You know? Taylor Swift’s brother is right. We shouldn’t discount some of the hits of KC and the Sunshine Band… Welcome to Horror Movie Weekly, Episode 039 in which your three late-night Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead, BillChete, and Lady Phantom bring you a Feature Review of We Summon the Darkness (2020). Your hosts bicker about the merits of a “fun Horror movie,” and indeed, what constitutes such a designation. Jay brings a weird, random thing for you to look up on Amazon, along with other strange developments here in Episode 039. Feel free to call and leave us a short voicemail at (801) 215-9704. Join us!
Note: This episode was recorded on May 3, 2020, and released on May 24, 2020.
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
– Jay encourages everyone to look up this creepiness here on Amazon.com.
— Jay recommends Exploding Heads Horror Podcast, Ep. 100: Top 100 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade
— BillChete and Lady Phantom’s new show:
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— Jay of the Dead recommends Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 026 and Considering the Cinema Ep. 027.
– Jay of the Dead’s pick for this week: We Summon the Darkness (2020)
[ 00:08:27 ] – We Summon the Darkness (2020) — Genre Classification: Drama / Cult / Horror
Premise:
Set in Indiana in 1988, at a time when the midwest is plagued by weekly murders by a Satanic cult called “We Summon the Darkness.” That’s the backdrop. The story follows three gals who meet up with three dudes at a heavy metal concert. After the show, they continue their partying when the killer cult strikes again!
Ratings and Recommendations: We Summon the Darkness (2020)
Jay of the Dead = 7 ( Rental )
BillChete = 4 ( Avoid )
Lady Phantom = 5 ( Avoid )
— Jay of the Dead recommends “The Wretched” (2020)
Next on Episode 040: Knock Knock (2015) — BillChete’s pick!
Podcast artwork: Lady Phantom
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead
Links for this episode:
Listen to Jay’s new episode of Considering the Cinema: Ep. 024: 1BR (2020), Party Hard Die Young (2020)
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We summon the comments!
I love your work Jay. A light in the darkness. Please keep it up!
I think this movie is like a 5/10, ‘an ok Saturday Night’ if you can see it for free. I think Jay of the Dead’s enthusiasum was not entirely misplaced, but the criticisim from Bill Chete & Lady Phantom is justified.
What really stuck in my craw was how this movie was trying to be a 1980’s period piece, but it didn’t feel like that at all. Those ‘kids’ did not look like or talk like 80’s kids at all. Bad writing! Bad costumes!
The concept of the movie was pretty cool, just fell short.
I know we’re supposed to have monster/horror names in this forum, so I’m going with ‘Kaiju Nick’.
Completely agreed. Seeing as I grew up in the 70’s-80’s, but I remember the 80’s more clearly, it irks me when movies don’t nail production design that is supposed to look like that time frame.
Cool name! It’s not required, but definitely welcome!