Considering the Cinema Ep. 069: The DVD Infatuation Podcast – November 2023

Posted on November 27, 2023 by producer

Considering the Cinema presents… The DVD Infatuation Podcast, starring Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker — “The Leonard Maltin of the Internet,” the Amazing but Subtle One, the National Treasure himself, brings you a very interesting episode for November of 2023. First, here in Ep. 069, the 27th Edition of The DVD Infatuation Podcast, Dave begins by reciting a portion of his 100 Favorite Movie Quotes, some of which include live performances as the characters who delivered the lines. Next, by using his famous stream-of-consciousness style, Dave discusses a GameSpot.com article titled, 10 Craziest Killer Vehicle Movies Ever, Ranked. And for the third segment of this episode, Dave brings you the first of a three-part series where Dave will present his Top 20 movies (all genres) from a specific decade. For this show, Dave is going to bring you his Top 20 Movies of the 1960s, as well as 5 Movies That Didn’t Make the List but Eventually Could Someday. Join us!

Thanks for checking out Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can post a comment in the show notes for this episode or reach out to Dave via Twitter: @DVDInfatuation Continue reading →

Considering the Cinema Ep. 054: The DVD Infatuation Podcast – October 2021

Posted on October 19, 2021 by producer

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Happy Halloween! This is not a trick — it’s a treat! Yes, you are getting the October episode during October! Considering the Cinema proudly presents… the 14th Edition of The DVD Infatuation Podcast for October 2021. Here in Episode 054, “the Leonard Maltin of the Internet,” an American Treasure, the Amazing but Subtle Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker discusses his Top 10 Survival Horror Movies with special guest Jason “Jay of the Dead” Pyles from the Horror Movie Weekly, Considering the Cinema and Movie Podcast Weekly. Dave and Jay also spend some time discussing “Moving to Mars Movies.” And of course, we conclude with the Music in the Movies segment, where Dave and Jay talk about some favorite Horror and Comedy soundtrack songs. Join us!

The DVD Infatuation Podcast is a monthly release, so watch for Dave’s November 2021 edition — coming soon! Thanks for listening.

For those who don’t know, since 2010, Dave has been the author of the prolific film blog DVD Infatuation.com, with which Dave completed a remarkable challenge where he reviewed 2,500 movies! Jay conducted two great interviews with Dave during and after this challenge. Listen to those here: First Interview and Retrospective Interview.

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 041: SAW Franchise Review With BillChete and Lady Phantom

Posted on November 26, 2020 by producer

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Happy Thanksgiving today! In this epic and monumental episode, Jay of the Dead brings you his Thanksgiving Special for Considering the Cinema and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting. Here in Episode 041, your late-night Horror host welcomes special guests BillChete and Lady Phantom from Horror Movie Weekly and Movies in 4K. During this show, you will hear reviews of Saw (2004), Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw V (2008), Saw VI (2009), Saw 3D (2010) and Jigsaw (2017).

If you’re a huge Horror fan, you can view all of Jay’s HORROR ONLY episodes at Considering HORROR Cinema.com. Jay of the Dead also hosts a WEEKLY HORROR MOVIE PODCAST with BillChete and Lady Phantom at Horror Movie Weekly.com. Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jay at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode. Continue reading →

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 040: Halloween Special – Zombies and Witches with Kyle Bishop and Ron Martin

Posted on October 31, 2020 by producer

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Happy Halloween! It’s 2020 — one of the scariest years in a long time. And welcome to Jay of the Dead’s Halloween Special for Considering the Cinema and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting. Here in Episode 040, your late-night Horror host welcomes guest host Kyle Bishop (aka “Dr. Walking Dead”). Jay and Kyle talk about the obsessive need to classify movies in genre. They also discuss the appearance of cartoons in live-action Horror movies, and they bring you a Feature Review of the South Korean Action Horror Zombie flick, Train to Busan (2016). During this review, Kyle extols the virtues of the train narrative. Then Jay gives a mini review of Train to Busan presents… Peninsula (2020).

