Wake That Dick Up, Baby
As February ends, so too does our birthday month! First we celebrated Joe’s birthday with an in-depth discussion on the troubled production of Hellraiser: Bloodline (aka Pinhead goes to space!), then we joined in on the Valentine’s Day festivities with the ladies from Double A Horror Highway to discuss the love at the center of Single White Female. Last week we went to the defense of Pascal Laugier’s 2008 film Martyrs. And now, we are celebrating my birthday with one of my favorite films: Jordan Rubin‘s 2014 creature feature horror comedy Zombeavers!
In the film, friends Jenn (Lexi Atkins), Mary (Rachel Melvin) and Zoe (Cortney Palm) vacation at a riverside cottage to get away from Jenn’s cheating boyfriend Sam (Hutch Dano). When Sam and his friends Tommy (Jake Weary) and Buck (Peter Gilroy) crash their vacation, the group of friends are attacked by a swarm of zombie beavers.
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Episode 62 – Zombeavers (2014)
In honor of Trace’s 31st birthday, we’re closing out February with a discussion of one of his favorite movies: Zombeavers! That’s right, a movie that gifts us John Mayer in his feature film debut and one of the most salacious games of “Would You Rather” ever committed to film sends Trace into a non-stop flurry of giggle fits throughout the entire episode.
Join us as we discuss this 77-minute-long film that features a plethora of beaver puns, Millennials scissoring each other to Lady Gaga, were-zombeaver people (and bears) and some very impressive zombeaver puppets. It’s about as ridiculous (and entertaining!) as it sounds.
Also up for discussion: severe penile trauma, a crazy faux Oscar campaign, a Frank Sinatra-style theme song and a delightful animated opening credits sequence!
Look, this should be a one-joke movie that doesn’t work, but it’s actually a film with lots of jokes and it does work! That this admittedly juvenile film is non-homophobic and has equal amounts of nudity between its male and female characters is just an added bonus! If you’ve never seen it: give it a chance!
Cross out Zombeavers!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re kicking off March with a look back at Chuck Russell’s classic 1980s monster movie The Blob! Joining us will be resident The Blob expert (and Bloody Disgusting columnist) Meagan Navarro!
– Joe & Trace
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