Do you like “Home Alone Horror”? In Episode 049 of Horror Movie Weekly, your three late-night Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead, BillChete, and Lady Phantom review Becky (2020), a Horror film with a MacGuffin. And to help with this review, Jay consulted an actual optometrist to inquire about the realism of a certain eye-related Horror injury. Your hosts also debate about the postponing of “Halloween Kills” to 2021, and whether it would have made as much money in 2020 with a VOD release. Don’t forget to call and leave us a voicemail: (801) 215-9704.
Note: This episode was recorded on July 12, 2020, and released on August 2, 2020.
This show is a weekly horror movie podcast in which 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
– Jay loves when mascots fight (for real)
— Halloween Kills gets postponed to 2021
— Halloween Kills box office potential on VOD
— Horror remakes
— BillChete’s pick for this week: Becky (2020)
[ 00:17:47 ] – Becky (2020) — Genre Classification: Home Invasion / “Home Alone” Horror
Premise:
A group of escaped convicts take a family captive as they attempt to retrieve a MacGuffin stashed in their home. But they didn’t account for 13-year-old Becky, who is as strong-willed and vindictive as they come.
Ratings and Recommendations: Becky (2020)
Jay of the Dead = 6.5 ( Rental )
BillChete = 6 ( Avoid )
Lady Phantom = 6 ( Rental )
Next on Episode 050: Annabelle: Creation (2017) — Lady Phantom’s pick!
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This movie was ridiculous as a horror movie.
Should have been labeled a comedy.
Home Alone meets Little Miss Sunshine.
I give it a 1 out of 10.
I enjoyed the movie well enough and would agree with Jay and Phantom that this is a rental, but… that said… all of your criticisms across the board were fair and well thought out. I didn’t really disagree with anything, honestly. I think it was BillChete who pointed out that Becky should have been WAY more injured when the big gentleman smacked her around a bit, and I couldn’t agree more! LOL!
I did want to put it out there that I got the notion that Becky was disturbed on some level… that maybe there was some sort of budding psychopathy there. Am I imagining this? I ask because I seem to recall thinking that those strange breathing sounds in the score were somehow playing into that aspect of her character because that was how she would outwardly express her rage. Does that make sense?
Anyway… great work, as always, my friends! I can’t wait to hear the next show. HMW is an integral part of my Sunday routine. You’re the best!
Ha! I did say that. I think Becky definitely shows signs of psychopathy. Bill and Jay were doubtful, but given what I saw, I do believe she is disturbed. Glad we agree.
Thank you for listening!
Of all the things that said in the intro, the most shocking was that there’s anybody in the world that thinks the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street is anything but a useless pile of garbage.