There's No Place Like Home For Home Invaders

The Boys are back and this week Correia raves about 1995's Virtuosity and reviews Troma's new film Eating Miss Campbell, Jacob watches Blade trilogy for the first time and review's The Lair (now on Shudder), and Jay gets tricked by Scream 6 Click bait before reviewing Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Then, inspired by Knock at the Cabin, the boys then dive into Home Invasion movies: what classifies as one, what are some of their favorites, how to differentiate between Home Invasion, Siege, and Stalker films. Not to mention diving into their favorite Home Invasion Sub-genre: Kids Vs. Home Invaders! Its all discussed and more on a new episode of EYE ON HORROR!

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James Jay Edwards: 0:24

Welcome to Eye On Horror, the official podcast of iHorror.com. This is episode 101 Otherwise known as season six episode two. I am your host James Jay Edwards and with me as always is your other host Jacob Davison. How you doing Jacob?

Jacob Davidson: 0:40

Doing fantastic. My team The Frogurt iss also Cursed won Dead Right Horror Trivia last night.

James Jay Edwards: 0:47

How often do you win it though? You guys didn't win before?

Jacob Davidson: 0:49

Well, that's the thing we win rounds. But this is like the first time in person we've won like the full blown game. I'll get into it. But yeah, it was pretty. Pretty elating.

Jonathan Correia: 1:03

Congratulations bud!

Jacob Davidson: 1:04

Thank you. Thank you.

James Jay Edwards: 1:05

Also with us, as always is your other other host, Jon Correia How you doing Correia?

Jonathan Correia: 1:11

Doing, fucking fantastic. Let me tell you, I'm finally finishing my eight month long gig. That was supposed to be only four days. And don't get me wrong, very thankful to have had that gig. It's paid my rent for eight months. I've saved some money. It's been a met some great people working on it. But it's time for me to move on. And it is a great feeling so. Yeah, I feel fantastic.

James Jay Edwards: 1:36

Let's start off because I don't think we've talked about it at all yet. And it's getting close. What do you think about Scream 6?

Jonathan Correia: 1:44

Oh, I'm so stoked.

Jacob Davidson: 1:46

Oh, yeah. No, I'm excited. Because I feel like it's kind of jumping off from what Jason takes Manhattan should have been

James Jay Edwards: 1:55

well, but the thing is, it's I mean, yeah, I get what you're saying that the parallels, but I don't think it's going to be that I think it's going to be more like Scream 2 because it's following the Jenna Ortega character to college. And of course, her sisters were there to look after her. And I think that probably everyone's gonna go to college at the same place in New York. At least that's from my understanding. That's what it is. So it's going to be like Scream 2 where we're Ghostface follows Sydney and Randy and them to college. So I think it's supposedly it's going to have a higher body count, and it's going to be more brutal.

Jacob Davidson: 2:31

I mean, that trailer alone sold me on that. I mean, the whole Ghostface takes a shotgun, but holy shit.

James Jay Edwards: 2:37

If you look at the new Ghostface He's like, he's gritty. Now. It's almost

Jacob Davidson: 2:42

it's good. Like that's gross, like peeling mask.

Jonathan Correia: 2:47

Multiple ghost faces is what it looks like. And one of them is the reboot mask ghost face. You know, the, the mask has been buried for years, and now it's resurrected, or the retitle reboot one which I thought was hilarious. But did you guys notice because remember, last time we had Ama on the podcast with her and Brandon. They mentioned that she might be involved with it somehow. And you see it in the trailer there's a shrine Yeah. In the shrine scene the you see the shorts that what's your face, Tito's

James Jay Edwards: 3:19

Tatum,

Jonathan Correia: 3:20

Rose McGowan's character in the first one dies in and they have like a display of it. That's almost creation. And that was so cool. Not only seeing her work on the screen, but it's in the trailer. Yeah, congrats Ama that's fucking awesome.

James Jay Edwards: 3:33

That's very cool for the thing is they're bringing back Kirby, Kirby, which is Which is totally awesome. But also I've

Jonathan Correia: 3:39

Fuck Yeah. seen I've seen like, I don't know if this is like a red herring and they're trying to throw people off. I've seen pictures of Jill, the Emma Roberts character coming back and she's like, in prison? And how does that happen? They defibrillated her brain? How? You know, I've seen those things. I'm 90% Certain those are images from Scream Queens, of her in the prison suit.

James Jay Edwards: 4:07

Okay,

Jonathan Correia: 4:08

I think that's from the end of season one or the beginning of season two of Scream Queens.

James Jay Edwards: 4:12

Okay, so they're faking us out? Yeah,

Jonathan Correia: 4:14

there's a few fake out there's there's I my feed is being filled with fake shit. And I've been trying to like oh, no, I'm not interested in that like phantom wire or whatever. I'm just like, I don't care. Go away.

James Jay Edwards: 4:25

So did I fall for a We Got This Covered story

Jonathan Correia: 4:28

you might have. I'm not going to sit down I'm not going to be definitive on this. But like I said, I'm fairly certain and this is only because I've seen season one and two of Scream Queens about a dozen times so

James Jay Edwards: 4:40

it makes sense. I haven't seen it at all. But um,

Jonathan Correia: 4:43

you're missing out.

James Jay Edwards: 4:44

I was wondering I'm like, Okay, we watched her brain get dysregulated that how do you come back from that?

Jacob Davidson: 4:52

Oh, no, that yeah, that's the thing. I think it might be a fake out but I think we'll see our would be kind of funny if you will, because The other thing that she wasn't mentioned in the last movie but the only other thing I can see is like her being like kind of that Hannibal Lecter Ghostface that they go to for advice or whatever.

James Jay Edwards: 5:10

I would actually be kind of awesome. I would love that. I would I'd be I'd be

Jonathan Correia: 5:14

down. But again, that's a Scream Queens thing because they kind of did. Oh, yeah, they did. I don't remember Season Two that well, to be honest, though. Season two, except for the Chad Radwell scenes. Yeah, Jay, you gotta watch Scream Queens Chad Radwell was one of the greatest characters ever written,

Jacob Davidson: 5:29

underrated series. Sadly, it only lasted two seasons.

Jonathan Correia: 5:33

I that needed a third. It needed the season two was rough, but it needed a third.

James Jay Edwards: 5:39

Let's move on. What do you get been

Jacob Davidson: 5:41

Um, I I was lucky I got to go to a special watching? pre screening of the new Chistopher Landon movie We Have A Ghost. And you know, wasn't quite what it was expected because I was going in pretty blind but it turned out to be kind of aimed toward more of a younger audience because it's basically about this family that moves into this house that turns out to be haunted. They have a ghost as the title implies, and the ghost is David Harbor as this kind of schlubby middle aged dude with like a comb over and wearing a bowling shirt. It looks kind of like Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. And they use the ghost to like get all this viral attention and and the dad played by Anthony Mackie is like trying to merchandise off of him. And and the son play by Jahi Di'Allo Winston befriends the Ghost wants to help him and it kind of kind of turned into an Amblin E.T. style like Chase adventure thing. So it was actually it was a lot of fun. I really I really dug it

Jonathan Correia: 6:50

I want to like Chris Landon film so much they just haven't been my vibe so far between the Happy Death Day movies and Freaky. I see the appeal. I just I'm not on that wavelength, but I'm based on that description. I am I'm still gonna keep watching them like because like I want to so badly to be on that vibe.

