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The RIP Man Review: Tooth-Ripping Indie Horror That SLAYS | Streamin’ Demons
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Jo (in actual agony) & Amelie tear into The RIP Man — a £20k indie slasher that punches WAY above its weight. Killer acting, smart writing, gorgeous blue-tinted kills, and one wobbly act three can’t ruin this gem. Way better than most $30M studio sequels! (Looking at you, Black Phone!)
KEY MOMENTS
- Opening chaos – Jo watches flat on his back, still yelling about pain and glory
- “At least my dick doesn’t hurt” – the Jim Breuer dad-ism that broke Amelie
- The £20k bombshell – we find out the budget and lose our minds
- Blue-light murder aesthetic – that one kill scene had us both going “that’s BEAUTIFUL”
- Jo’s big take – “Pound-for-pound this smokes Black Phone 2” hot take
- Amelie’s reflection – low-budget doesn’t mean low-quality, France TV cult classics prove it
- WTF moment – the serial killer is somehow hilarious AND terrifying
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Introduction and Podcast Welcome
00:00:07
Jo
everyone, Joel and Amelie here as I take my necklace down for another exciting adventures of what did we watch today? Welcome Streaming Demons, everyone, where we watched a movie probably 10 minutes ago and then we talk about a spoiler-free, spoiler-free, the RIP of the Rip Man.
Spoiler-Free Review of 'The Rip Man'
00:00:28
Jo
We got this in a weird way, in a wonderfully weird way. So first I want to say, hello, how are you doing? Been a while.
00:00:38
Amelie
Good, good. And you?
00:00:42
Jo
Yeah, next question.
00:00:42
Amelie
Not lying. Not lying.
00:00:44
Jo
Not lying?
00:00:44
Amelie
Stop
Joel's Podcasting Dedication
00:00:45
Amelie
lying. Yeah.
00:00:45
Jo
Oh, I'm in fucking tremendous amount of pain.
00:00:46
Amelie
Because this is a podcast where we tell always the truth.
00:00:48
Jo
Very old.
00:00:50
Amelie
So not lying.
00:00:50
Jo
Mm-hmm. If we're not lying, then I am in a lot of fucking pain. That's what if we're not lying today. But that's okay. We'll get through this. Yeah, ah we usually watch the movies on me sitting down and and then we do one real fast.
00:01:10
Jo
But yeah, no, I had to watch this while lying down. Like, my leg is gone, my back is gone, my leg my back are gone, that thing. Which is okay. Worst things can happen. as As Jim Brewer's dad used to say, hey, at least my dick don't hurt.
00:01:29
Amelie
Ah, nice. No, I think it's very important you pointed that out because you really like your podcast. So you work really hard for your podcast.
00:01:36
Jo
my dick doesn't hurt?
00:01:40
Jo
Oh, I think you may like.
00:01:40
Amelie
I don't know what you do with your dick. You say to me you like to go to certain toilet and there is a hole and you put your dick in the hole and sometimes it came out blue. i don't so I don't know.
00:01:51
Amelie
don't know. That's none of my business.
00:01:51
Jo
Blue.
00:01:53
Amelie
All I wanted to say is I really appreciate your time in your life, even if you're in massive pain to do that podcast. And we should all be thankful.
00:02:02
Jo
I appreciate that.
00:02:03
Amelie
You know what I mean?
00:02:04
Jo
Yes, you all shall bow down. Like and subscribe now, you peasants. As I just like writhe in fucking pain for a while. All right. Up first.
00:02:15
Jo
Up first. The only thing we got. And this is kind of a cool story. Last week, we were like... We reviewed some movie that probably came... episode probably comes out today. So removed it we reviewed a movie. We're like, what the fuck do we do now?
Upcoming Movies and Embargoes
00:02:30
Jo
I didn't really have a lot of movies coming down the pipe. you know There's nothing we wanted to see in the theaters for a while. And then... Out of nowhere, got like two movies coming out again, but they're embargoed until like late November or early December.
00:02:49
Jo
I'm not even sure i can talk about them. ah One's from Shudder, another one's from... Fuck I know. One's from Shudder.
Skepticism About Movie Screeners
00:03:00
Jo
this one came through my DMs at Instagram DM.
00:03:08
Jo
And I was like, that's kind of weird. Sometimes we get a lot of spam through that shit. So I kind of like trash, trash, trash, trash. trash And for the love of God, with peace and love, if you are my Instagram friend,
00:03:21
Jo
not talking about the person who, this is actually a proper way of doing it, right? You know, you can give me a DM. You can talk about your movie, talk about your project. That's ah that's good. For the love of God, stop forwarding me shit.
00:03:35
Jo
Please stop forwarding me. It's fucking spam. Stop spamming me. And this oddly enough, the people who spamming me, but besides obviously the spam spam people, are people I fucking know.
