Tag: supernatural horror movies

Really Awful Movies: Ep 302 – Dog Soldiers

~ reallyawfulmovies

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:33 — 32.0MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Email | RSS | More

On this episode of the Really Awful Movies podcast, the directorial debut of Neil Marshall (The Descent) and what a debut it is! Dog Soldiers.

Six British soldiers are carrying out a training mission in the wilds of Scotland, and they come across a Special Forces Op with severe gashes to his torso. What could have befallen him?

The crew, under the watch of one Sergeant Wells (the outstanding Sean Pertwee) soon finds itself having to deal with what’s lurking in the deep, dark woods.

They band together, and with the help of another Highlands denizen, beat back their adversary.

Character driven and action packed, Dog Soldiers is an exemplary genre bender that’s really well executed.

Join us, and subscribe to the podcast.

 

Really Awful Movies: Ep 301 – Final Destination

~ reallyawfulmovies

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:40 — 33.3MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Email | RSS | More

This week on the Really Awful Movies Podcast, the film that launched a somewhat inexplicably popular franchise, kinda like Subway Restaurants…Final Destination!  Hey, that’s not quite a slight…every now and then, a meatball sub hits the spot, right?

A bunch of kids are boarding a plane for France (or, pre-boarding, the phrase that really irked the late, great George Carlin). One member of the class has a premonition, wigs out, and demands to get off the aircraft causing quite a commotion.

A bunch of others soon follow, including a teacher/chaperone and BOOOOOOOM, the jet explodes over JKF Airport.

Who is this kid with the horrifying vision? (and with the bad ‘N Sync boy-band ‘do?). That’s what the NTSB wants to find out, that’s what the FBI wants to find out…and that’s what viewers will wanna find out.

James Wong (Black Christmas) directs…and Kerr Smith (Dawson’s Creek) plays a good jock villain. Devon Sawa is the kid who can see into the future…

So sit back, put your seat in a reclining position….and check out the latest installment of the show.

And don’t forget, support us by picking up a copy of either of our books: Death by Umbrella! The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons and Mine’s Bigger Than Yours! The 100 Wackiest Action Movies. 

If you’re a fan of the show, the horror film genre, or braindead action movies, you’ll LOVE them.

Join us every Friday for brand-spanking new episodes.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 299 – Poltergeist

~ reallyawfulmovies ~ 1 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:54 — 17.8MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Email | RSS | More

We’re BAAAAAA-CK. We had a brief book-related hiatus and are back to our regularly scheduled programming. So, here goes. Poltergeist. 

The Tobe Hooper-directed (with lots of help from Steven Spielberg) effort from the early 80s is one many of us hold in very high regard, despite it being from a horror sub-genre that’s personally not our cup of tea.

It’s undoubtedly memorable, especially young Heather O’Rourke as the iconic kid who is sucked into a television, a portal to some nether-region. With Craig T Nelson as the uber-dad, this is a solid ensemble effort, acting wise, and the twin directorial team (har har) pull out some pretty choice practical effects and imbue this with a lot of heart and story.

Apologies in advance for some technical difficulties on this discussion of the Really Awful Movies Podcast. Thanks to the global pandemic, we have not been able to get together and don’t have our fantastic equipment at our disposal (big shout-out to Yeti mics). The quasi-new show is a work in progress as we try various means to record ourselves without sounding too too lousy.

Join us for new episodes of the show, to which we will return with full gusto now that Mine’s Bigger Than Yours! The 100 Wackiest Action Movies is in the can.