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Happy Thanksgiving from the Horror Avengers, and welcome to Episode 128 — our Thanksgiving Special for 2024. During this show, you will hear our first, spoiler-free review of Heretic (2024). Then Mackula announces three Horror give-aways (and a BONUS gift)! Then The Fruit Brute brings you his long-awaited Midnight Music Society segment again! We also feature a little coverage from Dark Passenger’s visit to the Nightmare Weekend Horror Con. But perhaps most controversial of all… Kagan and Jay of the Dead rank all 10 Horror Avengers from the Least Reasonable to the Most Reasonable! Happy Turkey Day weekend! Join us!
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Jay of the Dead’sNew Horror Movies is an audio podcast. Our nine experienced Horror hosts review new Horror movies and deliver specialty Horror segments. Your hosts are Jay of the Dead, Dr. Shock, Gillman Joel, Mister Watson, Dr. Walking Dead, GregaMortis, Mackula, Ron Martin and Dave Zee! Due to the large number and busy schedule of its nine Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead’sNew Horror Movies will be recorded in segments, piecemeal, at various times and recording sessions. Therefore, as you listen to our episodes, you will notice a variety of revolving door hosts and segments, all sewn together and reanimated like the powerful Monster of Dr. Frankenstein!
SHOW NOTES
– Introduction
- Jay of the Dead welcomes Mister Watson, GregaMortis, and eventually, Dave Zee
- Watson tries to feed a trash panda
- Greg’s pet catfish, “Charlie”
- Naming one’s stuffed animals (and the scary people who don’t)
- Agenda for this episode
- Coming Soon: Kagan’s deep-dive conspiracy theories about The Shining
- Main Event: Ranking the Most Reasonable to Least Reasonable Horror Avengers
- This year’s Thanksgiving plans and our traditions
- Dave Zee’s Italian Thanksgiving menu favorites
- Survivors’ Series and WWE streaming services
- Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies has a voicemail number: (801) 980-1375
Jay recommends Thornwood Digital.com
– Testimonials
Be sure to visit Thornwood Digital.com for a custom-built website and hassle-free customer service! Jaxon Carroll is the dedicated developer that you can depend on! 10 out of 10 ( Buy it!) -Jay of the Dead
– Present for this review: Jay of the Dead, Mister Watson, GregaMortis, Dave Zee
[ 00:40:51 ] – 2024 New Horror Movie Review:
Heretic (2024) – NO SPOILERS
Jay of the Dead = 7.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
GregaMortis = 9.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
The Twisted Temptress = 9 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Dave Zee = 7.5 ( Theater / High-priority Rental )
Mister Watson = 9.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
– Present for this Prize Give-Away: Jay of the Dead, Mackula
[ 01:58:25 ] – Mackula’s Prize Give-Away
Remember the rules for our prize give-aways:
1. You must be at least 18 years old to win.
2. Your mailing address must be in the United States.
“LongLegs” (2024) Blu-ray
“Godzilla Minus One” (2023) 4K Blu-ray
“Prey” (2022) 4K Blu-ray
Three Blu-ray Winners:
– Horror Movie Fanboy 1261
– Erik Shaw 7
– Greyson Keanu
Christine model winner:
– FOTNS 1152
ATTN: Winners: Email HauntingYourHeadphones@gmail.com and let us know in descending order of priority your preference for which movie you would like to own most to least-most.
Check out filmmaker Mack Robins’ (aka “Mackula”) Horror short film:
– Watch Athedral (2024) on YouTube
– Athedral (2024) on IMDb.com
– Present for this segment: Kagan Breitenbach, Jay of the Dead, The Vampire Lestat
Official Contributor Segment
The Midnight Music Society with Kagan Breitenbach
[ 02:13:36 ] – An Afternoon with The Fruit Brute, the Vampire Lestat and the Dies Irae
Topics of Discussion During This Segment:
– Jay of the Dead spends an afternoon with Kagan “The Fruit Brute” Breitenbach and The Vampire Lestat
– Kagan welcomes guest Jay
– Recording in person at Kagan’s home in SLC
– Favorite Thanksgiving foods and Costco Pumpkin Pie
– The importance of pies
– Kagan’s sheet music composition of four-hand piano duet arrangements
– Stanley Kubrick’s deep knowledge for “The Shining” film score
– “A Minor Moods” and atonality with Kagan and Jay
– Lestat and Kagan duet: Main theme of “The Shining”
– Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s “Polymorphia” (1961) – “chaos on strings”
– Composer Wendy Carlos’ “Dies Irae” (1980) – Gregorian chant
– Horror music cliches in “Friday the 13th”
– Kagan gets rescheduled (uncanceled)
– Nic Cage’s “Dream Scenario” tangent
– Kubrick’s themes in “The Shining” and auditory subliminal messaging
– Non Sequitur: Jay mentions a “Forensic Files” episode “Punchline,” where murder that occurs in a hotel’s Room 237
– Theory: Charles Grady vs. Delbert Grady
– Lestat and Kagan play “Midnight, the Stars and You”
– Lestat and Kagan play some of Christopher Young’s score from “Hellbound: Hellraiser II” (1988)
– Kagan explains how various composers score films
– Mister Watson’s Polar Bear fetish
– Modern trends shy away from melody and harmony
– Mackula’s Horror short “Athedral” (2024) score
– Kagan’s theory on why some Horror filmmakers aren’t looking for memorable melodic themes?
