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Hello, everyone, and welcome to Episode 104 of The Friday Nightmares Podcast.

I am one half of your hosting team this evening, coming to you from the town of Swartz Creek in the county of Genesee, in the state of Michigan, in the United States of America, in the North American continent, in the Western Hemisphere, on planet Earth, in the Milky Way galaxy.

I'm fully vaxxed, boosted, and waxed, and ready to climax, and if you can, please get me wet and feed me after midnight.

I'm the man with the glorious beard, aka Mother of Cats, aka the man with the humongous ego, aka Scott Housen, aka Scottie Hugh Hottie, aka Spanky, aka one-half of the premium podcasting duo, aka Hey Scott, and aka, of course, Smoke Show Crawford.

With me as always is...

Heather Powell coming to you today from Waterdown, Ontario, Canada.

Yeah, Scott and I remembered how to use Skype.

It was very exciting for us today.

You know, obviously, there's been life circumstances for Scott and I, which was why we haven't recorded.

And I was going to talk about it, but I think we should just really mention the fact that I've been too busy binging unlicensed character movies for the past three months, and Scott didn't want to hear about how amazing some of these movies are, because I've watched all of them.

Yeah, I think I've watched half of them.

You see, Scott, I know that you've been avoiding me because of it.

I have.

I'm sorry.

And I just I want you to know that you can't run forever from the talented cinema that we have had released in the past three months.

Um, fuck, it's been an interesting 2025.

I in the five years we've been doing this, Scott, I have never once said it's been a bad year for movies.

Yeah, it's been a bad year for movies.

And I, I, I think there's been some enjoyables, but I literally have one movie that I would have in my top 10.

Oh, really?

One.

Like if I had to do a top 10, OK, maybe two.

There's one other one that maybe I would have.

And let's see, I have watched a lot more than you because I am the true premium podcaster on this podcast.

You so are.

37 films.

Now, God, seven of those films, mind you, are, you know, not good.

Like really not good.

And I know it.

But there were some that's so bad, I didn't even bring them up.

There was an alligator movie that I didn't bring up on here.

I say the same thing, probably the same movie.

The Bayou?

Yep.

Because like, you know, if this was back in the day and we were recording all the time, I would have wanted to talk about it with you and make fun of it.

But, you know, it's fine.

Like I'll give them credit.

Practical effects.

Quick shout out to the Bayou.

Practical effects, in some cases, that was entertaining.

But there's other ones that were so fucking boring that I didn't even bother.

Like, you know, it's really...

And even then, we have a list of quite a bit, but it's been slow for me this year.

We're just saying something, because, yeah, you're at 37.

I am at a total of 18, because I've just...

And do you have a top, like, a couple for your top 10?

Yeah, right now, I have, like, three that would for sure be top 10 contenders, and one that is, like, would be kind of on the border of top 10.

Yeah, like, right now, mine's, like, mediocre 10.

It's like, it's like we're raiding ourselves, like...

Like, we're a mediocre podcast.

It's been a mediocre year.

That's...

Anyway, so I'm glad that you have, you know, really took in your rest and are ready for me to talk about some of these unlicensed gemmed.

I mean, can any of us really be ready?

You know, I think that they're all masterpieces, and I really look forward to us discussing them.

Though I did watch the trailer for the final destination Bloodlines film and all the real like it's a rinse and repeat.

Right.

You've seen one final destination movie.

You've seen them all.

But fuck, man, I'm here for at this point.

Like, I'm just I'm just so thirsty.

Oh, I'm so I was giddy as hell watching that trailer.

And then just to see, sadly, see Tony Todd, like skinny and sickly as he was in that.

But still to be able to see him in his last role makes me fucking happy.

Right.

Except for Rob.

Rob's like fucking final destination.

Yeah.

I can just hear him now.

It's like you fuckers in your fucking final destination.

Motherfuckers, fucking shitty.

Heather and her fucking opinions.

Why do you want to talk about your trip?

Yeah, Rob, I do have another trip coming up, motherfucker.

I do.

