Of course, we had to talk about one of the most anticipated and polarizing horror films of 2023, “The Exorcist: Believer”.
**SPOILER ALERT! AS WITH ALL SPECIAL EDITIONS, WE HOLD NOTHING BACK AND DISCUSS MAJOR SPOILERS!**
There is so much to unpack when it comes to The Exorcist: Believer. How the rights almost cost half a billion dollars. The fact that there is literally not one exorcist in the movie. Trying to connect it to the original. But we mainly talked about how disappointed we were. Do we have ourselves to blame?
It is hard not to go into some movies with high expectations – especially ones that have trailers as awesome as The Exorcist: Believer. As much as we anticipated it, we knew it would have to be something special to be one of our picks for the best of the year. So, we went in with clear heads and just wanted to like it.
That being said, the trailers did an excellent job of pumping us up, and the name The Exorcist carries gravity.
We talk about how both may have ended up doing more harm than good. Should this have been its own IP? We also discuss its place in the franchise and what it means going forward.
It has been half a century since the original was released and proceeded to frighten audiences for decades. Few expected the new release to have the same impact, but will it have any appeal to new audiences? Will horror fans be willing to accept it?
The power of Christ compels us to talk about everything – and little of it is good.
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Every week AIPT Movie Editor Nathaniel Muir and his cinema partner in crime Blake Heath discuss indie and genre movies you have have never heard of, the ones you cannot hear enough about, and the ones you never want to hear about again.
Episode 271: Bruceploitation Month: ‘All You Need is Death’ (2024)/’Fists of Bruce Lee’
We have devoted plenty of time on our humble little podcast singing the praises of The Blair Witch Project over the years. But what do we have to say now that the original cast has made some pretty heavy demands? We also talk about a video game adaptation taking place in El Paso and why the opinions of video game fans may be the most reliable.
All You Need is Death is a great title for a comedy horror. Have some fun musical numbers and an ending involving a bad looking George Harrison lookalike and you got yourself a winner. If the plot is a serious one involving Irish folklore and odd secret organizations, it is one of the worst titles ever.
A bad title does not take away from a good film, however. Especially when that film owes a big debt to David Lynch’s creepiest tendencies. That being said, Lynch is definitely not for everyone. And so goes, All You Need is Death, a movie that does so much right but also cannot seem to help but get in its own way.
Bruceploitation Month continues with Fists of Bruce Lee. This episode we tried to do something different and review a movie with a plot. Sure, it is all just filler to take up space between the awesome fight scenes, but there is an actual story being told. After covering last week’s travesty, it is nice to know that there are some movies that were trying to do more than just cash in on Lee’s name.
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