Satan's Little Helper (2004) A Darkly Comic Halloween Horror Film

0:00 There really is a Satan, right, Satan represents evil and so in that sense. Satan does exist. Yes, what's what all the Satan stuff? All of a sudden? Are your dad got in this video game called Satan's Little Helper? What did he? Are you supposed to be? Willly Satan's little Helper? Are you Satan? Can I be your helper? This could be your secret? Geordan help because all that stud to take people up and kill them. His follow got out awesome abridantly, bus boy away. I didn't Psycho killed my dad and he took my mom? Who can?

1:35 In a world where podcasts reign supreme, Two friends dare to ask. Do You Even? Movie? Hosted by filmmaker Enrique Kuto and movie aficionado David Denyer. Spoiler alert, Hello. My friends, and welcome back to Do You Even? Movie? I'm of course you're host Enrique Kuto here with my good buddy and co host David Denyer.

2:19 Greeting Happy Halloween. Satan. Will hear you? No? You specifically you never shut up? I'm not Satan's little Helper. Well you don't help much of anything, but yes, yes, happy Halloween. It's it's We're just a few days away from the Big Day, the spookiest day of the year, well second only to Tax Day. Yes, yes, God damn yes. And and I'm very excited about the film we're bringing to you tonight. Unlike all of the previous episodes where I feigned enthusiasm, we're going to be talking about two thousand and Four's Satan's Little Helper. That is correct, and this is one that has definitely started to become a kind of classic. Yeah, it's aged very well, which is not something you can say for a lot of two thousand and four low budget movies. And just the fact that it had a synapse release on Blu Ray I'm hoping will kind of cement it in that tradition. Yeah, because there was a period of time where it was on a DVD you could barely find, and a couple of random streaming services here and there for literally like a decade.

3:32 Well, and then there was the infamous Walmart bootleg. Yeah, I have no idea how that happened, but there was a Walmart bootleg Blu ray. A bootleg Blu ray of the TV cut that the director Jeff Leverman himself has no idea how it got out, and I mean more how it was created. Sure, sure, but that was I remember that was making the grooves for a while, and it was really interesting to say the least. I mean you watched it, No, No, just that it was a TV cut because it was. It was that and like I want to say, like four or five other titles that were just like titles that somebody was just like, hey, keep an eye out at Walmart because these are popping up. And then it was just like, well, where the hell did this come from? Yeah? No, I mean I recall that there. They were a little bit of the wild West there for a minute. Oh yeah, absolutely, especially movies. Well I meant almost entirely with movies, because if you put out something kind of under the radar, I mean I've caught companies releasing unauthorized versions of my movie, unauthorized copies of my movies and had to like contact them.

4:27 I found out that some company I'd never heard of was licensing my film. And very strange what. That poster we found recently for a babysitter, well, that you. Could just do with photoshop, you know, putting the film on TV. Literally one of my films was on two. Be unauthorized goddamn. I I mean it was bizarre. Yeah, And the craziest part was the video master they had for the film looked like total shit. It was very clearly either off of the DVD yeah or no. I mean really, that's the only maybe ripped off of I couldn't have been ripped off of Amazon Prime because it looked so bad.

5:07 And I was kind of surprised because when I contacted the distributor and they told me where they got the license from, and I told them, well, you can't do this, and then they were like, well, can we sign a deal with you? And then I started getting the checks from it, which is like the best case scenario, absolutely, but yeah, one of the things I mentioned was I was like, do you want a better print, like a master? Like I don't know how they would even take that. I'm guessing they got the sob story of like, oh, it's the best I have and you could just pay whatever you know in reality, because what do they care? Yeah, And those are just the openly villainous people in showb. The ones who admit it to you and then ask if they can make a deal, not just full on steal.

5:51 And I don't think the distributor knew they were stealing it. Yeah, I don't think so, maybe they did. I was just shocked when when we became friends and I got an insight. I was also shocked. I mean about being hell I mean, are are we still friends today? Is hell? No. But I was shocked when you explained to me how often it is that YouTube channels will straight up just steal stuff and put it on there. And then, uh, when I got to see it firsthand happened while I was sitting next to you, I was just like, wow, oh god, yeah, yeah, I didn't realize it was that big of a problem. Oh god. I mean, I police it like crazy. In fact, I can. I can look at my copyright. Let's just real quick. I mean, I'm not going to show it on screen, but let's see if there are any new new thefts. Uh maybe Oh oh no, that's by okay, so that's legit. That's legit. Okay, so uh all legit.

