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All things must come to an end, and this week the boys say goodbye to 2025 and season 8. Oh yeah, it's time for the annual top tens! Jay, Jacob, and Correia have compiled their lists, most checked them twice and we're gonna find out whose been playing it nice! What movie made it onto all of our lists? What movies got bumped down because it was too strong of a year in horror? What movie did Correia forget completely? Will Jay include a fringe horror film again this year? Will Jacob pull an obscure found footage film out of no where? IS ANYONE GOING TO REMEMBER NIGHT SWIM!?!?!?! Find out on the SEASON FINALE OF EYE ON HORROR!
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Welcome to eye on horror, the official podcast of iHorror.com. This is episode 157 otherwise known as season eight, Episode 17, otherwise known as our season finale, season eight, which means it's top 10 List time. I am your host, James Jay Edwards, and with me, as always, is your other host, Jacob Davison, how you doing? Jacob? Doing well, just
Jacob Davidson:embracing post Christmas, I had a great time yesterday, got some ramen, met up with a friend to see the Marx Brothers, and I was still at the new Bev. Just kind of kept things casual cool.
James Jay Edwards:I actually have a almost a week with no events for the day job, so it's almost like vacation. It's awesome. Also with us, as always, is your other other host, Jon Correia, hey, how you doing?
Jonathan Correia:Correia? Doing good. I started a part time job at a major movie chain. You know, something to do in the evenings and weekends, because we live in a capitalist society. So if you're not spending every waking moment making someone else money, you're not contributing. But it's been fun. I saw I worked Christmas, even Christmas Day, and I got to say, the vibes of people who go see movies on Christmas Day are fine, like they're fine, but they're messy. You're a bunch of messy persons also. Yeah, one of the things I've learned people who go see Angel studio movies, I've I've run the numbers, I've run the statistics. Not a lot of you, but you all give off homeschool energy, actually, no, before we get into top 10s, I have a mystery I need to solve. I have a mystery to solve. Who's eating mayonnaise in a movie theater? What are you putting that on? Oh my gosh. What are you putting I guess, maybe the hot dogs, but like, and the chicken tenders. But like, shouldn't be going through that much mayonnaise.
Jacob Davidson:Yeah. Like, do you are you selling mayonnaise? No, it's just in the condiment thing.
Jonathan Correia:It just, I refilled a lot of mayonnaise. And it's like, why? What are you putting mayonnaise on popcorn?
James Jay Edwards:Nasty. People are stealing it. Good, bringing it. They're bringing it home for their turkey sandwiches or whatever. Oh, wait, that's Thanksgiving anyway. Let's, let's move on to our top 10s, because this is always a, this is always a fun and lengthy
Jonathan Correia:one, yeah,
James Jay Edwards:always an epic. Let's go, Okay, I'm gonna rig it so that I go first. Let's go reverse alphabetical order by last name. I always just pull these out of my butt.
Jonathan Correia:Yeah, let's do it. But before we do get into it, let's remind everyone we haven't seen every movie. This is our own personal opinions. Yeah, this is just the 10 films that we are most excited about. We want to shout to the world we haven't seen every movie life gets in the way. Some of us get lost in watching a show about gay hockey players for the last month, you know.
James Jay Edwards:And even if we have seen every movie, these lists are subjective. Yeah, you know. I mean, there are movies that I like that you guys hate, I'm sure, but you know. And one thing before we get started, I just want to say this is, I do a top 10 list for for my written outlet every year too. This is the first year I can remember that the horror one is the same as the other one, and that just part of it is because nothing non horror is really excited. I mean, it's, you know, stuff like Marty Supreme, Jay Kelly, you know, those were fine, but nothing that really excited me. But also, there's just been so much good horror this year, so much good horror. So, yeah, we're there's going to be stuff not on our lists that people are going to be upset about, and that's fine because they're on your list with that. Let's get started number 10. My number 10 is presence, and I really, I like Presence because I thought it was just such a fresh take on on the haunted house, you know, the haunted house genre, you know, I mean being from the point of view of the ghost, and it's questionably horror, because it's not super scary, but it's just such a creepy. It's more of an atmosphere thing than an actual boo scary. I feel like Steven Soderbergh does it. He did two movies this year. Black Bag paid the bills. I feel like presence was his. He. His passion project. You know that that's the movie that he wanted to that he wanted to make, you know, his experimental one. But, um, and that ending, the ending of presence when you find out who the presence is. Yikes, yep. So presence by number 10. What about you?
Jacob Davidson:Jacob, all right, coming in at number 10 is Heart Eyes by Josh Rubin, yeah, no, I had a real fun time with this one. And it is nice to see kind of a more traditional, straight up slasher get a mainstream release like that, especially a holiday one, because, you know, it's a whole Valentine's Day killer thing, kind of in the line of My Bloody Valentine, but I love that Josh Rubin pitched it literally as Sleepless in Seattle meets Friday the 13th part six. Jason Lives those specifically, and it shows like as soon as I saw it, I knew that opening kill minor spoilers involving the wine press was going to be making it into the Fangoria best of list by next year, so I've still got to bet on that. And yeah, it's just a really fun and gory slasher movie with a shtick, and had a great time seeing it at the cinema tech and yeah, those solid slasher horror rom com,
Jonathan Correia:cool, Correia, number 10, my number 10, and this will be the, I guess, the first time we agree on something ever, not ever, is Steven Soderbergh, Presence. Cool. I really love that film. First and foremost, I loved that house, and just wanted to explore that house as much as possible. Ah, that's just, it's it. That's the millennial in me wanting real estate and never being able to but no, I thought it was, it was really gorgeous. It was really well done. The it like a classic ghost story. It's not about the ghost. The ghost is just kind of like the thing that brings the audience in, and kind of moves, moves things forward, and it's, it was more about this family falling apart. And I really, really dug it. And I loved how it was voyeuristic, but not, not sleazy. And the performances were amazing. Lucy Liu was phenomenal in that so I really loved presents. And, yeah, I just, I just want more atmospheric ghost stories that are about family drama. I'm all about
James Jay Edwards:that shit. Yeah, that's the thing. About presence, it's more it's just more atmosphere than actual, you know, Boo scares. But, yeah, I loved it. So we already have a dupe that's awesome. I feel like I have a few Oh, absolutely positive, yeah, number nine, my number nine is Oz Perkins Keeper. Yeah, this is, there were two oz Perkins movies this year. And you know, we may be hearing about the monkey later, but keeper, for me was just, it was the more subtle. And we and we talked at length with the composer about this. It's, it's just so subtle and downplayed, but when it gets to the payoff, man, does it get to the payoff? You know? But yeah, I keep it's another one of those that's almost more about atmosphere than actual, you know, in your face scares. And that's also one of those movies where the whole time you're going, what the hell's going on? This, better stick the landing. This, better stick the landing. And in my opinion, it stuck the landing. I like keeper Jacob, number nine.
