Hello Excellent Maniacs! On this slash-tastic episode of the Hate Watch/Great Watch Podcast, we are joined once again by Krystal TL Brackett and Sean Brady to discuss the crossover movie the horror film universe was long waiting for. Did it deliver?
We discuss some ADR highlights from the film, pitch several (better) horror ideas, fix the film with Sean’s headcanon, and speculate on what Jason would sound like.
PLUS: our kittens, Kenny and Kota, are Freddy-vs-Jason-ing all over the house!…
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Freddy vs. Jason 2003
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Captain America: Brave New World 2025
This tries to marry the "grounded espionage action" that the Captain America films tend to lean further into, with silly toyetic, marketing-friendly stuff and it's unsurprisingly a little messy. Plus, and I'm getting tired of saying it: it looks like it was shot in an Atlanta parking lot.
This really shows the growing pains of these franchises that are not allowed to end. Trying desperately to walk these two tonal highwires at the same time, while laying track for future…
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Prodigy 2017
Bear with me for a moment while I imagine what it was like to pitch Prodigy to investors:
"What if Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs was ... a kid! But wait! So this kid killed her own mom! How messed up is that?! So she's in a gov't research think tank, like from Firestarter, but they wanna cut her open cuz, get this, she's not just like Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs, she's also kinda like…Translated from by -
Matilda 1978
This movie is actually kind of great, with winning performances and a bouncy, breezy story. The worst thing is Matilda herself, played by a man (Gary Morgan) in a hideous and unsettling kangaroo suit, who communicates via kazoo hoots added in post production.
I cannot stress this enough: Looking into Matilda's eyes is terrifying. Bone chilling. When Ernie Hudson says "I've seen shit that'll turn you WHITE!" in Ghostbusters, he MUST be talking about Matilda's eyes.
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