Horror Movie Weekly Ep. 175: Freaks (2019)

OK! Put your hands together, everybody. Let’s have fun! It’s time for Episode 175 of Horror Movie Weekly, One Badass Horror Podcast! This week, it was Mister Watson’s turn to choose, and he did not let us down, as usual. This is a film, notably, that both Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson say plays like a Horror film for first-time viewers (though it doesn’t maintain that genre upon repeat viewings). The film at hand is Freaks (2019), streaming on Netflix. We also bring you our famous, Micro Horror Movie Reviews of Re/Member (2023), Hallowed Ground (2007) and Destroyer (1988). Thanks for listening!

Note: This episode was recorded on August 8, 2024, and released on July 6, 2025.

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This weekly Horror movie podcast brings you one recent Horror movie review every Sunday. (As noted previously, we’re defining “recent” as any Horror movie released within the last five years or the current year; so now that it’s 2024, we’ll be covering Horror films from 2019 to the present.) 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. Thanks for listening!

SHOW NOTES

[ 00:00:01 ] – Introduction

Welcome to Horror Movie Weekly, Episode 175
Jay of the Dead informs Mister Watson that they probably won’t live long enough to record Ep. 2,975 of HMW
Real-life Horror: A Utah, death-row execution via lethal injection

Micro Horror Movie Review:

[ 00:05:00 ] – Re/Member (2023)
Mister Watson = 7.5 ( Stream on Netflix )

Micro Horror Movie Review:

[ 00:11:49 ] – Hallowed Ground (2007)
Jay of the Dead = 4 ( Avoid )

Destroyer (1988)
Jay of the Dead = 4.5 ( Low-priority Rental )

Feature Review: Freaks (2019) – Mister Watson’s pick

[ 00:23:00 ] – Freaks (2019)

Genre Classification: Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Horror upon first watch only

IMDb Premise:
A bold girl discovers a threatening and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father’s protective and paranoid control.

Ratings and Recommendations:
Jay of the Dead = 7.5 ( Stream on Netflix )
Mister Watson = 6 ( Stream on Netflix )

[ 00:50:50 ] – Freaks (2019) (SPOILER SECTION!)

Jay of the Dead’s pick for the next episode:

The Manor (2021)

Wrap-Up:

Special thanks to website developer Jaxon Carroll and graphic designer Trump Widdop for their excellent work in helping Horror Movie Weekly to have a nice, new website. Thank you!

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Links for Channy Dreadful:
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Twitter: @ChannyDreadful
Jay recommends Channy’s Article on Cujo
Channy on Hereditary with Ron Martin on The Resurrection of Zombie 7 Podcast
Channy Dreadful Archives on The Resurrection of Zombie 7
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