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August is the part of summer where everything feels a
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little overripe. The water is warm, the houses are sealed
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up tight against the heat, the storms roll in heavy,
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and somewhere in the dark, something is waiting for the
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perfect moment to surface. This week Horror History gives us
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mutant fish in vacation water, a little boy who sees
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what everyone else refuses to, a perfect housewife with a
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very bloody side hustle, and a party game that proves
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the scariest monster in the room might just be everyone
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you invited. Then, after the break, our deep cut Spotlight
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goes to an island where the sun is bright, the
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beaches are beautiful, and the thing hunting you is hungry
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in ways you can't understand. Welcome back to this Week
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in Horror History, your weekly time machine through the creepiest
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anniversaries in film, TV, books, comics, and games. I'm your host,
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Enrique Kuto, and we're talking all about August. Third through ninth.
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Coming up, Joe Dante turns summer swimming into a military
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experiment panic m Night. Shyamalan changes the ghost story forever.
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A Dark Horse comic gives us a mid century housewife
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with killer instincts and a twenty four traps, a group
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of friends in a hurricane with paranoia, bad decisions, and
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a party game from hell. Then, after the break for
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our deep cut spot Light, an Italian made Greek island
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nightmare with one of the nastiest reputations in all of
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cold horror. August third, nineteen seventy eight, Piranha hits theaters
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and suddenly the safest summer activity on Earth feels like
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a bad idea. Joe Dante takes the obvious post Jaws
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assignment killer fish, screaming swimmers, vacation water, and he makes
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it faster, weirder, and meaner than any simple ripoff should be.
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The hook is wonderfully ridiculous, genetically altered piranha, cooked up
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by the military, of course, escape into the water system.
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From there, every lake, river and summer camp swimming hole
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becomes a potential feeding ground. But what makes Pirana work
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is the attitude. It knows it's a monster movie. It
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knows the premise is pure pulp, so it leans in
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sharp editing and dark humor, and the very specific terror
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of realizing nature is not the problem. It's the people
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that are. The fish just have sharper teeth, and of
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course it's a Roger Corman production, so you know you're
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gonna get the three bees, as Joe Bob Briggs called them.
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I'm not gonna tell you what those stand for, because
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if you know, you know, Piranha is so much fun,
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a great time to have in the summer. Definitely give
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it a watch or a rewatch if you've never seen it,
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because honestly, I would be I would be shocked if
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you'd never seen this one. In a land of Jaws ripoffs,
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this is one of the best ones, and there are
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several really great Jaws ripoffs in my opinion. It's not
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hard to find because it's streaming free with ads on
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two B TV, Pluto TV, even on Fandango and plaques.
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You can watch it totally free with ads, or catch
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it on the Peacock app with your subscription, and of
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course you can rent or buy it at Prime Video,
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Apple TV, and Fandango at home. If ads just aren't
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your thing, I get it. You don't want them to
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take a bite out of your good time. On August sixth,
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nineteen ninety nine, the Sixth Sense opens in theaters in
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the United States, and The Ghost story is never quite
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the same, and it had no problem breaking your heart.
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By now, the famous line and the famous twist are
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part of pop culture, I mean, down to the DNA.
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But the reason the movie still works is not that
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jaw dropping surprise. It's the sadness of the film. Really.
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Haley Joe Osmon plays Coal, a child surrounded by the
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dead and terrified to say it out loud. Bruce Willis
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plays the man trying to help him even as his
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own life feels strangely hollow, and m Knight Shyamalan builds
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the movie like a haunted house, brick by brick, where
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the scariest rooms are grief, loneliness and all the things
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left unsaid. Yeah, the film is way way better than
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its reputation for having a great twist. Although the twist
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was a jaw dropper. Even if I had seen similar
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twists in episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark,
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they didn't have Bruce Willis, so there you go. The
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sixth sense is spooky, absolutely spooky, but it's real power
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I think comes from empathy. It asks what happens when
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being haunted is not just a curse, but it's a responsibility.
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Sometimes the dead don't want to hurt you. Sometimes they
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just need someone, anyone to listen. And in that way
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we're not so different after all. So if you want
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to give it a watch again knowing what the big
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twist is, or if somehow you've avoided the sixth sense
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for like three decades, well you should give it a watch.
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I mean, it is worth a revisit. I think m
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Night Shyamalan gets unfairly maligned, and there's a reason this
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film made him a global phenomena and a household name.
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It's available to rent or buy at the usual suspects,
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Amazon Video, Apple TV, and of course Fandango at Home.
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So give it a watch and realize that you don't
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only feel startled and shocked, but also just kind of sad.
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But that's okay. August third, two, thy and sixteen, Lady
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Killer Number One hits comic shops and Domestic Perfection gets
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blood underneath its fingernails. Joel Jones brings back Josie Schuler,
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a stylish mother, flawless homemaker, and professional killer. The joke
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is sharp, but the horror edge is even sharper. The
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series takes the polished fantasy of mid century domestic life.
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You know, the perfect dress, the perfect kitchen, the perfect smile,
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and asks what might be hiding behind all of that performance.
