right.
00:59:48
Speaker
And I'm glad you brought up that your husband wasn't into a lot of horror because he was also enraptured in it. Is this taking in? Oh, that's actually romantic. Yeah.
01:00:18
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That's amazing. As we know, as also students. As students. Right? Yes, fellow students. Yes. Work my score the weed. Oh.
01:01:10
Speaker
I will protect you, baby.
01:01:24
Speaker
So did you survive the escape route? Hey. Really? Because we saw Ghostface. Were you Ghostface? Were you Ghostface? Did you just kill him? Did you like just beat him up when you saw him? Did he beat you up and then just walk away? Where?
01:01:53
Speaker
Was this on Prime? What platform was it on? I think it had everything to do with Ghostface. You're making up your own backstory for the room. Like, I think this is this one. I dig that. What was your Cthulhu for this one then? I don't know, five.
01:02:21
Speaker
Most are still waiting for the escape room. Curious. I was like, amazing. Oh God. Oh.
01:03:06
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That's sneaky that is sticky
01:03:23
Speaker
It just fell right off this thing. Oh, my God. So was a room called gaslighting the room because that's like that was my name, right? Of course, your name, buddy. Of course it was. That's God, we should do one.
01:03:52
Speaker
We should do a- We did one, but it was a board game, Jim. Is it species? Yo. We didn't win. It was- We died. Evie made a quiche for two hours in the middle of an escape room. Yeah. I just started cooking. In the middle of the escape room. And we were trying to- I don't know if you ever put that up on Haunted on channel.
01:04:15
Speaker
I might, but I do have, I do have, I played with other people. I played it with some people. Did they survive? Yes. They were actually learning English and I was using it to teach English. And they survived. And they survived. It took them, they did some time. They took their time. They figured out the puzzles. It was wonderful. It was brilliant. Cause they felt accomplished. Like I did this in English. I guess you did.
01:04:41
Speaker
So five and another five. Box, I'm not following any of that. You go, Box. Give me a movie that I can beat. Okay, so it says that it came out in 2002, but it did not. It came out in 2020. 2002? No, I meant 2022. But it came out in 2023, and I watched it on Halloween this year, and it was a breath of fresh air, to be honest.
01:05:08
Speaker
It was actually Court Court had recommended it to me. And she had done it on one of our previous stream and demons. And it was the movie Talk to Me. And it's basically a group of friends who conjure spirits using this hand that's like been embalmed. And oh, yes, that one that one and everything goes dishes on my list.
01:05:36
Speaker
And it actually has a song that's going through TikTok that's very recognizable. But the whole score is actually really incredibly good. The acting is incredible. The girl who plays Mia, which I'm getting right now, sir, I'm prepared Sophie Wilde. It's phenomenal. Sophie Wilde? No, Sophie Wilde, Sophie Wilde. I don't know what Sophie Wilde, Sophie Wilde means, but yeah, Sophie Wilde.
01:06:06
Speaker
Um, she does an incredible job in it. It's actually very somber and heartfelt. She's going through the loss of her mother. And that's what really leads the story is loss. And it's just, it's so good. And it was, like I said, I watched it on Halloween and I was just like, this, this is what horror is. Like this is every quintessential thing that I,
01:06:37
Speaker
was missing for a very long time. And it was very, it was incredible. It was fun. I got scared. I got sad. I got the moments of, you know, funniness, like everything, the gamut.
01:06:50
Speaker
But it was, it's a wonderful, wonderful movie. And my mom absolutely cannot watch it because it's too scary. You know what? If your mom can't watch that because it's too scary, have her watch the portable door. Sophie Wilde is also in the portable door. Okay.
01:07:14
Speaker
Uh, there's lots of stuff in it, but my God, that's a small, I wanted to watch talk to me and I got that one confused with another name. Oh, as one does. Yeah. So I watched a different movie entirely. I rented it and because I'm just like, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Actually, instead, unfortunately, I don't have so many Sylvia, but all the other movies that I have, I have the last board because I was, I was so blown away by these.
01:07:44
Speaker
That's, you have to walk me through it. Was it practical? Was it cheesy? Practical. Practical, my friend. Yes. And it was so, and I use this word already, but I'm going to use it again. It was very visceral. It was very heartbreaking and gross and disgusting and watching these things happen. It's very realistic, which was horrific. Horrific. You know, just.
