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Ep 476

TorTR #476 - The Pancake Man Made Me Do It

Episode | 173 min | Sep 10, 2021

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On the trail of a missing opinion, an old friend comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity that will help his friend discover his true feelings about a film. On Episode 476 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by our old friend Ghetto Tim to talk about the Fantasia Film Fest and to also discuss the film The Empty Man from first time feature director David Prior! We also discuss the most depraved zombie movie of all time, the final film 20th Century Fox produced, and films to keep an eye on over the next year. So grab your favorite syrup, wade through the thick miasma, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: RIP Art Metrano, Taxidermia, MZ’s Coffin Corner, Judge William B Keene, Police Academy, Jim Varney in drag, The Three Stooges, hashpipe alley, History of the World Part I, Macho Man Randy Salvage, Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast, Mario Cantone, RIP Michael K. Williams, Hap and Leonard, RIP Daffney, Steampipe Alley, Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen, Krypton, Genndy Tartakovsky, Andrei Tarkovsky, Dexter’s Laboratory, Peter Lorre, Ken Burns Cartoon Documentaries, Jodorowsky’s Hungry Hungry Hippos, Fahrenheit 451, Soylent Green, See Hear Podcast, Woodstock ‘99, Fantastic Fest, ICP and Gwar documentaries, Songwriter, Rock & Rule, Fantasia Film Fest, great international films, Joe Bob Briggs’ The Last Drive-In, The Sadness, Suicide Squad, Charlotte Film Fest, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, Kier-La Janisse, Severin, Mad God, Phil Tippet, Alien on Stage, Christopher Guest, The Infinite Two Minutes, Tenet, The Spine of Night, Junkhead, Cat 3, Philosophy of Knife, Taiwanese Horror, Raven Banner, Uzumaki, The Boxer’s Omen, Shaw Brothers, Montreal Canada, Hellbenders, Glass House, Field Sobriety Test, white eye patches, Hollywood Salvage, David Prior, David Fincher, The Empty Man, bowl of chili analogy, Cullen Bunn, Boom! Studios, Kill List, Carpenter, Raimi, the meaning of miasma, Kubrick, the last 20th Century Fox Film, Cronenberg, Lovecraft, cosmic horror, long opening sequences, Lustmord, Nomads, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Panos Cosmatos, In the Mouth of Madness, Angel Heart, Hereditary, The Ring, Nietzsche, Monique and Unique, Emmanuel Lewis, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Raw Force, creepypasta, Savageland, the Tubi Pimp, Weng’s Chop, An Exemption to Life, and The Pancake Verdict.

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Ep 475

TorTR #475 - It’s the Crystal Plumage, Charlie Brown

Episode | 189 min | Sep 3, 2021

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It's a soaking wet day with rain pouring down and one of the best things to do is to go seek refuge in a great old cinema. There's just one problem: Madman Marz is on the loose and he also has taken refuge there. On Episode 475 of Trick or Treat Radio our old compadre Dynamo Marz joins us to discuss the throwback slasher/giallo flick The Last Matinee, from Uruguayan director Maximiliano Contenti! We also talk about movie memorabilia, our love of slashers and giallo, and just how long the statue of lamentations lasts. So grab your favorite weapon of choice, find out how to tip a bartender without singles, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Michael Maximilion-shadow, Nos4a2, Hollywood Salvage, Black Panther, Argentinian or Uruguayan? Castle Rock, Zachary Quinto, AMC, Shudder, Bobby Deniro, the thriving film memorabilia market in Massachusetts, Drive jacket, Spock with a potbelly, Full Metal Jacket, Sissy Spacek, Big, Zoltar, Djinn and Juice, legit grandpa, Ares’ new daughter, what MZ was so busy doing that he couldn’t attend a wedding?, G1 Climax, how to tip a bartender at an open bar, Boston Comic Con, Barbara Magnolfi & Camille Keaton and MZ’s viral video, Pee-Wee’s Big Advance, Wife of War, no Irish Whiskey?!, Rolling Rock, Shampipple, Giants Don’t Die, Paul W.S. Anderson, Three Musketeers, Cold Prey, checking the boxes of film desires, John Hyams, Nicolas Winding Refn, Demons, Matinee, Popcorn, Slumber Party Massacre, Michael Mann, Alice Sweet Alice, Don’t Look Now, Donald Sutherland, 3rd Bass, The Last Matinee, Maximiliano Contenti, rain as a character, Vestron Video, realistic projection booths, Robocop, Temple of Doom, Lamberto Bava, Scott Spiegel, always leave room for Giallo, Brooke Shields, Rorschach Test, Jon Cryer is Hiding Out, Geretta Geretta, weapons of choice for killers, Cobra, Marion Cobretti, Ricardo Islas, Frankenstein: Day of the Beast, Hammer, getting an NKHJ in the theater, Deep Blue Sea, Sixth Sense, Statue of Limitations, Maniac, dream logic, Knife + Heart, turn into a blumpkin, Stanley Kubrick, Vinegar Syndrome, Ghetto Tim, Fantasia Film Fest, The Empty Man, Cullen Bunn, Cold Sweat, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Alex de Iglesia, Demonic, Neill Blomkamp, desperate for a little mens adventure, Team Tiger Curse, Nine Years of Nastiness, Dachra, tick prevention, anti-bug people, Force Insensitive, Woodstock 99, bowel habits, new Deadites video, Rue Morgue, Seal Team 666, Cocaine for the Eyes, Statue of Lamentations, and The Horshack Test.