Jacob Davidson: 7:08

Yeah, also, that has some really great casting. That's because I got Tig Notaro is kind of as a kind of ghost hunter. And there's and everybody's favorite Jennifer Coolidge plays a phony psychic who also tries to cash in on the David Harbour ghost. She had some fun scenes

Jonathan Correia: 7:25

you sell me on Tig Notaro ghost hunter and just Jennifer Coolidge. I didn't even need to know what it was. I'm super sold on that, Tig Notaro was the reason why almost watched Army of the Dead. Almost, still haven't.

Jacob Davidson: 7:37

she was the reason why I did watch Army of the Dead.

Jonathan Correia: 7:39

I was gonna watch it and then I saw the runtime and I was like I don't have to watch that much slow motion

James Jay Edwards: 7:48

did either you guys see the the new Ant-Man

and the Wasp: 7:51

Quantumania

Jacob Davidson: 7:53

Nah

Jonathan Correia: 7:53

Not Yet

James Jay Edwards: 7:54

It's weird because it it's kind of a single serving Marvel movie. It's you know, it's like a standalone, but it sets up it sort of like like the last few Ant Man In The Wasp where it kind of like was its own little movie and then it kind of sets up what they're doing during the snap. Or the blip, I think is what they call it. The blimp. Yeah, this one. There. Basically, it all takes place pretty much in the in the quantum realm. And it sets up basically who I think is going to be the big daddy for whatever the latter part of Phase four or maybe even Phase Five. This is setting up the Thanos of the new Thanos Yeah, it's king. And it is it I mean, it's a fun little diversion from the norm, but see all of the phase four stuff like like Black Widow and Shang chi. They've all been kind of diversions as well, you know, and even the Multiverse of Madness, you know? Well, that's the thing. What the multiverse's are to Spider Man and Dr. Strange the quantum realm is to Ant Man and the Wasp, because, you know, they just kind of spend the time. I mean, it's even weirder than multiverses there's one scene where Kang basically has Ant Man sends him on a quest to do something. And every decision Ant Man makes he splits himself off into two different Ant-man's one that went one way and one that made the other way. And then each of those makes a decision. So some point you 1000s of Ant-men

Jacob Davidson: 9:36

in a trailer with like, yeah, the whole crowd of Ant-mens.

James Jay Edwards: 9:39

Yeah. And it's funny because at 1.1 of them walks up to Ant Man, and it's Paul Rudd at Baskin Robbins. Like he made a decision and he never got fired from Baskin Robbins. He still works. It's pretty you know, it's pretty funny, but it's a it's a

Jacob Davidson: 9:54

quick question, though. Is Ant-man's crew from the previous two movies in This one

James Jay Edwards: 10:01

his crew?

Jacob Davidson: 10:03

Yeah, you know, like the guy who does the group of guys he does like the high Swift.

James Jay Edwards: 10:07

No, no. It's basically the family Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer and then they replaced the daughter. She it's not the same daughter from end game. It's actually the whole time I was watching it. I'm like, Who is that? I know this girl's face. I know this girl's face. And I looked her up and she's been in a bunch of stuff. And I'm like, No, not from they're not from there enough. She's the girl from Paranormal Activity 4

Jonathan Correia: 10:31

And Freaky

James Jay Edwards: 10:32

you know, right or Freaky is not what I recognize her from. I'm like, no, no, I know her from something else. She's the girl from Paranormal Activity 4 Yeah, Catherine Newton is her name. All

Jonathan Correia: 10:47

I remember of four is just going wow, this Xbox 360 Xbox Kinect thing has not aged well at all.

James Jay Edwards: 10:56

4 is the forgettable one of the Paranormal Activity movies.

Jacob Davidson: 11:01

They built that movie around the Xbox Kinect.

James Jay Edwards: 11:04

I actually thought that was kind of RAD, but it does look dated. But it's funny because the most forgettable Paranormal Activity movie is the one that I remember this girl from maybe she's the only thing worth remembering. But yeah, it's uh, yeah, it doesn't really have like, you know, the guy who explains the plot of all the previous movies

Jacob Davidson: 11:22

that Mike like those guys. Yeah,

James Jay Edwards: 11:25

it doesn't really have all those guys in it, but um, but it's still as the Ant Man humor for through most of it, I guess.

Jonathan Correia: 11:31

And it's got MODOK you know, that's

James Jay Edwards: 11:33

Oh my god, I'm

Jacob Davidson: 11:34

Yeah, heard about MODOK

Jonathan Correia: 11:36

Listen, I love MODOK I'm a huge fan of the animated series. MODOK is one of the funnest. Hahaha, your face right now

James Jay Edwards: 11:42

He's just as silly as you think he's gonna look honestly, he it is it's basically the actor's head stretched out and then little arms and legs coming out of it. I mean, it's ridiculous.

Jonathan Correia: 11:55

That's MODOK though. Like, I know a lot of people are critiquing it. I'm like, honestly, unless you go like full like in the comics and make his face more demonic looking and stuff. It's going to be an actor's face stretched out and it's the fact that they made it Corey Stoll is just fucking hilarious.

James Jay Edwards: 12:11

Yeah, cuz he's, well, he was Bumblebee or whatever they call them. And you know, so he actually

Jonathan Correia: 12:17

Yellowjacket

James Jay Edwards: 12:18

Yeah, so he actually had Bumblebee is that's Transformers movie. Yeah. He so he actually has history with Cassie with the daughter. So you know, there's that whole little subplot but it? Yeah, yeah. MODOK is something else.

Jonathan Correia: 12:34

I'll watch it. I'm an MCU fan. I'll admit it.

James Jay Edwards: 12:37

Yeah, it's cool. And I think it's going to be it's going to be essential for the rest of the for what comes from here on out because it does. It definitely sets up Kang as the

Jacob Davidson: 12:49

major villain.

James Jay Edwards: 12:50

Yes, absolutely. Yeah.

Jonathan Correia: 12:52

I've been. I've been doing some catching up on some titles I've been wanting to watch recently. Some things went on sale on Vudu. So I've been buying them there. I finally watched Virtuosity. Oh, yeah. The the first time Denzel and Russell Crowe team up well,

Jacob Davidson: 13:08

they don't team up in this. Well, I

Jonathan Correia: 13:10

mean, they team up as actors, but it's funny because I watched American Gangster for the first time like a few days prior. So I was like, Oh, shit, this is them. But younger.

Jacob Davidson: 13:18

Man, I completely forgot about that. Yeah,

Jonathan Correia: 13:21

it's a great double feature.

Jacob Davidson: 13:22

It's kind of a loop because you know, Virtuosity. It's like, grows. Grow. Russell Crowe is like the AI Joker.

