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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back, midnight viewers to Father Malone's Week Leave Her

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<v Speaker 1>round Up. I am Father Malone, and beside me wearing

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<v Speaker 1>the tiniest headphones is mister Ripley. Gee, you feel in

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<v Speaker 1>talkative this morning. I'm just gonna snarfle today. Hey, I

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<v Speaker 1>get it, it's been quite a month. One week from today,

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<v Speaker 1>the next episode of Father Malone's Weekly round Up will

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<v Speaker 1>be the two hundredth episode of Midnight Reviewing. That will

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<v Speaker 1>coincidentally be our Halloween episode. What a fucking perfect storm

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<v Speaker 1>of timing. To celebrate, We'll be having special guests on

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<v Speaker 1>the show. We're gonna have the ghost of Blake, the

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<v Speaker 1>leper captain that my ancestor doomed to a watery grave.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna stop by and let us know what he's

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<v Speaker 1>been up to. The Cryptkeeper RSVP'd, which is basically a no,

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<v Speaker 1>he's so fucking pissy. Well, who else is going? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's that guy Prick Uncle Creepy is coming. Cousin Eerie

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<v Speaker 1>is not the creep from Creep Show sent me an

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<v Speaker 1>enthusiastic email. Been wanting to ask me to come on

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<v Speaker 1>for some time listening for years, which is great, But

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<v Speaker 1>he's silent so I don't know how that's gonna fly

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<v Speaker 1>on the radio. Maybe he'll just point to the titles

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<v Speaker 1>of short stories that he keeps within the flowing folds

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<v Speaker 1>of his cerements. You know, when I was a kid,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it would be the coolest to be friends

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<v Speaker 1>with Elvira or Vampiro or Gulardi. You know, the movie

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<v Speaker 1>horror hosts. Nope, horror anthology hosts. Those motherfuckers are interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of horror comics, were we yes, well, we certainly

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<v Speaker 1>will be. Midnight is going to be taking a look

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<v Speaker 1>at horror comic adaptations in the near future. So far,

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<v Speaker 1>the list is thus Blade Spawn, ghost Rider, Jonah Heck's Punisher,

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<v Speaker 1>war Zone. I know that's not a horror title, but

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<v Speaker 1>Frank Castle is a bad man and it's completely on

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<v Speaker 1>display in netflick. After that, we've got war Actually. Concurrently,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to have Clive Barker's Books of blood films.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are on the way, HP and I have Iyaoucha

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<v Speaker 1>Fest coming to a close pretty soon. In fact, if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to hear us talking about Pray right now,

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<v Speaker 1>head over to the Patreon. Also on the Patreon is

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<v Speaker 1>Moranus Fest discussing the films of Rick moranis and starting

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<v Speaker 1>in December, it's Star Trek Fest. We're getting caught in

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<v Speaker 1>a wormhole. Belay that phaser Ordor, and we're taking a

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<v Speaker 1>look at all of the Star Trek movies. Movies, not TV,

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<v Speaker 1>not animated, not web series, not fan film, not fan fiction,

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<v Speaker 1>not your local starship, nor your Starfleet organization. I already

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<v Speaker 1>know we're going to take a beating on this series,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's okay. I know more than our critics. I

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<v Speaker 1>was rocking a red Starfleet shirt back in seventy eight yo.

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<v Speaker 1>Even then I was expendable. All of those shows are

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<v Speaker 1>or will be up on the Patreon channel, so maybe subscribe.

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<v Speaker 1>And if any of the choices in any of these

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<v Speaker 1>festivals aren't your liking, or rather, if you have any suggestions,

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<v Speaker 1>let's be positive, send those to Father Malone seventy one

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<v Speaker 1>at gmail dot com. By the way, none of those

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<v Speaker 1>characters are appearing on next week's anniversary show. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>going to be me and the Mutt. Speaking of the

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<v Speaker 1>creep show, Creep, remember that opening scene with the dad

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<v Speaker 1>and the comic book and my boy is in all

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<v Speaker 1>the kids. You want to know where this is going?

