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On this week's episode, we're bringing you another special interview. We sat down with Calvin Marie McCarthy, the writer/director of "Pillow Party Massacre." He talked to us about making that movie as well as tons of other projects. We discussed his time working on low-budget horror, working with a familiar cast and crew of people, and how he thinks this genre has evolved over time. Calvin's been involved in this industry in one way or another since a very young age and we thank him very much for taking the time to sit and talk with us here at SlashU.

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This week we sat down with someone we consider to be low-budget horror royalty. It's Jeremy Sumrall. We know him best here at SlashU for playing The Beast in 2009's "Sweatshop" but he's done tons of other great things! So we got Jeremy on the line and decided to talk all about it for about an hour. He told great stories of how he started out, how he wound up in both "Sweatshop" and "Axe Murdering with Hackley." He talked about how sometimes the best thing you can do in making films is just 'show up' and be helpful and be grateful for every opportunity. Check it out and let us know what you think, and go show Jeremy some love.

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We stayed in the 80s this week with another campy classic. "Evil Laugh" is the story of a group of medical students who are looking to buy and restore and old foster home. The catch is that there was a murder in this foster home ten years prior and rumor has it the killer is still on the loose. We get all the great stereotypes you could ask for in this one, including a wonderful 80s music montage. Let us know what you think.

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This week we got back to our roots.  It's the story of a mentally ill man who gets out of an institution and goes on a murder spree.  We're keeping it simple here at SlashU.  But this one has a few things that set it aside from other Slashers.  Our killer, George Tatum, is plagued by nightmares (thus the title of the movie), and he didn't 'escape' the institution.  He was let out.  Is he part of some government experiment that wants to turn him into a mind-controlled killer in the name of National Security?  Who is the man with the cigar hot on George's trail trying to bring him back in?  Why is George apparently targeting a specific family in Florida? The answers to these questions will not be found in the movie (for the most part).  So Nick and Andy are here to try and figure it out for you.

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It's time for another episode of SlashU Extra Credit, where we hit a movie made after our usual time frame of 1977-1988.  We're talking about Drive Thru from 2007.  What happens when you cross Pennywise the Clown from IT with Ronald McDonald?  You get Horny the Clown, the mascot for Hella Burger, a restaurant chain in sleepy little Blanca Carne in California.  Horny has started stalking MacKenzie Carpenter and her friends, killing them one by one with his giant meat cleaver.  But why?  And who is dressed up as Horny?  We get a little campy slasher, a little supernatural thriller, and a whole lotta blood.  Listen, enjoy, tell your friends.  Follow the show on Instagram @SlashU_Podcast.  Check out www.SlashUPodcast.com for updates.  Support the show through the link below.  Thanks to www.zapsplat.com for the sound effects.

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Students of SlashU, you'll have to get in touch with us and tell us if this is a parody movie or not.  Unmasked Part 25 centers around a killer named Jackson (Jason rip-off?) who has been killing and killing for a long time.  Obviously 24 movies' worth of killing to be exact, since this is Part 25.  Anyway, Jackson is wondering if that's all there is to life.  The endless killing just seems so pointless.  But then he meets Shelly, a blind girl, who isn't afraid of how he looks under the mask because she can't seem him!  It seems like maybe Jackson has turned over a new leaf.  He's going to settle down and start a family.  Or will he find out that he's destined to be a killer forever...or at least through Part 26.

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We've got another whacky movie this week.  It's a slight step up from someone's student film.  It's a short and sweet 1 hour, 17 minutes from 1990, Skinned Alive.  We follow the antics of Crawldaddy's Traveling Tannery.  This insane family of slashers is made up of Ma Crawldaddy, and her kids Violet and Phink.  Together, they roam the countryside looking for victims to skin.  They use the human hides in their leather work.  Unfortunately, the Crawldaddy clan have some car trouble and get stuck in a rural Ohio town.  But all they see are some fresh victims.  Join us in discussing this straight to VHS gem.  Follow us on Instagram @SlashU_Podcast and check out www.SlashUPodcast.com for all the other fun stuff.  Support the show through the link below in this description.

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Well, we did the 1981 version last year.  So it's time for our first SlashU Extra Credit episode.  We jumped to 2009 to cover the My Bloody Valentine remake.  Don't worry, we didn't do a side by side comparison of the two movies.  That would be boring.  Although, if that's what you're looking for, let us know.  This more modern version of the mining town classic joins Tom as he returns to town 10 years after a Harry Warden went on a killing spree.  Tom is majority owner of the local mine, which provides jobs to a huge portion of the town.  Tom's selling his shares in the mine and it's got people angry.  Also, terrible killings have started up again.  And they're very similar to what Harry Warden did 10 years ago.  Is Tom's return to town to blame?  He'll have to try and convince his ex-girlfriend that he's innocent.  Take a listen and tell us what you think.  Follow us on Instagram @SlashU_Podcast and check out www.SlashUPodcast.com for all the details.  Happy Valentine's Day!  SlashU loves you.

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