Jacob Davidson:Okay, coming in at number nine is Final Destination Bloodlines. Nice. Again, this is horror that's being fun, and oddly, I think this might have been one of the more accessible Final Destination films, you know, again, because it's starting fresh and having its own angle. I did like the whole thing with, you know, the bloodlines and that it's like death working through the entire lineage of these people who survived. Ed, take a step back. The sky. Needle, non copyright massacre is one of, definitely one of the best disaster sequences for the entire franchise. And I think there is a cool angle to having that sort of period section set in the 60s. But yeah, there's a whole thing with the penny and the piano pancaking. That kid just is pure gold.
James Jay Edwards:That kid, of all the final destination deaths, that kid is probably the one that the whole figure, the whole
Jacob Davidson:theater was like, yeah, yeah, no, that got some cheers for my audience too. That little piece of shit had it coming. But, yeah, no, just it. It. Is a solid Final Destination setup and also very emotional being the final appearance by Tony Todd, who gave that incredible monolog about, you know, not taking life for granted and making use of the time you have, which is kind of the core message of the final destination movies like, you can be enjoying life one day, and then you could get dumped into a garbage truck and squished to pieces or accidentally fall into a lawn mower, who's to say. But I got to give Final Destination Bloodlines a kudos, because it also made number two when Jon waters top 10 Best Of The Year as well.
Jonathan Correia:Oh, he loves that franchise so much. Oh, yeah, when I remember he did a program at a at a theater once, and it was movies I wish I directed and and he had final destination on there, and he basically said, like he would love to make a final destination movie, and that's all I fucking want in this world.
Jacob Davidson:Jon waters, final destination, yeah. Why
James Jay Edwards:hasn't this happened? Why hasn't this happened yet? He's already in
Jacob Davidson:like he come up with just the sleaziest and most bizarre deaths possible. Does them go to town?
Jonathan Correia:Let me just say this. If I win the lottery, I won't say anything, but you'll know,
Jacob Davidson:you'll get producer credit in Jon waters. Final Destination.
Jonathan Correia:That film will be greenlit tomorrow. I get the check green lit. All right, Correia, what's your? Number nine? Number nine and fuck you. Anyone who argues with me, that's right, I'm getting defensive right now. We have controversy. If there is I'm fighting, I'll take the shirt off and meet you behind the Denny's. My number nine is the day the earth blew up a Looney Tunes movie.
Jacob Davidson:Oh, nice, yeah, baby.
Jonathan Correia:Not only was this just chock full of classic Looney Tunes escapades humor. What have you the modern humor slapped really hard. I don't think I can think of a thing that I laughed at harder than Father Jim in recent time. Just any moment he showed up was just the funniest thing ever. It was very classic. It was in that mold of like 1950 sci fi films, like The Day the Earth Stood Still, and other alien invasion movies. And you know what? We haven't had a good alien invasion movie that's like that in quite some time. So on so many levels. It works really well. It's funny. It's very sci fi. There's some horrific imagery in there. And, yeah, I'm just glad the gang is back. I want more Looney Tunes. Where the fuck is coyote versus Acme?
James Jay Edwards:They, that keeps coming and going, like with lawsuit. They, oh, it's gonna be released. Nope, never released. Gonna be released. Never released. So I don't know. I would love to see it too.
Jonathan Correia:I think catch UPS releasing it next year, because they did, uh, they did good with this one.
Jacob Davidson:Yeah, no, it's definitely coming out next year. I'm just, oh, it's August of next year. August.
Jonathan Correia:Okay. I just hope they, they give it a the full distribution that it absolutely deserves, because they also released, uh, Hellboy, the Crooked Man, which went straight to voodoo in the states pretty much.
James Jay Edwards:So, all right, number eight, my number eight is Vicious, which kind of snuck up on me. It was technically a scream fest title, but it just kind of popped up on Paramount plus. And I'm a big fan of Brian Bertino, and I didn't know that this was coming out, but, and I'm also a big fan of Dakota Fanning so it was kind of like a one two punch for me. And this is just such a dirty mean this movie. I mean, like a lot of burkina's movies, it's just it. It's just this mean spirited, ugly one of those movies you watch through your fingers and you're cringing the whole time. You're like, no, no, you did that. You know that kind of thing. So, yep, it's pretty vicious. Vic. It's vicious. It earns its name. Yeah, number eight, for me, is vicious. It's like that one tweet where someone says, about to watch Jon Carpenter's thing, and by the end of it, I will have a better name for whatever that thing is. Yeah, they go, couldn't come up with anything better. That is, that is the thing. Yeah, that's the thing. That's what this title, or hider in the house. I'm gonna come up with a better title for this. Nope, it's, it's, that's, that's the title.
Jacob Davidson:He's a hider. He's in the house. What more do you need? The
Jonathan Correia:alternate title is Gary Busey in the walls. That's it. That's all I could come up with. Yeah. I mean,
Jacob Davidson:that's that has a hook too. Yeah, that's the tagline.
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Jacob Davidson:vicious coming in at number eight is August Perkins adaptation of Stephen King's the monkey. Nice and yeah, no, I was kind of neck and neck between the monkey. Monkey and final destination in terms of bizarre, you know, like rube goldbergian or disaster type of deaths, but the monkey just kind of edged out final destination for me, because I think it was a little funnier and had a lot of good kill sequences to it, like the shotgun blast closet thing like that just got the audience going. Oh, and also, the lady jumping into the electrified pool and just straight up exploding, yeah. Just every, every one of those were a banger with the audience. And also, I just like that little monkey with the drum, you know, he's, he's a funky little monkey, yeah, and no, I mean, it was a lot of fun. And again, it has kind of a similar message that, you know, just kind of pointing out the absurdity of life and death, you know, just that anything crazy can, you know, just take us out at any moment. And also, it has the immortal line that that little monkey that's been killing our family is back from Theo James.
Jonathan Correia:It's such a great line.
James Jay Edwards:The monkey, to me, the whole movie, the monkey can be summed up in that bee death.
Jacob Davidson:Oh, yeah, the bees, yeah, just, it's
James Jay Edwards:just the whole thing is just so over the top, and that bee death summarizes it
Jonathan Correia:to me. Oh yeah, Correia, number eight, listen, I already said had one Looney Tunes, ass wacky movie on my top 10 list. Let's double let's double it up. My number eight is also the monkey. Nice. It's, it's, again, the the tone, the humor, it's so over the top. It's so looney tune the death, I mean, the exploding woman, everything about it. But at its core, it's nihilistic as fuck. But there was still, like, some like, really great character dynamics about family and it's it was just juggling a lot, and I thought it balanced it really well. Shout out to Tatiana masalani for, like, really anchoring the fuck out of that movie and really keeping it in with such a wacky world that they created her character and her performance really kind of kept it in a grounded reality so that we could still relate. But, yeah, I mean, it beat you over the head with everything, with a with a rubber hammer, to the point where at the end, there's just a school bus going by on fire full of cheerleaders and it and Theo James just shudder shudders just all right. And he's like, yeah, that sums it up. That's, if anything, I think, yeah, it's great. I loved it.