Jonathan Correia: 13:31

Well, in my opinion Crowe is the villain in both because he plays a cop in the second one so you know

Jacob Davidson: 13:36

fairpoint

Jonathan Correia: 13:37

but Virtuosity. Jay Have you ever seen that one?

James Jay Edwards: 13:40

I don't think so. No,

Jacob Davidson: 13:41

it was Brett Lennar, the guy that did the Lawnmower Man.

Jonathan Correia: 13:44

Yeah, so 1995 Russell Crowe plays an AI program called Six, Sid 6.7. And he is an evil motherfucker like he's the amalgamation like they use personalities from like, dozens of different serial killer.

James Jay Edwards: 13:59

Okay, yeah. I think I saw this. I probably saw it back in the 90s.

Jonathan Correia: 14:04

Dude, I'm telling you he escapes from VR into the real world. It just starts murdering like mad.

James Jay Edwards: 14:09

I do remember that

Jacob Davidson: 14:10

and dancing and like just having having a blast

James Jay Edwards: 14:14

because they were using him kind of like as a Hannibal Lecter to kind of like get into the mind of serial killers. But he Yeah, okay.

Jacob Davidson: 14:20

But I think he gets out and he's basically the Joker.

Jonathan Correia: 14:23

He's basically like the ultimate serial killer. But he also has the personality of the serial killer who killed Denzel Washington's wife and daughter. And so it's personal. But Denzel is in prison because he murdered the serial killer. He's a cop in prison. So but Jesus, it's 1995 Computer Graphics, 1995 computer theories on where VR is going and everything. And it is wacko. I mean, Russell Crowe eats every fucking scene. He's in just I'm just chewing the scenery. And I like never seen Russell Crowe perform like that before and it was amazing, and Denzel is just playing it as straightforward as you possibly can. And then Kelly Lynch is there too. I think this is very weird how they had her character there, but I don't care. I love Roadhouse. So watch what shes in. But yeah, dude Virtuosity. I highly recommend it to anyone. It's just pure mid 90s cheese if you like Lawnmower Man, if you go like Oh Matrix had some really cool ideas about technology and where that's going, I want to see someone not do that well, Virtuosity. It is such a fun ride, watch it with the beer smoke a jay or something before and you're gonna have a blast. Is

James Jay Edwards: 15:35

it a double feature with Hackers?

Jacob Davidson: 15:36

I say watch it back to back with Lawnmower Man.

Jonathan Correia: 15:39

That's a great triple feature. And then if you're still awake and still sober enough throw on

Lawnmowerman 2: 15:44

Beyond Cyberspace

Jacob Davidson: 15:47

Jesus. That's, that's a rough, that's a rough ending there.

Jonathan Correia: 15:51

Hey, I Lawnmowerman 2: Beyond Cyberspace is a lot of fun, I think. But on the other side of that, I also finally watched The Devil to Pay which has been on my radar for a minute. It's from the duo that did Becky. And it came out around the same time like 2019 2020. But it also stars, the actress from Till before she did Till Danielle Deadwyler, and it's about this Appalachian woman whose husband goes missing after heading down the mountain for something she doesn't quite know. So it's just her and her son. And she ends up getting like pulled into this like Appalachian creed/like family mafia situation. And it's very interesting. It's very kind of low budget. There's some Coen Brothers influence in there. But it's it's a fun little thriller. With an amazing performance from Danielle Deadwyler. I can definitely see why. You know, she was chosen first, you know, for Till, which is such a hard, you know, project to take on. But yeah, I highly recommend it. I think it's cheap on Vudu right now, too, or you can watch it for free with ads. But I enjoyed that one quite a bit. It was pretty brutal. There's a few scenes with a cult in it that are very, very weird. I don't want to spoil anything. But there's a dismembering there of a member of a members member. Yeah, it goes there in some places. But it was it was very good. It was very, like, I really dug the myth, myth building or the world building of like, here's these people that live in these mountains, and they have their ways set. And like you can see when they leave the area, there's like a, like the hood of a car that has like spray painted on it, where the Creed does not protect you pass this point. And they keep talking about like this creed that they, you know, are talking about. And there's like this whole thing about like, families go into war. So it's very interesting. Yeah, very good. I liked it a lot more than Becky. But you're which I like Becky, but like this one. I was like, Damn, you guys. I'm excited to see what this duo does next. If though if that was their first

James Jay Edwards: 18:01

I really liked Becky now. I'm kind of to you know, excited about this then. Yeah, if you liked it more.

Jonathan Correia: 18:06

Yeah, if you if you like Becky this one. I think for me Becky had like a humor thing that kind of threw me off a bit with it. This one doesn't have that. It's very much so straightforward and like suspenseful thriller.

Jacob Davidson: 18:20

As for me, I went to the Blade triple feature at the New Beverly last weekend. And

Jonathan Correia: 18:27

oh, fuck yeah,

Jacob Davidson: 18:28

yeah, that was a fun time. Also, it was my first time seeing the first Blade and Blade Trinity. I'd seen Blade 2 last year but yeah, just for some reason. Yeah, I'd never really

Jonathan Correia: 18:40

you've never seen Blade?

Jacob Davidson: 18:41

Yeah, never really got around to seeing blade till then. And I mean, I got to see it with a full house. So you know, it was well worth the wait. Yeah, no, it's just, it is amazing. You know, just gotta how far ahead of the curve. You know, those movies were like Wesley Snipes, is just so damn good as Blade like everybody, like lost their shit. And like there was an applause break. Like in Blade 1 and Blade 2 when he got his sunglasses back, and you know, he's about to wreck shit up on vampires.

Jonathan Correia: 19:10

Yeah, dude, what? How did how did the crowd react to "Some of the fuckers are trying to ice skate uphill"?

Jacob Davidson: 19:18

I'd say Citizen Kane levels of standing applause

Jonathan Correia: 19:21

Well, that's, that's because it's one of the greatest, most confusing action lines ever. Because it's like, what, but also, I guess it makes sense.

Jacob Davidson: 19:30

Yeah, it sounds bad. Well, I think it's because you know, it's like you're like, You're, like, so arrogant that you try to ice skate uphill. Yeah, but it's also like it's just it's just a line Wesley Snipes made up it wasn't in the script. He just came up with that himself.

Jonathan Correia: 19:46

And which I guess works because the main villain in the first one's name is Deacon Frost. So I guess it's that connection.

Jacob Davidson: 19:51

Okay. Yeah, I get that. Also Donal Logue very underrated like I'm, you know, just he was speaking of eating up the scenery because like he was eating up the scenery in that one too and he was having a blast and yeah, that was just it's just such a fun guy. I would love to see him in more stuff but

Jonathan Correia: 20:10

not to mention in the beginning when they're in the hospital and that one person that hits Blade and he's just like what the fuck Oh yeah,

Jacob Davidson: 20:17

well it's like the two cops they just front up and that's a big like all the Blade movies shit on cops like Blade basically says ACAB because like, and he doesn't hold back like he takes down cops and like the SWAT team and whatever thats sent after him in like all three movies like just yeah, the cops are the bad guys pretty much at all three movies.

