HMPOD.com Podcast 117 — This Is the End, The Purge, Long Time Dead, Lord of Darkness & The Demented

Summary: Do you smell smoke? Hallo folks! Hosts Jerry & Mark are pleased — even smug — to present episode No. 117 of The Horror Movie Show. This is the episode that will still be talked about in a million years, when our descendants have evolved to become hideous, gigantic brains floating in some sort of aqueous fluid, tended by machines of questionable grace. We begin with one of the intentionally goofiest movies of the year: This Is the End. A group of stoner showbiz friends got together to make this flick about a group of stoner showbiz friends getting together... Bit of a Möbius strip, really. Is it funny or scary enough to be worth seeing? Listen intently, eyes squeezed shut — then decide if Seth Rogan & James Franco are as funny as they think they are. Next, recent horror movie enthusiast Ethan Hawke stars in The Purge. Once a year the citizens of the Excited States of America have total licence to go mental; this flick follows the fortunes of Hawke's family through this one night of hell. Homeland security has never been scarier. Following that is 2002's Long Time Dead, newer Scottish horror Lord of Darkness (based on the legend of Sawney Bean) and finally 2013's The Demented. Now that summer has ended, we here at The Horror Movie Show hope everyone has been winterized, except for our loyal listeners south of the Equator. Crazy mixed-up hemispheres.... Can't we all just pick one season & go for it? Cheers!