E32: Blind Spots - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Near Dark, & Gerald’s Game
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Our Blind Spots series showcases our first time watches of films that one or both of us should have seen by now. For this episode, we have a triple feature of horror from the 70’s, 80’s, and 2010’s. First is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which Patrick has somehow not seen until now. We can his fresh perspectives and first impressions of this all-time classic. Next up is a movie that Dan has somehow never caught, Near Dark, directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) about vampire drifters who traverse the highways of the mid-west hunting their prey. It also stars Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, and Jeanette Goldstein of Aliens and the Terminator Franchise fame. We finish off the Blind Spots portion with Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation, Gerald’s Game, a story of a woman who becomes trapped, handcuffed to a bed in an isolated cabin, when her husband has a heart attack at a very inopportune time, leave her vulnerable to unknown elements around her.
We then dive into our thoughts on The Oscars 2025 ceremony, Mickey 17, the latest movie news, and our Quentin Tarantino themed Physical Media Showcase.
Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:14 Episode Overview
00:01:24 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
00:01:30 The Lasting Legacy
00:02:50 Director, Tobe Hooper
00:03:01 The Cast & Characters, Mirilyn Burns (Sally Hardisty), Leatherface
00:03:45 The Plot
00:04:32 Budget & Box Office
00:05:13 The Reviews (IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes)
00:06:33 Our Reviews
00:25:24 Near Dark (1987)
00:25:30 Director, Kathryn Bigelo (Point Break, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty)
00:25:44 Cast, Characters, and Plot, Adrian Pasdar (Heroes), Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen (Terminator, Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Alien vs Predator, Millennium), Bill Paxton (Aliens, Predator 2, Terminator), Jeanette Goldstein (Aliens, Terminator 2, Lethal Weapon 2)
00:30:10 Our Reviews
00:39:49 Our Dream Remake Casting
00:41:59 Final Thoughts
00:43:33 Gerald’s Game
00:44:26 Director, Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, The Fall of the House of Usher; Non-Netflix: Oculus, Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Before I Wake, Doctor Sleep; Upcoming The Exorcist, The Life of Chuck, The Dark Tower)
00:46:34 Cast & Characters - Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Kate Seigel
00:47:28 The Plot
00:47:38 The Reviews
00:48:04 Our Reviews
00:55:13 The Different Interpretations of the Ending (Spoilers)
01:06:21 Hidden Details
01:09:14 Final Thoughts
01:10:38 What else have we watched?
01:10:41 Mickey 17 Review from Dan
01:13:08 Budget & Box Office
01:13:56 Twisters Review from Patrick
01:19:06 News
01:19:10 Good Boy Dog POV Ghost Movie (with Bad Moon)
01:20:32 The Oscars 2025
01:21:08 Flow & The Wild Robot
01:22:16 Conclave
01:23:02 Award Speeches
01:23:19 The Brutalist & Adrian Brody
01:23:45 Anora
01:24:39 I’m Still Here
01:25:02 A Different Man
01:26:13 The Demi Moore vs Mikey Madison Online Drama
01:29:43 Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins from Supernatural added to The Boys Season 5
01:31:34 Oscars in Memorium
01:32:12 Matthew Lillard cast in Daredevil: Born Again S2
01:33:27 NECA to release new version of The Game of Jaws based on original 1975 game
01:35:19 Jason Goes to Hell and Jason X get new Arrow releases.
01:37:40 More Alien: Earth footage released
01:38:43 David Arquette cast in Scream 7 and
01:41:17 Physical Media Showcase - Pulp Fiction Demo VHS and Jackie Brown 4K Steelbook from Lionsgate
01:45:27 Episode Wrap Up
