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16/11/2021

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26/02/2021

This episodes theme is young bands on tour who find themselves in peril, so we've brought our friend Josh Young, who both loves horror movies and has driven a van into the great unknown in search of audience and the elusive cash to keep the van running until the next town.

This is one of my favorite episodes yet. Largely because Green Room is a film that resonates with me in several powerful ways. It speaks to my nostalgia in a strange and horrific way, and I enjoyed discussing it on this episode. That said, the film is a taught political thriller, so politics creep into the discussion. This isn't something I generally look to engage in, but in covering this film it was necessary, and this was a film that I've known I needed to discuss for a long time. I'm excited to have finally done it. As always, I'm grateful to my cohosts and listeners. The fact that Uncle Peckerhead is a delightful, splattery romp doesn't hurt either.
We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did recording it.

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Shonny Constant
2.26.2021


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17/02/2021

25/12/2020

The unnecessary episode years in the making. Shonny's Gremlins 2 Christmas episode.


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17/12/2020

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26/11/2020

Happy Thanksgiving!




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15/11/2020

Watched Pilgrim on Hulu for the first time for our upcoming Thanksgiving episode. Sorry I took so long to get to this one!

12/11/2020

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27/10/2020

As we approach Halloween, a season of stories in a more storied year than any I can remember, it brought me great joy to discover these two recent releases. As Chuck says when discussing anthologies, at worst if you don't enjoy what you're watching you can at lease embrace the fact that a new story isn't long in waiting. When anthologies are done to their best, however, they open a whole series of doors with which a director can explore themes in overlapping cascades, something I felt both of these films do very well. That these are both stories examining the nature of story in direct ways, it made for an easy choice to consider these movies together. Yet...they are both very different films.

Tonally, the visions could not be more different. Befitting a Clive Barker inspired film, Books of Blood carries an ominous presence throughout, it's characters bearing their flaws to scars as their psychological torment ultimately leads to physical desecration. Befittingly, it draws us through a puzzle box of horrors that had an ending that will impact most viewers deeply as a moment of ultimate release or ultimate despair. It delivers, in my humble opinion, what one would hope for in a Clive Barker piece, deliciously and without remorse.

The Mortuary Collection, on the other hand, has a sense of whimsy but do NOT be fooled by the poster (or the font, as Elizabeth points out in the episode) as it's meant to lure you into the belief that what you're to see isn't going to be horrific. Horror abounds in this place, and with remarkable and unexpected visuals that will make the horror fan alternately cheer, squirm, and outright fawn over. The movie reminds me explicitly of Peter Jackson's Braindead (1992), Dead Alive as it was released in the states, in many ways, but perhaps most importantly in that it's grand and colorful characters populate a world in which there is no fate too twisted, or gross, or bombastic by which they might meet their gory end. It's a fun and beautiful film, and one that will probably stand as my favorite of the year. I really hope this episode turns some folks onto it.

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Shonny Constant
10.27.2020


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20/10/2020

Halloween is upon us, and once again we here at Talk Horror To Me are unprepared. The unparalleled strangeness of 2020 has knocked me off kiltler more than even usual, so we're left to release an episode that was recorded months ago. Thankfully, having gone through the editing process this week, I think it's a good one, and certainly features two films that, while not specifically horror, are bloody romps with plenty for horror fans to embrace. These two films both feature the fabulously talented Samara Weaving, along with wonderful casts around her and scripts which continue to highlight her brilliance as a genre star perpetually on the rise.

We hope you enjoy these films as much as we do, and look forward to hearing your opinions on the selections as well as our take on the material!

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Shonny Constant
10.20.2020


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11/09/2020

Back on my billsh*t after watching the babysitter sequel.

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10/08/2020

Starting from top left:

The Witch
Midsommar
Us
The Invisible Man (2019)
Knives Out
Gone Girl
Ready or Not
Suspiria (2018)

05/08/2020

05/07/2020

Checking this one out on Prime. Less horror, much more splatter punk.

03/07/2020

We really think the latest episode of the Talk Horror To Me podcast is our best yet. In Episode 52, we cover A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge both as how it stands alone as well as through the lens of the recent documentary about the heartrendingly difficult journey of it's star Mark Patton: Scream, Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street.

Big thanks to our guest this week for bringing so much passion to the conversation as she helps contextualize the struggles of the LGBTQ+ community from the 1980s through to the present day.

03/07/2020

An absolute favorite of host Shonny Constant. You've seen it, RIGHT???

03/07/2020

We're a bit behind schedule, but we think the wait was worth it. This week we've invited our friend Elizabeth onto the show to talk about the second film in the Nightmare On Elm Street series, as well as the recent documentary about this unique film and it's star Mark Patton. We go deep into themes and context on this episode, but we don't forget to talk about the kills and discuss what the Abominable Doctor Phibes would think of the movie, so hopefully there's something here for everyone! We really enjoyed this conversation, and hope you do too.

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Shonny Constant
6.30.2020


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24/06/2020

Shonny's viewing for the night. The first half feels a bit like One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest overhauled by , who wrote and directed this one.

Quite a cast, including Stacy Keach, Tom Adkins, and Jason Miller who played Father Karras in The Excorcist and Excorcist 3 as a charismatic madman. The primary setting of an old German castle converted to an asylum for extremely troubled veterans of the Vietnam War is an excellent backdrop.

Sorry I hadn't seen this one earlier in my life. It's the kind of movie I ate up in my early 20s.