Later in this episode, Jay is joined by special guest host, podcaster, ghost hunter and author Ron Martin, host of The Resurrection of Zombie 7 horror podcast and Salem 1692 Podcast. Ron discusses the dark history of Salem, Massachusetts, and his new book, “Discover Salem.” They also review a non-witch movie called The Witch in the Window (2018). Note: The jack o’ lantern photo in the episode artwork is courtesy of Emily Stewart. Also, don’t forget to vote on Nov. 3, 2020!

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 038: Bullets of Justice (2020) and Exhibit A (2007) with Reel Talk: A Movie Podcast

Posted on October 15, 2020 by producer

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There’s no better time to enjoy some Pig-Headed Horror than in October! Happy Halloween Month! In Episode 038 of Considering Horror Cinema, your late-night Horror host Jay of the Dead brings you a solocast Feature Review of a brand-new Grindhouse-Exploitation, Sci-Fi, Action-Horror movie called Bullets of Justice (2020), a film that Jay refers to as his second-guiltiest, Guilty Pleasure movie. Then Jay welcomes his podcasting “buddies” — Wes Jones, Tommy Wood and Gabe Conway — the esteemed hosts of Reel Talk: A Movie Podcast to help him review Exhibit A (2007), a disturbing Found Footage flick that Jay calls a Third-Act Horror Film. Of necessity, that review contains major plot spoilers for the film. Join us!

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 037: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show and Beware: Children at Play (1989)

Posted on October 10, 2020 by producer

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Happy Halloween Month! It’s October of 2020, and your late-night Horror host Jay of the Dead invites some veteran Horror podcasters to help him with Considering Horror Cinema here in Episode 037. Jay welcomes the esteemed hosts of The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show (of the Horrorphilia Network), Mister Watson and Dave Zee, the latter also being a host on the Exploding Heads Horror Podcast. Jay invited Mister Watson and Dave Zee to join him for a Feature Review of a bizarre, Evil Kid Movie, Beware: Children at Play (1989), which is a Troma production, no less. Thanks to listener and friend, Adam in Chicago, for this odd recommendation!

Jay of the Dead takes to time to get to know these two guests, their podcasting lineage, and their favorite Horror movies. (You might be surprised to hear Mister Watson’s all-time favorite Horror movie…) You can also learn about some of the history of the Horrorphilia Network and some of its interesting Horror podcasts. Jay spends the first 30 minutes or so interviewing Mister Watson and Dave Zee, and it feels like friends chatting at a Halloween party. Join us!

Considering the Cinema Ep. 036: Joel and Jason’s 20 Underappreciated Movies Gems

Posted on October 7, 2020 by producer

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The weird thing about living in a digital, VOD, streaming world is the way our glut of movie and TV choices ironically leaves us with no idea what to watch next! It’s a First-World Problem, but sometimes it feels like we have too many options to choose from. We suspect that most of the time, we mention movies on our podcasts. You’ve heard our recommendations. You intended to watch them, but you never got around to it, so those gems have slipped through the cracks. So, here in Episode 036 of Considering the Cinema, your host Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) welcomes fellow podcaster and long-time friend, the Gillman Joel Robertson, to help you compile a solid watchlist of 20 Underappreciated Movies Gems (in no particular order)!

Jay also hosts a WEEKLY Horror movie podcast with BillChete and Lady Phantom at Horror Movie Weekly.com. Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jay at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode. Continue reading →

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 030: The Cured (2018) and Four Zombie Short Films With Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop

Posted on June 27, 2020 by producer

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Like brains? Then you’ll love listening to special guest Kyle Bishop (aka Dr. Walking Dead) because he’s very smart about zombie cinema. In Episode 030 of Considering Horror Cinema, your late-night Horror host Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) and Kyle Bishop review The Cured (2018) and four zombie short films: Zombies V The CWA (2019) and The Last Taxi Driver (2018) and Still (2016) and Zombied (2019). You will hear Dr. Walking Dead’s take on our current predicament with this global pandemic COVID-19. Jay and Kyle also muse about whether the zombie can help us through our world’s apocalyptic outlook. Kyle says zombie films are not a genre. And he also discusses why a short film is not a short story. A short story is a regular movie. And a novel is equivalent to a series. Jay also brings you his first installment of his What Monsters Mean series as he and Kyle discuss What Zombies Mean. Join us!