And I deserve it, Rob.

Life's been hard for Scotty and I.

It has.

It really has.

We've had to watch these movies, and we've been so upset, we can't even talk about them.

So true.

But here we are.

So I guess we'll begin because we do have a lot.

And Scott and I have many responsibilities because we're quite important people.

We are.

You know, it's the life of a premium podcaster, unlike what Tim and Luffy always talk about, being the fucking beef Wellington of podcasts.

Yeah, you got what I do have a quick shit talking to say to good old Tim Davis from Dummies of Horror because he was saying, you know, beef Wellington, only one person can make a beef Wellington.

That's Gordon Ramsay, where unlike those tomahawk steak podcasters, you know, anybody can cook tomahawk.

Yeah, that's right.

Only one person can make a fucking beef Wellington.

And it sure as fuck ain't you guys, fuckers.

It's goddamn Gordon motherfucking Ramsay.

It's like, see, we are what everyone knows.

Like, you get a tomahawk steak, you know what you're getting.

You know it's going to be good no matter what.

So you can go and pretend you're making your beef Wellington on your TikTok videos and make your raw ass home cooking bullshit.

Yeah, go let the true cook Gordon Ramsay deal with the beef Wellington.

Y'all don't know what you're talking about.

And first of all, clearly not everyone can make a tomahawk steak.

We haven't released an episode in two months almost.

So clearly not everyone can do it, Tim.

We're not just a production line of horror movies commentaries and talking about them.

I think Tim's mad at me.

And our group chat, he never responds to what I say.

I think he's mad at me.

I don't know why.

I kept my Patreon up.

I don't insult him like Rob does.

I ask him questions and he doesn't answer.

I think Tim and I are breaking up.

That's not cool.

I know.

Tim, don't be ghosting Heather.

Yeah, I get enough ghosting Tim.

Scott's ghosting me because he's like, I'm like, when we want to record?

He's like, oh, wow, so busy, Heather.

Saw you watched I Love Willie for the third time.

So busy.

Can't can't find a time.

But I'm like, but I need to talk about most of horrors.

And I'm like, wait, who are you again?

Popeye the Slayer Man.

I can't wait.

I can't wait.

I do have to say, did you see there's another Popeye movie called Shiver Me Timbers?

I tried to watch it and even I had to shut it off.

Okay, that says something.

Okay.

But I will watch it later because I was trying to watch it with someone else and they were like, what the fuck is this shit?

I'm like, ah, they did it for me in my private time.

It's like if you watch Really Fucked Up Porno and you know you don't want anyone else to know that you watch it, that's like my version.

I'll go on one of those like addiction shows and they're like, Heather, what's your problem?

I'm like, I really like bad unlicensed character films, like a lie.

And like someone, they watch it and they're like, you need help, Heather.

Someone needs to have to do an intervention for me.

I'm like, Colby Locks Three Bears, Death and Porridge.

We'll get to it.

I can't wait.

But it's been so long since I watched this first one here.

It was a drop on Slasher, Shudder, Shudder, Slasher, Slasher.

It was a drop on Shudder earlier this year, and I called it Gifted.

It was Grafted.

You guys have been so long.

Did you watch this?

No, this is one I want to still watch, because this is just one Erika seeing the trailer.

She's like, yeah, this one is going to be all you, buddy, because I just can't watch.

She doesn't like a lot of the body horror stuff.

Oh, then yeah, she probably shouldn't watch this one then.

You know, this is much better than other stuff that Shudder has dropped before.

And I could see this being, I do think this is a must watch of the year.

And I think a lot of people are going to skip over it.

But it's what's quite interesting.

So beauty is only skin deep.

When an awkward but brilliant Chinese student wins a scholarship in a prodigious New England university, she finds a way of achieving the popularity she craves one bloody body at a time.

And I will say, now that I think about it, maybe I do have two films that could, if I had to do a top 10, this would be on there right now.

Out of the films I've watched.

I don't know if it will stay there, but it would be out of the 37 films I've seen.

The acting in this is quite good.

