The Movies, Films and Flix Podcast #235: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5
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The MFF Podcast is back, and this week we’re finishing up our Final Destination series coverage with The Final Destination and Final Destination 5. We LOVE Final Destination 5, and think it might be the best film in the franchise because it features likable characters, fun kills and an actual plot. The less said about The Final Destination, the better (it is a soul crusher). In this episode, we discuss horrible gymnastics, lame 3D kills and how the five films match up against each other.
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The Movies, Films and Flix Podcast #234: Lake Placid, Decapitated Heads and the Greatness of Oliver Platt
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The MFF podcast is back, and this week we’re talking about the 1999 creature feature Lake Placid. This is the third film of the “Soggy Saga” that Jay Cluitt (Life vs. Film) and we here at MFF have embarked upon (Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda – listen to them, they’re great), and it’s definitely not the best. In this episode, we discuss throwing decapitated heads, the filmography of Oliver Platt and the Final Destination franchise. Enjoy!
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The Movies, Films and Flix Podcast #233: Shadow of the Vampire
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The MFF podcast is back, and this week we’re talking about the underrated horror film Shadow of the Vampire. If you haven’t watched Shadow of the Vampire (you should, it’s really good), it suggests that Nosferatu director F.W. Murnau hired a real vampire to play the role of Count Orlok, and the casting decision made the production go horribly awry. In this episode, we discuss Willem Dafoe’s greatness, John Malkovich’s awesomeness and eating screenwriters. Enjoy!
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The Movies, Films and Flix Podcast #232: Dawn of the Dead – 1978
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The MFF podcast is back, and this week we’re talking about the 1978 horror classic Dawn of the Dead. Directed by George Romero, it’s one of the greatest horror films ever made (Yep, we mean it), and it makes us very happy that we’re releasing it on a Black Friday. In this episode, we discuss running from zombies, cavities during an apocalypse and the greatness of Tom Savini. Enjoy!
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The Movies, Films and Flix Podcast – Episode #231: Son in Law, Thanksgiving Movies and Weasels
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The MFF Podcast is back, and this week we’re talking about the 1993 Pauly Shore comedy Son in Law. When we decided to cover a Thanksgiving-themed episode, we immediately knew Son in Law would be the perfect choice. We’ve already covered Encino Man (great episode, listen to it), so naturally, we had to continue our exploration into the Pauly Shore cinematic universe (PSCU Encino Man, Son in Law, In the Army Now). In this episode, we explore Crawl’s psychology, 1990’s hacking and puffy cheeks. Enjoy!
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John’s Horror Corner: The Borrower (1989), a goofy B-movie replay of The Hidden (1987) about a body-swapping alien.
MY CALL: If you tossed a big bag of The Hidden (1987) into a low budget B-movie vat with a light sprig of seasoning from The Terminator (1984), this would be the cheesy-fun result. MORE MOVIES LIKE The Borrower: Seemingly the inspiration for this movie, The Hidden (1987) was much better.
A criminal among an insectoid alien race is sentenced to a punishment worse than death—he is remanded to a devolved (i.e., human) form and exiled to Earth. Like a socially awkward T-800 he learns how dress and behave from the people he meets on the streets.
From its cheesy opening exposition dump to the hokey opening credits scoring, you probably wouldn’t expect much from this movie. But right out of the gates we get a hammed-up transformation scene showing many transitional phases from disfigured man to slimy-clawed, pulsating face, head-exploding monster. Despite its humble budget, this B-flick swings for the fences. The movie isn’t particularly good, but it’s every bit as entertaining as it needs to be to keep the attention of a B-movie fan, and then some. Pulsating faces abound as our alien felon rips off and swaps one head for another… even the head of a dog!
Hot on his murderous trail is a tough detective (Rae Dawn Chong; Tales from the Darkside: The Movie). But we never really identify with the character—she just happens to be investigating the homicidal bread crumbs. So, the “protagonist” is basically the murderous, head-swapping alien. He may not be “good” or have a sympathetic cause, but we have no real hero at all. Rather we watch as our extraplanar felon encounters one hapless passerby after another, often rips off and commandeers their head, and continues to the next victim (including Tony Amendola; Annabelle, The Curse of La Llorona).
Unfortunately, after an energetically paced first half, the movie does the opposite of most horror—it slows down as if suddenly caring about resolving the plot. And while overall this movie is perfectly entertaining, I must admit that the drop in pacing and special effects definitely down-shifted my impression.
Anyone desiring truly over-the-top horror-comedy would agree that The Borrower is doesn’t hold a candle to Blood Diner (1987), Frankenhooker (1990) or Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (1991). But overall, I think director John McNaughton (Wild Things, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) did right by B-movie fans.
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The Movies, Films and Flix Podcast #230: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 3
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The MFF podcast is back, and this week we’re continuing our Final Destination franchise coverage with Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 3. These sequels stepped up the gore, had no problem squishing teenagers (gnarly scene), and made sure that people never looked at logging trucks the same way again (that’s why we love them). In this episode, we discuss death’s design, angry workouts and terrible experiences at the tanning salon. Enjoy!
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John’s Horror Corner: Demonwarp (1988), the bizarre bigfoot movie that turns into a zombie movie but is actually an alien Sci-Horror movie.