00:03:50
Jo
it like here's ah It's like forwarding on that fucking bullshit email type thing. It's like, no, what this? New email chain thing? No, fucking stop it. So to see something that's actually in my inbox for my DMs that I want to talk about and I want to see is pretty unique.
Discovering 'The Rip Man'
00:04:07
Jo
And after looking it through, i saw was a real, i mean, that's kind of a cold call, right? So you get this link saying, click here. I'm like, hu not today, motherfucker. But you do a bit of research and find out it's a real movie.
00:04:21
Jo
The Rip Man, R.I.P. Man, right? two thousand twenty five 2025, an hour and 33 minutes. And I see some press about it on their Instagram account and stuff like that.
00:04:32
Jo
And the weird thing is the press is not all glowy, which is kind of like they're doing an honest like warts and all like this the fucking press said about us.
00:04:44
Jo
And one of them gave like a two, i think it was like a two star of five. And IMDb has like a five out of 10. Compared to last week's movie, where IMDb is like 10 out of 10 stars. Like, no, fuck you and your friends.
00:04:59
Jo
I get it. i wish people...
00:05:03
Jo
If you like me, go on Amazon, go to Goodreads, and give me 10 out of 10 or 5 out of 5 for surviving Gen X. Go do it now. I get that shit. I get that 100%.
00:05:15
Jo
I do. But, motherfuckers, you know, you have to roll with real reviews. Not anyone's going to like your shit.
00:05:28
Jo
This movie, I'll have to straight
Rating 'The Rip Man' Four Stars
00:05:31
Jo
out. We talked about this during the movie as we're watching together. Did not deserve two out of five stars.
00:05:38
Amelie
Exactly. Like before watching this movie, you're like, okay, this is a situation.
00:05:40
Jo
Not even close.
00:05:45
Amelie
I got that movie like this, da, da, da, da.
00:05:47
Jo
Yeah.
00:05:48
Amelie
And it's a two out of five movie. And for the first five minutes, was like, stop. This is really good. Like the actors are playing, the university students are young, the policemen are old.
00:05:54
Jo
Yeah.
00:06:00
Amelie
You go, there is a precision with the HP computer. Like, it's realistic. When they go to different places, I'm like, this is well done.
00:06:06
Jo
It's well done.
00:06:08
Amelie
There is a good synopsis. There is a good background. The music is both.
00:06:13
Jo
Yeah.
00:06:15
Amelie
But I mean, I would give a four. Like, yeah.
00:06:18
Jo
Four out of five. Yeah. We're not going to spoil it. That's one thing the the writer, Reese Thompson, actually gave it to me. so thanks First of all, thanks, Reese, for the fucking screener. He kind of saved my day because I had nothing else to fucking review today.
00:06:36
Jo
I'm like, I'm going review paint dry today, motherfuckers. Look at that paint drying. No. And we used to get these all the time and they were just like shit, shit, shit.
00:06:47
Jo
It was a complete shit show usually. there's There's some that like I got like screeners in the mail. Like I got fucking DVDs in the mail. Not like old, not like years ago, last year or two years ago.
00:07:03
Jo
And I'm like, ohll oh, you know what? What's this going The Ring? Maybe. And they weren't good. They were just definitely and done by the Super 8, you know, thats all this shit.
00:07:15
Jo
So to see the Rip Man, I'm just going to say the Rip Man, fuck it, star out really well and be lit really well and have pretty decent acting,
00:07:27
Jo
And special effects went well. Like, everything was going really well. i'm like, what the fuck? Why did someone give us two out of five? There's no way. There's no way. And you watch the entire movie, you'll get no spoilers. and There's no spoilers.
00:07:40
Jo
I did make a prediction, like, maybe it falls down in three. And I think it kind of does take a stumble on an act three. It does. But it's not ah you know two out of five. It's like you broke your leg at the the finish line and you'd be shot to put out of your misery.
00:07:54
Jo
It ain't that. Four of five, I guess. I like that. I think I agree. Four out of five stars. And a lot works for it. Like more works for than against it. And the writing is fucking strong.
00:08:07
Jo
Like, okay, maybe because and I'm a writer, but... We ripped apart the last movie, not on the writing, but on everything else. You liked the writing of the last movie, whatever the movie, like Ritual or whatever the fuck was called, right?
00:08:18
Amelie
correct? Yes. I liked the last movie because the last movie, the synopsy was interesting. Two women in their 50s who are best friends. One i lost her father.
00:08:27
Jo
Yeah.
00:08:29
Amelie
She inherit a big house, but she needs to pay back $100,000. Her friend's like, yeah, sure.
00:08:32
Jo
Sure.
00:08:35
Amelie
Let's turn your big house into a bed and breakfast, which a lot of women do, right? And there's a lot of 50 years old, 60 years old women who inherit a big house, turn it
00:08:41
Jo
A lot of women do that.
