203 - Black Sunday (1960) & Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021) →

CW: Homophobia, Rape

It’s another Witchy Woman Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey are back on that bullshit, this time with two movies about witchy women that put curses on entire bloodlines and where multiple people need a good eye stabbin'.

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Black Sunday [La maschera del demonio] (1960)
"A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way” (IMDb.com). Mario Bava's official directorial debut may be beautifully designed and shot, but the story itself is a jumbled mess and just incredibly boring. Sorry.

The Modern Film: Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
"The origins of Sarah Fier's curse are finally revealed as history comes full circle on a night that changes the lives of Shadysiders forever" (Netflix). We finally wrap up the Fear Street Trilogy and warm up to this last installment despite a less interesting second half.

Audio Sources:
"Black Sunday" produced by Galatea Film & Jolly Film
"Come Out and Play" written by Dexter Holland and performed by the Offspring
"Fear Street: Part Three - 1666" produced by Chernin Entertainment
"Gigantic" written by Kim Deal & Frank Black and performed by the Pixies
"Live Forever" written by Noel Gallagher and performed by Oasis
"Mo' Murda" written by Tony C, et al., and performed by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
"Mr. Grieves" written by Frank Black and performed by the Pixies
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Start Wearing Purple" written by Eugene Hütz and performed by Gogol Bordello

098 - The Craft (1996) & The Witch (2015) →

CW: Rape, Suicide, Cutting, Racism, Mental Illness

It’s Witchy Woman Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey join the weirdos and live deliciously in an episode that's worth selling your soul!

The Classic Film: The Craft (1996)
“A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.” (IMDb.com). The Craft was pretty iconic back when our hosts were in school, but how has this goth classic aged over the years?

The Modern Film: The Witch (2015)
“A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession” (IMDb.com). Is this critical-darling-cum-popular-dud more than just "what if The Crucible but spoopy?"

Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1162863020357275648

Audio Sources:
"Batman Forever" produced by Warner Bros. & PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
"Carrie" produced by Red Bank Films
"The Craft" produced by Columbia Pictures & Red Wagon Entertainment
"How Soon is Now" written by Johnny Marr and Morrissey & performed by Love Spit Love
"Office Space" produced by Twentieth Century Fox, et al.
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Tomorrow Never Knows" written by Lennon–McCartney and performed by Our Lady Peace
"The Witch" produced by Parts and Labor, et al.
"Witchy Woman" written by Bernie Leadon & Don Henley and performed by The Eagles

027 - Häxan (1922) & Sleepy Hollow (1999) →

Best of 2017/18 - #9 (Tied) Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages

It's all about witches... again! This week on Pod Sematary, we go back to the silent film era for what some call the first ever documentary: 1922's Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages! While we're on the subject of witches, we might as well turn to Tim Burton's only true horror movie: 1999's Sleepy Hollow! Is this the last great Burton film or the first stumble in his downfall? Why not listen and find out?

004 - The Witches (1990) & The Conjuring (2013) →

Witches are the topic of the day in this episode of Pod Sematary. Chris & Kelsey chat about 1990's The Witches (definitely about witches) and 2013's The Conjuring (ok, it's a stretch). Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe, and tell EVERYONE about Pod Sematary!