ATH Presents: Behind the Hype

This week in our month of horror Bryan takes us back to Camp Crystal Lake to hang out, go for a swim, and get slammed against a tree while hiding in a sleeping bag. That's right, we're talking the super fun Friday the 13th: Part 7: The New Blood and pointing out all the things that make this such a delightful watch. While it may not have the most imaginative kills, its costumes and special effects are on a whole other level.

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BRYAN - Titans: Season 2
JON - Dead After Dark
CHEWIE - Stumptown: 1st 3 Episodes

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And now for something completely unexpected: a rape revenge film that is good, actually, and that turns all its tropes on its head. I know, right? We're talking about the 2017 film Revenge, from writer/director Coralie Fargeat. She brings a master filmmaker's touch to an otherwise played out genre and asks us to take a hard look at ourselves. It's quite the film and we do the best we can breaking down everything about it.

TRIGGER WARNING for discussions of rape and the rape revenge genre.

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BRYAN - Season Two of Titans
JON - Batman Arkham Asylum
CHEWIE - It: Chapter 2

This week kicks off our October Horror month in which we watch - you guessed it - horror films. Our criteria this year involved films we either missed, films we wanted to see, or like in the case of the film we picked this week - films that were available. That's right! We're watching 30 Days of Night, a movie with an interesting premise that will have you going "vampires kill me now." It's certainly a rough watch, but we have fun tearing it apart.

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BRYAN - Assassins Creed Origins
JON - The Rest of Carnival Row
CHEWIE - Swamp Thing, Geekology Training Video About Unruly Cats

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Hey guys! Due to some technical difficulties we don't have a new episode for you this week, so we thought we would jump in our time travel machine that's suspiciously shaped like a police box and go back to our Batman V. Superman episode, which featured special guests Alex Marshall-Brown and Armond Richards. It was a blast to record and we all managed to survive the brawl between the supes and the bat. See you next week with a new episode!

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BRYAN - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
JON - Creep
CHEWIE - BBC Pride and Prejudice
ALEX - Disneyland, Universal, Harry Potter Land
ARMOND - Lectures of Joseph Campbell, 7 Days to Die

This week on the podcast we discuss Brightburn, a film with a promising and interesting premise, which falls apart in almost every way. Join us as we try to make sense of the decision-making at play and try to find some bright spots in this iffy flick.

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BRYAN - American Ninja Warrior
CHEWIE - Downsizing
JON - Amy Poehler’s Yes Please

This week on the podcast we trip a little light fantastic - or at least try to - with Mary Poppins Returns, the "just okay" sequel to the 1964 Disney classic. We have SOME nice things to say about the film...promise! It's just that most of the positive things involve Emily Blunt. Anyway, hitch a ride on a kite and come join us for this piece of...entertainment.

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BRYAN - All of the Child’s Play movies, Seed of Chucky

JON - Veronica Mars: Season 4

CHEWIE - The Aeronauts

This week we're all floating down here as we talk about Stephen King's IT, the made-for-tv movie featuring Tim Curry in his iconic role as Pennywise the Clown. Does it hold up? Absolutely not. Did we have fun talking about it? You bet.

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BRYAN - Assassins Creed: Origins
JON - Carnival Row: Ep.1-2
CHEWIE - "How ’80s Hollywood and Ronald Reagan fueled each other — and paved the way for Trump" by Alissa Wilkinson for Vox.

This week on the podcast we're talking about Alita: Battle Angel, the film from Robert Rodriguez which was written by James Cameron. It's quite a movie, with some excellent casting choices and a vibrant, lived in world, and we regret that it didn't do better in theaters. Truly, if you didn't see it in theaters, you missed out.

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BRYAN - Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
JON - Baptism Of Fire
CHEWIE - Parasite

We finally did it. We reached the end of the MCU...or at least our desire to talk about these movies in podcast form. This Endgame in both film and podcast tradition has been a long time coming and we brought back Samantha Garrison from the Sam Wise podcast to help us bring this saga to a close.

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BRYAN - Justice League
JON - Veronica Mars
CHEWIE - Last Christmas
SAM - Mindhunter

This week on the podcast we're talking about SHAZAM! - the latest film in the DCEU and perhaps the most fun of the bunch. Zachary Levi has an absolute blast as the titular hero, and plays well against Mark Strong's villain Silvana. There's a lot to love with this flick and we discuss every bit.

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BRYAN - Parks 'n Rec
JON - The Boys
CHEWIE - Grimm