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The Winter of Folk Horror is not yet ready to let 2024 go. Cozy up with the comfort of witches, as we discuss three very different witch movies. Dueling witches, a witchy cousin, and a town filled with bigots. Welcome to the Witchy Winter Wonderland!

When a skeptical college professor demands his wife stop practicing protective conjure magic, he opens himself up to be the victim of an opposing force in Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)! A young woman loses her parents in a deadly crash, moves in with her cousin, Linda Blair, and proceeds to ruin her life, in the Wes Craven TV movie, Summer of Fear (1978)! And then from there, the residents of a small town believe that three new arrivals are reincarnations of witches that invoked a 300-year-old curse in The Devonsville Terror (1983)!

We wrap up this year's 13 Days of Halloween with the fifth entry in the series started by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Ashley, Matt and Grant talk about Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers in today's episode. As always, thank you for listening, and Happy Halloween!

This is the end...of Bad Days in Haddonfield. Bryan Dressel, Matt Dykes, Joel DeWitte, and Ryan Lootens end their deep dive into the Halloween Franchise with a series wrap up, going over favorite moments and more throughout each of the films. They also talk a bit about the next series coming up and maybe a confirmation of a future season. Don't waste another second reading this and jump right in to this jam-packed episode!

Welcome to another pulse-pounding episode of "Bad Days in Haddonfield." This week the Binge Buddies, comprised of Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog Giggles" Dykes, Joel "Captain Obvious" DeWitte,  and Ryan "Comedy Central" Lootens come together to talk about "Halloween Ends," which at the very least is better than "Kills." That said, it's a little of a different movie than one might expect given the advertising. Start "listening" to "see" for yourself. Oh wait.

This week on Bad Days in Haddonfield, Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog Baby Face" Dykes, Joel "Tater Tot" DeWitte,  and Ryan "Tootsie Pop" Lootens sit down and absolutely murder the second film in the modern Halloween trilogy: Halloween Kills. Is there something that prevents the second films in this franchise from being any good? Is there some unwritten law that says the second films have to be set in a hospital? Who knows! Either way, there be fun discussion ahead.

We're back with a new and exciting episode of Bad Days in Haddonfield. This week Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog Sloppy Nuts" Dykes, Joel "Minion" DeWitte,  and Ryan "Pork Chop" Lootens sit down to talk about David Gordon Green's Halloween, which kickstarts the most recent trilogy. At least this first entry is good!

There's still time to celebrate Giallo January! And what better way to spend it than with master of horror, Dario Argento. And we can't talk about Suspiria or The Bird with the Crystal Plumage again, can we? No, no. We covered those in our Top 10 Horror Films of the 1970s episodes. So here are three more titles, just dripping with blood red Italian horror!

After witnessing the murder of a psychic, a pianist cannot shake his obsession to unravel the mystery of who was responsible, despite becoming a target himself. Get ready for arm wrestling, fiendish child artwork, a creepy animatronic doll, and a brutal, gruesome finale, in Deep Red, aka Profondo Rosso (1975)!

To promote the release of his latest novel, an American author travels to Italy on a book tour, where a killer is using his work as a template in a series of ghastly murders. We hope that you don't mind a few twists along the way, because this ending is well worth the wait! Things get more than a little messy in Tenebrae (1982).

And then from there, Jennifer Connelly teams up with Donald Pleasence, in the role of an entomologist, as they use Jennifer's ability to communicate with insects to uncover the identity of a mad killer in scenic Switzerland. If you thought the first two movies had enough false finishes, you have to see this ending to believe it! Time for maggot, mad ape, and monster child mayhem in Phenomena (1985)!

In this week's episode of SIDEBOOB CINEMA the gang review "Wake In Fright" [1971] as part of their annual January celebration of Australian films.

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This week on Bad Days in Haddonfield the Binge Buddies, comprised of Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog Stu Macher" Dykes, and Joel "Amber Freeman" DeWitte, tackle the sequel to Rob Zombie's "Halloween," aptly titled "Halloween 2." It's a natural progression to Zombie's interpretation of the characters, but that doesn't necessarily mean its any good. It's not boring, at least!

NOTE: This is the last Binge Buddies of the year. We will be back later in January with the final Halloween trilogy, starting with...Halloween.

This week on Bad Days in Haddonfield, Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog Debbi Loomis" Dykes, and Joel "Richie Kirsch" DeWitte come together to discuss "Halloween." No. Not that one. The Rob Zombie one. It's a remake that's...fine, and the Binge Buddies unpack that in the only way they can, with great humor and lots of jokes. 

Welcome to another fun and fanciful episode of Bad Days in Haddonfield, the Binge Buddies retrospective on the Halloween franchise. Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog" Dykes, Joel DeWitte, and Ryan Lootens (in a shotgun review) join forces to dog on the absolute pile that is known as "Halloween Resurrection." In it, Jamie Lee Curtis yeets herself out of the narrative and Michael Myers can walk through walls. There's a lot here and you'll want to dive in right away.

Welcome to another exciting episode of your new favorite podcast of all time, Bad Days in Haddonfield. This week the Binge Buddies, comprised of Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog Crossbearer" Dykes, Ryan "Remington" Lootens, and Joel "Jack Frost" DeWitte join forces to take on "Halloween H20:  20 Years Later." Fun fact: we are farther away from H20 than H20 was from the original Halloween. Enjoy!

Welcome to another exciting episode of Bad Days in Haddonfield, in which our Binge Buddies Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog Chucky" Dykes, and Ryan "Zuzu" Lootens join forces to toil their way through the schizophrenic producer's cut of Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Meyers. Lot of oddities to be found in this film compared to the previous and it may be the lowest the franchise has descended so far in quality.  Don't worry, though. It's all uphill from here....maybe.

Welcome to another exciting episode of Bad Days in Haddonfield. This week Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog Jason Voorhees" Dykes, and Ryan "Michael Myers" Lootens sit down to talk about the weird course-change that is "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers." Get ready for a big ol' dose of "what the hell is this?" Is the franchise in trouble? Will the 6th movie save the day?

NOTE: The audio has some frustrating issues part-way through the episode, so apologies and thank you for your patience and understanding.

Michael Myers is back, babyyy! This week on "Bad Days in Haddonfield" Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog" (oops, "Tall Man") Dykes, Ryan "Dr. Giggles" Looten, and Joel "Clownzilla" DeWitte sit down to discuss "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers." How did Dr. Loomis and good ol' Mikey survive their last outing? Yes. Now let's get to the discussion, shall we?

We of course finish our run of horror, thriller and mystery movies with a film set on the holiday, itself -- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. Ashley, Matt and Grant discuss this '80s sequel to the John Carpenter classic.

Diane and Sean discuss John Carpenter's fall classic, Halloween. Episode music is , "Halloween Theme", by John Carpenter from the OST.

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Hi and welcome to the (somewhat late) next exciting episode of Bad Days in Haddonfield, our look back at the Halloween Franchise over the years. Bryan Dressel, Matt "Zombie Dog Ghostface" Dykes, Ryan "Harry Warden" Lootens, and Joel "Grant Grant" DeWitte sit down to talk about the divisive "Halloween III: Season of the Witch," which features no Michael Myers and has nothing to do with the movies surrounding it. Bonus: the crew breaks into an impromptu performance of "Silver Shamrock" and it goes about as well as you would expect.