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I'll Never Be Him
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This week, the boys talk about some of their most anticipated films for the rest of 2025. But before that, they review Him, The Long Walk, Looky-Loo, The German Chainsaw Massacre (thank you Hoopla!), Place of Bones, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, This is Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Nightmare on Elm Street 4K Restorations, and Correia's Book Nook reviews of Godzilla Monsterpiece Theatre (Godzilla Vs. Jay Gatsby) and Pumpkinhead Sins Revisted! It's all new on EYE ON HORROR!
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Welcome to Eye on Horror, the official podcast of ihorror.com. This is episode 150, otherwise known as season eight. Episode 10. I'm your host, James Jay Edwards, and with me, as always, is your other host, Jacob Davidson, how you doing?
Jacob Davidson:Jacob, doing good. Did pretty well at Dead Right Horror trivia last night, and it's pretty cloudy and gloomy day in California or SoCal, it's
James Jay Edwards:actually kind of sunny down here. I'm looking out the window, but maybe the clouds are on their way. But it has rained the last couple days. Oh, yeah, which has been kind of nice. Also with us, as always, is your other other host, Jon Correia, how you doing?
Jonathan Correia:Correia, don't ask me, what the weather is. I don't know, my my shades are close.
James Jay Edwards:The weather for you is dark.
Jonathan Correia:The weather for me is dark like my soul. No, I'm in a I'm I'm in Vegas doing overnights. I I accidentally delayed this recording because I fell asleep like half hour before we were supposed to record. So no, it was. It was a little rainy last night, which shut down production for a bit. But other than that, it's been like, Yeah, super sunny and all that, just trying to avoid it.
James Jay Edwards:All the rain shuts down for me is the dogs potty schedules.
Jonathan Correia:It's not the rain that we worry about. It's the it's the thunder, because when you're when you're in the in the middle of a massive dirt parking lot, building lots of scaffolding and stuff, you're basically just one giant metal lightning rod.
James Jay Edwards:We I know I've told you guys, but I don't think that I've mentioned it to the listeners. My day job added a bunch of new sports leagues, all American college conferences, and I have seen so many lightning delays. They're all in like, like, the South and the Midwest, so many lightning delays. Like, is that a thing? We don't have earthquake delays out here?
Jonathan Correia:Well, yeah, because remember that footage of the soccer players all all playing, and then the lightning hits. They all go, are just like, instantly on the ground, holding their heads, like,
James Jay Edwards:well, they got electrocuted because of the wet grass. Yeah. Let's get rolling on this. Because, you know, there's not a whole lot to talk about, but we also have a whole lot of time. The big thing that comes out this week, and I know Correia saw it, I don't know, but Jacob, have you guys seen Him?
Jacob Davidson:I didn't see it yet. Yeah,
James Jay Edwards:yeah, Correia and I need to have a discussion about Him.
Jonathan Correia:We need to talk about Him.
Jacob Davidson:So my question is, because, based off of your text, so was it good or was it bad? You know,
James Jay Edwards:yes and no. Visually, I think it's great, you know, Justin, see thing is Jordan Peele's name is above the title on it as a producer, but it was the guy who made that movie Kicks a couple years ago, Justin Tipping, but he, he knows how to make a movie. It's real, reminiscent of like Any Given Sunday, or like it looks like, almost like a like a music video or a video game. But narratively, it is a mess. This movie is just all over the way. But here's the thing about it, is I walking out of it. I felt the way I felt walking out of mother! Aronofsky's mother!, which I thought at the time, that was a narrative mess, but then the more I thought about the more I kind of got it. And this one has kind of the same it. It's weird. It's like simultaneously vague and on the nose, because half the time you're trying to figure out what the hell is going on, and then all of a sudden they'll throw like a last supper homage in there. And you're like, Okay, wait, is this a religious analogy? And there is a little bit of that, like, you know, I am him, meaning, okay, are you the greatest football player that ever lived? Or are you trying to be God? It's their
Jacob Davidson:football,
Jonathan Correia:yeah, by the way, it says it on football,
James Jay Edwards:but, yeah, it is, I, I'm kind of mixed on it, because it's a beautifully made movie from a technical standpoint, and the soundtrack is great. And, you know, the performances are really good, but narratively is it was written by the guys who did was it called Limetown. It was and Justin tipping too that the three of them wrote it, but it's Yeah, but, and to its credit, it kind of does pull everything together by the end. By the time you get to the last scene, it does kind of explain itself a little. I. But by then you're just kind of so shell shocked by the whole, you know, experience. You're like, yeah, I don't know. I'm I need to process it a little more. But right now, I'm not a fan. What about you, Correia,
Jonathan Correia:I I really liked it. I think it's one of those. I kind of walked away, and I sent it to a few people, where I compared it to a lot of, like, 80s Italian horror, you know, a lot of stylish like that. Yeah, yeah, like some of Argento's or Lombardo's work, where the style, the style is rich. The style is there. This one, it's very experienced. It's very strobing. There's a lot of cool stuff. But instead of like that giallo over saturation and color and whatnot, it's more kind of like modern, late, 2000s hip hop music videos, you know, like, it's very like late Jay Z with its editing and styling and everything.
