202 - The Witches of Eastwick (1987) & The Craft: Legacy (2020) →

CW: Suicide, Rape

It’s a Witchy Woman Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey start their own covens of warlocks and witches (respectively) and determine whether women were an accident or were inflicted upon the world intentionally.

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
"Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives” (IMDb.com). This silly comedy-horror is a lot of fun on its face, but it also surfaces some very intriguing concepts about villainy, spirituality, sexuality, and the plurality of feminine expression. Oh, and it's WEIRD AS HELL.

The Modern Film: The Craft: Legacy (2020)
"A group of high school students forms a coven of witches” (IMDb.com). We legitimately thought we would LOATHE this movie as another cringey update to a beloved classic, but it turned out to be very endearing and actually made some welcome updates to outdated tropes... and that just made it so damned disappointing that it isn't good.

Audio Sources:
"Alien" produced by Brandywine Productions
"Alien 3" produced by Twentieth Century Fox & Brandywine Productions
"Atlanta" (from "Nice Try, The Devil") written and performed by Pete Holmes
"The Craft" produced by Columbia Pictures & Red Wagon Entertainment
"The Craft: Legacy" produced by Blumhouse Productions, et al.
"Mary Poppins" produced by Walt Disney Productions
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Sugar Honey Iced Tea (S.H.I.T.)" written and performed by Princess Nokia
"Trainwreck" produced by Universal Pictures, et al.
"The Witches of Eastwick" produced by Warner Bros., et al.
"Witchy Woman" written by Don Henley & Bernie Leadon and performed by the Eagles

100 - Double Feature - The Shining (1980 & 1997) →

CW: Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Spousal Abuse, Filicide, Suicide

Best of 2019 - #8 The Shining (1980)

It’s our 100th episode on Pod Sematary! And a Double Feature! Chris & Kelsey watch one of the greatest horror movies of all time based on one of the greatest books written by one of the greatest horror authors of all time! And then we see the 4 1/2 hour miniseries adaptation that the King likes better!

The "Original": The Shining (1980)
"A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future” (IMDb.com). Stanley Kubrick made what is, in Chris' opinion, his best film with The Shining, but how many points does it lose for being a notoriously bad adaptation?

The "Remake": Stephen King's The Shining (1997)
"A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers” (IMDb.com). ABC's miniseries is much more faithful to the book, having been written by the man himself, but does its accuracy hurt its potential as good television?

Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1163273002781331456

Audio Sources:
"Anaconda" produced by Columbia Pictures, et al.
"Batman" produced by Warner Bros., et al.
"Clue" produced by Paramount Pictures, et al.
"Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" written by John Lennon and performed by Lennon/Ono with the Plastic Ono Band
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Sharon Stone/Pearl Jam" (Saturday Night Live S17E17, "Wayne's World: Oscar Best and Worst") produced by Broadway Video & NBC Productions
"The Shining" (1980) produced by Warner Bros., et al.
"The Shining" (1997, including commentary) produced by Lakeside Productions & Warner Bros. Television
"Treehouse of Horror V" (The Simpsons S06E06, "The Shinning") produced by Gracie Films & 20th Century Fox Television