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039 My Bloody Valentine: You're the Coalest Feb 09, 2018

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Shafts. Dark holes. Moosehead beer. Foreshadowing heart tattoos.

1981's My Bloody Valentine is the cult classic coal mine slasher movie. Originally rated X, this gory small town massacre happens on the 20th anniversary of a mining disaster and subsequent revenge by the lone survivor. The killer Harry Warden seemingly returns to Valentine Bluff when the town decides to finally have a Valentine's Day dance after all these years.

Join the TPM crew as they travel down into the mine for a horror villain trivia game. Once they get trapped they decide who to eat first while reviewing the 1981 cult classic 'My Bloody Valentine'.

Show Segments:

Mitch's Revenge (03:00): Horror Valentine's Card Trivia
Movie Review (19:40): My Bloody Valentine (1981)
What Would You Do Differently? (52:44)
Awards (58:18)
Final Cut (01:01:35): Movie review scores from hosts and guests

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Horror News 011 for 02/06/2018 Feb 06, 2018

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The Texas Podcast Massacre crew goes over the horror news that you need to know from the previous week, gives recommendations on what you should be watching and previews the next movie review.

Topics Discussed for 02/06/2018

The Super Bowl and Philly fan antics
The First Purge releasing in July
Castle Rock commercial to air during Super Bowl
Ju-On: The Grudge made hilarious in beauty filter
'A Quiet Place' to open SXSW in March
The Nun kid's doll is unsurprisingly creepy
Saw-themed escape room open in Las Vegas
And More!!!

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038 The Grudge: Firefighters Are The Villains Feb 02, 2018

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Ghosts' past. American cast. Kayako's fast. Save Sarah Michelle Gellar for last.

Director Takashi Shimizu became part of the popular Japanese Horror scene with his work on the Ju-On series. Building off the popularity of J-horror movies like Ringu and Pulse, Shimizu directed 2002's Ju-On: The Grudge. This film became a horror hit and Hollywood took notice - not only offering to do a remake with American actors but also to keep Shimizu in the director's chair for it as well. This is a rarity for remakes and explains why 2004's The Grudge stands out as the most reverent of the source material for Japanese Horror remakes.

Join the TPM crew as they debate the best Japanese horror movies. After the debate, they go house hunting and settle on a nicely haunted podcast studio to discuss 2004's The Grudge.

Show Segments:

Lisa's Revenge (02:48): Lisa quizzes Mitch and Nate
Movie Review (11:10): The Grudge (2004)
What Would You Do Differently? (55:58)
Awards (01:01:11)
Final Cut (01:04:16): Movie review scores from hosts and guests

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Horror News 010 for 01/30/2018 Jan 30, 2018

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The Texas Podcast Massacre crew goes over the horror news that you need to know from the previous week, gives recommendations on what you should be watching and previews the next movie review.

Topics Discussed for 01/30/2018

What does 'Lovecraftian' mean?
Mike Flanagan directing 'Doctor Sleep'
The best horror movies of 1998
Netflix horror movies coming in February
Slender Man puns
And More!!!

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037 Wait Until Dark: The Power of the Blind Jan 26, 2018

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Drug-laced teddy bears. Squeaky shoes. Mermaid knives. Inconvenient refrigerators.

1967's Wait Until Dark is a classic thriller from a previous era that still feels fresh and clever. Director Terence Young made his name with early James Bond films and brought a level of excitement and focus on villainy that was rare in the 1960s. Audrey Hepburn also steps out of her comfort zone to star in easily the most horrific movie of her illustrious career.

Wait Until Dark tells the still-unique story of Suzy Hendrix who is increasingly terrorized by three men. This is made all the scarier due to the fact that Suzy is blind. The elaborate story and performances concocted by the criminals turn into a cat-and-mouse game with murderous results.

Join the TPM crew as they debate how well they would do in a horror movie without one their senses and drastically overestimate their survival chances. After agreeing that taste is useless, we gang up on our unsuspecting victims to discuss 1967's 'Wait Until Dark'.

Show Segments:

Debate Topic (02:30): Best sense to lose and survive
Movie Review (14:17): Wait Until Dark (1967)
What Would You Do Differently? (01:01:03)
Awards (01:08:57)
Final Cut (01:13:20): Movie review scores from hosts and guests

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036 30 Days of Night: For...Reasons Jan 19, 2018

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No alcohol. No flights. No light. Throw in some vampires.

30 Days of Night was released in 2007 and was based on a comic series of the same name. Director David Slade helmed the film after directing numerous music video's and 2004's cult horror classic 'Hard Candy'. Despite being set in northern Alaska the film was shot in New Zealand and half the cast was Aussie/Kiwi.

