200 - Madman (1981) & Fear Street: Part 2 - 1974 (2021) →

CW: Suicide, Self Harm, Child Abduction, Rape

It’s our 200th episode AND Kelsey's birthday! So we're having a Campground Slasher Week to celebrate for some reason! Chris & Kelsey go to summer camp and enjoy the spin cycle!

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Madman (1981)
"A legendary psychopathic murderer stalks a summer camp” (IMDb.com). In a movie that probably thinks it's more serious than it is, this killer—functionally a combination of Jason and Candyman—probably could have been replaced by Bigfoot and been more interesting.

The Modern Film: Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
"Shadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival” (Netflix). The Fear Street trilogy just gets better as it takes us to 1978 and we learn a bit more about how the curse works and things get a bit more personal.

Audio Sources:
"Andy Samberg/St. Vincent" ("Camp Wicawabe," Saturday Night Live S39E21) produced by Broadway Video & SNL Studios
"Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" written and performed by Neil Diamond
"Carry On Wayward Son" written by Kerry Livgren and performed by Kansas
"Cherry Bomb" written by Joan Jett & Kim Fowley and performed by The Runaways
"Don't Leave Me This Way" written by Kenneth Gamble, et al., and performed by Thelma Houston
"Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" written by Pete Shelley and performed by The Buzzcocks
"Fear Street: Part One - 1994" produced by Chernin Entertainment
"Fear Street: Part Two - 1978" produced by Chernin Entertainment
"The First Cut Is The Deepest" written and performed by Cat Stevens
"Love Will Keep Us Together" written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield and performed by The Captain & Tennille
"Madman" produced by The Legend Lives Company
"The Man Who Sold the World" written and performed by David Bowie
"The Man Who Sold the World" written by David Bowie and performed by Nirvana
"Moonage Daydream" written and performed by David Bowie
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" written by Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser and performed by Blue Öyster Cult
"Slow Ride" written by Dave Peverett and performed by Foghat
"Sweet Jane" written by Lou Reed and performed by The Velvet Underground

038 - Sleepaway Camp (1983) & Summer Camp (2015) →

CW: Attempted sexual assault of a minor; Potentially inflammatory horror trope involving an ostensibly trans person (Sleepaway Camp)

It's Summer Camp Week at Pod Sematary - that time when parents send their kids away so they can finally get some peace and quiet.

First up, Chris & Kelsey get very excited for Sleepaway Camp from 1983, a cult classic with a shocking and controversial twist ending. Go for a canoe ride and see the water snakes! Interact with the local wildlife! See if you can get a bullseye on the archery range! Enjoy our hot showers! And get to know our kind and responsible staff, like Ronnie (and his dick)!

Then it's briefly on to a bad movie with bright spots of ingenuity (or a good movie with stupid moments?), 2015's exhilaratingly titled Summer Camp! It does some cool stuff, but is that enough to save it from mediocrity?

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Audio Sources: 
"Angela’s Theme (feat. in Sleepaway Camp)" written and performed by Frankie Vinci
"Liar Liar" produced by Imagine Entertainment & Universal Pictures
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Rixty Minutes" (Rick & Morty S01E08) produced by Williams Street, et al
"Sleepaway Camp" produced by American Eagle Films Corp. & U.S. Films
"Summer Camp" produced by Castelao Pictures, et al