00:08:47
Amelie
in Maison d'Hôte or sell the house for the land.
00:08:49
Jo
Sure.
00:08:50
Amelie
So it's something completely normal, like with the problem.
00:08:52
Jo
Right. The writing was good. The acting...
00:08:54
Amelie
But the acting was so bad.
00:08:54
Jo
Right.
00:08:57
Amelie
we were even joking there may be porn star or actresses, right?
00:08:58
Jo
Right.
00:09:01
Jo
and the Yeah, we were joking in in act one to the last movie that this might as well be a fucking porno because that's the level of acting. i actually seen... if if If you ever followed me throughout my career, you would know that there are some movies and some studios, like
Sound Quality Discussion
00:09:21
Jo
Joanna Angel, like Burning Angel.
00:09:23
Jo
I'll watch Tiny. I'll watch them Nightmare Before Christmas parodies all day long. The acting is pretty good. So not talking about all porno everywhere, right? now Not costly to fine-tuity, right?
00:09:35
Jo
But that was just like the whole thing. And then later on, it's like, oh my God, this is like an Instagram porn. But that's what the movie kind of was. But Rip Man is not. Rip Man, all the acting is great.
00:09:47
Jo
The acting is fucking phenomenal. It really is. There are parts that are like, oh no, I got worried when they have more college kids. I'm like, oh no, they're going to fuck this one up. I don't know, man. No, they don't fuck it up.
00:09:58
Jo
They do really well. like so like This is not... i I can point to an issue with the film that I had. And it might just be the way I screamed it.
00:10:08
Amelie
mmm mmm yeah
00:10:10
Jo
Screamed it. Because I went from my phone to my TV set. So can want go again, I wasn't going to watch it on my computer. i needed to lay down a bit. So maybe it was the ah sound because i was beaming it from my phone to the TV.
00:10:26
Jo
Or was the sound kind of fucked?
00:10:27
Amelie
you know the sound it it fucked yeah I what so I there's a moment you were having conversation with me
00:10:28
Jo
So the sound was kind of fucked for you too? Okay. Okay.
00:10:34
Jo
Yeah.
00:10:34
Amelie
Because when we watch the movie, we watch together with different screen, etc. So to listen to what you are saying, I turn off the sound. And the movie is great without the sound. Like the way it's filmed, the way people speak, etc.
00:10:47
Amelie
Once you put the sound on and you hear the back sound, the music and the sound by itself are like, ah, fuck, it's really, you know, you're in everything.
00:10:52
Jo
That.
00:10:55
Jo
They fuck it. Yeah.
00:10:58
Amelie
But the acting, the clothes, the makeup, it's not overly sexualized.
00:10:58
Jo
That's it.
00:11:03
Amelie
It's believable.
00:11:03
Jo
No.
00:11:05
Amelie
ah There is a university student who are 20, 20-something. They go in a bar. You've got the barman and the employee who are a little bit older.
00:11:13
Jo
It's believable. Yeah.
00:11:15
Amelie
There is a teacher. she's older She must be in her 50s. This is everyday life. And they did very well with the little. Very simple. Very simple. Not a lot of money put on this movie.
00:11:24
Jo
Yeah.
00:11:25
Amelie
But it's doable.
00:11:28
Jo
Absolutely.
00:11:29
Amelie
You know what I mean. It's reality. It's reality.
00:11:31
Jo
It's one of those movies, and i I'm glad you brought the about the sound because i thought maybe it's just my end. But the sound when it is a, let's say, indoor sound.
00:11:42
Jo
It's fine. Like, not indoor. No, hold on. A non-party sound. if When they're not at the bar and they're not at a party. I'm not going to, there's no spoilers in this review.
00:11:53
Jo
They go to a bar and a party one time. Who knows? The sound, the background sound fucks you hard. It does not in a good way. The background sound does drag the movie down.
00:12:05
Jo
But out of a, what it? Hour and 33 minutes. That's like three fucking minutes. Like, honestly, that's like three minutes of shit sound and an hour 33. I'll take that. I'll take that instead of like an hour 33 of shit acting any fucking day.
00:12:21
Jo
You know, and that's in, honestly, you can probably fix that in post. Not probably, you can fucking fix that in post. Honestly, you just gotta take down some of the fucking background shit and like, or mic it better next time. I don't know.
00:12:35
Jo
Um, I, I don't like saying on by the way. So I will say it's not quite, well,
00:12:50
Jo
yeah, it's not quite looping. You can probably, know, you can fix shit. That's saying. You can actually just sit down on the soundstage, redo your fucking lines, cut down the fucking background bullshit, and you'll be much, much, much better, like four and a half stars out of five.
00:13:04
Jo
I did agree taking a star off just because of that shit. Act three does wobble, but doesn't fall down, man. You know, I'm not spoiling it at all. I'm read out the IMDB for this.