James Jay Edwards:But then it also had, like, Did you guys ever play that game? It was the PlayStation game that got by the NFL, so they had to change the team names. Was it? Was it Blitz?
Jacob Davidson:I don't know
James Jay Edwards:Anyway, when, um, when there was a lot of that kind of stuff, like, where, when you get with, when you would get injured in this game, it would like X ray to like the leg you break, or X ray to, like, you know, to your brain bouncing around in your skull. And there was some of that too, yeah, you know.
Jonathan Correia:Or like, Fight Club The Video Game, yes, yeah, which Fred Durst was in.
Jacob Davidson:Oh, yeah, he was, he was a secret character.
James Jay Edwards:And Abraham Lincoln. You could fight Abraham Lincoln, which was an amazing easter
Jacob Davidson:egg, yeah. And also, Mortal Kombat integrated that kind of style where, like, you see all the bones and shit and organs getting crushed whenever you fight
Jonathan Correia:somebody. Yeah, I see, I can foresee a lot of people saying this film is all style and no substance. And I think that that's inaccurate. I think it's, it's oozing with style, that is for certain, but the substance is very ham fisted. It's, it's, it's a Faustian tale about the cult of American football and the
James Jay Edwards:cold. It's also, it's, it's part Faustian, and this is where it kind of muddies up for me. It's part Faustian, but then it's also part Joseph Campbell's The Mentor, because, um, Isaiah white, the who is the goat, he's the Tom Brady of this thing, and he's bringing in this, he's bringing in this college guy who his draft stock plummeted because he got, he kind of got jumped and attacked. So he had a head injury. And the head injury, I love it. They had to staple his head, and it looks like the laces on a football. That imagery was beautiful. And I love it. I love it because, thing is, it was, you find the, the weigh ins care, the Marlon Wayans character goes from being helpful to being almost like sinister. I don't know it's, it's, yeah, it's, it's really muddy to me,
Jonathan Correia:yeah, and that's, that's what I that's what I loved about it, dude. Because again, if you, if you're bringing it back into the context of, like, the cult or the religion of American football, it's so serious, but it's also so unserious, like it's the most serious thing, with the stats, with the rituals, with everything that goes on, but also you got dudes shirtless, painted up like
James Jay Edwards:I'm gonna say the cult aspect is great, because there are people who hang out in front of Isaiah White's um compound, and one of them is friend of the podcast, Naomi Grossman, Who is chameleonic. You can't even tell it's her.
Jonathan Correia:I didn't know until you message saying, Did you spot her?
James Jay Edwards:It's crazy, but she plays this weird like, almost like a stalker lady who hangs out out in front of the compound.
Jonathan Correia:Yeah, no. I had a lot of fun with it. I really enjoyed it. The needle drops were great. I especially love that they did a whole montage to Gucci Mane lemonade, which is one of my favorite songs, and then later on, they did another montage to Tierra Whack song that she made for the film. And Tierra Whack cameos in that scene, which was amazing. I The ad, the acting in it was amazing. Marlon Waynes is gives such a Gonzo performance. I don't know if I can say it, it's award worthy, because I don't I think he'll be ignored, but I do think it needs to be talked about. It is the performance of a career like it is phenomenal. There's so much I like. About it, and I but I get what, how people can be turned off or turned away from it. But again, it, it's, it's, it's the seriousness and unseriousness of it. Like Julia Fox's character appears she's the wife of way Marlon Wayne's character, and like, within two minutes she's talking about, or no, instantly she's talking about, like, her crystals, revitalizing people's sex things. And then she just, like, before she exits the scene, hands him one, and he's just holding he goes, You shove it up your you shove it up your ass Cam, and then just leaves. It doesn't come back for like, half the movie. And it's just like, where did the where did this queen go? Like she was just serving so much cunt. It's great, like, there's, there's, there's just so much of it that was just like, rich and just like, wanted more. And it's and then the finale delivers.
James Jay Edwards:Oh my dude, the see, I'll give it, I'll give it that the the the ending actually does kind of make sense of the whole movie. Mostly, there's a couple things I still have questions about, but, um, but by the time you get to that ending, everything is, like, this movie barely has its wheels on. And by the time you get to the ending, all four
Jonathan Correia:and I love the ride, man, I loved the ride. It's, it's one of those things where, like, I don't know if it's just because the style and the editing and everything, but like, the story, if you, if you took all stripped all that away, the story is so straightforward. The themes are so straightforward. Everything is laid out there, and it's just presented in such a, I think, cool and unique way. I just loved the energy. It's an experience. And, yeah, I had a lot of fun with it. I really liked it. I'm not going to turn sit here and be like, this is, this is the greatest film ever, but I fucking loved it. Yeah. So so to answer your question, Jacob, when you say, like, I can't tell by your text if you loved it or not exactly, or if it's good or not, it's, it's, it's up there. I mean, it's, or it's out there, it's, it's,
James Jay Edwards:I was not a big fan, but I do have to admit, it's a very well made, I mean, it's very style. I I'm, I'm in the style over substance camp that Correia was talking about, because I think narratively, it was a complete mess. But it, from a technical standpoint, it's great. And Tyreke withers, we have to talk about him because, you know, he's trying to take my man crush trophy away from from Mason Gooding. Tyreke withers was in the, I Know What You Did Last Summer remake, or whatever, requel, but don't hold that against him. He's He's better.
