The Grue Crew are joined by Paul Cardullo and Yonathan Habtemichael on a mission into The Shimmer to unravel Annihilation. Ex-Machina writer/director Alex Garland unleashes a heavy sci-fi premise that has bursts of horror… sometimes quite literally. Natalie Portman leads this expedition into a comet caused environmental abnormality that defies the laws of nature and humanity in ways we can’t quite fathom. Also, it’s rather pretty. Afterward, Doc Rotten, Thomas Mariani, and Paul talk about the adventures at the Nevermore Film Festival. Not only the What Have You Been Watching gothic ghost story The Lodgers, but also of the 40th-anniversary screening for The Manitou in honor of Santos Ellin Jr. Dave Dreher regales us with Horror News of the Week about the premiere of Ash Vs. Evil Dead, a Stephen King poem being adapted for TV and another surprise film from Netflix. Capping it off, Thomas unleashes another round of Phantom Factor. Get ready to be ANNIHILATED… or at least entertained.
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Episode 256 – Annihilation – The Lodgers
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Left to right: Natalie Portman and Tessa Thompson in ANNIHILATION, from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
INTRO [00:00:38]
HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:02:35]
- Ash vs the Evil Dead Season 3 Premiere
- Stephen King poem is getting spun into a TV series
- Lionsgate developing The Blair Witch Project into a TV series
- Paco Plaza drops a little surprise on Netflix
- We get some news on what’s in store for Stranger Things S3
FEATURE REVIEW: Annihilation [00:30:32]
- Annihilation (2018)
- director: Alex Garland
- cast: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac, Benedict Wong
ANNOUNCEMENTS [01:16:45]
- The Nevermore Film Festival Screening
- The Manitou 40th Anniversary Screening
- Huge thank you to Jim Carl of the Carolina Theater
- Interviews w/ Dan Kiely & Tiffany Arnold from Bong of the Living Dead and Ben DeLoose, director of Escape the Dark as well as a breakdown of all the films seen on upcoming episodes of the Gruesome Magazine Podcast
- Look for Grue Crew members at the FantasticRealm screening of Jaws 3D… in 3D!
- In September, we are looking to return to the Carolina for Friday the 13th 3-D and Amityville 3-D both in glorious 3D. More on this in the coming weeks.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING: The Lodgers [01:24:07]
- The Lodgers (2018)
- director: Brian O’Malley
- cast: Charlotte Vega, David Bradley, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon
SUPPORT HNR [01:40:02]
- Patrons at Patreon who donate as low as $1 can vote for an exclusive HNR podcast and one Decades of Horror episode every month!
PHANTOM FACTOR [01:42:11]
- Our Game Show Segment In Which You the Listeners Forge Suggestions For The Grue Crew To Guess!
- This week’s topic: Eerie Expeditions
- Those who enter in February have the chance to win a Horror Pack for March! Winner will be announced next week!
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