Fearless Films (2024)

04/04/2024

It’s Thursday so you know what that means! Time for some horror movie trivia! 🤩

The costume department for April Fool’s Day decided to really lean into the Clue vibes and assigned each of the female leads a color. The idea was that the color would dominate their costumes and set the tones for their characters.

❤️ Desiree dresses in red because her character is confident, determined, and kind of vicious.

🩷 Barbie dresses in pink (not very subtle, y’all), relying heavily on her femininity and s*xuality.

🤍🖤 Torrance starts off with her color being white to denote purity and innocence but eventually switches to black as the movie progresses.

Haven’t listened to this week’s episode yet? Snag the link below or find us on your favorite podcasting app. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14707009-176-april-fool-s-day-2008

02/04/2024

Happy Tuesday Horror Buffs and Scaredy Cats! The latest episode of Fearless Films is now live! 💀

We wouldn’t miss the chance to find an absolutely terrible movie to show you for a random holiday, so this week Pete and Sarah are telling us all about April Fool’s Day!

The Butcher Brothers saw the 1986 comedy/mystery/slasher film and decided that despite its poor reviews, a remake absolutely needed to be made. The 2008 version didn’t do so hot with critics or viewers alike, but it’s sure fun to talk about for a horror comedy podcast! 😅

Find us on your favorite podcasting service or snag the link below. Give us a listen, and remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14707009-176-april-fool-s-day-2008

31/03/2024

Hey there Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest Fearless Films episode comes out in a few days! 💀

This week Pete and Sarah are walking us all through a direct-to-video (always a good sign 😬) remake of the 1986 horror flick April Fool’s Day. The film opens in 2007 with a party thrown by two rich siblings, Desiree and Blaine Carter, for their friend and actress Torrance Caldwell. Also in attendance; a U.S. Senate candidate Peter, his fiancee Barbie, the token poor friend Ryan, Ryan’s not-so-secret crush Milan, and a society reporter Charles. (Why so many characters? This isn’t Clue! 😒)

During the party, a prank gone wrong ends with Milan tumbling over a balcony. Her death is ruled a su***de.

A year later, the group of friends receive anonymous invitations to Milan’s grave. The invitations cryptically say “I have proof”. Once gathered, a messenger arrives with a box containing a letter and a laptop. The letter says that one of the six friends murdered Milan and if they don’t confess, all of them will be dead by midnight. The laptop plays footage of Charles drowning in his pool to convince them of the killer’s intent. (Oh. Maybe it is Clue 🧐)

Haven’t seen this one? Watch the preview below and decide if you’ll give it a viewing before you listen to our episode! Remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1404502297/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

28/03/2024

It’s Thursday so you know what that means! Time for some horror movie trivia! 🤩

According to IMDb.com, the director of Leprechaun 3 and Leprechaun 4: In Space, Brian Trenchard-Smith, pitched his idea for Leprechaun 5 to the studio. Trenchard-Smith’s film would send the Leprechaun to the White House. He stated that the leprechaun would have infiltrated a well-meaning but oafish first family and it would have been a political satire of the director’s favorite president, Bill Clinton’s time in office. Trimark turned it down, feeling it was “too out there”. Evidently, The Hood was “less out there”.

We’re not entirely sure we agree with Trimark on that one 😏

Haven’t listened to this week’s episode yet? Snag the link below or find us on your favorite podcasting app. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14568644

26/03/2024

Happy Tuesday Horror Buffs and Scaredy Cats! The latest episode of Fearless Films is now live! 🥳

This week Pete and Sarah are celebrating St. Paddy’s Day a little late by discussing the direct-to-video (always a good sign 😂) comedy horror flick Leprechaun 5: In the Hood. Have you ever wanted to see Ice-T with an absurdly huge afro and platform shoes? Would you like to hear limericks about Tiger Woods? Then you’ve come to the right place. Throw on something 🍀green🍀 and channel your inner 🇮🇪Irish soul 🇮🇪 and give this episode a listen!

