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Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1987’s The Hidden and 2021’s Significant Other . First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about reading The Snowman . Justin talks about a few of the films he watched for the Fantasia International Film Festival, as well as the film Saccharine and a screening of the 1988 version of The Blob at the Mahoning Drive In. Up first is The Hidden . We talk about how the film is the essential late 80’s cop/action film but instead of merely flirting with horror elements it openly embracing them by having the antagonist being a body hopping alien addicted to the human experience. Liam brings up the phenomenon of loving a movie as a kid but being disappointed by it as an adult and how this movie avoids them. Justin talks about how the film also openly embraces every late 80’s cultural trope in addition to cop movie tropes. We discuss how the film is the quintessential “one in the morning on HBO back in the day” film. The film’s flirtation with the “LA at night”/neon slime subgenre is discussed. We talk about how the film is a rare example of a cop’s excessive actions is realistically depicted when a paramedic questions why a victim was shot fifteen times. Liam talks about the film using the tension of the good alien being found out as a source of anxiety. We talk about the somewhat weak narrative that the one cops daughter knowing Kyle McLaughlin’s character is an alien actually brings the movie down a notch. We briefly talk about how the sequel likely sucks and the film being an example of something that kind of fell flat when it first came out but later found a wider audience. Justin talks about how his only real problem with the film is how the bad alien is revealed too early. Up next is Significant Other . Justin talks about how the film’s twist is what makes it initially watchable and knowing that twist kind of takes away from the film and how the film is an example of the trope where aliens cannot comprehend the concept of love and laments not enjoying the film as much the second time around. Liam talks about how he forgot that he had seen it initially and that the twist comes right when he was becoming overwhelmingly annoyed with the character, and how the concept of the alien as a “frustrated actor” was compelling. We talk about how one of the film’s shortcomings is that it doesn’t explore the concept of aliens that are so different from humanity that they don’t understand love. We further dissect the concept of empathy as an alien idea. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about Lady Stay Dead and Don’t Go In The Woods , both from 1981. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam discusses the film Infinity Buffet , and Justin talks about the films This Is Not A Test, Hokum, Disclosure Day, and some of the films he watched for the Chattanooga Film Festival. Up first is Lady Stay Dead. We talk largely about how unpleasant we found the film to be, mostly since it felt interested mostly in being cruel and shocking and not so much in telling some kind of story. We compare the sexual assault scenes to other famous horror films that use such a tactic, and how the film has the unsettling tendency to sexualize such things instead of portraying them as acts of violence. Liam points out the film somehow is the worst at this amongst ‘80s horror films, and not only is it edgy for the sake of edgy it’s also not particularly good at it. We talk about how the film seems unable to make the antagonist a real believable threat, and how the film lacks the sense of catharsis most rape revenge films have so the violence comes off as completely pointless. Liam talks about how the film can’t decide if the antagonist is developmentally challenged or just an asshole, as well as the idea that this film isn’t really “the nastiest of the nasty” because it’s just a weak example of that phenomenon. Up next is Don’t Go In The Woods. We talk about how the poster might be familiar to horror fans even if they haven’t seen the movie. Justin talks about how the film might the archetypical slasher film and unlike the previous film in the episode is compelling and interesting. Liam talks about how it’s interesting that the film takes its time in revealing the killer, and possibly uses Bigfoot as a red herring before revealing the killer as a strange hippy Viking. Justin talks about one of the more striking and eerie scenes in the film that was more the result of a low budget than any actual artistic choice. We discuss how even though the previous film had a much higher production value, this film feels like it’s being made by someone who cares and that shines through. We talk about the ending and how it feels way heavier than it has any right to be. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating . Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com . We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here ), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter ), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @ thehorrorbiz666 , like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1984’s Friday The 13 th Part IV: The Final Chapter and 1986’s Friday The 13 th Part VI: Jason Lives First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam discusses listening to the Dungeon Crawler Carl series of novels, and be we briefly talk about our favorite audiobooks that add something to the source material. We talk about the film Touch Me, and Liam talks about listening to The Stand on audiobook. Justin talks about the films The Whistle and Bodycam. We talk at length about the film Undertone. Up first is Friday The 13 th : The Final Chapter. We open by talking about the appeal of Jason Vorhees as being based on the fear of the other in that until the sixth movie he is essentially a mentally challenged hermit living in the woods. We touch upon the upcoming series. Justin talk abouts the checkered history of Paramount’s support of the franchise in that they were “becoming embarrassed” with their association with the series and intended to kill off Jason and have this be the end of the series but the financial response of the films inspired them to continue churning out sequels, and Justin ascertains that these movies are the epitome of the worst part of capitalism. We talk about the various problems with the horror community in general and toxic fandom as a whole. Justin talks about how not minding the first three F13 movies he doesn’t really find the character of Jason Vorhees compelling at all. Justin talks about what he likes about the film: the filmmaker decided to make a child the protagonist in a film that was very clearly not at all made for kids, and not just a protagonist but a smart protagonist. Liam talks about his experience with these films in that part six was the first of the series he saw and how he weirdly misremembers them, including a moment in which a character is murdered in an over the top almost silly manner (the infamous “he’s killing me!” scene) as well as the many, many extended chase scenes, and how the mystique of the character is ruined by shots of him running, and Justin adds that either a brisk walk or straight up just showing up is the only acceptable way slasher villains should move. We talk about Tommy Jarvis’ method of fucking with Jason, and how it’s at least innovative for a horror movie. Up next is Friday The 13 th Part VI: Jason Lives. We start by talking about how this is the first film where Jason is overtly supernatural, and that Tommy did actually kill him but now he’s resurrected and actually undead. Justin talks about how it’s weirdly believable that Tommy would need to see the body before believing Jason was actually dead. He also talks about how unlike part 4 he finds this scene entirely irredeemable. Liam talks about how the movie doesn’t hold up to his memory of it. Liam talks about how ridiculous it is that everyone has willingly forgets about Jason. He also talks about how there’s a weird sense of humor in the film that isn’t present in the prior films, especially in the infamous paintball scene, and how he didn’t really remember that as a kid, although he says the “quippiness” was a bit much. We discuss how the ending of chaining Jason to the bottom of the lake sounds cool but there’s no real logic to it. First off thank you to Christan for not only suggesting these films but also being a faithful patreon subscriber. It truly means the world to us when people see and hear what we do and decide to support us in any way possible. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating . Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com . We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here ), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter ), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @ thehorrorbiz666 , like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys, as we’re talking about 1971’s Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb and 1981’s Dawn Of The Mummy. First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about watching the film The Last Sacrifice on Shudder, and Liam and Justin talk about Night Patrol. Liam talks about starting the series of books The Locked Tomb, and Justin talks about seeing the films We Bury The Dead and Primate. Up first is Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb. We talk about how it has a disappointingly low number of mummies, how it’s a woefully forgettable film and how it’s very boring for a film of that era. Justin talks about how the film seems to drop several hints at things to come later but never gives any payoff. We discuss the phenomenon of fetishization of the Middle East and the othering of Egyptian culture, and how for a period Egypt was, to Britain, the ultimate “other.” Up next is Dawn Of The Mummy. We open by talking about how the movie feels very Italian despite being an American production, and how the movie feels like a zombie movie with mummies instead of zombies. We discuss how the film is a perfect encapsulation of how imperialism and colonialism desecrate and trivialize ancient Egyptian culture. Liam talks about how despite the film starting out slow, it becomes a full-blown massacre involving dozens of mummies. We make it a point to describe the film as “fun” instead of “actually good” and talk about how the film has lots of “requisite ’80s checked boxes.” As always, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating . Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com . We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here ), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter ), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @ thehorrorbiz666 , like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. On this episode we’ll be discussing our top ten favorite horror films of 2025!!! First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about the anime series Lord Of Mysteries and the manga series The Summer Hikaru Died , and Justin talks about his new years resolution to finally read Stephen King’s Dark Tower saga. Liam’s Top Ten Of 2025 10. Found Footage: The Patterson Project 9. Frankenstein 8. The Shrouds 7. The Surrender 6. The Ugly Stepsister 5. 28 Years Later 4. It Ends 3. Weapons 2. Die My Love 1. Sinners Justin’s Top Ten Of 2025 10. Weapons 9. Presence 8. Anything That Moves 7. Bring Her Back 6. The Devil Whispered My Name 5. 28 Years Later 4. Sinners 3. The Surrender 2. The Long Walk 1. Good Boy As always thank you for listening, if you donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating . Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com . We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here ), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter ), Essex Coffee Roasters ( www.essexcoffeeroasters.com ) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @ thehorrorbiz666 , like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys, as we’re talking about 1981’s From The Old Earth and 1987’s Born Of Fire. First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about seeing the remastered version of Re-Animator, Lord Of Illusions, Black Eyed Susan, and House of Dynamite . Justin talks about some of the films he saw for Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Screamfest, as well as the films Alma and the Wolf, Somnium, The Astronaut, and Traumatika , and the HBO series Welcome To Derry . Up first is From The Old Earth. Justin talks about how this feels very much like the archetypical folk horror film. We talk about the history of the attempts to keep the Welsh language alive. We briefly talk about the history of Wales and how British colonialism had long attempted to crush the Welsh culture. Justin talks about the role of the Welsh in Lovecraftian fiction, particularly Colin Wilson’s short story, “The Return Of The Lloigor.” We discuss how despite taking place in Wales, the film still has a very British feel to it. The fact that only women can see the villain (a shadowy god) is touched upon and how that plays into the misogynistic views of post-WWII UK. Liam talks about the relative lack of gore and blood, and how despite not being out-and-out frightening, it still has a good amount of creepiness. Justin talks about how the film accomplishes what a folk horror film sets out to do, which is presenting a sense of time and portraying the modern world as a thin veneer resting upon the horrors of the primordial past. Justin also talks about the theme of feminine fertility being the enemy of some of these deities. We talk some more about the basic tenets of folk horror. Up next is Born Of Fire. We give a summary of the film. We talk about how the film, despite being directed by a Pakistani person, presents some rather problematic views of Turkey, in that Turkey is presented as a place inhabited by actual cave dwellers. Liam talks about the film’s British sensibility of being simultaneously uptight and horny, and its utter lack of subtlety. We talk about the film’s themes of decadence and temptation, as well as hints of a Charlie Daniels-esque master flautist vs. the devil. We talk about the history of “trickster” beings in Europe, tying back to a Muslim influence and the Muslim concept of the djinn. As always, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating . Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com . We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here ), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter ), Essex Coffee Roasters ( www.essexcoffeeroasters.com ) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @ thehorrorbiz666 , like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1985’s Creature and 1996’s Within The Rock. First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about reading the comic Houses Of The Unholy, the book Cuckoo and the FX series Alien: Earth, as well as the film The Long Walk. Justin talks about attending the Mahoning Drive In’s annual David Lynch Weekend and seeing Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Mulholland Drive, as well as the films Bring Her Back, The Luckiest Man In America, She Loved Blossoms More, and Good Boy. Up first is Creature. We talk about director William Malone’s filmography, particularly The House On Haunted Hill. We talk about how even though it’s not a very good movie it’s still a fun movie. We discuss how Malone fails to hide the shoddiness of the creature FX because he keeps it too much in the dark. We talk about how the film attempts to use elements from Planet Of The Vampires to hide the elements from Alien that don’t work. Klaus Kinski’s insane performance is touched upon. The unnecessary sex scenes are discussed, but we point out that as bad as the movie is and how unfocused it is, it’s never a boring film. Up next is Within The Rock. We talk about director Gary Tuncliffe’s involvement in the Hellraiser franchise as well as the strange overlap this film has with the Terminator franchise due to it being produced by Robert Patrick and character actor Dale Dye’s insane filmography outside of this movie. Liam talks about the few things he likes about the movie, including the creature design which came off more as kaiju-y than anything else. We discuss the clunky narrative structure of the film and how it feels the need to repeatedly remind us of the creatures origin in awkward ways. We talk about the films lack of tension despite it taking place on a rock that’s hurtling towards earth. The films inability to measure up to Alien’s ability to get us invested in all the characters and instead presenting us with boring unrelatable characters is discussed. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating . Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com . We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here ), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter ), Essex Coffee Roasters ( www.essexcoffeeroasters.com ) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @ thehorrorbiz666 , like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1973’s Ganja & Hess and 1986’s Vamp. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. We talk about the films Weapons, Together, and Who Can Kill A Child?, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Up first is Ganja & Hess. Justin talks about how this is his first time viewing the movie, and how it goes against a lot of horror tropes and stereotypes and defies the norms of “blaxploitation.” We talk about Bill Gunn’s emphasis both on traditional Christian imagery and African spirituality as well as the themes of addiction present in the film. The concept of romance being found in a cursed relationship is discussed, in that it’s a film in the tradition of “is love more important that XYZ?” Bill Gunn’s interpretation of “the black experience” through the film is discussed, as is how that element of the film may have hampered Its commercial success. The element of traditional folk horror of something that was once lost is returning to corrupt is touched up. The career of writer/director Bill Gunn is discussed, as is Spike Lee’s maligned remake of the film. Up next is Vamp. Justin talks about his celebrity crush on Grace Jones and how this movie messed with his head by turning her into a horrifying monster. We talk about how unfortunately she is largely the only good thing in this film, and how it almost makes no sense that she’s in it because she’s only in it for a very short period of time and yet is treated as the main creature. Justin talks about how the villains in the film (Billy Drago and Grace Jones) are by far the most compelling characters, and we talk about how despite being a horror film it felt very much like problematic ‘80s comedies, almost like a Porky’s with vampires/any other annoying ‘80s comedy. We talk about how unlike other ‘80s horror comedies like Fright Night this film lacks any sort of real emotional core. We discuss the film as a “sweaty LA movie” on HBO/ late night cable. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating . Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com . We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here ), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter ), Essex Coffee Roasters ( www.essexcoffeeroasters.com ) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @ thehorrorbiz666 , like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1972’s Horror Express and 1976’s Land Of The Minotaur. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. We talk about the films 28 Years Later, Predator: Killer Of Killers, Found Footage: The Making Of The Patterson Project, and K-Pop Demon Hunters, as well as the manga Blood On The Tracks. Up first is Horror Express . Liam gives a brief history of his viewing of the film and how the film had Hammer Film vibes, and how the film has a distinctly different vibe from the classic monster movies of the 1950s in that it’s a bit “meaner” and strangely sophisticated for a film from the time. We talk about how it feels like everyone in the film is genuinely in danger and how the film is classic Lee and Cushing, as well as the elements of ‘60s spy movies that show up throughout the film. Justin talks about how the film could have simply rested on the laurels of the plotline of having Christopher Lee smuggle a frozen creature onto a train that thaws out but instead veers off into a weird cosmic horror direction, as well as the film bearing a strong resemblance to The Thing From Another World. The shoddy visual FX of the film and how they become uncanny in their shoddiness is discussed. The film tiptoeing into Lovecraftian territory is touched upon. Up next is Land Of The Minotaur . We talk at length about the films lazy and seemingly confused messaging on religion and how it’s a bit of a letdown that it relies upon well-worn Judeo-Christian themes when it comes to good and evil. Liam talks about the extremely bad ADR and Donald Pleasance’s less than stellar performance. We talk about the icons of Christianity in horror film and its implications of the objective reality of Christianity and how that makes for a weak conflict since God cannot be defeated in the logic of Christianity. The film’s suggestion that Peter Cushing’s villainy stems from him being foreign is discussed. We talk about the costume choice of the cult in that they very much are “fancy Klan outfits”. Brian Eno’s work on the soundtrack is also touched upon. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating . Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com . We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here ), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter ), Essex Coffee Roasters ( www.essexcoffeeroasters.com ) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @ thehorrorbiz666 , like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 2016’s The Wailing and 2025’s Exhuma. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. We talk about the films Sinners, Clown In A Cornfield, and Heart Eyes, as well as the television series The Last Of Us and the novel The Devils by Joe Abercrombie. Up first is The Wailing. We start by talking about actor Jun Kunimura’s extensive filmography. We talk about our initial experience with the film, with Liam talking about how much he enjoyed it the second time around. Justin talks about the convoluted but not messy nature of the plot, and how the concept of a character whose presence incites violence in those surrounding him. We spend a goodish amount of time discussing the history of Japanese imperialism and how that has essentially scarred the collective psyche of Korea, and how the result Korean prejudice towards the Japanese is, if nothing else, understandable. We talk about how the Japanese character in the film feels almost like a red herring set up but ultimately is far worse than what we’re led to believe. We brief talk about the original ending of the film and how that affects the rest of the movie and why the director may have chosen to change it. Up next is Exhuma. Justin talks about how the film draws upon religious ecstasy and the nature of ritual for a source of horror. We discuss how the film could’ve simply been about a geomancer dealing with a restless vengeful ghost but instead chooses to, just as The Wailing did, fold Korean history into the mix by once again using Japanese atrocities a source of horror. The films use of generational trauma and family shame as a source of horror is discussed, and we talk about how it avoids using grief as horror which is something of a trope at this point. Nationalism and nature of national shame is discussed. We talk about the strange hierarchy of Japanese ghosts. We talk about some of the unorthodox and frightening imagery of the film. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating . Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com . We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here ), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter ), Essex Coffee Roasters ( www.essexcoffeeroasters.com ) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @ thehorrorbiz666 , like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1981’s The Wolfen and 2014’s Late Phases. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk about what we’ve been doing involving horror recently. Liam’s manga/anime obsession rolls on with Kaiju Number Eight, as well as reading Stephen King’s The Long Walk and Margaret Killjoy’s The Sapling Cage, the films Mickey 17 and The Shrouds, and Justin talks about the quiet existential horror of the Apple series Severance. Up first is The Wolfen. We give a summary of the film and talk about some of the tropier elements of the film involving Native Americans. Justin talks about one of his rules of werewolf films (the werewolf design being the keystone of the entire film) and how the film got around this by just having larger than usual wolves as the werewolves. We talk about how the film and novel take a slightly different path than the traditional werewolf movie by having it just be super intelligent wolf-like creatures that live secretly amongst people and hunt them. We touch upon the film’s inclusion of environmentalist themes and how it strangely fits in with the source novel’s author Whitley Strieber and his history of environmental advocacy. We talk about the film’s use of the late ‘70s Bronx being utterly destroyed by urban blight and how it lends a very dreamy feel to the film in a sinister way. Justin brings up the unsettling clash of “savage beast in modernity” during the climax where the wolves show up in the top floor of an office building. Up next is Late Phases. Justin talks about his first viewing of the movie and loving but not being as nuts about it on rewatch. We talk about how the film has enough weight in its initial plot without the added kind of human gravitas that Ethan Embry’s (who rules) character brings. We discuss how the film doesn’t do the best job of setting up any kind of mystery as to who the werewolf is. We briefly discuss lead actor Nick Demici’s filmography and how he always delivers, and how unlike a lot of the “classic” werewolf films it loses a lot of its punch when you’ve seen it once, as opposed to films like Dog Soldiers and The Howling and An American Werewolf In London that is always rewarding every time you watch it. We discuss the unsettling and unorthodox nature of the werewolf design. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1977’s The Incredible Melting Man and 1989’s The Vineyard. