Campfire Series: Below (2002)

EDITOR'S NOTE: New forward recognizing the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart. Happy Halloween! We've made it through our series on maritime horror, but we've got one last treat in our candy bowl. In its 60th Anniversary year, we've paid tribute by releasing this commentary track on perhaps the only haunted house episode in all of Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Night Terrors". On Stardate 44631.2, USS Brattain was found adrift in space after going missing weeks prior. What terrible fate befell her crew? If you can hear the episode over everyone asking Matt questions about Trek lore, you might just find out!

The big day (Halloween that is) is just around the corner, and we are sliding into home with our fourth and final entry for this year's campfire series. We've had a haunted Submarine, a ship that's haunted by a Dracula, and a town that was haunted BY a ship. This week we take the final step that all great horror series take: TO SPACE! We're headed to Paul W.S. Anderson's "Event Horizon" the cinematic Sword of Damocles we've been holding over Peter's head for years. Will our bravest boy be able to climb mount scary movie and defeat his fears? Find out in this weeks episode!

Special guest Amanda Kusek from The 90-Minute Movie substack joins the boys to talk about John Carpenter's The Fog!The Fog is a supernatural horror film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with its producer Debra Hill. It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh and Hal Holbrook. It tells the story of a strange, glowing fog that sweeps over a small coastal town in Northern California.You can read Amanda's film reviews on her substack: https://the90minutemovie.substack.com/And follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amanda.kusek/

Another week, another haunted ship-wait...no, I'm hearing that this one is technically a boat. For those in the know, that means we're taking our existential horror *under* the sea. It may be October, but Matt is bringing Subtember back for a guest spot as the boys hop aboard our diesel sub and go Below!

Happy Halloween all!Welcome back to another installment of No Flick Given's 'Campfire Series'. This season's them: nautical horror. And first up is Peter's pick, 2023's The Last Voyage of the Demeter.It is an adaptation of "The Captain's Log", a chapter from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. The film stars Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, and David Dastmalchian. Its plot follows the doomed crew of the merchant ship Demeter who attempt to survive the treacherous ocean voyage from Transylvania to London while being stalked by a legendary vampire known as Dracula (Javier Botet).

AVAST!Continuing the "good but not great" sequel series, the boys watched the follow up to Pirates of the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 American swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), it is the second installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. It is set a year after the first film and follows Captain Jack Sparrow who owes a debt to Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), the ghastly captain of the Flying Dutchman, and being marked for death and pursued by the Kraken. Meanwhile, the wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), who wants Turner to acquire Jack's magic compass in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest.

"Life, uh, finds a way..." to make a sequel to one of the biggest and best blockbusters of all time. Join the boys as we continue our Summer of Sequels as we venture to Isla Nubalr, a small island in the chain "The Five Deaths". Something has survived there. Those somethings are in fact dinosaurs. It always starts with Oh and Ah, and then there's running and screaming, and a mixed kind a "meh" feeling. Welcome! To Jurassic Park('s Site B, and then San Diego)

We only have one rule: everyone listens, no one quits.We're joined by friend-of-the-pod Pat Luciano to discuss a fan favorite: Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers. Set in the 23rd century, the story follows teenager Johnny Rico and his comrades as they serve in the military of the United Citizen Federation, an Earth-based world government engaged in an interstellar war against an alien species known as the Arachnids. The film stars Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, and Michael Ironside.

Summer is here and it's time to bring on the mindless blockbusters. This week, Frank, Peter, and Connor take a look at the 1989 "classic" Tango and Cash, staring Sylvester Stalone and Kurt Russel as two cops that don't play by the rules. And also might love each other very much.

Another First Contact Day, another Giant-Sized Trek Review! Cousin Mike and Matt are tackling the third season of Strange New Worlds and all the strike-impacted foibles that came with it. Each episode is covered in fine detail, so we highly recommend a watch along. If you're looking for discussion of a particular episode. Timecodes below:Hegemony, Part 2: 00:09:30Wedding Bell Blues: 00:33:37Shuttle to Kenfori: 00:51:11Space Adventure Hour: 01:04:57Through the Lens of Time: 01:26:42The Sehlat That Ate Its Tail: 01:44:42What Is Starfleet?: 02:08:37Four and A Half Vulcans: 02:25:02Terrarium: 02:37:35New Life and New Civilizations: 02:55:31Season Wrap-Up: 03:23:51