6:48 Uh looks looks like it. But a bunch of them just went up, so it looks like they're legit, okay. Stash TV just started carrying found footage of the series Found Owned TV. Oh that's just my trailer. Yeah, it looks like these are legit. Yeah, well I checked them weekly and copyright strike violently. Yeah no no. My favorite is when they send the message like I'm so sorry, will you please the strike and I'm like no, no, and then they're like, but I didn't know. I'm like, you didn't know that someone owned the content you were saying. My favorite is when they say, well, it was on YouTube already, so I thought it was okay. I was like, that doesn't make any fucking sense. And of course, then the best movie you can do is say, well, if you want to buy a license, now, you can pay me and I'll count it as license. But then they're like, oh so then I could reinstate the movie, like, oh no, the license is over, like you're paying me for when you had it up illegally. Yeah, And then they usually get mad. Yeah I mean, at which point I I usually just send them a diagram of the fattest part of my ass they can kiss. So anyway, yeah, yes, so Halloween is in full swing.

8:06 It is. I have not been to another Haunt because all of my friends sucked dick and don't want to go to a haunt on Saturday. I was busy last week. Oh, I'm so sorry that you have your Halloween party. We got together and we watched one really good Halloween movie and one that was fine. That's a good way to put it. Haunted Ween was a really awesome experience. So with that all being said, I'm not sure there's much more to say about the Halloween season other than one of the most exhausting of my entire life. Thirty one shows in thirty one days. Second year, I guess, yeah, and last year was worse.

8:50 But this year was very, very busy. I thought gonna say, very, very worse. But then you don't talk like me, So no, I don't. I talk good. I talk good. I know, I talk me feel English? That impossible. I talk pretty one day. So are you ready to get into Satan's life? I don't even know what you mean? All right? Fair enough? Same little helper from two thousand and four, one hour and thirty six minutes. Rateed R for violence, gore some sexual content and language. It is in English, which is a language that is yes, that is correct. That is one of my greatest pet peeves. I know what they mean, yeah, But in the ratings when it says language, I like this film features language.

9:31 Strong language. Strong language makes sense. Pervasive language is one of my favorite pervasive pervasively Bad boys too, I think has that one and a couple other, like really strong F word movies. Get when this is pervasively? Does it mean like occasional swearing? Because pervasive? What does I mean? Like in this context, Dave's gonna look it up. I'm curious, do you even movie? Will be right back? Welcome back to do you even movie? Because I think pervasive let's see especially unwelcome spreading widely throughout an area. Yeah, yeah, that was right. Yeah, I know what words mean.

10:19 Yeah, that's that's my favorite. When they say that, I just love. Want to just says end language because then I'm like, I don't watch movies with language. If they don't, if they're speaking, I don't want it and I don't need it. And that is just the way. That's the way I was raised, young deet, That's the way I was raised. Fair enough well. Our director and writer on the film is Jeff Lieberman. He is both. He has done some writing credits, some directing credits, and shared both in regards to Blade is his first one in nineteen seventy three. He also wrote The Never Ending Story three in ninety four. Ah oh yeah, there was a part too it geez. But then he is the writer and director on Squirm in nineteen seventy six. Which is probably one of his most famous second horror film.

11:01 I would say second to that is one We'll get here a second Blue Sunshine and seventy seven, Yeah, which is another one that I think Shutter is carrying right now too. I've actually never seen it, but I've heard it's I've heard mixed reviews on it, but I'm really curious about it. I haven't seen it in a good decade, but I remember it being really good. He does Doctor Franken, writer and director on that in nineteen eighty and then Just Before Dawn in nineteen eighty one, slasher movie Remote Control in nineteen eighty eight, Satan's Little Helper two thousand and four, and Love You to Death in two thousand and six with his a John Waters. It was a Crime, a true crime TV series where it all stories of newlyweds, of marriages, everything falling apart via true crime. I mean, I think I still have the DVD. It's fun.