James Jay Edwards:Yeah, all right. Well, speaking of Stephen King, my number seven is the long walk. Ooh, and The Long Walk, to me, was another one. It's, I love that it was written by Jay t mulner, because you could tell from Strange Darling that this guy has a way of writing dialog. That is, I mean, he does it like Aaron Sorkin style. I mean, like, you can't not listen to his dialog, and so much of The Long Walk is them walking and talking. So the conversations, what really makes the movie, of course, what makes it a horror movie is, you know, every five minutes, someone dies violently, but it's the in between the violent deaths, where you get to know these characters, that really makes the movie stand out to me. And molner script, along with David Johnson and Cooper Hoffman, they, they're the heart of the movie. And it I, I just think long walk was a terrific adaptation of of a Stephen King's movie that, you know, let's face it, did we ever think it was going to be made into a movie?
Jonathan Correia:No. I mean, this one's on my honorable mention. So I do want to say that, like, it's one of those ones where, like this, this, this could be really bad very quickly. This could have been done very poorly. And I thought they bounced it between the dialog and who they casted, because, again, that cast Cooper, Hoffman, David Jon, but also, like Garrett Waring, we got Charlie Plummer play, who we know is amazing, but like, what's going against type, Ben Wang, Mark Hamill as the major I mean, but like that, young men, I genuinely say that this movie, in 10 years, people are going to be like, Hey, do you did you know that all these big, big, like, award winning actors were in the Stephen King adaptation 10 years ago, and it's like, yeah,
James Jay Edwards:it's, it's, it's, yeah, this is their Stand By Me, yeah,
Jonathan Correia:yeah, it's, it was really well done. It got edged out. At least on my list. But yeah, I just wanted to point out, like that's an incredible cast, very harrowing. And yeah, Charlie Plummer, again, played a very complicated villain in that. And I loved every moment.
James Jay Edwards:Cool. All right. Number seven, Jacob,
Jacob Davidson:all right. Coming in at number seven for me is Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later. Nice, yeah, no. I mean, I remember seeing the original 28 days later, you know, way back in the 2000s and for one thing, I never would have expected a gun the first sequel, 28 weeks later. But 28 years later is so unique, especially for a long distance sequel. That has been kind of the case with a lot of these sort of legacy sequels as of late, but it does it right, and that it just goes completely different with it, in that it's more of a dark, post apocalyptic Coming of Age movie, since it's about this boy who's growing up in this encampment, surviving village that has their own rules and sort of lifestyle to keep everyone safe, and he gets his first taste of the outside world, of the horrors within, with All the infected on the mainland from their island getaway, and it just kind of and he is trying to save his mother, who's ill, but he they don't have the resources to help her. So he decides to see this doctor played by Ralph fine, who has, you know, with the other sequel cover, he has the bone temple, you know, just like the wish, you know, just the imagery is so striking, too, in this with, like, the piles of constructed bones and the wreckage of the pre apocalypse, so it, yeah, no, it just really got to me and that, you know, that, like the horror is definitely in the rage infected, but it was just such a great emotional core to the movie that it was just so striking.
James Jay Edwards:You guys did notice? I'm sure that the asylum made 28 months later. That's it. You know, leave it to them. The actual franchise missed it, but the asylums like, Oh, I'll
Jonathan Correia:take that. Yeah, wait to watch that. Correia, what's your number seven? So my number seven is Freaky Tales. Nice. This was what I heard a lot about. Never really got to and then just one evening was like, looking for something to watch, and then I found it. And then I remembered, oh yeah, freaky Tales is a thing. I should watch that. And I love moments like that. When it's a movie where it's like, okay, I'll watch this, and then I just obsess over it. It's got everything for me. It takes place in 80s. La, you got Nazis fighting punks and the punks winning. You got a heist. There's a bit of, like, 70s exploitation in there. A lot of altogether, it was very 80s. LA. And what I appreciated about it is it didn't just focus on one subset of culture, because as someone who, like, grew up more punk, but like, also was really into hip hop, and is very into the history of hip hop. It was great seeing like, these two sects kind of come together and meld, especially uniting under the banner of beating the shit out of Nazis. So, like, that's always great. Plus, you know, baby girl, Pedro Pascal is in it, which is always good. So, yeah, no, I mean Freaky tales. It's just a hell of a fun time.
James Jay Edwards:Number six. My number six is Bugonia. This is a Yorgos Lanthimos being Yorgos Lanthimos, and it's questionably horror, but I think the horror in begonia comes from what Jesse Plemons and Aiden delvis think is happening, because it's more science fiction than than horror, because they think that there's this alien invasion happening, but the lengths they go to to help, I guess, prevent it, gets a little horrific, and that's where Emma Stone comes in. But, yeah, Giorgos. I mean, this isn't quite as horror as, say, Poor things, or killing of a sacred deer, but it's Yorgos. And everything Yorgos makes is a little horror, I guess, because he's just one of those. You know, whether you like him or hate him, you have to admit that what he does is interesting. So even if you don't like Jurgis, lanthanus, you're still going to hate watch his movies, just because, you know, you're not going to see anything quite like it, you know. So anyway, my number six, begonia, Jacob, number six,
Jacob Davidson:Coming at number six on my list is The Long Walk, hey, yeah, yeah, no, I had to put it in there again. You know, I've been talking about emotional core. Wars of horror. And I feel that this, this one, just really nailed the balance of the tension with the companionship. And I totally agree that Cooper Hoffman and David Johnson's friendship through the film is the cornerstone that makes it work, along with the interactions with the rest of the boys. And, you know, I read some posts somewhere just that, like the that this is the type of movie that's relatable to a lot of kids these days, because it, you know, just with the state of the world, it does feel like they're just trying to move forward with a gun to their back. And Mark Hamill, yeah, just really stood out as the bad guy the major and he's been on a real good run for King adaptations lately, between this and life of Chuck very differing roles, though, and also got to give a big shout out to Judy Greer as Miss Garrity, who, again, you know, just kind of lays on The tension and emotional strain of the long walk. So, yeah, no, it just, it really got to me. And, you know, just you've, you know, like you feel sometimes that you're getting numb to violence, even fictional violence. But you know, anytime there was a gunshot in this movie, I jumped like it. Just really knew how to just keep you on the edge of your seat.
Jonathan Correia:Ah, when they when, when Judy Greer pops up later in the movie, fuck it. I like, and you knew it was, it's just start welling up. It's like, no, no, no. It was like the reality of their situation was reset, when, when Cooper Hoffman's characters saw her again. Because it was like, this whole time, it was like, Yeah, I'm on this thing. But then once, like, reality came back in, it was, it was like, No,
James Jay Edwards:brutal, all right. Correia, number six,
Jonathan Correia:number 666, my number six was 28, years later. I thought it was phenomenal. One of the things that I really appreciated about that movie, because it's been while since Danny Boyle has made 28 days later, and since then, we've seen him go through so many different eras of like experimenting with editing and camera working like what you can be doing. And I love that he did not go, oh, well, I have to keep this more in line with like, the franchise or whatever. He still did his experimenting. He still went out there those night shots, on the on the like, like, where they're running, from the beat, from the thing on the water, was incredible. I don't know how they pulled that off, but it looked insane. And so, yeah, I just, I really appreciated that a there was, there seemed to be, like, a natural progression on what was happening. Was happening with the rage virus, seeing what happened. I love that post apocalypse society move exploration on, like what it would look like if we were in this type of situation. But again, also just the fact that they were experimenting a lot with what they were doing with the camera work and the editing was just phenomenal. My only complaint was not enough. Jody Correia, but that's my complaint with most anything cool.
