It's our annual Holiday Spectacular and we are spending this joyous season with Art!

TIMESTAMPS

:11 Intro and Feedback

• A nice email from one of our faves
• A victory lap over The Ringer NHL podcast
• Check out the Midwest Game Nerds!

14:30 HMY Gift Exchange and The Time Machine

• We got each other vey obscure gifts
• The weird Billboard chart this week
• The Top movies at the box office this week

30:30 Terrifier 3 Discussion

• Our thoughts on the franchise to this point
• Damien Leone's evolution as a filmmaker
• Digging into the mythology of the series and the new additions to it in part 3
• What about Art makes him the horror icon of the 2020s so far
• What doesn't work for Tim in the film and why

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Will be the new films by Rob Zombie and Dario Argento be amongst the lucky trio of movies that make “The Honor Roll” this episode?

No.

:01 Intro

• Catching up!

2:40 The Munsters

• Tim didn't hate this!

11:45 Deadstream

• Livestreams and morality tales

17:57 We're All Going To The World's Fair

• The joys of watching Faces of Death by yourself

28:00 Dark Glasses

• Lebron v Argento

34:28 Significant Other

• Tim tries–and mostly fails–to find the tracklisting for some those old mix CD's you could buy at American Eagle Outfitters.

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We are back together, refreshed, and talking about two of our favorite things: Friday the 13th and John Carpenter!

:13 Intro

We give an update on our health and our personal lives before quickly moving on to more important topics like old videos of John Carpenter at some convention Q&A.

3:50 Carpenter's Corner

We were alerted of an old clip of John Carpenter telling a fan to “F*** off” at some sort of Q&A event. We use this clip as excuse to defend Escape from LA, and talk about the relationship between fans and creators, and if it is ever okay to tell someone their work sucks.

Also, John is a massive Godzilla fan, and he is hosting a marathon of monster flicks for Shout Factory next month. We take a look at his choices for the movie marathon, grade them, and wish for the release of his early Godzilla fan films.

21:29 What is Happening with the Friday the 13th Franchise

There has been a lot of smoke surrounding a new Friday the 13th franchise recently, and we try to sift through it to see if there is finally some real movement happening with a new movie. We also discuss some of the recent attempts to get a new movie off the ground, what we want to see in a new movie, and which–if any– characters we want to see return. Finally, we go through a list of potential directors and decide if they are a good fit for the franchise.

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5 movies. 3 make the Honor Roll.

Timestamps:

2:56 Day Shift

• The wild career of Jamie Foxx

10: 10 Orphan: First Kill

• The joy of going into a film blind

16:07 The Reef: Stalked

• The Year in Shark Attacks

19:17 Umma

• Nap strategies

22:58 Watcher

• Introducing the Hitchcockian Checklist

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:13 INTRO

Listen, we are doing the best with what we've got.

1:53 WEREWOLF BY NIGHT TRAILER

Marvel dropped a new trailer for their upcoming Werewolf by Night Disney+ special this past weekend at their D23 event. We talk about what was shown in the trailer, where we think the MCU is heading as it relates to horror; we also fancast members of the “Midnight Sons”, and share some of our favorite Marvel Comics horror stories.

32:00 SHUDDER'S 101 SCARIEST MOVIE MOMENTS

Tim has been watching the latest countdown of the “Scariest Movie Moments” of all-time, and wants to see if Willie can guess what the fine people of Shudder have chosen to represent each of the films on the list. We also dissect the choices made so far, and see if they align with our own.

46:26 WHAT WE'VE BEEN WATCHING

Willie has been watching Hoarders and Cobra Kai while Tim has been watching 13 Fanboy, What We Do in the Shadows, and Batman getting too involved in the latest season of Harley Quinn.

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Nicki joins us to discuss some horror franchises that have been dormant for far too long.

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:13 INTRO

We read some listener feedback, and Willie tells some ridiculously unsafe ear piercing tales.

9:44 CARPENTER’S CORNER

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/john-carpenter-is-still-scary
We take a closer look at John Carpenter’s recent interview in The New Yorker. At first glance it’s the basketball and video game loving “Cranky Carpenter” we’ve grown accustomed to in recent interviews, but as we dig into it a little more, we find that there’s some really interesting stuff in the interview with regards to to his career and his filmmaking philosophy. We also discuss what our strategy would be if we ever got to interview Carpenter, and the questions we would ask.

31: 47 FALL 2022 MOVIE AND TELEVISION PREVIEW

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3729250/bloody-disgustings-fall-2022-horror-preview-30-upcoming-horror-movies/
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We go through the next three months of film and television and discuss the fall season’s biggest horror villains including: Pinhead, Michael Myers, Chucky, David Zaslav, and Olivia Wilde!

