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Oh my! Episode 024 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies is one for the ages… Seven of your nine hosts passionately debate what will probably be the most divisive Horror movie this year — Halloween Ends (2022), the gripping (and somewhat surprising) conclusion of David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy. Despite our earnest efforts, our first hour of discussion is NOT spoiler-free. It has moderate spoilers. Then after the first hour we move into deep-dive, full-blown spoilers. This review is a spirited debate! Join us!
Here are some word-for-word quotes pulled from this episode:
- “People Are Going to Have Kittens When They See This Movie.”
- “You Robbed Us Right Off the Bat!”
- “Sit and Spin on My Middle Finger”
- “Wimpy-Ass, Babysitter Kid”
- “You Don’t Do That in a Third Film in a Trilogy!”
- “My Reaction Would Have Been, ‘Sit and Spin, Bitch!’”
- “Dogs and Cats Living Together!”
- “What Makes You Think People Want to See This Movie?”
- “Halloween Ends Is the Last Season of LOST”
- “The Hallmark Channel of Halloween”
- “I Didn’t Hate Everything About This Movie”
- “Guess What, Einstein? This Is Not a Stand-Alone Film”
- “A Bait-and-Switch”
- “Oh, I Hated That White Horse Bullshit”
Typically, Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies features these nine hosts: Jay of the Dead, Dr. Shock, Gillman Joel, Mister Watson, Dr. Walking Dead, GregaMortis, Mackula, Ron Martin and Dave Zee. Unfortunately, Dr. Walking Dead and Ron Martin were unable to attend this review.
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Jay of the Dead’s New 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’s New 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!
Note: This episode was recorded on October 16, 2022, and it was released on October 17, 2022.
SHOW NOTES
– Introduction
- Welcome to Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, Episode 024
- Welcome the hosts
- Jay of the Dead’s biggest fear is depicted in the 2023 “Megan” Horror trailer
- For those who watch trailers, Jay recommends checking out the first 1 minute, 28 seconds of the trailer for Megan (2023) — aka “Child’s Play” for girls
-Present for this episode: Jay of the Dead, Dr. Shock, Gillman Joel, Mister Watson, GregaMortis, Mackula, Dave Zee
[ 00:09:30 ] – HALLOWEEN ENDS Movie Review
Halloween Ends (2022) (Moderate Spoilers!)
GregaMortis = 6.5 ( Stream on Peacock / Theater / Buy it! )
Dave Zee = 8 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Mister Watson = 4 ( Stream on Peacock )
Mackula = 1 ( Avoid )
Dr. Shock = 5 ( Stream on Peacock / Buy it on 4K! )
Gillman Joel = 5.5 ( Stream on Peacock / Buy it! )
Jay of the Dead = 7.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
The Twisted Temptress = 6 ( Stream on Peacock )
[ 01:12:10 ] – Halloween Ends (2022) (Major SPOILERS!)
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Frederick Ingram’s new album Initial Exposure (includes “Voltairine,” the theme music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies)
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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
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Twitter: GregaMortis
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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’s New Horror Movies, The Gold Standard of Horror Movie Podcasts.
Dr. Shock is a national treasure, after spitting out his venom at Halloween Ends he says “I already put in my purchase for the 4K” Lmfao
I’m so happy Halloween Ends is as divisive as it is, otherwise we wouldn’t have gotten this amazing debate between elite horror movie podcasters. This is peak podcasting, I loved it! I can’t wait to see the movie after both sides have presented their case.
As a side Note: Would you guys be kind enough to explain your rating scales. They seem all over the place and each person’s criteria is different. Example of Watson’s 4 rating which seems very low for some people, but he did a great job in explaining it (I happen to rate movies very similar scale to him). Dave Zee tends to give a lot 8s, I still have yet figure out what an 8 rated movie means for him, to me an 8 is a GREAT movie, to him it may not. Mackula rates on a 100 scale, so for example what makes a movie 80/100 for him.
Just curious if you guys could briefly touch up on that individually. What rating is AVERAGE, what rating is GOOD, what rating is GREAT.
I think it would give the listeners a better sense of where you guys are coming from.
Thanks and keep up the great work!
My friend, I would LOVE to hear how the other gentlemen on the show explain their rating systems!
I feel like I may have explained mine somewhere in the past, but to put it simply enough…
On my 1 to 10 point scale, 5 sits in the middle as my NEUTRAL ground zero, if you will. Everything from 5.5 and upward is a positive rating. Everything from 4.5 and downward is a negative rating. It’s almost like putting two 5-point rating systems back to back like mirror images of one another, I guess. LOL.
To determine exactly how positive or negative I feel about a movie, it all depends on how far from that initial Neutral 5 we get.
For instance, a 4 and a 6 are both one point removed from the Neutral 5… one in the positive direction & one in the negative direction. These are ratings that describe an AVERAGE movie. Nothing too good or bad either way.
A 3 and a 7 are both two points removed from the Neutral 5, and this is where we get into the ABOVE/BELOW AVERAGE territory.
A 2 and an 8 are both three points removed from the Neutral 5, and this is where we get into movies that I could say STRONGLY DISLIKED/STRONGLY LIKED.
A 1 and a 9 are both four points removed from the Neutral 5, and this is where we get into straight up HATE & LOVE territory.
I guess if I go any lower than a 1, it’s because I find NOTHING redeemable about the film. This doesn’t happen very often, honestly. I tend to stay away from these sorts of movies if I can. LOL.
That said… a 10 rating simply means that I would change nothing about the film. Nothing at all. I need to have that feeling as though I’d written the movie myself. I need to feel like all of my personal sensibilities have been put to screen. It’s not a sacred rating by any means. I know some people who NEVER give a 10. I know others who give 10s out constantly. I’m comfortable with 10s as I see them and can’t wait to watch another!
So, I hope that helps explain how my numbers work. This means that even a 3/10 isn’t as low as it sounds. Same with an 8 maybe not being as high as it sounds.
Much love!
Dear David Gordon Green,
Please don’t “Halloween” The Exorcist.
Great discussion gents, this is certainly a divisive finale. Some excellent points made from both sides of the debate. The exploration of the effects of trauma on individuals and society is an interesting topic for sure, just not one I wanted from the supposedly final Halloween movie. Gregamortis succintly summed up my thoughts when he said that sometimes it’s ok to just make a slasher movie and leave it at that.
Folks – I love your show, but please..
David Gordon Greene and Danny McBride: We’d like to submit the our script for the Halloween film we are contractually obligated to complete.
Studio Exec: Great – what’s it about?
DGG & DM: Well, we figured we’d introduce a new character in this last film of the trilogy and follow him for the entire film. You see, he’s a put upon kid with a tragic backstory and he’s picked on by a pack of feral band kids. And you see, Michael Meyers transfers his evil to him, well, because. And then Michael becomes the kid’s wingman.
Studio Exec: Okaaaaay. I’m on page 40. Is Michael Meyers even in this thing?
DGG & DM: He is. He figures prominently in the last 10 pages or so. But you know, we really wanted to do something different with this film, something that really plays against the expectations of the fans for you know, the last film in a trilogy. You see, the real Halloween fans are tired of the formula. They just don’t know it yet.
Studio Exec: Oh, so it’s like…Elevated Horror? Where the real villain of the story is trauma?
DGG & DM: Ummm….sure.
Studio Exec: Great! Is $20 million enough to make this? To whom should I write the check?
BRILLIANT! LOL!!!!!!!
Congrats to Resurrection on being removed from that lonely bottom spot of the Halloween franchise ranking list…