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<v Speaker 1>Billy in the garbage right into the friggin garbage. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you got any smart mouth about that. Billy was, of

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<v Speaker 1>course played by Joe King, son of fellow creepshow thespian A,

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<v Speaker 1>saying the role of Jordie Verel Stephen King Joe would

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<v Speaker 1>eventually be the Emilioesteviz to his brother Owen's Charlie Sheen,

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<v Speaker 1>which makes Stephen King Mark and Sheen. In this scenario,

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<v Speaker 1>he took a pen name, Joe King became Joe Hill

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<v Speaker 1>in a distancing move that fucking worked. I know Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Hill is King's son, but it's never my first thought

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<v Speaker 1>when I think Joe Hill, I think some of the

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<v Speaker 1>most interesting and frightening fiction I've read in the last

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five years. As such, I'm not going to compare

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<v Speaker 1>and contrast his work with his dad's beyond saying that

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<v Speaker 1>he is a worthy successor, and I mean that in

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<v Speaker 1>every sense of the word. There have been a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of adaptations of his work, Horns from twenty thirteen. There

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<v Speaker 1>was an attempt at adapting his comic book series Locking

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<v Speaker 1>Key back in twenty eleven, but that didn't fly. It

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<v Speaker 1>did fly in twenty twenty with two seasons there was

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<v Speaker 1>the Nose Farantu limited series based on his excellent fucking novel.

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<v Speaker 1>If you haven't read that, you have to read that.

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<v Speaker 1>It crosses over with Doctor Sleep, and it absolutely decimates

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<v Speaker 1>that book. Not that I'm comparing them, I'm not. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not a contest, but if it was, and I had

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<v Speaker 1>to declare a better author, it's Joe. And it started

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<v Speaker 1>back in two thousand and five. Officially that was when

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<v Speaker 1>his collection of short stories and anthology ahha, how I

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<v Speaker 1>love them. That book is called twentieth Century Ghosts. But

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<v Speaker 1>before I get there, and speaking of anthologies and speaking

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<v Speaker 1>of Tales from the Dark Side, which you may have

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<v Speaker 1>noticed on midnight viewing, were almost done with our retrospective

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<v Speaker 1>of that series. Well, the show ended in nineteen eighty eight,

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<v Speaker 1>and other than the follow up movie, has Lane dormant

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<v Speaker 1>as a franchise ever since. And then in twenty thirteen,

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<v Speaker 1>a new series was commissioned and the author of the

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<v Speaker 1>pilot in several episodes within the first series was going

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<v Speaker 1>to be Joe Hill. In fact, he was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be the showrunner, and every episode, like the previous iteration,

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<v Speaker 1>would be a standalone tale. However, each would present a

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<v Speaker 1>different piece of an overall story threading throughout the entire

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<v Speaker 1>first season, paying off in the finale. He wrote it,

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<v Speaker 1>they filmed it, and then CBS kicked it to the curb.

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<v Speaker 1>But the stories Hill had written were collected into a

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<v Speaker 1>comic book, a fitting form, I'd say, and they are

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<v Speaker 1>all excellent. He, like his dad, Sorry, really shines into

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<v Speaker 1>short fiction. You know. Edgar Allan Poe felt the novel

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<v Speaker 1>was a lesser arn't form from the short story, because

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<v Speaker 1>you'd get the entire impression in one sitting. There would

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<v Speaker 1>be no breaks with folded down pages and picking it

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<v Speaker 1>up a few days later. No, it was here's the character,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what they're going through, Here's how it ended. And

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, Joe Hill is on fire in his

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<v Speaker 1>short fiction, particularly that collection Twentieth Century Ghosts. That book

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<v Speaker 1>has a story, the first fucking story in the book