00:13:16
Jo
A serial killer with an oral, excuse me. ah Try that again, motherfuckers. A serial killer with a rare oral condition begins to target young adults and removes a single tooth from each victim.
00:13:29
Jo
Can a family secret, excuse me, family.
00:13:34
Jo
Did I say I was in a lot of pain? Yeah. Okay. Take three.
Budget Efficiency in 'The Rip Man'
00:13:39
Jo
Sorry, guys. I love the film. One day I'll be able to read. The Rip Man.
00:13:46
Jo
A serial killer of a rare oral condition begins to target young adults and removes a single tooth from each victim. Can a family's kept secret unfold the truth and help prevent the murders from continuing?
00:13:59
Jo
And it's set in England, by the way. That's the first thing you notice is the accents. You know, yeah's actually not the first thing you notice because I don't talk for a while, but the accents. But you know what you also notice?
00:14:11
Jo
The lensing. The blue. Without spoiling, the blue, the lensing becomes part of the thing, right?
00:14:17
Amelie
Yes.
00:14:20
Amelie
Yes.
00:14:21
Jo
We talked about this before.
00:14:21
Amelie
ah There is one scene I really like. It's without spalling, you know.
00:14:24
Jo
Without spoiling. Okay.
00:14:28
Amelie
They use the light blue and during the murder, you're like, oh, that's lovely because you can see the scene, but it's not gruesome. And it's very well done.
00:14:38
Jo
Right.
00:14:39
Amelie
And I really like that. too
00:14:41
Jo
It's aesthetic. Yeah, it's the good aesthetic choice. My friend Mike Stasek and I, hey, Mike, if you're listening, i we need to talk about the Bears, dude. I mean, I'm making a lot of money. I'm betting on Kaleeb right now, but man, we need to talk about the build Bears.
00:14:56
Jo
Like, back in the day, Mike and I made movies. When I say Mike and I, was like 95% Mike.
00:15:04
Jo
And he was genius because all we had was like this fucking VHS. I mean, wasn't Super 8. No, it wasn't even Super 8 back then. And for lenses, because we couldn't afford gels or anything anything like that, he would use, ah for coloring, ah translucent like cello paper or cello paint and marker.
00:15:27
Jo
And put that over the fucking lens. Kind of hold it there. And that's how we did lighting back then. Like the blue. That's how we we got the blue or the red or whatever it's going to So I appreciate the aesthetics of this movie.
00:15:40
Jo
The effects were really... The effects were great. You know, there's a lot of good things happening in this movie. And the fun part of this is... If you look at the IMDb, it looks like the...
00:15:54
Jo
The pictures that came with the frame, right? Owen Lillian, who plays Eldon Pick, doesn't have a picture in IMDb. Maximus Pauling, no picture. Jasmine does. Bruno does.
00:16:06
Jo
Mia does not. Callum does not. And these are not small roles. These are actually decent-sized roles for all But that's just how new. and That's just just it. this is like At one point, I'm like, is this is a fucking student film?
00:16:23
Jo
I think I said like, I had no idea. I had no idea. I still don't really know. i do know it's been done on Indiegogo. So was kind of like a crowdfunded launch, I believe.
00:16:39
Jo
And it's officially coming out January 5th, 2026 in the United States. Congratulations, David Bowie. And... It's for, guess what the budget was?
00:16:51
Jo
This is British Pounds, by the way. Guess what the budget, just take a guess. Hour 33 movie, all these nice, cool things.
00:16:57
Amelie
hello I think the budget was very low. ah Very, very low.
00:17:02
Jo
Take guess. What's very low?
00:17:04
Amelie
ah I don't know what's very low, but I would say it's it's not a lot. It's like, for example, one episode of Barnaby.
00:17:14
Jo
Barnaby?
00:17:15
Amelie
but
00:17:15
Jo
Oh.
00:17:16
Amelie
You don't know Barnaby? Barnaby is a British series from the 2000s. It was very famous in Europe. Barnaby.
00:17:25
Amelie
Like, One episode. Yeah.
00:17:25
Jo
Barnaby, are you talking about Midsommar Murders?
00:17:29
Jo
Okay, that's the title.
00:17:30
Amelie
One episode.
00:17:30
Jo
like
00:17:30
Amelie
I think i think it would be the budget would be one budget of episode of Barnaby would be for this movie.
00:17:38
Jo
Now, I will say, i don't know how much one episode of that goes, but let's go back to the Ritual House. They're not giving out their budget for Ritual House.
00:17:50
Jo
Unfortunate. But it's $20,000.
00:17:56
Jo
The budget is 20 fucking K. Estimated.
00:18:00
Amelie
See, see, not a lot.
00:18:03
Jo
No. It's not a lot at all. And for that's the that's the point. 20K? I can put out my fucking credit card. Not to be a dick about things. you know We're back into the Kevin Smith movie making where like okay let's put the rest on our fucking credit card.