– Using experimental harmony to create more fantastical progressions
– ANOES theme’s “anti-joke” melody
– Kagan clarifies and explains why he’s NOT a “Fred Head”
– Controversy: Wes Craven VS. John Carpenter’s Horror filmography
– Jay of the Dead gets on GregaMortis’s bad list by tipping Sacred Cows
– Kagan and Jay discuss Freddy Krueger and Elm Street for a bit
– Kagan’s take on the ANOES Remake
– The Shining’s bizarre, “Man in the Bear Costume” Mystery…
– Next Kagan and Jay discuss some Shining theories
– You gotta be ready to camp out when you deep-dive debate with Dave Zee
– Kagan and Jay play the Saw theme, “Hello Zepp”
– Lestat says, “Cake was promised”
– Jay calls out Jeremy Richter, a jerky kid in 7th grade
– Kagan and Jay improvise a Horror theme on the spot
– Jay and Kagan improvise more
– The Vampire Lestat and Kagan tackle the full SAW theme (four hands duet, arranged by Kagan)
— To ask Kagan musical questions, email him at HauntingYourHeadphones (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Find more of Kagan’s work here:
– Website: KaganBreitenbach.com
– Bloody Cabaret – Visual Album
[ 03:45:44 ] – Present for this segment: Jay of the Dead, The Fruit Brute
Ranking Segment
The Least to Most Reasonable Horror Avengers
1. Mister Watson (Most Reasonable!)
2. Dave Zee
3. GregaMortis
4. Mackula
5. Dr. Walking Dead
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6. Spawn of the Dead
7. Gillman Joel
8. Jay of the Dead
9. Dr. Shock
10. Ron Martin (Least Reasonable)
Note: Jay and Kagan had the same, identical list above.
[ 04:16:39 ] – Present for this segment: Jay of the Dead
Horror Con Coverage
Dark Passenger Attends Nightmare Weekend
– Dark Passenger says to check out “Nightmare Weekend” and its event locations at GalaxyCon.com.
Wrap-Up:
Note: All prize contest give-aways are only for those who are at least 18 year of age or older — AND — live in the United States. If you won a prize, email your address to HauntingYourHeadphones@gmail.com with “Contest” and the prize you won in the subject line.
Special thanks to website developer Jaxon Carroll and Thornwood Digital, as well as graphic designer Trump Widdop for their excellent work in helping Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies to have a nice, new website. Thank you! And big shout-out and thanks to Mister Watson and his son, Skylarr, for composing the music for Mister Watson’s Horror Hierarchy segment.
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The soundtrack music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies is composed and performed by musicians Fred Ingram; Nate Johnivan; Mister Watson and his son, Skylarr; and Jason Pyles himself. Please support our talented musician friends by checking out more of Nate and Fred’s links below:
Links for musician Frederick Ingram:
Website: FrederickIngram.com
Frederick Ingram’s new album Initial Exposure (includes “Voltairine,” the theme music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies)
Frederick Ingram’s YouTube Music Channel
Listen to Frederick Ingram on SoundCloud
YouTube Music Video: “Voltairine” by Frederick Ingram (the theme music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies)
Interview: Hear Fred Ingram on Jay’s Songwriting Podcast
Frederick Ingram’s Fish Bowl (Funky Margarita Mix)
Links for musician Nate Johnivan:
Spotify Playlist
Quarantine Dream iii
Links for Dave Zee:
On Apple Podcasts: Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast
On Facebook: Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast
Patreon: Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast
On YouTube: Exploding Heads
Exploding Heads on Twitter: @HeadsHorror
With Watson: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show
Wat-Zee Twitter: @WatZeeParty
Links for Ron Martin:
Horror franchise podcast: The Resurrection of Zombie 7
Ron’s book: Discover Salem: Your Guide to the Witch City
Witches: Salem 1692 Podcast
Ron’s blog: I Hate Stuff.net
Zombie 7 on Twitter: @ResZombie7
Links and Contact Info for Count Mackula:
Email Mackula here: HauntingYourHeadphones@gmail.com
Filmography Page: Mack Robins on IMDb
Mack’s short film: Unseen
Mackula’s YouTube Channel
Mack’s Other Podcast: Considering the Cinema.com – The episodes that feature Mack!