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about seeing Oz Perkins’ The Monkey and reading the horror/sci-fi manga Dandadan, and Justin talks about attending a screening of Mulholland Drive. Up first is The Incredible Melting Man. Justin talks about being familiar with the film’s poster before actually seeing it, and Liam talks about how a few years back he was somewhat ostracized for not liking this movie at a past Exhumed Film’s Horrorthon, and discuss how boring the film is despite the hype. We talk about how the film has somewhat unexpectedly dark tones to it, one of them being the concept the objectification of the working class by the government. Liam brings up some of the film’s quirkier elements such as the strange fashion choices, and we talk about the odd casting choice of director Jonathan Demme. Justin talks about how it felt that the very beginning and very end of the film are the best parts and stand out in stark contrast to the rest of the film. We discuss the lack of tension in the film despite having a clear menacing presence, as well as the film still attempt to have a sense of drama to it. Up next is The Vineyard. We give a summary of the film, and how it is objectively a poorly made film. We talk about actor James Hong’s career, and how his performance is the only compelling one in the film. We discuss how the film is bad but it’s not boring, and how the film throws a lot at the wall. We talk how about it’s a rare American film of the time that doesn’t contain a hint of Christianity brushing up against it. We discuss how the film feels like something that would be on Cinemax at one in the morning in the early ‘80s. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys, as we’re talking about our favorite films of 2024! First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently, specifically the passing of esteemed filmmaker and absolute legend, David Lynch. Be sure to head here to check out the Mulholland Drive shirt that Liam and Justin of Rough Cut are doing to benefit victims of the LA wildfires. Liam’s Top 10 Of 2024 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Justin’s Top 10 Of 2024 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys, as we’re talking about 1980’s To All A Good Night and 1989’s Elves. First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you, also, to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And, as always, thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about partaking in the programming on Shudder focusing on classic Christmas ghost stories and we talk about the peculiar Victorian custom of telling ghost stories around Christmastime. Liam talks about catching a screening of Chuck Norris’ Invasion USA and Justin throws a fit about Liam’s apathy towards Steven Siegal. We talk a bit about the HBO series Creature Commandos and the films Smile 2, Never Let Go, The Substance, AfrAId, Replicator, The Becomers, Terrifier 3, and A Different Man. Up first is To All A Good Night. We talk about this history of Christmas horror and scary Santas, and how this movie doesn’t really feel like it has any right to stand in the same category as Christmas Evil. Justin talks about the difficulty in seeing early slashers as fun, because the formula for them has been so beat to death. Liam talks about how the film seems to want to be a classically horny slasher, but it hesitates to go all the way in that direction. We discuss the seemingly cynical nature of the film in that it feels utterly without heart. We briefly discuss some of our favorite kills in the film, despite the relative lack of gore in it, and how despite the movie not being awful, it still lacks the sincerity and earnestness that will sometimes push a mediocre film over the finish line. Justin brings up how despite the film being technically competent, following a tried-and-true formula for a “good” slasher film, it still falls flat, because it honestly lacks the passion. Liam criticizes the “Scooby Doo” moment in the reveal of the killer. Up next is Elves. Justin talks about the unexpected Nazi element in the film and we touch upon the absurdity of Dan Haggerty in general in this film. We talk about how despite the title being plural, the singular "elf" is effective enough. Justin talks about how it’s commendable that the filmmakers decided to inject an element of Nazi occult into a film that could have very easily just leaned in on the “evil elf” element. We reference back to the prior film on this episode in that even though Elves is a mess, it at least takes chances that To All A Good Night didn’t. As always, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1977’s Kingdom Of The Spiders and 1982’s Visiting Hours. First off thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. We have a lengthy discussion on the film Werewolves, and Liam talks about the recent premiere of James Gunn’s Creature Commandos. Justin talks about the Russell Crowe The Exorcism and the Jon Benet Ramsey series on Netflix. Up first is Kingdom Of The Spiders. We talk about how the movie is ridiculous and horribly overacted but still a lot of fun to watch, and how a bad movie made earnestly still has some value. We talk about how the movie relies heavily on “less is more” when it comes to showing tarantulas attacking people. We then spend a long amount of time discussing the various absurd moments in the film, and briefly talk about the creepy performance of William Shatner. Up next is Visiting Hours. We discuss our history with the film, with both of us sort of not really