I Like to be Hugged

    This week we finish out our watch of Chucky.

     One month after the evens of 3, The Lakeshore Strangler's girlfriend, Tiffany Valentine, has spent the last decade brushing up on her voodoo and trying to get her hands on any piece of Chucky she can. Finally, all her work and patience is about to pay off in a way she should have seen coming. Beware Bride of Chucky.
     Shitface was found abandoned in a cemetery and now lives a life of humiliation and abuse as a ventriloquist's dummy. The only clue to their origin is a stamp "Made in Japan" on their left wrist. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, Jennifer Tilly is working on a new horror movie, Chucky Goes Psycho. Her costars are brand new animatronics made using parts from the real Chucky and Tiffany. Soon, Shitface will have two new names and their parents and every homicidal doll might get an upgrade to a human body. What horrrors are unleashed by a Seed of Chucky?
     Nica lives with her mother, Sarah, in an old, crumbling, and isolated house. One day a doll is delivered to their home from an unknown source. It isn't long until Sarah is dead and the house is stuffed with mourners spending the night before the funeral. Before dawn, Nica will learn how long she has spent her life under the Curse of Chucky.
     Andy Barclay has a secret. He has the head of Chucky mounted, half destroyed but still talking, in a safe in his wall. It plays hell with his social and romantic life. Nica has spent the last four years under the care of Dr. Foley, who finally feels it's time to transfer Nica to less a restrictive facility... a place that allows patients to have visitors. Soon the ward have as many Good Guy dolls as patients. Will either Andy or Nica escape the clutches of Cult of Chucky?
     All that and Dave has a little rant, Tyler loves to love, and Kevin feels it squish between his toes. Join us, won't you?

Episode 229- I Like to be Hugged: Chucky from Bride to Cult

Your Friend to the End

     This week we take a look at Your Friend to the End's beginnings and the recent remake attempt.
     All Andy Barclay wants is a Good Guys Doll for his birthday. All serial killer Charles Lee Ray wants is a new body to call his own before being forever trapped in a doll. All Karen Barclay wants is for her young son to not be a developing killer. All Detective Mike Norris wants is to quickly and neatly wrap up the case. Only one of these people will get what they want. It might be all fun and games but none of it is.... Child's Play.
Two years after the first film, young Andy finds himself in foster care as his mother was packed off to a psychiatric hospital. While Chucky appears to be taken care of, Andy still doesn't trust Good Guys Dolls.           Unfortunately for Andy, the doll's parent company is secretly working on putting ol' Charles Ray back together again- just to make sure it hadn't evil switched or something. Soon Andy is once again fighting for his life beside fellow foster resident, Kyle. Andy and Kyle will lean navigating the system isn't Child's Play 2.
     Set eight years after the events of 2 and seven years in the future from its 1991 release, Andy is fresh meat at the Kent Military Academy. The school's commandant hopes that Andy can finally find some stability and put his doll fantasies behind him. Tragically, the parent company feels that the bad press from the two murder sprees is finally behind them and, instead of being reasonable and ending the line by replacing it with a new similar doll, they throw the factory door back open and roll a brand new reincarnation of Chucky off the line. The student body is about to learn war games aren't Child's Play 3.
     Taking a look at the receipts of the last original series entry and the current trend of evil doll movies, MGM decides to finally flex their long held remake option and cut off the original creators at the knees after abandoning the franchise way back in 1988. The Kaslan Company is the center of all life in every living space in the world, everything from security cameras to table saws to HVAC systems to mobility services. At the heart of the Kaslan ecosystem is the new Buddi doll. Not just the center interface for your life but also a super AI designed to be your best friend from birth until death. One day a sweatshop worker is pushed too far by his boss and flips a doll's evil switch before killing himself. That doll ends up through a convoluted route into the life of Andy Barclay and Child's Play (2019) ensues.
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Episode 228- Your Friend to the End

Two Quarrys Don't Cover the Price of Korda

    Next stop 1971 with three groovy horrors from the groovy minds at AIP and one of Franco's best know exploitations.

