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Our salute to Halloween continues, as Garret, Matt & Ashley talk about the first sequel in the Friday the 13th franchise. We think it's one of the best in the series!

On our second 13 Days of Halloween episode, Ashley, Matt and Garret discuss Final Destination 2. People cheat death, and death comes back for them! No one has ever felt the same driving behind a lumber truck since.

Michael Myers is back to terrorize Haddonfield, and the townsfolk organize a posse to try and stop him. You can listen to what Matt, Ashley and Garret think of the latest installment in the Halloween series in our new episode.

Nia DaCosta directs a Jordan Peele-produced reboot of/sequel to the 1992 horror classic. Matt & Garret review the 2021 Candyman in this week's episode. Don't say his name.

Black Widow finally gets her own solo film, and Ashley, Matt and Garret are here to talk about it. It's the first MCU movie in well over a year, and it blends a bit of James Bond, Jason Bourne, and Marvel sensibilities.

Death strikes a girls' academy, but are the goings-on supernatural, or more corporeal, in nature? Ashley, Matt and Garret review this new movie, written & directed by Simon Barrett (writer of Blair Witch, The Guest, You're Next).

Ed and Lorraine Warren are on the case, trying to prove that a murder was committed because of demonic possession. Ashley, Matt and Garret review the newest Conjuring movie in our latest episode.

Garret, Matt & Ashley are back with another installment of Bad Movie Night. They randomly select a film from four choices, watch it, and discuss. Which one do they end up with this time? Listen and find out!

More aliens! More sound! We rejoin the Abbott family as they navigate a world where the slightest sound could mean terror. Ashley, Matt and Garret review the sequel to A Quiet Place.

It's the debut episode of our new series, Bad Movie Night. Garret joins us for this inaugural voyage as we choose one of four bad movies to watch and discuss. Which one do we select? Listen and find out!

Two kids unearth an ancient evil in their backyard, to gruesome and hilarious effect. Ashley, Matt and Garret review this new horror comedy.

It was quite a solid year for cinema, despite all the tumult, so Ashley, Matt and Garret review their selections for the 10 best movies from the past year.

While it was a good year for movies overall, there were definitely some clunkers. Ashley, Matt and Garret discuss their choices for the worst films of 2020.

Luther & Nora Krank decide to skip Christmas and plan to take a cruise over the holiday, but their neighbors are having none of it. Wacky hijinks abound in this 2004 film written by Home Alone director Chris Columbus, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis and perennial Christmas favorite Tim Allen. Garret & Kirsten join Matt & Ashley to talk about this zany holiday movie.

The first Thief game was widely beloved, and critically acclaimed, but not entirely free of criticism.  The gawking masses loved sneaking around the mansions of the wealthy, but were not too hot on the descending into caves filled with Zombies and Burricks.  For the 2000 release of Thief 2, Looking Glass Studios decided to make some changes.

Thief 2 takes place in the metal age, a steampunk inspired transformation that sees The City covered in factories, security cameras and ever vigilant automatons, patrolling back and forth.  Gone are the monsters, pushed to the outskirts of society or hunted to extinction.  Gone are the long and confusing tomb robbing missions, replaced with more mansions and other more mundane locations where nobility dwell.  The world has changed.

But is it ultimately for the better?  Or has Thief 2 lost the magic that made Thief 1 so special?

On our very first sequel episode, we discuss:

• How does Thief 2’s level design compare to Thief 1’s?  Do it's more grounded and realistic locations lead to more enjoyable sneaking?
• How does Thief 2 tell its story?  Can small pieces of incidental story telling add up to something just as meaningful as a central thread?
• Does the game ever sink into repetitiveness?  Are there enough tools at your disposal as a Thief to keep the game interesting?  Or is the level design doing all the heavy lifting?

We answer these questions and many more on the 47th episode of the Retro Spectives Podcast!

Intro Music: KieLoBot - Tanzen K

Outro Music: Rockit Maxx - One point to another

Thief 2 OST: Eric Brosius

We highly recommend you listen to our episode on Thief Gold here before listening to our episode on Thief 2!  We draw a lot of comparisons and assume that you know the basics of what the game is like!

When you play Thief 2 should you install t2fix, which you can find here.  This fixes a lot of bug and scripting issues while keeping the fundamental gameplay intact.

Did you enjoy Thief 1 more than Thief 2?  Should we play Deadly Shadows or The Dark Mod?  Are there any other secret stealth gems that we’ve neglected and should check out?  Come let us know on our text based community discord server!

A tragic boating accident, a summer camp far from home, and murders are all part of the bizarre Sleepaway Camp. Matt, Ashley and Garret have a lot to say about this somewhat controversial 1983 slasher film.

Scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis and magician David Copperfield are on a train with a masked killer in this 1980 horror gem. Ashley, Matt and Garret talk about Terror Train in today's 31 Days of Halloween podcast.

In ancient China, a fierce female warrior fights in a all-male army against an invading force. Ashley, Garret, Matt and Kirsten review Disney's live-action update to their 1990s beloved animated film.

It's an all-night scavenger hunt. It's got Teen Wolf. It's got an American Werewolf in London. It's got Pee-Wee Herman. It's a lot of fun, and Matt, Ashley & Garret talk about it.

Ashley, Garret and Matt catch-up on last year's much talked-about movie that sees Eddie Murphy portray Rudy Ray Moore, as he attempts to make his first feature film.