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The Pod and the Pendulum

The Pod and The Pendulum is a new horror movie podcast covering every movie in every franchise. From heavy hitters like Friday the 13th, to the direct-to-video titles like Subspecies, we’ve got you covered. We feature guests on every show in order to discuss their love of movies like The Blair Witch Project, Scream, Alien, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Jaws, Halloween, The Conjuring, and many more. Support the show and become a patron today at www.patreon.com/podandthependulum and get access to

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THANKSGIVING BONUS SHOW: WHAT WE’RE GRATEFUL FOR IN...

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/11/24

Mike, Rachel and Jessica talk about what a banner year it's been for horror and a few of the things we're most grateful for about the genre and the people involved it it. This show drops Thanksgiving morning, so if you're listening to it while stuffing your bird and prepping the cranberry sauce, thank you.

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01:49:36

ORPHAN

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/11/16

It's everyone's favorite murderous little person masquerading as a tween! This week we talk the fantastic thriller from 2009 ORPHAN and why it deserves your love and a high spot on the killer-not-quite-kids movie list

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02:36:06

HALLOWEEN ENDS

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/10/31

We return to Haddonfield one last time for the final* chapter in the Halloween saga. Folks, this film makes some choices, and we're here to dissect them all. No matter where you fall when it comes to the Halloween movies, and the David Gordon Green entries in particular, it's fair to say everybody was left collectively scratching their hands when the last movie of a trilogy not only introduced a brand new character with Corey Cunningham, but also made him the main focus while sideling Michael and

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02:19:14

HALLOWEEN KILLS

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/10/24

EVIL DIES TONIGHT! We return to Haddonfield to start wrapping up our episodes on Halloween. This week we look back at a movie that sharply divided fans, Halloween Kills. Is it an over the top slasher that delivers some of the goriest entries in the entire series? Absolutely. Does it dip its toes into social commentary regarding mob rule, cancel culture and our inability as a society to think rationally in heightened situations in the most ham-fisted and convoluted ways imaginable? Yes it does. We

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01:11:28

Halloween Streams

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/10/17

It's the last two weeks of spooky season and that means binge watching horror movies (okay, pretty much every day means that for sure). We have a special bonus show with our picks. If you're someone who is TERRIFIED of all the streaming options and end up freezing like you're were getting stared down by a pack of werewolves instead of trying to decide which Halloween movie to watch, we have our picks from a number of platforms including Shudder, Screambox, Peacock, HBO Max, and Disney+. Mike,

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02:07:22

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022)

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/10/11

We put another franchise to bed with this week's look at 2022's "requel/retcon/reboot/continuation/whatever the new word is now" of Netflix's Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's a spirited debate where we talk the politics of this movie, it's treatment of the franchise's signature final girl, protagonists that give Franklin a run for his money in the "so annoying please just kill the already" department, finally delivering on the promise of an actual chainsaw massacre and we have a very divided panel when

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01:59:24

LEATHERFACE (2017)

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/10/03

Folks, we don’t even know how to keep track of everything going on with this series anymore. This week we’re talking about the second prequel of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, which is also the second entry titled Leatherface. Alexander Bustillo and Julien Muary bring some of that French extremity vibe and a lot of style to a story that tries to answer questions no one really asked. Mike is joined by Rachel Reeves and guest Clayton from the Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies podcast. Not only do

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01:33:34

TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/09/26

This week we get together to talk about the most unfairly maligned film in the Chainsaw series. In a franchise filled with high peaks, and low-lows, TCM 3D seems to have few defenders. Why? We make the argument that there needs to be MORE movies where grandmas leave their grandkids palatial mansions that come fully equipped with a family graveyard, a carnival over the backyard fence, and a 300 pound cannibal living in the basement! Maybe it's living through an era where horror can take itself too

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01:30:42

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE THE BEGINNING

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/09/06

This week, Mike and Nicole talk the prequel that answers all the burning questions fans had in the wake of the 2003 TCM remake: How did Sheriff Hoyt get that sweet law enforcement gig? How did he lose his teeth? How did Uncle Monty lose his legs? Where did Tommy "Leatherface" Hewitt get his first chainsaw? How are the Sons of Anarchy involved? We talk this, plus dive into the remake boon of this era, talk torture porn and so much more. It's the first of TWO prequels in the series, lord help us

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02:40:46

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2003)

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/08/29

Is this going to be one of our most controversial episodes? Possibly. The Michael Bay produced remake is one of the most talked about horror movies of the past twenty years, and it's responsible for the deluge of remakes and reboots that followed over the course of the next decade. For some horror fans, "Platinum Dunes" were fighting words, like someone insulted their mother. Does this movie get lumped in with the less than stellar efforts that followed it? Does it manage to stay consistent and