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<v Speaker 1>that still disturbs me when I think about it. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't think of pinon buttons the same way. After

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<v Speaker 1>that tale. He called that one best new horror. How's

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<v Speaker 1>that for fucking bold? Although it's only bragging if you

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<v Speaker 1>can't back it up, and he does. And in the

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<v Speaker 1>same volume he has one of the sweetest stories I've

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<v Speaker 1>read in forever. That's called Bobby Conroy Comes Back from

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<v Speaker 1>the Dead, about a failed stand up comedian returning in

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<v Speaker 1>disgrace to pitch Itzburg in the late seventies and getting

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<v Speaker 1>a job as an extra in a local film production

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<v Speaker 1>of the Dead, so already I'm on board, And I

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<v Speaker 1>can't think of an author more worthy of fictionalizing George

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<v Speaker 1>Romero or Tom Savini than a kid who literally grew

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<v Speaker 1>up around them. Twentieth Century Goes spawned the recent adaptation

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<v Speaker 1>it a few weeks ago, that stars Titus Welliver as

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<v Speaker 1>Abraham van Helsing years after the events of Dracula and

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<v Speaker 1>living in America with his boys. The other story to

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<v Speaker 1>get the big screen treatment was The Black Phone. So

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<v Speaker 1>now we leave the world of Joe Hill and enter

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<v Speaker 1>that of director and sometimes screenwriter Scott Derrickson. He made

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<v Speaker 1>his feature debut with hell Raiser Inferno. Remember that one,

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<v Speaker 1>No One does. It was the fifth in a series

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<v Speaker 1>that now has nine sequels and a remake it's the

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<v Speaker 1>second when che Derrekson denies, and I believe him, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's easy to understand why Bradley or any viewer would

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<v Speaker 1>jump to that conclusion. The film is not much of

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<v Speaker 1>a hell Raiser film in either tone or execution, which

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<v Speaker 1>is actually refreshing, and if I'm honest, I enjoyed that one.

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<v Speaker 1>He then did Exorcism of Emily Rose, which was pretty good,

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<v Speaker 1>although very early two thousands. Then he did that Terrible

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<v Speaker 1>Day the Earth Stood Still remake Come on Now. But

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<v Speaker 1>and here's where everything got interesting. He made Sinister in

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<v Speaker 1>an Ocean of torture porn. He gave us a supernatural

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<v Speaker 1>shocker that felt very lived in and very real and

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<v Speaker 1>very frightening and mean. That flick is way meaner than

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<v Speaker 1>anything Jigsaw made in his little workshop. That would be

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<v Speaker 1>his first interaction with Ethan Hawk. He followed that with

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<v Speaker 1>deliver Us from Evil, which was about hot priests fighting

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<v Speaker 1>the devil on the set of seven. Not great. But

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<v Speaker 1>then he did Doctor Strange. Now I love Doctor Strange.

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<v Speaker 1>He got that character and that world so fucking right,

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<v Speaker 1>problem that every Marvel seems to suffer from. He then

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<v Speaker 1>spent the next couple of years developing Doctor Strange and

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<v Speaker 1>the Multiverse of Madness, which when announced was very exciting, indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>because he was crowing how it was going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a horror movie first and a superhero flick away distant.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the dimensions Doctor Strange and sometimes ghost Rider

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<v Speaker 1>find themselves in is the Dream Dimension, and it's evil

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<v Speaker 1>ruler Nightmare. He's an immortal demon and he's found everyone

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<v Speaker 1>over the decades, Spider Man, Captain America, the X Men.

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<v Speaker 1>He made his debut in Doctor Strange, so it would

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<v Speaker 1>be fitting for him to make his big screen debut there.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only that, with the Dream Dimension open, other dimensions

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<v Speaker 1>were offered. I mentioned ghost Rider. He was a potential cameo,

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<v Speaker 1>as were Blade and the Midnight Suns. Mephisto could have

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<v Speaker 1>shown up, but then Marvel pussed out on Horror because

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<v Speaker 1>everything they were making was crap for a while and

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<v Speaker 1>That turned out great, so we got a way more

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<v Speaker 1>fantasy and cosmic Doctor Strange with only a whiff of horror.

