The Grave Plot Podcast

Octoberama 2022, Vol. 1 - The Night Watchmen/Byzantium

It's that time again. The time of year when leaves turn brown, the air gets crisp (well, usually), and pumpkin spice is in everything. That's right, it's time for Octoberama 2022!
We kick things off with Real World Horror, where we discuss who will prevail in the inevitable battle between Jeff Bezos's mech suit and Elon Musk's new robot army. Then, in Horror Business, we wonder if the talk of Trick 'r Treat 2 is real this time or if we're bound to be burned again. We also examine Tom Holland's new novelization of Fright Night... f'real, as well as reboots of Magic, Nosferatu, and The Crow. There are some big names attached to these and one of them is apparently already done shooting? Listen to find out all the details.
For our film reviews, it is of course Week of the Vampire! We've got two very different films tonally, but both featuring bloodsuckers. Up first is the dramatic Byzantium, including a clandestine vampire organization tracking down a mother and daughter who could upend their entire master plan. Up next is the much more comedic The Night Watchmen, about four... night watchmen, attempting to do their duty as minimum wage security guards by protecting their coworkers from a gang of undead clowns.
So put on your cape, comb your widow's peak, and rise from your tomb to listen to a bloody new episode of The Grave Plot Podcast! Blah blah-blah!

Episode 205 - Pearl/The Black Phone

Hello and welcome to The Grave Plot Podcast. We hope you've brought your appetite. We've got a whole plethora of delicious goodies for you today.
First, just to tease your palette, we've got some Real World Horror about a Polish vampire woman whose skeleton was discovered near Bydgoszcz. We then move on to the hors d'oeuvres, namely a lovely little assortment of Horror Business, including a sequel no one asked for, a spicy anthology film featuring a mix of Latin flavors, and some bite size Huluween treats. Finally you will find a fried remake to The Strangers, as well as a lead in to our main course.
That main course, of course, is the film reviews. We start out with Chef Scott Derrickson's take on a classic recipe by Joe Hill, The Blackened Phone - I mean, The Black Phone. We follow that with a playful little dish known as Pearl, which is part of Chef Ti West's X menu.
We hope you enjoy your meal.
There's no dessert.

Episode 204 - The Invitation/Men

Hey, ho, let's go. Who wants to party with The Grave Plot Podcast?
Grab some punch and join us for Real World Horror, where we head to a Canadian bible camp to talk about a counselor/exorcist who is definitely not a con artist and definitely cast very real demons out of campers.
Then in Horror Business, we talk about a couple of possible sequels (one of which has since been confirmed), namely Kevin Smith's Tusk 2 (now titled Tusk$), and the potential of a followup to Jordan Peele's Nope, which will definitely not be called "Nopebody." We then move from sequels to prequels as we discuss The First Omen, which takes place before the birth of the omen, which doesn't really make any sense but I digress. We then look forward to Joe Begos's new Christmas slasher as well as an update to Evil Dead: the Game.
Then for our film reviews, we head to a remote castle in Europe to a fancy pants wedding filled with blood sucking vampires with The Invitation. We then look at all of the evil Rory Kinnears in Alex Garland's Men.
So get down with your bad self as you enjoy a brand new episode of The Grave Plot Podcast!

Episode 203 - Glorious/Day Shift

elcome back to the zoo we call The Grave Plot Podcast!
 
We're late. We know. The sound sucks. WE KNOW.
 
Let's move on and get down to business. Horror Business, that is.
 
To start us off in Real World Horror, we take a trip south of the border to Mexico where a small town is being tormented by the presence of a fabled supernatural creature. Or maybe a fox. We don't know... SPOOKY!
 
The rest of Horror Business is the gift that keeps on giving with news of an upcoming British (innit?) slasher show that is sure to... quack... you up, meanwhile across the pond back in the colonies, another slasher just might be rising from the dead again. Next, we chat about some news revolving around the big screen adaptation of the post-apocalyptic survival thriller, Days Gone. Last, we round things out with some gaming news about the long awaited and long delayed sequel to the 2011 game Dead Island, and a new multiplayer offering based on the cult classic, Killer Klowns from Outer Space.We won't leave you hanging there! We've got two reviews for you! First we have a chat about the Shudder exclusive, Glorious, a touching story about a boy facing the end of the world with his pal, ZE GLORY HOOOOLE! (Go ahead and count how many times we say that). Second, we talk about Netflix's Jamie Foxx-led vampire suck-fest, Day Shift.
 
So sit back, relax, and let The Grave Plot Podcast gently caress your earballs.

Episode 202 - Prey/They/Them

Hello Plotheads, and welcome back to the Grave Plot Podcast!
Today we're kicking things off with a story about science continuing to play God and the disastrous results we fully expect. Oh yeah, did we mention that this is REAL WORLD HORROR? Hey science... knock it off.
In Horror Business, we take a look at the absolutely bonkers looking new cartoon Chainsaw Man, as well as a new series from the makers of Dungeons & Dragons all about the Satanic panic era of the 1980s. We also discuss Keanu Reeves potentially becoming a serial killer, the cast of Insidious 5, and the latest chapter of the video game Back 4 Blood.
For our reviews, we journey back in time to see the Predator's first hunt on earth in Prey. We also talk about They/Them ("They Slash Them"), about the horrors of an LGBTQ+ conversion camp that, oh by the way, also has a slasher stalking around.
So sit tight and buckle up, buttercup, because we're going for a ride.

