Blades (1989)

If you’re a fan of bizarre parodies that transpose the plots of classic films into completely different contexts, you’re going to love this latest episode of The Horror Obsessive Podcast. After debating The Conjuring vs. Insidious in the last episode, Sean and JP go back to their standard format, discussing a single movie: the 1989 horror comedy Blades.

The movie is a bizarre parody of Jaws that revolves around a haunted lawnmower killing people on a golf course, and in their discussion of it, they highlight some of the ways it riffs on that film. From the opening to the very last scene, Blades mimics some of the most famous moments from the Sharksploitation classic, like the mourning mother slapping Chief Brody, which Sean thinks is absolutely hilarious in Blades. JP, on the other hand, does not, and considers the film as a real chore. So, as usual, the boys come at it from entirely different points of view.

On top of that, this week's episode also highlights some of the most important news to hit the horror world in the last few weeks, like some upcoming genre film festivals and a few ways we can help support struggling movie and TV workers during the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. And, as always, if you enjoyed listening to us talk about Blades, be sure to join us again in two weeks for the next episode of The Horror Obsessive Podcast, when we discuss the fantastic kaiju comedy Monster Seafood Wars.

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