Jonathan Correia:Yeah. He was great.
Jacob Davidson:Yeah. In terms of other big releases, have either, either of you guys seen the Long
James Jay Edwards:Walk? Yeah, talk about it, yeah. Well, I talked about last time, but I don't think either you had seen it. So what do you guys think of The Long Walk?
Jacob Davidson:Well, I loved it. I went, went to the big screening at the Egyptian theater. And, yeah, no, it was very powerful, like Cooper Hoffman and David Johnson were MVPs. Like their relationship for the whole movie was definitely the cornerstone that really made it work. And it's just so intense, just like, you know, with the, you know, like the guns to the back of the heads of these guys. And it just keeps on going and going it, yeah, no. It was so intense and it and somebody put it best. It's Stand By Me if one of the kids got shot every few minutes.
James Jay Edwards:Yeah, that's Yeah. That's pretty much what it is. Yeah, it's a
Jonathan Correia:I didn't read the original book, but I definitely, I have, I have a decent understanding of the Richard Bachman style, and it does feel like one of those Stephen King stories like Stand By Me, or Shawshank with that Bachman edge. And I did read a comparison of just like how things play out and reading on how the book ends. I'm glad they changed it, because I got really worried about, like, halfway through on, like, with the relationship. I'm like, so is this just, you know, everyone's here to help the white protagonist make it over the line or something. And I'm, I'm glad it wasn't that the, I think this is one of those movies where, like, years from now, you're going to go, Wow, all these guy all these actors that are doing great things, or big things, like, did you know they were all in a movie together years ago? Because everyone was on point. I mean, we've reviewed quite a few of his movies. Charlie Plummer was against type and phenomenal.
James Jay Edwards:Think, I think the only, besides Mark Hamill, of course, the only one of those guys who even is kind of known as Charlie, because Cooper Hoffman was in pizza, yeah, Licorice Pizza, and David Johnson was in the last Alien movie, yeah, Romulus. So, so these guys are kind of on their way up, kind of like the kids in Stand By Me. But, yeah, you're right, all of these guys that we're going to know in, you know, 10 years time, we're like, oh, you know, this is their Stand By Me. I think, yeah, well,
Jonathan Correia:and bed Wang was in Karate Kid legends. I didn't see that one yet, but, I mean, like, they're all already doing stuff, but I can definitely see this becoming like a calling card for a lot of them for the next five years, and getting, like,
James Jay Edwards:none of them are household names yet, but I think, I think they will be. Yes, I do,
Jonathan Correia:especially David Johnson, yeah, no, I thought, I thought it was great. I think I wanted a little bit more from the ending on where it was going, but overall, it's still I really like. And you know what I gotta say? I saw it on a matinee on like, 11am on a Wednesday, and them answering the question on how they go to the bathroom was definitely something that was like a bit of a thing at that
James Jay Edwards:time. I didn't even think of going number two while you're doing that. And they answered the question I didn't ask
Jacob Davidson:a couple times. A lot of groans from the audience. I was in a full house.
James Jay Edwards:Oh, that. That was the most sympathy I felt for those I'm like, oh, man, this poor dude,
Jacob Davidson:yeah, that it also the guns in their heads, but
James Jay Edwards:that was the more obvious sympathy. And also,
Jacob Davidson:I did really like Mark Hamills performance as the bad guys of major which is funny because, you know, he's in a couple of Stephen King projects lately. And you know, this is just such a polar opposite from the Life of Chuck.
James Jay Edwards:It's kind of a big year for Stephen King with The Monkey and Life of Chuck and now and
Jacob Davidson:Running Man. So it's also a big year for Richard Bachman.
James Jay Edwards:Have either you guys seen this movie? It's kind of getting a lot of hype lately.
Jacob Davidson:Looky-Loo, no, I haven't heard of that one. Okay, it's
James Jay Edwards:you can. It's on Tubi, and it's also free, with ads on on voodango. It's like a found footage thing, and I'm kind of torn on it, because I love found footage. And this is true found footage. This is like this guy basically stalks women and kills them. And, but it's like, but it's so crazy, because he'll get into their houses by, like, finding the key under the mat, or, you know, where they've hidden their hidden key, and, and he's making a movie while he's doing this, so like, the movie you're watching is the movie that the FBI found of his supposedly, and it is my issue with it. I mean, it's really effective as far as what it does. But my issue is it doesn't really have an ending. It just kind of, you know, it's like they don't show him getting captured, or, you know, they don't show the comeuppance, you know, or anything like that. So it's almost like the FBI found this movie, but didn't find the guy to go with it, you know. But it doesn't like the Poughkeepsie tapes, yeah, yeah, kind of, um. So, I mean, it's really effective in what it does, but there's no closure, so maybe that makes it more effective, more freaky, because this guy is still out there, I don't know, but yeah, it's, it's, it's kind of getting a lot of play, like on found footage lists, because you guys know me. I mean, I'll watch any found footage, but I admit that 95% of them are bad. You know, I'm always looking for that 5%
Jonathan Correia:that's where we're Ying and Yang I, I don't watch any of the found footage thing unless it's like, unless I'm like, really pushed to it. The best
James Jay Edwards:thing about found footage and Looky-Loo is the same way. It's an hour and 19 minutes. I love found footage because it gets in, gets out, gets done.
