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Tim Long
Release Date Announced for the Halloween OST
Weekend Preview:
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich and The Ranger
And Tim heads back to 1928 to talk about The Man Who Laughs
It’s influence on the Joker.
Whether it’s a horror movie or not (See we’ve always had this silly debate!)
German Expressionism
And what a Paul Leni/Conrad Veidt Dracula would have looked like.
Tim starts his re-watch of the Haloween franchise with the original. It's a good movie.
News bits:
Castle Rock renewed
Mr. Mercedes out on DVD
Kevin Smith and Chris Jericho Team-Up
Then, Tim takes a look at the TV cut of the original Halloween
A breakdown of the 11 minutes of added footage
A breakdown of Loomis's fashion sense
And a breakdown of who gets to borrow Laurie's blouse
The Good: Representation in genre and cinema as a whole. Finding a middle ground between entertainment and message The Irritating: Get Out is the only horror movie to touch on social issues The News: Twilight Zone
Tim reviews The Meg - A short history of the film's journey to the big screen - Statham analysis - How big is this shark? - How it compares to Piranha 3D - Chinese box-office breakdown including a look into the scandalous ipartment controversy
Also, Tim covers the announcement of Glenn Danzig's directorial debut from all angles!
Box Office Recap - The Meg made a lot of money - Slender Man did alright Castle Rock Episode Recap/Review - EXPLODING CASKET SYNDROME (A REAL THING)!!!! - Furbos - Love among the elderly - Tv on the Radio's Return to Cookie Mountain - Telepathic Dogs - Naked Skarsgard - Drunk Scott Glenn
Taking a look at new releases:
The Meg
Slender Man
Summer of '84
Along Came the Devil
And a review of William Friedkin's new documentary: The Devil and Father Amorth
Tim counts down his Top 5 most anticipated movies coming out of Fantasia Fest, but first, some news:
Fangoria finds a director for their new movie, Satanic Panic. We take a look at Fangoria's past in film, and why this time looks to be different.
Also, 4K MADNESS!
Evil Dead (Why?) and The Fog (Hell Yes)
Casting for Joe Hill and Stephen King's "In the Tall Grass" The Meg Director Talks Jaws American Horror Story Casting Tim finds out Moviepass has updated his Terms and Conditions
Taking a look at the new trailers for: Cary Fukunaga's Netflix Series Maniac Kevin Williamson's CBS All-Access Series Tell Me a Story Lizzie Starring Chloe Sevigny and Kristin Stewart and More!
Tim LOOOOOVVVVVEEEEED this episode of Castle Rock, but first THEY'RE MAKING A NEW JEAN-LUC PICARD SHOW!!!!! Tim talks about that for a few minutes before jumping into: This episodes excellent use of music. Waits. The Band. David Alan Coe. Roy Orbison! Just where does this episode fall in the pantheon of television/film uses of Roy Orbison? What's a "Masshole"? Idealists being defeated by the system, and Former Montreal Canadian's Defenceman Eric Desjardins It's all covered!
Tim doesn't have any coffee in his house, and he's not happy about it. Time to put some people on notice.
Tim asks the important questions regarding the new Halloween movie's SHOCKING R-Rating
Plus, he reviews the new movie Ghost Stories
Tim caught up with Castle Rock, but first some news: - Gareth Evans' Apostle drops a synopsis and poster - Jordan Peele's Us begins shooting - The Narrator for Stephen King's next Audiobook is Announced. Castle Rock Episode 3 Recap. Topics Covered Include: - Schlitz beer and malt liquor - Stephen King's top 24 Rock songs of all-time - The preferred way to cook S'mores - Head and Shoulders Dandruff Shampoo
The official Suspiria runtime has been revealed. It's long. - Is this news? - What we know about the movie so far - Other long horror movies - Tim's probably incorrect plot-predictions for Suspiria 2k18 Out on DVD/BLU/BOD Today - Gotti award winner Dark Crimes starring Jim Carrey Plus our new segment: Is MoviePass dead?
Tim did some reading over the weekend. He checks in with a couple of quick reviews.
The Gone World by Thomas Sweterlitsch. An excellent new sci-fi novel–with some strong horror elements–that gave Tim a headache.
And Meg. A 90’s monster shark novel that did not give Tim a headache.
Also, a wrap-up of the weekend box-office and some quick Mission Impossible: Fallout thoughts.