2 Guys And A Chainsaw - A Horror Movie Review Podcas...

Evil Dead Rise

Released on 03/22/2024

With the new rules and lore established in this movie - now there are THREE books of the dead? - we can plan to see a lot more of this franchise, just as Bruce Campbell has promised. And if they're all as fun, intense, and even genuinely heart-wrenching as this one, we're in for one wild Deadite ride, folks.

Predator

Released on 03/15/2024

Perhaps best known for playing Apollo Creed opposite Stallone in the Rocky franchise, Carl Weathers also had a prominent run in another big-strong-hulking-guy 80s flick opposite Schwarzenegger. In each, he more than holds his own. Thanks to Josh for the suggestion!

Cult of Chucky

Released on 03/08/2024

Never released to theaters, this 2017 installment struck a perfect tone between humor and horror, which creative director and writer Don Mancini had been refining and reinventing over decades of our favorite possessed killer doll. Not only is it a modern and brutal continuation of Chucky and Andy's adventures, it also set up the television series with lots of material to continue.

Curse of Chucky

Released on 03/01/2024

After 5 films of an increasingly wacky, campy and jokey premise, this one managed to deftly bring Chucky back to his horror roots, with a more spooky edge, stylized visuals, and dark themes.

Seed of Chucky

Released on 02/26/2024

Seed of Chucky is the most divisive of all the Child's Play films thus far. It was also the last to be released in theaters. This film leans so heavily into camp that even John Waters has a prominent role in it. Perhaps more comedy than horror, Chucky and Tiff's son from the tail-end of the first film embarks on a journey of self-discovery and is horrified by his parents. But the REAL star of the show is Jennifer Tilly playing herself to hilarious effect. Have a listen and let us know which camp YOU'RE in: Love It? Or Leave It?

Bride of Chucky

Released on 02/16/2024

We continue our month of Chucky by skipping over part 3 and heading straight to the fourth in the series, which marks a distinct change in tone and style. It's also missing Andy for the first time, but we hardly miss him because we love Jennifer Tilly so much! Leaning more heavily into the humor but keeping its horror vibe, it turned out to be a great new direction from Chucky's 80's slasher roots.

Child's Play 2

Released on 02/09/2024

Welcome to Chucky Month! It's a full-month of crawling our way through the Child's Play franchise, at the request of our Loyal Patrons. Since we've already covered the first film in a previous episode, we start things off at part 2, wherein Andy continues to be terrorized by grown killer in a doll's body. And Charles Lee Ray really don't wanna be in there no mo'.

American Gothic

Released on 02/02/2024

Somewhat reminiscent of the classic painting with which it shares its title, American Gothic is chock-full of excellent actors acting excellently, even though the movie itself is rather silly. We enjoyed talking about it. Thanks, Gary, for the request!

The Mist

Released on 01/26/2024

Our second tribute episode this year is a two-fer: Frances Sternhagen and Andre Braugher both left us in the last few months, and they left us two fantastic performances in an utterly chilling Frank Darabont horror film, adapted from a Stephen King novella. Brilliant performances abound in this tale of a supermarket full of customers who fight for survival in the midst of a mysterious mist inhabited by otherworldly creatures. Man, did we ever enjoy chatting about this movie! The only "mistery" is why it took us nearly 400 episodes to get around to it!

Blood Beach

Released on 01/19/2024

Our tribute episode to Burt Young, beloved wiseguy of countless films, best known for the Rocky series and - amongst OUR listenership - for being the angry dad in the deliciously wacky Amityville II. That SHOULD have been our tribute episode to him instead of this boring turkey that's trying really, really hard to be "Jaws on a beach" but ends up more like "nod off on the sofa". Spend some time in the sand with us!