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In Lady Killer, Violence is not some stranger crashing into
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the home. It's already there, wearing gloves, making dinner, and
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cleaning up after itself. This is a great pick when
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it comes to comic books for horror movie lovers. It
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has the horror vibe but also a pop art kind
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of grin. Murder is the design, and it's a very
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pretty place to hide a body. So if you want
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to give this one a read, It's available in the
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Lady Killer Library edition and collected editions, with digital and
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library copies available through participating ebook platforms and physical copies
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from comics retailers or resellers online. So basically, wherever you
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get comic books or ebooks, you should be able to
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find it and make sure you wipe your shoes before
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you come in. She gets a little testy about her carpets.
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August fifth, twoenty twenty two, Bodies, Bodies, Bodies arrives and
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the murder mystery gets extremely online, almost chronically online. A
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group of rich, messy friends gather at a mansion during
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a hurricane the power of course goes out, the phones
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become less than useful, and a party game turns into
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into panic. Suddenly everyone is accusing everyone else, not just
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of murder, but of being toxic, fake, selfish, performative, manipulative,
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basically every modern buzzword for a bad or nightmare friendship,
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but with a body count attached. And what makes Bodies
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Bodies Bodies a blast is that it understands slasher tension
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and it has a really good grip on kind of
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gen Z social anxiety. The killer might be in the house,
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but the real dread is realizing every argument has been
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waiting for years to happen. It's sharp, chaotic, funny, and nasty,
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exactly the way being storm trapped with a bunch of
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friends that aren't really your friends would be. This film
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was horribly underrated when it came out in the theaters.
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I saw it opening week. I had a blast with it.
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It was funny, it was sharp, it was sardonic. It
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was everything you would want from a horror film with
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a lot of really dark humor, and it really skewered
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gen Z. Sorry, guys, this film came right for you,
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and I was there for it. I went and saw
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it again two weeks later with a friend. I bought
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it on Blu Ray. I really love this one, and
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if you haven't seen it, give it a chance. You
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never know, you just might like it. You can watch
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it included with your Hulu subscription, or rent and or
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buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at
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Home tomorrow on Weekly Spooky. Children trust that their parents
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will keep them safe. But what happens when the adults
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stop paying attention? In let Down by Morgan Moore, a
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six year old girl watches her family slowly fall apart.
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Her mother is sick, her father has disappeared into his games.
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The cupboards are nearly empty, and her baby brother won't
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stop crying. She can't call for help. She can't explain
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what is wrong, but she knows the baby is hungry,
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and she remembers that mothers are supposed to make milk.
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So in the darkness of her parents' bedroom, she decides
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to solve the problem herself, using the simple logic of
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a frightened child and something she found in the kitchen.
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What follows is a deeply disturbing nightmare told through the
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eyes of someone too young to understand the screams because
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she was only trying to help. She was only trying
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to feed her brother, and after everything she did, she
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has just one question left to ask, ask was she
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a good sister? Let Down by Morgan Moore premieres tomorrow
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on Weekly Spooky, So make sure you're subscribed, listen closely,
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and keep the kitchen drawers closed. Okay, Spookys, time for
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a quick breather. But when we come back, we're headed
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to August ninth, nineteen eighty for an Italian cult horror
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nightmare where the island is gorgeous, the locals are gone,
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and whatever's left is not interested in being rescued, just
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having a quick meal. We're back, my spookys, so let's
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sing car teeth into it. On August ninth, nineteen eighty,
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Anthropophagus releases in Italy and earns the kind of cult
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reputation that usually comes with a warning label. Directed by
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the infamous Joe Demato, the film is also known internationally
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as The Grim Reaper, and it belongs to that grimy
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era of Italian horror where any travel itself feels cursed.
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Tourists arrive somewhere beautiful, but then the island is too quiet,
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and paradise quickly becomes a steel trap. The story follows
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visitors who land on a seemingly abandoned Greek island and
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discover that something monstrous has happened there. The horror is
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in no way polished, in no way elegant. It's sun
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bleached and sweaty and cruel, the kind of film where
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every moment feels like your parents are gonna walk in
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at any moment and go, what the hell are you watching?
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Anthropophagus is infamous for its very extreme moments, and it's
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definitely not a cozy recommendation, unless maybe you had the
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kind of childhood I did. But even then, I still
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find the film pretty reprehensible and gross. As a deep
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cut spotlight, however, it is perfect because it captures a
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very specific corner of horror history, one that I have
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always been fascinated with. I was just watching a cheesy
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Lucio Fulci movie last night. The video store title that
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is kind of whispered about because someone's older sibling claimed
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that someone else watched it at a party and they
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totally raffed. It's not about what's on screen so much
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as the reputation. The cover art, the alternate titles and
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that feel that you found something forbidden, because in America
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it was just whispers, but in other countries it was
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legitimately banned. I'm looking at you, England. That's the very
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special power with Anthropophagus. It's a horror film and a
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forbidden fruit. It's ugly, excessive and unforgettable, but only if
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you have the stomach for it. And I'm going to
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tell you right now, if you're not sure, you probably
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haven't seen enough Italian horror movies to want to challenge
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yourself to this one. Maybe try something a little more mild,
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like Luccio Fulci's Zombie. Yeah, I would call it somewhat
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mild compared to Anthropophagus. Now, if you want to watch
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it free with ads, and why wouldn't you, you can
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check it out at Fandango at Home they have it
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free with ads. Or of course, you can rent and
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or buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV or the
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aforementioned Fandango at Home. But maybe watch it on an
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empty stomach. Just trust me on that one. Now it's
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time to bust out those creepy candles for some horror birthdays,
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starting with one of my favorite directors born on August third,
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nineteen fifty. John landis the man who brought you an
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American Werewolf in London, one of horror comedy's funniest, sharpest,
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and hairyest landmarks, as well as so many other films
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in so many different genres. He would kiss horror very often,
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while often keeping his other foot deeply set in comedy.