James Jay Edwards:We're halfway through and it's so far. It's exactly what I expected, lots of good stuff. My number well. And the funny thing is, is, like a lot of the stuff that you guys are saying is, are my honorable mentions. That just tells you how good of a year been. You know, start fighting soon.
Jonathan Correia:This is when the gloves come off.
James Jay Edwards:My number five is bring her back. And, you know, it was no secret that talked to me was one of my favorite movies of that year. And bring her back is just more this and again, kind of like vicious this is just such a mean and dirty movie. And Sally Hawkins just brings it home as she's basically this woman who gets foster kids in, you know, brings foster kids into her home, and her whole intent is to, I don't want to spoil anything, but she has intentions with these kids, and it is the latest foster kids that came in. One of them is a visually impaired girl, and then her her brother, who they're already adopted siblings, so their bond is more than just, like birth. It's like, you know, they're, they're growing up together. So, you know, they have each other's backs. And this movie, it just, I mean, the the bond between the main, the main teenage boy, and the little girl. You're like, Okay, everybody. He just needs a sibling like this. Yeah. It is, you know, grapefruit.
Jonathan Correia:It is. It's the total opposite of the other. Sally Hawkins taking in a foster kid movie. Paddington, yeah,
James Jay Edwards:Sally Hawkins can do it all. I'm a big fan. But anyway,
Jonathan Correia:absolutely can dude like the stuff that she did in that and take her back with her body and her face. I just Who gave you permission? Girl, that was too much. I loved it.
James Jay Edwards:Yep, all right, number five is bring her back for me, Jacob, what's your
Jacob Davidson:number five? Uh, for me, I went with VHS Halloween at number five, featuring the directorial talents of Brian M, Ferguson, Caspar Kelly, Michelle Pitt, Norman, RH Norman, Alex Ross, Perry, Paco Plaza and Anna zlocovic. And, you know, I'm a big fan of found footage and anthology. So of course, I've been a real Ride or Die for the VHS films, and I've been loving the themes they've been going for lately. You know, previously with the years, more recently with the genres. Because last year we had VHS beyond, which was the Sci Fi horror found footage compilation. And this year, you know, an all Halloween theme VHS is brilliant. You know, just so many of the segments were, were unique and fun spins on them, you know, like, I like the coochie coo one that, that one was really out there and weird. And, you know, just the exclamation point of the film was home haunt, which basically just took the the concept of a Halloween home hunt, and what if all the decorations of monsters came to life and it was a good time? So, yeah, no, just it. It just really resonated with me. And you know, just each segment really stood out from one another. Casper Kelly's fun size, of course, was really bizarre and nightmarish. So, you know, just nailed that one on the head. So, yeah, no, I just really love how they have this one came together, and I'm very excited for whatever VHS comes next year, although at the Q and A at beyond fest, they did talk about possibly doing a VHS Florida. So just all Florida segments of a VHS movie,
James Jay Edwards:love, which will probably be the most horrifying one.
Jacob Davidson:Yeah, they said it'd be a Documentary. Documentary.
Jonathan Correia:I Correia, number five, we're gonna start fighting, I swear, the placement of this movie just shows how strong this year was.
James Jay Edwards:Oh, my top four are all like that. Actually my top five because bring her back. But okay, what do you got?
Jonathan Correia:My number five is Zach Kriegers, weapons. Listen, listen.
James Jay Edwards:I this would be number one in any other year,
Jonathan Correia:number one other year and but I had, yeah, that top five was, like, flipped around a lot this morning, except for number one. Number one was had its place. But yeah, I mean weapons just what a what a refreshingly twisted beautiful, like almost fairy tale, like fantasy set within, like a true crime lens, just weird all around. Loved it, and of course, can't, can't praise Amy Madigan's performance enough. Always been a fan of her, especially since playing McCoy on Streets of Fire. But unrecognizable. Yeah, again, oh yeah. I have a framed photo of my desk from Streets of Fire, and it still took, like, at least 10 minutes of her performance. She did, like, one facial thing, and I just went, McCoy, McCoy.
James Jay Edwards:No, until the closing credits. I'm like, that was Amy
Jacob Davidson:Madigan. But, yeah, it blew me away.
Jonathan Correia:Yeah, the tone of shifting, the perspective shifting, the fact that, like, it was dealing with such fantastical things, such as witches and whatnot, but, like, kept it grounded just the end, the performance is phenomenal. I mean, yeah, no, I It's, it's, it's one that like, want to keep going back to and re watching and just catching all the little things again, you know, yeah, I loved weapons and again, any other year would have been number one. And I'm gonna be saying that for every single one of these ones coming up, any other year would have been number one, but number one took its spot. All right.
James Jay Edwards:Well, on to number four and number four, any other year, would be number one, but my number four is weapons. Hey, everything Correia said, ditto, weapons. I actually watched weapons again the other night, just to kind of try to solidify my top four. Because, like you said, they. They were kind of flip flopping and and you're right, when you go back and re watch it, knowing what's going on, you see things and it, yeah, it is. And again, Amy Madigan, if she does not get an not just a nomination, but she needs to win Best Supporting because, yeah, chameleonic, she She's incredible.
Jonathan Correia:She's definitely one in impersonations over at hamburger, Mary's and all those other drag spots at that in town. And we HO
Jacob Davidson:and there was, there was somebody at horror trivia who did and Gladys and won Best singular costume this year.
James Jay Edwards:Nice, cool. My So my number four weapons, Jacob, what's your number four?
Jacob Davidson:All right, well, here's where things begin to twist, because Coming at number four for me is Harvest Brood by Joe Meredith. Some of you may recall that I talked about this film back in October. Joe Meredith is a kind of regional filmmaker who posts pretty much all this stuff on YouTube, online. And you know, this is one of those movies that genuinely unsettled me, like it actually scared the shit out of me. And it's basically about this October, 2006 in Alabama, where a bunch of people are starting to disappear and there are murders being committed as they get closer to Halloween. And like a former detectives investigating is kind of shot in a mockumentary style mixed with found footage, and it seems like a fairly typical slasher. There's this dude with a bag head, kind of like Jason and Friday 30 part two, but then it starts to go to this very dark underbelly of what happened in this former company town, and it just kind of goes deeper and deeper to the dark side of this community, and what? Why? How it connects to Halloween? And, yeah, no, it just has this real grit to it, that very unsettling, and like all these very well done practical effects in terms of gore and slime and goo, that makes it so visceral? Yeah, no. And I do appreciate the these shot and video and regional efforts, especially in trying to capture the kind of period style, especially, you know, when you go in for found footage like that. So if you haven't seen it yet, check out harvest brood on YouTube, and you'll see why it made number four. It's on YouTube. It's on YouTube, and it's only 53 minutes.