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23/06/2020

Some day we'll cover these. In the meantime.... -chzuck

There are some big horror names behind the next "V/H/S" anthology. Called "V/H/S 94," this next film is being developed by "Hellraser's" David Bruckner.

18/06/2020

New cryptid

10/06/2020

Over the years, when I see political unrest and public disruption of what is perceived as a broken system, I inevitably wonder what director John Carpenter might be thinking about the state of affairs. Aside from being legendary as perhaps the founding father of the slasher genre for his creation of the Halloween franchise and the ubiquitous horror icon Michael Myers, not to mention the cosmic horrors of The Thing, he also wrote and produced films with an unmistakable focus on class and justice. We first see this in his early film Assault On Precinct 13, but it really blooms into a considerably more ambitious world with Escape From New York. Additionally, while by 2020 standards characters of color in his films can be scoffed at as being relegated to "token" rolls and side characters, I think it's important to acknowledge that in a time when Hollywood was largely at BEST shoehorning actors of color into tiny rolls, John Carpenter appeared to be giving thought to this dynamic, and writing characters intended to at least give the actors filling those minor rolls reason to be in the film. Their very presence spoke to the inequities in the system in a meaningful way. It wasn't much, perhaps, but it was something, and I think it was something he gave real thought and emotion to.
Indeed, by 1988 when Escape From New York was set, Ronald Reagan's America hadn't reached the level of authoritarian desperation portrayed in the film, yet seeing the protests in the streets in the year 2020 suggests to me that John Carpenter was on to something with his vision of an America headed towards a more profound feeling of separation between "polite society" and those who were deemed unfit to be a part of that society. Manhattan is currently trying to recover from being the literal epicenter of a global pandemic, and people do feel they're being targeted in the streets by an overbearing and too often lethal police force who appear intent on making it clear that they do have a sense of who does and doesn't belong. The idea was shocking and disturbing in 1981, and for many of us, it's no less bewildering and horrific today. The island hasn't become a penal colony, but it's clear to many of us that the fear and bewilderment of the police and prison systems as they do exist are such a dark specter in the lives of people who come into or even near contact with it carry an indelible anxiety with them in their daily lives, and I believe John Carpenter was tapping into that fear with his films.
Maybe I'm reading too much into things, and if that's the case I apologize. But maybe, just maybe, it's time to dig deep and make the difficult decision that we can do better. For a lot of us, dystopia is a phantom to be feared for it's looming presence on the horizon, but for many it's a considerable reality in their day to day affairs. That's not only problematic, it's a moral injustice that needs to be addressed by all of us.

Love and Respect,

Shonny Constant
6.10.2020


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28/05/2020

Watched Extremity (2018) tonight.
Not bad! A young woman visits an extreme haunt to confront her fears and winds up in the third act of a revenge film. It takes it's material seriously and delves into some interesting areas with a satisfying effects shot at it's climax. 6/10

27/05/2020

You're our type of folk, elmo.

26/05/2020

The fickle finger of box office success has pushed against many young and talented directors. Movies are such expansive and costly projects that simply creating a solid or even excellent piece of work isn't always enough. If the ticket buying public isn't there to cast their financial vote on opening night, even the best of efforts can be deemed a count against the talent involved rather than a feather in the cap. Fred Dekker, the director of the excellent Night of the Creeps (1986) and The Monster Squad (1987) is to my mind, one such casualty of this bitter truth. Few filmmakers come to mind who have left behind movies that come off as fresh and exciting and GOOD as these two films, Savage Steve Holland of Better Off Dead (1985) and One Crazy Summer (1986) in the more purely comedy realm springs to mind, but his is another story entirely.
For whatever reason, The Monster Squad just didn't live up to it's budgetary expectations, and that's a damn shame. The script from screenwriter Shane Black (who would go on to stardom as an action scribe following the smashing success of Lethal Weapon (1987)) is excellent, the special effects from Stan Winston and his studio stand tall for both their excellent design and strong ex*****on, and Fred Dekker's overall vision is one that is fun, seamless, and potent. It was a pleasure revisiting it for our 50th episode, and while I can't help but to think that had he been given further opportunity, Mr Dekker's vision would have led to an unforgettable library and bigger box office success, we can at least be thankful that those of us who were able to experience the joy of The Monster Squad at the theater or found it on video and through cable have such a unique and underappreciated gem to reflect on.

Love and Respect,

Shonny Constant
5.25.2020


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12/05/2020

This week, at the recommendation of our buddy Adam, we took an enjoyable look at a movie that's been hanging around on Netflix since 2017 The Babysitter. Chzuck absolutely loved the movie, and while I have this sneaking suspicion that McG's style isn't everyone's cup of tea, I really dug it to. It's got lively characters, a lot of intertwining threads, some great splatter, a few laughs, and a bad ass car stunt. Pretty strong resume. The movie is also notable for it's star Samara Weaving, who continues to be a powerhouse in genre film with no seeming intention to stop. It's always fun to follow somebody film to film as we evolve as an audience in relation to their growth as an artist, especially when in Ms. Weaving's case the quality of material is as high as it's been.
We hope you dig the episode. As always, we beseech you...BESEECH I SAY...to visit us as often as you like. It's a great pleasure to be able to do this every week, and we love that you folks are listening.

Stay safe everyone!

Shonny Constant
5.11.2020


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05/05/2020

We dipped back into the Shudder library this week for the 2019 horror/comedy Satanic Panic by director Chelsea Stardust and enjoyed the flowing story and unique perspective this movie provides. It's rare that we get strong female leads presented through the lens of a female director, so when we do,....