01:08:12
Speaker
Um, because they are, you know, younger, I didn't know the kids like us, kids like us 25. I'm doubting you just, just like God, I'm also like 20. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, but these were actually high school kids. And they looked like high school kids and they acted like high school kids. And just the whole thing, it was top notch. I was like completely engaged the whole time.
01:08:43
Speaker
I've got a lot of movies to watch. I have to watch rewatch species. I have to watch. I've already watched cocaine, but I also have to watch my movies. I had talked about today. So I thought it was later on. No, that's amazing. I dig it. It was perfect. It was lovely. And so of course I'm giving out a five out of five. Damn it.
01:09:12
Speaker
Damn it. I'm telling you, I'm bringing my A game to this. I brought my A game. I said you're gonna bring a game to this. Yeah, I know you thought that. Which is why I brought the Texas Chainsaw Massacre game from Trick or Treat Studios, which by the way, kick some butt. We're gonna play later on. All right.
01:09:31
Speaker
That is not a plug. I just really honestly got love trick or treat studios. They do fun masks. They are. The horror game is spot on. Sounds like a game is encroaching. It's a plug, but I'm not plugging anything. I just like them, man. Well, that's, I mean, that's what our plugs are. That's what our plugs are. You know, it's not a pay sponsorship. That's the difference. Yeah. We're not, we're not getting anything back.
01:09:55
Speaker
Right. Well, kind of get this game. But other than that, there's there's some really great horror people out there. I'm so glad. This is one of the things I really like being in the 2020s because a lot of people grew up on the 95 horror. They grew up on this stuff. And now they're positioned to make games or positioned to make the movie, some position to make the props and the candies and stuff like that.
In-Depth Review of 'Fall of the House of Usher'
01:10:19
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Oh, man. Not us. Not us, though. It's retro. It's retro. It's very. Yeah.
01:10:27
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Late 90s. Yeah. I was born in 2002. I was born in 1999. Point nine. I was a print song. Point nine. So I'm younger. Point nine.
01:10:41
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That's right goes the upper up. Oh then I'm gonna push Right. Oh, I think that would be I would have been very tiny baby Whatever whatever you're like, so is I but most of the alcohol All the bad lady boomers were Still am Okay, mom. I got a number. I'm sure no
01:11:09
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No. So what are you going to go with? What's your number two? Yeah. Number two. Push it out. This is tough. This is tough. This is tough because I honestly don't know which one of these should be number two and number one, but I'm going to go fall the house of Usher for line number two with Mike Flanagan. I thought you were going to say Mike Flanagan. Mike Flanagan. I like this stuff. We used to get a lot of Mike Flanagan screeners on Netflix.
01:11:39
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I just didn't check my Netflix email lately, so I probably had one for this one, too. I just couldn't. Oh, dang. Fucking sorry, guys. Sorry, Netflix. We're making turns working for you now. Yeah, I think that's probably why, you know, to check that out, to secure the fortunate future, to move the siblings, build a dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die one by one. So if you are a Mike Flanagan fan, you already know what you're going to get into. It's going to be a lot of dialogue. It literally happens between a cop,
01:12:08
Speaker
Ish, I guess, a prosecutor, whatever it's going to be. And one of the protagonists just sitting in a chair talking. That is that goes on for like eight episodes. So if you hate talking, this really is not. This is a show. Yeah, it's a mini series. It's limited time. Oh, OK. It's on Netflix. It's really smart. It is glowing. There's no.
01:12:38
Speaker
real bad episode. There's no episode I wanted to skip. Sometimes we see those. And they're all based on Poe stories. Like I'll just give you the title. It's like The Raven, Pitt and Pendulum, Goldbug, Tell-Till Heart, Black Cab, Murder in the Room War, Mask of the Red Death, Midnight Jury. So it's all Poe-esque.
01:13:00
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And then the acting is, my God, just masterful. It stars a bunch of people, because a lot of people, spoiler, a lot of them die. That's the premise of the show, like a lot of these will die. It's like Game of Thrones. Don't get attached to anyone.
01:13:20
Speaker
We've got Carla Cojini and Bruce Greenwood as Roderick Usher, Mary McDowell and Henry Thomas. We've got a bunch of just killer people in this. No pun. And I love this because I was looking at at the at the show without seeing any of the character or the acting list. Mark Hamill was in it. I was like, motherfucker, is this Mark fucking Hamill? Yeah.