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<v Speaker 1>The ultimate irony is that they hired Sam Raimi to

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<v Speaker 1>make the less horror version. So Dereckson finally steps away

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<v Speaker 1>and refocuses on a project he'd been trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>a handle on for more than a decade, The Black Phone.

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<v Speaker 1>The short story is deceptively simple. A young boy, Finny,

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<v Speaker 1>finds himself the latest victim of the Grabber, a serial

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<v Speaker 1>child abductor. He's locked in a basement that has a

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<v Speaker 1>disconnected black phone hanging on the wall. At night. When

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<v Speaker 1>he's alone, the phone rings, and the previous grabber's victims

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<v Speaker 1>spirits communicate with Phinny, each helping him plot and execute

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<v Speaker 1>his escape. It fucking packs a wallop on top of

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<v Speaker 1>being an incredibly fresh spin on the serial killers genre,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's incredibly spare and did not exactly feature length.

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<v Speaker 1>Dereckson and his sinister co writer see Robert Cargill, layer

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<v Speaker 1>in a story of a mom dead by suicide and

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<v Speaker 1>an abusive alcoholic father and a young sister who shares

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<v Speaker 1>her mother's gift for second sight. It's the sister that

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<v Speaker 1>keeps the story going on. The outside once Finny has

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<v Speaker 1>been grabbed by the Grabber. Terrible name, perfectly appropriate for

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<v Speaker 1>a small town naming its boogeyman. But the Grabber anyhow,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to mention, was crafted by Tom Savini, fellow

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<v Speaker 1>Joe King Creepshow thespian Tom Savini. You remember him in

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<v Speaker 1>the role of garbage Man two. It's a comic book.

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<v Speaker 1>kicked in your face. That was Marty Schiff as garbage

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<v Speaker 1>Man number one. Do I know too much about Creep Show?

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<v Speaker 1>You're fucking right, iye do. Derrickson has two feature films

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<v Speaker 1>released this year, The Gorge, which I liked a great deal,

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<v Speaker 1>and The Black Phone too.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you heard of the Grabber? I killed him?

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<v Speaker 1>What happened in that placement really changed.

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<v Speaker 2>Since I had a bad dream.

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<v Speaker 1>It was about missing kids.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a dream about a real place, a youth camp.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to go there.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, Penny, you killed me.

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<v Speaker 4>It took me a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>And you are how people now.

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<v Speaker 4>That Dad, It's just a word.

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<v Speaker 2>Could wake up, work up.

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<v Speaker 3>This place just brought us here for a reason.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing birth.

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<v Speaker 3>Like the cold.

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<v Speaker 2>How the tables do turn?

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<v Speaker 4>What do you think happens when you die in a dream?

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<v Speaker 2>It's time to find out?

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<v Speaker 1>Which I did not ultimately, because for the first act

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<v Speaker 1>Minor spoilers ahead for the first Black Phone movie. You

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<v Speaker 1>the first film. The first film is in fact a

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<v Speaker 1>see how it goes here maddeningly anyway, the first film

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<v Speaker 1>took place in nineteen seventy eight, so this is nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty two, and we're still with Finni or Finn and

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<v Speaker 1>his younger sister Gwen. Both these actors are terrific. Mason

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<v Speaker 1>Thames as Finny was fucking great in the first film,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's just as excellent here, giving us the same

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<v Speaker 1>guy but definitely haunted and evolved from his experience. That's

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<v Speaker 1>something you rarely see in a sequel.

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<v Speaker 2>Growth.

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<v Speaker 1>Also rare is flipping the narratives thrust. The first film

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<v Speaker 1>was about so Gwen on the outside trying to save Finn.

