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"Sorry, Jessica! This year, there will be... no leftovers!"Thanksgiving is usually the holiday when families get together and show their love and appreciation for what they have in their lives and for one another. A time for food, feasts, and fun. However in the horror genre it can also mean a time for murder, mayhem, and even some revenge.Eli Roth finally brought his 2007 fake trailer from Grindhouse to life in 2023 and it was a huge hit. Roth brought his love of horror and gore to the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts by showing what happens when the greed of the townsfolk during a Black Friday sale causes the death of many people involved. And it's our job here on Watch WHAT now? to decide if Roth made a successful sale with his movie or if it should go on layaway.If you're somewhat new to the horror genre, you'll always remember your first Eli Roth film. Will Melissa's memory of Thanksgiving be a good one? Was the gore too much for her? Will she swear off Thanksgiving turkey for good? Grab an extra helping of cranberry sauce and find out in episode 29!

"Would you listen to me? These are NOT ghosts. This house is NOT haunted, it's possessed!"It's Spooky Season and what better way to celebrate than with a Halloween party? There will be music, drinks, games, and even a demon or two. The only question that needs to be asked is "will you survive the night?"Night of the Demons is a cult classic in the horror community. However, Eric doesn't remember being a fan of the film and naturally, Melissa's never seen it. Time to find out if it's worth the hype. Is Angela as cool of a horror villain as her reputation seems? Are the practical effects as great as people say? Is the third time the charm for Eric when all is said and done?Stock up on supplies from the local convenience store, dress up in your costumes, apply your lipstick anyway you see fit, and get ready for the party of the year...maybe. That's for us to decide.

“I do love a good joke and this is the best ever: a joke on the children.”Halloween was a sleeper hit in 1978 and by 1981, John Carpenter was drinking a six pack of beer a night while writing the script to a sequel that he thought was totally unnecessary. That script ended up being Halloween II and those nightly six packs of beer ended up being the reason Michael Myers and Laurie Strode were brother and sister. Carpenter also made sure to kill off both Michael and Dr. Loomis.Enter 1982 where Halloween creators Carpenter and Debra Hill didn’t want Michel to return and hoped to create a yearly anthology type series of movies that focused more on Halloween itself and not the man in the William Shatner mask…and boy were people pissed.Oh boy. Join us as we return to the Halloween franchise but without any returning characters. Instead of the silent man with the kitchen knife stalking babysitters, we got a warlock planning on using Halloween masks to kill all the children in the world. Yes, seriously. That’s the plot.Robots, insects, Stonehenge, and a VERY annoying TV commercial jingle.Melissa has no idea what she’s in for.

"No footprints! No blood! No sign of a struggle! The bones just stripped clean like peeling a banana!"If we’ve learned anything from 1950s sci-fi movies, it’s that radiation and science is bad when multi-legged creatures are involved. We also the Arizona desert can be dangerous enough on its own, but when a well intentioned professor causes a tarantula to grow to immense size, all hell can break loose.Nothing is safe from this over-sized arachnid and it’s up to the local doctor, a lab assistant, and Clint Eastwood (yes, THAT Clint Eastwood) to save the town from being devoured.Join us for Episode 26 as we try to decipher all the scientific jargon told to us in the film as well as see how this popular “Big Bug” movie really sizes up. We’ll do our best to strip this movie clean like a banana and keep you all entertained in the process. Hopefully you won't feel like you’re painfully mutating into someone with Acromegaly while that happens.And whatever you do, please don’t stick your finger in some random white goo you find in a field and taste it. That’s just nasty.

"You see that crap? All that horror crap? Things coming out of crates and eating people? Dead people coming back to life? People turning into weeds, for Christ's sake?"Welcome to the 25th episode of Watch WHAT, now?, the podcast that talks about the good, the bad, and everything in between. It’s also been Melissa’s journey as a horror newbie into that genre. It must have been fate at the end of our last episode when Melissa chose “cockroaches” over “spiders” because we needed a big name for episode 25 and with her choice, we got two.Stephen King and George A. Romero joined forces to bring Creepshow out into the world.Inspired by the EC horror comics of the 1950s, King and Romero wanted to bring both the scary and cheesy elements of the source material, yet keep that comic book look and feel. And that they did. From zombies wanting revenge and “meteor shit” covering all things with vegetation to monsters in crates and roach infestations.This anthology is considered to be one of the most entertaining creations from both artists and we’re going to discuss if we think that is a valid claim. We’ll also discuss other subjects as well: How is Leslie Nielsen as a villain compared to his well known lovable idiot characters? Does the comic book look distract from the stories? Is Stephen King the perfect bumpkin? And most importantly, will Wilma cause Fluffy to get indigestion?So slice yourself a piece of cake and help us celebrate 25 episodes. Make sure to have a bottle of bug spray handy as well. You never know when you’ll need it. Just no voodoo dolls, please. They're a pain in the neck.