Jonathan Correia:Ooh, Jay, do you want because, because you're, you're a, I like things under around a certain time, a time frame. Do you want a recommendation that's only an hour and three minutes? And yes, packed and really fills that hour and three minutes.
James Jay Edwards:I always have time for an hour and three minutes hit me. Well, ladies
Jonathan Correia:and gentlemen, it's that beautiful time of the year where Hooptober begins. And as you all know, I use hope Hooptober as an opportunity to watch movies that I own on Blu Ray, but haven't watched it, but I'm on the road and for the next few weeks, so I've added a lot of digital items, but this, but the man who runs it, Cinemonster over on letterbox had as extra homework, uh, this 1990 German art house horror film that's about the fears and the the worries of the reunification of Germany, the what's going on in the mindsets of. East and West Germany. I am, of course, talking about the German Chainsaw Massacre.
James Jay Edwards:I didn't know it was only 63 minutes. Where can I see this? Because I kind of wanted to watch it
Jonathan Correia:only 63 minutes and only available in America through Hoopla, yes, the service for comic books has this weird as fuck. German art house horror, it is definitely more in the field house of like Der Todes King or the Necromantik movies, not as graphic as those in their taboos and stuff, but like, Boy howdy, that that hour and a half felt long because there's a lot going on and it is insane. And I do think that this film earns its Chainsaw Massacre titling because it does match Toby Hooper's original masterpiece and just insanity, anxieties, just all around, just things going on and it, I can't even tell you the fucking plot, I don't know. Basically, like it opens up with footage of German reunion reuniting, and the Wall coming down, and then, like, it's this woman who's trying to travel across the borders. And I don't know enough about the politics of the area of the time to give you the full understanding, but it quickly turns into like her running into a group of cannibals, sadists that are were so horny, and it's yeah, it leads to a blood bath, but it's, it's available on Hoopla for free, so check with your local libraries if you have access to that. And it's, it's a it's a roaring good time again, 63 minutes. Yeah, everyone has an hour.
James Jay Edwards:Yeah, you always have time for 63 minutes. Always have
Jonathan Correia:time for 63 minutes. Why not spend it with the German Chainsaw Massacre?
James Jay Edwards:Well, all right, have you guys seen this movie? I think it's from last year, called place of bones. Don't know that one? No, I never heard it. It's kind of a revisionist Western kind of a thing. Um, Heather Graham is in it, which is, you know, always a plus for me. Um, but it's about this, this woman and this and her daughter in the West, and they live in this house, like by themselves, and they're, I think, 90 miles from the nearest town, or something like that. So they, they're living on their own, just the two women. And the ad has died, and you know his he's buried like not far from the property, so they can visit his grave and stuff. And this bank robber, this this outlaw, winds up at their property and and he his leg is all messed up, so he can't really move or anything, but he has a saddle bag full of money. And of course, there are people looking for him and the money more outlaws. So it's kind of like a, you know, do they trust this guy enough to give him a gun to fight off these other guys, you know? And there's a little bit of of The Beguiled in there, you know, with like the women and the and the Cowboys kind of a thing, but Jacob, I think that you'll really like where this one goes. And I don't want to say too much about it, because I don't want to give away the ending, but just say that when it gets to the ending, you're gonna be like, yes, yeah. You know when, when the punch line to the movie is very it's, it's almost Tales from the Crypty, hmm. So what's it called? Again, it's called place of bones. Place of bones. Yes, place of bones. And it is, it's, it's Heather Graham is the big draw. She's the big star.
Jacob Davidson:Oh, yeah, yeah. In terms of, oh, sorry, go on, Jon. Oh no, you go ahead. I was gonna say in terms of new releases, I actually just saw that movie Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle yesterday. And it's funny too, because, like, you know, I am big into anime, but I never really got into demon slayer. I just kind of saw it on a whim, also because feature anime has really good animation, and the animation this was really, really cool, and definitely falls under horror. Because, I mean, the basic premise of the series is it's about these people who have had family members killed or turned into demons. And this is early night, early 1900s Japan. So there's some tech, like trains and stuff, but yeah, no, they the world. Industrializing and like, demons are going around killing and turning other people into demons. And the I'm a little I was a little out of context, because this movie is a kind of adaptation, or like feature version, of one of the final arcs of the series. So yeah, I was kind of jumping in. But I actually kind of like that, because it reminded me a lot of back in the day, when I'd watched, like the Sci Fi Channel Saturday anime, where I'd be jumping into watching like anime movies or whatever anime pics they had kind of out of context. So, you know, just kind of falling in and then just seeing what happens. And I also want to see the English dub, because of all people, Channing Tatum joined the cast to do a voice for the movie and Tatum. Channing, Tatum,
Jonathan Correia:I've been singing the glorilla song all week that were part of the lyrics. Are they get white, they go white. Boy wasted. Chaining. Tatum,
Jacob Davidson:yeah, no, I did read, although I did read, an interview with him that kind of explains it basically that his daughter is a huge anime fan, so he and so he so she got him into anime, and also he wanted to do it because demon slayer is one of her favorite series. So it's actually pretty sweet, and he does give a very good performance.