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Ep 474

TorTR #474 - Our Small is Their Large

Episode | 154 min | Aug 27, 2021

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A fifty year old podcaster unleashes terrifying malformed toes on the world when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between him and his co-hosts are ruthlessly revealed. On Episode 474 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss Demonic, the latest film from Neill Blomkamp, director of District 9! We also veer into horrific territory as MZ unfurls his gnarled toes on air, we talk about the death of the video store, and find out who was the real editor of Star Wars! So grab your plague mask, plug into a simulated reality, and strap on for the the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Technical issues, beard trimming, high and tight, stylists vs. barbers, malformed feet, Horrors of Malformed Toes, Hank McCoy, Planet of the Apes, Quentin Tarantino, Morlock Zero, Andy Capp Fries, “knock it off”, MZ’s lube sponsorship, having your own phone line as a kid, answering machines, Dr. Katz, manatee/sea cow, Jim Gaffigan, the Matrix films, Cornel West, Keanu Reeves, Joey Pants, Laurence Fishburne, Neil Patrick Harris, Speed, Point Break, Will Smith, Quibi, Hurricane Henri, Miraclo, Hourman, Halo, Neill Blomkamp, District 9, Blockbuster Video, Demonic, CGI, Alien, Aliens, Ridley Scott, IFC Midnight, Carly Pope, Amazing Stories, Twilight Zone, Unity, Sims, Virtual Reality, the Vatican, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Michael J Rogers, Terry Chen, digitized reality, Therapol, practical FX, The Void, plague masks, smooth hobbit, Bride of Re-Animator, Joe Lucas, Peter Jackson, Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas, The Last Matinee, Folk Horror, Kier-La Janisse, Woodland Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror, Dachra, The Book of Eli, Rocky Dennis, Us, agree to agree, and Hobbit Feet and Monster Toes.

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Ep 473

TorTR #473 - Don’t Squeeze the Shaman

Episode | 149 min | Aug 20, 2021

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An investigation into witchcraft leads a quartet of wannabe journalistic podcasters to a mysterious town marked by sinister rituals and weird geographical locations that look like genitalia. On Episode 473 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Tunisian Horror flick, Dachra from director Abdelhamid Bouchnak! We also discuss the impact of the recently departed Sonny Chiba, 90s white rage, and why we will never, ever question the idiot plot again. So grab a camera and a mic, don’t forget your journalistic integrity, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: RIP Sonny Chiba, fixing your hair, “I’m Italian”, Woodstock 99 Documentary, Attitude Era, 90s white rage, Def Leppard, Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst, Coachella, Burning Man, Kid Rock, Joe C, Wolf Guy, Joe Bob Briggs, Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantino, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Basket Case, John Wick, Disney minus, What If…, Heels, CM Punk, AEW, Kenny Omega, Rosenbaum, MZ stalking director Jill Gevargizian, Reservation Dogs, Star Wars Visions, Samurai films, Book of Boba Fett, Friday the 13th: Jason Rising, Nine Circles of Cinematic Hell, Tornado Warnings, what is Florida shaped like?, “muff”, on the pulse of geographic dicks, Crystal Lake Memories, Midsommar, Blair Witch Project, Dachra, Tunisian Horror, Abdelhamid Bouchnak, journalism students, found footage films, Sheikh, The Amazing Spider-Man cup, Tunisian Arabic, going into the haunted house is a universal theme, cannot question the idiot plot, Nosferatu, What We Do in the Shadows, Silkwood, Paxil Foley, They’re Closing In, Jarret Blinkhorn, John Lithgow, Twilight Zone: The Movie, MIFF, Soccermania, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, butt-dialing Australia, more Scott Lang than Hank Pym, Art Bradish, Lowlife, and your Florida is hanging out!