1:05:47 CELEBRATING TWENTY YEARS OF FEARDOTCOM

https://tubitv.com/movies/551969/fear-dot-com
Most people won’t be written about in history books, and neither will most movies. That’s why we’re here: to celebrate the forgotten. Willie spent six hours of his day watching this terrible movie, so please enjoy this segment where we try to recall important plot details of a movie we watched just a few hours prior to recording.

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:13 Opening Segment

• Touring Savini's home via Cameo
• RIP Clu Gulager
• “Tales of Total Blackout” returns

10:43 Prey Discussion (Spoiler Warning)

• The early career of Dan Trachtenberg
• Our thoughts on the Predator franchise as a whole and where Prey ranks
• Are they just dropping their dumbest Predators off on Earth?
• Which Predator is the best at oral sex?
• Defending the honor of Predators

49:37 That guys tweet that Jordan Peele Dunked-on a month ago

• We go through the filmographies of Carpenter, Craven, Romero and more to try and find three great movies in a row. It's kind of hard!

1:10:07 Toronto Fan Expo 2022 Preview

• Hobbits, Clerks, and Garrett Hedlund, or is it Charlie Hunnam? Does it really matter?

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“Hey, Band-Aid breath”! Hop in the Time Machine with us as we head back to 1987 to hang out with Sean, Patrick, Phoebe, and Frankenstein's Monster!

:11 What We've Been up to

• Fall Weather, Soccer Coaching, Lanterns, Pro Wrestling and More!

14:57 The Monster Squad Discussion

• Character by Character analysis of the film
• How Fred Dekker was before his time
• The Universal Monsters as the ultimate “Gateway Horror” characters

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Five movies. Three make The Honor Roll.

Timestamps:

1:27 Wyrmwood Apocalypse

• Tim jumps on the bandwagon

6:55 The Black Phone

• How Ethan Hawke and Tom Savini joined forces to create an iconic horror villain

15:48 Nope

• The joys of going Old Testament

20:40 The Incantation

• Is this the “Scariest Taiwanese horror movie of all-time”? Maybe. Who can really say?

23:05 They/Them

• Slasher Search welcomes Kevin Bacon back to summer camp

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Nicki joins us to discuss things in movies that make us squirm in our seats as we watch. Join us as we discuss fingernail-related violence, disembowelments, explosive diarrhea, and more!

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We wrap-up this semester with Dead Ringers!

Timestamps

:19 Feedback

• A terrifying Donald Pleasance PSA
• Check your unplayed episodes
• Is that Jordan Peele “Hot Take” tweet that far off?

8:51 Dead Ringers Discussion

• Jeremy Irons: Best Acting Ever
• Sidetracked by Marlon Wayans
• How Dead Ringers leads-in to the next phase of Cronenberg's career
• A look at the true story the movie was inspired by
• Ranking Cronenberg's '80s output

56:39 Next Time on HMY

• We try something new

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We are hopping in the Time Machine, and then hopping in a telepod, where we are meeting up with Brundlefly to discuss insect politics and how to cook a good steak.

Timestamps

:16 Intro

• SDCC Preview (Mostly John Carpenter talk as usual)
• Figuring out what is going in Westworld by reading the channel in our Discord
• Stranger Things Non-Spoilery thoughts

13:25 The Fly Discussion

• We talk about the other actors who were considered for the lead role and how the movie would have been different, or similar, if they were cast
• We give Geena Davis her flowers
• How this movie handles abortion

1:13:11 Next Time on HMY

• The summer of Cronenberg concludes

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We went to All Elite Wrestling's Blood and Guts (Or as Nicki refers to it: Blood and Sweat) and we wanted to talk about it. So we did.

We also spent a lot of time researching a Grand Rapids area Bed and Breakfast on this episode. Enjoy!

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Our “Summer of '80s Cronenberg” continues with a trip to Castle Rock

:11 Intro

• Cellular Dead Zones
• Westworld FM is back!

3:45 The Dead Zone Discussion

• Willie's disdain for Tom Skerritt
• Hey, does Martin Sheen's character remind you of someone?
• Which roller coaster is most likely to give us precognitive abilities?
• The differences between the book and the film
• Would we kill baby Hitler?

52:26 Next Time on HMY

• Our favorite Cronenberg movie

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We discuss the houses announced so far for Halloween Horror Nights 2022, share some of our favorite–and most traumatic– haunted house memories, and pitch houses based on some of our favorite movies.

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Five movies. Two make The Honor Roll

0:01 Intro

1:40 The Sadness

• Is this “The most violent and depraved zombie movie ever made?”

