2 Guys And A Chainsaw

With early CGI morphing in all its glory, in-your-face incest, tons of celebrity cameos, and some fairly brutal violence, it doesn't hold much back. You just kinda wish it turned out better as a result.

And it's a real turkey. But it does star Jake of "Body By Jake" fame! Where ya at, our 80's kids?

Alligator has nothing remarkable about it, except that there are some remarkable people involved in it, and it has an inexplicable 80% plus fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Who can figure this out? We can't.

A gritty and not so great horror anthology redeems itself by the end, propelling its director straight into a career in filmmaking, and potentially bringing us a new horror icon to rival Jason and Freddy. Happy Halloween everyone!

This is Jim Carrey's big breakthrough - his first starring role as a frustrated teenage virgin who can't get his girlfriend to give it up, so he turns to a female vampire instead and gets more than he bargained for. It's goofy as hell and 80's through-and-through, which means we more or less loved it.

Perfect for the season, and also a "perfectly serviceable film" by our standards, with a "smooookin' hot" guy leading the action.

We're resurrecting Rob Zombie's first full-length feature film, House of 1000 Corpses, and tearing it limb from limb. But mostly we're enjoying Haig's turn as the wacky-yet-intimidating Captain Spaulding, the clown with a murder ride in his gas station. Fried chicken, anyone?

We love this Canadian teenage werewolf story from the early aughts. Happy Halloween season!

Braindead is often cited as the goriest film ever made, and it's hard to dispute. But it's a big favorite of Todd's, and a request from at least one of our listeners over the years. Enjoy!

We always have fun on our show, but this week we had maybe even a little more fun than usual with this 80's cheesefest. Listen carefully for Craig's big reveal.

Curtains.

It's a late 90's, low-budget Canadian flick that spawned a franchise. There are more than 2 sides to this story...6, to be exact.

The second part to the story is set to release next week, a scant 29 years after the original miniseries scared our kid pants off. You may remember we did a two-part series of podcasts over that series and Tim Curry's legendary performance as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. We reference that project AND the book, of which all three of us are intimately familiar...but maybe not quite as familiar as Jordan, who is such a fan of King's novel that she bears a custom tattoo to commemorate its impact on her life. Thanks again, Jordan, for your request and your unique insight into this terrifying tale.

It's not one of our wackier conversations, because this week's episode is a seriously dark characters study of a disturbed young girl, directed by Lucky McKee.

He passed away recently at the age of 75, but his legacy lives on in films such as Blade Runner and The Hitcher.

We were honored to ask her about her experiences working on the low-budget horror features of the 80s and 90s, as well as her work with her personal passions such as animal rescue. Special thanks to Ms. Quigley for taking time out of her busy schedule to join us today! Also, we talked about Creepozoids.

This homage to B-Movie sci-fi films of the 50s becomes the very definition of a "creature feature": An entire film centered gratuitously around a big, ugly monster and little else.

There's Nothing Out There is an amateurish 80's movie that nevertheless was, in some ways, ahead of its time. But there's a lot of heart here, and some genuinely fun and funny moments. Directed by a 20 year-old from a script he wrote as a teenager, this week's movie was fun to watch and discuss.

We were told this was a horror movie, although it's at least 70% straight Western. Which doesn't mean we didn't enjoy it. On the contrary, the star-studded cast and excellent writing made this a good watch and fine discussion.

We didn't have a lot of good things to say about this disappointing outing, based on a script from the late Gunnar Hansen (Leatherface). A rousing game of "spot the celebrity" helps to pass the time, even as you consider what a waste it is to assemble so many horror icons for this nonsense.