Really Awful Movies: Ep 464 – White Zombie

This week, The Black Phone. From the director of the Ethan Hawke-starrer, Sinister, this is one of the better Blumhouse productions (not saying much, to be fair). On this episode, a dissection of the at times quite excellent horror/thriller.

This week, the Netflix doc, Mr. McMahon. If you're not a fan of wrestling, maybe pass on this one? Or better yet, give it a shot. It's about the brains (so to speak) behind pro wrestling and his seedy background promoting the enterprise which fused sport and entertainment, the WWF / WWE. So, brother...step into the squared circle, and throw yourself off the top turnbuckle. Tune in, and don't forget to sub.

To the 80s we go, and investigating another backwoods horror film, The Forest. A micro-budget affair, this one sees California hikers set upon at a remote park in the Sierra Nevada mountains. But this isn't your run-of-the-mill slasher. No, it's a multi-genre horror extravaganza! Tune in and subscribe to the Really Awful Movies Podcast. And don't forget to support the show by picking up a copy of Mine's Bigger Than Yours! The 100 Wackiest Action Films or Death by Umbrella: The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons.

This week on the show, some Canadian horror. And an IP that's filmed in Ontario, this reviewer's home province. Since making waves at Sundance, In a Violent Nature is continuing to provoke discussion as it moves to Shudder. Is it a plodding bore, or a sinister masterpiece? Are we witnessing the next Art the Clown, another addition to the Mount Rushmore of Horror occupied by Pinhead, Freddy, Jason, Michael, Norman, etc? Listen for yourself.

It's sequel time! On this episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, a re-examination of Lamberto Bava's Demons 2, the less popular of the two canonical series entries. Here, condo dwellers are trapped in their building once zombies are unleashed through a movie that's playing on TV. Tune in, and don't forget to sub. Support the show by picking up these nonfiction titles, Death by Umbrella! The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons or Mine's Bigger Than Yours! The 100 Wackiest Action Movies.

This week on the podcast, we head to Charles Band Land and the 1980s, for a curious post-apocalyptical sci fi horror and Demi Moore's uh...breakout role? Dr Paul Dean was compelled to create a bio-weapon for an evil corporation on behalf of the mysterious group, The Merchants. Once he realizes the error of his ways, he tries to destroy it...BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. Tune into the latest episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast, and support the show by purchasing one of the two nonfiction film books associated with this IP. Thanks!

On today's truncated version of the podcast, a few impromptu thoughts on the the disappointing remake of the 90s classic, Candyman. This is a shorter podcast than normal. But rest assured, back to regularly scheduled more in-depth shows in September!

This week on the podcast, WWE wrestler, Stone Cold Steve Austin stars in Damage. You'd be forgiven for thinking that oh, 50% of action films released these days feature clandestine pit-fighting tourneys. And you'd be half right. We are back in beautiful BC, portraying Washington State as it often does, in this cheap but undeniably fun meat-head action flick. Austin plays an ex-con, Brickner, who's trying to live life on the straight and narrow after being released from a lengthy pen stay. In the joint, he made promises to the wife of a man he effectively murdered, to make restitution however he could. And turns out, her daughter needs a lifesaving heart surgery. And what better way to earn a 6-figure sum quickly, than the underground pit fighting circuit? (Walmart greeters make more, but hey, it's fiction). On the Really Awful Movies Podcast, we've followed the Texas Rattlesnake as he was known in the squared circle, to BC for efforts like Recoil and Hunt to Kill. And here, he's fun delivers lots of ass whoopins. Tune in!

This week on the podcast, 2004's Creep. A woman en route to a party finds herself stuck overnight at the Charing Cross tube station in London, near Piccadilly Circus. A dark, stinky, atmospheric horror which stars Franka Potente (Run Lola Run).

A bunch of desperate young people sign on for a big pharma drug trial, with terrifying results. If you're into body horror, check out the Irish production, Double Blind. Tune in and don't forget to subscribe to the Really Awful Movies Podcast.