01:13:47
Speaker
He's an interesting guy. He's actually a big fucking part of this. Like, my God, he does it so well. He's a good actor. And you think of all the time, he is a great actor. Yeah. His Joker is the Joker. Oh, yeah. 100 percent. Mark Hamill's Joker. I mean, I just can't. 100 percent. I can't get enough of that. And the characters are all flawed. This is like.
01:14:11
Speaker
a really, what was like black midnight mass? I think it was midnight mass from, yeah. This is midnight mass set to Pope. I think that could be accurate. It's smart. It doesn't rely on a lot of jumps. It doesn't rely on effects. It has effects. It can have jumps.
01:14:32
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but that's not it, it's an actual horror drama. And yeah, Netflix does horror drama mystery. So if you like Hollywood and Venice, Daphne, do you have Netflix? You don't have to leave.
01:14:46
Speaker
There you go. You can find a way to watch it. I think each episode is like an hour ish long. So this is like eight hours of your life or as we found out one child of the killer moon. I think that's actually a play. What was the one with Leonardo DiCaprio that I kind of like was like 12 hours long?
01:15:04
Speaker
That one, so actually, what, okay. Yeah, Flowers of Kill moment. It's like, it was too long for me, but I liked it. This is like one and a half of those. So if you can watch that movie in the theater, you can watch these little things, push them out. And I want to say thank you to Isaac Thorne for, I didn't know this existed, because again, I don't want to read my emails, sorry guys. And I got too much.
01:15:25
Speaker
So Isaac, thanks again for saying to watch this and you're right, man, this kicks some butt. It's eight hours and 13 minutes from start to finish. I. Gosh. There's no slow episodes. The overall story is there. You cannot skip an episode and understand what happens. It is linear that way. I you said it was a five. I'll give us a five. I'll give it a five.
01:15:55
Speaker
Five out of five kathoos. That's my final offer. I think that's it. Number two is done in the can. It's donezo. Go watch it. Fall the House of Usher. Check it out now. Daphne,
TV Show Adaptations: 'The Last of Us' vs 'The Walking Dead'
01:16:10
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what's your number one?
01:16:34
Speaker
Yeah. Pedro Pascal. Pedro and Bella Ramsey. Yeah. Right.
01:17:06
Speaker
it. Hey. Really? Now, did you play the game before? As a master? Yeah. Okay. It's one for one. Yeah. Absolutely.
01:17:45
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, it's if you did play the game, I played the original version thanks to Lizzie Nicodemus for that.
01:18:06
Speaker
And when I was playing it, the game is heart wrenching. Yeah, like it's just so beautifully written and acted and voice acted. And so when they're saying we're doing a TV show, I'm like, really? I don't know. This is going to like bomb. But it's got Pedro Pascal. It's like, it's got it's got like baby Yoda's dad in it. Like, how the hell are you going to do this? And then like Valorant play and the kid who killed a giant in the game of Thrones like that one.
01:18:34
Speaker
Uh, whatever, then someone pay me. No, Bella Ramsey is, is the, uh, everyone was in Game and Thrones. Everyone. I feel like that. I want to say, is it really, do I have that one? No, it hadn't been game. No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm looking up. Yeah. She's like the, uh,
01:19:03
Speaker
She's one of the more monster hero. She's one of the ones that takes up like, I will stand with you. And everyone's like, ah, it's just a little kid. And she kicks everyone's ass. Yeah, I vaguely remember that. Yeah. And so I see that like, my God. But. I didn't remember because I didn't like the original. And again, if you don't have a PlayStation, you can't play the last of it. That's why. To be honest, you can just do what I did and watch Markiplier play it.
01:19:33
Speaker
in it. No, it's very good. And honestly, the the gate was a very, very slight subplot to where it's like, you just find them. And then you read, like certain letters and stuff like that. Yeah, it's not. And they, I guess, expanded that. And was it who's in it, Nick?
01:20:01
Speaker
The guy from the office is all I remember. I never watched the office, but that's all I remember. The guy from the office is gay? I'm like, I don't know. Yeah, Parks and Rec. Whatever. He played another gay guy on Brooklyn Nine-Nine as well. Nick up. There you go. Yeah.