Episode 201 - Nope/Moloch

This train keeps a-movin. And that's what tortures me.Believe it or not, we're already back with a brand new episode and we're talking about a blockbuster, baybay!First, however, we've gotta handle some Business. Horror Business, that is. First up in Real World Horror, it's more creepy dolls, y'all! Just one this time, and it's apparently very famous and apparently not too far away from us. We then discuss spin-offs of The Walking Dead and Teen Wolf, plus a new slasher from a Stranger Things star, more Fear Street films coming to Netflix, and a vampire series making its way to Peacock.
For our film reviews, we've got that blockbuster I told you about! But wait... first we've got an indie ghost story from the Netherlands called Moloch to tell you about! Then, finally, for the main event we discuss Jordan Peele's Nope!
So climb aboard and find a seat 'cause this train's leaving the station. Choo choo, motherfuckers!

Episode 200 - Full Moon Films (Sideshow/Hideous!)

Even a man who is pure at heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the Autumn moon is bright. The full moon has risen us from our slumber, and we are here for a jumbo sized bicentennial episode of The Grave Plot Podcast!
We start out with Real World Horror, where a bunch of creepy ass dolls have washed ashore on the Texas coast. Residents are baffled, and John Oliver has offered a solution which cause more harm than good.
In Horror Business, we discuss the upcoming Terrifier 2, an uncanny film from guitarist Slash, and yet another installment in the Final Destination series. We then close the segment out with stories on Pretty Little Liars and what the future holds for the Duffer Bros.
We then celebrate the lunar anomaly by discussing two Full Moon Features movies, namely Sideshow, featuring a hellish freak show looking for new acts, as well as Hideous!, about a couple of eccentric collectors fighting against each other... and their collections.
You can't fight the moonlight and you can't stop The Grave Plot Podcast!

Episode 199 - Firestarter (2022)/We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

Well shit the bed! Looky looky what we have here, it's a brand new episode of The Grave Plot Podcast!
In Real World Horror, we talk about a next generation version of Final Destination, and the bone chilling events that happened to passengers on an Israeli airline just as their flight was set to take off.
In Horror Business, we examine Kevin Bacon's return to summer camp, as well as updates on the latest Supernatural spin-off, a time traveling slasher film, and Bill S. Preston, Esquire's attempt to Destroy All Neighbors. We then take a ride on an updated version of the Terror Train.
In our film reviews, we take a look at two films featuring troubled young girls. Up first is the Blumhouse remake of Stephen King's Firestarter, about Zac Efron's psychic powers and his daughter's ability to... start... fires. We follow that up talking about the indie horror We're All Going to the World's Fair, about an internet challenge with terrifying consequences.
So pull up a log and gather around the campfire as we thrill you with the latest tales of The Grave Plot Podcast!

Episode 198 - Tigers Are Not Afraid/Satanico Pandemonium

 
¡Hola! Bienvenido a Grave Plot Podcast! Today is our annual celebration of Cinco de Mayo, where we watch a couple of films from Mexican filmmakers!
 
Before that, though, we take a look at some Real World Horror about a roving gang of creepy clowns stalking after children in the UK. Then, in Horror Business, we discuss the latest film, We Are Zombies, from the team behind Turbo Kid, as well as an update on the Daryl and Carol Variety Show, Cronenberg's return to body horror, and Dracula's ship getting its own movie. We finally talk about Maika Monroe's being followed... again. But it's not that.
 
We then, finally, get to our film reviews, starting off with the "urban fairy tale" Tigers Are Not Afraid, featuring a group of young street kids, a living tiger doll, and murder most foul. We then examine Satanico Pandemoium aka La Sexorcista, a "nunsploitation" film with boobs, blood, devil stuff, and lots of half-eaten apples.
 
So join us in a grand celebration of Mexican cinema with an all new episode of The Grave Plot Podcast!
 

Episode 197 - Hellbender/The Cellar

We are the terror that flaps in the night. We are the winged scourge that pecks at your nightmares. We are The Grave Plot Podcast!
We rise from the dead once again as we kick off this episode with Real World Horror, featuring an Argentinian goblin that may also just be a short old man in a hat. We also debate the concept of a Captain America cape. In Horror Business, we talk about a new escape room based on the It films, two classic franchises possibly getting a reboot from Lionsgate, and a movie based on the Spirit Halloween stores. We then close out the segment with news of Matthew Lillard's new studio and a brand new take on a classic cartoon.
In our film reviews, we take a look at new Shudder originals. Up first is the witchy women (witchay women?) movie Hellbender, a coming-of-age tale featuring magick spells and gore. We follow that up with The Cellar, a classic ghost story and Elisha Cuthbert's return to the genre.
So get in the car, loser. We're going horroring.