30 Days of Night centers around Barrow, Alaska and their (extremely fictional) 30 days of darkness during the winter. While the town is cut off from civilization by plane, sea or land - vampires decide to feast on the remaining townspeople. Sheriff Eben must keep the surviving townspeople safe for all 30 days before they can escape the merciless band of vampires.

Join the TPM crew as they debate the best horror (and not so horror) comic book movie adaptions. Once Sin City rolls the debate and we agree Eva Green kills sequels, we bundle up to talk about 2007's Josh Hartnett-led '30 Days of Night'.

Show Segments:

Debate Topic (04:10): Best comic book adaption
Movie Review (12:37): 30 Days of Night (2007)
What Would You Do Differently? (51:57)
Awards (57:57)
Final Cut (01:02:15): Movie review scores from hosts and guests

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035 Battle Royale: You Don't Know Japanese! Jan 13, 2018

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Totalitarian governments. Upbeat murder instructional videos. Violent transfer students. Pot lids.

Battle Royale was released in Japan during 2000 and immediately faced controversy for the portrayal of child violence. Certain Japanese government officials tried to ban the movie (as they had tried to ban the book of the same name) but this only led to increased popularity. The film became a hit in Japan and won multiple Japanese Oscars and became an instant cult-classic in the West.

Battle Royale is the story of Katniss Everdeen...sorry, it was too easy! Battle Royale is the story of a future totalitarian Japan in which one school class is selected each year to participate in the Battle Royale where one classmate must survive after all others have died. The students have to decide how what strategy to use to escape the Battle Royale and quick wits and quick trigger fingers are necessary to come out on top. We follow Shuya as he loses friends and tries to make sense of the game and protect the girl he loves.

Join the TPM crew as they debate the best Battle Royale weapon (pot lid!) and find out which of their guests is the most dangerous. After the debate, everyone makes an alliance against Hunger Games and reviews 2000's cult classic 'Battle Royale'.

Show Segments:

Debate Topic (04:56): Best Battle Royale weapon
Movie Review (13:28): Battle Royale (2000)
What Would You Do Differently? (57:41)
Awards (1:03:07)
Final Cut (1:06:42): Movie review scores from hosts and guests

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034 End of the Year 2017: Part 2 Jan 04, 2018

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Mitch, Lisa, and Nate wish you a Happy New Year with part 2 of our end of 2017 extravaganza! The holiday craziness continues as the TPM crew invite some unsuspecting victims to play some non-horror movie trivia (sounds like horror though!) and later Mitch and Nate square off to see who knows their horror taglines the best.

Show Segments:

Who Knows the Tagline?
Drop It Like It's Hot - Trivia Game
Lisa's Revenge! - Non-horror Trivia Game
Fan voting results for the Best Of 2017

We'll be back later in January with some new movies to joke about!

033 End of the Year 2017: Part 1 Dec 29, 2017

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Happy Holidays from us here at Texas Podcast Massacre! As a belated Christmas gift for y'all the TPM crew got together to make some lists that everyone will disagree with and listen as Lisa and Nate play each other in Jigsaw's Horror Theme Game.

Show Segments:

Biggest Surprise
Biggest Disappointment
Most Anticipated Movie of 2018
Nate's Favorite Movies of 2017
Mitch's Favorite Podcast Kills
Lisa's Top 10 WTF Podcast Moments

Stay tuned for Part 2 next week!

032 Black Christmas: Elvis Approved Dec 21, 2017

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Some obscene prank calls. Alcohol-hoarding house Moms. Creepy attics. One too many glass unicorns.

Black Christmas is the now-cult classic 1974 slasher from director Bob Clark. Clark not only directed the first seasonal slasher for Christmas but shockingly returned to Christmas as the director of the winter juggernaut A Christmas Story nine years later. Audiences in 1974 were shocked by this film's visceral first-person perspectives, blood-curdling phone calls and general mystery surrounding the antagonist. Despite lukewarm reception on release, Black Christmas has inspired countless slasher genre tropes and was a direct inspiration to Halloween four years later.

Black Christmas revolves around the events unfolding at a sorority house during winter break at a peaceful university. When sorority sister Claire goes missing and prank calls to the house become more and more obscene, the atmosphere in this college town turns dark. The police try to help the best they can, but things keep getting worse and worse until the shocking conclusion.

Join the TPM crew as they debate the most shocking slasher films and moments. After the debate everyone grabs some hidden alcohol bottles and answer the call to review festive slasher classic 'Black Christmas'.

Show Segments:

Debate Topic (02:40): Most shocking slasher
Movie Review (14:42): Black Christmas (1974)
What Would You Do Differently? (58:08)
Awards (1:01:40)
Final Cut (1:04:28): Movie review scores from hosts and guests

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