On Twitter: @RobinsMack
On Instagram: @RobinsMack
Links and Contact Info for GregaMortis:
Podcast: Land of the Creeps
Instagram: LotC
Facebook: Greg Morgan
Twitter: GregaMortis
LotC Group Page
LotC Fan Page
YouTube: Greg Morgan
Greg’s Instagram: GregaMortis
Email: GregaMortis666@gmail.com
LotC Hotline Phone Number: 1-804-569-5682 | 1-804-569-LOTC
Links for Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop:
Email Dr. Bishop here: bishopk@suu.edu
Dr. Walking Dead’s Bio Page
Book: American Zombie Gothic
Book: How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture
— Kyle’s Amazon Author Profile
— Doc of the Dead zombie culture documentary
— Kyle’s re-animated Twitter: @DrWalkingDead
– Learn more about Dr. Walking Dead
– Faculty Friday: Meet Dr. Kyle Bishop, English
– TEDx SUU Talk on YouTube: Why Zombies Matter
– YouTube: Zombies: An idea worth spreading about how ideas spread
– YouTube: 50+ Shades of Gothic: Zombies, Bodies and Boundaries
– YouTube: Why zombie culture is so popular?
Links for Mister Watson:
Podcast: Horror Movie Weekly
Twitter: @WatZeeParty
Podcast: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show
Facebook: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show / Horror Corridor
Links for Gillman Joel:
Retro Movie Geek Podcast
Terror on the Tube
Werewolf The TV Series, The Podcast
Forgotten Flix
The Booth at the End Podcast
Gillman Joel’s short film: “Shadows of the Dead”
Links for Dr. Shock:
The DVD Infatuation Podcast (monthly)
Land of the Creeps horror podcast
The Illustrated Fan
Horror Movie Podcast
Film blog: DVD Infatuation.com
On Twitter: @DVDinfatuation
On Facebook: DVDinfatuation
Land of the Creeps Facebook: LotC Facebook Group
On Instagram: @dbjb6972
On Letterboxd: @dcoshockhmp
YouTube: Dr. Shock’s Channel
Links for Jay of the Dead:
Horror Movie Weekly.com
Considering the Cinema.com
Movie Podcast Weekly.com
HMW Twitter: @horror_weekly
CTC Twitter: @ConsiderCinema
Thank you for listening to Jay of the Dead’sNew Horror Movies, The Gold Standard of Horror Movie Podcasts.
I loved the Kagen segment. So cool to hear all the Heretickling of the ivories! I love all of the music from The Shining! I’m a music major nerd who loves chromatic music, and appreciates the heady stuff. The music choices in that film are probably why it’s also my favorite horror movie. I was the one who asked about the Dies Irae. Also, I don’t find it boring in its use here. I look forward to hearing it every time I start the film and cruise through the mountains in that helicopter shot. Though I absolutely see what you mean about things getting overused and then just getting watered down for shear usage overload! I remember in the 90s, there was a particular piece of music that was used in soooooo many trailers, which had the same effect on my ears. I liked it until it was everywhere. I’m specifically thinking of the really awesome theme music from Terminator 2. All of a sudden it was licensed out to a bunch of trailers. They take someone else’s successful theme and run with it out of context for their own thing.
I am excited for a The Shining deep dive in the future. Thanks for this awesome episode!
Thanks Mack for the amazing prey bluray.
Can anyone guess what shape I saw in “Heretic”?
The statue is Pazuzu from The Exorcist.
Thanks for having me on this episode! I think in this one segment I must’ve alienated and offended at least half the horror fan base. “I learned it by watching you Jay!”
We’ll figure out the mics for the mouth breathing situation next time. I sounded like Jackie Vernon trying to carry a whore to the microwave.
I love when Kagan said there is one hill I’ll die on. I then expected him to say something controversial and he drops the donut cutters. Hahaha. His lead up to it was so serious that I died laughing. That was genius.
Haha, priorities right?! #StopDonutCutting
The term “rescheduled” is brilliant! Well done, Jay!
#RescheduleKagan
Kagan’s segment with Jay (live at the piano!) was an absolute blast! It was especially neat when The Vampire Lestat (my favorite vampire in all of literature) showed up to drop some melodies. Anyway, the beautiful chaos of this portion of the episode was so much fun. I could have listened for hours more.
Just to clarify something Jay said… I do not currently own polar bear slippers, but maybe one fine day, I shall! I’m curious about Kagan’s segment idea for us to cover. We’ll have to make this happen in the near future, my friend. And lastly… regarding my placement on this Reasonable List… I’ll take what I can get! Much love, everyone.
-Wat
I don’t want to sound like Quentin Tarantino here, but what’s your shoe size? I think Jay owes you some Polar Bear slippers for Christmas.
I DO want to sound like Mr. Tarantino when I say 9 1/2 gets the job done. Toes perfectly descending from biggest to smallest. I could be a foot model! Oil me up! It’s that good!
Now… to Jay: What’s a G gotta do to get polar bear slippers from Daddy?
And to Kagan… you are part of MY team for the best of 2024. Get effing ready!
I wish I could post a meme of Watson sporting polar bear slippers here haha
While chatting about Thanksgiving movies liove that Jay brought up Krisha. No one ever talks about this disturbing character study on a Krisha visiting family for Thanksgiving. The preparation of the Thanksgiving dinner in that movie is horror in itself
Haha. Thanks Jay n Mac. 1261 is my prison number. Just adress package to Missouri state pen inmate 1261. That would be appreciated so othe inmates won’t tamper with packages thanks yall. Great segment and great athedral short