MacGuffin Podcast

For this week's podcast, we review Martin Scorsese's anticipated crime/western epic, Killers of the Flower Moon. We also recommend horror titles based on common favorites from the genre. And from Shudder, we discuss the low-budget Japanese zombie flick, One Cut of the Dead. 

This week, we review the Hulu original sci-fi horror film, No One Will Save You, starring Kaitlyn Dever. We also list some spooky movies for folks looking for Halloween-appropriate viewing without getting too scared. For our streaming homework, we discuss the 1988 British horror comedy, The Lair of the White Worm, directed by Ken Russell. 

This week, we review Hulu's reboot of the classic Clive Barker horror film, Hellraiser. We also do a deep dive into the career of the Canadian master of body horror, David Cronenberg, including individual reviews of Rabid (1977), Dead Ringers (1988), and Cosmopolis (2012). 

On this week's podcast, we compare the films of Quentin Tarantino; we name our favorite Tarantino movies, decide which one we think you should watch first, and we review his latest picture, Once Upon a time...in Hollywood. For our Netflix homework, we also discuss the 2018 Korean thriller, Illang: The Wolf Brigade. 

On this week's podcast, Keith is enjoying San Diego Comic-Con, so friend-of-the-podcast Richard Wolley joins Cassidy to discuss Ari Aster's daylight nightmare Midsommar and Marvel's Spider-Man: Far From Home. We also discuss the latest news and the media we're currently obsessed with.

Check out Richard's short story work here.

This week we review the Rom-Com spoof "Isn't it Romantic," starring Rebel Wilson and in our Netflix Homework we also review John Carpenter's 1983 adaptation of the Steven King novel "Christine." We also go over our listener's favorite female action movie characters and we profile the types of people who would choose between 4 of Speilberg's most popular films. 

This week we catch up on backed up movie news, including our ideas on the Oscar noms. We also review the Netflix thriller "Velvet Buzzsaw" and we compare the two streaming documentaries about the failed Fyre Festival, "Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened" from Netflix and Hulu's "Fyre Fraud."

Other topics include SpiderMan 3, Purple Rain, SNL sucking, and Keith's return to Twitter. 

Main Review:
Ralph Breaks the Internet

Netflix Review:
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Other Topics:
Irish New Years, Singing in the shower, Batman Returns is a better Christmas movie than Die Hard, A Face in the Crowd, Breaking the internet
 

Special Guest: 
Richard Wolley

Horror Draft:
Best horror films from 2000-2010

Main Review: 
Halloween (2018)

Main Review:
Bad Times at the El Royale

Netflix Homework:
The Void (2016)

Other:
90s (best of) Horror Movie Draft