180 - Bless the Child (2000) & Rottentail (2018) →

CW: Suicide, Rape, Animal Harm, Ableism

The Worst of 2021 - #10 Bless the Child

It’s Easter Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey watch two horror movies set during Easter to get into the holiday spirit and they're both... pretty bad.

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Bless the Child (2000)
"Cody, a little girl abandoned by her mother and raised by her aunt, a nurse, is kidnapped. The girl's guardian, aided by an F.B.I. agent, learns that Cody has supernatural abilities, and the abductees are a Satanic cult willing to do anything to gain them” (IMDb.com). Bless the Child WISHES it could be End of Days, and that's saying something.

The Modern Film: Rottentail (2018)
"Peter Cotton, a scientist that works on rabbits and infertility, learns that the military wishes to use his work to create superhuman soldiers. Cotton is bitten by an experimental mutant rabbit and changes into the evil Rottentail” (IMDb.com). Rottentail is dumb and gross and the filmmakers know that, but that's not why it's bad. It can be fun in the way that Troma movies are fun, but it just isn't as good as some of the heavy hitters in that style.

Audio Sources:
"Are You Insane Like Me" written by Needlz, Davey Suicide, Monoxide, & Jamie Madrox and performed by Twiztid
"Bless the Child" produced by Paramount Pictures, et al.
"Eraser" produced by Kopelson Entertainment & Warner Bros.
"God Bless the Child" written by Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog Jr. and performed by Billie Holiday
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Rottentail" produced by Blue Orchid Entertainment, et al.