March 10, 2026

This Week in Horror History | Scream VI, It Follows, Resident Evil & Children of the Corn (Mar 9–15)

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This Week in Horror History (Mar 9–15) is your weekly horror release-date rundown—with where to watch (U.S.), a deep-cut spotlight, and a weekly recommendation built for nights when you want your horror a little meaner, stranger, and more paranoid. This week we’ve got killer kids, franchise reinvention, slow-walk supernatural dread, survival-horror blockbuster energy, and a deep-cut faux-documentary that feels eerily ahead of its time.

Inside this episode

✅ Horror releases from Mar 9–15

Mar 9, 1984 — Children of the CornA Stephen King cornfield nightmare that turned a tiny budget into a franchise: rural isolation, fanatical children, and one of the great creepy-premise hooks of 1980s horror.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video with subscription; TubiTV, The Roku Channel, and Plex free with ads; rent or buy wherever you rent or buy movies.
Mar 10, 2023 — Scream VI
Ghostface goes big-city in the franchise’s nastier New York chapter: subway panic, bodega chaos, and a sharper, meaner pulse.
Where to watch: Paramount Plus with subscription; free on Pluto TV.
Mar 13, 2015 — It Follows
A modern horror classic that makes sex, distance, and everyday space feel cursed: dream-logic suburbs, synth dread, and a threat that never stops coming.
Where to watch: free with ads at Fandango at Home or Plex; Philo with subscription; Kanopy with library card; or rent at the usual suspects.
Mar 15, 2002 — Resident Evil
A zombie video-game blockbuster that helped prove game-based horror could work as durable theatrical horror.
Where to watch: Prime Video with subscription; Hulu with subscription.

🎬 Deep-Cut Spotlight
Mar 9, 1998 — The Last Broadcast
A faux-documentary Jersey Devil chiller made for almost nothing that now plays like a warning shot for digital-horror history.Where to watch: free with Prime Video subscription; totally free with ads on Tubi; rent or buy digitally at the usual suspects.

🎂 Horror birthdays
Mar 9, 1986 — Brittany Snow
Mar 13, 1985 — Emile Hirsch
Mar 14, 1933 — Michael Caine
Mar 15, 1979 — Pollyanna McIntosh

⭐ Weekly Recommendation
Mar 13, 2015 — The Invitation
A slow-burn dinner-party nightmare built from grief, paranoia, and that awful feeling that everyone in the room knows more than you do.
Where to watch: Tubi TV free with ads; The Roku Channel free with ads; Philo, Peacock, or Amazon Prime with subscription; rent or buy on Fandango at Home, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime.

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This week, the calendar feels like it was rigged by

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a sadist with a video store membership. Of course, we

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have Killer Kids in the corn, Ghostface upgrading to Big

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City Slaughter, a curse that never stops walking, and a

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zombie video game blockbuster that helped drag survival horror into

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the multiplex and then tucked in the shadows. There's a

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deep cut that feels almost prophetic now, a scrappy little

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faux documentary about the Jersey Devil, desktop editing and digital

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paranoia that showed up just before the Blair Witch Project

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made the whole world start side eyeing camcorder footage. So

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tonight we're heading from Nebraska backroads to New York bodegas,

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from suburban sex panic to the hive beneath Raccoon City

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and into the pine barrens where the signal gets fuzzy

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and the story starts mutating. This is one of those

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weeks where horror history is not just about monsters. It's

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about format. It's about transmission. It's about what happens when

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the camera shows you something terrible then dares you to

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believe it. Welcome back to this week in horror History.

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I'm your host, Enrique Kuto, and this is the show

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where we dig through the graveyard of release calendars and

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pull out the horror movies, shows, books, and games that

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hit during this exact stretch of the year. This episode

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covers March ninth through fifteenth on Deck Tonight. A Stephen

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King Cornfield nightmare that turns a tiny budget into a franchise,

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a Ghostface sequel that absolutely cleaned up at the box office,

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a modern classic that made sex itself feel like a

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stalking mechanism, and a slick Resident Evil adaptation that proved

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video game horror could print money. Then, right before we

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get out of here, a weekly recommendation if you want

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to stay in that fake documentary reality is fraying headspace

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just a little longer. March ninth, nineteen eighty four, Children

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of the Corn hits theaters. This is one of those

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eighties titles that people remember instantly from the premise alone,

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dead adults, zealous children, rural isolation, and that unforgettable phrase,

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he who walks behind the Rose of the Corn was

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made on a reported budget of about three million dollars

