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‘The Frighteners’ Scares Up a Sexy Killer Couple [The Ladykillers Podcast]
“We’re in the mood for a little vivisection.”
We’ve all heard the saying “less is more.” Marie Kondo championed this minimalist sentiment when convincing us to rid our homes of unwanted items and Coco Chanel lived by the rule of taking one accessory off before leaving the house. We’re not sure Peter Jackson has ever heard this saying as his films tend to be extravaganzas filled with lavish plotting, eccentric characters, and over-the-top effects. And we’re not mad about it. Years before he wowed the world with expansive adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and a mammoth remake of the 1933 classic King Kong, Jackson honed his delightful excesses in the horror genre culminating in the 1996 splatstick comedy The Frighteners.
Michael J. Fox stars as Frank Bannister, a widower blessed – or cursed – with the ability to see the dead. When he runs afoul of a ghostly killer and his surprising accomplice, Frank must team up with his ghoulish buddies and a crush-worthy doctor to stop the numeric killing spree before the body count grows any higher. With perplexing roles by horror royalty and a cartoonish approach to the world of the dead, The Frighteners charms with its 90s nostalgia, perplexes with indulgent characterization, and wins us over with its stunning and sexy female killer.
In a new episode of The Lady Killers, co-hosts Jenn Adams, Sammie Kuykendall, Mae Shults, and Rocco T. Thompson dust off their Ouija boards and rush their ashes to the chapel as they discuss aspirational crones, creepy manors, supernatural kink, and off-putting sidekicks. Is Patricia a villain or the victim of an older man? Why are we so attracted to a murderous Jake Busey? What’s going on in that opening scene and what movie does Jeffrey Combs think he’s in? They’ll count off each of these questions and more as they carve numbers into their foreheads and hop on the express bus to hell in a “more is more” episode on a smokin’ hot killer couple.
Stream the episode below or subscribe now via Apple Podcasts and Spotify for future episodes that drop every Thursday.
The Halloweenies celebrate Alien Day (LV-4/26) with a Resurrection!
Join co-hosts Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Michael Roffman, and Justin Gerber as they awaken from a cryosleep of 200 years aboard the Auriga. In the first of two episodes dedicated to Alien Resurrection, the gang talks the development, the production, Joss Whedon, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and what this all this might be like under Danny Boyle’s direction.
Stream the first of two episodes below, and stay tuned for Pt. on May 3rd. Later in May, they will also cover both 2004’s Alien vs. Predator and 2007’s Alien vs. Predator: Requiem.
Subscribe to the Halloweenies via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, RadioPublic, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky! This year? They’re looking to the stars with the Alien franchise.
You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gremlins, Jaws), one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals (e.g. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Invasion of the Body Snatchers ), and even spinoffs like their recent run Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.
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