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Ep 472

TorTR #472 - Maid in Thailand

Episode | 155 min | Aug 13, 2021

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Ares is the new resident angry old man of the show, whose previous angry old man disappeared under mysterious circumstances and is now haunting and terrorizing the hosts. Ares works to uncover the reason behind the former angry old man’s disappearance. On Episode 472 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Thai horror film, The Maid from director Lee Thongkham! We also talk about lots of new media from The Suicide Squad to Masters of the Universe: Revelation, have some 80s toy talk and find out what actually constitutes a sequel! So grab a supernatural onion, take a whiff of your new air freshener, and don’t cry for me, Eternia because we’re about to strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Friday the 13th, Jason Vorhees, SickBad, Aldo Montoya, MZ returns, Vinegar Syndrome care package, Raw Force, EF Contentment’s roast, air fresheners, Suicide Squad, James Gunn, what constitutes a sequel, Sylvester Stallone, John Cena, Godzilla vs. Kong, Kaiju, Starro the Conqueror, too much glowing, Bram Stoking the fire, “I like geists”, what's in Ravenshadow’s brain?, convoluted emojis, The Crazies, George A. Romero, Takashi Miike, Quentin Tarantino, Dario Argento, Oscar Winning film Parasite, name that film, Christopher Reeve, duality of acting, ghost stories, twist endings, the three act film structure, Bone Tomahawk, From Dusk Till Dawn, Wellington Paranormal, Physical, Ted Lasso, Masters of the Universe, He-Man-Man, Voltron, Mark Hamill, Skeletor, Foundation, Schmigadoon!, Key and Peele, Henry Rollins, Ram-Man, Bi-Klops, Kenner gives no f*cks, Tunisian cinema, Dachra, kryptonite bullets, I love lamp and Linus, Demonic, Neill Blomkamp, Uncrustables, and the Voyage of Sickbad.

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Ep 471

TorTR #471 - Two Heads, One Hunted

Episode | 199 min | Aug 6, 2021

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Once upon a frenzied time, Beer meets Man. Beer dances with Man. Man kisses Beer. Man grips Beer. Beer escapes Man. Man chases Beer - nothing new. Or is there? Episode 471 is our latest Patreon Takeover show programmed by long time supporter and friend Dane Under! Dane picks some flicks rife for discussion with the Shudder exclusive flick Hunted, and the Aussie Horror/Comedy Two Heads Creek! We also get some Australian Flash Facts, find out what it's like to mess up the future, and manage to fit in some semblance of intelligent conversation! So grab your red hoodie, a decent knife, and strap on as you journey to the outback with the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Australia, RTO WFH or GTFO?, stepping on a butterfly in the future, Patreon Takeover, Australian Future Flash Facts, Suicide Squad, Vegan Samurai, stylists or barber?, biggest fence in the world, Vegemite, Crocodile Dundee, Mad Max, Mount Disappointment, Nation of Procrastination, Australia is dangerous, journalistic integrity, Clarksucker, Dr. Loomis can park anywhere, Olympics, pro bowling, Olympic sports where you can smoke, boxing glove arrows, Hawkeye, Green Arrow, Y: The Last Man, Superstore, Ravenshadow Loves Dick (Grayson), Wellington Paranormal, What We Do in the Shadows, Hunted, Vincent Paronnaud, Lucie Debay, Nicodemus, pretend girlfriends, huge boars, patriarchal society, feminism, dominance, revenge films, America Online, $86 treatment, the morning catch, Johnny Cochrane, Isle of Dogs, Titans, Two Heads Creek, lost in australia, post-Brexit world, Freddy Nitch, Twin Peaks, Murder She Wrote, non-compassionate vegans, Wolf Creek, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Drive Jacket Mark, Queen of the Ring, Love and Rockets, Star Wars, 4-LOM, Zuckuss, MonsterFest, Digital Cinematopgraphy, nine year anniversary, Fear Street Trilogy, Ares’ weird kinks, Boar, Razorback, Welcome to Woop Woop, Skyhooks, Naivety Scene, and Crisis on Infinite Australia.