Jonathan Correia: 20:38

Well in this in the second one the real bad guy was the CGI and that one ninja fight scene that looked like PlayStation two cutscene

Jacob Davidson: 20:47

I don't really remember that that must have been in Blade Trinity.

Jonathan Correia: 20:51

No, it was blade two it was the shadow one when they when they dropped down the CG was Oh yeah. Oh rough.

Jacob Davidson: 20:57

Um, honestly, it wasn't as noticeable but honestly but really though the bad CG was pretty much on Blade Trinity like good god that CG Dracula was awful. Yeah,

Jonathan Correia: 21:07

and that weird adult store scene with Dracula?

Jacob Davidson: 21:11

No. Yeah, the Goffs? Yeah, that was that was very out of place. And God, ya know, basically as high as the highs with Blade two were Blade Trinity was the low of the lows. Good god. Yeah. Yeah, just. Yeah, that was. That'd be one of the worst Dracula's I have ever seen. Yeah, yeah. And, I mean, I am glad I got to finally see it, or at least have an excuse to watch it. And I mean, it did have its moments like I like Triple H and his vampire Pomeranian.

Jonathan Correia: 21:40

Yep. I love that Pomeranian.

Jacob Davidson: 21:43

But yeah, I could kind of see how that one killed the franchise.

Jonathan Correia: 21:47

momentarily. We're getting a new one.

Jacob Davidson: 21:48

Yeah, sure. Well, momentarily, is in like 19-20 years later.

Jonathan Correia: 21:54

But we didn't have the TV show on Spike TV that was

Jacob Davidson: 21:57

Oh, yeah.

Jonathan Correia: 21:58

Not much better than Trinity, to be honest.

Jacob Davidson: 22:01

Yeah, I kind of forgot about that. For obvious reasons. And separate that I also saw the new Neil Marshall movie on shutter, The Lair. And yeah, that was pretty cool. It was like, kind of it was basically Dog Soldiers in Afghanistan. And with like, kind of a ragtag group of Marines and people like, they find this old Russian bunker that turns out like the Russians, were experimenting with alien technology and genetics. And so there's like this army of, like, alien killing machine monsters in this lab that are now out and they got to fight them off. And yeah, it's that, you know, it's not his best and the CG, it is egregious at times, but you know, it's definitely having fun with it. And, you know, just got this ridiculous group of Marines and characters and the setup and just ample amount of gore and we'll give them credit that'll there was a bunch of practical effects predator style suits for the monster men. So, ya know, I think it was a fun watch,

Jonathan Correia: 23:12

that sounds like a lot of fun it sounds kind of video game me is it? Is it fun like watching someone play a first person shooter? Maybe? Oh, yeah,

Jacob Davidson: 23:18

no definitely feels in line with like watching somebody played like Doom or Resident Evil.

Jonathan Correia: 23:22

Nice. I, I also, this week went to the West Coast premiere of one of Troma's new films called Eating Miss Campbell, which has a bit of a confusing plot, but it's about a vegan goth high school student who falls in love with her new English teacher and develops a problematic taste for human flesh. That's the official description. And what happens is they end up having like an eating contest to see who will be the person to commit the schools massacre, like they, they have a chance to either commit the massacre or kill themselves to put the school on the map. Basically, the whole movie, it's English, it's a it's a English director, they filmed out in England, I think they said they filmed it for like 60,000 pounds. And and so it's critiquing, you know, America and its its love for guns. And it's issue with massacres and all that. And Lloyd Kaufman produced it. So it is a Troma of film, but it's not like an in house Troma. In house in house Troma. You know how there's like those distinctions within the Troma distribution. There's the ones made by there's the ones that they have a hand in but not not full hands on. And then there's the ones where it's like, no, this is this is a Lloyd Kaufman production and this one's in that middle ground. But it is the most Troma film possible. Like you can definitely tell that the director Liam Reagan, grew up on Troma. It's a love letter to that there's a lot of meta references to other films such as Jawbreaker and film, other high school movies like that. So the best way to describe the quality is the best way to describe anything from Troma, is it's Troma. So if you love Troma, you're gonna love Eating Miss Campbell. It is very, very, very Troma. Not as much nudity as there usually isn't a Troma film. That was a fun discussion to have with them after. But it's a lot of fun. And our friend of the podcast Justin Martell, plays a has a role in it. You also get to see a bunch of other Troma alumni in there, such as Vito trigo is in it as well. And he's been in a lot of Troma films over the last 10 or 15 years. So yeah, it was a lot of fun. Again, if you like Troma, this is this is for you. I was definitely Tromatized by the end of it. Yeah. Yeah.

Jacob Davidson: 25:50

All right. Well, it sounds like a wild ride.

Jonathan Correia: 25:53

Yeah, it was very,

James Jay Edwards: 25:56

let's transition to our topic, which we kind of got thinking about after we all saw Knock At the Cabin last week. And that is home invasion movies. And first off I think we need to define what a home invasion movie is. Because Correia sent around this list that he found where was that from Creepy Catalog? Or?

Jonathan Correia: 26:19

Yeah, it was a it was a it was an article from Creepy Catalog from Jordan Windigo. And it said it was 60 best home invasion movies.

James Jay Edwards: 26:30

Their definition of home invasion is pretty loosey goosey.

Jonathan Correia: 26:35

Yeah, they definitely got into more like well, this film has a lot of elements like it like they talked about the Scream movies and and so we're gonna kind of shy away from like, this film had a scene that was like, and go more into like, this was like, the whole central point of the movie was it was a

James Jay Edwards: 26:50

Yeah, that's the thing that they're like, they have like a Black Christmas and When a Stranger Calls in there, and it's like, okay, I guess technically, your home is being invaded. But that's more like a creepy stalker. You know, the call coming from inside the house. I mean, we're talking kicked down the door, tie you to a chair home invasion.

Jonathan Correia: 27:12

And that's and that's where it gets murky too. Because like, when we think home invasion, it's your home getting invaded. So like People Under the Stairs, they were taken into that home. That's, that's one of the distinctions that we think about when it comes to home invasion or When a Stranger Calls. Yes, but that was feels more like the elements are that's and that's where you get murky is like there's elements there and it's like, but that's more proto slasher.

James Jay Edwards: 27:37

Yeah. The one that kind of not really confused me, but the one that I'm a little murky on is Wait Until Dark? Is that a home invasion movie?

Jonathan Correia: 27:46

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James Jay Edwards: 27:49

You think? because because, I mean, because the people are kind of being invited in. But so I guess it's a polite home invasion movie.

Jonathan Correia: 27:56

It's it's I would say it's more proto than anything kind of like how Black Christmas would be proto slasher. This is kind of proto home invasion. But I mean, I'll take any opportunity to talk about how much I love Waiting Until Dark because yeah, I mean, it's Audrey Hepburn is in it, playing a blind woman who has an item that has drugs in it. So the drug dealers are trying to get into the house and find it and so it becomes like, they're sneaking around her she's like, there's someone here who's there and they're like standing still and stuff and then that brilliant marketing ploy of when it was in theaters that a scene where they kill all the lights and so they would kill all the lights in the theater and it would just be sound so you're now on her level. Brilliant.

