Tom Cruises & Wes Craven creeps into the future

A jolly greeting to the potentially millions of listeners from your yappy friends at hmpod.com‘s The Horror Movie Show. This episode features your babbling hosts Jerry & Mark discussing Tom Cruise‘s latest sci-fi epic Oblivion, as well as the low-budget prison movie K–11. Each film features plenty of twists & turns, but have little else in common.

The main meat of this new podcast is devoted to our third & final segment on horror maven Wes Craven. Your ghost-faced hosts commence the proceedings with 1996 megahit Scream, arguably as successful a franchise as Craven’s own Nightmare on Elm Street series.

We follow that with Cursed (2005), the director’s werewolf movie. Next up is the excellent thriller Red Eye (also 2005), a feature that amply demonstrates Craven can step out of the horror dungeon to deliver the mainstream goods.A brief mention of Craven’s segment in the classy 2006 anthology Paris, je t’aime follows. And finally Mark & Jerry talk about My Soul to Take (2010), a return to Craven’s older style of teens & scream queens. Enjoy.

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Maestro Craven creates an urban legend & a stinker

Hello to all those who have stumbled upon this page believing our website is connected with the garish if profitable TheMightySpluttBuilding.com. There is no connection whatsoever. We here at The Horror Movie Show only talk about decent, wholesome subjects. Thank you.

There’s gore aplenty in spooky The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia. Arguably the stupidist title our hosts Mark & Jerry have ever heard, this 2013 flick is one of those rare sequels that is better than the original. Moving to a different state was the smartest move these moviemakers made. And then…

…It was 1984. The biggest pop hit of that year was Seasons in the Sun by Mr. Terry Jacks. Those iconic, laconic lyrics still ring true: “We ate dogs, we ate cats, we ate mice & we ate rats. But the best of the bunch was that skunk we ate for lunch.” In October, newly knighted Sir Peter Lorre revealed he actually was a ghoul. And scientists discovered that drains go somewhere.

This was the year horror dreamboat Wes Craven released A Nightmare on Elm Street. What can one say about this flick? Quite a lot, it seems. An industry is righteously born.

Following chitchat about Nightmare, our hobbled hosts discuss the next few movies from director Craven. In order: Voodoo death-cult science in The Serpent & the Rainbow (1988); zany Shocker (1989); another classic, The People Under the Stairs (1991), is one of the funniest horror movies ever made; and lastly Eddie Murphy‘s three-headed monster, A Vampire in Brooklyn (1995).  One more chapter to come in our Wes Craven retrospective, dear listeners. Now, see if you can fit your head through the peephole.

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Wes Craven retrospective begins now

A gracious good day to our lovely listeners. This is episode 107 of the mighty Horror Movie Show, hosted as ever by Jerry & Mark. While there are undoubted gems of wisdom contained in this episode, be warned that there are also spoilers — particularly about the new Star Trek Into Darkness movie. Thou hast been warnéd.

Two of the summer movie season’s biggest blockbusters are now but fading memories. In an unprecedented move, Mark & Jerry compare the metal-suited superhero in Iron Man 3 & the second outing for J.J. Abrams‘ reboot of Star Trek. Is it even possible to put these behemoths up against each, phaser & photon torpedos versus whatever the hell it is that shoots out of Iron Man’s palms? Of course it is. Don’t be silly. They’re just movies.

Next up is the low-budget, devil-worshiping sorority sister story of Alpha Girls. Written & directed by Johnny Zito & Tony Trov, this little flick features a bevy of scream queens & the hirsute, doughy lothario Ron Jeremy. Let the paddling begin!

This episode also devotes a sizeable chunk of time to the early movies directed by horror favourite Wes Craven. (The director’s middle & later years will be featured in the next two episodes.) The Last House on the Left, the original version of The Hills Have Eyes & the veggie-man feature Swamp Thing are all examined. Now hold your nose, dive into the foetid dampness that is The Horror Movie Show & be sure to eat your greens.

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Rev up that noisy slicer & dicer! We’re back!

Greetings, faithful listeners. After a couple of weeks of not doing podcasts, Mark & Jerry have returned with a fresh new episode that includes horror, comedy, freaky theories & Japanese dating tips. Welcome to The Horror Movie Show‘s 106th edition.

The guys begin this riotous hour with a discussion of the latest retread: Texas Chainsaw 3D. Though our old pal Leatherface is busy as a beaver, cutting through numerous young, healthy bodies with his trusty, rusty saw of chains, the question is whether this new version of an oft-told story is up to screech — sorry, scratch. Needless to say, Jerry & Mark have opinions they needs must share.

Following that is a muttered, mumbled mention of the Japanese-Korean horror flick, Audition. Dating is often fraught with hazards. Will he or she like my clothes, my hair, my sense of humour, the flesh that covers my delicious soup-bone legs? Audition attempts to answer such questions in a unique way. At least, we hope it’s unique.

Animated horror-comedy Hotel Transylvania is examined closely for signs of either horror or comedy. You can check in to this Adam Sandler-driven cartoon, but will you want to stay?

Room 237 is a fascinating survey of theories about what Stanley Kubrick‘s horror masterwork The Shining is really all about. Is it a thinly veiled fable about the Holocaust — both of Jewish people & Native North Americans? Is it Stan the Man’s revelation of his involvement in the fake moon-landing conspiracy? Listen to the discussion & you’ll probably be intrigued enough to want to watch this wacky documentary.

Now ring up room service, have them deliver some raw hamburger & a large bottle of puddle-water so we can get this party started.

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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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