And if you’re a huge Horror fan, you can view all of Jay’s HORROR ONLY episodes at Considering HORROR Cinema.com. Jay of the Dead also hosts a WEEKLY Horror movie podcast with BillChete and Lady Phantom at Horror Movie Weekly.com. Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jay at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode. Continue reading →

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 028: Jody Horror Guy and The Gray Man’s Film Challenge: Three Decades of Theatrical Horror (1990 – 2019)

Posted on June 1, 2020 by producer

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In a recent episode, your late-night Horror host Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) received a voicemail from The Gray Man in Ohio, describing a remarkable film challenge that he completed with his buddy, Jody Horror Guy, of the Reel Blood Podcast Network. So, here in Episode 028 of Considering Horror Cinema, Jay of the Dead interviews Jody Horror Guy and Greg “The Gray Man” Bensch about their impressive Film Challenge: Three Decades of Theatrical Horror (1990 – 2019).

Anytime cinephiles complete a film challenge out of pure love of cinema (such as Dr. Shock’s 2,500 Movies Challenge), it’s worth admiring and hearing about how it was accomplished and what they learned from the journey. In Jody and Greg’s challenge, they watched a total of 972 Horror movies that were released theatrically over 30 years in the United States between 1990 and 2019. So, Jay of the Dead asks these intrepid film fans some logistical questions about how they pulled this off and which of the 972 Horror films were most notable. See Greg and Jody’s entire 972 Horror Film List on Letterboxd. Thank you to Jody Horror Guy and Greg “The Gray Man” Bensch for agreeing to share their experience while Considering Horror Cinema. Join us!

If you’re a huge Horror fan, you can view all of Jay’s HORROR ONLY episodes at Considering HORROR Cinema.com. Jay of the Dead also hosts a WEEKLY HORROR PODCAST with BillChete and Lady Phantom at Horror Movie Weekly.com. Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jay at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode. Continue reading →

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 026: What Has Been Hiding in My Attic

Posted on May 18, 2020 by producer

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Don’t whiz on the Sacred Ancestral Tree! Good advice. Anybody who has been listening to Jay of the Dead’s podcasts for awhile knows that there is often content that was recorded months (or even years!) previously before it ever sees the light of day. But that content does eventually get released!

In Episode 026 of Considering Horror Cinema, your late-night Horror host Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) is finally revealing the podcast recordings that have been hiding in his attic! All the reviews in this episode were recorded in 2019. This episode has the longest review ever committed to the film 976-Evil (1989), as Jay of the Dead discusses it with Greg “The Gray Man” Bensch. (It’s about an hour long.) Then Jay does a 75-minute deep-dive discussion of Midsommar (2019) with the oracle Jody Horror Guy (of the Reel Blood Podcast Network) and his unclouded intuition. Jay also gripes a little about the term “Folk Horror” and goes on a lot about the scariest disease ever, Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Jay also brings you solocast reviews of BrightBurn (2019) and The Intruder (2019) and The Perfection (2019) and Friend Request (2017) and The Hunted (2014) and Basement Jack (2009).

Considering the Cinema Ep. 024: Extraction (2020), 1BR (2020), Party Hard Die Young (2020), True History of the Kelly Gang (2020)

Posted on April 28, 2020 by producer

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Welcome to Episode 024 of Considering the Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting. This week your late-night host Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) stays up late and solocasts with you about four new 2020 movies, including Extraction (2020) and True History of the Kelly Gang (2020) and the Horror films 1BR (2020) and Party Hard, Die Young (2020). Jay also brings you a number of Mini Reviews and some great listener feedback! Give it a listen!

Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jason at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode. Continue reading →

Considering the Cinema Ep. 022: Blood on Her Name (2020), The Quarry (2020), Hunter’s Moon (2020)

Posted on April 19, 2020 by producer

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In Episode 022 of Considering the Cinema, your late-night host Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) did some recording after midnight on Sunday, April 19, to bring you three Feature Reviews of The Quarry (2020) and the Beastly Freak Horror movie Hunter’s Moon (2020) and Blood on Her Name (2020). Jay also brings you more Mini Reviews and discusses the future of movies. Take a listen and stay healthy!