Find us on your favorite podcasting service or snag the link below. Give us a listen, and remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14568644

26/03/2024

Hey there Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest Fearless Films episode comes out today! 💀

We hope you all had a 🍀delightful🍀 St. Patrick’s Day last weekend. To celebrate, Pete and Sarah are revisiting everyone’s favorite franchise ~ The Leprechaun!

Warwick Davis reprises his cult-favorite role of the evil leprechaun Lubdan, searching for his magic flute. Lubdan ends up “in the hood” after three “hoodlums” (according to the Wikipedia article’s summary of the film 😏) steal his flute and he kills anyone who gets in his way.

Haven’t seen this one? Watch the preview below and decide if you’ll give it a viewing before you listen to our episode! Remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40P3TYKEdKA

14/03/2024

Hey there Horror Buffs and Scaredy Cats! The latest episode of Fearless Films dropped on Tuesday! 💀

This week Pete and Sarah are taking us back to The Conjuring Universe with The Nun II! Valak is back, y’all. Did you miss him? We know Maurice and Sister Irene sure didn’t.

The film opens in 1956 Tarascon, France. A priest doing his daily chores goes to investigate a strange disturbance when he is raised into the air, set on fire, and burned to death in front of the young boy helping him. Enter Sister Irene (who has been serving in a convent in Italy), the novice Sister Debra who struggles to accept miracles (this will be important later), Maurice (who now works at a boarding school in France) and the student and teacher (mother Kate and daughter Sophie) he’s befriended while working there. Both Sister Irene and Maurice face Valak in their own storyline . All hell breaks loose (see what we did there? 😏) when the two converge.

As it took so long to post this week (life continues to be chaotic, apologies dear listeners), we'll throw in some trivia for you too. According to IMDb.com, Director Michael Chaves was super excited for one of the more impressive scenes in the film; the newsstand sequence. When it came time to actually execute the filming though, he realized just how difficult it was going to be to make each magazine perfect so the pages would resemble Valak. He admitted that if he’d know how difficult it would be beforehand, he probably wouldn’t have done it at all.

Find us on your favorite podcasting service or snag the link below. Give us a listen, and remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14532022

29/02/2024

It’s Thursday so you know what that means! Time for some horror movie trivia! 🤩

Are you a fan of Netflix’s Stranger Things? Who isn’t, right? This movie is an Easter Egg in season three of the hit series.

The newly constructed Starcourt Mall is the focus of a good chunk of season three. Guess which horror flick is playing in the mall's movie theater? That’s right, The Stuff.

Both stories have a major plot point where characters compulsively eat something that turns them into mindless zombies. They also both feature a kiddo who loses their family to the monster.

We happen to think Stranger Things is the better written, directed, and produced of the two. But The Stuff sure is fun to watch with your friends and tear apart with a running commentary.

Haven’t listened to this week’s episode yet? Snag the link below or find us on your favorite podcasting app. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14425198

27/02/2024

Happy Tuesday Horror Buffs and Scaredy Cats! The latest episode of Fearless Films is now live! 💀

Are you ready to listen to Pete and Sarah talk about a movie that has characters named Mo and Chocolate Chip Charlie? Where a retired United States Army Colonel leads a private militia and it’s *not* a horrible idea? With white, fluff (yeah, we’re from New England) looking ooze that comes out of the ground and people decide to eat it for some unknown reason? Then you’ll love this one! It’s 1985’s The Stuff!

Find us on your favorite podcasting service or snag the link below. Give us a listen, and remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14425198

27/02/2024

Hey there Horror Buffs and Scaredy Cats! My deepest apologies for falling off the grid for a bit. Things got a little hectic for your favorite, humble social media manager.

Never fear (hah)! I’m back and ready to go.

Thankfully I only missed two episodes. The links for those are below, and a preview post for tomorrow’s episode will be soon to follow.

Episode 171 - 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14302389

Episode 172 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14390039

27/02/2024

Hey there Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest Fearless Films episode comes out tomorrow! 💀

This week Pete and Sarah are discussing the 1985 comedy science fiction horror film The Stuff.

A (very goofy) satire on the American lifestyle and consumer society, the film focuses on a sweet and additive alien substance that becomes a popular dessert. Unfortunately for humanity, The Stuff soon begins attacking and turning people into zombies.

