Bummer House: A Deep Dive into the Blumhouse Horror Filmography and All Things Horror Movies – Details, episodes & analysis

This week the gang BEGINS! It’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre round 2 with the Platinum Dudes!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American horror slasher film and a prequel movie to the 2003 film. The sixth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, it was written by Sheldon Turner from a story by Turner and David J. Schow, directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper (co-creators of the original 1974 film). The film's story takes place four years before its predecessor. It stars Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer and R. Lee Ermey.

Originally, the film had the subtitle The Origin. New Line Cinema had to pay $3.1 million more than expected in order to keep the rights to the franchise after Dimension Films made a large offer to buy it.[3]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning was released in North America on October 6, 2006. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $51.8 million on a budget of $16 million.

The Platinum Dudes return! This week they are onto their next horror movie in the Platinum Dunes remake journey…. The Amityville Horror. Starring Ryan Reynolds. Yeah… That one. Strap and grab a very strong drink… you’re gonna need it.

The Bummer Boys get invisible with returning guest Bridget Callahan! Thank God there's a fresh perspective on this one, as this episode has been a long time coming. They discuss the 2020 universal monster horror movie INVISIBLE MAN, which covers the serious subjects of gaslighting, domestic abuse, and sock laundry! 

The Invisible Man is a 2020 science fiction horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell. It is based on H. G. Wells's 1897 novel of the same name and a reboot of the 1933 film of the same name. It is the seventh installment in The Invisible Man franchise. It stars Elisabeth Moss as a woman who believes she is being stalked and gaslit by her ex-boyfriend (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) after he acquires the ability to become invisible. Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, and Michael Dorman appear in supporting roles.

The Bummer Boys sit down with late-night talk show host Jack Delroy as they spew nonsense and black goo all over the captive listening audience. That’s right! This week, the degenerates are diving into the 2024 Shudder horror movie release LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL! Oh, the Horror!

Late Night with the Devil is a 2023 supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. It stars David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, and Josh Quong Tart. Incorporating elements of documentary filmmaking and found footage, the film follows the events of a late-night talk show episode aired on the night of Halloween 1977, during which the host attempts to boost ratings by inviting an allegedly possessed girl onto the show.

An international co-production of Australia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates,[3] Late Night with the Devil had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) on 10 March 2023. It received positive reviews from critics,[4][5] garnering praise for its performances, production design, and technical aspects, though the revelation that it utilized AI-generated art in three briefly featured still images received criticism. It was released theatrically in the United States on 22 March 2024 by IFC Films and in Australia on 11 April, grossing $11 million.[6] The film became available for streaming on Shudder on 19 April.[7]

The Bummer Boys round out their two-park retrospective on the M. Night Shyamalan horror superhero comic book movies Split and Glass, and this time, THEY GLASSIN'! Everything is talked about, from the hype of the film to the disappointment in Philadelphia's infrastructure. Team potholes for life! 

Glass is a 2019 superhero film[7] written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who also produced with Jason Blum, Marc Bienstock, and Ashwin Rajan. The film is a crossover and sequel to Shyamalan's previous films Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016) and the third and final installment in the Unbreakable trilogy.[8] Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Spencer Treat Clark, and Charlayne Woodard reprise their Unbreakable roles, while James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy return as their Split characters,[9] with Sarah Paulson, Adam David Thompson, and Luke Kirby joining the cast. The film sees David Dunn / The Overseer as he and Kevin Wendell Crumb / The Horde are captured and placed in a psychiatric facility with Elijah Price / Mr. Glass, where they contemplate the authenticity of their superhuman powers.

The Bummer Boys have 23 distinctive personalities… and there’s about to be… A BUNCH OF TERRIBLE JOKES! They slink into a subterranean lair beneath a zoo to discuss the 2016 M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi horror thriller movie SPLIT! SPOILERS ABOUND! WARNING, WARNING, WARNING!

Split is a 2016 American psychological thriller film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man with dissociative identity disorder who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility.

H.P. Lovecraft! Nicolas Cage! Magenta! Non-linear time! Tommy Chong! Tomatoes that taste like death and decay! WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY? Grab a beer, grab a bong, drop a tab, and tag along! As the gang enters THE COLOR to discuss the trippy cosmic horror scary movie Color Out of Space! Who will survive? And what non-corporeal form will be left of them?! 

Color Out of Space is a 2019 American science fiction Lovecraftian horror[8] film directed and co-written by Richard Stanley, based on the short story "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft. It stars Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Elliot Knight, Madeleine Arthur, Brendan Meyer, Q'orianka Kilcher and Tommy Chong. This is Stanley's first feature film since his firing from The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).[9] According to Stanley, it is the first film in a trilogy of Lovecraft adaptations, which he hopes to continue with an adaptation of "The Dunwich Horror".[10]

The gang gathers in the non descript basement of a sad old veternairy technician to discuss the 2019 Blumhouse horror thriller movie MA! Join them as they strap on their dog collars and light fire to the bottom floor of their sanity!

Ma is a 2019 American psychological horror film, co-produced and directed by Tate Taylor. It stars Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Diana Silvers, Corey Fogelmanis, Gianni Paolo, McKaley Miller and Luke Evans and follows a group of teenagers who befriend a lonely middle-aged woman. She lets them party in her basement, and they end up being terrorized by her.[2] The film was produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions company, along with Tate Taylor and John Norris.[3]

WADLOW! WADLOW! WADLOW! WADLOW! Thats right! strap in as the gang brings their Jeff Wadlow Blumhouse horror movie trilogy to a close! He did it! They cover everything from the atrocious representation of mental illness and the problems therein, to the fact that Wadlow is seemingly coming into his own as a filmaker. Strap in and prepare your imagination for this weeks episode of BUMMER HOUSE!

Imaginary is a 2024 American supernatural horror film directed and produced by Jeff Wadlow and written by Wadlow, Greg Erb, and Jason Oremland. It is co-produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner and Tower of Babble. The film stars DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Matthew Sato, Veronica Falcón, and Betty Buckley. In the film, a young woman returns to her childhood home only to discover her stepdaughter's imaginary friend, Chauncey, truly exists, and is upset with the woman.

GIVE HIM ALL THE AWARDS! This week the gang has their breath taken away by the black hole that is Kyle Gallner's charisma in the 2023 psychological thriller horror movie THE PASSENGER! It's emotionally brutal.  Grab a drink, a pack of cigarettes, your best fuzzy yellow jacket, and prepare your tear ducts for trauma talk on this weeks episode of BUMMER HOUSE

The Passenger is a 2023 American thriller film directed by Carter Smith and written by Jack Stanley. The film stars Kyle Gallner and Johnny Berchtold. Jason Blum serves as an executive producer through his Blumhouse Television banner.[2][3] The film was released digitally by MGM+ on August 4, 2023, to positive reviews.