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Really Awful Movies: Ep 321 – Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight, sounds much like the golden-era (though not necessarily golden in quality) Don’t Go in the Woods!

There are a bunch of camp counsellors a la Friday the 13th, and a bunch of nubiles being hunted down by some mysterious entity, though in this one, a bit of a supernatural deus ex machina.

And it should be noted that Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight that is a Polish horror film, a region of Europe that unlike Italy or France, is not exactly known for having a well-developed horror scene (that we know of. Maybe there is?)

On this episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, join us in the deep dark woods of Western Europe, and see what’s up with this flick, available for viewing on Netflix.

 

Really Awful Movies: Ep 318 – Haunt

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Haunt is a 2019 American slasher film written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writing duo behind A Quiet Place.

It’s set in one of those haunted house Halloween attractions. And surprisingly, this is one of the better films set on Halloween, along with John Carpenter’s Halloween, House of 1,000 Corpses, Sinister, and Murder Party, which we podcasted not long ago.

The premise: a bunch of college co-eds are out and about in small town Illinois, a bit like the Michael Myers classic. They’re bar-hopping, and after growing weary of it, hop in their vehicle in search of one of those spooky haunted houses.

They drive up to what is not so much a house, but more of a haunted warehouse. And the doorman is a creepy clown, holding out two hands to choose their own adventure inside, in a way.

Haunt is creepy as hell. There are two extraordinarily intense scenes, and it’s quiet, eschewing cheap jump scares.

The performances are dynamite too, and there’s some nice backstory for the lead.

In the podcast, contextualizing the Halloween haunted house experience, Tobe Hooper’s Funhouse, Hell Fest, and Toronto’s Casa Loma Halloween experience.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 316 – 20 Favorite Horror Movies

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Halloween is approaching. Here’s a bit of a twist: My Top 20 Favorite Horror Movies. What will appear on the list? There are just so many a seasoned viewer can possibly choose from.

Will we see the likes of The Exorcist? That one really gets under the skin of Catholics and rightly so. What about Get Out? Jordan Peele is a real up and comer and someone to watch.

Perhaps The Last House on the Left? A true exploitation classic.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? A low budget effort that continues to reverberate. Scanners? The Fly? A new term was coined just for Cronenberg’s oeuvre. What about Halloween, or perhaps Evil Dead? And you gotta figure George Romero has to be in here somewhere, right?

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