00:18:18
Amelie
Yeah.
00:18:19
Jo
And get this shit done. I think this movie is going to kill... no pun intended. at If they take this... yeah They should, I think. If they take this through any type of circuit.
00:18:33
Jo
Like any type of film, screening, ah award show, whatever it's going to be. I think it's to fucking kill at these conventions. It's... I mean...
00:18:43
Amelie
yeah
00:18:45
Jo
When you're looking at it, you're like, you said you can say it was low budget, but did you say that because of
Age-Appropriate Casting
00:18:52
Jo
the acting? No. You didn't say that because of the filmography? No. You didn't say that because of the writing? No.
00:18:58
Jo
You might have thought it because of the fucking sound, and I hate to pick up the sound guy, but come on, man. What the fuck? You live in a time where Adobe exists. Stop that shit now.
00:19:08
Amelie
you know it cheap right however
00:19:12
Amelie
Everything is good quality. Actors make sense. The age app appropriate of different actors. Right?
00:19:12
Jo
It's well done.
00:19:19
Jo
ah
00:19:19
Amelie
American TV who shows 30 years old teenager. Wink, wink. um
00:19:25
Jo
Riverdale.
00:19:26
Amelie
People, how they dress. People, what they're using. The computer, the desk, the different environment, etc.
00:19:33
Jo
ah The background.
00:19:33
Amelie
ah
00:19:34
Jo
Yeah, the sets were really well done.
00:19:34
Amelie
The car. The car. You see a lot of cars where it's like in Europe. It's believable. And i really like... text it makes sense it strikes to the point is it etc and you have different kind of light the synopsis good you know and he has a scene when there is ah the overall scene it's gruesome it's great it's fantastic I like it it's really agreeable to watch would I watch that on the cinema but on TV yes
00:19:45
Jo
Yeah, the writing's spot on. The writing's spot on.
00:20:04
Jo
in the theater.
00:20:09
Jo
Okay. Now I'm going to,
00:20:15
Jo
I might disagree with you on that one.
00:20:17
Amelie
Oh,
Cinema vs. TV Debate
00:20:18
Jo
I know we usually agree. What would watching the cinema or TV or whatnot?
00:20:18
Amelie
tell me, tell me, tell me.
00:20:21
Amelie
Yeah.
00:20:22
Jo
This absolutely works for TV.
00:20:22
Amelie
Mm-hmm.
00:20:23
Jo
This would be a great shutter.
00:20:25
Amelie
Mm-hmm.
00:20:25
Jo
If I saw this with the last drive in Joe Bob Briggs, I'll be happy.
00:20:29
Amelie
Yeah.
00:20:29
Jo
I'm like, Oh, this a good fucking movie.
00:20:29
Amelie
Yeah.
00:20:30
Jo
I think it'd be perfect for it. And nudity is no nudity.
00:20:32
Amelie
Yeah. yeah
00:20:35
Jo
Like, that's a lot of the the the tricks and traps where people think that the forced nudity to get ah or slash or slasher, but they don't have to, you know? And the makeup is well done, by the way. um I think that maybe the FX person did the makeup too.
00:20:51
Jo
I'm not sure on that one. It's got the vibe from it. But I would, because I'm thinking back to Gen Con, you know, I go to Gen Con and other conventions. I do those screenings there and stuff like that. Pancor.
00:21:06
Jo
But I would see this on a screening. Now, maybe not IMAX, nothing like that. No, I would see it. I would love to see this at a convention because I want to see it in a bigger screen.
00:21:19
Jo
I do want to see in a bigger screen. Would I pay to see this at a local theater? That I think is your question.
00:21:31
Amelie
Local theater, yes.
00:21:31
Jo
Still, yes.
00:21:33
Amelie
Local theater, yes. i believe on I believe in movies that can be watched and appreciated on TV because we have a huge culture in France on movies didn't do well on the cinema, but because they were taking on TV, now they're like big, big movies.
00:21:43
Jo
Yeah.
00:21:48
Jo
Goodwill
00:21:53
Amelie
They're respected.
00:21:53
Jo
home.
00:21:54
Amelie
They're part of the culture in France, right?
00:21:58
Jo
Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:59
Amelie
But watching it in the cinema, I don't see that movie as a cinema one. I see that movie like special show or special night where you watch movie or part of a series where there is horror movie, you know, like Twilight or something like that.
00:22:16
Jo
Right, you're having a horror night.
00:22:17
Amelie
You see what I mean? Like horror night or something like that.
00:22:18
Jo
Yeah.
00:22:20
Amelie
Yes, definitely. Because it's entertaining, because it's interesting. ah
00:22:26
Jo
i Well, I agree that it works for a horror night. I think this would be a fabulous horror night. Like I said, this would be great for The Last Drive and to Joe Bob Briggs and Shudder. I think Shudder, if you're still watching me, you should probably look to pick this one up.