MY CALL: This B-movie is just plain bizarre—not in tone or execution, but in plot and content. You should get a few laughs. MORE MOVIES LIKE Demonwarp: The Alien Factor (1978), The Being (1983), Alien Predators (1985), Mutilations (1986) and Demon Wind (1990) are all the right brand of bizarre. But if you want a more serious bigfoot movie, try Exists (2014) or Willow Creek (2013).
Likely attempting to cater to fanfare for Critters (1986), Night of the Creeps (1986) and The Thing (1982), this movie opens with an outer space shot of “something” entering Earth’s atmosphere. Almost immediately after, a bigfoot violently breaks into a cabin in the woods and kidnaps a young woman.
While searching for his missing daughter, a man (George Kennedy; Brain Dead, Creepshow 2, Just Before Dawn) crosses paths with some twentysomething weekenders.
In order (from most to least abundant) this movie features a bunch of booby nudity, shots of big furry feet walking towards victims, numerous bigfoot attacks, and a bit of head-twisted-off gore. But not only are there bigfoot attacks… there’s also zombie victims with an occasional dangling eyeball. So is this a Bigfoot movie or a Zombie movie? Apparently, BOTH!
Yeah, it gets weirder. Because all these zombie victims are working together to steal electronics in order to slowly build a spaceship (like in The Thing) and our surviving protagonist suddenly finds himself amid a zombie shootout as a topless sacrifice is taking place to appease a claw-handed slimy demon.
And then… there’s yet another topless sacrifice scene! Yeah, this movie really leans as hard on the boobage as it does on bizarre writing decisions.
The movie ends like a really bad, really weak, zombie B-movie. Not sure how we got there from the whole “bigfoot is really a shapechanging alien that creates zombie engineer builder drones” theme. But whatever.
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The Movies, Films and Flix Podcast #229: Final Destination (2000)
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The MFF podcast is back, and this week we’re beginning our Final Destination franchise coverage by talking about Final Destination, the film that kicked everything off. We’re big fans of the series (except for The Final Destination), and we loved covering the entire Resident Evil franchise, so we’re at it again! In this episode we talk about decapitations, evil water and the intricacy of death’s design. Enjoy!
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John’s Horror Corner: The Rejuvenator (1988; aka, Rejuvenatrix), one of the better 80s B-movies you never knew existed.
MY CALL: What a pleasant surprise! This is a higher quality B-movie for sure—especially the gooey special effects, acting and writing. I mean, if you wanted a fun gory B-movie night, then you’re in for a particularly well-made one! It’s like a lower tier Bride of Re-Animator (1989). MORE MOVIES LIKE The Rejuvenator: Closest would be something like Bride of Re-Animator (1989). Although they’re creature features, Blue Monkey (1987) and Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor (1990) come to mind as pleasant B-movie surprises in terms of special effects quality and tolerable filmmaking. But if you want more science-gone-wrong horror, go for Demon Seed (1977), Altered States (1980), Re-Animator (1985), From Beyond (1986) or Mimic (1997).
No longer landing her coveted leading roles, wealthy aging actress Ruth (Vivian Lanko; The Refrigerator) finances the research of a scientist (John MacKay) working on a serum for eternal youth. Displeased with his progress, she insists he perform a de-aging operation on her regardless of how incomplete his rejuvenating serum may be. So, ignoring some rather alarming revelations on their lab rats, they proceed with the operation.
Medical research in this movie is a heck of a thing, and this plot strangely feels like a combination of Demon Seed (1977), Re-Animator (1985) and Death Becomes Her (1992). After the operation Ruth appears 30 years younger, vibrant and covetous of the privilege. To maintain her youthful serum, a steady supply of fresh brains are required. Not sure what could ever go wrong there.
Meanwhile, the single lab rat exposed to the serum has become monstrous. Because apparently medical research standards in this movie suggest that a single lab rat exposed to a drug for a matter of seconds is indicative of readiness for human trials. LOL. That is, until it mutates and grows and gets really ugly.
Coming as no surprise, Ruth awakens one evening looking like a pulsating, demon-voiced, slime-glazed hag in need of her fix. Upon subsequent transformations she becomes yet more monstrous (a familiar trend; e.g., Mausoleum), next appearing as some Victorian-wig-sized brain-headed mutant. And later, she develops into a gangly rheumatic Pumpkinhead (1988)-clawed polydactyl troll with a Mars Attacks! (1996) Medusa head.
Our next plot development is that “living donors” provide more potent serum. So naturally, Ruth hits the streets and goes brain hunting. The stakes increase and build to the disgustingly awesome melting/decomposing death scene.
For an 80s flick with no stars, no DVD release, and a no-name director, this really wasn’t bad at all! I really enjoyed the monster special effects and gore, the writing and acting were far more serviceable than expected (nothing clunky, wooden or phoned-in; actually quite proficient), and most importantly I enjoyed the movie! In fact, even though it’s no Dream Warriors (1987), it’s quite rewatchable on a sort of “fun B-movie” level. It’s also totally straight-faced serious. So it shouldn’t be associated with the likes of Necromancer (1988), Brain Damage (1988), Slugs (1988) or Creepazoids (1987). It’s more like a lower tier Bride of Re-Animator (1989).
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