174 - Cut (2000) & Fear, Inc. (2016) →
The Worst of 2021 - #8 Cut
It’s Meta Comedy Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey hire a service to show these movies to us, but will we regret it in the end? It's also a recommendation week, so a big thank you to Chickapedia & Peter!
Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!
The Classic Film: Cut (2000)
"A group of film students attempt to finish a horror movie that stopped production years earlier when the director was killed. [Aware] that every attempt to complete the pic coincided with the murders of those involved, the students return to the original location in an isolated part of the country. When filming begins, so do the killings” (IMDb.com). In the beginning, Cut feels like a tolerable if not terribly exciting indie horror, but we gradually became less and less enamored with its few charms.
The Modern Film: Fear, Inc. (2016)
"Fear, Inc. follows a company of degenerates who can be hired for a premium to bring your greatest fears to life. But when horror junkie Joe Foster's customized scare seemingly begins, he and his friends must decide if this company is there to scare them or make them pawns in their own sick game” (IMDb.com). Fear, Inc. is sharp and humorous but is the end result a death by a thousand cuts?
Audio Sources:
"American Idol" (Unknown Episode) produced by Fremantle, et al.
"Cobra" produced by Cannon Group, et al.
"Cut" (2000) produced by Mushroom Pictures, et al.
"Fear, Inc." produced by Lone Suspect, et al.
"Office Space" produced by Twentieth Century Fox, et al.
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"The Rains of Castamere" written by Ramin Djawadi & George R. R. Martin and performed by Sigur Rós