It's a story that we're all familiar with.

Bullied teenage girl who's maybe not quite right, takes revenge, right?

But I would say that it was fucking good.

The body horror is excellent in this.

It moves quickly.

It doesn't overstay its welcome.

You're in and out within a 93-minute time, which is we all know something that Scott and I appreciate.

I love being in and out.

Love it.

Mr.

Matt Wood, who I listen to, he has a little...

There's a DJ platform, and he performs every Friday night.

And I listen to his set, and I go into the chat room.

His DJ name is Freebase, and he's a very good DJ.

I know we burn Matt a lot on this show.

What the fuck is he talented?

His mixes are so good.

So I believe it's called Old School Radio.

Maybe I'll send the link to Scotty, and he can share it in our notes, just as a support to Matt.

But yeah, if you get a chance, Scotty, it's Friday afternoons.

He's usually on around one o'clock our time.

And I go in the chat room, and I talk with all the DJs there, and try to act cool, and I'm really not cool.

But because I'm Canadian, they're like, wow, foreigner, right?

So they're impressed.

Not American.

Yeah, they're like, are you?

I'm like, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

So he gave it three stars.

I'm a big fan of body horror, and there was aspects of this movie that I really liked.

I won't give something away there.

You're not supposed to like the character and to be fit, like the characters.

And I didn't.

That's true.

Didn't like the lead either.

But that was my problem, not giving a fuck.

Did take away from it.

The lead is quite weird, and she's supposed to be weird.

But I think in terms of a simple, easy watch, enjoyable enough, it's worth it.

If you have the Shuddy, I suggest you go watch it.

And especially if you're true premium podcasters like Scott and I, you would definitely need to watch it.

Let's see.

I see Sexy Tim Davis has watched it.

So has Miss Kate Pollock.

So and Rob gave it a one.

Of course he did.

But yeah, so that was the Shudder's first drop of the year.

If you missed it, definitely go back and check it out.

Nice.

Yeah, this is like I said, this is definitely one I plan on watch.

I just gotta find the time to watch it on my own.

Yeah, this next one, though, finally got a chance to watch this.

I know you watched this way earlier in the year, and I just watched it about a week ago.

And that is from the Twisted Childhood Universe or the Poodiverse.

I forget which one it's called now, but Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare.

Wendy Darling strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of the evil Peter Pan who intends to send him to Neverland.

Along the way, she meets a twisted Tinkerbell who is hooked on what she thinks is fairy dust.

Now, this, I think, is probably my favorite of this universe so far.

It's the best made, for sure.

And it's definitely...

This is one of my contenders for top 10.

I fucking love this.

It was way darker than I had anticipated it being and kind of played it more realistic instead of fairy tale style like the Winnie the Pooh movies are.

This one definitely has more of a ground in reality situation and holy shit, like Peter Pan, creepy as fuck.

Kind of reminded me of Ethan Hawke in Black Phone, like has a very similar vibe throughout this movie.

And the Tinkerbell character you just feel so bad for.

You find out information about them and just, oh.

But this one, yeah, I absolutely loved it.

I was hooked from beginning to end.

It's got some really good gore sequences.

It's got definitely the biggest budget of the universe so far.

And I am, I was in before.

I am so fucking in now.

I cannot wait to see the rest.

You know, this is the only one that has its separate category.

Everyone else has been lumped together from the unlicensed characters.

And there's a reason why.

This one is a very good movie.

This isn't, I do believe it had a theatrical release in some parts of the world.

And I can see why.

It's quite well done.

It's kind of on the borderline of like, what was that really intense criminal show?

It was really fucking dark.

It was a TV show.

Grissom, I think, was on it.

And that Penelope chick.

Criminal Minds.

Criminal Minds.

It kind of reminds me of a really dark, dark Criminal Minds.

Like it's really based, as you said, in reality.

Or, well, this guy's reality, I guess you could say.

Yes.

Right.

And I, yeah, I agree with you.

I think this is a British film.

All the people are British in it.

So it's obviously made in Britain.

Like, majority of them have been.