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<v Speaker 1>This film is Finn on the outside trying to save Gwen.

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<v Speaker 1>Gwen's clairvoyant abilities have been sharpening, and sometimes her dreams

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<v Speaker 1>ringing in her dreams from a direct line to Hell, Because,

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<v Speaker 1>like Freddy Krueger before him, death has only made the

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<v Speaker 1>grabber stronger. Now listen, this film is shot beautifully. Dereckson

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<v Speaker 1>millimeter and sixteen millimeter. In Lesser Hands, it comes off

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<v Speaker 1>as film school. He used them in the first film

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<v Speaker 1>and again here as waypoints or guideposts to subtly let

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<v Speaker 1>you know what demension you're currently in, because reality and

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<v Speaker 1>dream are constantly up for grabs, and there are some

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<v Speaker 1>solid moments of dread throughout this film. Dread is so

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<v Speaker 1>much better than a jump scare. Even if it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>pay off with a shocker, just a few moments of

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<v Speaker 1>creeping horror can elevate your entire film. And he was

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<v Speaker 1>doing that with a weirdo dream logic loop of Gwen

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<v Speaker 1>in her pajamas coming to the front door of her

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<v Speaker 1>house in the early morning hours, just her in a quiet,

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<v Speaker 1>empty street. It was creepy as hell and reminded me

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<v Speaker 1>of Christina Gray. Do you remember her. Her friends called

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<v Speaker 1>her Tina, and she would also be summoned into her

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<v Speaker 1>dreams and sometimes out of her house and into an

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<v Speaker 1>alley where she learned the true nature of God from

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<v Speaker 1>a burned up maniac. And I kept thinking of Tina

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<v Speaker 1>and Nancy and Detective Thompson, Nancy's dad, Detective Thompson in particular,

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<v Speaker 1>because not only do we have a lead who, every

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<v Speaker 1>time she falls asleep, poses a threat to herself and

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<v Speaker 1>everyone around her, because she acts as a conduit as well,

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<v Speaker 1>allowing the infernal nastiness in the form of the far

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<v Speaker 1>more demonic Grabber to come invisibly into our world. But

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<v Speaker 1>the plot concerns the remains of the Grabber's victims needing

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<v Speaker 1>to be found and given a proper burial. You want

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<v Speaker 1>to grab elements of Nightmare on Elm Street, be my guest.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone has given a dream killer plot a wide berth

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<v Speaker 1>out of respect for the past four decades. But hell,

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<v Speaker 1>why should Freddie be the only one who gets to

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<v Speaker 1>inhabit your nightmares? And the fact that the comic book

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<v Speaker 1>character Nightmare had been buzzing around in Derrickson's brain makes

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<v Speaker 1>his type a natural for this flick. So fine, grab

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<v Speaker 1>some of Nightmare on Elm Street, but keep your mits

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<v Speaker 1>off dream Warriors. I mean, really, we got to put

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<v Speaker 1>the bones to rest and then he'll have no power plot.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna use that one too, and I'm gonna ignore

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<v Speaker 1>that of all the potential plots, you have a villain

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<v Speaker 1>who was dragged a hell by his victims, who is

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<v Speaker 1>now using the method employed by them in the first

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<v Speaker 1>film to taunt his still living victims. Why are we

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<v Speaker 1>at a summer camp in the middle of winter investigating

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<v Speaker 1>the grabbers earlier murders? And when will the filmmakers learn

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<v Speaker 1>that a character gliding on ice is frightening until we

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<v Speaker 1>see the skates and then it's fucking ridiculous. Put an

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<v Speaker 1>axe in his hand or a scythe whatever bladed thing

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<v Speaker 1>you want, it still looks like they're fresh from the

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<v Speaker 1>penalty box. And what the fuck are we doing on

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<v Speaker 1>a frozen lake with a bunch of cannon fodder characters.