Haven’t seen this one? Watch the preview below and decide if you’ll give it a viewing before the episode drops on Tuesday. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://youtu.be/e_ROA_ZEGfA?si=zwYD1LDn-R6HbNGG

16/01/2024

Happy Tuesday Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest episode of Fearless Films is now live! 💀

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the Tooth Fairy was evil?

Yeah, us neither.

They made it into a movie anyways, and you get the pleasure of listening to Pete and Sarah talk about it this week! Lucky you.

Find us on your favorite podcasting service or snag the link below. Give us a listen, and remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14222910

15/01/2024

Hey there Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest Fearless Films episode comes out in a few days! 💀

This week Pete and Sarah are discussing the 2003 horror flick Darkness Falls. This is a supernatural horror film that answers the question no one asked; What would happen if the Tooth Fairy was *evil*?

Haven’t seen this one? Watch the preview below and decide if you’ll give it a viewing before the episode drops on Tuesday. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://youtu.be/oWOLqMJgSSM?si=xSKv0sOnoRQTdfbK

04/01/2024

It’s Thursday so you know what that means! Time for some horror movie trivia! 🤩

47 Meters Down, as is typical in Hollywood, overstates the aggression of the sharks. But that’s not the only glaring inaccuracy. In the film, Captain Taylor floats the idea of sending down extra tanks to the sisters. He’s hesitant because the second tank will increase the risk of “nitrogen narcosis”.

Lisa experiences something the film *calls* nitrogen narcosis, depicted as a long, complex “waking dream” style hallucination while she’s waiting in the cage for help. While narcosis hallucinations *can* occur at the depths Lisa and Kate experience, most divers that experience narcosis report the effects are more like mild to moderate cognitive impairment, not powerful hallucinogens.

Also, Captain Taylor’s claim that the second tank will increase the risk of nitrogen narcosis isn’t quite right either. If narcosis was going to be an issue at 47 meters (which it absolutely could), it would’ve impacted the sisters long before that point. And, as many people on the internet point out, Captain Taylor’s obsession with decompression sickness (aka the bends), is pretty absurd. Yes, the bends can lead to some very big medical issues, up to and including death, but it’s not an instant death sentence. You know what is, though? Running out of air.

You’d think that the director and writers would have researched a bit more about the physics and biology of diving before making it the entire premise of their movie, especially considering the two leading ladies learned how to SCUBA dive for the flick. No wonder it has an audience score rating of 35% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Haven’t listened to this week’s episode yet? Snag the link below or find us on your favorite podcasting app. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14158521-169-47-meters-down

02/01/2024

Happy Tuesday Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest episode of Fearless Films is now live! 💀

We hope you've had a wonderful start to your 2024!

Get ready to dive in (ha, see what I did there? 😏) to this week’s episode with Pete and Sarah while they talk about 47 Meters Down. Do you like the ocean? Do you like sharks? Do you like survival horror? Then you’re in for a treat.

Find us on your favorite podcasting service or snag the link below. Give us a listen, and remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14158521-169-47-meters-down

01/01/2024

Hey there Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! Happy (almost) New Year!

The latest Fearless Films episode comes out in a few days! 💀

This week, Pete and Sarah are discussing the 2017 deep sea survival horror film 47 Meters Down. We already know how Pete (and this Sarah, your social media manager) feel about the ocean (there’s nothing for us there). The two sisters in this movie do not share that sentiment.

After Lisa’s boyfriend breaks up with her, she and her sister Kate go on vacation to Mexico. While there, they decide to go shark watching from a cage (why is that a thing?! 🫣) and lie to the captain of the boat that they are both experienced divers (Lisa is decidedly NOT 🙄) so they will both be allowed down.

As one would expect in these kinds of movies, the winch suspending their cage fails, sending the sisters to the ocean floor, 47 meters below the surface and out of communication with Captain Taylor. They must figure out how to survive long enough to get back up to the surface.