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Ep 470

TorTR #470 - Nine Years of Sheer Raw Force

Episode | 232 min | Jul 30, 2021

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A group of friends are en route to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of podcasters who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running an illegal VHS duplication operation on the island as well. Soon, the two groups meet and all sorts of crazy things happen which include cannibal monks, piranhas, zombies, and complex pager codes! We celebrate our nine year anniversary with old friends Dynamo Marz and Bill By Force and we talk about the crazy ass 80s action flick, Raw Force. We also get roasted, connect up with some old friends, and reminisce a bit! So grab your finest jammies, order some mozzarella sticks and milk duds, and strap on for the world’s most dangerous nine year old podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Stealing other gimmicks, milestones, Nine Year Anniversary Show!, Bill By Force, Outside the Cinema, Vinegar Syndrome, The Archive, New Bomb Turk, 316 Pager Code, Ravenshadow’s new parents, post-it notes, Safer Spaces, Shawna Shea Film Festival, Tubi, Survival of the Film Freaks, War on Women, Shawna Potter, Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio, Don’t Forget to Leave, Nichi the Killer, Czarface, Soundtracks, Septic, Brian Paulin, Femicide, Skip Shea, Seeds, Pantaphobe, The Deadites, Fear is the Key, GGTMC Flick Pick of the Month, Dean Cundy, Bill By Divorce, Blinks the Best Wedding Videographer of All Time, posing for cosmopolitan, Destroy the Brain, Talk Without Rhythm, Cinema Diabolica, Gentleman's Guide to Midnite Cinema, Adventures of VHS, Steven Spielberg, booth to booth, Reverend Scott, MZ’s horrible memory, F13, DZ, frustration with moving studios, thank you to Marion, wardrobe changes, Camille Keaton, Raw Force, Kung Fu Cannibals, Night Train to Terror, Edward D. Murphy, Rock and Shock, the progression captain, Mortal Kombat meets Andy Sidaris, Projection Booth, macho movies, Hands of Steel, Hard Ticket to Hawaii, action exploitation films, Oreos, Bark Wahlberg, Fake Hitler, Big Bird Cage, Women in Prison, Philipino Sleaze, Dangerous Men, Miami Connection, Neon Maniacs, purveyor of sleaze, looking like a milk dud, Sluri Amos, Safe Word: Bananafingaz, reviewing new movies, This American Life as a palette cleanser, sexual grimlock, Southern Revenger Returns!, VHS Nightmares, mozzarella stick kisses, “wear some outfits”, Raiders of the Lost and Found, and The Evolution Will Continue.

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Ep 469

TorTR #469 - Djinn and Juice

Episode | 173 min | Jul 23, 2021

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Three childhood friends hear the legend of Ravenshadow, a vengeful creature of podcast legend. The game turns into a nightmare when they accidentally summon him by saying his name six times, leaving out four quid, and a pack of smokes. On Episode 469 we discuss the Shudder Exclusive Kandisha from Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, directors of Inside (2007) the French Horror Classic! We also talk about getting accepted into Fantasia Film Fest, French Extremity films, and penis-sized spaceships?! So grab your pet bunny, hold it tight, don’t podcast and text, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Halloween 3, Living Dead Dolls, the Ravenshadow show, Jordan Peele, Nope, Dune, I Like Big Jaws and I Cannot Lie, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Patrick Stewart, David Lynch, an Alan Smithee film, Y the Last Man, Vertigo Comics, Denis Villeneuve, Jackass Forever, Johnny Knoxville, reverse Reed Richards, Loki, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Purple Clad Bowman, Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVision, Superstore, Fantasia Film Festival, the pause button, Fear Street trilogy, 90s fashion, Leigh Janiak, Scream: The TV Series, Carpool Karaoke, Ramones, Black Dynamite, Patreon Takeover, Australian Flash Facts, Penis-Sized Spaceships, Krull, Tendies or Nuggs?, tortures of the damned, Pahp Will Eat Itself, Inside, Martyrs, French Extremity, Leatherface, Among the Living, Candyman, the vegan shocker, Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury, ABCs of Death, Kandisha, bath house scenes, she’s into Moroccans, cloven-hooves, gratuitous violence, The Shining, Santa Sangre, Stargirl, the Sheriff in the Fargo, The 4 Quid Man, band shirts as a style, Pet Sematary, Scorpions, Words and Pictures Museum, Les Beans, Marvel Knights, Christopher Golden, H.R. Pufnstuf, You Can’t Do That on Television, Attack the Block, international folklore, Werewolves Within, Vicious Fun, Pig, Nicolas Cage, anti-Mandy, John Wick, Anthony Bourdain, Silk Cut, C.H.I.P.S, hail hydrofoils, too tired to flex, and Sexy Demons with Cloven-Hooves.

