Ep 282 - Burning Down the Mouse (ORPHAN: FIRST KILL)

Enter the Dark Universe as Matt and Eric talk about the cinematic fumble/insta-franchise-killer THE MUMMY, from 2017, starring Tom Cruise as a POS who'd be better off becoming Mr. Mummy to Sofia Boutella's hellacious ancient Egyptian princess.

Matt and Eric tackle the latest movie and TV news, including OTHER WORLDS: A STRANGER THINGS ADVENTURE, Robert Pattinson auditioning for JAMES BOND, potential ICEMAN casting for X-MEN, a 1408 Sequel, I PLAY ROCKY, WILDWOOD, and more...

Matt and Eric head on down to Mud Creek, Texas, where Bruce Campbell's elderly Elvis and Ossie Davis' head-full-of-sand JFK battle a soul-sucking (shit-eating?) Mummy that's feeding off the feeble energy of the old.

Matt and Eric chat about the passing of PATRICK STEWART, WALTER KEONIG, and more. Plus, CARRIE's renewal, TRUE DETECTIVE: Season 5 casting, Assemble Sauce, is THE SUICIDE SQUAD canon?, YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, and more...

Matt and Eric enter the realm of Hammer Horror with 1959's THE MUMMY, a mid-century reboot of the Universal films, featuring the genre titan clash of Peter Cushing (and his bad knee) vs. Christopher Lee!

Matt and Eric leap ahead eight years to 1940's THE MUMMY'S HAND - a pivotal film in Mummy lore that helps influence, later on, a certain adventuring archeologist. Plus, all the Poopsie you can shake a stick at!

Matt and Eric catch up on movie and TV news as Steven Soderbergh steps in to help Matt Reeves finish production on THE BATMAN II, HBO's GIRLS returns, the MCU goes full ZODIAC, THE EXORCIST: MARTYS debuts a trailer, WHALEFALL, and more...

Matt and Eric's spooky season monster marathon is all about Mummy Mania, starting with 1932's The Mummy - featuring Boris Karloff as a resurrected ancient Egyptian high priest trying to bring back his long lost love.

Matt and Eric take the second Esther movie into their loving home with ORPHAN: FIRST KILL, in which everyone's favorite pint-size killer (who isn't Chucky or Leprechaun) unknowingly cons her way to into a dangerous situation.

Matt and Eric discuss AVENGERS: ENDGAME's return, the next STAR WARS, some SAW XI news, the SPIDER-MAN Clone series, JENNIFER LAWRENCE joining ZACH CREGGER's next movie, ROBERT EGGERS’ Romeo and Juliet, and more...