361 - PITFALL (2025)

The Lamp, an exotic artifact dating from 3,500 BC makes its arrival in America from the Middle East, via a strange and perilous journey on a ship mysteriously plagued by deaths. 90 years later, robbers break into the home of the Lamp's current owner - an old lady. After ransacking the house and uncovering the Lamp, they murder the lady in cold blood. Unwittingly, they let loose an evil 'Genie' who doesn't like to be rubbed the wrong way. Next stop is the local museum where a bunch of students are partying. The Genie is on the rampage and the orgy of death begins. We are joined by fan/friend of the show, Austin Stenberg, for a look at the 1987 slasher-adjacent killer genie movie, The Lamp (aka The Outing), giving our initial thoughts along with an expansive deep dive on the film's background, its cast and crew, and more!

Cameron Mitchell stars as the owner of an apartment building that becomes the central location for a series of brutal murders carried out by someone with a bursting toolbox (ooer). The police are baffled, and before any action can be taken, another young resident is attacked. And another. And another. Along with our general thoughts on The Toolbox Murders, we examine the film's worldwide release history, dig into the backgrounds of the cast/crew, serenade one another with insults and country music (mutually exclusive much?), and more!

Murderous lunatics in red robes, gothic castles, severe fetal abandonment, and a wee bit of detective work comprise this double-bill featuring a string of gruesome murders in a gothic castle and across a musical conservatory in The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972), and Mozart Is A Murderer (2001), respectively. Along with our general thoughts on both films, we take a look at the contrasts between gialli from 1972 and 2001, we (try to) dissect the convoluted plots of each film, we look into the cast/crew, and much, much more!

555... Every five years, within five days, unsuspecting couples are brutally murdered. Who is behind these bloodbath sex crimes? What does the third five mean? Nathan scrapes, as only he can, the bottom of the SOV barrel to deliver unto us 555 reasons to recoil in terror... Yes, it's 555 (1988) from director Wally Koz. In addition to our general thoughts, we take a look at the life lead by director Koz, where 555 stands up against other SOV flicks, and much, much more!

Struggling artist Reno paints to survive, but the pulsating paranoia of the city squirms and crawls in his psyche, splitting his mind from the strain. Reno's response is a fast finger on the trigger of a killer drill. Plug into terror with The Driller Killer! We are joined by Bill Ackerman and brave a few technical hiccups (no video tracks for Justin or Bill) to deliver one of our longest shows in a while, deep diving into the sketchy world of Abel Ferrara's The Driller Killer (1979), looking at everything from the sleazy atmosphere to its sordid release history (including its status as a Video Nasty), and a lot more in between!

Estranged siblings, Scott and Ashley, look to mend their relationship on a 3-day hiking trip. As tensions rise, Scott gets lost and falls into a 10-foot-deep spike pit, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He and his friends soon learn that his fall was no accident, but the beginning of a deadly hunt perpetrated by a deranged madman whose use of deadly traps each adds a gory notch to his body count, one by one. A sight-unseen choice from Erik, we give our general thoughts on this backwoods throwback and also discuss the cast, crew, and what's next for director James Kondelik.

We're back for a chilly good time with Cold Prey 2 (2008), the Norwegian slasher sequel that picks up directly where the last one left off, with shades of Halloween 2 (1981) and Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) serving as inspiration points as Jannicke once again faces The Mountain Man in a mad, slashery jaunt through a spooky hospital. Thankfully, nary a sign of Chris Martin to be had, but that doesn't mean we don't have jokes!

Come and knock on our cabin door for the slasher/horror/comedy of farcical error, Tucker And Dale VS Evil (2010), which pits a group of college kids against a duo of backwoods, psychotic rednecks, or pits a couple of well-meaning rednecks against a group of psychotic collegiate yuppies, depending on the degree of misunderstanding at any given moment.

We've covered a lot of movies, but for one episode only, we're covering a thirteen episode slasher miniseries that aired on the loudest network channel of all time, CBS; it's Harper's Island (2009), about a wedding party on a remote island beset by a mystery killer, with at least one death (sometimes more) per episode. Don't change the channel before we reveal Erik is the killer.

Back to the forest expanse of West Virginia (by way of Bulgaria) we go for our peek at the straight-to-DVD second sequel in the backwoods hillbilly Wrong Turn saga: Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead (2009). We discuss where the film stacks against its predecessors, three-fingered (and toed) mutants, criminal escapees, whether or not Erik is an AI creation, and much, much more!