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What if the funniest scenes in a movie feel like your worst social nightmares? We dive into “Friendship,” a Tim Robinson-led dramedy that turns adult loneliness, neediness, and status anxiety into a ride that’s equal parts laugh-out-loud and curl-your-toes tense. From a sewer “adventure” gone wrong to the guys’ night boxing fiasco and a toad trip that ends at Subway, we unpack why the film’s chaos feels personal—and why it works.

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Happy Halloween! Enjoy this years Halloween commentary track! Stay safe.

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A joyful song, a missing girl, and a village that never stops smiling—until the flames rise. We head to Summerisle for a spirited, scene-by-scene dive into The Wicker Man, exploring how folk ritual, music, and community turn a simple investigation into a study of belief and power. We talk first impressions, why the soundtrack feels playful instead of ominous, and how that choice keeps the horror at bay until the final minutes. Then we walk the full arc: the maypole lesson, the graveyard rites, the class beetle trick, and Lord Summerisle’s velvet-gloved debate that makes Howie’s certainty wobble without ever blinking.

Christopher Lee’s performance gets the spotlight—equal parts gracious host and high priest—while Edward Woodward channels a man built from rules and bracing for sin. We unpack the infamous May Day sequence: hand-made masks, the sword-star “execution,” the hobby horse chase, and the reveal that flips victimhood on its head. The conversation tackles whether the ritual “works,” how folk horror replaces jump scares with social consensus, and why an adult martyr becomes the “right” sacrifice when a community is cornered by failure. Along the way, we dig into production lore—lost negatives, competing cuts, and fall shoots dressed as spring—and how those constraints made Summerisle feel lived-in and unsettling.

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We close out our bonus episodes on V/H/S 1, with our discussion on 10/31/98 and a ranking of all the segments. I hope you have enjoyed our bonus episodes this year and look for our commentary track covering Halloween 3 on Halloween!

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Start with a bottle on a bridge, end with a symbol carved into fate. We took The Empty Man for what it is—a detective story that slowly dissolves into cosmic horror—and followed it down every corridor of cult logic, black posters, and whispered rules. From the Bhutan prologue’s bone-fingered relic to a Missouri that feels half-remembered, we map how urban legend ritual becomes a thought virus and how a doomsday movement turns philosophy into a weapon.

We talk performances and why the lead works so well as an almost-too-normal anchor. Then we dig into the Pontifex Institute, Stephen Root’s unnervingly calm sermon, and the film’s smart critique of repetition, technology, and desire. If thought plus concentration plus time equals flesh, who gets to write the script? The Tulpa idea isn’t just lore dressing; it reframes the investigation, the grief, and the ending. Once you see the town as an echo chamber and the “antenna” as policy, the camp ritual and hospital reveal snap into ruthless focus.

This conversation doesn’t just recap; it probes why the scares land. Silence that drops before footsteps. A crowd moving in lockstep. A file with your name on it already filled in. We compare The Empty Man’s cosmic dread to Longlegs’ satanic flavor, run through the good-bad-ugly-fine (yes, the sauna scene), and pick smart double features that rhyme with its reality slippage and urban legend spine. If you care about cult movies, cosmic horror, urban legends, and philosophy that actually bites, you’ll find plenty to rewind here.

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This week's bonus episode we are covering Joe Swanberg's segment in V/H/S. More bad boys.

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A mother who builds perfect little worlds. A family that can’t speak plainly without tearing open wounds. A coven that’s been patient for decades. Hereditary still gnaws at us because it splices private pain with public ritual—and then shows how both feed on silence. We unpack why the movie’s most terrifying sequences aren’t the skittering on the walls but the moments at the table, in the car, and in the bedroom when stress thickens the air. Toni Collette’s ferocity and Alex Wolff’s unraveling make shock feel real; Gabriel Byrne’s weary restraint shows what denial costs. We trace the breadcrumb trail of Paimon from lens-flare “light” to carved sigils, Joan’s too-convenient seance, and the party that feels engineered—down to the mountain of chopped nuts and that marked utility pole.

We also dig into Ari Aster’s craft: the dollhouse aesthetic as a thesis about control, the way the camera slides from miniature to “real” to make the home feel like a set, and those snap day-night transitions that flip the world like a switch. The house doesn’t add up spatially, and that’s the point; like The Shining, geometry becomes dread. When the sketchbook burns and Steve combusts, when Annie’s face empties under that gliding light, the story stops flirting with the supernatural and lets the ritual run. By the treehouse coronation, the film’s logic is brutal and tidy: inheritance is more than blood—it’s atmosphere, pressure, and choreography.

If you love elevated horror, occult symbolism, and movies that hide clues in plain sight, this deep dive is for you. We chart what’s scary, what’s staged, and what the film is really arguing about grief and control. Hit play, then tell us: what shook you more—the family drama or the cult’s endgame? Subscribe, share with a horror friend, and drop a review to help more listeners find the show.

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This dude is like Glitchy and stuff. We discuss the 3rd segment of the first V/H/S film. Give us a listen!

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