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Ep 468

TorTR #468 - Swearwolves Within

Episode | 180 min | Jul 16, 2021

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A snowstorm traps town residents together inside the local inn, where a newly arrived forest ranger and podcaster must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious competitive shaving contest that has begun terrorizing the community. On Episode 468 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Werewolves Within, an adaptation of the video game of the same name from director Josh Ruben! We also discuss other video game to film adaptations, our favorite whodunits, and other lycanthropic hijinks! So grab the candlestick, meet Professor Plum in the Conservatory, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: The Incredible Shrinking Man, Criterion Collection, KISS cover bands, mowing the lawn, Sisyphus, Manscaped, Jabbar Style, Miami Connection Film Commentary, John Jarrat, Talking Raw on a Sunday, walk like an Egyptian, Suicide Squad, James Gunn, Super, Freddy Krueger, Killer Bunny, renewing body lotion, Art Bradish’s 3 Feet of Weenie, 3 liters of soda, Clue The Movie, Lee Ving, Lesley Ann Warren, Police Academy II, Howard Hesseman, more Awakenings than a Bobby DeNiro picture, The Thing, Bobby McFerrin, Anthrax’s 40th Anniversary, Gun Woman, 2G1P, Kurando Mitsutake, cutting the cord, social deduction games, Werewolf, Werewolves Within, The Mafia, virtual reality, CD-Rom games, Ubisoft, Josh Ruben, pulling an MZ, Darkman, Ford Fairlane, AT&T Girl, Milana Vayntrub, Newhart, 30 Days of Night, Northern Exposure, Twin Peaks, Redneck Ravenshadow, Axe Hole, Sam Richardson, LOL out loud, Uncut Gems, Adam Sandler, Dog Soldiers, Mr. Rogers, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, movies based on video games, “he’s been from down south”, Presidents of the United States of America, Bavarian Cheese Whistle, Super Mario Bros The Movie, House of the Dead, Uwe Boll, getting Vegan-y about things, Humanoid from the Dead, Papillon, Delta Variant, War of the Bounty Hunters, Doctor Aphra, Jabba the Hutt, The Riddle of Steel, Crom, Among Us, Vicious Fun, Skull: The Mask, the Halloween debate continues, Dr. Loomis is an inconsiderate bastard, competitive ball shaving, Harvey Two-Balls, Powder, MZs tuck video, and lycanthropic hijinks.

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Ep 467

TorTR #467 - Serial Killer Support Group

Episode | 159 min | Jul 9, 2021

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A caustic 1980s radio host for a fledgling horror podcast finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for horrible frozen pizza chefs. With no other choice, he attempts to blend in or risk burning his deep dish pie. On Episode 467 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Vicious Fun from director Cody Calahan! We also discuss the loss of Richard Donner, 80s slasher and serial killer stereotypes, and rigatoni?! So grab a quarter to toss in the jukebox, grab your favorite slasher weapon, and get ready to strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Grady Hendrix, Adrian King, The Final Girl Support Group, Ravenshadow’s slow ass computer, MZ’s caterpillar caper, rigatoni.com, RIP Richard Donner, Sylvester Stallone, Superman I & II, Canon, Sidney J. Furie, The Taking of Beverly Hills, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Mark Pillow, Jon Cryer, Nuclear Man, Superman IV apologist, Mariel Hemingway, Karen Allen, Superman Returns, Jackie Cooper, Little Rascals, Lane Smith, Michael McKean, kneel before VOD, Terence Stamp, fantasy baseball, snake tattoos, Vicious Fun, Cody Calahan, Krypton sh*t, Julian Richings, Robert Maillet, David Koechner, Shazam, Evan Marsh, Amber Goldfarb, Zachary Levi, 80s aesthetic, Smokey and the Bandit, Fangoria, renting a closet, The Ares Killer, American Psycho, Patrick Bateman, John Wayne Gacy, masked killers, Charlize Theron, cops with mustaches, lovable 80s goofball, Ari Millen, Eddie Izzard, Nosferatu, silent film era acting, Drab Majesty, Genesis, practical fx, Skull: The Mask, Werewolves Within, Shakma’s Holiday Shack, Red Baron, Severin’s release of Raiders of Atlantis, One Crazy Summer, Warner Archive, Talk Without Rhythm, Double Deep Dish, paper plates, and Splashy 80s Gory Fun.

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