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Halloween Kills

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on May 24, 2022 1 Comment

Posted in horror, movies, podcasts Tagged Final Destination, Halloween, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Curse of Michael Myers, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween: Resurrection, Halloween: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Highlander 2, John Carpenter, Laurie Strode, Michael Myers, Rob Zombie's Halloween, Scream, slasher films, Terminator

Michael Myers wearing his iconic white mask and black clothing stand on the porch of a building engulfed in flame

Slogging on through the Halloween movies, Two Nerds watched the most recent Halloween (which brings the count up to three whole ass movies titled Halloween), and its sequel, Halloween Kills. These two movies dispense with every single Halloween sequel so…

Scre4m

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on March 19, 2022 0 Comments

Posted in horror, movies, podcasts Tagged Halloween, John Carpenter, Rob Zombie, Robert Rodriguez, Scre4m, Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, slasher films, Stab, The Hidden Fortress, Wes Craven

detail of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" With rough, impressionistic brush strokes, a figure stands on a bridge, hands on his face, screaming. The sunset behind the figure is livid red and orange.

In which Two Nerds discuss the fourth of the Scream franchise, which was made a decade after the original trilogy, and evinces a slightly different sensibility than the rollicking meta-irony of the first three.

The Scream Trilogy

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on February 22, 2022 0 Comments

Posted in horror, podcasts, young adult Tagged fin de siècle, Gen X, Kevin Williamson, Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, slasher films, The Matrix, Wes Craven

Two Nerds decided to do a deep dive into the Scream movies, as the fifth installment was just released, 25 years after the first. The first three Scream movies, all directed by Wes Craven, constitute a trilogy, while the fourth…

Retcons & Reboots: Halloween H20 and Rob Zombie’s Halloween

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on January 3, 2022 0 Comments

Posted in horror, movies, podcasts Tagged Halloween, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Halloween II, Halloween: Resurrection, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Laurie Strode, Michael Myers, Rob Zombie, Scream, slasher films

a surprised woman's face looks through a porthole style window at a man wearing a featureless white mask

Continuing with our deep dive into the Halloween movies, Two Nerds discuss Halloween H20 and its sequel, Halloween: Resurrection — in which Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode — and Rob Zombie’s reboot of the Halloween franchise. The series…

Halloweens 1-6

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on December 9, 2021 0 Comments

Posted in horror, movies, podcasts Tagged Halloween, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Curse of Michael Myers, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween: Resurrection, Halloween: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Michael Myers, slasher films

black background with the words "John Carpenter's Halloween" written in orange. To the side, there is a a jack o' lantern with the face lit up.

This Halloween, Two Nerds foolishly decided to watch all the Halloween movies. This installment covers Halloweens one through six, which exist on the same timeline, more or less. These movies cover roughly two decades of horror filmmaking, and it’s interesting…