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Happy Easter! Welcome to Episode 083 of Horror Movie Weekly, One Badass Horror Podcast. This week your late night Horror hosts — Jay of the Dead, Mister Watson and Channy Dreadful — bring you their Feature Review of The Conjuring 2 (2016). Your hosts also weigh in with their thoughts about jump-scares in Horror films, bring you a couple of Micro Horror Movie Reviews, and they even include a few anecdotes of real-life Horror tales! Spooky! Join us! Remember, you’re always welcome to call and leave us a voicemail at (801) 215-9704.
Note: This episode was recorded on March 22, 2021 and released on April 4, 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 083
– Jay’s two real-life Horror scary stories
a.) root canal and crown-lengthening
b.) petrifying anti-smoking commercial
Micro Horror Movie Reviews:
Mister Watson: Grabbers (2012) = 7.5 ( Rental )
Jay of the Dead: Shuttle (2009) = 7 ( Rental )
– Channy Dreadful’s pick for this week: The Conjuring 2 (2016)
[ 00:15:21 ] – Feature Review: The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Genre Classification: Horror / Supernatural / Mystery / Demonic Possession
IMDb Premise:
Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.
Ratings and Recommendations: The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Jay of the Dead = 7.5 ( Rental )
Mister Watson = 8.5 ( Buy it! )
Channy Dreadful = 4 ( Avoid )
Next on Episode 084: Savageland (2017) — Mister Watson’s pick
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead
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Mister Watson mentions The Podcast Under the Stairs (Summer Series)
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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:
Twitter: @WatZeeParty
Podcast: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show
Facebook: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show/Horror Corridor
Jay of the Dead’s other podcast: ConsideringTheCinema.com
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Sorry I’m a week late to this, but as The Conjuring (the original) is my #5 Horror Movie of All-Time, I felt a need to ramble a bit. I really like The Conjuring 2, and I think all of you had valid points about the jump scares. Channy is correct that some aren’t earned, and Jay and Watson are correct in that more often than not, they work in context, so it is OK. That being said, the one thing I feel the sequel doesn’t nail as much as the original is something I’ve dubbed “One Scare More” (because, yes, I like Les Miserables AND horror movies). In the original, Wan does an amazing job of using jump scares to release tension only to terrify you with other horror later in the scene. Hence…one scare more. Whereas most run-of-the-mill horror movies are happy to just build to and get you with the jump scare, Wan does not in The Conjuring. He lets you think you are emotionally safe only to pound you with more scares in the same scene. The best example of this I think is when the pictures fall off the wall of the stairs. It is a great jump scare, but it is only setting up the horror that is to come up those stairs. In this way, The Conjuring is unrelenting, which is why I love it. The sequel hits this One Scare More idea a few times (The Nun scene comes directly to mind.), but I don’t think it’s as organic and relentless as the original. Oh…and Jay is right. That nun is terrifying!
I love the Conjuring movies, man, and I absolutely love your assessment of that first one! You’re spot on, dude! Damn! Ha ha. The Conjuring COULD be my favorite haunted house movie… not sure… it’s high on that list, though, if not! Thanks for taking the time to comment, dude. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts about the other movies we’ve got coming for ya!
PS: Just followed you on Instagram!