Jonathan Correia:That's awesome. The the casino I'm living in right now has a Cinemark in it. And opening night, they have, they had demon slayer playing in their XD theater. And so it was cool walking through the casino. And there's all these like cowboys and stuff, because I'm at South Point, there's an equestrian center. But then there was a lot of cost playing anime fans in the mix as well that were excited for the opening and stuff. So it was a cool, cool mixture of people.
Jacob Davidson:Yeah, it brings me back to when I used to go to anime Boston at the Heinz Convention Center, and you'd have like, all these business people in suits and stuff having to walk around like all the people in cosplay who were there.
Jonathan Correia:Nice. Please tell me you guys have seen This Is Spinal Tap to the end.
Jacob Davidson:Yes, I have not. I did I was, I was at the premiere.
Jonathan Correia:Oh, man, what a great time. I snuck in like an 11am on a Tuesday, had the theater myself, which was a little sad, because that's that seemed like a film to watch for the crowd. It was. But boy, the end continues. It's, it's the band getting back together due to their contract saying they had to do one more concert, basically, and these guys have not missed a fucking beat. I mean, what do you expect? It's Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer and Rob Breiner, like they're all still funny as fuck, especially Christopher guesses Nigel, like I that man in especially in that character, will never not be the funniest thing ever. They're just firing on all pistols. But I was really stoked that, like, because the problem with a lot of comedy sequels is they tend to redo the same jokes, and it felt more so like this was an organic continuation of a lot of those jokes. Like Nigel, especially he has, there's this bit going on with him and foot pedals, and it's, yeah, it feels like the continuation of the turning it up to 11 joke, but they're not, like, doing that exact thing. But there's also, like, attention, because the band hated the original movie that came out, and so part of the joke is like, they're, they're kind of on a forgiving tour with the director of being like, yeah, we weren't really happy with how you portrayed us. But like, you know, that's water under the bridge. But then, like, there's little moments where, like, Rob Reiner's character is interviewing Nigel, and he's talking about the foot pedals, and you could tell he's just, like, instantly annoyed with him, like, are you trying to make me look like a fool again? Yeah, these are my pedals. I like them. This one does this thing. He's like, Yeah, but do you use any of them? He's like, I do when I want to. And it's just, it's so good, it's so good. And eventually he has, like, dozens of foot pedals for whatever reason.
James Jay Edwards:Can I just say that one of my favorite things about Correia is when he mixes his metaphors like that, like you said, firing on all pistols because it still makes sense. But firing on all pistons is what I think. But firing on all pistols still is such a bad
Jonathan Correia:face, such a Rickyism, yeah,
James Jay Edwards:it's such a rat way to say so, the big question about spinal tap is, how are the songs?
Jacob Davidson:It is, they were good. Like, the big one is they did a huge song for Stonehenge, and they don't want to spoil it, but, like, they, yeah, they have a big set piece where they bring out a giant where they bring out a big Stonehenge thing to to fall behind them, and they're singing about Stonehenge.
James Jay Edwards:Are there any new songs?
Jonathan Correia:It's mostly the the original songs. Yeah, because they're because they're doing, like their old stuff, but it's still good, like they you. They bring out Paul McCartney to perform with them, which was really funny, because there's a whole bit of David state hubbins, like, feeling like he's being stepped on by Paul McCartney coming in and, like, telling him how they should play stuff. And he's like, Man, I can't. He's like, you know, he's my idol, but, like, I couldn't enjoy the moment because he's telling me how to play my own music, you know, but it's, but it's fucking Paul McCartney and Elton John comes out and play. And I think there's, for me, at least there was a bit of a of a melancholy with it, because you're watching this movie and everyone's just, they're old, like, sorry to say, but like, everyone's older, and like the Spinal Tap guys are firing on all cylinders, or
James Jay Edwards:spinal tap was 40 years ago. That was 19, wasn't it?
Jonathan Correia:Yeah, yeah. But, like, it's the cameos, really, more than anything, because Paul McCartney comes out, and he's kind of moving like, Ozzy was, like, 10 years ago and stuff, and it's just like, oh, man, You doing all right? But, and then all sudden, like, he starts playing it like nothing's changed. We nothing's changed when he's playing. And same with Ellen John, where it's like, they come out and you're just like, man, you're Oh, you're getting you're getting up there in age, and then they start playing. You're like, but nothing's changed there. They're still great performers,
Jacob Davidson:yeah. And one of my favorite running gags with the cameos, though, was like, how they they're desperate to find a drummer, because every drummer they've ever had has died, and they even said their last one sneezed himself into oblivion, like he sneezed so hard he died. And and it even becomes a bit where, like they call Questlove, and he doesn't want to do it because he doesn't want to die, he recommends Lars Ulrich, who also doesn't want to do it because he doesn't want to die, and so Lars Ulrich recommends quest love. So be kind of having some back and forth
Jonathan Correia:thing. No, it was, I think it was Chad Smith, and, oh no, yeah, you're right.