"But one thing's for sure. Inspector Clay is dead, murdered, and somebody is responsible."How do we follow up Ep. 23 where we nearly gave Evil Dead 2 a perfect combined score? By discussing a movie from someone known as "The worst director of all time," and that director was known as Ed Wood. With a budget of only $60,000 and some use of military stock footage, this "worst movie ever" has grown in popularity after decades of midnight matinee showings as well as often being the subject of local low budget horror and sci-fi shows.There's so much to unpack with this one and it's notoriety. It's known as Bela Lugosi's last movie, even though his footage was from a previously unfinished Ed Wood film. Vampira hated her character's dialogue so much that she refused to say anything. There's boom mic shadows, visible scripts, and shaky flying saucers, but at least it has a very relevant message.So join us as we step through the constantly reused curtains and try to answer some questions: Is this truly one of the worst films ever? Are the resurrected dead zombies, ghouls, or vampires? Does its hour and fifteen minute run time feel like days? Was Melissa wrong when she said this sounded like fun? We'll find out in Ep. 24 just how "Stupid...stupid" this movie really is. God help us in the future.

"For God's sake! How do you stop it????"Bruce Campbell can win an Academy Award for playing Sir Isaac Newton, but he'll forever be known as the hero Ash from the Evil Dead franchise. And as successful as the original Evil Dead film was, fans tend to flock more towards its sequel due to its mixture of horror and comedy, as well as its over the top use of blood splatter. Sounds perfect for a horror newbie like Melissa, right?Join us as we enter that abandoned cabin in the woods and deal with Ash and the horrors of the forest. From disembodied hands and laughing deer heads to evil trees and mystical daggers, this one has it all and Melissa is diving headfirst into the fruit cellar with Henrietta to find out.It's time to grab a shotgun, gas up the chainsaw, and find those final pages of the Necronomicon, because it's Ep 23 of Watch WHAT, now? and we're planning on carving ourselves a witch. Or be dead by dawn. One of the two. Groovy.

"Man, this guy is so burned, he's cooked! A fucking Big Mac, overdone! You know what I mean?"In the 1980s, slasher movies were booming and at times, summer camp was the place to be concerning them. In 1980, Camp Crystal Lake suffered a tragedy when Mrs. Voorhees slayed 7 people in the name of her son Jason. Yet one year later, Camp Blackfoot had its own tragedy when the groundskeeper known as Cropsy was burned in a prank gone wrong. The tragedy got even worse when Cropsy decided to take vengeance upon a group of campers from nearby Camp Stonewater.The Burning has a huge following and with Melissa still a newbie to horror films, this one was pretty much a requirement. With Tom Savini behind the gore effects, it's a no-brainer that it'll be a bloody one for her, but does that make it a good film? We'll get into that and see if the movie is truly worth the hype.Join us as we get in our canoe and paddle through the ups and downs of dealing with Cropsy and his gardening shears. Plus we'll answer the ultimate burning question: Does Melissa regret choosing this film just because it starred Jason Alexander?

"Tina, it was wrong of you to lock me up. I had to hurt myself to get out. But I forgive you darlin' and I know you're here, because I can smell your brains."Let's start with some questions: What if The Night of the Living Dead really happened? And what if some of those reanimated bodies were contained and accidentally sent to a medical supply company? And what if two bumbling employees caused one of the corpses to come back to life and in turn cause all the dead bodies in the nearby cemetery to dig themselves up? Well, you'd have 1985's The Return of the Living Dead.Like a lot of the films discussed here, this was a first time watch for Melissa and while we've had some great conversations lately...the content we've discussed hasn't been that great of a watch for her. Fingers crossed that this movie will end somewhat of a losing streak concerning Melissa's recent watches. But hey, when two of your main characters trying to stop the zombies are named Burt and Ernie, the odds have to be in our favor.Take a chance on Episode 21 because if UNEEDA some entertainment, Watch WHAT, now? has it. Enjoy and don't forget to send more paramedics!

"Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee and he'll drop like a stone."Well, you guys asked for it. With 59 percent of the votes, Road House beat out Them! as the subject for Episode 20. Road House, the movie that is now known as a Family Guy joke. Road House, the movie that the Official Razzie Movie Guide called "One of the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made." Road House, the movie that Melissa suggested because she knew someone that walked out of the theater after 10 minutes.Patrick Swayze plays Dalton, the toughest and most peaceful Cooler around, is hired to clean up the violent roadside bar known as The Double Deuce by getting rid of the local troublemakers. Join us as we discuss all the clichés: the sensitive tough guy, his older mentor, the sexy blonde love interest, the over the top villains, unnecessary explosions, and more.Grab a beer, have your medical records on hand, and avoid any and all stuffed polar bears because we have a lot to say in Episode 20. Don't worry, though. We'll be nice, until it's time to not be nice.