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and grossed roughly fourteen point six million worldwide, which made

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it a bonafide hit if for its scale alone, and

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kicked off a long and truly weird franchise. It's not

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the slickest Stephen King adaptation, but it absolutely lodged itself

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in the culture. The image of a quiet little town

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run by murderous kids is still doing work forty plus

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years later, and every time I revisit the original Children

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of the Corn, I remember just how great it is

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and why it spawned such a fascinating franchise. Really, Children

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of the Corn and hell Raiser and Critters, they all

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have a very interesting trajectory. And Leprechaun as well, I'll

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throw that in there too. They have a very odd

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trajectory where the sequels get really out of hand really fast,

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which in my opinion, is a recipe for fun. But

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in my opinion, all of the Children of the Corn sequels,

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by the way, are pretty fun until you get to

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six six six, which is the one where they try

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to make all of the film's previous make sense, and

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in my opinion, that, ironically enough was when they lost

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the plot. But if you want to, and if you

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want to revisit or check out Children of the Corn

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for the first time, it is readily available to watch

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on Amazon Prime Video with subscription or at two b TV,

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the Roku channel and Plex free to watch with ads,

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and of course you can rent or buy it wherever

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you rent or buy your movies. On March tenth, twenty

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twenty three, Scream six opens in theaters. Taking Ghostface out

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of Woodsboro and dropping that chaos into New York was

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the exact kind of franchise shape up the series probably needed.

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Scream six opened big, stayed loud, and finished with about

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one hundred and sixty nine million dollars worldwide against a

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budget reported to be around thirty three to thirty five

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million dollars. That's not just healthy horror business. That is

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proof that a legacy slasher can still feel alive if

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you let it mutate just a little. Although we'll see

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what happens with the current Scream seven, which kind of

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went back to basics in a lot of ways and

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seems to be cleaning up decently in the theater. But

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where I really have to hand it to Scream six

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is the Subway imagery, the Bodega sequence, the meaner energy.

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It all helped to give this one a sharper and

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nastier pulse that makes it stand out and makes you

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want to revisit it. I've been debating a revisit myself,

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So if you want to take your own bloody trip

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to New York City with Scream six, you can check

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it out at Paramount Plus with your subscription or free

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on Pluto TV. March thirteenth, two thy fifteen. It Follows

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begins its United States theatrical run. Ten years later. This

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one still feels like a transmission from a different frequency.

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It Follows took a relatively small budget of around one

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point three million dollars and turned it into roughly twenty

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three point three million worldwide. But the bigger story is

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the afterlife. The music, the dream logic, suburbs that don't

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really feel real, the half familiar technology, the shape that

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keeps coming no matter how calmly it walks. This thing

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hit like an instant modern classic. I saw it twice

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in the theater and then once at the drive in,

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and everyone I sho showed it to was very surprised

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how much they liked it, even though it was off

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putting in several ways. A lot of movies get called

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elevated horror after the fact, It Follows just earned its

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place by simply being nasty and unforgettable as well. I'm

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still shocked there hasn't been a sequel because of how

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well it did at the box office and how much

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it joined the zeitgeist. But who knows, There's always time.

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I suppose I really have always loved It Follows, and

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to me, the late night car trip energy of the

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debate of how you would get away from the It

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Follows creature makes the film super memorable because it's passed

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through intercourse, So what would you do other than pass

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it along to someone else to try to escape. I

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think that kind of stuff is great because it plays

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with your imagination and if you want to revisit or

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watch It Follows for the first time, which would be

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wild to me. It's available to stream free with ads

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at Fandango, at Home, or on Plaux. You can also

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catch it with subscription with your Filo membership, check it

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out on Canopy with your library card, or rented at

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the usual Suspects. It Follows is a great fun time,

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but maybe not the best for a first date. March fifteenth,

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two thousand and two. Resident Evil in Facts Theaters, Paul

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ws Anderson's Resident Evil is one of those movies that

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critics sneered at and audiences kept showing up anyway. It

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went on to pull in about one hundred and three

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point eight million dollars worldwide on a thirty three million

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dollar budget at the time. That made it a serious hit.

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But more importantly, it gave video game horror a viable

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theatrical template. Slick action, industrial production design, monsters used like

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pressure valves, and a star vehicle built around pure momentum.

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Whether you love it, hate it, tolerate it, or just

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enjoy the laser hallway, it matters. This movie helped prove

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that video game based horror could become a durable screen franchise,

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especially in the realm of horror. And if you want

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to give it a watch right now, it's available on

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Prime Video with your subscription or on Hulu also with

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your subscription. They always try to get us with those

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monthly charges.

