Happy New Year! It is now officially 2020, and we’ve got a great review this time on Horror Movie Weekly, One Badass Horror Podcast… Your three late-night Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead, BillChete and Lady Phantom review Harpoon (2019), BillChete’s pick for Episode 019. We had a great time recording this episode, so we hope you’ll join us and have a good time listening!
On Horror Movie Weekly, your late-night Horror hosts Jay of the Dead, BillChete and Lady Phantom bring you one recent Horror movie review every Sunday. (We’re defining “recent” as any Horror movie released within the last five years.) And we always reveal next week’s pick at the end of every show, so you can watch along with us and be prepared for the following episode. Join us, and thanks for listening!
SHOW NOTES:
Introduction
— Happy 2020! Welcome to Episode 019
— Land of the Creeps Horror Musicals episode where Dr. Shock sings
— NEWLY released: Jay of the Dead on Movie Podcast Weekly’s Top 10 Movies (All Genres) of 2019
— Jay of the Dead’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2019 with special guest Lady Phantom!
— Jay of the Dead’s The Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade, with special guests GregaMortis and Ron Martin!
— BillChete recommends Gunnar Hansen’s “Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre” (2009)
– BillChete’s pick for this week: Harpoon (2019)
Harpoon (2019) — Genre Classification: Drama / Horror / Dark Comedy / Survival Horror
Premise:
Three friends, two guys and one gal, take a day trip on a yacht to try to have some fun and resolve their differences, but they get stranded at sea in a survival situation, drifting aimlessly on the ocean.
Ratings and Recommendations: Harpoon (2019)
Jay of the Dead = 7 ( Rental )
BillChete = 7 ( Buy it! )
Lady Phantom = 9 ( Buy it! )
Next on Episode 020: It Chapter Two (2019) — Lady Phantom’s pick! It will contain spoilers for the “It” movies, so please watch along with us and be prepared!
Podcast artwork: Lady Phantom
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead
Links for this episode:
— Land of the Creeps Horror Musicals episode where Dr. Shock sings
— NEWLY released: Jay of the Dead on Movie Podcast Weekly’s Top 10 Movies (All Genres) of 2019
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Ultimately, you have three unlikable characters getting what they deserve here. This is an enjoyable romp. The writing and performances were the film’s strong points. Harpoon was an honorable mention this past year for me at a 6.5/10 and a strong rental recommendation, so we’re all similar on this movie.
Harpoon has it’s US blu ray release through Dread Central’s Epic Pictures. It is also being released through Arrow Films in the UK on blu ray. Both editions should be available in the first quarter of 2020.
There is no hiding my appreciation for Andy Muschietti’s IT movies. IT was my favorite of 2017 at 9.5/10. This past year, IT Chapter 2 was my number five at 8.5/10. He is rumored to release a supercut of both movies together with additional footage and new footage exclusive to the supercut. It would be more than six hours total run time.
The Grudge 2020 is original enough in it’s approach, but it’s light on scares unfortunately, making for a very average experience. Nicolas Pesce gave us Piercing the year before and that was also very pedestrian and that trend doesn’t change with his turn at The Grudge. It’s just okay. Not horrible, not great. I’d wait to stream it for free.
Underwater, The Turning and Gretel & Hansel line up the horror wides for January. All of these are PG13 movies. Of them, only Oz Perkins’ Gretel & Hansel could be worth making that trip to the theater. He directed 2015’s The Blackcoat’s Daughter. Otherwise, I know you mentioned you are looking forward to Fantasy Island next month. I’m a bit gun shy after Black Christmas. Blumhouse has been a disappointment, so hopefully they can rebound.
Great episode everyone and a great way to start the year! Next week, Pennywise….
Oooohhh… I can’t wait to hear your tales on our opinions…
I am looking forward to Fantasy Island, though. The idea is very intriguing, but you’re right. We’ll see. As to The Grudge, who knows. Its trailer was ok, especially the red band one, but we’ve heard tons of bad things. Again, we’ll see.
Uh Oh Sean, I think you will be displeased by all 3 of us on the upcoming episode of IT Chapter 2. Lol.
And indeed Harpoon was a fun romp that we mostly agreed on, only the second episode out of 19, he he, the other being Haunt, both my picks, lol, get the hint (wink wink).
Thanks again for being a faithful listener and commenter!
Thank you Bill, and I’m actually expecting this. Jay has said he doesn’t like IT. It doesn’t seem like your type of horror movie and Phantom has already stated that she wasn’t impressed with the first one, so I wouldn’t expect that she’d like the second one any better.
I’m looking forward to hearing your takes on the film even more now!