Horror Movie Podcast Ep. 207: Christmas Horror (2020 Edition) – The Lodge (2020), Elves (1989), and more!
Merry Christmas, horror fans, and welcome to HO, HO, HORROR MOVIE PODCAST! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Episode 207 is our eighth annual CHRISTMAS HORROR extravaganza! This year Dr. Shock, The Wolfman, and Gillman Joel bring you a Feature Review of this year’s The Lodge (2020). Other than that, the holiday offerings were a bit slim-pickings this year, so we went back to 1989 for a review of possibly the craziest yuletide horror flick of them all: Elves (1989). We’ve also got mini-reviews of Santa Claus vs The Devil (1959), Whoever Slew Auntie Roo (1971), Home For the Holidays (1972), Night Train Murders (1975), Lucky Stiff (1988), While She Was Out (2008), A Cadaver Christmas (2011), The Elf (2017), and Pooka! (2019) … so there’s plenty of crappy Christmasy content to fill your stockings. And here’s a first: Wolfman recommends piracy! Coming up next time: A Frankensteinian episode for HMP Ep 208, leading up to HMP Ep 209 where we’re bringing you Horror Movie Podcast’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2020 as well as the Top 10 horror movies of the HMP community! Submission info coming soon. If you’d like to support our show, try a 30-day free trial of SHUDDER with Promo Code: HMP It costs you nothing and helps us out a lot! Also, please subscribe to our show for free in Apple Podcasts and leave us a review! It really helps our visibility. Or just tell a friend. We’d really appreciate it. Thanks for your support and thanks for listening to Horror Movie Podcast, where we’re Dead Serious About CHRISTMAS Horror Movies! I. Introduction -Wolfman was on Screaming Cinema‘s Christmas Horror episode -We need a little Christmas (horror) right this very minute [00:02:53] II. TOP 3+ CHRISTMASY HORROR MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS: DR. SHOCK 1. Better Watch Out (2016) 2. A Christmas Horror Story (2015) 3. Krampus (2015) THE WOLFMAN 1. Better Watch Out (2016) 2. Krampus (2015) 3. Gremlins (1984) GILLMAN JOEL 1. Gremlins (1984) 2. Better Watch Out (2016) 3. Tales From the Crypt “And All Through the House” (1972+1989) 4. Black Christmas (1974) [00:10:15] III. CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS -Christmas in 2020 [00:18:30] III. FEATURE REVIEW: The Lodge (2020) Gillman Joel: 8/10 (See it at least once / Rent it!) The Wolfman: 7.5/10 (High quality but bleak / Rent it!) Dr. Shock: 9/10 (Must see! / Buy it!) *briefly covered by Wolfman and Kagan on our Sundance 2019 episode [00:31:00] IV. Shudder-Sponsored SCREAMING ONLINE Segment [00:36:33] V. MICRO REVIEWS: -Santa Claus vs The Devil (1959) – Wolfman -Whoever Slew Auntie Roo (1971) – Dr. Shock -Home For the Holidays (1972) – Gillman, Wolfman -Night Train Murders (1975) – Wolfman -Lucky Stiff (1988) – Wolfman -While She Was Out (2008) – Wolfman -A Cadaver Christmas (2011) – Dr. Shock, Wolfman -The Elf (2017) – Wolfman -Pooka! (2019) – Wolfman [01:22:58] VI.