01:20:19
Speaker
Yeah, no, it is great. It's amazing. He's a great actor. Yeah, he's funny. Absolutely. He's very funny in person as well. Like I've heard him in podcasts and he's very, very funny. That dry wit and humor. But we hear him in our podcast next year of Terry spoil me. I mean, that would be fun. Mayo bees. Mayo bees. Actually, probably not. I haven't talked to those people. I hear that the music is very good as well in
01:20:49
Speaker
in the last of us. And yeah. Right. Okay, so I think we can talk about the first episode a little bit. Were you like, after the first episode, like, like, Hey, we're all yeah. Right.
01:21:26
Speaker
Yeah. Unfortunately. And unfortunately, yes. Yes.
01:22:16
Speaker
Right. Yeah, the the Walking Dead is dead. It fell on its own way. Yeah. The Walking Dead, you know, the first season is a tight ish, but then. Well, here's the thing is they they they fired the director.
01:22:46
Speaker
that did the first season and all of the actors had come together basically because they really wanted to work with this director and then AMC fired him and then it kind of went to shit because no offense but it just did. I can't talk bad about him. Allegedly. I'm actually obliged to
01:23:08
Speaker
Although I tell you what, I watch, I do know that Walking Dead the first couple of seasons had Michael Rooker in it, and I'll watch him make an omelet. I'll watch Michael make like, I love him, and he always makes me laugh when I see him, but I will say this about Mike, I think I can say this.
01:23:28
Speaker
It's not a big, like, NDA thing, but he cares about people. Like, he truly engages with his fans. He's always so giving. He's got a lot of fucking energy. And it's never a bad experience with Michael Rooker, ever. So I can't even imagine not liking any of his characters or any of his work just because the person who he is. And so I'll always watch something he's in it.
01:23:56
Speaker
Of course they come up, but it just becomes like, yeah, it's sags. I think Walking Dead sags and where Last of Us does not sag because it's very, again, zoomer, tight as foul is over. It's very boom, boom is tight. And we care about the characters. We didn't even know those two dudes. No, we will cry. We're like, who are these assholes? Because I didn't get that part of the game.
01:24:20
Speaker
I'm like, I don't remember this shit. Sort of maybe the diary bullshit, like maybe like vaguely, you know, a couple of years ago. And like, oh my God, this is fucking horrific. That this is, yeah. He's like, what?
Discussion of 'Good Omens' and Indie Films
01:24:37
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I know I'm like reviewing it. I think I was reviewing it for her like sexiest fan. I'm like, tweet and tweet. Here's my joke. I love you guys.
01:24:51
Speaker
Yeah. So I guess five out of five. I'm guessing five. Oh, it's gotta be five. That'd be funny if you're like three. They should have killed more people. Uh, box, you're up to one. I'm being a rebel. I'm being a rebel because I get to, cause it's, it's the end of the year.
01:25:18
Speaker
I've taken so many, so many Bigfoot calls that I didn't want to take. I get to get to be a rebel. So I didn't I had originally picked all movies. But if we're talking about TV shows, and especially TV shows. Oh, no, no, I know you're talking about God. And I'm going to say, Jim, I'm going to say this, because again, fan
01:25:45
Speaker
Fan interaction, fan interaction. Okay, yeah, I'll give it to folks. So, I'm going to give a five to Good Omens, season two. And we have just been renewed, babies. Just been renewed for season three. So we'll get that probably in like four years. And you know what? I'll be there. I'll be waiting. I'll be waiting outside that window. Yeah, I... God, I'll...
01:26:12
Speaker
Okay, season one was amazing. Season one was fun. Season two is the bridge to season three. Neil Gaiman has said that. And I love it, and I loved it, and I still love it, and I'm still watching it, and I'm waiting for season three. Very patient. Yeah. Okay. I'll do it. They're great characters. Great characters. Very much in love.
01:26:40
Speaker
Thank you. Thank you, Daphne. I like good omens as well. I, if it wasn't for Neil Gaiman. You should see the second season. Because the book ends after one. That's why I was like always like. But Neil Gaiman and oh Terry Pratchett. Well Terry Pratchett sure the hell didn't. Terry Pratchett.
01:26:58
Speaker
practice dead. He didn't do anything. No, they had no listen to me. They had like they had like a little I know they had an outline of something to want to do like later on. They talked about it continuously. They talked about it at great length. And so once they're using a Ouija board. So do you know Neil Gaiman's?
01:27:18
Speaker
No, you don't. So they were very good friends. They were very good friends. And this is also him carrying on the story that they were creating together. That's what I'm saying. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't watch it. It feels like, oh, we got a hit. Let's do season two. And he was like, no. Bless Neil Gaiman is all I got to say. I love this guy.
