"When Michael Myers was six years old, he stabbed his sister to death. For years he was locked up in Smith's Grove Sanitarium, but he escaped. And suddenly, Halloween became another word for mayhem. One by one, he killed his entire family, until his nine-year-old niece, Jamie Lloyd, was the only one left alive. Six years ago, Halloween night, Michael and Jamie vanished. Many people believed them dead, but I think that someone hid them away. Someone who keeps Michael, protects him... and tries to control him. And if there's one thing I know, you can't control evil. You can lock it up, you can burn it and bury it and pray that it dies, but it never will. It just rests awhile. You can lock your doors, and say your prayers at night, but the evil's out there... waiting. And maybe... just maybe... it's closer than you think." - Paul 'Stephen' Rudd
Welcome to 2023! After a long vacation, John and Curtis are back to discuss the sixth entry in the Halloween series, HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS! Michael is back and brawnier than ever. We chat about the film, also discussing its long and troubled production history, before we finish off and give our final scores. Before that, we run through our newest watchlist entries and discuss what we watched this week.
We will be back next week to kick off our new Ridley Scott Watch Series - talking his first film, The Duelists.
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 Introduction
Watchlist
00:04:00 The Defiant Ones [1958] (Curtis)
00:05:40 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (Curtis)
00:08:30 Burial [2022] (Curtis)
00:09:07 The Villainess [2017] (John)
00:10:10 Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (John)
00:11:13 The Other Side of Hope (John)
What we watched this week
00:12:44 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (Curtis)
00:16:35 Jason X (Curtis)
00:18:40 Black Mama, White Mama (Curtis)
00:19:13 Coffy (Curtis)
00:19:09 Encounters at the End of the World (Curtis)
00:19:50 The Pale Blue Eye (Curtis)
00:22:05 Pepsi, Where's My Jet? [Netflix] (John)
00:26:15 Black Christmas [1974] (John)
00:29:03 Black Christmas [2006] (John)
00:32:17 Black Christmas [2019] (John)
00:36:08 A Muppet Christmas Carol (John)
00:38:57 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (and Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces) (John)
00:43:37 S. Darko (John)
00:45:37 The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari [Netflix] (John)
00:47:26 HALLOWEEN 6 Discussion
01:06:43 Scores
01:09:40 Coming Up Next!
CREDITS AND PLUGS
Intro: Halloween 6 - Teaser Trailer
Outro: Theme from 'Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'
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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