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Make sure to join us right here tomorrow.

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On the weekly Spooky Feed for a story about what

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starts as a drunken mistake and turns into a nightmare.

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In the middle of nowhere, a man wakes up freezing

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in a dark field, surrounded by cows covered in dirt

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with no idea how he got there. The last thing

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he remembers is a party, a glass pipe, and way

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too much whiskey. But that missing stretch of the night,

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that's where things get ugly, real ugly, because somewhere out

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on those back roads, past the farm, past the broken

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down car, past the point where anybody's coming to help,

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there's something waiting, something that walks on all fours. But

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isn't any animal you've ever heard of, Hairless, clawed, hungry,

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and once it finds you, it does not let go.

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So if you like your horror filthy, frantic, and soaked

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in bad decisions, do not miss tomorrow's story, The back Roads,

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Crypted by Bruce Haney, dropping tomorrow Wednesday on the weekly

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Spooky Feet. Trust me, you do not want to miss

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this one. It'll make you think twice about the next

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time you're on some lonely road at night and hear

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something moving out in the field. When we return, we're

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heading into the pine barrens for a deep cut that

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costs less than some people spend on a used laptop

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and still helped point horror toward the digital future, a

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film that proves all you need is a great story,

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a Great.

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Cast and a Devil.

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Welcome back, my spooky is Let's get weird. This is

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one of my personal favorites when it cuts comes to

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lesser known gems. On March ninth, nineteen ninety eight, the

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Last Broadcast premieres in Pennsylvania. This is the kind of

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title that horror history nerds like me love to bring up,

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but it's for a very good reason. The Last Broadcast

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is a faux documentary about a public access cable crew

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heading into the New Jersey Pine barrens in search of

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the Jersey Devil. Only one man returns alive. From there,

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the film becomes an investigation, a media object, and a

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quiet little dare to the audience just how much of

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what you're watching feels true simply because the format tells

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you it is. And here is the wild part. This

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film was made for an estimated nine hundred dollars, not

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nine hundred thousand, nine hundred American dollars, even when you

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adjust for inflation, which would make it roughly seventeen hundred

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dollars or eighteen hundred dollars. When you consider the fact

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that technology in nineteen ninety eight was far more expensive

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than it is today, I mean, finding a five hundred

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dollars computer was very difficult in nineteen ninety eight, but

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now it's common. That really tells you a lot about

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how hard they worked to make this film happen no

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matter what. It is also widely credited as the first

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feature shot and edited entirely on consumer level digital equipment,

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and later became the first feature theatrically distributed by satellite.

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Now I don't know about first feature film shot and

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edited entirely on consumer level digital equipment, because there were

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a lot of people all over America and the world

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doing that at the time, many of them I've become

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friendly with over the years, so I can't say that

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one is for sure. But the satellite thing that sounds

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that sounds legit. Even with the Blair Witch Project coming

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about around the same time and becoming a huge cultural earthquake,

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the Last Broadcast is one of the little tremors underneath it.

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And in fact I found out about the Last Broadcast

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because it was written about in Fangoria magazine as a

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film like the Blair Witch Project that was made at

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around the same time. I rented it at Hollywood Video.

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I really loved the Last Broadcast, even though I'm not

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crazy about the ending, but hey, that's life in the

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Big City. As a film, it is icy and awkward

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in a way that actually feeds the story. The public

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access texture, the pseudo true crime framing, the analog to

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digital unease, it all makes the film feel like something

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you stumbled upon instead of something you were sold. Financially,

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the theatrical gross was tiny, but reports around the film

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credit it with worldwide profit that reached well into the millions,

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which is astonishing considering the budget was basically pocket lint

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determination and of course a Jersey devil. As far as

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where to watch this film, if you've never watched last broadcast,

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I'm seriously, seriously telling you you should check it out,

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because if you listen to the show, you give a

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crap about horror history. This film is a major footnote

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in horror history. And the reason I love it even

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more so is because it's a major footnote that was

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made by some passionate people in Pennsylvania for nine hundred

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dollars and we're still talking about it to this day.

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That alone makes it required viewing, and luckily it's easy

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to get your hands on because it's available to watch

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free with your pro I'm video subscription or totally free

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with ads on tub and of course you can rent

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or buy it digitally at any of the usual suspects.

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Stop what you're doing, check this one out. It's not

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that it's a perfect film, but it is so important.