10:10 Firestarter

• King adaptation face-off

16:53 Mad God

• Phil Tippett's magnum opus

22:40 The Found Footage Phenomenon

• Tim's favorite found footage movies of all-time

29:56 Studio 666

• Foo Fighters tier rankings

36:34 Recap of the first half of 2022

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Our “Summer of 80s Cronenberg” rolls on as we load up the Time Machine with day-old pizza and coffee, crank up the Blondie, and watch Videodrome. Long the live the new flesh! And the old flesh! Long live flesh!

Timestamps:

:20 Intro

• Which Ninja Turtle is most likely to be a Cronenberg fan?

6:15 Videodrome Discussion

• Cronenbergian themes and obsessions in Videodrome
• Do we know anyone who has had sex with a television or any other household appliances?
• Cronenberg the foreteller?
• Our favorite Blondie songs
• We figure out what happened to that Cronenberg Frankenstein movie he talked about in a 1981 issue of Fangoria

1:01:25 Next Time on HMY

• King and Cronenberg team-up

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The return of Nicki's TV Corner!

Willie's Content Corner!

And Tim's John Grisham Corner!

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Summer School is in session and we are kicking off the “Summer of '80s Cronenberg” by traveling to the “Great North” to check out Scanners!

:18 Intro

• Feedback
• Check out the Midwest Game Nerds

11:44 Scanners Discussion

• Where Cronenberg was in his career
• The head explosion
• The great Canadian Tax Shelter cinema boom of the late 1970s.

1:06:20 Is Videodrome on Tubi?

• It is.

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We Discuss:

Jackass Forever and Jackass 4.5

The Evil Dead game

The Boys

Stranger Things Season 3

Workaholics

And probably more that I can't remember right now as I type this out.

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We are taking the Time Machine to Hell, or Nevada, or wherever this movie takes place!

Timestamps

:01 HMY October 2005 Intro

1:41 Episode Intro

• Our prior experience with the Doom series
• Check out the Midwest Game Nerds
• 80s Doo Wop Joel

7:21 The Time Machine: San Diego Comic-Con 2005

• Willie visits Circuit City to talk to a worker about Tom Cruise's Doom
• We read a recap of the 2005 Doom Comic-Con Panel to GET HYPED
• We brave the AICN talkback section in 2005

23: 52 Doom Discussion

• Does the FPS sequence hold up?
• Making sense of Andrej Bartkowiak's filmography
• We make a case for this being the most interesting era in The Rock's acting career

1:07:29 Next Time on HMY

• We begin a cruel summer

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:01 HMY September 1997 Intro

2:12 Introduction

• Our three wishes for the Wishmaster

13:46 The Time Machine September 19th, 1997

• What was with all of the parentheses (In song titles)?
• Our favorite BSB songs
• A trip into The Lyon's Den

27:45 Wishmaster Discussion

• DIVOFF
• What's going on with Kane Hodder's beard?
• Remembering our first times

1:12:51 Next Time on HMY

• Finally…

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Tim is back watching five new horror movies, three of which he liked enough to put on “The Honor Roll”.

:01 Intro

• Of Unknown Origin (2022)

3:19 Virus-32

• Tim utilizes a data-based approach to prove that we are not getting enough zombie movies these days

12:55 The Seed

• The dark side of “Likes” and “Retweets”

19:36 The Cursed

• Colonialism, werewolves, and “gypsies”

26:56 Let the Wrong One In

• Irish silliness abounds

31:38 The Rust Belt Driller

• The 2022 Slasher Search Returns (Kind of)

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Nicki takes on Mario 3

Tim takes on Flamin' Hot Mt. Dew

Willie takes on the Olga's Kitchen menu

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We eventually take the Time Machine back to 2002 to check-in on the prime years of the “J-Horror” boom, but we take a few detours along the way.

Timestamps:

1:30 Intro

• The Vin Diesel and Justin Lin video
• Our favorite movie stars turned musicians
• Our final preview of the triumphant return of the Sam Raimi and Danny Elfman combo

26:40 The Time Machine November 9th, 2002

• The release history of Dark Water and it's premiere at the AFI Fest
• We also talk about the band AFI
• Our favorite Avril Lavigne songs

38:34 Dark Water Discussion

• A brief history of the birth of “J-Horror” including a look at two of the key players: Koji Suzuki and Hideo Nakata
• Plot breakdown of Dark Water
• “Dead Wet Girl” Fatal Four Way match

1:24:36 Next Time on HMY

• Divoff

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Tim watches five movies, and then he places the ones he likes on The Honor Roll. Will Titanic 666 make it? There is only one way to find out. Well, maybe two ways. You could just ask him.

Timestamps:

:01 Intro

• Patreon.com/midwestpodnet

2:17 You Are Not My Mother

• A very Irish film

7:44 Night's End

• When casting Michael Shannon goes wrong

13:15 The Cellar

• The impeccable timing of Tim's wife

18:32 Choose or Die

• Remembering the music video for “Smack my Bitch up” by Prodigy

24:15 Titanic 666

• Dissecting the charms of The Asylum

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Topics:

Breaking down Terrifier 3's $18.3M opening weekend. How it compares to other horror movies released the past few years. How it happened, the “perfect storm” of factors, and the lessons that can be learned from it.

