This week on the double feature we watched Pumpkinhead (1988) and Trick or Treat (2007). We also talk about becoming health goths, making coffee, Mike the Night Hog aka Big Beans makes a cameo, the first trip to a Spirit Halloween of the season, finding a band on Craigslist,
38: Cabins in the Woods (Cabin in the Woods and Evil Dead 2013)
This week’s double feature is Cabin in the Woods and 2013’s Evil Dead with this week’s theme being The Woods! Also: Michelle gets a surprise, Fran Kranz’s Mass (2021), the realities of coffee cup bongs, our favorite baddies in the basement, our favorite deaths in Cabin in the Woods,
37: Two Malignants Walk Into a Bar – (Malignant 2021 and Malignant 2013)
This week we watched 2021’s Malignant and 2013’s Malignant. Michelle tested positive for Covid-19 after vaccination and explains what a breakthrough case feels like, the symptoms, discovering the diagnosis, what it’s like to live with a partner who didn’t test positive in a one-bedroom apartment, this episode has possibly the best movie we’ve seen this year and maybe the worst movie we’ve seen ever,
36: Shandyman (2021’s Candyman & Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh/Candyman 2)
This week we watched Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) and Candyman (2021). Spoiler warning: You do not (and probably should not) have to watch Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh. We also talk about going on a bender as an actual adult, a boat with hot tubs on it,
35: Stephen King B-Sides (Maximum Overdrive and Gerald’s Game)
Animal interruptions with spooky chats, Meg’s pink pink pink office, AC/DC’s lyrics, cocaine, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a bummer, changing swear words on cable TV, Does the Dog Die?, construction equipment/trucks, being a white dude in the 80s was dope, Dr. Sleep, a mid-show attack from Beans,
34: Under-Appreciated Gems (Hell House LLC and The Innkeepers)
This week we watched Hell House LLC (2015) and The Innkeepers (2011). We also talk about the difference between four and five skulls on Shudder, Hell House 2 and 3, visiting bad haunted houses, a Hell House spinoff we’d want to see, haunted hayrides, Halloween in January,
33: Friday the 13th (Jason Takes Manhattan & Jason X)
This week we watched Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) and Jason X (2001). Michelle’s drinking spiked seltzer, aka murder juice, The Muppets take Manhattan, are Friday the 13th scary?, NYC in the 80s and 90s, sailing to Manhattan from Camp Crystal Lake,
32: Robert Lawrence (Fear Street: 1994, Fear Street 1978, and Fear Street 1666)
This week we watched the Fear Street trilogy and talked about shrimp cocktail and wedding food, Colon and Color Guard, book stores in the mall, Maya Hawke, Eureka’s Castle, the series’ connection to Stranger Things, watching sex scenes with parents, the importance of blacklight in the 90s,
31: Werewolves! (Werewolves Within & Howl)
This week we watched Werewolves Within (2021) and Howl (2015). Werewolves are Michelles favorite movie monster! We also talk about video games, the difficulty of getting werewolves right and Michelle’s difficulty of picking a second movie for this episode, Peter Steele, the Long Island Rail Road,
30: Mixed Nuts (Terrified & False Positive)
This week we watched two movies that we don’t think have a theme? This week’s movies are Terrified (2017) and False Positive (2021). We also talk about Wondershowzen, Dream Phone, Legally Blonde, Dig Inn, how wigs work, and more.
False Positive in Five Words (or Less):
Meg: Being pregnant seems awful
Michelle: Looks great but missing something
False Positive in Five Words (or Less):
Meg: Being pregnant seems awful
Michelle: Looks great but missing something