Episode 45: Otis (2008)

In which Jorge and JT weigh the relative merits of some PG-13 horror movies that could improve significantly by leaning harder into an R rating.

TOPICS
Anaconda
The Birds
Drag Me To Hell
The Final Girls
Five Nights At Freddy's
The Gate
Krampus
Night Of The Comet
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Tremors

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Two Years, 100 Episodes!

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In which Jorge and JT single (heh heh) out some of their favorite stand-alone horror movies.

TOPICS
Chopping Mall
The Devils
Dr. Giggles
Hush
May
Night Of The Demon
The Perfect Host
The Ruins
Them
Trick Or Treat

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PG-13 Horror That Would've Benefitted From An R Rating

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In which Jorge and JT slip outta their straight jackets long enough to talk about some of their favorite, most off-the-wall unhinged horror flicks.

TOPICS
The Banana Splits Movie
Basket Case
Big Man Japan
Dead Alive
House (1985)
The Kindred
Manos: The Hands Of Fate
The Outwaters
The Serpent And The Rainbow
Tetsuo: The Iron Man

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Sensational Stand-alones

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In which Jorge and JT regale you with tales of aliens, ghosts, and other eerie events both their own and those sent in to Castle Podferatu.

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Absolutely Bonkers Horror Movies

NOTES
Dee Martin is part of Not For The Weak Records, https://nftwrecords.com/, Norfolk's best punk rock record store and is editor of the Art Hag Zine.

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In which Jorge and JT scrawl down those Elder Signs, consult the Necromomicon, and awaken sleeping Cthulhu to bring you their favorite Lovecraftian horror movies.
Ia! Ia!

TOPICS
Black Mountain Side
The Color Out Of Space
The Endless
Event Horizon
The Mist
In The Mouth Of Madness
The Shrine
YellowBrickRoad

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Podferatu Ded Talk: Paranormal Experiences

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(*Original Working Title: Horror Performances That Were Oscar Worthy But Got Snubbed Because The Academy Turns Their Nose Up At Horror Because They're A Bunch Of Fuckin' Jerks)

In which Jorge and JT jump on the "The Academy Can Suck It" train and discuss ten horror performances which should have gotten some statues.

TOPICS
Peter Boyle
Toni Collette
Kaitlyn Dever
Mia Goth
Malcolm McDowell
Elizabeth Moss
Lupita Nyong'o
Vanessa Redgrave
Michael Shannon
Eihi Shiina

NOTES
JT inadvertently refers to Eihi Shiina's character, Asami Yamazaki, in Audition insted of the actress. Oops.

NEXT WEEK
Lovecraftian Horror To Please The Elder Gods

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In which Jorge and JT discuss the horror figures that have meant the most to them for lo these many years.

TOPICS
Morticia Addams
Elvira
Gill-man (Creature From The Black Lagoon)
Alfred Hitchcock
Kane Hodder
Stephen King
H.P. Lovecraft
Chris Sarandon
Tom Savini
Alvin Schwartz

NOTES
Mike Davis runs The Lovecraft eZine
Patton Oswalt's book is Zombie Spaceship Wasteland. Dunno where I got "cowboy" from. His book Silver Screen Fiend is also well worth checking out.

NEXT WEEK
Oscar Worthy Horror Performances

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In which Jorge and JT dust off the ol' EMF meters and talk about haunted house movies. Don't cross the streams!

TOPICS
Burnt Offerings
Deadstream
The Deep House
Ghostwatch
House
The House On Haunted Hill
Monster House
The Orphanage
The Shining
Thirteen Ghosts

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Our Horror Heroes

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In which the lads cast an eye to the future and bring you the movies they're most looking forward to...so far.

TOPICS
Yeah, about that. There's not much discussion this week since we don't know a whole helluvalot about these movies, so let's just make it all a little surprise, shall we?

NEXT WEEK
Haunted House Movies

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In which Jorge and JT look back over the wasteland of 2023 to discuss their 5 best and 5 worst movies of the year. For those of you scoring at home, there will be two, count 'em, two rants forthcoming.

TOPICS
#ChadGetsTheAxe
Capsules
Evil Dead Rise
The Exorcist: Believer
Fog City
Infinity Pool
Lord Of Misrule
Nefarious
No One Will Save You
Organ Trail
Renfield
Spoonful Of Sugar
Talk To Me
Unseen
VHS 85
When Evil Lurks
Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey

NEXT WEEK
Most Anticipated Of Movies 2024

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