HMPOD.com Podcast 119 — Gravity, Suspiria, Fright Night (2011), An American Ghost Story

Summary: Gravity pulls the audience in Howdy, howdy, howdy! Welcome to another episode of The Horror Movie Show, hosted by rowdy roughnecks Jerry & Mark. This week the guys cover something new, something old, something borrowed & something made on a shoestring budget. First up — waaaaaay up — is Gravity, starring America's sweetheart Sandra Bullock & the irrepressible George Clooney as a pair of astronauts who wind up having a very bad day. Good to see a movie that knows how to use this newfangled, modern, now-a-gogo 3-D technology like a surgeon's scalpel, rather than a cop's truncheon. All in all, a heck of a ride. Considered by many horror aficionados one of the best horror movies of all time, 1977's Suspiria would make a good double-bill, paired with Rosemary's Baby. The always enjoyable Jessica Harper stars as a young dance student who does a pirouette right into the midst of a witches Sabbat. Whoops. Up next, the boys discuss the 2011 remake of Fright Night, this time starring young Anton Yelchin as the suspicious kid & Colin Farrell as the monstrous vampire who moves in next door. Fast-paced & funny — but is it worthwhile or does it suck? Find out on this week's show. The final item in this week's space-cargo-hold is the low-budget An American Ghost Story. Directed by Derek Cole & starring Stephen Twardokus (who also wrote the script), this run-of-the-mill story manages to rise above many similar flicks. Or so Mark & Jerry say. But what do they know? Let's take away their oxygen tanks & watch them turn blue....