Jacob Davidson:Lars Ulrich, yeah, knows, yeah, yeah, no, I'm not gonna do it, but you should totally get Chad to do it, yeah,
James Jay Edwards:when back in the in the 80s, when they were auditioning drummers like it was like a publicity stunt, but you could go and you could audition for Spinal Tap, and they had a guy audition in a in an asbestos suit, because their their drummers spun, spontaneously combust, and he and he auditions, and He plays, and he's good, and then he takes off the the asbestos hat, and it's Mick Fleetwood in the asbestos suit. Have you guys heard on the old I don't know if it's it's on the Blu Ray I have, but I don't know if it's on anything else. They they do a commentary in character. Oh, that's so, it's, and it's, it's so, and it's kind of like what you're saying, where they feel like they got made fools of because, like they like, when it gets to the goes to 11 scene, all three of them go, Oh, yeah. So we should have copy written this. Can you copyright that? Maybe trade more. You trade. We could. Is it a patent? But you know, they're talking about how that gets ripped off so much, and they should have patented or trademarked or copy, or whatever you do,
Jacob Davidson:yeah, yeah. And it's funny because, like, I was at the premiere at the grandma's Chinese Theater, and they did the Q and A in character, like Christopher Guest was not sorry, Rob Reiner was Marty de Berge and they had Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer tap and Christopher Guest, or sorry, no. Harry Shearer gave some good advice, like because somebody asked a question of what kind of cheese to keep in your guitar, and he recommended a hard cheese. You don't want any soft cheeses in your guitar, otherwise it will belt and ruin all your instruments.
Jonathan Correia:There's a whole bit about, like, how his post rock career is that he has a cheese and guitar shop, and it's amazing because he has a guitar that has, like a cheese thing in it. But one of the things, one of the great additions to it is the new drummer, played by Valerie Franco, who, oh yeah, Didi, who's an actual drummer. This is her first acting role, and she's awesome. Yeah, she's great energy throughout the whole thing. Her whole thing is that she's like, high energy, and she's trying to break the curse, so she's eating super healthy and, like, avoiding a lot of things. And then, not only that, but she's also queer, and so there's like, one point where one of the bandmates tries to hit on her, and she's like, Oh yeah, we should definitely hang out more. Oh, here's my girlfriend. And they're all just like, and instantly just like, okay, and yeah, she's just such great energy. I also super crush on, uh, female drummers, anyway. So it was just like, instantly, like, I love this character, just great energy.
James Jay Edwards:Got your Samantha Maloney on, yeah,
Jonathan Correia:that's what I do. Always crush on the lesbian drummer.
James Jay Edwards:Um, have you guys seen. Seen, um, since we veered a little away from horror with spinal tap, have either you guys seen A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey? No, it just it. It came out today when we're recording this, but I didn't know if either you guys may have gone to a preview. This is, it's not a horror movie, but it's kind of like a Twilight Zone kind of thing, because, um, it, it's Margo Robie and Colin Firth, and they're, they're at, they meet at a wedding, and circumstances, they both live in the same town and they're away from this wedding. And circumstances have them in the same car going back home like one of the cars breaks down that they rented, so they have to ride back together, and their GPS is taking them on a big, bold, beautiful journey, and it's leading them to these doors. And they open the doors, and the doors will lead them to different parts of their lives, so they get to see a little bit of each other's history, but then also they'll go, they'll both go together and separate like it takes him back to when he starred in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in high school, and with her it, you know. You know it like, opened up to, like, where a night with her mom, you know, because her mom is has passed away, and at one point they both it goes to the same cafe where both of them had significant events, you know, revolving around romantic partners. And it's, it's, it's pretty it's pretty awkward to watch, especially because eventually both couples are at the same table, having their fight like across from each other. I don't know it's great, but it's kind of like a Twilight Zone kind of thing. It's an interesting concept, and my problem with it is I didn't buy the chemistry between the two if it was just if they didn't try to force a romantic angle into it, I think it would have been more effective, just like two people you know being you know, given a glimpse into each other's lives, you know, they tried to make them romantic partners instead of just, you know, best friends or soul mates kind of a thing. So it was kind of awkward, because I didn't buy the chemistry. But it's an interesting movie, kind of more fantasy than anything else.
Jonathan Correia:That sucks to hear that the chemistry wasn't too Bible, because I've seen some of the interviews of them together, and they're both so fucking charming.