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You can feel horror learning a new language in real time,

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and it really does bring some cool, bizarre and creepy moments.

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I just really love the last broadcast. I always have

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and I probably always will, even if, like I said,

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the last minute and a half kind of took me

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out of it, the rest of it absolutely worth the ride. Now,

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let's take a moment to wish some happy birthdays to

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folks who are born in this week in horror history.

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On March ninth, nineteen eighty six, Britney Snow, who gave

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Ty West's ex some serious Neon lit charisma and also

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survived one of the more memorable Studio era remakes with

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Prom Night in two thousand and eight. She's also in

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Would You Rather, which if you've never seen that one,

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you really need to check that out. I love Would

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You Rather? Happy Birthday, Brittany Snow On March thirteenth, nineteen

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eighty five, Emil Hirsch was born. He'll forever be tied

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to one of the best modern Morgue chillers thanks to

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the autopsy of Jane Doe, and of course has had

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an incredible and expansive career in Hollywood for as long

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as I can remember, which makes sense because he's a

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year older than me. Well, especially now. Happy birthday, Emil Hirsh.

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March fourteenth, nineteen thirty three brings us the birth of

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the one and only Michael Caine, who is not usually

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filed under horror first, at least not in most households,

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but in this house he is known for, among other things,

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Jaws the Revenge. That's right, baby. He was also in

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The Hand, which I've always had a soft spot for.

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But in this house, under this roof, Jaws the Revenge

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is Michael Kine's ultimate accomplishment. And a very happy birthday

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to you, Michael Cain, and thank you for playing our

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HOGI in our beloved The Revenge. And on March fifteenth,

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nineteen seventy nine, Pollyanna Mackintosh was born one of modern

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horror's fiercest presents, and I don't think anyone can deny that,

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I mean from her performances in The Woman, to Let

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Us Pray, to Darlin, to Tales of Halloween. She has

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been in so many awesome, fun horror films and some

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really unfun and brutal horror films as well. She's always

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left her mark, and she's left her mark on horror

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history as well. So Happy Birthday, Pollyanna Macintosh. For this

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week's Then and Now, Then, low budget genre filmmakers were

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trying to convince audiences that grainy footage might actually be

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legitimate evidence. Now we live in a world where everybody

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carries a camera all the time, every rumor gets clipped

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into a vertical video, and horror built around found media,

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analog decay, screen life and fake documentary logic feels less

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like a gimmick and more like a mirror, or maybe

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more so, a front facing camera. The tools change, but

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the dread just gets better at hiding in plain sight.

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So think about that one while you're dozing off to bed.

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And finally, for our weekly recommendation, a film, I hope

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you haven't slept on, but if you have, I'm filling

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you in right now, The Invitation. Karen Kusama's The Invitation

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premiered on March thirteenth, twenty fifteen, and it's one of

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the best modern examples of slow burn horror done shockingly right.

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What starts as an uncomfortable dinner party among old friends

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turns into something far more sinister, with every strange glance

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and awkward silence loaded with something else, the conversation constantly

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tightening the screws more and more. It's a film built

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on grief, paranoia, and that creeping sense that you're trapped

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in a room where everyone knows more than you do.

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No flashy gimmicks, no over explaining, just a steady, elegant

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descent into dread. If you want a companion watch for

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this week that leaves you tense, uneasy, and quietly rattled.

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The Invitation is a strong pick, and you can watch

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it right now on two b TV for free streaming

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with ads, as well as on the Roku channel free

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with ads, or on Filo, Peacock or Amazon Prime with

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your subscription, And of course you can rent or buy

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it on the usual suspects, Fandango at Home, Apple TV,

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and Amazon Prime. Well my Spookyes, that'll do it for

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this week in Horror History for March ninth through fifteenth.

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But if you want more horror, of.

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Course, come back here tomorrow for our brand new cryptid

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horror story right here on Weekly Spooky. And on Friday

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we'll be back with cutting deep into horror, talking all

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about the notorious serial killer true crime ish film Henry

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Portrait of a serial Killer.

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You're not gonna want to miss it.

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And on Saturday we have a brand new compilation of

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horror stories.

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All about the Odds of March.

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So make sure you're subscribed on your favorite podcasting app

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and while you're at it, maybe leave us a five

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star rating. It really does make a difference, especially on

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Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Until next week, keep one eye

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on the release calendar and the other on the tree line,

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because horror history is never really passed. It's just waiting

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for the right week to come back. And remember our

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days are numbered, because that's how we tell them apart.

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See you next week.

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