235 - Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) & Scream (2022) →

It’s Friday the 13th on Pod Sematary! Time for the fifth entry in both the Friday and Scream franchises! This week, Chris & Kelsey hallucinate famous killers and, by the end, become the killers themselves.

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
"Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area” (IMDb.com). The franchise has abandoned even Jason Voorhees in favor of a new killer and a plethora of f-bombs and tits, but we'll be damned if it's not still a little entertaining.

The Modern Film: Scream (2022)
"25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past” (IMDb.com). The self-referential style of Scream has now folded in on itself and even the meta is meta. The fifth installment hasn't brought the franchise to ruin without Wes Craven—in fact, there's a lot to like here—but the execution leaves much to be desired. 

Audio Sources:
"The Babadook" produced by Screen Australia, et al.
"A Claymation Christmas Celebration" produced by Will Vinton Studios
"Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th" produced by 1428 Films, et al.
"Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" produced by Paramount Pictures, et al.
"Juicy" written and performed by Christopher Wallace/The Notorious B.I.G.
"Justice League" (2017) produced by Warner Bros., et al.
"Let's Nab Oprah" (The Boondocks S01E11) produced by Adelaide Productions, et al.
"M. Night Shaym-Aliens!" (Rick and Morty S01E04) produced by Harmonius Claptrap, et al.
"Scream" (2022) produced by Paramount Pictures, et al.
"Skytanic" (Archer S01E07) produced by FX Network
"Tune Up #1" (from Rent -- Original Broadway Cast Recording) written by Jonathan Larson and performed by Anthony Rapp & Adam Pascal

197 - Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) & Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021) →

CW: Suicide, Overdose, Homophobia

It’s Friday the 13th on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey shave their heads, apply a very stylish smoky eye, and just go ham with a machete on a corpse. And all with a kickass 90s soundtrack.

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
"After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake” (IMDb.com). Well, this is it. He finally bites it. While it absolutely isn't the last we'll see of Jason, The Final Chapter is the end of the Friday the 13th franchise as we know it. It's pretty much all downhill from here.

The Modern Film: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
"A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside” (IMDb.com). Part One of Netflix's and R.L. Stine's Fear Street Trilogy sets things off with a bang in a teen horror that was better than we thought it was going to be, despite its perhaps overly effusive celebration of the 90s—a decade that, we must stress, we love very much.

Audio Sources:
"Back in Black" written by Brian Johnson, et al., and performed by AC/DC
"Closer" written by Trent Reznor and performed by Nine Inch Nails
"Creep" written by Radiohead, et al., and performed by Radiohead
"Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th" produced by 1428 Films, et al.
"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" written and performed by Sophie B. Hawkins
"The Day I Tried To Live" written by Chris Cornell and performed by Soundgarden
"Fear Street: Part One - 1994" produced by Chernin Entertainment
"Firestarter" written by Liam Howlett, et al., and performed by the Prodigy
"The Fox and the Hound" produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios & Walt Disney Productions
"Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" produced by Paramount Pictures, et al.
"Gz and Hustlas" written by Calvin Broadus, Jr., et al., and performed by Snoop Dogg featuring Nancy Fletcher
"Hey" written by Frank Black and performed by the Pixies
"Insane in the Brain" written by Louis Freese, et al., and performed by Cypress Hill
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" written by Charles Fox (composer) & Norman Gimbel (lyrics) and performed by Roberta Flack
"Love is a Lie (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Version)" written by Cal Swan and performed by Lion
"Machinehead" written by Gavin Rossdale and performed by Bush
"More Human than Human" written by Rob Zombie, et al., and performed by White Zombie
"Only Happy When It Rains" written and performed by Garbage
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Sweet Jane" written by Lou Reed and performed by the Cowboy Junkies
"Your Woman" written by Jyoti Mishra, et al., and performed by White Town

161 - Friday the 13th Part III (1982) & Lake Bodom (2016) →

CW: Rape, Child Molestation, Gaslighting

It’s Friday the 13th on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey murder some campers in 3D!

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
"Having revived from his wounds, Jason Voorhees takes refuge at a cabin near Crystal Lake. As a group of co-eds arrives for their vacation, Jason continues his killing spree” (IMDb.com). Jason gets his trademark hockey mask in this installment of the famous franchise that brought the 3D craze back to horror movies in the 80s. It's more of the same, really, but you'll be thankful for that one day.

The Modern Film: Lake Bodom (2016)
"Every camper's worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent” (IMDb.com). This Finnish film based on the real Lake Bodom murders doesn't really do much new, either, but it stacks twists on twists and ain't half-bad looking.

Audio Sources:
"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, et al.
"Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th" produced by 1428 Films, et al.
"Finland" written and performed by Michael Palin and arranged by John Du Prez
"Friday the 13th Part III" produced by Paramount Pictures, et al.
"Halloween" (1978) produced by Compass International Pictures, et al.
"Lake Bodom" produced by Don Films & Münchhausen Productions
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"S&M Present" (Robot Chicken S01E09) produced by Stoopid Monkey, et al.
"Zoolander" produced by Paramount Pictures, et al.

058 - Friday The 13th Part 2 (1981) & It Follows (2014) →

Best of 2017/18 - #9 (Tied) It Follows

This week on Pod Sematary, Chris and Kelsey talk about slow-moving killers that stalk people for having sex!

First up is the sequel to the classic rip-off of Halloween, 1981's Friday the 13th Part 2! Jason makes his first appearance as the villain of the series and still does have his mask, but boy does he have mommy issues. Will he be able to resist getting revenge when an entire camp counselor training facility opens up on the lake on Friday the 13th? No. Of course he won't.

Then it's on to 2014's It Follows, one of the best horror films of the past decade. A shambling terror stalks a line of sexual partners. What can a couple of teenagers from Detroit do to stop it? Can it be stopped? We often talk about "What now?" endings, but for the beautiful, nostalgic, and melancholic It Follows, that question is the entire point of the movie.

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Audio Sources:
"Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" produced by Apatow Productions, et al.
"Forgotten" (from the "Fez soundtrack) composed and performed by Disasterpeace
"Friday the 13th Part 2" produced by Georgetown Productions Inc. & Sean S. Cunningham Films
"It Follows" produced by Northern Lights Films, et al.
"Old Maid" (from the "It Follows" soundtrack) composed and performed by Disasterpeace
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Science Fiction/Double Feature" written by Richard O'Brien & Richard Hartley and performed by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
"Stranger Things" produced by Netflix, et al.
"Title" (from the "It Follows" soundtrack) composed and performed by Disasterpeace

005 - Double Feature - Friday The 13th (1980 & 2009) →

It's our second Double Feature! This time around, Chris & Kelsey discuss both the 1980 and the 2009 versions of Friday the 13th! Is the original worth seeing today? Is the remakequel any good? How important is nipple placement? Listen to Pod Sematary and find out!