112 - Blood Freak (1972) & ThanksKilling (2009) →

CW: Rape, racism, homophobia, ableism, drug addiction.

Worst of 2019 - #9 ThanksKilling

Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1198374745512628225

It’s Thanksgiving Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey get stuffed this week by two very bad Thanksgiving films, only one of which is actually worth feasting on.

The Classic Film: Blood Freak (1972)
A Vietnam veteran/biker meets a pretty religious girl on the road and "winds up at a drug party with the girl's sister, then follows her to a turkey farm owned by her father, a mad scientist. The father turns the biker into a giant turkey monster who goes after drug dealers” (IMDb.com). This Thanksgiving stinker is bot remarkably terrible and terribly remarkable. Maybe get drunk or stoned and watch this one with friends.

The Modern Film: ThanksKilling (2008)
"A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break” (IMDb.com). Yup. It does what it says on the tin.

Audio Sources:
"Blood Freak" produced by Sampson Motion Picture Production Company
"The Cabin in the Woods" produced by Lionsgate, et al.
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"ThanksKilling" produced by In Broad Daylight Films

059 - Home Sweet Home (1981) & Kristy (2014)

Worst of 2017/18 - #6 Home Sweet Home

It's Thanksgiving on Pod Sematary this week! Chris and Kelsey watch two completely different slashers (if you can call them that) all centered around the most gratitude-filled of holidays here in the States.

First up is 1981's Home Sweet Home, a delightful and dreadful little romp that has more in common with Alien(s) than you might expect! Marvel as a homicidal lunatic all hopped up on goofballs leaps at his victims from just off-screen! An extended "family" gathers in a wooded homestead to celebrate Thanksgiving, and maybe just kill each other before the villain gets to them! (Wocka Wocka!)

Then it's on to the little-known Kristy from 2014! Thanksgiving is the reason Justine (no, not Kristy) is all alone on her college campus, and she'll really need to show what she's made of to survive being hunted by homicidal internet trolls. This one is both wonderful and frustrating in equal measure! What's the whole point of it all? We're not really sure even the movie itself knows!

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Audio Sources:
"Die Hard" produced by Twentieth Century Fox, et al.
"Home Sweet Home" produced by Intercontinental Releasing Corporation & Movies Anonymous Partnership
"Kristy" produced by David Kirschner Productions, et al.
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Tombstone" produced by Hollywood Pictures, et al.