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 014: The Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade

Posted on December 27, 2019 by producer

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What are the Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade? Your late-night Horror host, Jay of the Dead, has invited two Horror podcasting legends to help him bring you three lists that will give you the best of the best in Horror cinema from 2010 through 2019. In Episode 014 of Considering Horror Cinema, Jay welcomes The Southern Gentleman GregaMortis from Land of the Creeps horror podcast and the Ghost Hunter Ron Martin from The Resurrection of Zombie 7 horror podcast.

In addition to bringing you our Top 10 lists (which don’t have much overlap, by the way), we also bring you our Horror Honorable Mentions of the 2010s Decade, which would constitute 11 through 15 on our lists, as well as a reflection on the overall decade as we bring you The Best Thing That Happened to Horror in the 2010s and The Worst Thing That Happened to Horror in the 2010s.

This episode is dedicated to Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker.

Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Continue reading →

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 011: Horrors From the Past Resurface in the Present

Posted on July 25, 2019 by producer

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Here’s an episode for Slasher fans… In Episode 011 of Considering Horror Cinema, your late-night Horror host, Jay of the Dead brings you a 10 out of 10-rated Horror movie, a modern Slasher from Hong Kong by Pang Ho-cheung, called Dream Home (2011). Buy it sight unseen, if you love Slashers and gore films. This episode also features a little bit of a scandal in which Jay reissues an excerpted interview from BillChete’s Horror on the Go, when BillChete interviewed Jay of the Dead during a 2015 debate about Horror Genre Classification. (Listen to the episode for more explanation, but in short, Jay is still trying to get in touch with BillChete to get him on this show and figured this might be a good way.) But to be clear, the content of the interview belongs entirely to BillChete and Horror on the Go.

Don’t forget to subscribe for free, so you don’t miss a special July 30 surprise release, as well as the Movie Podcast Weekly hosts appearing as guests on Considering the Cinema to review “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” with Jason. Also, you won’t want to miss this year’s two upcoming “Best of the Decades” shows: Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade — and — Top 10 Movies of the 2010s (all genre), slated for late December, early January releases, respectively. Both of these episodes will include panels of guest hosts who will join Jay to bring you the very best of the 2010s decade. These shows will be FREE and only available here through Considering the Cinema Podcast.

Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can call the new voicemail number at (801) 215-9704 or email Jay at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode. Continue reading →

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 009: Child’s Play (2019), Annabelle Comes Home (2019) and an Interview With Ghost Hunter Ross Allison

Posted on June 29, 2019 by producer

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Do you own any creepy dolls, or are you in the market for one? You had better listen to this episode of Considering Horror Cinema first… In Episode 009, your late-night Horror host, Jay of the Dead, brings you reviews of Child’s Play (2019) and Annabelle Comes Home (2019). You’ll also hear a great interview from paranormal researcher and ghost hunter Ross Allison. Jay responds to a listener voicemail from Andrew in West Virginia, and you can also find out how to qualify to win a free Blu-ray of Dead Silence (2007). Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting…

Also, don’t forget to subscribe for free, so you don’t miss this year’s two upcoming “Best of the Decades” shows: Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade — and — Top 10 Movies of the 2010s (all genre), slated for late December, early January releases, respectively. Both of these episodes will include panels of guest hosts who will join Jay to bring you the very best of the 2010s decade. These shows will be FREE and only available here through Considering the Cinema Podcast.

Thanks for listening and Considering Horror Cinema! And don’t forget: You can call the new voicemail number at (801) 215-9704 or email Jay at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode. Continue reading →

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 008: The Decline to Vulnerability and the Descent Into Victimhood

Posted on June 23, 2019 by producer

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This special edition of Considering Horror Cinema comes to you from Daytona Beach and Orlando, Florida! (That means this episode was recorded “in the field” while traveling, so please pardon the reduced audio quality.) During Episode 008, your late-night Horror host, Jay of the Dead, brings you a franchise review of When a Stranger Calls (1979) and its sequel, When a Stranger Calls Back (1993). You will also hear Jay’s theory that he calls The Decline to Vulnerability and the Descent Into Victimhood. And to illustrate this theory, Jay analyze’s the narrative of Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes (1977). And Jay concludes this episode with a tribute to his inspiration for Horror podcasting. Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting…

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 007: The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting

Posted on June 4, 2019 by producer

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Happy June, and welcome to another episode of Considering the Cinema Podcast. Episode 007 is a short Considering Horror Cinema show, where your late-night Horror host, Jay of the Dead, introduces the very first edition of a specialty segment titled, Jay of the Dead’s Zombie Hive! The zombie movie under review for this segment is The ReZort (2015).

