Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1269762592198717440 CW: Suicide, Infanticide It’s another doll week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey crawl around active assembly line machinery searching for an exit. The Classic Film: Child’s Play (1990) "While Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind” (IMDb.com). Kelsey's...
Jun 09, 2020•2 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1267197640397205504 CW: Suicide, Rape It’s not Graduation Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey *would* have been watching graduation movies this week, but since there seem to be no ceremonies this year, we’ll watch teenagers have parties they shouldn't be having instead! The Classic Film: Night of the Demons (1988) "Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. ...
Jun 02, 2020•2 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1264716312581935106 CW: Rape It’s Comedy Horror Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey will show you a killer hillbilly! The Classic Film: Idle Hands (1999) "A teenage slacker's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent” (IMDb.com). A beloved teenage comedy-horror, Idle Hands didn't age very well, but it's still way better than the critics gave it credit for. At least the actors ...
May 25, 2020•2 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1262080315339599872 CW: Rape, Child Abuse, Suicide, Mental Illness It’s Fractured Identities Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey can't tell if this episode is real or not. Does Special Guest Eileen even exist? The Classic Film: Perfect Blue (1997) "A retired pop singer turned actress[, Mima's] sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of he...
May 19, 2020•4 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1257913306624299009 It’s Heavy Metal Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey stick together this episode, like all good metalheads. The Classic Film: Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987) "At a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, a hopeful hair-metal band seeking inspiration to record their upcoming new LP will soon find themselves in a furious confrontation against the Prince of Darkness himself...
May 12, 2020•2 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1256694375922331648 CW: Infanticide, Suicide, Human Trafficking It’s Mother’s Day on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey love their mothers very much and want you to know that. The Classic Film: Serial Mom (1994) "A sweet mother finds herself participating in homicidal activities when she sees the occasion call for it” (IMDb.com). Really more of a farcical comedy than a horror, although there’...
May 05, 2020•2 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1254282790339739649 CW: Suicide, Self-Harm, Drug Addiction, Ableism, Sleep Paralysis It’s another Nightmare Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey have a love/hate relationship with these night terrors (they love one and hate the other...)! The Classic Film: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) "A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps tee...
Apr 28, 2020•2 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1251642254017601538 CW: Suicide It’s a Found Footage Documentary Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey get into really heated arguments in the middle of the woods! The Classic Film: The Blair Witch Project (1999) "Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind” (IMDb.com). This fil...
Apr 21, 2020•3 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1249931486444130305 CW: Suicide, Rape, Mental Illness and Ableism It’s Infectious Disease Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey are safer at home and have nothing better to do than watch a 6-hour television miniseries about a global pandemic and then record one of the podcast's longest episodes yet! The Classic Miniseries: The Stand (1994) "After a deadly plague kills most of the world's...
Apr 14, 2020•4 hr 49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1246562597513519105 CW: Infanticide, Post-natal depression, Sexual Assault It’s Easter Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey paint some Crite eggs and get lost in the labyrinth at their summer home! The Classic Film: Critters 2 (1988) "Eggs of the small, furry alien carnivores are left behind on Earth and, after hatching, again set their appetites on the town of Grover's Bend” (IMDb.com)...
Apr 07, 2020•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1244379902666665984 CW: Homophobia, Ableism It’s April Fool's Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey prank themselves by watching these two beauts. The Classic Film: Killer Party (1986) "Set just before April Fools Day, the story centers on a trio of sorority pledges who attend a dance held at a... frat house where two decades before a pledge lost his head in a hazing gone awry” (rottento...
Mar 31, 2020•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1241493086502629387 CW: Rape, Domestic Violence It’s another Zombie Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey are smarter than you remember and know how to use tools! The Classic Film: Night of the Living Dead (1968) "A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a bloodthirsty, flesh-eating breed of monsters who are ravaging the East Coast of ...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1239073779965280256 CW: Sexual Assault It’s St. Patrick's Week on Pod Sematary and Chris & Kelsey drink a leprechaun under the table! The Classic Film: Leprechaun 2 (1994) "On his one-thousandth birthday, an evil leprechaun selects the descendant of one of his slaves to have as his bride, leaving it up to the girl's boyfriend to save her” (IMDb.com). Oddly the only film in the franchise...
Mar 17, 2020•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1236774557500964864 CW: Rape, Suicide, Infanticide It’s Fake Documentary Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey invite friend-of-the-sematary Jessie over to dish about one of the better sub-sub-genres of horror, the fake documentary! Plus, getting punched in the face at Knott's Scary Farm! The Classic Film: Man Bites Dog (1992) "A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as...
Mar 10, 2020•3 hr 54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1233948610728849409 CW: Suicide It’s a Creature Feature Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey watch some flicks about little animals terrorizing humanity. Thanks for the recommendations, Lou and Wes! Plus, we talk about the new Candyman trailer! The Classic Film: Critters (1986) "A group of small, furry aliens makes lunch out of the locals in a farming town” (IMDb.com). Almost completely...