James Jay Edwards: 28:38

It's Yes. So and the thing is she is so smart because at one point she says why are you wearing the same shoes as that other guy?

Jonathan Correia: 28:47

Oh yeah,

James Jay Edwards: 28:49

what is it go oh no, your shoes squeak in the same exact way as that other guy because he's pretending to be two different people

Jonathan Correia: 28:55

he thinks he's smarter than to close out the shoot thing

James Jay Edwards: 28:59

then But then the killer the killer the the the the invader Alan Arkin, he kind of outsmarts her because she's she smashes all the light bulbs to get him on her level. And then she forgets about the one in the refrigerator. Oh, yeah. So good. So good. We may have just spoiled a couple of the surprises for Jacob but

Jonathan Correia: 29:23

I'm telling you right now,

James Jay Edwards: 29:24

Its from 67 You should have seen it but yeah.

Jonathan Correia: 29:29

order yourself a Blu ray of the Warner archive blu ray, which did a decent transfer and watch that tonight because yeah, Alan Arkin is menacing Audrey Hepburn plays like that perfect line of like, damsel in distress in distress into like strong power, like just turning the tables like that because, of course, it's going to be a brilliant performance by Aubrey Hepburn. Come on.

James Jay Edwards: 29:51

May we have Geraldine on the table too no we may not. And why not? Because she's the referee. Oh, So good. Such a good, but okay to home invasion movies? Yes. Okay, so we've decided Wait Until Dark is a home invasion movie.

Jonathan Correia: 30:07

Yeah, but okay, so so for us the definition of home invasion is someone in their own place of residence, and others are coming in to wreak some form of havoc, whether it's violence, various forms of violence, what have you. We're not going to critique on motivation do fit right outside of that box, but I think it would for good home invasion movie motivation is key, you know, like, why are they doing this? I'm, you know, don't get me wrong. I always like violence in my films. But senseless violence can sometimes just feel meh, you know, where it's just like, yeah. But

Jacob Davidson: 30:47

then again, sometimes a lack of motivation is in itself pretty scary,

Jonathan Correia: 30:52

which makes incredible motivation. So we mentioned The Strangers a lot on this podcast, and how great it is of why you're here, because you were home. A great line.

James Jay Edwards: 31:03

But it's, and that makes it all the more terrifying because these people are completely innocent. And they just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Jonathan Correia: 31:13

Another film, or I should say, two films, it's very similar to that is Funny Games. Yep. which both are great. I know. People are like, Ah, it's just a it's just redoing the first one. But you know, that's it.

James Jay Edwards: 31:27

That's all you have to explain. You say two films. There's two Funny Games.

Jonathan Correia: 31:32

There's the original. And then there's the English language remake. But I mean, Both Michael Aniki. Right? Yeah, it's the same director. He does it almost scene for scene. Exactly. But he always wanted to have a list celebrities as the couple as like a part of the critique. So you get to see what he originally wanted. But and

James Jay Edwards: 31:49

it's Noami Watts and Tim Roth is who he used in the in the in the end, the alias stars. Yeah, yeah. And then

Jonathan Correia: 31:57

he also had what's his face from? Boardwalk Empire?

James Jay Edwards: 32:02

I can't name the creepy dude. Yeah.

Jonathan Correia: 32:06

Not not Brad Pitt the other Pitt?

James Jay Edwards: 32:09

Yeah, no, no.

Jonathan Correia: 32:10

I don't think they're related.

James Jay Edwards: 32:11

Michael Pitt?

Jonathan Correia: 32:12

There we go. Oh, my God. Yeah. What she was great as as one of the invaders. And that one is great. Because it's, it's again, it's, it's in those lines of like, Yeah, you were just home, or we're just doing this to like, these rich people in this rich area. But the motivation is, is like they're just playing the game. Like, they're just like, Oh, we're playing a game, but we're not telling you the rules or how to play and this is out is, you know, it's an inescapable game of just like, messing with them. The whole scene with the eggs.

James Jay Edwards: 32:37

Oh, my God, I was just about to bring that up. You know, and, and he's borrowing eggs, but then he keeps breaking them. So I'm sorry, can I have more? It's just such a good given play between him and Naomi Watts. Oh, my God.

Jacob Davidson: 32:51

Yeah. So I still gotta watch those. Haven't seen either version.

Jonathan Correia: 32:56

Watch the original first, I will say and then watch the other one, like a day or two later. And it is a fun exercise. That, you know, and it's a, I wouldn't say it's a more enjoyable experience than watching the two Psychos. But you know, because the subject matter is not fun. But it is interesting to see like what the same director would do and redoing his own work, you know, in that sense, it is interesting and fun. Yeah.

Jacob Davidson: 33:23

And one, I wanted to bring up that personal favorite of mine from the 2000s. You guys remember The Collector?

Jonathan Correia: 33:32

I've never seen The Collector movies.

Jacob Davidson: 33:35

Yeah, yeah. The Collection, Well, it's funny because yeah, The Collector is more of us, kind of, well, more standard ish, home invasion movie, while The Collection is kind of twist, because they're invading the home of The Collector. But, ya know, it's the first one I still really like. And yeah, it was really intense. Because yeah, it's basically about this small time theif, who breaks into this house and it turns out the same time as this serial killer who breaks into people houses, it sets up death traps in the houses to take them out. And yeah, that's really scary to me, you know, just the fact that like, not only is this person breaking into your house to get you, but they're turning your house into a death trap with like, like acid traps and I think there was like sticky glue traps and you know, like razor wire and stuff. So it's like, you wake up and suddenly your house which is supposed to be a place where you're safe is suddenly you know, like just trying to kill you. Plus yeah that whole design with like the Black Mask of the globe, the weird, shimmering eyes.

James Jay Edwards: 34:43

It's like a Dr. Decker mask almost.

Jacob Davidson: 34:46

Yeah, yeah, no, it's like, a stitch on. Yeah.

James Jay Edwards: 34:49

What about Us? Consider that a home invasion because there's that one scene where it definitely is where they're standing in the driveway, and then they come in, but then you think about it. They also invade the other couple that the Elisabeth Moss how so it's like these people's the Tethered are invading are home invading their counterparts on the surface. So it's a different kind of almost like a sci fi home invasion.

Jacob Davidson: 35:16

Yeah, I would say it's like an existential home invasion because like it's a whole thing like it's

Jonathan Correia: 35:20

a life invasion init?

Jacob Davidson: 35:22

Yeah, they're ready to take over. Yeah, shit. Oh, what do they call it again the entwine the Tethered the Tethered right yeah, yeah the Tethered are invading the homes of everybody they're tethered to so it's so like, you just think it's like this weird one home invader when the main family and then it turns out, like everybody's getting their home invaded.

Jonathan Correia: 35:42

But it's not just their homes like their their over their lives to take their place. So it's like a life invasion.