Also in Episode 007, Jay of the Dead teases some very exciting episodes coming up on the Considering the Cinema Podcast, including two incredible “Best of the Decades” shows: Top 10 Horror Movies of the 2010s Decade — and — Top 10 Movies of the 2010s (all genres), slated for late December, early January releases, respectively. Both of these episodes will include panels of guest hosts who will join Jay to bring you the very best of the 2010s decade. These shows will be FREE and only available here through Considering the Cinema Podcast, so be sure you subscribe to this feed.

Thanks for listening and Considering Horror Cinema! Don’t forget: You can call my new voicemail number at (801) 215-9704 or email me at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment in the show notes for this episode. Continue reading →

Considering the Cinema Horror Movie Review: The Perfection (2019)

Posted on May 27, 2019 by producer

By Jay of the Dead

There’s a wild little Horror flick that released on Netflix on May 24, 2019. I got up early and watched it that same morning before going to work. It was getting a lot of buzz, and I agree with what everyone says: Watch it before someone spoils it for you.

Rest assured, I will not spoil “The Perfection” for you, so you can feel completely at ease to finish reading this review, spoiler-free.

“The Perfection” stars Allison Williams (the girlfriend in “Get Out”) as Charlotte, a cellist who took a several-year sabbatical away from her blossoming career, in order to help care for her terminally ill mother. As the film opens, we are at the end of her mother’s life, so Charlotte is ready to return to her elite music conservatory, where another fantastic cellist, Elizabeth (Logan Browning), has stepped into Charlotte’s shoes. At this point in the film, only a few minutes in, we can tell two things: Charlotte obviously feels despondent about the detour her life has taken, and it seems that Elizabeth has taken her rightful place and perhaps all her opportunities.

And that is absolutely all I can reveal about the plot of “The Perfection.” The reason I can’t tell you more is “The Perfection” is full of surprises, twists and turns. It is the type of film that redefines itself as it unfolds, thereby redefining our expectations and conclusions about what it is or what it will become. Continue reading →

Considering the Cinema Horror Movie Review: The Hunted (2013)

Posted on May 26, 2019 by producer

By Jay of the Dead

When a film opens with the phrase, “Based on Actual Events” or something of the like, you can usually dismiss it altogether. We’ve learned over the decades that this typically means there is a kernel of truth that inspired the story.

Writer-director (and star) Josh Stewart was inspired by actual events that he experienced to write “The Hunted” (2013). I’ll come back to this story at the end of the review, but here’s the premise of the movie: Jake (Josh Stewart) is trying to launch a hunting reality TV show, so he travels to the woods of West Virginia with his camera man (Ronnie Gene Blevins) and tries to bag a large buck that’s been eluding hunters. Jake’s plan is to shoot a decent proof-of-concept, pilot episode that he hopes to sell to investors and a network.

But the two TV hosts become increasingly concerned when they keep hearing blood-curdling (and I mean blood-curdling) screams in the darkness of the woods. Is it an injured bobcat? Or is it a wailing ghost woman?

So, what you have here is a Found Footage film that’s in the vein of “The Blair Witch Project” (1999), but even better for my money. (Yes, co-directors Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick created a historically significant Horror film. Even Roger Ebert listed “The Blair Witch Project” among his “10 Most Influential Films of the Century”!) So, I’m not trying to take anything away from “The Blair Witch Project,” especially since it probably informed “The Hunted.” But 14 years later, we have a film that works even better to me. Continue reading →

Considering the Cinema Horror Movie Review: The Intruder (2019)

Posted on May 26, 2019 by producer

By Jay of the Dead

I know, I know. So much for principles. I caved and saw “The Intruder” (2019), that crazy Dennis Quaid film which I was publicly boycotting seeing in the theater because its marketing department carelessly revealed story beats from all three acts in the trailer. I won’t start ranting about that again, but I knew that trailer depicted the entire film in microcosm, and after seeing it, I was right. Sure enough, the trailer depicts all three acts, so there are very few surprises.