01:27:48
Speaker
is, yep. And I think this world, if you, if you watch season two, Daphne, it is a little bit, and it is a little bit jumbled because they had like funding things and things like that, but it is the bridge to, yeah. And the pandemic, um, which they had to basically do a show.
01:28:12
Speaker
together, staged. Staged. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Yep. And basically it's the bridge to what's coming next. And we have what's coming next because thankfully they renewed it. So I get worried for us coming next. Yeah. No, it is. I like it. And it's good omen season two. I would still give like that a five. Yeah. I know you didn't do your story, but it really is good. And
01:28:42
Speaker
It was, I was worried because once you got the book done and now you're going back from memory of a note to an in conversation. Hey buddy, now my cat's saying what's up. Oh, my cat's right here next to me too. But it's an incredible cast. Michael Sheen and David Tennant are amazing.
01:29:07
Speaker
tenant, like the Shakespearean actor, also Dr. Who in Broadchurch. Yes. And Michael Sheen, who's like this dark horse who does all of these wild things. That's why I started watching Twilight is because I want to get to where he's at. Underworld. He's also in Underworld. He's in Underworld. Yes. He is in Caligula. Yes. I mean, Underworld? No. Twilight?
01:29:38
Speaker
I don't think so. I don't know. I don't know. Now we're going through it. He's in Twilight saga. He's in Twilight. He is. Caligula?
01:30:10
Speaker
And 30 Rock. Yeah. I think, I think what you're thinking of is Twilight actually. That might be Twilight or Frost Nixon.
01:30:23
Speaker
Yes. He was in Twilight. Yes. In fact, in stage, in stage, they bring that up. It's so funny because they'll bring, they bring up Harry Potter and then he brings up Twilight and then they picker. It's, it's, it's very funny. You should, you should see that as well. Cause that's, I feel like season one, they were kind of getting together, trying to like figure things out, but in season two, because of staged, they have such chemistry.
01:30:51
Speaker
And they're just working off of each other and it's a lot of fun. And, and so, yes, I, I like it. So. I like moments. It's good. So, but I'm going to also steal it to go back to my movie, which I had chosen. Oh. So I'm being a rebel. So that gets five. And also this movie gets five and it's also. Part of our what's cracking as I interviewed the director.
01:31:21
Speaker
of this movie. And this movie, of course, that I've seen six times already, six or seven, I can't remember, is hashtag Chad gets the axe. Oh, I think I say set three loves thing. Okay. Hashtag Bigfoot.
01:31:39
Speaker
Yeah, no, I was just saying I had taken so many Bigfoot calls that I felt like, okay, that's what it was. I thought you're going to take over and give two of my number one. Chad gets the axe. Chad gets the axe. And I'm doing that because again, I loved the movie. It was so funny. Spencer Levin and Michael Bonini, Tanisha Figueroa Figueroa. I'm so sorry, Figueroa.
01:32:04
Speaker
Cameron, they're just, it's so funny. It's so, such good writing. It's a lot of fun. It is for zoomers Daphne. So you might like it. Um, they actually did a lot of test screenings and you, you guys can hear all about this because like I said, the director talked to me, we had a great interview, but they tested it with a lot of people to get lingo down, to get the rhythm down of, because it's a live stream where
01:32:31
Speaker
these influencers go into this murder house and bad things happen. But it is, it's a lot of, you'll laugh. It has a very impactful message in the end, I felt. And, um, it was just really good. It was a shoestring kind of budget, but like the best independent movies, it had a good script, it had good acting and they really killed it. Ha ha ha.
01:32:58
Speaker
No pun, or I guess it wasn't pun. There was a pun. All right, what's your... No caps. What's reading? Five out of five, of course. Five out of five, and again, like... Okay, so it is un-prime, you have to purchase it. It's un-prime if you purchase it. Well, yes, it's a small independent movie, unfortunately. Bag gets a discount, that's what Chad needs.
01:33:28
Speaker
I mean, you know, if you want me to, definitely I'll pay it for it for you. I've done that with a few friends because it's like, I want people to, to support them. And, you know, he's a really great guy. Um, they're, they're all really fun people. You can find them on Instagram, hashtag Chad gets the ax. Um, Travis Bible is also on Instagram. He was a lot of fun. And, um, it's just, it's.