Mar 03, 2020•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1229151840563908609 It’s a double feature week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey finally discuss the Dario Argento classic, Suspiria, and it's not-a-remake remake! The Original: Suspiria (1977) "An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders” (IMDb.com). This movie should really...
Feb 18, 2020•3 hr 56 min•Transcript available on Metacast You can send us stuff now! Pod Sematary 5753 E Santa Ana Cyn Rd Ste G #290 Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 Get more at podsematary.com! CW: Pedophilia It’s Valentine's Day on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey talk about two "zombie" movies, one of which is about love but doesn't take place on Valentine's Day and the other of which takes place on Valentine's Day but isn't about love. The Classic Film: My Boyfriend's Back (1993) "A teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most b...
Feb 10, 2020•2 hr 56 min•Transcript available on Metacast You can send us stuff now! Pod Sematary 5753 E Santa Ana Cyn Rd Ste G #290 Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1223797682021392384 CW: Sexual Assault It’s a franchise wrap-up week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey watch the last two movies in iconic franchises they’ve covered on the show before! The Classic Film: Army of Darkness (1992) "A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must b...
Feb 04, 2020•2 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1221604122639683590 CW: PTSD, Death of a child It’s a Gaslight Double Feature on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey don’t know what to believe this week, including whether Nicolas Cage’s hilarious acting is intentional or not. The Classic Film: The Wicker Man (1973) "A puritan Police Sergeant is sent to a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl who the townsfolk claim never existe...
Jan 28, 2020•2 hr 57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1219011754568499200 CW: Child Molestation, Rape, Genital Mutilation It’s Demonic Possession Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey feel compelled to discuss the supposed "Scariest movie of all time!" Thank you to @TheChickapedia for the recommendations! The Classic Film: The Exorcist (1973) "When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her desperate mother seeks the help of two ...
Jan 21, 2020•2 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1212539244993867776 While Kelsey and Chris are off on their honeymoon, start the new year off right with a look back at the best movies they covered on the podcast in 2019! Listen to Chris and Kelsey tell you that, yes, of course, you should watch these movies! Plus! --Personal best lists! --The biggest differences between our scores and the critics! --Several mentions of tension and pa...
Jan 13, 2020•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1212539244993867776 CW: Rape, Sexual Assault, Animal Cruelty While Kelsey and Chris are off on their honeymoon, start the new year off right with a look back at the worst movies they covered on the podcast in 2019! Plus, our personal worst lists and the 10 movies that divided us the most! To listen to these episodes and check out their individual source credits, click the links below: 1...
Jan 06, 2020•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1211413429241597952 CW: Suicide, Bullying It’s New Year's on Pod Sematary! This week, Chris and Kelsey get trapped in a time loop and go DF! The Classic Film: Bloody New Year (1987) "Five shipwrecked English teenagers take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them...
Dec 31, 2019•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1208895433818423297 CW: Rape It’s the second week of Christmas on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey give you the gift of some actually pretty good (and one pretty great) Christmas horror movies! The Classic Film: Jack Frost (1997) "After an accident [leaves] murderer Jack Frost dead in genetic material, the vengeful killer returns as a murderous snowman to exact his revenge on the man who se...
Dec 24, 2019•2 hr 52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1206343899075072001 CW: Abortion, Self Harm, Rape It’s the first of two weeks of Christmas on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey prepare for a bad winter this year and are surprised to find two holiday-themed horror flicks that don't suck! The Classic Film: Christmas Evil (1980) "A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdo...
Dec 17, 2019•2 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1203531590904795136 CW: Rape, Suicide, Domestic Abuse, Homophobia, Distressing sequences involving animals It’s Stephen King Sequels Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey go back to the well to revive Stephen King adaptions in the form of sequels! The Classic Film: Pet Sematary II (1992) "A teenage boy and his father move to his recently-deceased mother's hometown, where they encounter t...
Dec 10, 2019•3 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1200989603081023489 CW: Rape, Pregnancy It’s Alien Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey intercept a distress signal and then never make a good decision ever again. The Classic Film: Alien (1979) "After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize...
Dec 03, 2019•3 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1198374745512628225 CW: Rape, racism, homophobia, ableism, drug addiction. It’s Thanksgiving Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey get stuffed this week by two very bad Thanksgiving films, only one of which is actually worth feasting on. The Classic Film: Blood Freak (1972) A Vietnam veteran/biker meets a pretty religious girl on the road and "winds up at a drug party with the girl's sis...
Nov 25, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1195823977362530304 CW: Rape, Eating Disorder, Child Molestation It’s Evil Mirror Image Week on Pod Sematary! In this episode, Kelsey rubs her gum on an old, dusty mirror and Chris makes out with his reflection! Thanks for the recommendations, Diane! The Classic Film: Mirror Mirror (1990) "A teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood, not ...
Nov 18, 2019•2 hr 59 min•Transcript available on Metacast CW: Rape, suicide, cutting, violence involving animals It’s Broken Romantics Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey relate to some very awkward weirdos in two films about introverts with murderous fetishes. The Classic Film: Martin (1977) "A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges” (IMDb.com). This under-remembered Romero classic throws out almost every vampire tr...
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