Haven’t seen this one? Watch the preview below and decide if you’ll give it a viewing before the episode drops on Tuesday. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://youtu.be/iVpCsTBH5WY?si=NoXAFsxJNcV2SETm

21/12/2023

It’s Thursday so you know what that means! Time for some horror movie trivia! 🤩

According to IMDb, To All a Good Night was shot in 10 days. Typically, most films are shot over multiple months. Who knows what director David Hess’s rush was, but whatever compelled him to film a movie in a little over a week convinced the entire cast to sleep at the mansion during filming.

What do you think, Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats? Would you sleep in a creepy-staged mansion for 10 days to shoot a movie?

Maybe you’d be convinced once you realized that David Hess was kind of a legend. The man co-wrote Elvis’s #1 song, All Shook Up, and continued to write for Elvis and Pat Boone well into the 60’s. In 1972 he shifted into film and his debut starring role was in Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left, for which he also composed the soundtrack. Hess was a method actor, famously threatening to attack co-star Sandra Peabody to get a more genuine reaction from her (taking notes from Stanley Kubrick, are you?)

Haven’t listened to this week’s episode yet? Snag the link below or find us on your favorite podcasting app. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14075562

20/12/2023

Happy Wednesday(?) Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest episode of Fearless Films is now live! 💀Apologies for the delayed post, with it being the holiday season and all, your favorite social media manager was busy wrapping presents (only 5 more days until Christmas, aaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!) and forgot to post yesterday.

Never fear, though. The episode went live yesterday and is still here today! Join Pete and Sarah as they break down the 80s slasher flick To All a Goodnight.

Find us on your favorite podcasting service or snag the link below. Give us a listen, and remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/14075562

18/12/2023

Hey there Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest Fearless Films episode comes out in a few days! 💀

Christmas is a little over a week away, so we’re getting our holiday cheer on with the 1980 slasher, To All a Goodnight. During Christmas vacation at the Calvin Finishing School for girls, a prank gone wrong results in the death of a student when she’s pushed over the edge of a balcony. Fast forward to two years later, and it’s the Friday before Christmas. The school is emptying out for the holiday, but five students - Nancy, Melody, Leia, Trisha, and Sam - all have different reasons they decide to stay. And they’re planning on having a week-end party with their boyfriends. Unfortunately for them, there’s a psycho killer on the loose, and he’s dressed like Santa Claus…

Haven’t seen this one? Watch the preview below and decide if you’ll give it a viewing before the episode drops on Tuesday. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fc_rTBnzQg

05/12/2023

Happy Tuesday Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest episode of Fearless Films is now live! 💀

Tis the season for snow, which means tis *also* the season for snow-themed-horror! Join Pete and Sarah this week to hear about the 2010 psychological survival horror flick Frozen.

Writer and director Adam Green became a member of the ‘Splat Pack’, a group of filmmakers who brought back gore and splatter in the early 2000s including the likes of Eli Roth (Hostel), Alexandre Aja (TheHillsHaveEyesRemake), Neil Marshall (The Descent), Rob Zombie (House of 1000 Corpses), Greg McLean (Wolf Creek), Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III, IV, and Spiral as well as Repo! The Genetic Opera), and James Wan (Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring Franchises).

Needless to say, if you’re squeamish, this film may not be for you.

Find us on your favorite podcasting service or snag the link below. Give us a listen, and remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/13911956-167-frozen-2010

05/12/2023

Hey there Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest Fearless Films episode comes out tomorrow! 💀

This week it’s back to business as usual with *just* Pete and Sarah discussing the 2010 psychological survival horror film Frozen (not to be confused with the one with the singing Snowman). The movie follows the events of a group of three friends who get stranded on a chairlift after a day of skiing and are forced to make life-or-death choices to survive the impending snow storm and get to safety.

Haven’t seen this one? Watch the preview below and decide if you’ll give it a viewing before the episode drops on Tuesday. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIrnUbOmBBQ

23/11/2023

It’s Thursday so you know what that means! Time for some horror movie trivia! 🤩

Girl on the Third Floor was filmed in Frankfort, Illinois, in a house that was newly purchased to be the headquarters of director Travis Stevens’ production company. The house was actually in the process of being renovated which was perfect for the film. Stevens paused renovations to use their incomplete state as part of the movie.