Jacob Davidson: 35:49

Yeah. And

James Jay Edwards: 35:50

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a home invasion movie too that. Now we're,

Jacob Davidson: 35:57

it's kind of a gray territory. But ya know, and say that US counts as a home invasion movie even, you know, just kind of conceptually.

Jonathan Correia: 36:06

Well, here's one from that and kind of like referring back to this listed this debate of like, is it Parasite from 2019? Would you consider that a home invasion story?

James Jay Edwards: 36:19

Because it's a subtle one.

Jonathan Correia: 36:21

It's a long game one. Yeah, the family infiltrates and stuff

Jacob Davidson: 36:25

it's a griff

Jonathan Correia: 36:27

I do like I do like the different takes, because you know, there's the ones where it's just like, alright, we're breaking down the door, we're coming in, you know. So I like the different takes on it, kind of like the one that inspired the topic for us this week, which was knock Knock at the Cabin, which we had. Yeah, they were home invaders, but they were reluctant. They didn't want to be they didn't want to be there. They didn't want to be doing the things that they had a higher purpose. But they but they had a higher purpose. And I always that's why I always say I think motivation is key. And the lack of motivation can be key too. And so yeah, I think Parasite it's one of those weird ones where it's like, is it? It kind of is it has the elements there? It's definitely the long game con grift version of it, you know, but yeah, that's an interesting one to think about. Um, here's another one I'm gonna throw out here. Would you guys consider Alien one?

James Jay Edwards: 37:19

Alien?

Jonathan Correia: 37:21

I mean, that spaceship is their home by an alien.

James Jay Edwards: 37:26

See, to me alien is just a slasher, honestly. I mean, the the alien is hunting them down one by one so I don't know if I call it home invasion. Because then by that regards, Aliens could be home invasion because they're invading the aliens home.

Jonathan Correia: 37:44

They're the invaders in that one. Yeah, I think we're we're just we're looking for excuses to bring up Aliens again.

James Jay Edwards: 37:54

One that is the opposite of Parasite like in subtlety wise, is I brought this up a few episodes ago Hate Crime. If you guys get around to hate crime?

Jacob Davidson: 38:04

No, ha, no.

James Jay Edwards: 38:06

It's on TV. It's um, it's real low budget. It's just it's basically found footage. And it is a it's a tough watch. I mean, it is it really is just brutal. I mean, it's not super well made. Like there's times, like they tie up the kids and you're like, oh, that kid could get out. You know, you know, things like that. But it's it's pretty brutal. And it's basically you know, Neo Nazis kicking the door of this Jewish family's house is essentially what it boils down to, and that's why it's a hate crime. But it Yeah, it's the opposite of long game parasites subtlety it is, you know, Ito quick strike. about as subtle as a jackhammer.

Jonathan Correia: 38:51

Yeah, yeah. And, and your description of it. The last time you brought it up, made me maybe okay with not watching it. I'm just, you know most of the time when I am going to go to watch movie. I'm not thinking what's the most brutal thing I could watch right now. And that's just like, I'm, I'm all set.

James Jay Edwards: 39:07

it piqued my interest that that found footage documentary that we watched.

Jacob Davidson: 39:11

Oh, right.

James Jay Edwards: 39:12

You know, the one on Shudder

Jacob Davidson: 39:14

The Found Footage Phenomenon?

James Jay Edwards: 39:15

Yeah, that one, that they kind of talked about it a lot. And it piqued my interest, because the director is basically saying that what he shot is his nightmare. And I can totally see that. And I'm like, Well, let's take a look at what this guy's nightmare is. So you know, I don't think I'll ever watch it again. But, you know, I'm fine with having watched it once because it is you know, it's worth seeing but it's it definitely is not a comfortable movie.

Jacob Davidson: 39:41

You know, I wound't not imagine? Yeah,

James Jay Edwards: 39:43

it's not supposed to be though,

Jonathan Correia: 39:44

right? No, no, and that's, that's my reason. it's not me going. Oh, it sounds like a shooting film. I don't wanna watch it. It's just, it's like, that sounds really brutal. And I don't know if I'm in the mood for it. It's kind of like what Lynch films. It's why I still have my DVD of Lost Highway after 15 fucking years. It's just like, When am I going to be in the mood for this. Is there a mood for this? Is there a vibe? You know? Maybe I just got to force myself someday to watch the Lost Highway finally, not I have it on Blu ray now. I got rid of the DVD that never watched. I got the BLU another great one. And we know it's great because it's from one of our favorite creators Hush from Mike Flanagan. That That one was very it was it was basically like, Yeah, let's do Wait Until Dark. But instead she's deaf and let's really make it a home invasion story. So it's her versus one guy in a mask. And Kate's

Jacob Davidson: 40:37

saying no spoilers I haven't seen it yet. Oh, no

Jonathan Correia: 40:39

just Kate Segal is deaf it's one guy trying to get in and it's a very cat and mouse game a bit. It's on Netflix. Its been on my list for a while. Yeah, it's very it's very it's very suspenseful. Really dig it. There's a lot of great scenes. Like you can definitely tell that like they were harnessing that what we were talking about with Wait Until Dark of the Oh, I got you now. Do you though may be standoff stuff of like outsmarting one another it's yeah, it's a lot of fun and you get to see a lot of like, because it's early Flanagan to I think it is like his second or third one. And it's you see a lot of Flanagan faces players pop up and roll. So it's, it's fun. Yeah, I like Hush a lot.

Jacob Davidson: 41:27

Yeah. And and we would be remiss if we did not mention, probably one of the biggest cult favorite home invasion movies Alone in the Dark. Yeah. That, you know, that was a classic and, you know, just I feel like it's one of those situations where, you know, it's like, more is better in this case, because it's not just like one psycho trying to break in and it's like, what was it four or five psychopaths?

Jonathan Correia: 41:56

I still haven't watched it.

James Jay Edwards: 41:58

It's four. Oh, dude,you

Jonathan Correia: 42:00

I know. I know. I know. I made you can't see because we're on a podcast. I have the blu ray. I bought it when it came out. And I just haven't gotten around to it. I'm sorry.

James Jay Edwards: 42:07

It's the it is the it is literally one of my favorite movies. And I'm taking it as a personal insult the most. Ever since I was a kid and I watch it the most terrifying scene is has to do with the home invasion aspect of it was when the babysitter's on the bed. And he's stabbing up. He's under the bed. The psychopath is under the bed and he's stabbing up trying to get the babysitter like through the bed. Oh, so scary.

Jacob Davidson: 42:37

Yeah, no, no. So just a great cast of psycho killers too. Because like you got Jack Palance Martin Landau. And yeah, now just yeah, it's been a while since I've rewatched it but yeah, just jack Palin's just, you know, just had that real aura of menace. Yeah, cuz, okay, because Jack Palance was like the veteran who, who had PTSD, and it doesn't he would kind of go on those monologues. And I think Martin Landau was the evil priest who was obsessed with purification and killing. Yeah, now just say, you know, just if you gotta have home invaders you got to make sure they really stand out. You got to have good actors for that.