01:33:54
Speaker
I got scared, which I got it as a screener originally for a film festival. I wanted just to watch half of it. I had to watch the entire fucking thing. And I was so angry at that because it was so late at night. And so I wrote this angry, happy review. And then later on when they did actually distribute it, I had them come on and I did another review for the site.
01:34:25
Speaker
Hashtag chag gets the axe. He also has a few songs. I believe that you can buy on Amazon as well that are in the movie. Are you are you playing him now? No, it's true. So sure. Sure. He's a great guy. He seems he's funny. Watch the listen to the interview of what what's cracking with me. What's cracking? I control it. Jim's not there. It's just me. And we have a good time talking about a fun movie.
01:34:57
Speaker
I'm good time about me get a five out of five. You know what? I can top that I'm gonna top this you know, I'm gonna top this top that I'm gonna give you the best movie of 2023 ever not even horror just any movie at all off the chain, sir. This is not what we agreed. Although
01:35:18
Speaker
It was almost Clark's three. It was almost Clark's three, Kevin. That's a tight movie. I saw him screen Clark's three. Yoder. Wait. Yoga hoser's part two. I'm still waiting for the third one in the great white chivalry. Moose jaws, which would be a great, but I'm in the horror vein. It's going to be.
01:35:41
Speaker
with Nicholas Holt and Aquafina. Oh, then this little guy. He's also there's also a co-star of these guys. I don't know exactly what you're talking about.
01:35:52
Speaker
Nick Cage, yes Yeah, Renfield. Yeah 2023 it is Endearing is what I needed at that time. This is probably why it's my number one if you really want to watch a movie that's Taking the Dracula thing off what this is what Dracula didn't loving should have been
01:36:13
Speaker
Yes. Agreed. Agreed. This is like, I don't know who really wrote this. I probably could scroll up and find out. I think you have the power to do that. I can scroll. Ryan Ridley, Robert Kirkman, and Eva Trammer. I don't know if they just read Dracula, and this is the last people who touched the movie, not original, maybe. They just like maybe watched Dracula and Death and Loving it like we did. Like, oh, this is a great movie. Like, oh man, that sucked ass.
01:36:43
Speaker
Like Leslie Nielsen, these are better than this. And this is the movie that he would absolutely kill in. Leslie Nielsen would be great in either the Nicole or the Nick K to Nick sunset. That's weird. Nick Nick's Nick Nicky's Nick with an H and Nick without an H. Nick romancers. Oh, that's something else. Nick romancers.
01:37:04
Speaker
absolutely loved it. It is as Renfield, Dracula's henchmen, intimate, or inmates, and made an illitic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the count. His various demands and all the bloodshed that comes with him, including like the self-help group.
01:37:22
Speaker
Like, it brings the Dracula story as a comic. Again, this is horror comedy. Yeah. Into a more realistic world of how does it really look like in today? Like, how would Dracula really play out? Because we got the Internet, we follow up on some other stuff that you couldn't just get away with all the murders anymore. You'd have to cover up somehow. And Nick Cage does an amazing. Oh, my God. Nick Cage as Dracula is insane. He eats up.
01:37:51
Speaker
everything. He just gobbles it up. He's so much ham and cheese and everything on screen. And I loved it. Yeah. And the funny thing is, and I agree, when you have someone who's basically what Cyclops and X-Men, like, okay, Nicole is Nicole, very Chris, Chris Baddick. I, I have a crush on him. He's very, very cute. And
01:38:19
Speaker
He's Beast. Oh my god, did I say side fly? Yeah, you did. I'm so sorry. He's Beast. I'm so sorry. Yeah. I will give you my... He is Beast. Dang it. Dang it. I can no longer watch the action movies. He was also in Mad Max. Also called Furiosa. No, Fury Row. Fury Row. He is gonna be in Furiosa though. Yeah, but...
01:38:49
Speaker
He's also going to be a new draw to 2024. Wait a minute. What was the one that was Dracula's ship? The Demerit. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Not bad. But the guy who plays the sea captain in every movie I've ever seen a minute. That's not my top four. That would have been if we did five. I've been there though.
01:39:13
Speaker
But we also have Awkwafina. If you haven't seen Awkwafina, you've never seen Ocean's 8. I have never seen Crazy Rich Asians, but apparently they're under that as well. Also Jumanji, the new Jumanji. Oh, that's what it was. Yeah. The new, new, new Jumanji. Oh, there's a new Jumanji. She's in it. The Jumanji? The rock? Which rock?