James Jay Edwards:Yeah, yeah, it and they're both great actors. So yeah, it was kind of weird that the chemistry and it makes you wonder if maybe it's the way it's written. But I mean, there's one, there's only one part I can think of where the chemistry between the two of them was good, and that is the scene where they go back to his high school musical, and he's, like, on stage, and he's kind of because he is, you know, a 35 year old man, or a 30 year old man, but his character that he's playing on stage is 15. It's kind of weird to explain, but he is, you know, like, what he's he's him himself. But then he goes up, he goes, How old am I? And his friends are like, what are you? Are you crazy? You're 15, you know. So that's how, you know. And he kind of gets stumbled up, and she bails him out, and that's the only place where I where there's any, any chemistry at all between the two of them. And everywhere else, you're like, come on, you guys. Try harder. You guys are both good. Try harder.
Jonathan Correia:I have two quick picks for Koreas book nook. That's right, the Summer Reading Challenge hasn't ended for me, for the for the Los Angeles Public Library, it has, but I'm still going hard. There's this. There's a lot of Godzilla comic books coming out right now, and they're all pretty fucking awesome. There's Godzilla In Hell, Godzilla Skat Or Die, but I'd like to talk about Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre. That's right, the mash up of the century, Godzilla versus Jay Gatsby, yeah. Is it a versus really? Yeah, yeah, the book opens up like it's the Great Gatsby, and he's throwing one of his parties, and then Godzilla comes and destroys everything. And so Jay Gatsby, because Daisy, the love of his life, goes missing, Jay Gatsby, swears vengeance, and he uses his large amount of wealth to basically create the Gatsby army, or the or what they call the Gatsby force, G force, and he elicits the help of Thomas Edison, who turns out to be fucking useless, because, of course, it's Thomas Edison, fucking asshole. But he also works with Sherlock Holmes, the time machinist, which eventually, of course, leads to them encountering Dracula, of course. And once you have Dracula into the mix, Frankensteins monster, the mummy with a wolf man, all come out to play, and by that point in the story, you're just like in for the ride. Because I will admit, it starts off like the the illustration style is very highly stylized, very cool as. Very like here at Adventures of Tintin, meets, like old school, like newspaper comics with like the coloring and stuff like, the art is really cool, and it gets really insane. Like, there's one point where the Time Machine is goes, here's a ring that makes people huge, and so they immediately make, like, The Wolf Man huge to fight him, and turns into a kaiju battle. And then they're like, that's not enough. Let's turn the mummy, because Godzilla smashed to Egypt. So the mummy has a grudge, because, of course, that's going to go there. So next thing you know, you got all the universal Classic Monsters huge, but Dracula is evil and still like being a pain in the neck. So they make Jay Gatsby huge. And someone goes, Wow, he really is The Great Gatsby. Oh, wow. The trade just came out. I highly recommend it. It's also available on Hoopla, and the the other one I read was a Pumpkinhead comic called Pumpkinhead Sins
Jacob Davidson:Revisited. Oh, yeah, I remember hearing about that one. Yeah, that one's a
Jonathan Correia:couple years older. I think it's it came out in 2018 the trade. It's really cool because they go more into the backstory of Haggis, the witch who is the beholder for Pumpkinhead. But it also goes into how her sisters each also can hearken one of the demons that is attached to a man's sin, as they repeat many times in the movies and also this book, and they actually show what those other demons look like. The other demons are not as cool. Let's be honest. Pumpkin Head is one of the, like, ultimate creature designs ever. But it's, it's a lot of fun. It's very interesting. There's, there's a whole plot of like, basically, like, the sisters are all jealous of each other, but also the demons are all jealous of each other, because pumpkin head gets called all the time. So they turn, they turn on each other, and it's, it's a fun read. It's just nice to have more pumpkin head stories, man, I wish they would make more of those
Jacob Davidson:movies, yeah, or at least make movies of the quality of the original
Jonathan Correia:Yes, especially when you look at watch the Sci Fi originals. Yeah. They were fun. They were fun that I remember that was years ago.
Jacob Davidson:Oh, well, I have been seeing the 4k restorations of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Ooh, yeah, because that new 4k sets coming out. So I think it's kind of a cross promotion thing. They've been playing them one at a time at Alamo Drafthouse. So far, I've seen Nightmare on Elm Street,
Nightmare on Elm Street 2:Freddy's Revenge and Nightmare
on Elm Street:Dream Warriors. And the restoration, yeah, the the opening trilogy. And yeah, I gotta say, the restorations look amazing. I've seen them. I've seen these movies over the years on digital and on film. But, yeah, no, the 4k restorations are very, very well made. Like the sound quality is really good, picture quality is really good. Feels like Freddy is going to pop right out of the screen.
Jonathan Correia:They didn't remove all the film grain and all that, like with the Predator restoration, did they?
Jacob Davidson:Yeah, I don't think there's really any film grain. It looks like it's like a full digital transfer.
Jonathan Correia:Sometimes they do it too clean, and then it's like, dude, this film clearly came out in the 80s. This looks too, too clean
James Jay Edwards:when I saw that 4k restoration of of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, they kept because you need the grain for that. But, yeah, the big improvement was the sound that saw is in your face.