Many if not most modern-day narrative films are divided up into three acts. For “The Intruder,” the act breaks are so distinctive that the film changes genres with each act: The first act is a Drama. The second act becomes a Thriller. And the third act descends into Horror. Really, it’s a very natural progression because “Drama Is Conflict.” And if you escalate and intensify that conflict until it devolves into violence and death, then the tone changes and it becomes Horror. Therefore, my genre classification for “The Intruder” is Drama / Thriller / Horror, in descending order.

Here’s the Premise: Scott and Annie want to move out of the city and find a nice home where they can start a family. Dennis Quaid plays Charlie, a seller who just wants to make sure his beloved home is purchased by a good family. So, the couple buys Charlie’s house, but the only problem is, Charlie doesn’t seem to want to let it go. Continue reading →

Considering the Cinema Horror Movie Review: The Prodigy (2019)

Posted on May 8, 2019 by producer

By Jay of the Dead

I have gained a little notoriety for suggesting the notion that I could handily dispatch the nefarious ankle-biters that play the “monsters” of Evil Kid Movies. My good friend, Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker, has often retorted and rebuffed my claims by arguing that evil kids catch their parents unawares, due to a presumption of innocence and harmlessness. (But I don’t care. I still watch my wily offspring with at least one suspicious eye, if not two.)

Dr. Shock’s assertion proves to be correct in “The Prodigy,” an ostensible Evil Kid Movie that was released in theaters on Feb. 8, 2019 (with a respectable, nine-week run, by the way), and then was released on video and at Redbox yesterday, May 7, 2019.

“The Prodigy” was directed by Nicholas McCarthy, a Horror director who also helmed “The Pact” (2012), “At the Devil’s Door” (2014) and the “Easter” segment of “Holidays” (2016). This film was written by Jeff Buhler, who wrote “Insanitarium” (2008), “The Midnight Meat Train” (2008), the “J Is for Jesus” segment of “ABCs of Death 2” (2014) and the most recent “Pet Sematary” (2019) remake. Continue reading →

Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 005: The Monster Problem, $5 Bargain Bin Gas Station Horror Movies, and Weekend Horror VHS Rentals From the Local Video Store

Posted on April 19, 2019 by producer

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Are you a Horror fan? Me too! I used to host three different Horror movie podcasts, so I love to explore this powerful genre and its many sub-genres. Therefore, some of my Considering the Cinema episodes are going to be dedicated to focusing solely on Considering Horror Cinema! So, Episode 005 is a long-form show, and it is entirely dedicated to exploring the Horror genre. And while I am expecting Horror fans to enjoy this episode, I am also hopeful that people who are typically non-Horror fans will also give it a listen. Above all, my underlying passion is always the cinema and film criticism. If you feel the same way, I still think you’ll enjoy your time Considering Horror Cinema with me. This is a solo podcast for people who don’t typically like solocasts…

In Episode 005, your host Jason Pyles (aka Horror moniker “Jay of the Dead”) will discuss “The Monster Problem,” video rental store nostalgia and looking for Horror movie gems in the $5 bargain bins at truck stops and gas stations. And to help me reminisce about video store nostalgia, the Gillman Joel Robertson of Horror Movie Podcast, Retro Movie Geek and Universal Monsters Cast appears as a guest contributor! I will also bring you Feature Reviews of I Trapped the Devil (2019), Jordan Peele’s Us (2019), Sole Survivor (1984) on VHS, and for some reason, Camp Death III in 2D (2019). You will also get to hear two of my three specialty segments, Jay of the Dead’s Beastly Freaks, when I’ll review Night Wolf (2012), and Jay of the Dead’s Perishable Predicament, when I review a Survival Horror film called Thirst (2010).

You are welcome to call my new voicemail number at (801) 215-9704 or email me at ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com or post a comment. Be sure to join me for my upcoming Episode 006, when I bring you a recap of the 2019 movies I’ve seen from January through April! Join me! Continue reading →