Dear listeners,

Into every life, a little rain must fall. Due to a very sad & sudden downpour, there will not be a new show today. Probably not one next week either. But Mark & Jerry shall return shortly.

The nature of the horror genre means death is often trivialized or perhaps preferable to some awfulness. The fact is death is not trivial & is rarely desirable. That separation between us & the dead is wider than any deep ravine, any ocean, any distance in time & space. Death is final, irrevocable, diminishing. We shall talk more about this & other fun topics when next we cast our pods.

Thank you all, valued listeners, for your patience & understanding. Back soon.

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A grab-bag of the incredible

Good day to you, weary podcast listener. Welcome to another episode of The Horror Movie Show, hosted as ever by Jerry & Mark. This week, the boys journey far from home (at least to the nearest multiplex) in order to witness the spectacle of Oz the Great and Powerful & report to you all. Was the journey worth it? Are the Munchkins annoying? What do you think?

Filmmaker Elias wrote & directed Gut, a low-budget thriller that uses its gore sparingly but effectively. The guys cut into Gut to show you all the grisly details.

In Their Skin is another take on identity theft, with the benefit of having the morose but hot Selma Blair. Dark comedy is served up by Simon Pegg in A Fantastic Fear of Everything. And Jerry offers a quick E-meter reading of The Master, the latest opus from the often great Paul Thomas Anderson.

So, dear listeners, buckle up, try to relax and allow your chinwagging hosts to whisk you away to a land of magic & funnily dressed people… And no, we’re not talking about a trip to Little Italy.

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Not exactly biting satire

A gracious good day to all the horror fans out there in listening land. This week’s episode of The Horror Movie Show, hosted by fun-guy Mark and fungi Jerry, is all about the third season of The Walking Dead. Be warned: if you haven’t seen the final episodes this year, don’t be surprised by all the spoilers. These guys do not keep secrets well.

Much has happened in this latest season. Rick and the gang have been holed up in an abandoned prison. Andrea was picked up & taken to a fake town led by a maniac who calls himself the Governor. Much fighting has taken place between the two groups, despite Andrea’s attempts to keep human from murdering human. And by the end of the last episode, Phil the Governor has been sent packing with his swinish tail between his legs & just two tough guys to back him up. There can be no doubt he will return.

Rick has regained some of his humanity, a commodity that is rarer with each savage & unnatural day in zombie apocalypse hell. While the group lost several of its staunchest — or at least toughest — members this season, Sheriff Rick’s Rest Home and Retirement Haven will be back for a fourth season in the not-too-distant future. We look forward to it.

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Reboot, remake, retread or repeat

Good day, sports fans, and welcome to The Horror Movie Show! Of course, when we say sports, we mean blood sports. More specifically, we mean the sports in which people are possessed by demonic entities & their friends have to chop them into pieces with an axe or a chainsaw in a most disgusting manner. And, to be absolutely precise, we’re talking about the highly entertaining Evil Dead movies.

This episode, your horrid hosts Mark & Jerry take it upon themselves to critique each & every Evil Dead movie, beginning with writer/director Sam Raimi‘s 1981 low-budget gorefest The Evil Dead. That is followed by chitchat about 1987′s Evil Dead 2 and 1992′s Army of Darkness. Actor Bruce Campbell acquits himself admirably throughout, playing Ashley J. Williams.

After a brief mention of the 2003 comedic stageshow, Evil Dead: The Musical, the guys get on with their review of the franchise reboot: Evil Dead. There are many similarities to the original flicks, but also significant differences. For one thing, no Ash.

Listen to the show & make up your own mind. However, be aware that this episode is full of spoilers. Now… join us. Join us.

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“Are you guys eating cookies? Why can’t I have a cookie? C’mon… gimme a cookie…”

Coming up next…

Pleasant greetings, fellow horror fans. Your hapless hosts, Jerry & Mark, have been sitting in the dark giggling over the latest big-budget reboot, the much-anticipated Evil Dead. Strangely, it is not in 3D. When the purblind duo return next week, expect a full & frank discussion consisting of nothing but spoilers. These guys couldn’t keep a secret to save their lives. You have been warned!

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