11:43 Okay. You also have him as a director on the Days and Nights of Molly Dodd in nineteen ninety and but seriously, the HBO series in ninety three. Huh, I mean I will go out on a limb and say squirm is his most legend. Definitely the Killer Worm movie. Everybody remembers that poster. That poster was very creepy and freaky, that it was a DVD that was pervasive. The fucking cover of his head just in the Worms. I heard it, I heard you. So He's our writer director on the film. Our cinematographer on the film is Dijon Jorovich. He gets his start as a director of photography on Arthur Ashe Citizen of the World in nineteen ninety four, Crossing Fields in ninety seven, My Surgery in ninety eight, now and again in ninety nine. Walter Rosenbaum in Search of Pitt Street in ninety nine, followed Me Outside in two thousand, The Education of Max Bickford in two thousand and two, Satan's Little Helper two thousand and four, cop Shop two thousand and four, Hope and Faith the TV series in two thousand and five, Love Thy Neighbor, Three Pounds, Cupid, Mercy, Spotlight, on Broadway in twenty thirteen, Once in a Lifetime twenty sixteen, The Virtue also in twenty twenty one, Virtuosa Virtuoso Bella in twenty twenty three, and The Heart Stays recently in twenty twenty four.

12:49 Okay, well, and there's a lot to say about the cinematography because this film was extremely early in the high definition that is correct era, which I never would have Yes, I would have just assumed it was shot on standard definition because of the time period. But they would have had to literally rent one of potentially five cameras in the United States of America. Yeah, that were made by Sony and basically made for the Star Wars Seeking prequels. In fact, the Star Wars camera. It would make sense because there would not have been many. I believe that was the one of the earliest Sony Cinna altas, which we are literally on a three Sony cameras that are based on that technology, although many years removed. Yeah, we're fancy, I mean, or it's just a testament how cheap technology's gotten.

13:44 Now, that's her too. IV synopsis for the film says, a naive young boy unknowingly becomes pawn of a serial killer. That's what they say. Yeah, a naive young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer. Oh okay, that makes more sense when you win the theuzz and then oh yeah, I forgot the It's okay, buddy, it's been a lockday. I sure. My synopsis says, wal trigger treating a little boy comes across a let me start, God, I can't talk. That won't help, fuck you? Well? Should we should? We warn people? There's language? And while tri you're treating a little boy comes across someone a dresses the killer from his favorite video game and falls victim to assisting him in multiple murders on Halloween.

14:24 I'm gonna call that a wash. That's fair. Yours is good, but it's awfully wordy. Yeah. The good thing the IMDb synopsis has going forward is it's very briefing, but it doesn't skip anything. So so our cast in the film is Alexander Brickle, who plays Douglas Dougie Wooley in this. He gets his start on Satan's Little Helper in two thousand and four, and then palind Dromes in two thousand and four, and then nothing else. Well, I mean that, you know, that's quite a career resume. Being the child in a Jeff Lieberman horror slasher movie, Yeah, and then being in a Todd Salon's film, Yeah, one of his slightly I mean one of a slightly less notorious one like Palindrome pal Dreams.

15:07 I think is bored. I think I think it is a cleaner film than most. Well, it still deals with the heavy, heavy, heavy topics. It's just not like Storytelling, where two movies in one. Yeah, even though one is twenty minutes in the other, it's like. An hour hour. Yeah. Yeah, it's it's a weird choice. I like Palindromes a lot, especially because the point of the title is explained in the movie in a very artful way. Yeah. Palin Drumes was the first. Well, I saw Welcome to the Dollhouse first as far as Salon's movies, but that was because that played cable. But I went out and rented Palindromes when I was a teenager when it first came out. Happiness was my first one. I went from Happiness to Welcome to the Dollhouse to dark Horse Storytelling Palindromes.

15:51 Then you said dark Horse that early, because that was that was not that long ago. Dark Horse, I saw the same either the same year or a year after Happiness, because I bought Happiness the second time around. Oh so you've seen you. It's recent that you saw Happiness. Then, oh Happy, No, Happiness was like ten years ago. I mean dark Horse was about ten years ago. Yeah, I think so, yeah, because I was curious, because I when you see a movie on a list that is notoriously one of the most disturbing films ever created, and you just look at the cover and the synopsis of it and you're just like, how is this so fucked up? And then you watch the movie and find out then you're curious what else this man has done? Uh? Sure? I mean Todd Salandas became a very big name in the indie space for making movies that were very challenging in lots of different ways. I've liked his stuff since I first saw it, But I mean, for me, Welcome to the Dollhouse was literally on Showtime. Yeah, so I caught it on TV and was like, what is this?