00:22:41
Jo
But, but, but, but, but I just saw Black Phone 2 a couple weeks ago in the theater. I saw a Black Phone 2, and I look forward to that motherfucker. i was like, wow, that's weird to do a sequel to Black Phone.
00:22:52
Jo
I thought it kind of like stood by itself. So I didn't know how they're going roll that one out. I think The Ritman is better than Black Phone 2. I do. It doesn't have anywhere near the fucking budget as Black Phone 2.
00:23:06
Jo
I mean, Black Phone 2 is a fucking blumhouse. but Ripman is better pound for bound than Black Phone 2.
00:23:11
Amelie
Mm-hmm.
00:23:13
Amelie
But how many times you and I, we watch a movie or we heard about a movie who had millions and billions of budgets and it's shit. You watch it, you get bored, it's shit.
00:23:25
Amelie
How many times? Right?
00:23:27
Amelie
It's a question of writing, playing, character, makeup, etc., telling a story.
00:23:27
Jo
Well...
00:23:32
Jo
Right.
00:23:33
Amelie
So I am not surprised.
00:23:34
Jo
Oh, Ethan Hawke's a good actor. I mean, I'm going to take away from... Blumhouse is Blumhouse. Blumhouse is either hit or miss. Ethan Hawke's always fucking solid, right?
00:23:40
Amelie
Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah.
00:23:42
Jo
But the budget was $30 million dollars for Black Phone 2.
00:23:47
Amelie
Ah, come on.
00:23:47
Jo
Okay? Versus £20,000 for Ripman.
00:23:49
Amelie
That's nasty. Yeah.
00:23:52
Jo
Like, I'm saying pound for pound, Ripman tears the shit out of Black Phone 2.
00:23:52
Amelie
Yeah.
00:23:55
Jo
Right?
00:23:56
Amelie
Uh-huh.
00:23:57
Jo
And it avoids a lot of the the issues that the other one had. So i if I see Black Phone 2 in a theater, I'm not saying Black Phone 2 was a bad movie. It wasn't.
00:24:10
Jo
I'm just saying if I solve that one, and I think Rip Man is a better, arguably better movie than Black Phone 2, then I should be able to say like, well, shit, I need to see this in a theater too.
00:24:21
Jo
IMAX, no, fuck off. you know I'm not going to watch this in IMAX. There's no need for IMAX or 3D and that shit. Like Tron, yes, I get that. Ripman, I think is a sweet spot, man. I think that it should get a theatrical.
00:24:34
Jo
I think I would still, even if I saw it already for the screener, thanks again for the screener reason,
00:24:42
Jo
I would still watch it in a movie. I still would. I still would go out to see it because I want to see A, did they fix the fucking sound? Did they fix the fucking sound? That'd be cool. And B, you know, what does the aesthetic look like on the big screen?
00:25:02
Jo
I really want to see that. And I like the the darkness of it, you know?
00:25:04
Amelie
So is it... Okay, for me, I will watch it on TV because there is a policeman. And me, British policeman, equal, theory, equal on TV, right?
00:25:16
Amelie
So maybe my mind is set up like that, number one.
00:25:16
Jo
Right. Right.
00:25:20
Amelie
Number two, the path of the movie. It's more like like an episode, more like than um like like in a movie, I admit it. Number three, when you say do you want to watch it on cinema, is it purely as an art?
00:25:28
Jo
No, it is.
00:25:35
Amelie
art critique because you
00:25:35
Jo
it this way.
00:25:38
Jo
If, and I'm going to come back to your question for a second, but when I was watching it, the when when they hit the the the policeman, something my head clicked too.
Indie Films vs. High-Budget Films
00:25:49
Jo
I thought, this would make a great miniseries, like four or five episode miniseries on BritBox or BBC, Netflix, whatever that's going to be. you know I would watch that as a miniseries. I would.
00:26:03
Jo
And i think I think there's merit to you saying that it kind of clicks on TV because it does click on TV. But my question to you, to answer your question with a question, of course, that's what are you If we didn't have a screener, and you and i went out to fucking Prague, well, I guess you're already there. So if I went to Prague, like, hey, let's watch a fucking movie in the theater.
00:26:26
Jo
Apparently, I have bring my Visa card because Prague doesn't know what American Express is. Who the fuck knew that? Sorry. I'm to still get it. Only in the cinemas, by the way. Suck my dick.
00:26:37
Jo
oh Sorry.
00:26:40
Jo
you know i i Would you have been depressed? we got the You got the popcorn, you got the you the the soda, whatever you're getting for the know in the movie, and we sat down and watched this.
00:26:52
Jo
Would you go on like, that was a waste of time?
00:26:55
Amelie
No.