     A couple in Turkey stop in at their neighborhood sex cabaret and watch a vampire devour her dance partner. Unfortunately for everyone, this evening of entertainment puts Linda right in the sights of Countess Carody. The vampire doesn't just want a light snack but to own our blonde heroine body and soul. Will Linda escape the vampire's clutches or will she find nothing but death and madness in the embrace of Vampyros Lesbos?
     Donna and her swinging friends have a party to contact her recently deceased mother. The gathering is lead by her mother's boyfriend, a mysterious and dashing Bulgarian noble who just a few months ago moved into the not at all scary old mansion outside of town. Before they know it the whole group is in peril as one of the female members vanishes and her boyfriend turns up dead. Can these meddling middle age kids stop the bloodshed or will they all fall victim to Count Yorga, Vampire?
     A stake can't keep a bad vampire down. Count Yorga and his brides rise from their graves to find they now live next door to an orphanage. Taking a shine to a teacher, Cynthia, the Count begins a diabolical plan to make her one of his brides. This time our middle age kids go to the police for help but it all maybe too late and The Return of Count Yorga will deliver him triumphant?
     The brilliant musician and theologian, Dr. Aton Phibes, was thought to have died in a car accident four years ago after hearing about the death of his wife on an operating table. Now someone is taking revenge against the medical team with the Plagues of Egypt. Did Phibes survive? Who is the beautiful woman reportedly seen in the vicinity of each murder? Will our intrepid detective inspector solve the case or will the plagues play out to avenge The Abominable Dr. Phibes?
     All that and Dave gets hyped, Tyler keeps it mellow, and Kevin shames us all with his shame bell. Join us, won't you?

Episode 227- Two Quarrys Don't Cover the Price of Korda

Troublesome Texts

 October Horror Week 2- Four films from 1981, all prominently featuring books as driving plot devices.

     Five college students go to an old abandoned cabin in the woods. Before long they discover the Necronomicon Ex -Mortis, bound in human flesh and inked in human blood, and a handy reel to reel recorder that has a couple relevant passages ready to make sure they will all be dead by dawn. A film that spawned three feature follow-ups (soon to be four), nine video games (soon to be ten), an endless number of comics (which just started a new series), a musical, a one-man stage show, and a tv series- The Evil Dead.
     Decades ago the citizens of New Orleans stopped a painter from opening one of the doors to Hell with the mystical tome Eibon. Fifty-four years later the building has been inherited by a New Yorker who decides to open it as a hotel. Not too far into renovations, the painter's ghost returns to finish what it started. Umberto Lenzi's most polarizing film. One of the most deeply loved and vehemently hated horror films ever produced by Italy. Incoherent, atmospheric, chaotic, evocative, and lightly gore splattered- The Beyond.
     After spending seven years running an international conglomerate, the Antichrist accepts the position of U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, a position held by his adoptive father when we first met him. Having fully embraced his lineage, Damien Thorn now looks to rewrite his destiny by killing the Second Coming's return to power. Now all boys born on the day of a unique astral alignment are marked for death. The only ones standing between the son of Satan and victory are seven priests who hold the only Earthly means of killing Damien. The world is in turmoil, wars threaten to breakout everywhere, the stage is set for- The Final Conflict aka Omen III.
     A trio of students head into the jungles of Columbia to prove if one's doctoral thesis and putting an end to the myth of cannibalism. It isn't long until they encounter two more honkies from New York... who just happen to be running from cannibals. For reasons that no one watching or involved understand the five-some go back to the village. Meanwhile, a detective and city tour guide are looking for our not-so-intrepid party. Is the theory right or will they all meet a tasty end for their arrogance- Cannibal Ferox.
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Episode 226- Troublesome Texts

Freddy vs Jason vs Toothfairy vs Dissociative Identity Disorder

    We start off October with a foursome of fright flicks from the year 2003. 

     The fight of the century. The two biggest heavyweights in horror history finally square off on both their home turfs with the kids of Springwood as the prize. In this corner- the Momma's Boy from a Watery Grave, the Soaked Terror of Forest Green, the Tapper to Camp Blood's Keg- Jaaaaaason Vooooorheeees! And in the opposing corner- The Springwood Slasher, the Son of a Thousand Maniacs,  the Overcooked Red Baron with His Own Knives- Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrredy Kruuuuuger! Let's hope for a dirty fight- Freddy vs Jason.

     In this town, every child receives a special visit when they loose their last baby tooth. Unfortunately, 12 years ago Kyle opened his eyes and saw the Toothfairy. Now he must return home and help his childhood friend's brother who also saw her. Can Kyle save the kid or will he be just another victim in Darkness Falls?
     Su-mi returns home after being treated for shock and psychosis. It isn't any time until she sees the effects of her step-mother's vicious abuse. To make it worse, on the first night she starts being haunted by a ghost. A modern take on a popular folktale, A Tale of Two Sisters.
     Kenneth is a brilliant technical writer but painfully socially repressed and awkward. When a major project with a tight deadline lands on his desk. To make it worse, he is assigned an attractive temp he finds himself unable to communicate with. Before too long, Kenneth begins to buckle under the pressure and stress... until Nikki enters his life. A realistic love doll that he can connect with and work through his social issues. Finding his life finally coming together, Kenneth soon beings to branch out, connecting with the temp in ways he never could before, and learns that Nikki doesn't like that. What will become of his Love Object? 

     All that and Tyler reminisces while Kevin and Dave have the scariest realization is that these were released almost 20 years ago and both are old now.
Join us, and stay off the lawn, won't you?

Episode 225- Freddy vs Jason vs Toothfairy vs Dissociative Identity Disorder