173 - Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) & Crimson Peak (2015) →

CW: Sexual Assault

It’s Valentine's Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey get all sappy and romantic with two archetypical gothic horror giants!

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
"[Dracula's] lonely soul is determined to reunite with his lost love, Mina. In Britain, [he] begins a reign of terror and seduction draining the life from her closest friend, Lucy. Together they try and drive Dracula away.” (RottenTomatoes.com). Francis Ford Coppola creates a stunning visual masterpiece using almost nothing but the cinematic techniques available at the turn of the 20th century. It's certainly quite something, but is it too bizarre for fans of the popular ur-vampire?

The Modern Film: Crimson Peak (2015)
"In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers” (IMDb.com). You'll see a lot of familiar content here, even what are becoming Guillermo del Toro's own cliches, and the scares are a little weak, but as always, del Toro produces a feast for the eyes and the soul.

Audio Sources:
"Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies." produced by Columbia Pictures
"Bram Stoker's Dracula" produced by American Zoetrope, et al.
"The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka" produced by Zoetrope Aubry Productions
"Crimson Peak" produced by Double Dare You (DDY) & Legendary Entertainment
"It's My Party" written by Walter Gold, et al., and performed by Lesley Gore
"Jurassic Park" produced by Universal Pictures & Amblin Entertainment
"Love Song for a Vampire" written and performed by Annie Lennox
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Pineapple Express" produced by Apatow Productions, et al.
"Scream 4" produced by Dimension Films, et al.
"She's Not There" written by Rod Argent and performed by The Zombies

029 - The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) & Memoir Of A Murderer (2017) →

Best of 2017/18 - #3 The Silence of the Lambs

This week on Pod Sematary, Chris & Kelsey Wrap up what will probably be our last Hannibal Lecter film with 1991's The Silence of the Lambs. Does it live up to the hype? Of course it does (count how many times Chris says "iconic")! Then we head overseas for 2017's Memoir of a Murderer from Korea. A serial killer has Alzheimer's and gives up the trade, but can he use his skills and fight his affliction in order stop a new killer in town and save his daughter? Man, that's still a great concept.

Attribution:
"Carry On Wayward Son" written by Kerry Livgren and performed by Kansas
"Criss Angel is a Douche Bag" (Supernatural S04E12) copyright Warner Bros. Television
"Goodbye Horses" written and produced by William Garvey and performed by Q Lazzarus
"It" copyright 1980 by Warner Bros. Television
"Memoir of a Murderer" copyright 2017 by Green Fish Pictures
"S&M Present" (Robot Chicken S01E09 - "What a Twist") copyright Cartoon Network
"Silence of the Lambs" copyright 1991 by Orion Pictures
"Silence of the Lambs - Who Wins the Scene?" via Every Frame a Painting @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V-k-p4wzxg
"Weird Satanist Guy" via BowserVids @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YErFwJX0HKE 

028 - Double Feature - Manhunter (1986) & Red Dragon (2002) →

It's another Double Feature! This week on Pod Sematary, Chris and Kelsey watch the 1986* neon-noir masterpiece, Manhunter, and its amazing (but boring?) 2002 remake, Red Dragon. Come hear Chris be probably the meanest he's ever been to someone on the show (the awful Brett Ratner) and Kelsey get incredibly harsh about someone's face (strangely, it's Willem Dafoe, who isn't in either of these movies).

*Listen to Chris repeatedly misattribute 1986's Manhunter as being from 1988.