Really Awful Movies: Ep 326 – Happy Death Day

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On today’s episode of the podcast, Happy Death Day!

It’s a mix between Groundhog Day, D.O.A. and Scream, leaning heavily on the former, the Harold Ramis-directed undeniable classic. Is HDD a classic too, that can be mentioned in the same breath? Um, no, but for a Blumhouse production, it’s fairly watchable.

On this episode of the podcast, “you load 16 tonnes, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.” What do birthdays mean to you?

Putting slasher flicks like this in the context of occasion-based horror flicks like April Fool’s Day, New Year’s Evil, Halloween, Silent Night, Deadly Night, etc, etc.

Also, where does this fit into the Blumhouse catalogue? What’s up with that production studio anyway?

How Christopher Landon sets up red herrings and his aesthetic approach to the story…Jessica Rothe’s performance, and much more!

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 325 – Christmas horror movies

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Christmas is around the corner. That means, for horror heads, Santa slashers! On this episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, all things holiday-related when it comes to horror.

Christopher, one-half of the Really Awful Movies team, chronicles some of the more popular entries in the canon, from Christmas Evil to Santa’s Slay, All through the House, Night Train Murders, Rabid, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Silent Night, Bloody Night, and much more!

Tune into the show, and don’t forget to pick up a copy of the books, Mine’s Bigger Than Yours! The 100 Wackiest Action Movies and Death by Umbrella! The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons.

Both books make great Christmas gifts, and they have forwards by genre people we’re really fond of: Brian Trenchard-Smith and Lloyd Kaufman. Buy a few copies, and support the show (as we will never go cap-in-hand to our listeners with Patreon).

Happy Holidays…have a very scary and merry Christmas.

 

Really Awful Movies: Ep 324 – Frozen

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Their lives are literally hanging in the balance…from a chair lift. Frozen is a ski-themed horror that’s capably put together.

A bunch of friends try and get in one more run (maybe courtesy of one of those ominous Black Diamond-designated hills that puts the fear of god into the authors of this site) and a staffing screw up results in the lift being shut down and them stranded amidst the icy coldness.

On this episode of the podcast….Winter…is…here. And much of Canada is already blanketed by the stuff.

Horror films set in winter are numerous, and there’s a cottage industry of Santa-related horrors like Silent Night, Deadly Night and Santa’s Slay. Frozen is a survivalist / animal attack hybrid that fails when it comes to the latter and eminently succeeds as the former.

Anyway, stay warm, grab an extra blanket and enjoy the latest episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast!