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Singin' in the Rain (1952)

November has arrived and we’ve booked for a genre of film that is very different than the cavalcade of horror we just got out of. For some, maybe it is horror, but all month long we’re going to discuss decades worth of Musical Films and we’ve calling it RAISE THE CURTAIN & BELT THE CHORUS. Many of these films started on the stage and others started as movies inspired by the stage and we kick it all off with a well regarded classic. Go watch this one with a grandparent, I’m sure they would appreciate the time spent with Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds in Stanley Donen & Kelly’s beloved 1952 musical “SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN”. The silent era is fading and Hollywood talkies are looking for the full package, of which Lina Lamont is not it. Shallow and shrill she is, but she’s still got some Hollywood pull. Don and Cosmo have the talent that Lina doesn’t and they meet Kathy Selden, who could cover for Lina’s shrill voice in a new musical feature just so long as Lina doesn’t know. Of course Don and Kathy are in love and then there’s all the singing and dancing that you might have heard over the years even if you never formally sat down with this one. Donald O’Connor truly steals the show here. The talent level is something to be admired so check this out (last we checked it’s on MAX) and hear us talk of this beloved musical.
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Dogville (2003)

We’ve crawled out of Halloween Humpfest but the creeping dread continues for just a little bit longer because it’s time for another discussion in our overarching director topic for 2024. Yes, it is still a “dreary Year of von Trier” and what shit-hole year it’s been. Heading down the final stretch, it’s safe to say that the overall feeling of dread may bleed into the following year but we will be done with Lars von Trier, at least, until he gets around to making the third of his USA-Land of Opportunity trilogy. Today, we discuss the first of that trilogy and our introduction to Grace Mulligan in von Trier’s twisted take on American Folklore with his 2003 film “DOGVILLE” and it has a hell of cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Stellan Skarsgård, Cloe Sevigny, Philip Baker Hall, James Caan and that’s only half of them. John Hurt narrates a tale of Grace who is on the run from mobsters and cops. She stumbles upon a strange tiny town. The town is skeptical but they give her a chance to be part of the village if she proves herself helpful by doing labor for each member of the town. When the heat turns up and questions continue they may need a little bit more from Grace to justify her presence. Then a little more. Just a little more. If this all becomes too much can Grace escape? We see the clues along the way (dude is reading “Tom Sawyer”) but when it’s all said and done, can glowing optimism make space for a sense of justice? All this within a minimal set design in which walls only exist within the minds of the characters. You know who made this movie so you should have specific expectations. That’s right. Call the in-laws. It’s movie night.
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Halloween II: Movie Review 6 Pack (+1)

We’ve crawled through the shock and gore of HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST and we’ve come, once again, to that special day. Halloween. Last year on the holiday we dropped a 6 Pack discussion on the first 6 movies in the Halloween franchise created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Here’s you a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTFVWja0MMg Peaks and valleys to the extreme. Today we might as well finish off all that’s available of the franchise. Actually there’s 7 movies left so it’s a 6 Pack Plus 1 episode and we’re retconning three different times. We’re taking in the return of Laurie Strode after 20 years in Steve Miner’s “HALLOWEEN H20: TWENTY YEARS LATER” from 1998 and it’s follow up, “HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION” from 2002 directed by Rick Rosenthal. Following that we got Rob Zombie’s demystifying contributions to Michael Myers lore with 2007’s “HALLOWEEN” and “HALLOWEEN II” from 2009. Then it’s onto the most recent trilogy co-written by Danny McBride and directed by David Gordon Green. We’re talking “HALLOWEEN” from 2018, “HALLOWEEN KILLS” from 2021 and “HALLOWEEN ENDS” from 2022. In that jumble is a whole mess of stars including Jamie Lee Curtis, LL Cool J, Josh Hartnett, Michelle Williams, Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks, Katie Sackhoff, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Tyler Mane, Judy Greer, Will Patton, Anthony Michael Hall and many more. No better way to close out the spooky humpfest than with the oft imitated Michael Myers. There’s some shit movies in this franchise but we still love it all deep down in our hearts. Thank you for humping with us this month. Happy Halloween.
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The Substance (2024)

EXTREMELY SPOILERY! We’ve arrived upon the eve of Halloween and the penultimate episode of HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST. We previewed every day except today because today was left to Angela to decide which horror movie, made in 2024, was going to be discussed. There were many to choose from but we went to the movies and picked a body horror flick that is getting a lot of buzz right now. If your ear is to the ground then you already know we’re talking about Coralie Fargeat’s newest film “THE SUBSTANCE” and it stars a resurrected Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley & Dennis Quaid. Fargeat’s second feature film is visceral, alluring, relentless, disgusting and overstimulating. Obvious satirical commentary on body image, the scumbaggery of entertainment and fear of aging but where does this hyper tale end up? Would you take THE SUBSTANCE? I would. I’m too curious to not do something like that. Having a super hunky, gay other of myself walking around? He’d probably have a giant TikTok following within a week. He would serve mega cunt until I looked like that dude who drank the wrong goblet at the end of that Indiana Jones movie. Demi is back and Mr. Skin’s servers are gonna crash after this flick hits their radar. You should definitely bring any parents and in-laws with you to see this one. Happy Halloween!
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Christine (1983)

We’ve reached the end of our weekday sub-theme discussions for Halloween Humpfest and we pop back into the 80s to end JOHN CARPENTUESDAY on a high note. It seems like a rather insane idea to adapt this Stephen King story about a killer car. In lesser hands it could be a laughable mess but John Carpenter’s 1980 horror “CHRISTINE” is an excellent example of how he can, more often than not, execute what seems to be a lofty idea onto film. Say a prayer for any shitter that would get between a car and her boyfriend. Arnie was a dripless nerd until he bought a busted looking 1958 Plymouth Fury from a strange man. The car is Christine and after Arnie puts his heart and soul into fixing her up, nothing can keep them apart. Not the cranky garage operator. Not his girlfriend who dresses like an English schoolboy. Not some dirtbag bullies and not his player hating best friend who can’t wait to movie in on his girl. While this movie opens up with the awful George Thoroughgood rendition of “Bad to the Bone”, Christine would never sully her speakers by playing that goofy nonsense. Though, what did Christine do with the poop on her dashboard? Hear us tell the story of a unique horror romance. Harry Dean Stanton appears so you know it’s good. 
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The Wolf Man (1941)

We’re in our final week of Halloween Humpfest and upon our final discussion for Universal Monster Mondays. Werewolves have come up this month already so we might as well go back to one of the celluloid originals from where so much of the modern lore derives. Lycanthrophiles know we’re talking about George Waggner’s 1941 horror classic “THE WOLF MAN” starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers & Bela Lugosi. We were expecting more full moons but the blooming wolfsbane will do. You go back to Wales to inherit your father’s business in Castle Astronomy, you meet some antique store babe and it seems to be going well (even though she’s engaged) THEN A GODDAMN WOLF BITES YOU! Of course you beat it to death but then there’s a dead guy where the wolf was and you’ve really been thinking about buttholes and how they smell. You can identify people around you just from the smell of their butt. That’s because you’re WOLF MAN now and you uncontrollably murder people. Congratulations on your horribly tragic life. All that’s left is getting beat to death with your silver cane by your father who is half your size. I think we need some DNA testing there. Larry’s mother must have been huge. Here’s the movie: https://archive.org/details/the-wolf-man-1941_202106
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Pumpkinhead (1988)

We’re heading towards the finish line of this year’s HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST and our final FRIDAY NIGHT FIENDS edition is devoted to one of the lesser known 80’s slashers that did not blow away the box office but has found it’s cult appreciation over the years. Special Effects wiz, Stan Winston, made his directorial debut with the 1988 hillbilly horror “PUMPKINHEAD” starring Lance Henriksen, John D’Aquino and Kerry Remsen. Like any classic slasher, some horned up young adults roll up into someplace where they don’t belong. After the head douche accidentally kills his son with a dirt bike, Ed Harley seeks revenge through a mountain hag who can summon a demon of vengeance. The same one he saw as a child. He’s just got to go dig him up out of the pumpkin patch. Thus is born “Pumpkinhead” (pronounced “Punkinhead”) and this guy likes to play with his food. Will Ed Harley get his revenge quick and clean or does this monster take much more from him than he intended? I mean…it’s the latter. That much should be obvious. Hear us tell of this somewhat forgotten cult slasher.
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The Amityville Horror (1979)

HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST is nearing its last leg and we speak on our final weekday sub-theme episode of TRUE THREAT THURSDAY. These spooky selections are based on “true events” and some garner more skepticism than others and you could say there’s a lot of skepticism in this discussion regarding this 1979 box office hit. It’s based upon the supposedly true accounts of a family haunted by evil spirits in a new home that was the sight of a brutal family murder a year before. Is it truth or just a grimy exploitation? I guess all “based on a true story” movies might have at least a little exploit in them but Stuart Rosenberg’s 1979 adaptation of the Jay Anson book “THE AMITYVILLE HORROR” starring Margot Kidder, James Brolin & Rod Steiger certainly evokes a range of opinions. Phantom Imaginary friends? A hell gate? A dad who might kill his whole family? Well tread tropes at this point but THE AMITYVILLE HORROR’s success, in both book and film, seem to be in it’s timing and place in history. This movie will always have an interesting place in the zeitgeist of hauntings and horror. Yeah, we found a link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vfrek
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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

Another HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST means another round of Hammer Horror classics in the can in this our final episode of HAMMER HORROR HUMPDAYS. We bounce ahead in the Frankenstein series to a portrayal of the iconic doctor that may be at it’s most confident and charming. The title of the 1964 Freddie Francis film “THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN” may seem a little strange in that the Baron Victor Frankenstein is not even the most evil character in this movie. Peter Cushing plays him more as a rapscallion rogue that doesn’t take much nonsense. The babes likes it when he crashes into their rooms but we all know that it’s his assistant, Hans, who has his heart. Victor returns to his hometown and recalls something of a prequel to his resurrecting days and he finds his long lost creature frozen in a cave. Truly a Hammer Horror revelation. Can the Baron Frankenstein continue his experiments in peace or will con-men, Burgomeisters and Constables get in his way? Let the man cook! So long Hammer Films. See you next year. We found you a link right here: https://archive.org/details/the-evil-of-frankenstein
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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

It’s another JOHN CARPENTUESDAY for HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST and we’ve been catching up with some Carpenter picks we’ve been long overdue to check out. John Carpenter made high end flicks for over a decade but the 90s are certainly his most divisive period. The guy has made, at least, ten good movies. More than many. Movies like Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Ghosts of Mars or The Ward doesn’t get the lip service of The Thing or Halloween for obvious reasons but of all the 90s Carpenter fare, today’s discussion from 1994 definitely stands out from that period even if it is far from perfect. It’s no small feat to adapt the disturbing psychological nature of an HP Lovecraft story but “IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS” is John Carpenter giving it a shot. Sam Neill plays John Trent, a freelance insurance legend who must find a successful horror author that has gone missing whose books seem to be making the people who read them rather affected. From bleeding from the eyes affected to outright axe murder. John is skeptical. How could you not be when everyone is telling you that you’re a character in a fictional town that only exists in a fictional story? He’ll get to the bottom of this Sutter Cane business or he’ll lose his goddamn mind. The title, as well as the first ten minutes of the movie, will fill you in on what happens. Sutter Cane seemed too chill. You know the actual HP Lovecraft was a wide-eyed batshit mess. Here’s a link to that fun “My Dawg” song: https://www.tiktok.com/@dearsilas/video/7358210716412693791?lang=en
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