16:49 I looked it up and that's when I saw yet other movies. I didn't get a hold of Happiness for a few more years because it was kind of hard to get. Yeah, that's why, I mean, this would have been two thousand and five, two thousand and six. I think I paid shit, You're not fourteen dollars for that movie that second time around. I mean I never was. I was never hunting for it. Yeah, because I thought Palin Drums was damn good. I thought Welcome to the Dollhouse was damn good. I think Todd Salons is overall a very talented filmmaker and storyteller. Could not agree more. Moving on down to our cast list, we also have Catherine Winwick, who plays Jenna Wooley in the film. She gets her start in ninety nine on PSI Factor Chronicles of the Paranormal Student Bodies in ninety nine. PSI Factor. It's not a compressed error show.

17:31 Yeah, fairly, yes, Now that's PSI five. What is your PSI factor? No, it's PSI factor forever, okay, fair Student Bodies in ninety nine, Relly Hunter in two thousand, Tracker two thousand and two. Two weeks notice OZ fifty first dates Satan's Little Helper CSI Miami one eight hundred, Missing Hell raised her Help World in two thousand and five. Now we're Cooking CSI New York, failure to launch thirteen Graves House, Law and Order CSI Killers, Loving Other Drugs, Night and Day, Bones, The Glades, Nikita Stand Up Guys, The Transport of TV series Vikings in twenty thirteen, which is one of her most famous series. Okay, The Art of the Steel in twenty thirteen, Person of Interest in twenty fifteen, The Dark Tower Film in twenty seventeen, Speed Kills, Polar in twenty nineteen, The Marksman twenty twenty one, and Big Sky in twenty twenty three.

18:15 Man, I just did not connect because I've seen a bunch of those movies with her in them. How was The Marksman good? I missed that one of the was that the one with Sean Penn, that's the one with no you mix a Gunman? Oh? Okay? The Marksman? Yeah, it was fine. Okay. I liked it because it was during that period because we saw was this one blind Spot or something like that, the assassin that's losing memory memory? Yeah? Yeah, And then blind Spot was the one that he did where he was the cop. And then the most recent one. Have you seen the one where he's he's in the car and there's a Bomb in his seat. No, I've not seen that one. I can't remember what it's called, but I watched it. It's it's fine. It's pretty. Eez. You heard it here first. It's fine. It's fine. Wrapping us up on our cast is Amanda Plumber, who plays Merrill Woolly one hundred and fourteen credits on her resume.

18:59 Not surprised. He gets her start in nineteen eighty with Cattle Annie and Little Breeches ABC after School Specials in eighty two, The World according to Garpent eighty two, The Dollmaker, American Playhouse, Made in Heaven, Moonlighting, The Equalizer, Mimi Vice in eighty nine, Tails in the Crip in eighty nine, True Blue, Joe Versus the Volcano, La Law, The Fisher King in ninety one, Lounge People, Free Jack, so I Married an Axe Murder in ninety three, Needful Things in ninety three, and then in ninety four she stars in a little film called pulp Fiction. That definitely put her on the map because she was so so memorable. Oh yeah, Unhinged the Prophecy in ninety five, Final Cut in ninety five, Freeway, Duckman under the Piano Hercules, A simple Wish, eight and a half Women in ninety nine Million Dollar Hotel, The Outer Limits, Get a Clue, Night Visions, My Life Without Me, Satan's Will Help Her in two thousand and four, Lawn OARDSVU and O four, Battlestar Galactica, Red Vampire, Small Apartments, Phineas and Ferb, Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Hannibal TV series, The Dancer in twenty sixteen, Ratchet in twenty twenty, and most recently Picard in twenty twenty three.

19:57 Yeah. No, she's one of those few female character actors that hit relatively young. Yeah, and just was in I mean in the nineties. She was in just about anything that was worth watching. She was cast very well. You can find her in a lot of stuff back in the nineties, especially oh Yeah, yeah yeah, popping up. Do You Even? Movie? Will be right back, Welcome back to Do You Even? Movie? Stings. Little Helper is currently available on spring Box, screen Box two, v Roku, and we have it on authority that it may or may not be available on Shutter.