James Jay Edwards:There's always time for that. You just sold us. Yeah, that's host link.
Jacob Davidson:Yeah, I'm telling you. It'll scare the crap out of you. Let's go
James Jay Edwards:to Correia, number four.
Jonathan Correia:Number four again, this one was a tough one because I had to include one, but I couldn't include both, and I had to include this one because the theatrical experience was incredible. Predators. Killer of killers is not only the best Predator movie of this year. Badlands is great. Killer of killers is perfect, and killer of killers really is and feels like the ultimate predator movie. You get multiple eras of predators fighting humans fighting against different warriors, different sects. You get to see different different kinds of predators finding them too. And I was very worried about when, when the trailer release of seeing, like the dog fight. I'm like, I'm sure that's gonna be cool, but we're gonna get decimated. And the fact that they made it all work. The animation is gorgeous. The mythology and lore building is incredible. I mean, again, killer of killers, I think, is just the ultimate predator movie. Is it the best Predator movie that's up for debate, but I do think it is, like the perfect like this is purely just predator stuff going on. And I loved it that that film, just thinking about it, gives me an energy boost
James Jay Edwards:when I was stumping for that in the San Diego Film Critics Society awards, I was stumping for that for best animated and K Pop Demon Hunters took the awards, so I was cool with that. But when I was trying to convince people killer killers, because it did get nominated, one of my colleagues called it, anyone can kill a predator, which is kind of funny franchise. Dude, the predators lose so often. They're not. They're supposed to be the ultimate hunters. I know the predators hunt Xenomorphs, which are indestructible. I know.
Jonathan Correia:Well, it's, it's Star Trek, right? It's like. Star Trek, when all these aliens are far more advanced, far more logic, far more smarter, and yet humans are at the center of it, and people are like, why is that? It's like, well, clearly you never watched enterprise, you fucking Mook. But anyway, this isn't about a Star Trek podcast. Correia, God, all
James Jay Edwards:right, moving on. My number three. And again, it pains me to put this at number three, because I loved it so much. Any other year, any other year, is it tough? Year three is Good Boy? Oh, I absolutely getting back to like what we were saying with presence, the haunted house movie from the spirits perspective. Good boy is from the dog's perspective. And I tell you, Indy the dog. This dog needs not just an animal performance award. This dog needs Best Actor nominations. This dog is incredible. And also, I mean, I know that a lot probably ended up on the cutting room floor, and it took them a year and a half to shoot the movie. The director Ben Lee and Berg, he deserves a lot of the credit, because Indy is his dog and and what he was able to get his dog to do. I mean, as as an owner of three freaking goober dogs, yeah, I Hats off to him, because I couldn't get that kind of performance out of any of my dogs, or all three of them put together. So, yeah, good boy. I mean, it's no surprise that it's this high on my list, since I'm such a dog lover, but it is a bit of a surprise that it is such a good movie, honestly, because it could have been just a gimmick.
Jonathan Correia:I knew it was, because it's a dog movie and it's got a decent run time. I was like, this is going to be Jacob three.
James Jay Edwards:I love my 73 minute movies. Yep, I love those. I love those short ones.
Jonathan Correia:I finally watched it the other day, and I got to say I was, I was I was being real tough throughout the whole movie. And then the end got me. I willed up a bit. I was like, Oh no, he's such a good boy.
James Jay Edwards:Just a clever name. He's the good right, Jacob, what's
Jacob Davidson:your number three? All right, coming in at number three is again, very tough year, just because there's so many to choose from is Zac Cregger's Weapons! Nice? Yeah, it had to make the list. Like, you know, just, I base a lot of this on what my experiences was like seeing the movie, especially theatrically, and seeing weapons with a full house at the AMC, Boston com and IMAX just made it for a hell of an experience. And just that, you know, the scares were on point. Like even a door opening got people screaming and jumping in their seats, like everybody is so on edge. And yeah, no, just is such an interesting story, especially because, you know, like it, he even pitched it as Magnolia as a horror movie, and it just nails that to a tee, with, like, all the different chapters and interconnecting stories. And again, yeah, big shout out to Amy Madigan as on Gladys, who probably is one of the bigger horror icons to debut this year. And, yeah, no, just everybody involved in LA Julia Garner and Josh Brolin and Benedict Wong, you know, just like it all really came together, and such an interesting spin on kind of the stranger danger and like, take the children, kind of sub genres in horror. And I did, and I do love hearing a lot about the making the movie from Zach Craig, because he was talking about, you know, like doing meditations, kind of like, or from our transcendental meditations, like David Lynch and, you know, adding stuff like the assault weapon above the house, which he says, you know, like he doesn't have an explanation for it. He just put it in. So I, you know, and it does help, kind of convey the nightmare quality of the movie right down to the scene where Benedict Wong's character and his husband are eating seven hot dogs together, you know, just there's so many quirks to this movie. It just keeps on making you think more about it.
Jonathan Correia:Yeah, seven hot dogs, the perfect Thanksgiving breakfast.
James Jay Edwards:I Correia, number three. Number
Jonathan Correia:three. I'm gonna keep saying it any other year, any other year. And you guys know I was shouting praises about this movie last year, and it's a little sad that it's not number one because any other year, but it's Companion. Ah, yes, yes. Drew Hancock's companion again, Jacob and I saw it at an advanced screening with beyond fist back in 2024 Yeah, and this was back when they still only had, like, the teaser that was like from the studio that brought you barbarian and the notebook. And it's it just the crowd reaction of nobody knowing anything about this movie to everything. And it was stellar, great performances. I applaud any movie that essentially only has like four to six people in it and can keep you engaged and have surprise you as much. And this film would above and beyond that, just everyone was on top to your god mode, not to mention the cities of angels reference with Jack quaids characters and the Goo Goo Dolls was just in bad chef's kiss. I don't even know. I think Jack even said, like, I don't even know if Drew understood that. Like, that's my mom was in that movie, so, but, yeah, it's just a fantastic film. I wish the trailers and stuff hadn't spoiled so much of it. But yeah, loved companion. What a great statement about where we're heading with the male loneliness epidemic.
Jacob Davidson:Oh yeah, all
James Jay Edwards:right, on onto number two and number two, my number two is companion. Hey, pretty much everything Correia just said again, ditto and for me, number one and number two kept flip flopping all like just in the last 24 hours, they flip flop probably three or four times. And the reason I finally put companion at two instead of what is ultimately my number one is a lot of companion, I think, was the experience I had, because I didn't get to see it in the theater, you know, months before, like you guys, but I did get to see it. I got a screener before it was released. And if I had known anything about that movie, and you guys had even warned me about it before I saw it, yourself going completely blind, which was the best advice ever, if I had known anything, if I had even looked at a poster, I don't think it would have been as enjoyable of a movie, because the whole Iris sleep moment my jaw dropped. I'm like, right? That's the kind of we're watching now. So, um, so that is ultimately what put this down to number two. And again, any other year it would be number one. But ultimately, the it because I think some of my enjoyment was from the experience, and not the movie. I mean, it's an amazing movie, but the experience of not knowing anything going into it, which, I mean, I I say that about any movie, but in this one, it actually seriously if, if you are lucky, if you don't know anything about companion right now and stop listening right now and go watch it without hearing anything else. In fact, I've already said too much by saying Iris sleep. But anyway, yeah. Companions, my number two,
Jonathan Correia:I said too much reference in Google doll, sorry.