Jacob Davidson:Oh, yeah, but, but yeah, no, I gotta say, though, I think the visual transfer was good. And yeah, I mean, like it, yeah, the Nightmare on Elm Street movies don't really need grain, I don't think. But either way, I thought that it was well enough that, you know, it just looked really good, cool.
James Jay Edwards:Well, before we go, I just want just real quick. Let's lightning fire. Let's What are your just? So we're not just talking and like reviewing movies here. What are your most anticipated for the rest of the year? And I'll tell you mine first, first, I'm kind of low key, looking forward to Strangers Chapter Two, mainly because Chapter One was a remake of the first one, except with less likable characters and and I'm really curious to see where they're gonna go with it with chapter two, because they basically ended chapter one with the end of the first movie. So that it's more of a curiosity thing than I think it's going to be good. But what I think is going to be good, and I'm high key looking looking forward to Good Boy, you got. Heard about, oh yeah, it's the ghost story from the dogs point of view. Oh my god, yeah, that's gonna be so
Jacob Davidson:awesome. Yeah, I'm going to beyond fest, and the dog is going to be there for the Q and A Yes. Oh, I am going to ask that dog so many questions.
James Jay Edwards:Good boy. Good boy. What about you guys? What are you looking forward to
Jacob Davidson:for the rest? Well, I'm going to stay off of that, in that there's actually a couple movies I'm excited to see at Beyond Fest, which is going to be huge this year, gonna be big chunky, but I am going to see a few things. And I think my top stuff right now is, yeah, I am going to be seeing Good Boy, but I'm really excited for VHS Halloween and Steven Steven Kostanski's Deathstalker remake or reboot and yeah, like, both of those just look like so much fun, and I'm really glad I'll be able to see them in full house with beyond audiences. And like, I've gone to every VHS screening at beyond fest since the first one. So you know, I'm keeping that trend going nice.
James Jay Edwards:They should give you a t shirt, not like you're going to win one anyway.
Jacob Davidson:I mean, well, I did. I did get a VHS tape from them once. But, yeah, you know, because they were, like, passing stuff out of the Q and A but anyway, yeah, very excited for Deathstalker like that. That trailer really had me hooked, like it got a guy in the audience that almost so hyped up when they when the title drop for Deathstalker, yet? Holy shit, yeah, which is just how I feel.
James Jay Edwards:I Correia. What about you?
Jonathan Correia:That's totally understandable. I mean, Black Phone 2, I am, yeah, I'm, yeah. I kind of really stoked that, like Ethan Hawkes the grabber is turn is turning into, like, a Freddy Krueger type character. And I find it funny when a lot of people are like, Oh, It's Supernatural. That's so against the first movie. It's like, the whole thing of the first movie is this kid getting clues from dead kids. Like, yeah, yeah. They say it in the trailer for the second one, you know, dead's just a word. Like, I'm looking forward to that. That looks weird and trippy. And, you know, they're gonna go out of their way to not do Freddy Krueger. So, like, I'm interested in that, of course, Running Man, like, oh yeah, course Running Man, I think, yeah, that just looks passionate saying I'm so hyped for it, and that's coming out this year.
James Jay Edwards:We're getting a new Osgood Perkins movie, another one after the murder.
Jacob Davidson:Yeah, yeah, it's crazy.
Jonathan Correia:That's true Keeper. But one that I got more recently hyped for is Tina Romero's queens of the
Jacob Davidson:dead. Oh yeah, we're screening that beyond fest too.
Jonathan Correia:Don't stop bringing up beyond fest, dude, because I'm missing all of it. And Lindsay is getting tickets to some of the best stuff. She got tickets because they're premiering that, or think it might be West Coast premiere for that, but they're also doing the premiere for Boulet brothers Titans as, like, a double feature. So, like, yeah, yeah, that that is, oh, that's so good. And don't get me started on the Miko Kaiji double features that they're doing, because Lindsay's going to the prisoner Scorpion, or female prisoner Scorpion double feature, and I'm so mad because Miko Kaiji is going to be there anyways. Queens of the Dead just looks like a lot of fun. It's drag queens versus Zombies, and he got Katie O'Brien as the Yeah, with Tina Romero directing, daughter of George. So like, just looks like a fun, fun time.
Jacob Davidson:Oh yeah, and it comes, although it is getting a theatrical release on October 24
Jonathan Correia:and I'll be there, because, again, I mean drag queens and zombies and Katie O'Brien. Come on. Those are, those are all my
James Jay Edwards:favorite things. Cool. Well, that's what we're looking forward to. So um, hope you guys are too. Also, there's Shelby oaks, but there's a lot to look forward to. Anyway, let's call this one an episode. So yeah, let's, let's get out of here. Our theme song is by restless spirit, so go check them out. And our artwork is by Chris Fisher, so go check him out. You can find us on all the socials. So check that out@eyeonhorror or ihorror.com and yeah, let us know what you thought of him in a couple of weeks. So until then, I'm James Jay Edwards.
Jacob Davidson:I'm Jacob Davison
Jonathan Correia:and I'm Jonathan Correia.
James Jay Edwards:Keep your eye on horror.
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