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Stephen King Week: Firestarter (1984) Aug 25, 2022

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Firestarter movie review from the Salty Nerds has them marveling at just how much Netflix's Stranger Things ripped this movie off.

We all know that the Duffer Brothers were heavily inspired by the work of Stephen King when they were making Stranger Things, but they essentially ripped off the Firestarter 1984 movie starring Drew Barrymore as a child gifted with powerful psychic abilities that is relentlessly pursued by a secretive government agency who wants to either control her or kill her.

Also starring David Keith, Martin Sheen, and George C. Scott as a ponytailed Native American (no joke), this is one of Stephen King's best known horror movies and set the stage for Drew Barrymore to star in E.T.

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Stephen King Week: Silver Bullet (1985) Aug 24, 2022

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Silver Bullet (1985) movie review from the Salty Nerds has them laughing at how terrible the werewolf is in this Stephen King werewolf movie!

Most people probably don't know that Stephen King has a werewolf movie out there, let alone one starring Gary Busey, but it's true! Corey Haim plays a wheelchair-bound toddler who tries to warn his small Maine town about a rampaging werewolf, all while zooming around in souped-up wheelchairs dubbed "The Silver Bullet."

Based on the Stephen King Novella "The Cycle Of The Werewolf" this movie is one of the early 1980s Stephen King horror movies that started the long string of bad King adaptations. The screenplay for this movie was written by Stephen King himself, and all the typical King tropes are there. But not even that is enough to save this movie.

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Salty Nerd Reviews: Farscape - The Hidden Memory (S1E20) Aug 23, 2022

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The Salty Nerds take a look at Farscape season 1 episode 20, The Hidden Memory, and are totally freaked out by what the muppet did to Chiana in this episode.

When last we left Ben Browder's John Crichton, he was being mercilessly tortured by new bad guy Scorpius. But now that Aeryn is feeling better, Claudia Black is all about rescuing her favorite Earthing! Aided by Gilina, the crew of Moya go down to rescue Crichton while their spaceship gives birth. And hijinks ensue.

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Salty Nerd Reviews: The House Of The Dragon (S1E1) - The Heirs of the Dragon Aug 22, 2022

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Hey everyone - Game Of Thrones is back! Well, sort of. House of the Dragon is a prequel to good ol' Game of Thrones, focusing on House Targaryen at the height of their power and the civil war within their house that almost destroyed them and lead to the extinction of the Dragons.

Episode 1 feels like vintage Game of Thrones and knows it has a lot to make up for after the abysmal and disappointing final season of GOT. But it actually seems up to the task with increased production value and input from series creator (and expert author) George R.R. Martin. We're introduced to a lot of important players in this episode, but it seems to be setting the stage for some epic medieval fantasy political maneuvering to come.

The Salty Nerds are joined by author C.C. Ekeke to breakdown this episode like a proper Game of Thrones podcast would. Join us every Monday as we drop our take on the latest House of the Dragon episode from HBOMax. (Yes, we're flirting with becoming a House of the Dragon podcast for sure!)

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Salty Nerd Reviews: SEE Season 3 Trailer (with David Hewlett) Aug 21, 2022

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To celebrate the upcoming release of the last season of SEE, the Salty Nerds break down the latest FULL trailer for the final season of Apple TV's SEE, starring Jason Momoa. And Stargate Atlantis actor David Hewlett (who is also in SEE) joins us from his super-secret pillow fort in Canada to break things down.

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Salty Nerd Reviews: Cabinet Of Curiosities Trailer (with David Hewlett) Aug 20, 2022

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The Salty Nerds are joined by actor David Hewlett to react to the latest trailer for Netflix's horror anthology Cabinet of Curiosities - a show produced by Guillermo del Toro where eight directors bring their nightmarish visions to the screen as they take ownership of each episode to scare the living bajeejus out of you.

Though we're not strictly a horror podcast, we do love a good horror movie and horror story, and Netflix's Cabinet of Curiosities anthology looks super creepy!

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Horror Sequels Go To Space: Jason X (2001) Aug 19, 2022

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The Jason X Movie Review from the Salty Nerds has them marveling at the sheer camp of the tenth entry into the Friday The 13th franchise. So if you want to smoke some weed and have premarital sex, this is the movie for you! Sort of.

Jason Voorhees has escaped from the Crystal Lake Research Facility and gets cryogenically frozen, only to be awoken 500 years later. After killing a bunch of horny space teenagers and space marines, Jason gets beat up by an "uploaded" android. But a bunch of nano-ants give him an upgrade to UBER JASON and now he's pretty much unstoppable.

This is the final time Kane Hodder plays Jason Voorhees, and this movie also stars Lexa Doig, Peter Mensah, and even has a cameo from filmmaker David Cronenberg. If you thought horror couldn't get any sillier, wait until you see Jason X - one scene in particular is laugh-out-loud funny.

Though we're not a horror movie podcast, we do like to review horror films, ESPECIALLY the campy ones! Come check out our review of Friday The 13th part 10 (or Jason X, because New Line couldn't legally use the title Friday the 13th) and laugh along with us!

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August Bites Week: Day Shift (2022) Aug 18, 2022

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Day Shift review from the Salty Nerds has them marveling over the fact that there's a Netflix Original movie that they actually like for once.

Day Shift, starring Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg, is the type of movie that would spawn if Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Blade, and John Wick were all in a wild orgy and had a baby together. Jamie Foxx is a vampire hunter who needs some quick cash, so he's teamed up with his "union rep" Dave Franco to find some vampires. This horror action comedy film is a lot of fun and has some incredible action scenes and great mythology to it. It's also a very unevenly paced movie, but it's so entertaining you can easily overlook many of its shortcomings.

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Horror Sequels Go To Space: Leprechaun 4 - In Space (1997) Aug 17, 2022

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Leprechaun 4 In Space movie review from the Salty Nerds have them debating as to whether this movie starring Warwick Davis as a fun sized homicidal maniac rampaging through a space ship and wielding lightsabers and bursting through people's peens is secretly brilliant comedy, or one of the worst films ever made.

What started as a joke to spoof the Apollo 13 movie became an actual movie called Leprechaun 4: In Space. What started as a genuine attempt at a horror film starring Jennifer Aniston in the early 90s has morphed into what can only be described as "pure schlock" as space marines and an evil German scientist cyborg try to fight the evil Leprechaun before he can marry a space princess and become king of the universe.

If you like horror movies, and horror movie podcasts, then you may not like this review because there's nothing particularly scary about this movie. In fact, it can be argued the whole film is a bad joke - one that's been played on the audience. But fear not! The Salty Nerds are here to review this horror film and give you their honest opinion on it. (Which admittedly is not very good.)

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Salty Nerd Reviews: Farscape - Nerve Part 1 (S1E19) Aug 16, 2022

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Farscape Season 1 Episode 19 review from the Salty Nerds has them taking a loot at the big two-parter that introduces the audience to the big main villain of the series, Scorpius!

Ben Browder tries to save Claudia Black by infiltrating a Peacekeeper base with Chiana in tow. John Crichton meets up with his sidepiece Gilina as she helps them infiltrate the stronghold to find a tissue graft to save Aeryn's life. But Crichton didn't count on the evil Scorpius to see through his ruse and capture him. Now, Crichton is being interrogated for the secrets to wormhole technology while Aeryn is quickly deteriorating up on Moya.

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