20:41 As you're hearing this, well, we're pretty certain that this has just aired on the Last Drive In with Joe Bob Briggs on Shutter for his Halloween byels Abab Bash. Correct. So you know you can find it, kids, and it's a great, great Halloween watch. I cannot wait to I had such a great time watching him host it. We sure did. So what was your first time seeing Satan's Little Helper? Well, it was during a time when I was hunting down all of my Halloween Halloween movies, movies that take place on Halloween that are a part of that celebration, and I found it initially.

21:23 On a. It was it was actually on Cinemageddon on the trading service. This was, I mean we're talking two thousand and nine, maybe eight. I'd seen it on a list it said Satan's Little Helper, and then I looked to buy it. The DVD was, as it had been, a lot in and out of print. Streaming was not quite where it would be in a few more years, and I was broke, and you know, I made choices that I only modestly regret. But I remember watching it and being extremely surprised. I was not expecting the movie we got, and that it looks very TV movie to an extent, and it's very kind of The early opening, the first twenty minutes or so is very beautiful daytime whatever. But the writing is super tight and super specific. And on top of that, one of the things I praised the most about this movie is you can really tell Lieberman had made a lot of movies quite a while ago. It had a modern look, a modern aesthetic, modern character's modern dress. Obviously because it was made in a modern time at the time it was made four or three to two in that area, it was what I shot. But it had a very old school movie mentality. The musical score is

22:54 very traditional in a really fun and good way, and the presentation style is just the directing is very old school. That's the best way I could put it. No, that's good way to put it. And I really think that's what made the movie stand out and last because it does have it's really solidly made and solidly directed. So I remember after the first time I watched it, I was just mad about it. That's why I started getting obsessed with, like where can I get a copy? And then I bought a voodoo copy at one point so I could watch it every year and I've I've loved it ever since and I've always sung its praises. Yeah, ever since seeing it. What about you? Well, I'm sure it comes as no surprise that you were the one that turned me onto this film because I was working at the TV station at the time, and back in back when I was working for the TV station, I had a lot of days where I mean and frankly, it was just me in this building, so I could I really had no supervision, so which you require, Yeah, well sometimes, but so I would. I would spend hours editing and watching stuff on Netflix and the Office and whatnot, And this was one that I came across and I remember texting you. I was like, I feel like I've heard you talk about this, like is it worth it? And I remember like your exact text back was like, fucking watch it right now.

24:03 I was like, oh man, you got to put that on. Yeah. So I remember putting it on and just being baffled but also really amused with where it was going. Oh sure, because you think you kind of have an idea when it starts, and then by the beginning of the third act you're like, what the hell is going on? Because I've it's really I give props to anybody that can make a town on a frenzy movie for a low budget well, and I think that. What the film really does well that takes you by surprise is it is an incredibly simple story. Yeah, you know, a mother and son go to pick their the daughter up from college for to be in town. It's Halloween. They're gonna go trick or treating. But it gets progressively more complex and complicated, but in a way that you can still follow. Yeah, and by the time you're in that third act, more than hell is broken loose. It's completely cuckoo for Coco pop it. Really, that's what makes it so memorable is once that third act starts, it's just so nuts. Yeah, but everything makes sense, everything pays off, and it's just really the script is just so tight and well thought out, and it has it's one of these films that has a bunch of false endings mm hm, but they're not quite obnoxious because every time you think it's over and it keeps going, it doesn't do the exact same thing again and again. It really just keeps you guessing.

25:30 Well, and you think it's getting really weird towards the end, and then it's just like certain things happen you're just like, well, what does that mean that it all literally lines up perfectly? Yeah, no, exactly. Everything has a payoff. Yeh yeah, absolutely, so. You're ready to get into it? What the fuck? Ah? Right? I mean language pervasive. We meet Dougie in the car with his mom Merrill as he is playing Satan's Little Helper, which is a handheld video game where you are a little devil character with your Satan friend going around just causing havoc. You're stabbing people, you're pushing people into traffic and it not. It's a pretty hilarious opening. Well, and the video game is like flash animation, yeah, from the early two thousands, but but that quality is very endearing as you're running around basically murdering this town.

26:14 Well, it's like, have you fucking seen those ads that are for that game where you're you're a soldier or something and you have a gun and you're shooting these barrels that have these numbers of how many bullets you have to have hit them and then you unlock the weapons or you unlock more men. I think, so okay, those ads have been going all over and it wasn't until recently that Anthony Starr of The Boys I Guess Sponsored co Opted is the spokesperson for an actual version of that game, except it is that game, but there's also a city building game hidden inside of it. Okay, because that game, that ad has been a fake ad for years and has been fooling a lot of people, because I've bought like three of those games, like thinking it's that game and it's absolutely not.

