We believe that you (and your imaginary friend) will enjoy Episode 075 of Horror Movie Weekly, The Midnight Bowling of Horror Podcasts… During this show, your late-night Horror hosts — Jay of the Dead, Channy Dreadful and Mister Watson — bring you a Feature Review of Daniel Isn’t Real (2019). We also bring you our famous Micro Reviews segment in which Jay of the Dead revisits “The Descent” and brings a question for his co-hosts. Remember, you’re always welcome to call and leave us a voicemail at (801) 215-9704. Join us!
Note: This episode was recorded on January 17, 2021 and released on January 31, 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 075
MICRO REVIEWS
Jay of the Dead: The Descent (2005) = 10 ( Buy it! )
– Mister Watson’s pick for this week: Daniel Isn’t Real (2019)
[ 00:07:50 ] – Feature Review: Daniel Isn’t Real (2019)
Genre Classification: Drama / Psychological Thriller / Horror
Premise:
Traumatized 8-year-old Luke invents an imaginary friend named Daniel who leads them both into a world of fantasy and imagination. After Daniel tricks Luke into doing something terrible, Luke is forced to lock him away. 12 years later, Luke brings Daniel back, who now appears as a charming, manipulative young man with a terrifying secret agenda.
Ratings and Recommendations: Daniel Isn’t Real (2019)
Jay of the Dead = 6 ( Rental )
Channy Dreadful = 7 ( Rental )
Mister Watson = 8.5 ( Buy it! )
(Spawn of the Dead = 5.5)
Next on Episode 076: M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters (2020) — Jay of the Dead’s pick
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead
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Jay recommends Channy’s Article on Cujo
Channy on Hereditary with Ron Martin on The Resurrection of Zombie 7 Podcast
Channy Dreadful Archives on The Resurrection of Zombie 7
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Links for Mister Watson:
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Podcast: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show
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Hi there,
Lucky Spawn, so cool you watched “The Descent” with him… It’s so, so good! One of the very best, and I love the movie as is, but also think just being trapped in a cave is terrifying enough as a premise! All those tight shots, all claustrophobic up in there… *shudders*
I am glad I checked out “Daniel Isn’t Real”, have been putting it aside for viewing for a while. Good review. I was happy to see Mary Stuart Masterson in something again (forever in my heart as Watts, and Idgie!). I appreciated the artsy-ness of the film, but that couldn’t carry it back from that deep end of a 3rd act. I still liked the first 2/3 of the movie, but for me it lands in the pile of wth happened/okaaaaay endings.
The Descent absolutely rules! You are 100% spot on about that!
Regarding Daniel Isn’t Real… I totally forgot Mary Stuart Masterson was in this! I wish I’d remembered because I recently watched a western film she was in with Drew Barrymore back in the early 90s called Bad Girls.
I don’t seem to have the problems with the third act that you and my co-hosts have, but I understand. Ha ha. The filmmakers made a decision about where they wanted to take this film, and they leaned HARD into it there. I get it. 🙂
Thanks so much for commenting, by the way! You are great, Libby!