Happy new year! This week 2019 departs and 2020 arrives! Here on Horror Movie Weekly, One Badass Horror Podcast, your three late-night Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead, BillChete, and Lady Phantom, thank you for your support and listenership in 2019, and we’ll hope you’ll stick with us for 2020! For this final show for 2019 here in Episode 018, Jay of the Dead chooses to review a Found Footage creeper called The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)! And yes, as you might have guessed, we are sure to include the obligatory debate about the merits (or shortcomings) of the Found Footage filmmaking convention. Enjoy!
Also, in case you missed it, Jay of the Dead has released two Top 10 Horror shows that are available now: The first is Top 10 Horror Movies of 2019 with special guest Lady Phantom! And the second epic show is The Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade, with special guests GregaMortis and Ron Martin!
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 New Year! Welcome to Episode 018
— Your hosts’ New Year’s Eve plans
— BillChete’s New Year’s recommendation: Darlin’ (2019), directed by Pollyanna McIntosh. This film is part three of a Horror trilogy that includes “Offspring” (2009) and “The Woman” (2011).
— 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!
– Jay of the Dead’s pick for this week: The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) — Genre Classification: Horror / Found Footage / Drama / Mystery
Premise:
“The Taking of Deborah Logan” is a Found Footage-style Horror film about a medical student who’s making a documentary about Alzheimer’s disease. Her small film crew focuses on an elderly subject in Exuma, Virginia, named Deborah Logan, as she slips into the bizarre and upsetting world of Alzheimer’s disease.
[ 00:39:17 ] – The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) SPOILERS Discussion
Ratings and Recommendations: The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
Jay of the Dead = 7 ( Rental for most listeners / A “Buy” for Jay )
BillChete = 2.5 ( Avoid )
Lady Phantom = 3 ( Avoid )
Next on Episode 019: Harpoon (2019) — BillChete’s pick!
Podcast artwork: Lady Phantom
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead
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