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TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D
Sept. 26, 2022

TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D

This week we get together to talk about the most unfairly maligned film in the Chainsaw series. In a franchise filled with high peaks, and low-lows, TCM 3D seems to have few defenders. Why? We make the argument that there needs to be MORE movies where gr...

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TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE THE BEGINNING
Sept. 6, 2022

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE THE BEGINNING

This week, Mike and Nicole talk the prequel that answers all the burning questions fans had in the wake of the 2003 TCM remake: How did Sheriff Hoyt get that sweet law enforcement gig? How did he lose his teeth? How did Uncle Monty lose his legs? Where d...

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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2003)
Aug. 29, 2022

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2003)

Is this going to be one of our most controversial episodes? Possibly. The Michael Bay produced remake is one of the most talked about horror movies of the past twenty years, and it's responsible for the deluge of remakes and reboots that followed over th...

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TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION
Aug. 8, 2022

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION

This week the gang is infiltrated by the Illuminati to tell you there's nothing to see here except perhaps one of the most understood slasher sequels of all time. Is this maligned, underseen, box-office bomb starring pre-stardom Rene Zellweger and Matthe...

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LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3
Aug. 1, 2022

LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3

Mike and Jessica are joined by Andrew Fabry of The Dead Letter Movie podcast to talk Leatherface, the third entry in the Chainsaw series and the first of two movies with that title. As the 80s closed and the box office fortunes of Freddy and Jason began ...

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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2
July 14, 2022

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2

How do you follow up one of the scariest, most unnerving movies of all time? By making a straight up comedy of course! This week, Mike and Stephen take a long look at a movie that was a decade plus in the making. From diving into the behind the scenes tr...

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THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) Part Two
June 30, 2022

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) Part Two

The second half of our discussion gets to the good stuff. We talk about the most iconic introduction of a horror villain ever committed to the big screen, the insanity of the dinner party, have it out over Franklin, discuss the social, economic, and poli...

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THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) Part One
June 20, 2022

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) Part One

This week we kick off a brand new franchise with the greatest horror movie of all time, Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This episode promises to be a massive one, and we've broken our talk down into multiple parts. For part one, we talk about ...

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Bonus Show: JAWBREAKER (1999) vs. JAWBREAKER (The Band)
May 31, 2022

Bonus Show: JAWBREAKER (1999) vs. JAWBREAKER (The Band)

This is the bonus show Mike has wanted to record for a long time. This week, Jessica Scott comes on to talk about her love for 1999's dark comedy and cult classic Jawbreaker, a movie about some real mean girls that aren't above covering up a murder or tw...

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SCREAM (2022) Part 2
May 16, 2022

SCREAM (2022) Part 2

We bring you the second half of our dive into 2022's SCREAM. This week we look at how the legacy characters fare, why this is Dewey's movie, explore the nature of fandom, talk about what we want next, and ask what the hell a requel is anyways?

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SCREAM (2022) Part One
May 9, 2022

SCREAM (2022) Part One

This week we FINALLY get to sit down and talk about one of our favorite movies of the year, the fifth installment of the SCREAM series. It's a massive talk so we broke it into two pieces. This week Mike, Rachel and Stephen are joined by shoe designer and...

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CHILD’S PLAY 2019 (Crossover with the DISENFRANCHISED Podcast)
April 25, 2022

CHILD’S PLAY 2019 (Crossover with the DISENFRANCHISED Podcast)

This week we wrap up our latest franchise with one of the most controversial movies we've ever covered. The Child's Play remake had longtime fans of the series up in arms as the movie and characters were ripped from series creator Don Mancini in an attem...

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CULT OF CHUCKY
April 11, 2022

CULT OF CHUCKY

This week the crew talks about the last movie in Don Mancini's Child's Play franchise Cult of Chucky. We talk about Nica as the most tormented character in horror history, Mancini's original vision for putting Chucky on a train, how multiple Chuckys open...

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CURSE OF CHUCKY
March 28, 2022

CURSE OF CHUCKY

Reboot? Requel? Sequel? We're not sure but we do know we're back to talk about the time they made Chucky scary again. Mike is joined by regular panelists Jessica Scott & Devaughn Taylor along with special guest Justin Gerber (Halloweenies, The Losers' Cl...

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SEED OF CHUCKY
March 16, 2022

SEED OF CHUCKY

This week Mike is joined by Brian Keiper as we talk the horror comedy delight  Seed of Chucky.

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BRIDE OF CHUCKY
March 2, 2022

BRIDE OF CHUCKY

This week guest Matt Donato (Certified Forgotten, Bloody Disgusting) joins  Mike, Stephen and Jessica to talk about the high point of the Child's Play series. The only thing better than one killer doll is two, especially when one is brought to life by th...

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Bonus Show: An Interview With The Adams Family (HELLBENDER)
Feb. 28, 2022

Bonus Show: An Interview With The Adams Family (HELLBENDER)

In this special bonus episode, Mike had the chance to sit down with the filmmaking quartet the Adams family. This husband and wife directing duo of Nick and Tobey Adams have made seven feature films along with their daughter Zelda, who co-writes and co-d...

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CHILD’S PLAY 3
Feb. 21, 2022

CHILD’S PLAY 3

We're back with a new episode that asks the important question: would you buy a doll if that doll was a named Larry? That's right we're talking about Child's Play 3. This Rachel Reeves (@vinylgrrrl) swings by to discuss this underappreciated slasher movi...

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Tiny Terrors 1: Behind the Mask & More
Feb. 15, 2022

Tiny Terrors 1: Behind the Mask & More

Mike & Devaughn have a brief talk about what's been on their plate lately. We talk Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Kevin Can F Himself, Yellowjackets, what the best entry  of the Big Four is, and more. Mike comes off like an old man yelling a...

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CHILD’S PLAY 2
Feb. 7, 2022

CHILD’S PLAY 2

Sorry Jack. Chucky's back. This week we cover Child’s Play 2. This week we take a fond look back at the sequel to the hit 1988 slash movie and we ask why isn't this one as fondly remembered as other beloved sequels like Friday the 13th two or Halloween t...

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CHILD’S PLAY (1988)
Jan. 24, 2022

CHILD’S PLAY (1988)

Do you want to play?  This week we kick off a brand new franchise with a look back at the 1988 slasher film Child's Play. Chucky might be small in stature, but this pint sized horror was no joke-at least not in this first installment which plays the horr...

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SCREAM Revisited (part 2)
Jan. 10, 2022

SCREAM Revisited (part 2)

This week we bring you part two of our revisit of SCREAM, the 1996 slasher movie that gave the horror genre a shot in the arm. Ahead of this week's fifth installment, Mike and guests Elbe (grumpire.com) and Brian Keiper (Bloody Disgusting, Movies For Lif...

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SCREAM Revisited (part one)
Jan. 3, 2022

SCREAM Revisited (part one)

Ahead of the fifth installment, this week we go all the way back to the beginning and take another deep dive into the movie that gave the horror genre a serious shot in the arm in 1996. It's no secret that SCREAM is one of Mike's favorite movies and fran...

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GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
Dec. 13, 2021

GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH

After the success of Gremlins, a sequel seemed inevitable. Yet despite the massive box office success and pop culture impact of the first movie, it seemed like no one aside from the accounting department at Warner Brothers wanted to make the new thing. I...

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