00:26:57
Jo
Exactly. That's my point.
00:26:58
Amelie
Ah, okay. Okay, you know me.
00:27:00
Jo
That's my point.
00:27:00
Amelie
You know me. That's terrible how much you know me.
00:27:03
Jo
I know, right? I can use that against you later on.
00:27:04
Amelie
You know, I would have my Pepsi Cola and my popcorn. It's one hour and 30 minutes.
00:27:09
Jo
yeah
00:27:11
Amelie
I would eat. I would be like, no, Tish, no. Like that, I would laugh because the bad guy he' is very funny. At the same time, he's very dramatic.
00:27:20
Jo
yeah
00:27:20
Amelie
And yeah, I wouldn't be... i would have i would be a testing i would be in testing and it
00:27:26
Jo
There you go. And as soon as I saw your face light up, I knew that you're imagining that happening. I knew you're imagining that happening.
00:27:33
Amelie
and exactly exactly how that you know the next terrible terrible
00:27:35
Jo
I know. So I got you. Got you, motherfucker. And that's the thing. don't know. But that's my point. But that's my point. Like...
00:27:44
Amelie
you
00:27:45
Jo
Oh, my... That's my point. and My fucking light just went out, too. Apparently, I didn't pay the fucking... No, I was using the lights for couple hours yesterday, so I didn't put the new battery you know i like this as a screen. And in some movies, like, I would not watch Ritual House in a fucking theater. If I paid money to see Ritual House...
00:28:06
Jo
Even on a date, like a look like date like ah going to movies with you, I'm like, Yeah, if we were not going to a porn theater, popcorn.
00:28:12
Amelie
No, it would have been amazing if it was porn movie.
00:28:18
Amelie
ah Ah, porn theater, it would have been perfect. You take that movie with a different actor and you turn it into a porn movie. Fantastic.
00:28:28
Jo
Hey, Burning Angel, if you're listening.
00:28:30
Amelie
Like, you need to know, I watch a few porn movies, or actual movies, and pornographic movies, and the synopsis is fantastic.
00:28:36
Jo
Sure.
00:28:38
Amelie
And there is one movie I really like. and I watch and it's date from the 1970s.
00:28:46
Jo
Anal gap five.
00:28:46
Amelie
a no It's ah eight you know it's
00:28:49
Jo
Grandma does Dallas.
00:28:52
Amelie
set up in New York in the 50s, 50s, and it's a private detective who is looking for murderer.
00:28:56
Jo
Sure.
00:29:01
Amelie
And it's very funny because it's the 70s, so you see car from the 70s, but sometimes car from the 50s, and the guy is dressed, you know,
00:29:07
Jo
Yeah.
00:29:09
Amelie
But because he has the face of a gangster, because he fuck actual prostitutes, meaning porn actress and everything, the synopsis is so interesting. Like, the people have a certain accent, you see guys who are real boxers and stuff, and I watched it out of shit curiosity.
00:29:26
Amelie
And yes, the scene of pornography, you see dick and pussy and everything, but compared to nowadays series, like for example Game of Thrones at the time, I was like, telling to a friend, I watch a porn movie, one hour and 90 minutes,
00:29:39
Amelie
It's about a guy who is a private detective who is looking after
Unusual Comparisons in Cinema
00:29:43
Jo
Right.
00:29:43
Amelie
a murderer.
00:29:44
Amelie
And because the dialogue was so interesting, and nowadays we see a lot of pornography with, for example, Game of Thrones, you don't realize it's a porn movie. And actually, the movie is really good.
00:29:56
Amelie
And when I make lot research about that movie, I realize it's a big classic one.
00:29:57
Jo
Okay. That's the language thing.
00:30:01
Amelie
And the actor is very, very known, you know.
00:30:02
Jo
Okay.
00:30:03
Amelie
But yes. to say yes movie was that think it was interesting that more like a pop movie is a well-acted that's been sex or traditional lady can yeah
00:30:12
Jo
Okay, so I think that's a transition. That's a translation thing then.
00:30:14
Amelie
yeah
00:30:15
Jo
um Porn movies usually don't have... they're that okay The movie's main point is to tell a story. It can have pornographic scenes or scenes that have, as you said, dick takes an ass.
00:30:29
Jo
But if the movie's main thing is to have people jerk off to it, that's pornographic. all the if Almost all they show is dick takes an ass. and especially if they show cum shots, then you can kind of move the knee a little too. That's going be pornographic.
00:30:45
Jo
I'm not sure which Game of Thrones came out in Prague, but apparently I have to rewatch that one. You know, it's the winter's coming. So am Anyways, so you're doing the, okay.