James Jay Edwards:Companion, number two, Jacob, what's your number two?
Jacob Davidson:Yeah, kind of taking a step back. I do wish I had re watched companion since then, because I think I put it on my list last year while being vague about it. So, you know, it's always so confusing when it kind of jumps in between gears like that. But I do love companion. So big shout out to that. But at number two for me, this year, I put in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, which, sorry,
Jonathan Correia:I had a little meltdown because I was like, pouring over my list this morning. I was like, feel like I'm forgetting something. I feel like I'm forgetting so god damn it.
Jacob Davidson:No continues. Too many, too many movies.
James Jay Edwards:Can we restart this? Such an amazing year?
Jacob Davidson:Yeah, exactly. Our cup runneth over with great horror films this year, oh man. And you know, and you know, Guillermo del Toro is Frankenstein is such an incredible modern adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic, which I would expect nothing less from Del Toro, considering his continued love and admiration for Shelley's novel and the ensuing adaptations in the centuries since, um, and, I mean, he just got such an amazing cast, with Oscar Isaac as one of the best Victor Frankenstein, since Peter Cushing, Jacob Lordy, giving such a powerful and emotional performance as the monster. And then he got Christoph Waltz and Mia Goff, you know, just, it's just, it just again, cup runoff over. And I love, and, yeah, no, just, I do love how it's told in a very traditional manner from the novel, and that we get Victor's side of story, we get the creature side of story. And it's so emotional. And this is undoubtedly a horror movie, like I'd heard some debate, but yeah, no, this. It's Frankenstein. Of course, it's a horror movie. It's about somebody conquering death and realizing their mistake and the existential horrors they're in. It is horror it's
James Jay Edwards:more of a horror movie than the novel. Is a horror novel. You know, the novel is almost more sci fi, but Guillermo del Toro, and this is probably the most faithful Frankenstein we've gotten. But, oh yeah, it is definitely more of a horror movie than the than the source material is a horror novel, in my opinion.
Jacob Davidson:This is true. I mean, of course, Del Toro. Takes his own creative takes on this version, but it does stick to the core concept and skeleton of Shelley's original novel. But yeah, no, as horrifying as it is, it has such a great emotional core, like the scene with the creature and the blind man, played by David Bradley, I actually cried like, you know, just talking about friendship and life and death, it is a great rumination on, you know, like, what's worse to die or to live forever? And you know, what to do with our lives and the time we have, which I'm noticing, has been kind of consistent through lunch, through a bunch of horror movies this year. But yeah, no, just this was Del Toro, the dream project, and it shows, and you can tell he put as much effort into it as one director can. So it just really struck me, and I loved it, and I do really need to re watch it soon. I'm so happy I was able to see it theatrically and on film at the Egyptian theater.
James Jay Edwards:Cool Correia, number two,
Jonathan Correia:none of this matters anymore. I forgot Frankenstein like that myself so fucking because, like, I have been thinking about that movie so much, and I don't know why. I think it was just because I was basing it off a list I made and forgot to add it to my genre list. But like, it is a horror film. I will. I hate Whenever someone's like this, films really well made. It's not a horror film. Fuck you. It's Frankenstein. It's a horror film. And again, horror is just genre that's classification for putting shit on a cell on a shelf. So go fuck yourselves. My number two to continue on Frankenstein would have been on my list, and it would have been high up if I had been more awake putting this together. But my number two was one that I love, surprise hits for me, at least things that I wasn't anticipating, things that come out of nowhere. I especially appreciate films that make me nauseous, that make me her, that make me almost hurl. I love films know where you're going, that fuck with me on a physical level. And the only film to do that this year was The Ugly Stepsister. Ugly Stepsister was for me this year's The Vourdalak film. I knew very little of popped it on, and just like have been obsessing with it ever since everything because we've seen the dark tale or the dark side, dark take on a classic fairy tale. And this film is basically like, no, the original was fucked, because this is how it plays out. And I love the perspective. I love that there's no real, clear, defined villain. Everyone kind of sucks in their own way. And, yeah, the horrors are horrifying, and their basis in reality make them even worse. And, yeah, the tapeworm.
Jacob Davidson:Yeah, I know I just
Jonathan Correia:ate, so I don't want to talk about the tapeworm too much, but goddamn. But yeah, between that and what was it?
James Jay Edwards:The Eye scene, yeah, oh yeah,
Jonathan Correia:okay, in the eye. So, yeah, no, I mean Ugly Stepsister, everything about it, from like, the costumes, the acting, the gore, just phenomenal. That was a real sleeper for me, and I appreciated the fuck out of it. Do we
James Jay Edwards:all have the same number one? I think we do. I'm pretty sure we do, since I think we but we all have the same number one. Let's do our honorable mentions, like in, like a round robin here, because, you know, like before we get to number one,
Jonathan Correia:because, do we? Because apparently I forgot Frankenstein came out, so who knows, maybe I forgot number one.
James Jay Edwards:Let's do our honorable mentions, my honorable mentions. It's pretty much everything that you guys have mentioned. Like, you know, Heart Eyes could be on there 28 Years Later. Final Destination. A few that we have not mentioned yet, their honorable mention speed Bone Lake, which is another one of those that I kind of wrote off by the by the name. And then when I watched it, I was like, yeah, no, don't write this off, a death of a unicorn, which you know, was the Jurassic Park movie. I didn't know I needed. Every year that there's been an airy Astor movie, it's been on my top 10. This just shows how strong horror is. This year that Eddington is an honorable mention, not really horror, and I like it more than Beau is Afraid and Beau is Afraid made my top 10. So that again, shows you how strong of a year it is. And also a couple of foreign movies that got their US release in this year, Red Rooms and The Coffee Table, both of those are honorable mentions for me. But yeah, lots too much good stuff this year. Here. What about you, Jacob, what's, what are your shout outs?
Jacob Davidson:Oh, yeah, no, there was, again. It was just so many horror movies, impossible stick them on one list again. Companion was kind of flipped because, you know, I saw it last year, so I just kind of taken out of that. But it was a brilliant film, and with Jonathan that, I'm glad we were able to go into it as blind as possible for the more spoilery commercials and marketing came out. I think,
James Jay Edwards:I think Brett Bachman didn't he say that you guys were at the the only screening that was going to be completely fresh, you know. Like, I believe so, yeah. Like, I mean, you guys were so lucky to be there. I wish I could.