Jonathan Correia: 43:21

Yeah, you gotta have again oh my god it's the motivation it's why are they does you know so you got like The Purge that series started off with a home invasions Yeah,

James Jay Edwards: 43:33

was I was gonna say speaking of I motivations now. Purge. I have kind of love hate with the purge because I'll always watch them because the concept is so amazing. But I don't think any of the movies have actually landed with me. But the first Purge that not The First Purge, the first Purge movie The Purge

Jonathan Correia: 43:52

is so confusing why it's like why these bonds were there like Xbox One but it's not the first one like fuck off.

James Jay Edwards: 43:58

But why did they do that? The Purge the Ethan Hawke one that had me for like the first two thirds because it is basically a home invasion movie. And then it turns into the shoot them up and you're like, Well,

Jonathan Correia: 44:14

I always said that The Purge is it's a very straightforward like home invasion story, but it's always it's the world building that they do in that first movie out and what the Purge is and spoilers for you know, the first of like a long franchise it's been out for a while but the motivation on why they're doing it is because Ethan Hawke's character and you learn this very early on he makes money by selling the insurance and the security spins security systems to people for it so he's profiting off of people dying by people trying to not die so much people

James Jay Edwards: 44:45

dying he's he he's profiting fear of a fear purge that the purge instills in people

Jonathan Correia: 44:53

and I always dug that as like the motivation and I love that series just because and I do think Anarchy is my still my favorite one? Because I do think that is the one that like is like, all right? You because You spend the whole first movie, kind of like in the world, but outside of it, you're very in this like one spot, whereas Anarchy is like, Alright, we're going into it hard. And that is the one that goes like, no, if I wasn't if I if someone was in the scenario, what would they do? And you get to see that guy who wants to revenge goes out. He's been training, he's been stocking up he's going for he's going hard. And then you meet all the little weirdos along the way, like the one woman who with the microphone, going says this is my right. And I like to purge

James Jay Edwards: 45:36

is anarchy or election night, the one that has the people. They're walking down like an aisle or something. And then a trap comes by and misses them. And the people in the balcony are like, oh,

Jonathan Correia: 45:46

like, oh, because they're watching it on this thing that was Anarchy.

James Jay Edwards: 45:50

And they're trying they're just seeing it. And when they don't get them. They're like, oh, have a good night. You got you? No.

Jonathan Correia: 45:56

All right, have a good one.

James Jay Edwards: 45:57

And they're gonna reset their trap for the next person.

Jonathan Correia: 45:59

The Yeah, that those are the moments that I always love in the in the Purge movies. It's just seeing like, the creative like, this is how this person would or like, I think it was the third one where they had the tourists, you know? And then there's like the Tick Tock stars of it, you know, stuff like that. And then like the Forever Purge, where it's just like, it never ends. Like, that was fun. I have so much fun with those movies. But yes, it never forget that it started off as a home invasion story.

Jacob Davidson: 46:28

Yeah, I mean, that was the thing. Like it had, like, a really strong concept that they that they could build up on. And yeah, it's like, yeah, they, because that was the thing. That was the biggest critique of the first movie, that it was just a home invasion that we only really saw, you know, like, around the house and stuff. And people wanted to see more of this weird world where, you know, for one night crime is legal in the United States.

Jonathan Correia: 46:52

Gotta start somewhere.

James Jay Edwards: 46:53

Speaking of protection systems, what about Panic Room.

Jonathan Correia: 46:57

You know, that's one that most people like you don't think about with home invasions. You're always thinking of like, the gnarlier ones like something like Last House on the Left, I guess or still, you know, stuff like that. But like Panic Room was kind of like the it's kind of a prestige.

James Jay Edwards: 47:15

Yeah. If David Fincher

Jonathan Correia: 47:17

Well, yeah, cuz it's, it's the it's the this isn't a home invasion story. This is a thriller starring Academy Award winner Jodie Foster. That's,

James Jay Edwards: 47:25

well, that's what it is. It's like he's making a horror movie that he wanted to be Oscar bait. So he got Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart, you know, before she was Bella,

Jonathan Correia: 47:35

before she was Kristen Stewart. Yeah. But I always had fun with Panic Room the end it gets a little silly with the whole fire the top of the thing and stuff.

James Jay Edwards: 47:46

Well, that that yeah, that kind of takes some people out of it because the science isn't there. But yeah, Jared Leto with cornrows.

Jacob Davidson: 47:53

Oh, geez, I forgot about

Jonathan Correia: 47:54

oh, why don't you remind me that? Oh, no. And Forrest Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, oh, he's great. It was great. You brought me back. You brought me back. But no, I that's always fun. What are your guys's favorite type of home invasion stories? Because I mean, like, with all these ones, we're seeing different things just like the you're you're trapped. You got to come back. You got to come out at some point, you know, type deals, you know,

Jacob Davidson: 48:21

I was gonna actually I'm gonna say I think this might be kind of on the edge. But you know, like, I would consider Assault on Precinct 13 to be a home invasion movie in a way you know to see

James Jay Edwards: 48:33

it's a siege movie.

Jonathan Correia: 48:35

Yeah, siege

Jacob Davidson: 48:36

Which Yeah, I guess I guess there's a bit of a subtle difference there a bit.

Jonathan Correia: 48:40

There's definitely the elements but siege movies are great too and Assault is one of my favorite ones.

James Jay Edwards: 48:45

I think my favorite kind is the typical like The Strangers where you know you've got basically these mysterious mask people busting in but also were like The Strangers they don't really fight back effectively.

Jacob Davidson: 48:59

Let's talk You're Next Yeah, I was just about to bring that up Yeah, where they

James Jay Edwards: 49:02

do fight back effectively especially Erin the quote final girl who it's like the end there's a motivation

Jacob Davidson: 49:09

Like I know I do like the subversion because you behind when the the why the invaders are there. And they did not count on Erin being who she is. know these types of stories would just be like you know, innocent victims and these like strange mask weirdos who just decide to break into this home and kill people and then it Yeah, no, just subverts that because there is actually a reason for this to happen and yeah, they and they didn't think that like somebody would be survivalist who's combat ready because Erin like grew up in like a survivalist camp or something

Jonathan Correia: 49:48

I love subversions on any genre and for home invasion one of my favorites is You're Next because you got the people breaking in the you know they're invading the home but then they become The victims very quickly. We're not going to talk about Don't Breathe 2. We're not I

James Jay Edwards: 50:04

was gonna say it's not Don't Don't Breathe 2, Don't Breathe. The first one where they're trying to rob the guy. He that's another one where it's like they don't know where they're breaking into. They think that this blind guy is going to be easy. pickins Yeah, and he's not.

Jacob Davidson: 50:23

And then it turns out there's some skeletons in the closet and some secrets in the basement.

Jonathan Correia: 50:31

And you know what? I'm also kind of a kind of a fan of the I don't want to say Lifetime-esque breaking in movies, but there's ones like Breaking In with Gabrielle Union or No Good Deeds, where they're kind of the more soap operay type deal especially No Good Deed. It's so cheesy. Idris Elba is the guy who's like breaking into the house because of like, I don't fully remember it. But I just remember it just being so silly and so fun. I think those kind of like mellow drama, kind of ones where they're not really going for like the horror out. Crowd. They're moreso going for like the, you know, river reverse. It's like an inversion of romance novel. I don't know.