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His films definitely hit a very nostalgic button for me,
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and I really enjoy them. So Happy Birthday, John Landis
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born on August sixth, nineteen seventy. M Night Shyamalan. What
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a twist, right? That seems appropriate. We just talked about
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one of his films, The filmmaker who turned quiet rooms
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and family secrets and sudden reversal into modern ghost story everything.
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I mean, the guy did reinvent a genre for many, many,
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many viewers and many filmmakers. Like him or hate him,
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you can't deny the effect he's had. And I've even
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really liked his later films. I think after the visit
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he really came back to form. I liked Trap a lot,
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and I say huge Happy birthday to M. Night Shamalan.
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Born on August sixth, the nineteen seventy three Vera Farmijia,
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genre royalty thanks to the Conjuring universe and of course
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Bates Motel and Orphan and really a gift to making
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fear feel emotionally grounded. She has incredible understated expressions that
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somehow still move the needle greatly, an incredible addition to
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horror history and to horror's future. A very happy birthday,
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Vera Farmisia. And speaking of someone who had a huge
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impact on modern horror. On August seventh, nineteen forty two,
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Tobin Bell is born the voice, presence and unnerving moral
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gravity behind Jigsaw in the Saw franchise. And I know
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some people think those films are just torture for the
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sake of torture, and they're not entirely wrong, but that
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first Saw film is really inventive, had an incredible twist
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that would make m Night Shyamalan very proud. And the
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sequels are so inventive. Love it or hate it. The
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fact that they could come up with so many ways
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to have people try to solve their way out of
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truly vile dismemberment is truly impressive. The creative mind knows
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no bounds. A very happy birthday, Tobin Bell. For our
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then and Now this week is horror changing masks in
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real time. Nineteen seventy eight gives us water that bites back,
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nineteen eighty gives us the forbidden cult object, the movie
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people talk about because it sounds too nasty to be real.
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Nineteen ninety nine gives us the ghost Story as an
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emotional confession, twenty and sixteen gives us horror in comic panels,
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all clean lines and dirty work, and twenty twenty two
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gives us the modern slasher as a meltdown in a
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group chat. Everyone trapped, everyone suspicious, everyone absolutely making it worse.
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And finally, for our weekly recommendation, we're heading back to
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August ninth, nineteen fifty nine for a classic, when The
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Bat was released in the United States. If you want
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something to watch that's spooky, classic and wonderfully old dark house,
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you gotta put The Bat in your queue. It brings
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Vincent Price into a masked murder mystery, full of shadows
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and locked rooms and secret money and people wandering through
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a house they clearly should have exited hours ago. It's
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not the most bombastic horror film of this week, and
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it's for that reason that it fits perfectly in this recommendation,
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after Mutant Piranha, Cult, Cannibal Horror, and Hurricane Party paranoia,
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say that five times fast, the Bat feels like slipping
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into a creaky armchair next to a thunderstorm. I mean,
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come on, you get vincent price, you get a killer
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with clawed gloves, suspicion, trapdoors, screams in the night, and
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that cozy black and white feeling where every hallway looks
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like it was built for someone to appear at the
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end of it. It's classic comfort horror, spooky without being punishing,
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stylish without being too stuffy, and perfect for a late
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summer night when you want the lights low and the
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windows dark. Although I like my black and white films
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on Sunday mornings. If I had my choice as far
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as where to watch The Bat, if you've never seen
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it before, you're going to enjoy it. And if you've
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seen it before, well, like I said, it'll be a
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big bowl of chicken noodle soup for your horror soul.
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It's streaming free with ads at Roku channel, Pluto TV,
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too Be, and Fowsome, and of course you can rent
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or buy it on Amazon, Prime Video, Apple TV, and
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fandango at home. Well, my spookys, that was your trip
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through August third to August ninth in horror history. Make
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sure to stick around tomorrow Wednesday for a fresh horror
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story waiting just for you at Weekly Spooky, and on
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Thursday something thrilling as I bring you Thursday Thrills, where
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we talk about whatever is chillingly permeating through the horror
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world to make sure you don't fall behind. And of
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course I'll be right back here next Tuesday, bringing you
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another creepy calendar to dig through. So until next time,
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remember our days are numbered because that's how we tell
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them apart. See you next week.
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