028: A Sharknado of Awful Horror Movies

SPOILERS FOR SHARKNADO, THE HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET (2012), THE FOLLOWING 1x04, AND HANNIBAL SEASON 2 (but nothing beyond what we've seen in promo materials and the Margot Verger casting).

In this episode:

• Our friend Brandon joins us as we take on the other side of horror comedy: really, really bad horror movies that are fun to watch.
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax: God's friggin' gift to humanity.
• The Horror of Spider Island
• Manos: The Hands of Fate
• Space Mutiny
• The Many Names of David Ryder
• The Final Sacrifice 
• Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
• Some of the movies we discuss:
• Sharknado
• Sharktopus
• Megashark vs. Giant Octopus 
• Megalodon
• Ghost Shark 
• Birdemic 
• The Room 
• Holiday-themed horror
• Jack Frost
• Santa's Sleigh
• Black Christmas
• Leeches! 
• Garth Marenghi's Dark Place
• The Wicker Man (2006)
• Vampire's Kiss 
• Ghost Rider
• When a Stranger Calls
• The House at the End of the Street (2012) 
• The Reaping 
• The Omen (2006) 
• Dark Water (2005)
• The Saw, Hostel, and Final Destination franchises
• Alone in the Dark (2005)
• We take a detour into some of the less-than-stellar things we read in creative writing workshops back in college. Ah, memories. 
• Can a movie be "so bad it's good"?
• Horse_ebooks
• The Happening in 15 Minutes
• Also, at 1:25:45, we begin discussing the recent promotions for Hannibal Season 2. SPOILERS. (This was recorded on 1/21, so it's not quite up-to-date.)

THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:

• "If you fuck the tornado in the shark...then...with bombs...then resolution." Never were more beautiful words spoken.
• We spend a chunk of time on shark-related horror movies. Perhaps more than necessary. 
• I'm fairly confident the phrase "metatextual presence" and the movie The Room never been used in a sentence together before Fio used them on this podcast. He's a trailblazer, that one.
• We take another detour into the Marvel comics universe when we hit Ghost Rider. Not so horror-related.
• Holy crap, how did I mix up David Spade and James Spader.
• For some reason I thought we mentioned Nazis at the Center of the Earth on this episode, but we didn't. Sorry to disappoint.
• Highlights from Fio's timemarks:
• 14:40 - There’s a joke in here somewhere about surviving being swallowed, I just don’t think I’ve got a dirty enough mind to puzzle it out.
• 1:37:11 - How in the hell did I use the word “admission” in place of “acknowledgement” here when I clearly meant to say “acknowledgement,” Ian!? How!?!? HOWWWWWWWWWWWW!?!?!?!hjlkasdfuhgiuqweg 

Music/Sounds:

• Opening: Tara Reid Said What?
• Intro Music: "Wipeout" - The Surfaris | YouTube | iTunes |
• Outro Music: "Silent Hill (Otherside)" - Akira Yamaoka | YouTube |

(Picture taken from http://ladymanson.com/galleries/movies/MoviesRS/thumbnails.php?album=78&page=49)

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