Ep. 04-38: Scream (1996)

Woodsboro, California, turns into a bloodbath when a masked killer arrives. High schooler, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), whose mother was killed a year prior, becomes the target of the masked killer. Her boyfriend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) is the main suspect, along with Sidney’s father. Local Tabloid News Reporter, Gail Weathers (Courteney Cox), and Deputy Dwight “Dewey” Riley (David Arquette) investigate and try to discover who the killer is and if it’s the same person who killed Sid’s mom the year before.

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Wes Craven re-invented and revitalized the slasher movie genre with this modern horror classic. The movie is vastly entertaining, managing to be funny, clever, and scary, as a ghost-face masked killer stalks high-school students in middle-class suburbia. Join us, and our special guest, Tyler McDaniel (30 & Nerdy podcast), as we discuss the terrific team of Wes Craven (director) and Kevin Williamson (screenplay), the memorable ensemble cast, and the film’s iconic villain. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys flees from yet another knife-wielding, multiple-murdering, masked maniac!

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Ep. 02-23: Deep Red (1975)

A psychic (Macha Méril) is murdered, and musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings) is compelled to solve the case because he discovered the body. He is joined by a reporter Gianna Brezzi (Daria Nicolodi) looking for a big scoop in solving the case. Soon, one of Marcus’s friends ends up slain at the hands of the same killer, and the resourceful pair must work fast to uncover the murderer’s identity or they will end up as the maniac’s next victims.

Dario Argento, the Italian Hitchcock, has been a well-known name amongst horror connoisseurs for a very long time, and Deep Red was the movie that put him on the map. Join us as we discuss all things Italian horror, from Mario Bava and the Giallo movement through gore-meisters like Lucio Fulci… and where Argento fits in the oeuvre, including his friendship with George Romero spawning Dawn of the Dead (1978). Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys dives into a film so beautifully shot that even the blood is gorgeous… and where those footsteps behind you on the cobblestone streets of Rome may be the last thing you ever hear.

 

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Ep. 02-03: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Episode 02-03 “A Nightmare on Elm Street”

Nancy and her friends, Glen, Tina, and Rod, are being stalked in their dreams by a clawed killer named Freddy Krueger. While attempting to decipher how this is possible, Nancy discovers the truth–that in the past her parents were a part of a group of adults that trapped and murdered Krueger, long suspected of child molestation. Now, Nancy and her friends must determine how to survive the burned, razor-fingered stalker as he kills them one-by-one in their dreams.

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a towering monument of 1980s horror movies and one of the more prominent jewels in Wes Craven’s (Scream, Last House on the Left) horror movie crown. Join Tim and David as they discuss what jettisoned this low-budget indie into the hallowed halls of horror classics. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys takes you to a nightmare world where the streets are stalked by a scarred and deranged madman named Freddy Krueger.

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Camp Crystal Lake

Who can forget the Herrmann-esque score, the jump-scares, the chu-chu-chu… ha-ha-ha, and the gruesomely original, in-your-face murder gore?

I saw Friday the 13th upon its release in May of 1980. Carpenter’s Halloween was still fresh in my mind, as I had seen a re-release of it the previous fall. There’s no comparison. Halloween is far superior. But something about this step-child of a horror franchise lingers with me… and apparently with pop culture, as we are to see this week with American Horror Story: 1984.

It wasn’t the first slasher film by a long stretch. That honor began back 1932 with a movie called 13 Women, and there was also Fritz Lang’s M… all the way through the Italian giallo films of the 1960s and 70s—Bava’s Bay of Blood, which was likely the inspiration for Paramount’s and Sean Cunningham’s jinxed holiday cash cow.

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