01:39:37
Speaker
Yeah, she was I don't think I'll go feed it. Are you sure? No, we're all doubting. So I see. OK, I see. Yeah, we're going to see the legend of 10 Rings 2021. So it's a bunch. She was in Jumanji because that was where I first saw her. The next level. Oh, my God, you're right. Well, we're all doubting people. We're a bunch of dollars. I knew it was what happened. I saw her first. Jack Flack.
01:40:08
Speaker
Yeah, I like that one. Anyway, yes, she was she's in this as well. So she does a lot of nice comedy chops. I think she's a cop. Look, she's a cop, which is like a role that I wouldn't have seen her taking. And she plays it really well. Yeah, and I'll say this for a lot for the amount of like Nick Cage movies that came out in the last two years. Oh, my gosh.
Supporting Indie Authors and Conclusion
01:40:36
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Yes, he's been in everything.
01:40:38
Speaker
And some of it is really good. Some of it is really good. It was just an amazing good horror. Yeah. Not all of it. But some of it is really good. Like, you know, he's throwing a bunch of stuff out of the wall right now. And he's. Oh, yeah. His performances are always good. He's always he's always done that, though. Like he always he plays everything. He's got a new one coming out that I want to see. And it's a.
01:41:02
Speaker
it's something for the devil i guess already came out in 2023 and i didn't see it because um because we had legs yeah i think so something like that but i'm giving this one a five out of five nick cage i'm calling full circle with the cassie key thing with nick cage back back to nick cage of nick cage so five out of five if you haven't seen runfield i think i actually paid for this one it's it's a
01:41:30
Speaker
It's a really good heartfelt one. You know, it's yeah, it's for when you want to watch something with your mom. Yes, if you are horror like this, I honestly I could see myself showing this to my mom and I think she would like it a lot. It might be a little bit goopy in parts because, you know, there's still death, but and yes, death exists.
01:41:55
Speaker
So that's my last one. That's my final offer. Five out of five. All right. Yay. Good plug time. Daphne, what would you like to plug? 1955. Whoever did get this one today. Ouch. Yeah, I'm surprised it wasn't in black and white to be honest.
01:42:26
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Big clerks, big. Yeah, that was in black and white because I was so old. An amazing story. Yeah, I know. I'm just hanging out today.
01:42:57
Speaker
Dank dot pizza. We think thank as in like we're thanking the pizza. No dank dank pizza dank as in what Elon Musk tweeted out once for pizza. Thank that pizza. Hey, it is cool. I got the poetry page up right now, but I'm gonna link it into the chat for your box. Oh, I think yes. And those likes I'd like to post your page.
01:43:26
Speaker
Well, that's amazing. Those are dang good plugs. Dank. Dank. Dank good plugs. Yeah. I love it. I dig those box. Yes. What do you got? What do you have for plugs? So we're... Oh, who cares? Azure plug. Plug your pie hole. I knew that he would. Yes. I knew that he would. Okay. So as we're turning over another year and coming up with our new New Year's resolutions. A new baby.
01:43:56
Speaker
One of my new year's resolutions is I want to read more. And where I'm going to be going to show off that I'm reading more is Goodreads and Goodreads. What? No, if you're on Goodreads, please give my book stars. I don't care. Oh, I thought you were going to tell me. So Goodreads is like the site that you can get on your phone. You can also go onto the web.
01:44:24
Speaker
Doesn't matter. It's an app, but you can go on. They have giveaways that, so there's like new books coming out. Um, you can enter to win. And like I said, if you're interested in books, if you want to read more, there's a lot of cool, you know, clubs there. There's a lot of cool people. I highly recommend it. And I'm going to get a. Do it this year. I'm going to read a lot more. And you should read surviving gen X. If you sent it to me, I would.
01:44:55
Speaker
motherfucker. I thought you should wait it out. Do you want like a actual physical heart? Physical copy. I want to touch it with my hands, my little two hands. I'll send it to you with Christmas stuff. Just like my, um, like, just like bodies, which I got a copy of and people can also still get. So if.
01:45:16
Speaker
If you do read Surviving Gen X, you can go on to Goodreads and also give it, you know, stars. You can give it a review. Give an honest review. I don't care if they're good or not. Just give an honest review. Give an honest review. For God's sakes, if you can't read it, go back to school. Oh, I should not. My publicist says I shouldn't respond to people like that. No, you should not, probably. I would say give it the old college try, just like we're all in college. College try. We're stepping in.