26:57 Oh you mean the misleading and misleading advertising, Yeah, do that all the time where they show gameplay that's not of the game that they're getting you to download all the damn time. Yeah, it's pretty constant. It's pretty annoying. Oh crying. I've bought so many, Like, the only one that actually lived up to its hype has been Bitlife. Well Bitlife doesn't even have graphic Nope, so it's pretty easy to live up to it is. So he's playing his game, and we also find out that they're driving to the Fairry to pick up his sister, Jenna Merrill. His mom is on the phone with her friend talking about her costume, which is going to be a chiquita banana woman. I mean, uh, that's one way to put it. Yeah, it's a Manda plumber. It's weird. I mean, she's basically one of those traditional dancers with the fruit hole on top of her head.

27:40 That is correct. So he is going to pick up They're going to pick up Jenna, his sister, at the Fairy, and we also find out that Dougie's been infatuated with his sister. His mom even makes an incest joke about it, but it's not anything that's like blatant. It's more so she's literally joking about. Well, Dougie says, I'm going to marrry her. But that's establishing that doug he's very young. Yeah, he doesn't really understand what that means. No, it is mom says something along incest, and he's like, oh, you said sex, and he's like, no, I said incests. Yeah, well because her her comment to her friend on the phone is I don't think they covered incest in the third grade. Yeah, yeah, that's right. So his mom and he arrived at the Fairy and Dougie gets out and he runs out and he's shouting to Jenna, and that's when he also finds that Jenna is on the ferry and she says hi back to him. The fairy parks and they go and embrace each other, and that's when we find out that Jenna has also brought a boyfriend home.

28:33 This time well it's their first date, David. The first thing, it's their first date, and Dougie is upset because he wanted to go with Jenna because he wants to find Satan while they're out trigger treating tonight, which all kids should, all kids should, absolutely so he wants to find Satan and he does not want Alex tagging along with them. We also missed a part where his mom is asked by him, you know, is there a Satan? A Satan real? And that's when she says, you know, well, Satan's actually represented by evil all over the world. So in a sense, there is Satan, but it's not like a singular person with the horns and the tail, which upsets Dougie. And then she's like, but with somebody who's got a cute outfit as you, I'm sure you can find your Satan. Yes, And then he's like, thank goodness, I just needed to know the devil was real. The devil was real. Yes.

29:14 So that is when Jenna and Alex go back to the house and they are all in the car and on the ride over, she also informs them that Alex might be staying over with them. They're just kind of waiting because there's something going on with Alex and his dad. Yes, well, because one thing that's worth mentioning is they met at college, but they grew up in the same island, so he's tagged along with her, but may not actually want to visit home because they not so subtly suggest that he and his father really don't get along. Do not get along? And also Dougie is talking to Jenna about how he wants to see Satan and his costumes awesome, and that's when she's asking her mommy, like, you know, well, what's going on with Satan. She's like, oh, he's just obsessed with this video game, you know, just let him have it. And it's worth mentioning that both his sister and her bow go to acting school. Yes, which makes them in suffer.

30:02 True, Yes, it is fair enough. Do You Even? Movie will be right back welcome back to Do You Even? Movie? So Dougie is a little upset because when he finds out that Alex might be staying the night and also trigger treating with them, he decides that he is checking out, so he pulls his mask down and he's back into his game. So they return home and her mom is talking about the plans they have, asking if they have costumes, and she's like, well, you know, we didn't really have anything. And she's like, oh, I've got one just for you. Come with me, leaving Dougie with Alex. But Dougie goes away from Alex pretty quickly.

30:46 Yeah, well, he's not a fan. He is not a fan at all. So Dougie goes out and walks into the neighborhood. He gets harassed by some of the neighbor kids. They're asking him what his costume is and he says he's Satan's Little help Her and they're like, oh, well, that's gay, and they laugh at him, and Dougie's like, no, it's not. Well, they're all dressed Ninja's, which is friggin' base. So Dougie's like, you know, he walks off, and the kids right off behind him. That's when Dougie walks across a of the streets and sees somebody dragging a body onto the porch. But the mask is what catches his eye because the mask looks a lot like Satan from the video game It. It is definitely a devilish mask. Although no red No, I do like that? Yes, So that's when he sees him dragging the body onto the porch. Back of the house. Merrill works on Jenny's costume, which is a wench that she had wore the previous year, and they're also discussing why Alex is staying over. That's when we find out that Alex and his dad do not have a good relationship. His dad wants him to take over a wig store, not be an actor in school.