Jacob Davidson:Oh, yes, no. I mean, it was a delight, and they should have stuck with the ambiguity, ambiguity of the film for the marketing, but yeah, a lot of good stuff. I also want to give a big shout out to trick or treat with Reed Richmond, which, I mean, is kind of a horror movie, but is another spin off in Chris la Martinez WNUF universe. And I really love it because it so beautifully captures that air of Sci Fi Channel specials and commercials and stuff. So it it's something I've re watched a few times this year. It makes great background noise, also, in terms of stuff that we haven't, haven't come up yet. Elric Haines, The Dead Thing was a really solid horror movie. I'm really glad I got to see the film print, screening of it at the new Bev and dealing with the dangers of trying to find love and obsession. And let's see what else. Oh yeah, I love the Silent Night, deadly night remake. I just saw that this week for Christmas Eve. And you know, horror remix can be a mixed bag, but I really think that this version captured the spirit and style of the original while, doing a fun twist on itself. And big shout out to Roan Campbell, who makes an incredible Billy and kills a shitload of Nazis. So, you know, you gotta love that stuff. And Ruby Modine is really good as Pamela, one of the other leads. So yeah, if you haven't seen the Silent Night, Deadly Night remake yet, I tell you, got to give it a shot and couple other quick things. Big Baby by Spider One, glad I got to see that scream fest. I hope it gets a big release soon. Night of The Reaper really like that, Dangerous Animals, solid shark slash slasher movie with Jai Courtney at his most Australian, They Call Her Death, which is kind of a spaghetti western throwback, but with horror elements. And, of course, The Ugly Sister, which I'm with Jonathan and dad. Oh, that one made me queasy. Yeah?
James Jay Edwards:So basically, everything you've seen this year is an honorable mention.
Jacob Davidson:Oh, believe me, there's a ton more stuff I've seen that I have not mentioned. But also, big shout out to Good Boy,
James Jay Edwards:yeah, all right, Correia, what are your honorable mentions?
Jonathan Correia:Well, apparently, Frankenstein is an honorable fucking Mention I'm so mad at myself right now, but I'm also like looking, where would you put it? That's the thing is, it throws my whole list off. It throws my whole list off. I can't say it because the equations are out the window. Listen, we've just spent the last hour listing off our thing so it the list is solidified, but it would have, it would have thrown it off. It off. It would have thrown it off hard. So, yes, would
James Jay Edwards:it have been like, number two, number three? Would it have supplanted number one?
Jonathan Correia:No, okay, it would have supplanted a lot. It would have shifted a lot of things around. It would have had me rethinking, like, there would have been a few titles knocked off because of it, and just for the rearranging. So, yeah, no, I mean, shout out to Frankenstein. The most perfect Frankenstein adaptation there is out there. Guillermo del Toro, you are a God amongst men. Thank you. I want to give a special honorable mention. I haven't seen it yet, but to Silent Night Deadly Night remake. Mike P Nelson, just for the fact that you have, like, what was it? A 10 Minute sequence of Santa Claus killing eight minutes. Eight minutes. Bravo. I have seen that they put that online for a little bit. I watched it a couple times. It's beautiful. Yeah, I'm always down for the cinematic killing of Nazis because we don't advocate real life violence. But, you know, I'm also fuck those that actually no, fuck that. Fuck the Nazis. Go punch a Nazi. It's Christmas.
James Jay Edwards:My most disappointing thing about sisu road to revenge was that it was commies and not Nazis that he was going this time. Yeah, they're like, they're Yeah, not as satisfying.
Jonathan Correia:No, no, is it? Yeah? It's the same issue that happened with Crystal Skull. So some other honorable mentions. Hard eyes was such an amazing time. A lot of my honorable mentions were on your guys's list. So I'm gonna try to pick a few that weren't on any list. Predators. The How To Catch A Predator, or To Catch A Predator documentary is great, and as someone who has been watching a lot. Of true crime documentaries, it's great to see one that actually does a good job with the editing. Is it melodramatic with it? Everyone's trying to be Errol Morris without any fucking skill these days, and it's bothering the shit out of me, don't you know. And they're not researching their shit. But this film asks a lot of questions and leaves it very doesn't give like a definite answer. It just asks these hard questions, presents on a few different sides, but then I was also leaving it to the audience to kind of navigate where this gray area of the questioning is. And I really appreciate that sodden other film, Black Bag was an amazing little thriller. I loved it so much. It was sexy, it had action, just phenomenal. Woman in the yard was very surprising one for me. I went in thinking was going to be candy man, and it wasn't. And I was very excited with the result life of Chuck, not really horror, but God Damn, that was the most Flanagan movie ever. I appreciated the shit out of it, just all around stellar. Really, you hear things where it's like you walk out of the theater loving life, or get life affirming movie. And I always like, kind of not scoff, but I go, Oh, yeah, sure. But genuinely, I felt a zest for life after seeing that Him might not have been the best movie ever, but I had so much fun with it, and it was so visually delicious, like, come on,
James Jay Edwards:and you got to shout out Naomi Grossman for that, for Yeah, speaking of chameleonic
Jonathan Correia:Chameleon, she was phenomenal in that. Just everything about and Julia Fox coming in and just saying the most absurd shit, it goes up your ass. It goes up your ass. Yeah, yeah, that's, that's iconic. It's, Oh, speaking of iconic wordage or verbiage lines verbiage, I got to give a shout out to Tina Romero's Queens of the Dead Tina Romero, being George A Romero's daughter made a really fun, really campy zombie film that really does feel like the New York club kid scene of the dead, and also has Jack haven from I saw the TV glow and Bill and Ted three in an ultra FEM role. And there's one point where she gets an ax in her leg and she goes, I have an ax wound. And one of the other characters goes, Oh, stop bragging. So that was a hell of a fun time. But again, I also want to praise my last honorable mention, the God man, the 10 minute short film that's on YouTube. It's again, it's 10 minutes. It's on YouTube. The animation is phenomenal, and the amount of existential, cosmic dread that I felt watching that was beautiful. So absolute. Shout out to Andrew Forrester, who created, wrote, directed, and also I believe it does some of the Yeah, he voices Jonah, and it just phenomenal work.
James Jay Edwards:All right, let's get to it. All right, let's move on to our number one. We all have the same number one, War of the Worlds, right? Oh, yeah.
Jonathan Correia:Did we actually talk about No, we didn't. No, no, you made me watch. You made me watch War of the Worlds, and I hate you for that.
James Jay Edwards:If I was gonna make a worst of list, which I don't do because it's punching down, but I'm gonna punch down for a second. War of the Worlds is terrible. But anyway,
Jonathan Correia:the amount, the amount of ads I saw during War of the Worlds for man wipes, just lets you know how bad that movie.
James Jay Edwards:Yeah, okay, let's let's go to number one. Let's do it all at the same time, since I'm pretty sure we have the same one. So let's on 3123, Sinners.
Jonathan Correia:Is this the first
Jacob Davidson:time I believe it is time. Does this happen?