catching it a horrorthon. We talk about some of the more creative cinematography in the film, and the use of the unique architecture of the hospital. We talk about the strange dreamlike feel of much of the film. We discuss the films unique approach to a message about feminism mixed with a film that wants to be very ‘grindhouse’ and exploitive, while also the fact the film doesn’t have an overt amount of blood. The films use of a clear misogynist as a villain while including several more benevolent male characters who also display more subtle signs of misogyny is discussed. >We talk about the film loses some of its focus at one point when it shifts emphasis away from the initial protagonist. We talk at length about Michael Ironside’s performance and the intensity he brings to the film, and how the film may have brought a realistic depiction of serial killers without realizing it. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys, as we’re talking about two films from Oz Perkins: The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Longlegs. First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter "CINEPUNX" in the promo code for 10% off your order! And, as always, thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we’ve done involving horror recently. Liam talks about the film Maggie, as well as the films The Substance, Alien: Romulus, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, and VHS: Beyond. Justin talks about Venom: The Last Dance and the new HBO Max series Dune: Prophecy, as well as the new Crow film. Up first is The Blackcoat’s Daughter. We talk about the very Christmas-y, Midwestern feel to the movie, as well as the deeply melancholic tone that hangs over the entire film. We talk about how a theme of the film is yearning for someone you love and the subsequent rejection. We briefly discuss how the film dabbles in the realm of the “house of psychotic women” subgenre and how Perkins seems to be a fan of smushing true crime-style drama with the overtly supernatural. Perkins’ own personal history with the realm of horror filmmaking is briefly touched upon, in that his family’s history with the genre very likely placed him at ground zero for many of the changes to the genre over the years. We talk about how this film’s supernatural elements are never objectively confirmed and any sort of strange, uncanny aspects of it might just be in the protagonist’s head. Next is Longlegs. We start by talking about the film's early marketing in the form of short 9-1-1 audio clips. We briefly talk about the phenomenon of people bashing this film as being a rip-off of films such as The Silence of the Lambs, and how we are argue that this film doesn’t really feel any more derivative of TSOTL than any other random horror film from the last twenty years about serial killers. Justin argues that the film feels more like a darker version of The X-Files. We briefly talk about the possibly problematic depictions of some form of transness in both films. We talk about how one of Perkins’ trademark shots, an unnerving silhouette, makes its way into this film as well and was one of the more overtly scary elements of the film. We briefly touch upon the relatively recent phenomenon of horror films and series using subtle background details like spooky ghosts that you might not catch at first. As always, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. It’s been a bit since we’ve recorded due to some outside circumstances, so we decided to just do a kind of free form “what we’ve been doing lately” episode. Please excuse my occasional scolding of my dog! We briefly talk about one of the films we were supposed to cover, Cathy’s Curse, and how…unpleasant it was. Liam talks about the plethora of Halloween related events in Portland, and Justin talks about some of the film festivals he’s attended recently. We briefly go on a tangent about the phenomenon of short films being adapted into feature length films and how they’re relative hit or miss, and how one such film (Blake Simon’s Faces) has quite a bit of potential. We talk about the films The Demon Disorder and Strange Darling. We go off on a tangent about Justin revisiting a few of Rob Zombie’s filmography, and Liam talks about the film Last Straw. We talk about the much-maligned new version of ‘Salems Lot and how it almost entirely misses the mark of capturing the utter dread of the source material. Liam talks about vending at Cinema Wasteland, a cult movie expo in the Pacific Northwest, as well as checking out a new Stephen King book Holly. Justin talks about recently visiting Bangor Maine and doing the Stephen King tour. We talk about the films Apartment 7A and In A Violent Nature, as well as I Saw The TV Glow and Daddy’s Head, and Mr. Crocket. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking about two films directed or produced by the late great Roger Corman: 1964’s The Masque Of The Red Death and 1978 The Evil. First and as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! Also, a huge thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, purveyors of freshly roasted coffee and doers away with of coffee elitism! Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! Also thank you to Paul Sharkey for his MANY technical contributions to this show and others on the Cinepunx network. Head to www.mechanicalsharkmedia.com for all your miscellaneous production (and mechanized shark!) needs! We start by talking about some of the things we’ve done involving horror recently. We talk about seeing the film The First Omen, and Liam talks about I Saw The TV Glow. Justin talks about the films Arcadian, Imaginary, as well as some of the films he watched at Chattanooga Film Fest, which you can read about at Cinepunx.com! Up first is The Masque Of The Red Death. We discuss the film’s depiction of theistic satanism, which differs from traditional satanism in that it worships Satan, in addition to the film’s ambivalence as to whether God and the Devil are real, as opposed to its depictions of plagues as anthropomorphized characters. We discuss the film’s theme of class consciousness; in that it not only depicts Prospero as evil because he worships the devil but also because he is rich and negligent towards his poorer charges. Justin talks about the source materials criticism of the decadence of the rich and their disdain of the lower classes and how ahead of the curve it was, and we discuss the film’s criticism of royalty and inherited power and its connection to the immoral nature of kleptocracy as well. We talk about how Prospero’s objectification of the lower class is even more evil than mere apathy for them, and some of the film’s “stellar” production choices, including the colored rooms, costumes, and set design. We talk about Vincent Price’s ability to add dignity to an otherwise less than dignified film, and how even though it’s not traditionally scary it’s still a successful horror film. We close with discussing Roger Corman’s far reaching impact on the history of film. Up next is The Evil. We give a summary of the film and talk about the somewhat absurd setting of it to begin with. We discuss how we weren’t particularly fond of this movie but at least it’s a bad movie made earnestly and talk about some of the more ridiculous elements of it. Liam discusses the film’s inability to transition from “upsetting part to not upsetting part”, which leads into a discussion of the appreciation we have for movies that acknowledge even if the characters survive, they are still going to be emotionally devastated and how movies that don’t acknowledge that often strain the suspension of disbelief. We talk about the frustration with the character’s initial refusal to admit anything is strange or off about the house, as it completely negates the purpose of a horror movie about ghosts. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking about two absolute bangers from 1998’s Ringu and 2000’s Ju-On: The Curse. First and as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! Also, a huge thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, purveyors of freshly roasted coffee and doers away with of coffee elitism! Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! Also thank you to Paul Sharkey for his MANY technical contributions to this show and others on the Cinepunx network. Head to www.mechanicalsharkmedia.com for all your miscellaneous production (and mechanized shark!) needs! We start by talking about some of the things we’ve done involving horror recently. Liam talks about the graphic novel A Guest In The House by Emily Carroll, as well as the films Immaculate, Cuckoo,and Late Night With The Devil, as well as the Netflix limited series Baby Reindeer. Up first is Ringu. Justin begins by telling an anecdote about the impact the film had on his life and American horror cinema as a whole. Liam talks about the similar impact the film had on him. We discuss the differences between this film and the American remake, in that the American version feels more “ethereal” instead of the “real world” of the original. We talk about the film’s effective use of a “slow burn” pace to create a terrifying atmosphere. We talk about the directors other films, and Liam talks about how upon first seeing this film after seeing the American remake he wasn’t crazy about it but now prefers this version. Justin talks about the concept of powerful emotions living on after those who experience them die, and how those emotions creating a kind of insentient haunting in a location. Liam talks about how the attempt at solving a dangerous situation through compassion instead of violence is intriguing. We discuss the somewhat inherent dated nature of the film due to it’s use of a VHS tape at the tail end of the VHS era, and how the character of Sadako is someone of an icon in Japan. Up next is Ju-On: The Curse. Justin briefly talks about how film is far more focused on the idea of lingering malevolent emotions, and also how the idea is made even more unsettling by how the titular curse seems to infect people through other people. We discuss the history of vengeful ghosts in Japanese folklore. Liam talks about his early experience with the film, and how seeing it alone for the first time was harrowing. Liam talks about the somewhat convoluted timeline of the Ju-On franchise, and how not all the movies seem to fit entirely and sensibly within that timeline, although the universe the films build is quite effective. Justin talks about how the film lacks a slickness the remake has that makes it even more effective. As always thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys because we’re talking about two absolute bangers from 1983: One Dark Night and The House On Sorority Row.