Spiral + Bad Santa

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Alice Thirteen
Spiral + Bad Santa

INTERVIEW w/ Joel David More. Adam Green’s blending horror and arthouse! Editing and mood. Something’s off. Score. Minimalism in aesthetics and characters. Friend or pet? Talking about art. Jazz. Creating dicussion. Post modernism. Different interpretations of the ending. The road to Spiral. Filling holes from the Hatchet podcast. What’s intentional. Inspirations. Technique. Taking risks. JDM challenges you to guess his ending. Disecting the ending. Alice discusses the question you’re not allowed to ask. How to get into Jazz. Bad Santa’s charm. Cult appeal. Christmas is a fucking joke. No redemption. No feel-good bullshit. Santa blasphemy. Alice and kids. Santa: Not fooling anyone. Continue reading →

Killapalooza 3: Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Alice Thirteen
Killapalooza 3: Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Texas Chainsaw Massacre films 1-6. Leatherface. Iconic imagery. The death curse. Further insight into slow-zoom. Leatherface and The Family. Cannibalism. WWRZD? Bill Mosley saves the day. The chainsaw is my penis. Trannyface. GASOLINE. Transition to slasher. You can’t hold back technology. Feminism. Worse than you (but not the original creators) could have imagined. Best of the worst. What do you do with a remake? The Chainsaw as a weapon. Convention. the biology of scare shots. When scare shots cheat. MEAT CART. Bookends. Who’s bored? The batman factor. Questions you weren’t asking. Exposition. Staples. TCM as directed by Double Feature. Continue reading →

Joy Ride + The Attic Expeditions

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Alice Thirteen
Joy Ride + The Attic Expeditions

INTERVIEW w/ Jeremy Kasten. Year 2 format changes! Comic relief. Conventional horror X-Mas lighting. Tension. Alice compares Kubrick’s 2001 to Escape from New York. Showing the killer.Camp. THE MEAT CART. Fake-out: The origins of ICE TRUCK. The killer reveal. Multiple ending fiasco. Integrity. Crazy people. Ambition. TAE as a series of experiments. The definitive Attic Expeditions plot explanation. The film that never was. Experimental? What works, what doesn’t. Jeremy Kasten launches into an unprompted verification of the previously mentioned plot synopsis using a humorously mocking tone. Critical reaction to cult films. Continue reading →

The Thing + Michael Moore Hates America

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Alice Thirteen
The Thing + Michael Moore Hates America

INTERVIEW w/ Mike Wilson. A bit about A Scanner Darkly. Book adaptations. Michael’s John Carpenter crash course. The Thing as a milestone. Space horror. Influence. Keith David. Psychological horror. Desolation. Weapons. How to butcher a family. The greatest scare shot. The bold title. The six degrees of conspiracy. Alice gets nostalgic about Canada. Approaching an interview. An argument for bias. Business owners. Moore’s popularity. Mike Wilson and Mallrats. Ethical boundaries. Alice and Michael get to the bottom of the title! Coverage: old media vs new. Isn’t MSNBC cute? Everything you ever wanted to know about MMHA. Solving the age old producer question. Continue reading →

Terminator 3 + The Prophecy 3

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Alice Thirteen
Terminator 3 + The Prophecy 3

Sarah Connor. Self Aware. Who’s not pulling their weight here? Models as actors. Believing in the machines. Good films with awful scenes. Laughing with. Laughing at. Using surround to enhance the content of your film. The Goldeneye soundbank. How public opinion of Aronld changed film making. Different grades of humor. Delivering on figurative promises. One-uping the last evil robot. Action that won’t let up. The single most relentless action scene ever. Summing up the franchise. The official worst film on the show award. Replacing Walkin. Figuring out what went wrong. The letdown. Slow motion. Quick zoom. The Bible Montage (Play At Home Edition). Alice calls Michael out. Continue reading →

Bedazzled + Gremlins

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Alice Thirteen
Bedazzled + Gremlins

Alice’s blueberry drink. Why we do this show. Is this even a film? Harold Ramis. Makeup. The good kind of bad. Poor satire. Who sees bad films? Using mood in comedy. Artsy shots. Dark comedy realization moment. Counter-christmas-culture. Primary vs secondary characters. The single best dark comedy moment yet. Theatrical prop comedy. The road map. A smart screenplay. Three rules. Gremlins as a monster film. The three methods of monster films. Assembling a dark comedy. Smoking. The MPAA. The 1984 backlash against Gremlins. An ironic ratings note. Misbehaving. Our Terminator + The Prophecy progress. Continue reading →

Terminator 2 + The Prophecy 2

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Alice Thirteen
Terminator 2 + The Prophecy 2

Rob Zombie. Joking or serious? Protagonist surprise. Shotgun 201. Revisiting three sentence dream theory. When people end up in a desert. Alternate ending. Hapster Style strikes back. Action cliches. Special effects. Timelessness. Car scenes. Death of the monster. Shifting protagonists. Angel flashes. Reoccurring Prophecy things. Failing to establish mood. Ruining the mood. Not caring about your protagonists. The need for the monkey. The soap opera feeling. Not bringing the gravity. Arriving at the ending. Continue reading →

Northfork + Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Alice Thirteen
Northfork + Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

The Heath Ledger bet. A word on the Untouchables and Pink Flamingos. Weathered actors. Seamless transitions. Multiple stories. Surreal or absurd? Period pieces. Dry humor. Kid Rock as performance art. A bit on Joss Whedon. Independent production. The comedy. How many times can Michael mention Ben Stiller? Live action “The Tick.” The format. Going beyond comedy. Alice defends the film. Dr. Horrible as a flawed character. Avoiding exposition. Going beyond a musical. Special effects that add character. The most heartbreaking sentence ever. Overwhelming creativity. Continue reading →

Terminator + The Prophecy

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Alice Thirteen
Terminator + The Prophecy

Michael has a million transitions and Alice has a meltdown. James Cameron. Misleading one-liners. Arnold Schwarzenegger. An alternate way to open this film. SHOTGUN 101. Special effects and overachievers. Stop motion. Terminator as a slasher film. Monsters in horror vs sci-fi. Old sci-fi. Alice’s sexy female empowerment theory. Time travel: The Terminator rules. The religious apocalypse genre. THE JAWS FLAW. The prophecy in three sentences. Trilogies and incomplete stories. Comic book dialogue vs monologging. Christopher Walken. Continue reading →

Eyes Wide Shut + The United States of Leland

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Alice Thirteen
Eyes Wide Shut + The United States of Leland

Unnecessary sets. Undeniably bad Kubrick scenes. The EWS controversy. Kubrick casting. David Lynch story telling. One billion takes. Michael is still sore about the Happening. Building a dream atmosphere. 3 SENTENCE DREAM THEORY. Saul Williams. The infamous sex party. Missing: male nudity! The most offensive thing Michael has said yet. Good slow zoom. Seamless flashbacks. Why Alice saw it coming. Voiceover. Eye-rolling teenage philosophy. We’re only human. Why people do bad things. The ZEP. Ethics. Murder: still wrong. Using a parallel situation to make you question your feelings. Alice’s mall jobs and sex life. Is satanism real? Continue reading →