Welcome back to Horror Movie Weekly, The Midnight Bowling of Horror Podcasts. In Episode 082, your late-night Horror hosts — Jay of the Dead, Mister Watson and Channy Dreadful — bring you a Feature Review of Leatherface (2017). You will probably be surprised by our review… In addition to this, your Horror hosts also bring you a few Micro Horror Movie Reviews. Remember, you’re always welcome to call and leave us a voicemail at (801) 215-9704. Join us!
Note: This episode was recorded on March 15, 2021 and released on March 28, 2021.
This weekly Horror movie podcast brings you one recent Horror movie review every Sunday. (We’re defining “recent” as any Horror movie released within the last five years, so now that it’s 2021, we’ll be covering Horror films from 2016 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. Join us, and thanks for listening!
SHOW NOTES:
Introduction
— Welcome to Horror Movie Weekly Episode 082
– Jay’s search for Alpha-Bits cereal
– Jay’s obsession with Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” song and his commitment for an eventual HMW meetup
– 93rd Academy Awards nominees announced: “Promising Young Woman”
– Mister Watson’s housewarming gift for Jay, ordered from the must-see / must-own artistic talents of Adam in Chicago of Adam’s Artbox
MICRO HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS
Mister Watson: Butchers (2021) = 4.5 ( Wait to Stream Free, Otherwise Avoid )
Jay of the Dead:
The Vigil (2021) = 5.5 ( Rental )
Unrest (2006) = 6.5 ( Rental )
– Jay of the Dead’s pick for this week: Leatherface (2017)
[ 00:27:16 ] – Feature Review: Leatherface (2017) – Mild Spoilers
Genre Classification: Horror
Premise:
“Leatherface” (2017) is a prequel that serves as an origin story for the character from “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974).
Ratings and Recommendations: Leatherface (2017)
Jay of the Dead = 7 ( Rental )
Channy Dreadful = 6.5 ( High-priority Rental )
Mister Watson = 7.5 ( High Rental )
Next on Episode 083: The Conjuring 2 (2016) — Channy Dreadful’s pick
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Oh no! Jay, I fear that you are about to be as fooled by the marketing for Promising Young Woman as I was! While the trailer depicted a dark thriller which teased horror, a lot of it plays more like a dark comedy. I’d actually argue that you could throw more scenes into a romantic-comedy bucket than a horror bucket. Still worth a watch to see what the fuss is about, though. Glad this take exists in the rape-revenge canon, but I feel the need to temper your expectations before you get disappointed.
Inbred Coop,
I’m with you, my friend! I have no idea why people are lumping Promising Young Woman into HORROR category. I went easy on this topic when I BRIEFLY talked about this on the show, but if I had more time to say my piece, I’d essentially say what you’ve just said here. Ha ha. It’s a fine enough movie. I have my issues with it… one or two or three major issues, actually… but it’s a good one!
Hi Jay of the Dead, Mister Watson, Channy! Vicious Victor here. Thanks for this episode! ‘Leatherface’ has been in my to be watched list for a while. I have a friend who recently moved to Texas and this might be a good one for us to watch “together” at some point. I’ll tell her about this show for starters.
I’m happy to hear you’re covering ‘The Conjuring 2’ next. I was not a fan of the first Conjuring movie, though every creative change they made for the sequel I absolutely loved. I am not a man of faith, yet I am a huge fan of depictions of faith in movies when done well. This is one of those times. I’m also into the setting/time period (looking forward to Edgar Wright’s new movie (horror!) ‘Last Night in Soho’ later this year.
You are a man after my own heart, Vicious Victor! You are someone with whom I must speak more!
Dude, I DID rather love the first Conjuring movie, and I guess I’d better keep you in suspense about my thoughts on the sequel, but man… we had a lot of fun on that episode.
I must say, I LOVE it when my more secular homies enjoy themselves some religious-themed horror. My buddy, JP (of the The 22 Shots of Moodz and Horror Podcast), has long maintained that even though he’s not a man of faith, either… he doesn’t NEED to be in order to tap into the terrors inherent in this horror sub-genre. I find that to be a rather eloquent take! 🙂
Much love, my friend.
Catching up on the podcasts (job, graduate program, etc.). I had mixed feelings about Leatherface as well. I too briefly worked at a funeral home while in college. (1) no one told me that dead bodies still move; (2) the reason my tenure was brief was that I once had to help remove a corpse from a noose–I like my death on horror fictionalized! Keep up the great work. All the best,
Pastor Matt, I always appreciate your comments, good sir! Also… I just wanted to formally thank you for the kind words you and Jackson had to say about us here on HMW. That means a lot. 🙂
As for your funeral home experiences… WOW! The bodies move? What? Is it the eventual expulsion of bodily gases and such that causes a body to move when it shouldn’t? I’m curious about this! Ha ha. And yes… I, too, prefer my death fictionalized. I helped clean up after a suicide once, and as hardcore as I am about cinema, I can’t say the same for real life horror. No, sir! Much love, Pastor Matt!