229 - The Burning (1981) & Joy Ride (2001) →

CW: Sexual Assault

It’s April Fools' Day on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey commit a prank that—believe it or not—goes wrong!

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: The Burning (1981)
"A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement” (IMDb.com). If you're expecting us to have a lot of good things to say about The Burning... don't. For the sin of kickstarting Harvey Weinstein's career, it could've at least had the common decency to be interesting.

The Modern Film: Joy Ride (2001)
"Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer” (IMDb.com). 2001 was a hell of a time—movies like Joy Ride seemed a lot more compelling then. It's not bad by any means, but we both remember liking it more "back in the day."

Audio Sources:
"April Fools" (2007) produced by Links Entertainment & Pa Pa Productions
"The Burning" (1981) produced by Cropsy Venture & Miramax
"Club Dread" produced by Broken Lizard Industries, et al.
"The Fast and the Furious" produced by Universal Pictures, et al.
"Joy Ride" (2001) produced by New Regency Productions, et al.
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones

121 - Double Feature - The Wicker Man (1973 & 2006) →

CW: PTSD, Death of a child

Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1221604122639683590

It’s a Gaslight Double Feature on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey don’t know what to believe this week, including whether Nicolas Cage’s hilarious acting is intentional or not.

The Classic Film: The Wicker Man (1973)
"A puritan Police Sergeant is sent to a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl who the townsfolk claim never existed; stranger still are the pagan rites that take place there” (IMDb.com). The little old police sergeant goes 'round and 'round. Always the same way, y'see, until it ends up right up tight to the nail. Poor old thing.

The Modern Film: The Wicker Man (2006)
"A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community” (IMDb.com). Basically, this is the first movie again but turned up to 11 and with humor (possibly?), mental disturbance, action, acting “choices,” and personal stakes thrown in. Not many people really like it, but even if you do, you can see why. 

Audio Sources:
”Pet Sematary” written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
”Thank You for Smoking" produced by Room 9 Entertainment, et al.
“The Wicker Man” (1973) produced by British Lion Film Corporation
“The Wicker Man” (2006) produced by Warner Bros., et al.