Is Horror the Ultimate Form of Escapism?
CatBusRuss is not a practitioner of evil, but he is a fan of the art. No one deserves to die, but what is a good story without a few casualties? And if the deaths are just the same through out like the Bond films before the MPAA gave us G, M, R, and X, the audience would soon be tired of bloodless cinema. Celebrate cinematic sins whenever you can.
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Horror Pictures (Sinful Cinema)
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The Sadness (2021)
A young couple trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists. - Per IMDb
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Blood for Irina (2012)
Irina, a dying 100-year-old vampire, a motel manager, and a broken prostitute live a in a world of literal and figurative decay (Per IMDb). Lots of slo-mo to get the film to 70 minute. No wonder director Chris Alexander says movies should be even shorter.
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David Cronenberg and His Rabid Gangster Bugs
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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Dance of the Dead (2008)
CatBusRuss and Mitchell Whitt from the “Morbidly Macabre” podcast discuss an under seen zombie comedy with all it takes to be Romero approved.
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Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Lesbian vampires inspired by Elizabeth Bathory attempt to steal a newly wed wife from her increasingly abusive husband.
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Be Merry or Be Scary: "Deadly Games" aka "Dial Code Santa Claus" with Gregory Carl
CatBusRuss and Gregory Carl determine if the French beat John Hughes to “Home Alone”. “Deadly Games” is the tale of a young boy defending his mansion and grandfather from a psychotic Father Christmas.
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Possessive Forces versus #Cinemastodon's Exorcists (PG-13)
Jonathan Romeo comes to the podcast to focus on William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, but its longer than 100 minutes. So he and CatBusRuss discuss features it may have inspired: “Evil Dead 2”, “Prince of Darkness”, Brandon Cronenberg’s “Possessor”, “Demons”, “Saint Maud”, and “Event Horizon”.
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Get Out (2017)
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point. - Per IMDb
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The Brilliance of Stuart Gordon
"Castle Freak" and "Dagon" are all low-budget bangers. And after Russ brings up the 2013 no-budget stinker "Eternal Damn Nation", you will have a greater appreciation of the man who did the most to honor H.P. Lovecraft's horrors (and, to a lesser extent, Tommy Wiseau).
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Gothika (2003)
Halle Berry is locked up in the mental institution she worked at after murdering her husband. There she is haunted and lead to believe that she must have had a just motivation.
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
Gregory Carl suggested a film that has a horror-worthy premise featuring a 14 year-old Jodie Foster. It is a feature that turns the seemingly defenseless adolescent premise on its head while maintaining all that 1970s creepiness in all its glory.
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Skies of Fortune Presents "Perfect Blue"
“Ninety for Chill” celebrates #Ani-May with @skiesoffortune.bsky.social to discuss the debut feature of greatest #anime mind who left us too soon, Satoshi Kon. “Perfect Blue” is a li’l Hitchcock, a li’l Argento, and very poignant in our celeb-obsessed culture.
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Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)
A puppeteer's ability to bring inanimate objects to life attracts the attention of the Nazis during World War II. - Per IMDb
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#RewindWednesday: The Lost Boys with @CouchManBakes
CatBusRuss & Andrew Tiede discuss what maybe the most quintessential vampire movie of the eighties. Horror, Coreys, and greased up saxophonists. How do the rest even dare to be compared?
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A Nightmare of Elm Street (1984)
Robert Englund is Freddy Krueger, an alleged child murderer who succumbed to the mob justice of Elm Street’s parents. That will not protect the remaining kids because Krueger has become an invader of dreams. Die in one of his nightmarish creations, die in the real world.
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Night of the Demons (1988)
CatBusRuss and Tim Bates chat up a classic horror comedy that shows us how under-appreciated Kevin Tenney is.
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Scary Cinema 6-Pack: Sinners, Jared "Ares" Leto, Puppet Master, Quench, The Reaping, Faustian Weller
CatBusRuss had a four-movie marathon of sub 100-minute features that he intended to kick off the last week of spooky month. Lets just say Ryan Coogler's vision changed that plan. And our host had promised to go back to the Grid while it was still in theaters.
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Thanksgiving (2023)
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the infamous holiday. - Per IMDb
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The Marathon: Child's Play, Wraiths, and Other THING(s)
Andrew Tiede & CatBusRuss go on a movie marathon dedicated to “The Thing” (82), discussing other features about monsters or people you cannot trust. “The Thing (11)”, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers (56)”, “The Wraith", “Child’s Play (88)”, and “The Faculty”.
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CatBusRuss & B3 Podcast Present: James Whale's Monsters & Tubi's Nanoshark
CatBusRuss is joined by Rae and Ween from the B3 Podcast to discuss James Whale’s influential horror movies that created the Universal Monster franchise, “Frankenstein” and “The Invisible Man”. Our host also reviews the Tubi movie “Nanoshark”.
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X (2022)
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in a rural Texas farm, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives. - Per IMDb
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