This fun exorcism romp is more fun than riding a Vespa across Europe. Listen to Bryce and Sydney break it down.SynopsisThe Pope’s Exorcist is a 2023 film that follows Father Gabriele Amorth, the real life Chief Exorcist of the Vatican from 1986-2016, as he goes around to possibly possessed adults and children and cures them of their affliction, through unconventional and sometimes frowned upon means. The movie follows Amorth, played by the award winning actor Russell Crowe, as he tries to get rid of a very powerful demon that has attached itself to a little American boy named Henry, who has just moved into an inherited Spanish castle with his mother and sister. This movie is based on true events and documents from the Vatican, as well as being based on two books Father Amorth wrote before his death in 2016. There are some true elements to the story but a lot of it has been fictionalized to make this slightly scary, sometimes funny exorcism movie. Review of The Pope's ExorcistIn … [Read more...] about The Pope’s Exorcist Review with Sydney Lee
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The Exorcist: Believer Review with Max and Sydney
Do you believe that this sequel is good? It's going to take some strong faith on your part.SynopsisThe Exorcist: Believer is a direct sequel to the original 1973 The Exorcist. In this film, we get not one, but two, that’s right two possessions for the price of one. When two teenage girls go out into the woods to perform a séance, they disappear and reappear days later acting… strange. Their parents struggle to find out why the reason th... It’s possession, they are possessed. The father of one of the girls played by Leslie Odom Jr. must recruit an Oceans 11 type ragtag group of exorcists and Chris MacNeil reprised by Ellen Burstyn, who I can only assume had an important boat she wanted to buy.Review of Exorcist: BelieverNBCUniversal shelled out 400 million on the rights to The Exorcist IP and entrusted David Gordon Green to work his soft reboot magic that he showed with the Halloween franchise. They’ve committed to producing two more of these exorcist films, and after watching this … [Read more...] about The Exorcist: Believer Review with Max and Sydney
Whoooores Only Vol. 8 – Voice Mail Episode with David Day
Hey remember David Day? He came back to listen to and respond to your voicemails with Bryce. … [Read more...] about Whoooores Only Vol. 8 – Voice Mail Episode with David Day
The Exorcist II: The Heretic Review with Sydney Lee
Who possessed these filmmakers to make one of the worst sequels of all time? The Exorcist 2 is a befuddling mess that bears no resemblance to the original.SynopsisIn this sequel to the Exorcist, Father Lamont, played by Richard Burton, is assigned to investigate the last exorcism of Father Merrin to clear his name of any doubt of faith. Father Lamont finds Regan spending her time in therapy in a psychiatric institute that appears to be the backrooms of Westworld. Her doctor, Gene Tuskin, played by Louise Fletcher is testing out a new device that synchronizes hypnotic states… or something. In the course of her experiments and Father Lamont’s investigation, we find out that Regan isn’t Exorcized, but just mostly exorcized.In the end, we get more pazuzu than we bargained for…Review of The Exorcist II: The HereticThe Exorcist still stands as one of the best movies of all time, and still is my favorite horror movie. So I have always been intrigued by The Exorcist 2, and the fact that it’s … [Read more...] about The Exorcist II: The Heretic Review with Sydney Lee
Thanksgiving Review with Kyle Nolan
Why make the feature length version of a beloved fake trailer when you can make a watered down Blumhouse-style remake? … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving Review with Kyle Nolan
It’s a Wonderful Knife Review With Carl Swan
In this follow up to Freaky, writer Michael White takes on the Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life in this disappointing horror sendup. SynopsisIn the sleepy town of Angel Falls, Winnie Caruthers kills a rampaging masked killer and saves the town from further massacre. After a year, she has never fully recovered from the trauma of the killer killing best friend, and everyone around her inexplicably is a huge dick to her about it. In a moment of despair she wishes that she never existed, and a magical aurora borealis grants her wish and she gets inserted into an alternate reality where she never killed the masked murderer, and he has continued his rampage.Review of It's a Wonderful KnifeComing off of the success of Freaky, a horror sendup of the Freaky Friday premise writer Michael White attempts for a repeat by creating this horror parody of It’s a Wonderful Life. The problem is on the surface the premise doesn’t make any sense. “Oh how I wish I’d never existed so I didn’t have to … [Read more...] about It’s a Wonderful Knife Review With Carl Swan
Five Nights at Freddy’s Review With Max Allen
Some would say it's too early to remake, Willy's Wonderland. But whenever I say that, 10 year-olds yell at me unintelligibly. … [Read more...] about Five Nights at Freddy’s Review With Max Allen
Hiatus Update
Just a short "episode" to give some updates to my thinking and confirm that I am planning on coming back. … [Read more...] about Hiatus Update
The ‘Burbs Review
The Burbs is a great movie … [Read more...] about The ‘Burbs Review
The End of Horror Movie Talk (?)
David is stepping away from Horror Movie Talk, and we are going on an indefinite hiatus. Listen to our announcement special episode for more information. … [Read more...] about The End of Horror Movie Talk (?)