Hello dear friends! Summer is in full effect and one of our Patreon partners has taken hostage at the lake. The Crystal Lake that is. That's right, as a Patreon Reward, our dear friend Kirsten has chosen a movie for us to watch. So this week, we grab our hockey masks and head to camp one last time (lol) as we watch The Final Friday: Jason Goes to Hell. This 1993 entry in the franchise was supposed to be the end (again), but we all know how that story ended. We talk the meta horror components of this entry, gender politics in the slasher film, sequels, franchises, and Jason Voorhees. So, click that play button and join us for a scream of a time. Thanks again to our dear Patreon friends. 

00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis

07:47 - Quick Final Friday Reviews

29:43 - Expanding the Syllabus

43:12 - Analysis

1:07:57 - Shelf or Trash

1:09:51 - Wrap Up and Next Week's Film

Welcome back to another drop down the garbage chute. This week, Arthur is taking a look at the recent adaptation of one of the best selling novels of all time, Where the Crawdads Sing. Does this coming of age romance translate well from the page to the screen? Arthur takes a look in this episode of the Garbage Chute. 

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. We suss it out in this week's Patreon-awarded episode as we tackle The Ninth Configuration from writer/director William Peter Blatty! And it is all thanks to Brigham C. Brigham has chosen this cult classic as a way of completing Blatty's "faith trilogy". In this episode, we talk faith, referentiality, post-Vietnam films, and much, much more!

00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis

08:49 - Quick The Ninth Configuration Reviews

24:35 - Expanding the Syllabus

35:26 - Analysis

58:04 - Shelf or Trash

59:49 - Wrap up and Next Week's Film

Welcome back friends! We're reliving our high school glory days this week as we discuss the coming of age comedy, The Edge of Seventeen. This slice of life stars Hailee Steinfeld as a wallflower trying to find her place in the world after great betrayal. This week we discuss the nuances of coming of age stories, style within the genre, the masculinity pyramid that exists within the story, and much more. 

00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis

4:22 - Quick The Edge of Seventeen Reviews

18:16 - Expanding the Syllabus

32:34 - Analysis

54:28 - Shelf or Trash

56:23 - Wrap up and Next Week's Film

Shock10ber: Rise of the Remake rolls on with the 2001 remake of William Castle's cult film Thir13en Ghosts. With a cast featuring Tony Shalhoub, F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Lillard, and Shannon Elizabeth, Thir13en Ghosts was the second film from the Dark Castle production banner. This remake dresses up the barebones original with a 2000s aesthetic and top notch production design. We talk all about remakes, economics, foreshadowing true crime podcasts, and crossover entertainers. Tune in now to hear all of our thoughts on Thir13en Ghosts, and find out what's next as our Shocktober Spook-tacular continues!

00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis

4:36 - Quick Thir13en Ghosts Reviews

13:40 - Expanding the Syllabus

25:11 - Analysis

52:46 - Shelf or Trash

54:18 - Wrap up and Next Week's Film

Sorry for the delay, we got held up at a local summer celebration. We're continuing our "Welcome to the Family" marathon this week with a look at Ari Aster's follow up to Hereditary, which is Midsommar. The movie plays opposite to Hereditary in many ways. Another story about grief, this tale takes place primarily in the light. Bringing horror and trauma out into the open. We talk all about moral relativism, cultural practices, Aster's techniques, grief, folk horror and much more. 

00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis

04:07 - Quick Midsommar Reviews

14:36 - Expanding the Syllabus

39:02 - Analysis

1:06:25 - Shelf or Trash

1:09:05 - Wrap up and Next Week's Film

Welcome to the swamp, fam! We're here this week with a very special birthday, our main meme'd Ogre is turning 20. It seemed only apt that we bring the bad boy and his sidekick to the analysis table. That's right, we're talking about the animated classic Shrek. It's Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow in the farce of the century (?). This week, we dive deep into the impact and legacy of Shrek on animation, including comedy and acting. We discuss the movies approach to pastiche and post-modernity. And, we wrap up with some quick hits on gentrification? All of that and more in this 20th anniversary discussion of Shrek!

00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis

05:14 - Quick Shrek Reviews

17:49 - Expanding the Syllabus

33:09 - Analysis

55:45 - Shelf or Trash

57:19 - Wrap up and Next Week's Film

Hello everyone!

This week, we were supposed to be talking about 2018's Facebook/Facetime movie Searching. However, due to some personal reasons, the whole band couldn't get together. So, Dalton and Arthur sat down to put out some special filler content to buy some time. 

On this fun bonusode of sorts, Arthur and Dalton look back at the first major studio Screen Capture Found Footage movie, Unfriended. Dalton informs us early on that there were a few similar efforts prior to do something in this vein, but Blumhouse and Universal made a big splash with this internet horror story. 

It also felt like a nice appetizer for next week's film, Searching.

After talking all about Unfriended, we do something we haven't done in a long time — we talk about what has us fired up in pop culture: including, Piers Morgan, WandaVision, Saturday Night Live, and much, much more.

So, join us now for this off-the-path adventure, and we'll be back next week with Searching.