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02:22:54

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/08/08

This week the gang is infiltrated by the Illuminati to tell you there's nothing to see here except perhaps one of the most understood slasher sequels of all time. Is this maligned, underseen, box-office bomb starring pre-stardom Rene Zellweger and Matthew Mcconaughey secretly brilliant? Listen now and find out

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01:32:50

LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/08/01

Mike and Jessica are joined by Andrew Fabry of The Dead Letter Movie podcast to talk Leatherface, the third entry in the Chainsaw series and the first of two movies with that title. As the 80s closed and the box office fortunes of Freddy and Jason began to taper off, New Line Cinema needed a new hit franchise. Picking the bones of Cannon films, they thought they'd have a name brand icon that they could release a string of hit horror movies on. Were they right? Well, sort of since they keep making

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02:02:24

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/07/14

How do you follow up one of the scariest, most unnerving movies of all time? By making a straight up comedy of course! This week, Mike and Stephen take a long look at a movie that was a decade plus in the making. From diving into the behind the scenes troubles that nearly torpedoed the movie, rating Stretch as a final girl, trying to determine just how much blow Dennis Hopper was on during filming, to examining why this one works, even if its a dramatic shift in tone and tenor. Spoiler: IT'S ALL IN

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02:21:42

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) Part Two

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/06/30

The second half of our discussion gets to the good stuff. We talk about the most iconic introduction of a horror villain ever committed to the big screen, the insanity of the dinner party, have it out over Franklin, discuss the social, economic, and political factors that influenced the making of this movie and examine its legacy. With guests Brian Keiper, Devaughn Taylor and Nichole Goble. If you haven't already, go back and check out part one.

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02:09:55

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) Part One

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/06/20

This week we kick off a brand new franchise with the greatest horror movie of all time, Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This episode promises to be a massive one, and we've broken our talk down into multiple parts. For part one, we talk about the confluence of events that went into Hooper and writer Kim Henkel's script, the absolute hell it was to make this movie, where Hooper ranks amongst the masters of horror and start breaking down some of the iconic moments of the movie. Mike is

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01:25:21

Bonus Show: JAWBREAKER (1999) vs. JAWBREAKER (The Band)

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/05/31

This is the bonus show Mike has wanted to record for a long time. This week, Jessica Scott comes on to talk about her love for 1999's dark comedy and cult classic Jawbreaker, a movie about some real mean girls that aren't above covering up a murder or two. After that Mike talks about the might Jawbreaker-the three piece punk/emo stalwarts from the East Bay. It's Mike's all time favorite band and while it might not be an in depth critical examination of their music, it certainly gets him right in the

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01:34:42

SCREAM (2022) Part 2

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/05/16

We bring you the second half of our dive into 2022's SCREAM. This week we look at how the legacy characters fare, why this is Dewey's movie, explore the nature of fandom, talk about what we want next, and ask what the hell a requel is anyways?

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01:32:03

SCREAM (2022) Part One

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/05/09

This week we FINALLY get to sit down and talk about one of our favorite movies of the year, the fifth installment of the SCREAM series. It's a massive talk so we broke it into two pieces. This week Mike, Rachel and Stephen are joined by shoe designer and pop culture writer Andrew LaSane. Part one delves into the making of the movie, how the new crop of characters stack up and the elevated violence and gore in this entry.

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01:56:45

CHILD’S PLAY 2019 (Crossover with the DISENFRANCHISED...

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/04/25

This week we wrap up our latest franchise with one of the most controversial movies we've ever covered. The Child's Play remake had longtime fans of the series up in arms as the movie and characters were ripped from series creator Don Mancini in an attempt by United Artists to cash in on the Child's Play IP. This seemed to doom the reboot from the start, as horror fans wanted little to do with s Chucky that didn't feature Mancini in a creative role, or Brad Douriff as Chucky's voice. Even casting

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01:47:59

CULT OF CHUCKY

The Pod and the Pendulum ·

2022/04/11

This week the crew talks about the last movie in Don Mancini's Child's Play franchise Cult of Chucky. We talk about Nica as the most tormented character in horror history, Mancini's original vision for putting Chucky on a train, how multiple Chuckys opened up whole new avenues for the series and how Seed feels like the middle chapter in a longer sage (now playing out on the series Chucky.) Read Rachel's interview with Cult of Chucky composer Joseph LoDuca here

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