00:30:57
Jo
I still wouldn't watch it. Like I wouldn't watch original. I wouldn't fucking want to watch ritual house in a big screen. I'm really, I would like disappointed. Like, oh, that sucks. But ripman two thousand and twenty five are our guest coming out two thousand and twenty six in the United States,
00:31:11
Jo
i would go And by the powers invested in me by Castle Grayskull, if I am in the
Encouragement for Aspiring Filmmakers
00:31:18
Jo
U.S. and the United States in 2026, let's say a prayer of mama's silence for me. thank I will seek this out.
00:31:28
Jo
If it's playing in the circuits, I'll seek it out there. If otherwise, it's great. I mean, directed by Jamie Langland, written and by Jamie and Reese, Usually when you see that thing, people wearing multiple hats, it kind of falters. This is not falter whatsoever.
00:31:45
Jo
This is solid. Absolutely. It's a good find. And when it comes out streaming near you or seat in the theater up to you, I think it's worth watching the end. Right? Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:56
Jo
right yeah
00:31:59
Amelie
definitely. Go and watch it. If you really want to watch a movie with not long, entertaining, with a good synopsis, go.
00:32:06
Jo
yeah
00:32:07
Amelie
It's really cool. You're going to laugh. You're going to smile. You're going to err. You're going to watch it and see the work. It's a good quality. There is a lot of people on YouTube who are complaining about movies nowadays who are tasteless, without a soul, too much CGI, not entertaining, and boring.
00:32:26
Jo
yeah
00:32:28
Amelie
Go watch movies with very low budgets. Give it a go. And they're often really interesting.
00:32:33
Jo
That's absolutely... that's That's why I like this one. i rather support, and that's the difference between this Black Phone 2 as well. I rather support an indie film that they really... abport i Honestly, God, if this really is a student film, I might be making that part up because it looked for a minute like this.
00:32:51
Jo
It made me think. Being in David Schmiller's class, I'm like, God damn, this is a fucking student film.
00:32:57
Amelie
Could you if it's a student film?
Recommendation for 'The Rip Man'
00:32:59
Amelie
If it's a student film, it's a really good one.
00:32:59
Jo
and I can imagine it. That's what i'm saying.
00:33:02
Amelie
Like I'm telling you right now, if it's a student film, you're doing very well.
00:33:02
Jo
It's amazing.
00:33:07
Jo
Even if they you're not doing a student film, you just in 20 grand, fuck it.
00:33:08
Amelie
ah
00:33:10
Jo
You're still doing well.
00:33:11
Amelie
Yeah, yeah, you did great.
00:33:12
Amelie
Like, really good. Really, really good.
00:33:12
Jo
No matter what.
00:33:16
Jo
I don't mean student film, like, you know, two year olds. I mean, like, you know, university, you know, film school. um But yeah, I, believe i would rather take all the independents who are doing this and busting their ass and trying to figure out around budgetary constraints than blum's 200 million dollar fucktum you know you can throw money behind it doesn't mean it's right the new halloween suck ass they fucking fail i don't even know why the fuck i was two and a half ah halloween ends thank christ it ended
00:33:56
Jo
Rip Man, Hour and 33. It's tight. It's got... They say crime, horror, and mystery as a tag on IMDb, and it fits all three. It is crime. It is horror. It is mystery. It fits all three.
00:34:08
Jo
It's honest marketing. And I would look forward to more from this writing and directing team. I would look forward more from the actors and actresses, you know too, by the way.
00:34:22
Jo
I think they all did a tremendous job. They really did. So that's it. So our suggestion is to watch it. Yeah. yeah
00:34:30
Amelie
Definitely.
00:34:31
Jo
Yeah. Right. Rip 2025, find it in streaming or theater near you soon. Is soon is soon is maybe, I guess 26 for next year for U U U S peoples, U S people has got to wait another year for the embargoes.
00:34:45
Jo
No kidding. Go see it. See what can be made and be inspired by it. 25, 20,000 pounds. twenty thousand pounds That's it. 20,000 quid.
00:34:58
Jo
And you made a spectacular fucking movie. What can you do at home?
00:35:02
Amelie
Yes.
00:35:04
Jo
you want to People bitching and they want to make a movie? Make the fucking movie.
00:35:10
Jo
Beg, borrow, and steal. Make the fucking movie, man. It does not have to be theatrical quality. Make the movie you want to see. Instead of sitting at home bitching on YouTube, make the movie you want to fucking see.
00:35:22
Jo
Take a stab. right. That's it for streaming demons for now. Next week, we've got another movie, another one, another one, another one, another one, another one, another one. We even take some time off for Christmas. Thank you fucking Lord.
00:35:35
Jo
But like, subscribe, pass it along. I want to say thanks again to my co-host for Basically putting up with me today because I was like, you know, pain level is, I think I said eight out ten, which I usually don't say. um Yeah.
00:35:52
Jo
So thanks for putting it with my shit today. Appreciate it.
00:35:57
Jo
Yeah. All that and more on that stream of demons. Bye, y'all. Deuces.