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<v Speaker 1>This started as a family drama with real characters trying

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<v Speaker 1>to make sense of their lives after a traumatic event.

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<v Speaker 1>When the event returns from a whole new angle and

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<v Speaker 1>fucks up their lives further, and then the movie ends

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<v Speaker 1>with an invisible character on skates doing a backflip while

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<v Speaker 1>wrapping a chord around an intended victim's throat. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>kidding that happens. Not that the first act had the

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<v Speaker 1>most sparkling of dialogue. We know it's nineteen eighty two,

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<v Speaker 1>you told us with a subtitle, and everyone is dressed

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<v Speaker 1>that way, and you're using film stock that screams this

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<v Speaker 1>movie is not about nineteen eighty two. It's from nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty two. You don't have to have this exchange between

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<v Speaker 1>characters tonight. I'm gonna go down to the Civic Center

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<v Speaker 1>and get Duran durand tickets. Duran Duran tickets. Simon lebon

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<v Speaker 1>is so choice my treat. I was gonna buy two

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<v Speaker 1>anyway for real, that be radical stop it. Although big

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<v Speaker 1>shout out to Derekson for including night Flight, the television

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<v Speaker 1>film school that USA Network used to run on Friday

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<v Speaker 1>nights in the nineteen eighties. How I missed night Flight.

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<v Speaker 1>I know they resurrected it as some streaming service, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'd just rather own the originals on disc anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Black Phone two was a frustrating affair. I found myself

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<v Speaker 1>defending the first film a lot when it came out,

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<v Speaker 1>so I thought this was going to be a victory lap,

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<v Speaker 1>and it mostly is. The kids are great. I want

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<v Speaker 1>more of them. And Ethan Hawk, the most unlikely slasher

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<v Speaker 1>of villain of all time, is genuinely scary as the

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<v Speaker 1>grabber and the dead. Utilizing technology is a potent idea

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<v Speaker 1>that very few have gotten right. I imagine the next

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<v Speaker 1>one is going to be excellent, kind of like Elm

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<v Speaker 1>Street three after Elm Street two, though not that you

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<v Speaker 1>already did Elm Street three. These kids better not end

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<v Speaker 1>up in some behavioral center for troubled youth, or there's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be a little chin music that means fisticuffs, you know, pugilism, puggleism.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry for the mispronunciation, but it now I'm threatening the

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<v Speaker 1>filmmakers to be more creative. That's my job, and my

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<v Speaker 1>job is at an end.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Got to say thank you to everyone for tuning in

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<v Speaker 1>and listening and blinking and subscribing. You're all the best

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<v Speaker 1>and honestly a side of the dog and cat here.

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<v Speaker 1>You're the thing that actually keeps me motivated. All the

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<v Speaker 1>contact stuff is in the show notes. Tune in this

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<v Speaker 1>Friday for pray, Oh Lord, HP and I have scaled

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<v Speaker 1>the Yahoucha mountain and reached its peak. Tune in for that.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will be back next week with our two

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<v Speaker 1>hundredth episode Halloween Spectacular. It's going to involve felt fans

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<v Speaker 1>of Michael o'donnie, who will already know what I'm talking

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<v Speaker 1>about from Ripley Jean. I'm following alone. Here's a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of something or other, well, an authentic voodoo ball somebody

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<v Speaker 1>already sent for.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we can't get that. How about this? Tired of

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<v Speaker 2>getting sand kicked in your face? Where's Billy go?

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<v Speaker 3>Be down in a minute. I know he's Billy Stan

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<v Speaker 3>Are you all right?

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't get my sleep last night. Storm it's his

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<v Speaker 2>goddamn stiff neck. I can barely move my head.

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<v Speaker 1>You must have strangers.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I guess I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>There you want me to get some being gay? No?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh oh did you throw away my comic books? H

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<v Speaker 3>M ready for another shot.

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<v Speaker 2>Shot show from Shop sh Sho show Stu