TV Time with Tim: Teacup and Scare Tactics

Recapping the 2024 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

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We are gentrifying The Time Machine and taking a short trip back in time to Cabrini Green to visit Nia Dacosta's Candyman.

Timestamps:

:19 Intro

• John Carpenter is slangin old VHS tapes
• Vera Farmiga is singing Iron Maiden
• Tim is eating Flamin' Hot Doritos Wings

13:18 The Time Machine

• Willie tries to guess which 2020 movies on Tubi now are real, and which ones Tim made up.

23:00 Candyman Discussion

• We dive into the plot to discuss what we love and don't love about this remake/legasequel

1:16:00 Next Time on HMY

• A trip into the Dark Water

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Let's talk about you and me. Let's talk about all the good movies, and the bad ones, that may be.

:01 Intro

• A formal apology to Dr. Michael Morbius

2:20 X

• Charting Ti West's growth as a filmmaker after a recent re-watch of all of his horror features

16:13 Master

• A bonus review of 7/11 Exclusive Blend coffee

20:03 Sin Eater

• Why did they wire the lead actress's jaw shut the entire movie if they were going to have her deliver a ton of dialogue?

24:26 The Bunker Game

• Tales of LARPing neighbors

29:26 The Spine of Night

• VIBES

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Join us as we taste test a grab-bag of potato chip flavors including: Roasted Garlic Oyster, Spicy Crayfish, Fried Crab, and some non-seafood flavored ones as well.

WARNING: We do chew near the microphone a lot on this episode.

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Tim watches five movies and determines which ones he likes enough to make his “Honor Roll”.

Timestamps

:01 Intro

• Tim makes his picks for the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

6:30 Fresh

• Tim likes Sebastian Stan now

13:54 The Weekend Away

• Tim details his failures as a modern viewer in the streaming age

22:54 Suicide Forest Village

• Checking the J-Horror boxes

30:33 Offseason

• Can we get some new influences?

34:00 Student Body

• Slasher Search 2022 returns!

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We are mixing it up this week and sitting down to record a commentary…IN 3D! We think you can listen to this without watching along, but it will be more fun if you sync up and watch with Willie, Tim, and our special guest, Alex!

The commentary starts around 5:35 into the episode

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The HMY trio is playing horror superfight! Who will win this suspenseful smackdown!?! The answer–as always–is you, the listener.

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:01 Intro

• https://www.unicefusa.org/

2:10 Texas Chainsaw Massacre

• Leatherface goes “splatterpunk” and haiku reviews of all of the sequels

12:21 A Banquet

• A defense of purposelessness

17:42 Hellbender

• Gen X parenting and witchcraft

24:11 H.P. Lovecraft's Monster Portal

• What else can we slap Lovecraft's name on to make some money?

29:44 No Exit

• 5 plot point breakdown of the new Hulu exclusive (SPOILERS)

37:35 February Wrap-Up

• A recap of where we stand after the first two months of 2022

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We are loading up the Time Machine and heading to Bray Studios to check out the first Hammer Studios Dracula flick: Horror of Dracula.

Timestamps:

:19 Intro

• Listener submitted pizza recipes
• Lance Henriksen's pottery passion
• A Great Clips Horror Story

31:32 The Time Machine 1958

• A brief history of Hammer Studios leading up to Horror of Dracula

43:03 Horror of Dracula Discussion

• A Hammer virgin's thoughts on the film
• Character Breakdowns
• A look at each of the Hammer Dracula films
• The downfall of Hammer Studios

1:25:15 Yearbook Superlatives

• Cutest Couple
• Most Athletic
• Life of the Party

1:29:03 Next Time on HMY

• Crystal Lake….in 3D!!!

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We covered Alien 3 on our other podcast, Multimedium, so here is that episode, and a heads-up to make sure to subscribe to Multimedium wherever you get your podcasts!

This episode is a little bit different as we attempt our first triple threat match on Multimedium. On this episode we cover:

William Gibson's original Alien 3 script

Pat Cadigan's novelization of William Gibson's unproduced screenplay

David Fincher's Alien 3

And every other version of Alien 3 we could find.

Special thanks to The Gamma Foundation for our intro music!

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*******Beware of some slight Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness trailer spoilers if you are spoilerphobic*******

Nicki joins us to guess which Marvel characters will pop up in the next Dr. Strange movie, question the British monarchy, and bet some over/unders on how much screen time the OG Jurassic Park crew will have in the new movie, and how many times Channing Tatum will remove his shirt in The Lost City.

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