James Jay Edwards:This is the first time that we've all had the same number one and well deserved Sinners, is it's amazing. This movie, yeah, you know it? I mean, everything about it. The music is amazing. Michael B Jordan playing twins, both his roles are amazing. The support cast, it's not even a support cast, it's an ensemble is amazing, just the direction is solid and not quite Nazis, but you get to see a lot of KKK guys die.
Jonathan Correia:Oh, still satisfying. Still satisfying.
James Jay Edwards:It I would say one A, 1b with Nazis and KKK guys dying. Yeah, go out and punch some
Jonathan Correia:cleans man. And what more
James Jay Edwards:can we say about Sinners? Because everyone's probably seen it at this point. But yeah, I believe Jordan killed it. I hope sinners cleans up at the Oscars. I had a dream when it was a little newer of a movie, that it took the top five Oscar you know, the big five. And I really hope it does.
Jacob Davidson:I got a sneaking suspicion that it's going to win. Think this
Jonathan Correia:year, I hope so. Yeah, it's, it is a once in a generation, I think type of just, I haven't met a single person who was overly was negative about it, you know, it, it just all. It's so authentically itself that it, it it takes no apologies about anything. I don't even see because we talk about often. Our very first episode is about this, that what a movie, a horror movie, is good. People try to say, oh, it's not a horror film. No one's doing that with this because they're because you can't it's fucking vampires.
James Jay Edwards:This is a horror movie. Yeah, it's a horror movie. You can't silence of the lambs your way out of this
Jonathan Correia:vampires, man, but they are, but it's not just a vampire movie. There's so many layers. Everything is so intentional, yeah, so there, and I know we're all praising Michael G B Jordans performance, which is incredible, but what they did technically to pull that off like that, just that opening shot of the twins and then passing the cigarette, pulling that off with an IMAX camera on your shoulder, in-sane the camera work, the lighting, the costuming. Everything is intentional. Everything has a purpose, historically accurate with so much of it from like having the two shops owned by the Chinese family on both sides, serving different things, just everything about it. And then, not only that, but we get a buddy, a Buddy Guy performance at the end. Fuck off, dude. Like, this is, yeah, it's, it's, again, for a lot of these movies, any other year, but this was Sinners' year,
James Jay Edwards:yeah, yeah, exactly that's and, and, like I said, I was flip flopping Companion and Sinners. But ultimately I was like on, on a purely movie level, not experience seeing it. Movie level. It there's I got it. I had to go Sinners. I saw
Jacob Davidson:it three times. I saw sinners three times in IMAX, and it just keeps getting better. It's undoubtedly one of the best and most rewatchable movies of the year. And yeah, that that soundtrack is so amazing. I've got the score and the soundtrack on vinyl, and also a big shout out to Jack O'Connell as Remick He who is one of the most entertaining vampire or villains since Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandridge, like I could, I could just see him be like a freaky little vampire guy for hours. And also he does such a great dance to Rocky Road to Dublin. And, yeah, no, just is such a solid cast between, you know, like Michael B Jordan and Delroy, lindo Haley Stanfield, just, it just really hooks you in. And it's such a interesting genre mashup because it has some musical elements. It's horror, it's action, it's period drama and dealing with a lot of actual horrors of Jim Crow era South Yeah, I know Coogler just constructed an amazing movie. That is no surprise. It's our triple number one.
James Jay Edwards:It would have been so easy for them to make the the white boys vampire, you know, their music be just like, really bad compared to the, the awesome joint music. But when you listen to the white boy Irish folk that they do, you're like, now they did that, right, too. You know, like, every, everybody in this movie is talented, you know, even the vampires,
Jonathan Correia:it's and it's that understanding of knowing that, especially back then, like, you know, I the Irish weren't, weren't treated too different. You know, they were, they were, they still are in under occupation from England and things of that nature. So there is a kindred spirit there. There is a kindred spirit in the in between the music of the cultures. And I like that. It wasn't even even like looking at Jack O'Connell's character of Remick like he's a villain, but he's, he's probably the most sympathetic villain we've seen in some time, because he's not there to destroy he's there to get back to family and to build that family, and he's creating it. And because, like, once you're part of the vampire gang, they were having fun, you know, stack definitely was having fun in there. But super shout out to Jamie Lawson as pearleen, because her her musical performance. I don't see enough people talking about she, Oh yeah, absolutely served on that stage
James Jay Edwards:and Miles gate. And I guess, learned how to play guitar for the movie. So did he? Yeah, you got it. You got to give give a shout out to him too.
Jonathan Correia:Would have never known that. I know. Yeah, phenomenal work. And yeah, Delroy Lindo deserves Best Supporting
James Jay Edwards:and so. Right on. So Sinners, a triple threat, triple play. Yeah, right on. Before we sign off, we have to have a moment of silence for deputy so and so James ransom, these kind of things for me, especially like suicides, always kind of hit hard because my own struggles with my own mental health and, you know, anxiety and depression, so it really makes me sad. But yeah, if you're struggling, reach out to anybody. Reach out to us. Hit hit us up on our socials, and there's always someone to talk to. And yeah, rest easy, Deputy so and so, because this
Jacob Davidson:is a sad one. All right,
James Jay Edwards:these are our top 10s. What are yours? Is sinners at the top of yours. This is as we were going on this and sinners didn't pop up on either yours. I was like, I
Jacob Davidson:think we all have the same I knew this was gonna happen. I knew it. I knew it. I knew I kind of
James Jay Edwards:thought it was too when as as we got for them, then yeah, once we got into that top five, I was like, okay, yeah, we're all saying sinners, which it's justified because it's the best movie. We also sometimes
Jonathan Correia:share our list with each other beforehand, and I did, and then I quickly withdrew, and was like, wait, wait, no, I want to surprise, especially changing.
James Jay Edwards:I like being surprised. Yeah, no, it's more fun that way. Yeah, one year didn't, Jacob, didn't you flip your one and two, like, while we were recording one year, I
Jacob Davidson:feel, I think I did. I don't remember what that was.
James Jay Edwards:I don't remember either, but I remember you, you had flipped it.
Jonathan Correia:I did it too, yeah, all year. But I also remember knocking down Nosferatu pretty fucking hard at the last second. That was just like, No. The Vourdalak. The Vourdalak, baby.
James Jay Edwards:Let's, let's get out of here, because we've run insanely over, but it's justified because it's the top 10s. And, you know, hey, we had to talk about sinners a lot. So, yeah, let us know your top 10s. Let us know if you agree with us. If you don't agree with us on sinners, you're wrong, because sinners is the best movie the year. Our theme song is by restless spirits, and go check them out. And our artwork is by Chris Fisher, so go check him out. You can check us out on all the socials under eye on horror, or@ihorror.com and we're probably gonna take a little break here. This is the end of season eight, so we'll be back next year with season nine with I think we might have some really cool interview, but I don't want to jinx it, so I'm just gonna say we'll see you next year and hope you had a happy Christmas, happy Hanukkah, joyous, Kwanzaa, whatever you celebrate. And have a Happy New Year, and we will see you in 2026 for season nine. So for me, 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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