"Jesus, I wouldn't wear this to have my liver out!."
'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the home, not a feature was streaming, not even on our phone! On the last of our Holiday-themed episodes (and our last episode of 2022), John and Curtis discuss the influential Canadian urtext for slasher horrors: BLACK CHRISTMAS. We chat about the film's influence on future slasher films in the 70s and 80s, along with the production history and content of the film, and finish off by giving our final scores. Before that, we run through our newest watchlist entries and discuss what we watched this week.
In the new year, we will be back with a very special episode recapping our John Carpenter Watch Series. Where did we stack up rankings wise? Stay tuned!
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 Introduction
Watchlist
00:02:36 EO (Curtis)
00:035:0 Extraordinary Attorney Woo [TV] (Curtis)
00:037:1 The Volcano: The Eruption from Whakaari (Curtis)
00:03:30 Something Wild (Curtis)
00:04:18 Let the Sunshine In (John)
00:04:44 Bodied [2017] (John)
00:05:24 1987: When the Day Comes (John)
What we watched this week
00:06:32 Stay out of the House! [Video Game] (Curtis)
00:06:45 Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle [Video Game] (Curtis)
00:07:18 Bones and All (Curtis)
00:11:30 Wednesday [TV - Netflix] (Curtis)
00:13:09 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Curtis)
00:15;20 Peaky Binders Season Two [TV] (Curtis)
00:16:07 Donut County [Video Game] (John)
00:17:15 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (John)
00:18:19 Singin' in the Rain (John)
00:20:05 Twin Peaks Season Two [TV] (John)
00:21:34 Smile [2022] (John)
00:22:10 Ghost [1990] (John)
00:22:45 BLACK CHRISTMAS Discussion
00:44:00 Scores
00:47:00 Coming Up Next!
CREDITS AND PLUGS
Intro: Black Christmas Theatrical Trailer
Outro: 'Silent Night' (from Black Christmas)
Quinn: @seatstruckreviews
Curtis: https://curtisrunstedler.ca/
https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'
John: johnnycakes.substack.com
@johnnycakes on Letterboxd
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