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Hope you got us flowers and chocolates! Happy one-year anniversary of Horror Movie Weekly, One Badass Horror Podcast… In Episode 052, your three late-night Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead, BillChete, and Lady Phantom celebrate their first year of 52 glorious episodes by holding a Horror Movie Recommendation Contest Giveaway! If you retweet this episode, we will randomly select one winner, who can choose one of the hosts’ recommendations, and we’ll send it to you! Also in this episode, your hosts review BillChete’s pick for this week, The Rental (2020). As part of this episode, you’ll also hear some hard-to-find, older Horror recommendations from the 1980s. And during the review, Jay of the Dead introduces a new term that he describes as “Third-Act Horror Movies.” Join us! Don’t forget to call and leave us a voicemail: (801) 215-9704.
Note: This episode contains mild to moderate spoilers for “The Rental,” and it was recorded on August 2, 2020, released on August 23, 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
– Reflecting on our first year of HMW
– One-year celebration contest!
Recommendations from your hosts:
BillChete = Jackals (2017)
Lady Phantom = Dead Silence (2007)
Jay of the Dead = Splinter (2008)
Bonus recommendation by BillChete: Don’t Hang Up (2017)
— Jay’s podcast on Why The Village Is a Masterpiece
— Jay reviews The Poole and The Rental
— Jay’s story about his mom’s surprise: Pin (1989) on DVD. Thanks, Mom!
— Alligator (1980)
— BillChete’s pick for this week: The Rental (2020)
Note: This review contains mild to moderate spoilers.
[ 00:27:47 ] – The Rental (2020) — Genre Classification: Drama / Thriller / Horror (Jay calls this “a third-act Horror film.”)
IMDb Premise:
Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend getaway.
Ratings and Recommendations: The Rental (2020)
Jay of the Dead = 6 ( Rental )
BillChete = 4 ( Avoid )
Lady Phantom = 4 ( Avoid )
Next on Episode 053: Besetment (2017) — Lady Phantom’s pick!
HMW website feature: Categories by Year
– 2020 Horror
– 2019 Horror
– 2018 Horror
– 2017 Horror
– 2016 Horror
– 2015 Horror
– 2014 Horror
— Don’t forget to call and leave us a voicemail: (801) 215-9704
Podcast artwork: Lady Phantom
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead
Links for this episode:
Jay recommends these latest releases on CTC:
CTC: The DVD Infatuation Podcast
Ep. 031: The Rental, The Pool
Ep. 032: Why The Village Is a Masterpiece
— BillChete and Lady Phantom’s latest episodes:
Kong: Skull Island
The Elephant Man
The Wizard of Oz (with Jay of the Dead)
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Listen to the latest Considering the Cinema episodes:
Ep. 030: The Cured with Kyle Bishop
Ep. 029: Into the Void (2020) and Retribution (1987)
Ep. 027: The Lodge (2020) with BillChete and Lady Phantom
Also, check out Ep. 028: Film Challenge: Three Decades of Theatrical Horror (1990 – 2019)
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Wow, long show notes!
Aww… Happy Anniversary guys!
Bill is in no way a “has been.” He’s an icon of horror podcasting and very critical and speaks his mind, which is why we love him in all his curmudgeonly ways.
I was underwhelmed by The Rental as well. It definitely needed better on screen kills.
Thank you so much, Anthony!
Congratz on your 1 year anniversary. I love the show! Please keep it going. I liked this movie. I’d give it a 5 rental.
Thank you so much, glad you like the show!
In the wise words of Phil Dunphy, Happy Valenbirthiversary!! Hehe. Joking aside, wishing you all a *dead serious* congratulations for an awesome first year of podcasting together. You are adding some light to a dark time with some light dark talk. Love it all! Thank you so much.
Phil Dunphy FTW! Thanks to him, we know that WTF means why the face!! 😂
Thank you so much! I’m happy we make you happy with our light dark talk in a dark time.
Great show, I always look forward to the episodes.
Best wishes.
I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 co-host recommendations, but if I had to choose… I’m going with Jackals. It hit all the right notes for me and was genuinely scary.
I remember several incidents of hidden cameras being found in Airbnbs reported last year.
There are smartphone apps for detecting these things, would have come in handy for those guys.
Happy anniversary Horror Movie Weekly; you’re a good podcast.
Will have to check out the ‘Kong Skull Island’ review on Movies in 4k.
Thank you!
Yes, check it out. It’s good!