01:45:46
Speaker
No, absolutely. Good reason. I dig it. I think there was some controversy that was shown. There was controversy with with like with the rating system. Somebody had got things like that for one star reviews. Yes. Yes. Kind of bashing like the competition that they're looking into that.
01:46:07
Speaker
Honestly, just go there to support artists. And they are creating new things regarding that. I think if the book has over 20 Goodreads reviews, those reviews show up on Amazon.
01:46:27
Speaker
So it does help because Amazon owns good. And it really does help. Like, you know, like I said, with the giveaways and stuff like that. We used to give away our copies. Yeah. We used to give away our analogies. I might still give away a surviving Gen X. They're like, see what the plan is for that. I dig it. Good for you. Go read. Read more. I love it. I'm going to read. I'm going to stop being such a heathen and I'm actually going to go and learn stuff that we can follow each other on good reads. Hey, absolutely. Boxhuman.
01:46:56
Speaker
I'm there on Goodreads. I think I'm underneath my real name on Goodreads. Are we all set for box? Daphne, are you on as your name? Yeah. I was like, someone made me a Goodreads account, so I have them like that. Okay, then, you know what? My God, I'm doing a plug for Isaac Thorne. I really love Isaac Thorne's work. He's been published with us before. He has a novel, Hellspring.
01:47:26
Speaker
And the novel, I am doing an unboxing of his novel. Oh, yeah, for real. I finally have some time because I the packaging is immaculate, is the evil bunny packaging. And it's so wonderful. I wanted to take my time and really get into it and just do an unboxing of it. I think it deserves it. That sounds fantastic. It is fantastic. And if you liked Isaac Thorne's
01:47:51
Speaker
Housepring book. Give it a good little thing on Goodreads. Give people some love. And this is the thing like people. Are writers for writers, you either make it as a big four and that's increasingly harder to break into. And honestly, God, if if a big four picks you up as a new writer, they ain't spending money on you. Yeah, they're spending money on Stephen King. Yeah, a lot of you just have to be also special guests in that shit.
01:48:18
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A lot of it is writers actually having to take that into their own hands and having to try to promote themselves.
01:48:25
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Yeah. Like it's like, I got published by a major like, oh, good luck promoting it because they're not going to. And so a lot of us are going indie, like surviving Gen X had offers from other people and I know, know, saw my vision and kind of went separate ways. You need to support indie so we can still do what we want to do. And if you don't let us go find a new indie that you do like. And honestly, on Goodreads, they have like indie book clubs and indie book
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promotions that you can get into.
01:48:56
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It's an amazing little place. You can start talking to it. And if you want to see anyone's website, I'm not going to plug mine because I'll plug Isaac's. Isaac Thorne, I S A A C T H O R N E dot com. Buy it directly from the authors if you can, because we can put a little signature on, sell the same price as Amazon to sell you anyways. And it will be an amazing experience for everything. And you're helping us make more stuff. And remember, you can always go to dank dot pizza. Yeah.
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and find spooky stuff and poems. Some very cool stuff was art and graphic art as well. And also go check out Haunted MTL and Daphne is there as well. Branix there. Sometimes. When I'm not reading my thesis.
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Oh, is it on zombies on those zombies? It's about explicitly the last of us and also species. I love it. I love it. That's the only things I have time to do is I'll be there for your dissertation. Yeah. My dissertation is on the anatomy of the tits and species. Again, I'm going to give it five stars. Oh, we could do that next. We can start.
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discussing people's dissertations and giving those Cthulhu ratings. Smart talk. Smart talk with Dr. Payne. Smart horror. And Daphne's going to lead the way. The funny thing is, Box, I said the same thing because I really will be.
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watching your dissertation. You know this, you give me that link. I am there. I would be there. Absolutely. Actually about species. It's about biology. Go, I would still go support the hell out of that. Absolutely.
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Well folks, it's been a long, long year. So long, so, so long. Long recording. Yeah, long recording, long everything. Long year. So behalf of myself, I'm playing my own music album now. Be honest with myself, Jen Phoenix, our special guest, Daphne Faber, and my forever co-host, which I definitely did not confuse with Phoebe before, Box Human.
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Jay and Brannock, as the great Dr. Payne would once say, who cares and bring on two thousand twenty four. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Dang. Pizza. It's still amazing. That one is so bloody cool. We should do a remix just to go. I don't.
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I hear a cat.