In an interview with Syfy, Stevens said, “The story takes place in an actual house that has a history of being haunted. That house actually sits across from a church, and it was reported to be a bo****lo before. So those dynamics were there. That’s all real.”

According to local legend, two girls died in the house in the early 1900s. One died of an illness in 1909, but the other girl was reportedly murdered. Sadie, who was allegedly 12 years old when she died, worked as a maid in the house in 1901 when the house was operating as a bo****lo. She was murdered by a patron who mistook her for a s*x worker. Reportedly both girls died in the same third-floor bedroom.

Stevens wrote a blog post about it that you can read here:
https://www.talkhouse.com/dry-rot-the-hidden-secrets-within-girl-on-the-third-floor/

It would’ve been great if the movie was as fascinating as that story is…

Haven’t listened to this week’s episode yet? Snag the link below or find us on your favorite podcasting app. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/13850270

21/11/2023

Happy Tuesday Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest episode of Fearless Films is now live! 💀

Join Pete, Sarah, and the mystery special guest as they discuss (tear apart) this absolute mess of a film, Girl on the Third Floor.

One critic claimed it was a “highly accomplished haunted house story for the generation”, and that the “undoing of King Don is a belated revenge of the female repressed, as well as a long history of perverted patriarchy replaying itself ad nauseam and deconstructing…the uneasy, even exploitative and violent relations between men and women.”

We think they were giving it too much credit.

Find us on your favorite podcasting service or snag the link below. Give us a listen, and remember,

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/13850270

19/11/2023

Hey there Horror Fans and Scaredy Cats! The latest Fearless Films episode comes out in a few days! 💀

Just like the previous episode, this week, Pete and Sarah are joined by a very special guest, to discuss a not-so-very-special film, 2019’s Girl on the Third Floor. Released on Netflix just before Halloween that year, the movie follows Don (Wikipedia calls him a “deeply flawed man” and hoo boy, they aren’t wrong) played by Phil “CM Punk” Brooks while he renovates an old home for himself and his pregnant wife. Of course, this is a horror movie, so truly messed up supernatural events ensue.

For some baffling reason, Girl on the Third Floor was largely a critical success. It has an 82% on the Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes, but only a 22% Audience Score (you don’t have to guess which one we agree with…) Critics evidently stated it “proves a good old-fashioned haunted house story can still be entertaining -- and put a fresh spin on established genre formula.” Critics also praised the “wonderful and gross” practical special effects from UK designer Daniel Martin. Which, fair. The practical special effects are pretty rad.

Haven’t seen this one? Watch the preview below and decide if you’ll give it a viewing before the episode drops on Tuesday. (And if you think you’ll agree with the critics or with your favorite podcasters…) Remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://youtu.be/CGSPYUJKJPM?si=tq3G8loa2xGM7l1m

09/11/2023

It’s Thursday so you know what that means! Time for some horror movie trivia! 🤩

The Woman in Black is the first film Daniel Radcliffe post Harry Potter. After struggling to connect with child actors auditioning for the role of his son Joseph, Daniel convinced James Watkins to cast his real-life godson, Misha Handley.

Radcliffe told the Associated Press, “It is very hard to create that chemistry with a four-year-old boy, who you have never met before and who is stepping onto a film set going, 'What in the hell is all of this?'”

Radcliffe says of his godson Misha, “At the time when we were filming, I was so obsessed with him having a good time and making sure he wasn't cold or wasn't freaking out that I didn't really pay attention to the fact that he is actually quite a good little actor.”

Misha is the son of production manager Paul Sampson Handley and award-winning theater director Thea Sharrock. In 2008, Sharrock cast Daneil Radcliffe in her Broadway revival of “Equus”, an introspective drama about the relationships between a psychiatrist and his young disturbed patient.

A bonus bit of trivia? The sound of the doll laughing in the film is the exact sound that Billy the Puppet made in the Saw Franchise. We gotta tie everything back together, don’t we?

Haven’t listened to this week’s episode yet? Snag the link below or find us on your favorite podcasting app. And remember, don’t get too scared! 😱

https://www.buzzsprout.com/631975/13850222

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