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Don’t whiz on the Sacred Ancestral Tree! Good advice. Anybody who has been listening to Jay of the Dead’s podcasts for awhile knows that there is often content that was recorded months (or even years!) previously before it ever sees the light of day. But that content does eventually get released!
In Episode 026 of Considering Horror Cinema, your late-night Horror host Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) is finally revealing the podcast recordings that have been hiding in his attic! All the reviews in this episode were recorded in 2019. This episode has the longest review ever committed to the film 976-Evil (1989), as Jay of the Dead discusses it with Greg “The Gray Man” Bensch. (It’s about an hour long.) Then Jay does a 75-minute deep-dive discussion of Midsommar (2019) with the oracle Jody Horror Guy (of the Reel Blood Podcast Network) and his unclouded intuition. Jay also gripes a little about the term “Folk Horror” and goes on a lot about the scariest disease ever, Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Jay also brings you solocast reviews of BrightBurn (2019) and The Intruder (2019) and The Perfection (2019) and Friend Request (2017) and The Hunted (2014) and Basement Jack (2009).
If you’re a huge Horror fan, you can view all of Jay’s HORROR ONLY episodes at Considering HORROR Cinema.com. Jay of the Dead also hosts a WEEKLY HORROR PODCAST with BillChete and Lady Phantom at Horror Movie Weekly.com. Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jay at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode.
SHOW NOTES: Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 026
[ 00:00:01 ] – Introduction
– Considering the Cinema Ep. 026
— Explanation and Agenda
— Voicemail from Jaxon (the first caller who ever left a voicemail for CTC)
[ 00:04:25 ] – Review: Friend Request (2017)
Jay of the Dead = 7 ( Stream on Netflix )
[ 00:22:15 ] – Review: The Hunted (2014)
Jay of the Dead = 7.5 ( Buy it! )
— Prize give-away for Andrew in WV
Check out Jay’s weekly Horror podcast with BillChete and Lady Phantom: Horror Movie Weekly.com
[ 00:37:00 ] – Review: BrightBurn (2019)
Jay of the Dead = 8.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
**Note: This review was recorded months before this review of this film on Horror Movie Weekly where Jay revises his rating after a second viewing.
[ 00:49:48 ] – Review: The Intruder (2019)
Jay of the Dead = 6 ( Redbox Rental / Stream on Netflix )
[ 01:00:27 ] – Review: The Perfection (2019)
Jay of the Dead = 8 ( Stream on Netflix / Buy it! )
[ 01:07:48 ] – Feature Review: 976-Evil (1989) with special guest The Gray Man
Jay of the Dead = 5.5 ( Rental )
The Gray Man = 5 ( Low-priority Rental )
[ 02:01:55 ] – Feature Review: Midsommar (2019) with special guest Jody Horror Guy
Jay of the Dead = 9 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Jody Horror Guy = 9.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
[ 02:28:57 ] – SPOILER DISCUSSION: Midsommar (2019)
Want more? Hear Jay of the Dead’s Midsommar review with Ron Martin on The Resurrection of Zombie 7 Podcast with a BONUS review of little-known gem “Midnight” (1982).
[ 03:12:12 ] – One for the Road: Basement Jack (2009)
Jay of the Dead = 7.5 ( Strong Rental )
Wrap-Up
— Thanks to the PayPal donors who are supporting this show:
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Links for this episode:
Catch up with The Gray Man here:
– On Twitter: @Qua419
– Gray Man appears on Land of the Creeps Ep. 190
Catch up with Jody Horror Guy here:
— Podcasts: Reel Blood Podcast Network
– On Twitter: @JodyHorrorGuy
— Check out Jay’s Horror Movie Weekly podcast with BillChete and Lady Phantom!
— Check out BillChete and Lady Phantom’s new film podcast:
Movies in 4K ( or on iTunes / Apple Podcasts: Subscribe for Free!)
Hear Jay of the Dead’s Midsommar review with Ron Martin on The Resurrection of Zombie 7 Podcast with a BONUS review of little-known gem “Midnight” (1982)
Jay recommends the Exploding Heads Horror Podcast as they present The Top 100 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade
Jay recommends Nate Johnivan’s music:
— Spotify Playlist
— Quarantine Dream iii
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Loved the discussion on Midsommar. INBRED HORROR!
Jody’s theory on Pelle has me equally flabbergasted. I knew he had orchestrated the events to an extent, but I fear this theory is going to lead me into a pretty lengthy youtube hole. Wish me luck.
And I must say, as a person who touts trivial horror subgenres such as PIG HEADED HORROR, I cannot believe that you have such an issue with the label “Folk Horror”. Sure, it’s a little harder to peg down than something like “pig-headed”, however if you look at the root, folk, it’s pretty easy to understand. Folk is defined as “relating to the traditional art or culture of a community or nation”. If that doesn’t describe Midsommar, than maybe we did not watch the same film. Without the traditional culture of the Haarga Community this film would have had no conflict, aside from the opening act.
Again, loved the episode. Especially the deep-dives. Keep it up! These long episodes really make my work days fly by.
This was a fantastic episode! I loved it! I agree with you on Friend Request, good movie! You captured my interest with your review of The Hunted so I watched it and I really liked it. It made me jump like 5 times! Really fun film. That movie The Perfection was a trip!
You mentioned Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, and I wanted to chime in on it because I’m actually an MBSP survivor. My mother used to give me “Potions.” Which were basically household products and medicine mixed with yogurt to hide the taste. As a child I wound up going to the doctor at least twice a month. No worries, I wasn’t bothered by you mentioning MBSP. Fifteen years of weekly therapy has guided me to a good place and I’m ok with with the hand I was dealt. I thought you might want to know that it’s a very elusive ailment, especially if the parent of guardian isn’t caught. Mine was not. The doctors never caught on. It took many years to figure it all out. I didn’t even realize what had been done to me until my mid twenties. When I was a kid, I just thought it was normal to take “Potions” and visit the doctor 2-4 times a week. When you are a kid, you take everything you are given as normal and that is that. Being sick was my normal.
Anyway, I always like it when people introduce real world horror on your podcasts, so I took this as an opportunity to share my own. Thanks for giving me the opportunity.
Thanks for the great show! I’ve been following your podcasts since the Horror Palace days and you have provided me many hours of great entertainment over the years! Take care and keep up the good work! 🙂
Jay,
The latest episode of The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show should be coming out in the next couple days. The reason I’m telling you this, my friend, is because my co-host, Dave Zee, and I talk at length about this very episode of Considering the Cinema! 🙂
You and The Gray Man most certainly put together the most in-depth review of 976-EVIL (1988) out there in Podcast Land, for sure, and you both should be proud of that. Well done.
I also want you to know that I personally believe the discussion that you and Jody Horror Guy had on Midsommar (2019) is the BEST I’ve yet heard. I have a strange relationship with Midsommar in that I consider it masterful in all ways, yet I don’t particularly enjoy the film… ALSO… the elements of the story that appeal to me are things that I’m just not hearing ANYONE discuss! It’s frustrating! Ha ha.
That said, Jay… you and Jody tackled some of these things that are simply not spoken of when folks review this movie, and I was so glad to hear that. This film pulls a fascinating and endlessly clever trick on the viewer with regards to how indoctrination plays into both the plot IN the film… and our reactions as viewers OUTSIDE of the film. I feel like this review is the first I’ve heard that examined some of these things, and I was overjoyed.
Much love, Jay and to your guests on this show.
Your buddy,
Mister Watson