165 - Tales From The Crypt (1972) & All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018) →

CW: Suicide, Child Molestation, Bullying

It’s Christmas Anthology Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey spend their Christmas in a series of spooky vignettes.

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Tales from the Crypt (1972)
"Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die” (IMDb.com). A charming collection of EC Comics-style stories (including one about an escaped, psychopathic Santa), Tales from the Crypt is pretty much exactly what you'd expect.

The Modern Film: All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)
"When an awkward date on Christmas Eve leads a couple into a strange theater, they're treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the holidays” (IMDb.com). Sometimes we watch a movie that's worse for how much promise it shows in an otherwise bad package. This is one of those times.

Audio Sources:
"All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)" produced by FallBack Plan Productions
"A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One" written by George R. R. Martin and read by Roy Dotrice
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Santa Teach Me to Dance" written by Doug Lapham and performed by Debbie & The Darnels
"Tales from the Crypt (1972)" produced by Amicus Productions
"Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One" (The Simpsons S06E25) produced by Gracie Films & 20th Century Fox Television

133 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) & Dead Awake (2017) →

CW: Suicide, Self-Harm, Drug Addiction, Ableism

Worst of 2020 - #9 Dead Awake

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

It’s another Nightmare Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey have a love/hate relationship with these night terrors (they love one and hate the other...)!

The Classic Film: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
"A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams” (IMDb.com). This movie is beautiful... and BAD (the good kind)!

The Modern Film: Dead Awake (2016)
"A young woman must save herself and her friends from an ancient evil that stalks its victims through the real-life phenomenon of sleep paralysis” (IMDb.com). Listen to Chris and Kelsey hate-discuss this movie, one that rushes through it's best parts, copies others from other movies wholesale, and features one of the most unlikeable heroines we've encountered yet!

Audio Sources:
"Dead Awake" produced by Gama Entertainment Partners, et al.
"Dream Warriors" written by George Lynch & Jeff Pilson and performed by Dokken
"Lawnmower Dog" (Rick and Morty S01E02) produced by Starburns Industries, et al.
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) produced by New Line Cinema, et al.
"A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" produced by New Line Cinema, et al.
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

006 - The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) & The House Of The Devil (2009) →

In this episode, Chris and Kelsey discuss two "great" films, including Kelsey's potentially unpopular opinion about Dario Argento's first major film, and giallo classic, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970). She makes up for it with the delightfully nostalgic The House of the Devil (2009), written, directed, and edited by Ti West.