James Jay Edwards: 51:17

It's almost like they're catering them towards a female demographic. No, no,

Jacob Davidson: 51:22

yeah, it's lifetime for you.

James Jay Edwards: 51:23

Yeah, yeah. Well, these are Lifetime movies but they are Lifetime-esque

Jonathan Correia: 51:30

they're like that big budget lifetime type deals or like what is it any when it's not home invasion, but like the Jennifer Lopez like The Boy Next Door thing you know? Like, like those.

Jacob Davidson: 51:42

They're their Obssessions stalkery type of movies.

Jonathan Correia: 51:46

Obsession with Beyonce.

Jacob Davidson: 51:48

Oh, yeah, I

Jonathan Correia: 51:49

remember that movie?

Jacob Davidson: 51:52

Not really

Jonathan Correia: 51:53

Katherine Heigl plays a crazy lady who's obsessed with it? Yeah. Eat it up. Single White Female.

Jacob Davidson: 51:59

Fear with Marky Mark

Jonathan Correia: 52:01

that was on the list is home invasion but I don't know that's that's that's obsessed soccer one. But of course, love Fear. Are you kidding me? William Peterson Reese Witherspoon when he's beating his chest, like what the fuck you doing Marky? And then like you'll find out later. Fear is a classic.

James Jay Edwards: 52:17

Another one that's on that's on that list that I kind of had forgotten about is High Tension, which is on the surface. It's a home invasion movie. When you get to the twist, you realize that the invader is not who you think the invader is. And I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it. But who hasn't seen high tension by now? The end of it? I always thought it was I mean, it's clever. But it's also a bit of a cop out.

Jacob Davidson: 52:44

Yeah, I've done real. It's still kind of not a big fan of that twist at all. No.

James Jay Edwards: 52:49

Yeah. So yeah, any other any others that we want to?

Jonathan Correia: 52:54

Well, there's also the classic genre of home invasion stories where it's kids fighting off, you know, someone breaking into their house, you know, you got your Home Alone, Becky, Better Watch Out, Yeah, and let's not forget the greatest

Jacob Davidson: 53:06

Also, most recently, Kids vs. Aliens. That one of all the one that Home Alone ripped off Dial Code for Santa. Oh, kind of counts because it's like the kids fighting off home yeah. Dial Code for Santa, invasion of aliens.

Jonathan Correia: 53:12

AKA Deadly Games.

Jacob Davidson: 53:13

Yeah, yeah, no, this What's worse than a home invader, a home invader dressed as Santa Claus, which, I guess also kind of applies to the Tales from the Crypt episode because it's like the Santa Claus all through the house. Yeah, all through the house. Yeah,

Jonathan Correia: 53:38

I wasn't gonna bring that one up. Because that is pure, kinder trauma to me. Terrified the shit out of me as a child, but no, it's so good. The original and then the Tales from the Crypt episode was decent as well. But the original Tales from the Crypt movie,

Jacob Davidson: 53:55

yeah, the British one

Jonathan Correia: 53:56

terrifying the whole when the bell comes out from the curtain

Jacob Davidson: 53:59

and somebody put it best, you know, just like the big difference between the two because, you know, in the TV version, you know, Larry Drake looks like a psychopath. And, you know, you can tell that this is a killer Santa Claus while in the Tales from the Crypt movie. Like it's just a dude dressed as Santa Claus. He could be any guy dressed as Santa Claus at the mall, which in a way is scarier because he blends in so well.

Jonathan Correia: 54:20

Well, and it makes it makes the whole point that we're spoiling two different you know, versions of it and if you haven't read the original AC comic as well, you know, sort of spoiling four different mediums I guess, but when the kid lets him in it's more believable in the original one because it's like, oh, this is a you know, it's he looks like Santa Claus. He does look like a mall Santa. So but like, yeah, Larry Drake. They definitely like, you know, did him up to look even crazier. Oh Larry Drake?

Jacob Davidson: 54:49

Rip

Jonathan Correia: 54:50

Rip man fucking the Darkman sequels.

Jacob Davidson: 54:53

Dr. Giggles

Jonathan Correia: 54:55

Dr. Giggles which is finally getting a decent BluRay. Well, I mean, they had that other blu ray But the transfer wasn't great. But yeah, I mean, that was always a fun trial and that's good like intro it's like oh hey, you like a kid you liked Home Alone? Let's watch Dial Code let's watch Tale from the Crypt. Better Watch Out is also a fun one, you know, definitely, you know, taking on a lot of the what was established with Home Alone, you know,

James Jay Edwards: 55:21

the whole home loan is it's kind of bringing it full circle. It's kind of a continuation of the Wait Until Dark theme or even don't breed because they think that this is going to be easy. pickins because it's a kid, but they don't realize that that kid grows up to be Jigsaw

Jacob Davidson: 55:39

allegedly

James Jay Edwards: 55:42

That's the theory. Hello. That's

Jacob Davidson: 55:44

that's they gotta get Macaulay Culkin in a Saw movie, you know, since that's coming back like yeah, turns out he's like another apprentice or something.

Jonathan Correia: 55:53

Hey, saw X is filming right now.

James Jay Edwards: 55:56

Right on. That means we have to have Charlie back.

Jonathan Correia: 55:59

That was about to say gonna get another Charlie Clauser score.

James Jay Edwards: 56:03

All right, cool. Let's, with that. Let's call this an episode. I've got my Charlie Clauser mentioned in so we'll, we'll get the hell out of here. Now. What are your favorite home invasion movies? We've kind of scratched the surface but also how strict are you with the with the genre definition? You know, are we discounting stuff that should be considered? Let us know. Our theme music is by Restless Spirits. So go give them a listen. And our artwork is by Chris Fisher. So go give him a like, you can find us on any of the socials under Eye On Horror or at iHorror.com which is the site that we call home. So yeah, let us know what what you think of home invasion movies and and whether we're being too loose or too tight with our definition.

Jonathan Correia: 56:50

Are you upset that we didn't mention Cape Fear or Cape Fear?

James Jay Edwards: 56:55

Cape Fear or Cape Fear?

Jonathan Correia: 56:57

Both are great, by the way,

Jacob Davidson: 56:59

and also the Simpsons episode Cape Fear.

James Jay Edwards: 57:02

Are you upset that we didn't bring up ILS or Them?

Jonathan Correia: 57:05

I still need to see them. I wanted to bring it up. But I was like, fuck, I haven't watched it. Damn.

James Jay Edwards: 57:09

It's if you like these kind of movies. It's good. But you know, French extreme right? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Let's go. We're starting to up again. So, we'll see you in a couple of weeks. Maybe we'll do a part two of home invasion movies. Get enough of you that think that we're wrong on our definitions. So for me, James Jay Edwards.

Jacob Davidson: 57:30

I'm Jacob Davison.

Jonathan Correia: 57:31

And I'm Jonathan Correia.

James Jay Edwards: 57:32

Keep your Eye On Horror.