31:42 A two pay store. Apologies, what's air quote? It is a two pay store. You're a two pay store. You know what? If it pays the bills? If it two pays the bills. Hey, thank you guys so much for tuning into do you even movie? By? So we find out that Alex and his dad have some ounce and that he wants to stay over because he kind of wants to avoids his da because dad doesn't even know he's in town. Right, right, So that's when she finishes the costume. Jenna looks at herself in the mirror and she is very happy with her final looks. She even starts doing a little winch talk to herself back with Dougie, though he's watching Satan as he drags the man off the porch, observing another body that we see is now real with a knife stuck into it.

32:26 He positions it, puts some dirt on it, and that's when we also realize that this guy's really killing people. Oh yeah, no, it's very clear he's murdering people and doing one of the most classic Halloween myths which has turned out to be somewhat true on occasion, yeah, which is hiding dead bodies or dead bodies being mistaken for Halloween decorations. So he positions on the porch, he walks off. Dougie is watching behind him, and some of the kids walk past Satan, and Satan kind of messes one of them and they could run off screaming, and that's when Dougie decides that he's going to follow Satan. Well, I mean, who wouldn't, I mean, you know, so he. Follows follows the man, but back of the house, Alex enjoys a round of Satan's Little Helper on a handheld and Jenna comes down the stairs showing off her costume.

33:07 Alex calls her stunning, and she asked, what is he going to be? And Alex says that he's been thinking about that. But with Dougie's love for this Satan character, why don't he be Satan and he could be his little helper for Halloween. That'll make him happy. Hopefully they can be friends. And she thinks it's a really great idea. Yeah, she thinks it's cute. So back with Dougie, the Satan man has now drug out another person, put him in a fake cemetery, and he's also put some dirt on top of him again, well. He has because there was a fake cemetery in the guy's frightening in the front yard, so he's adding him to his own halloweens. Tombston behind him. I mean, it's it's really funny. Yeah, he's arranging him. Yeah, places a flower on him, and that's when Dougie still went over and laughs. This catches Satan's attention as he looks up at him, and Dougie's like, oh well. Then Satan also looks off to the side and we see the cops are driving by, so Satan tries to look busy and Dougie also kind of does the same, and as the cops drive by, that's when Satan gets up and he starts walking, Dougie goes up to him and ask him if he's Satan. The man walks right past him. Then he grabs onto his arm and he's like, are you Satan? Do you need a helper? And that's when the figure looks at him, silent in the mask, and then shakes his head yes.

34:08 Well. And that's one thing that makes Satan in this very fun to watch is he's to the adults, he's like Michael myers y, He's just silent and staring and kind of ominous. But to the little boy Dougie, he's like, really like a mascot. Oh yeah, Like he acts like a sports mascot that's talking to kids. He's waving and turning his head and kind of acting all cute and kind of miming around, which begins such a chilling exchange where he just says like are you Satan? And he like he nods his head slowly, and he's like can you talk? And he nods yes, but you don't have to talk and he's like no, and so it's like it's terrifying.

34:55 Oh, it's absolutely terrifying, because Dougie, if we fail to mention it is like an eight nine year old kid. So I mean we mentioned third grade. Yeah, he believes all this is make believe. He thinks that this is all pretends. Well, he doesn't really understand the difference no make believe in reality. Yeah. And like I said, they established that very well with the whole thing where he says I'm going to marry my sister. He doesn't. He just knows that's the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. He doesn't understand what marriage really entails or anything like that. God willing. I mean, this is Massachusetts, not Mississippi, but you know, sorry to my Mississippi people. That was an easy joke. Dougie also asked how many points did he get for killing the old man, and the Satan guy goes like this, which means twenty points. Sim he simp signals twenty with his hands.

35:36 Yep, and Dougie asks if they can send Alex to Hell because that's what Dougie wants, and Satan man shakes his head yes, and they begin towards Dougie's house. He nods his head yes. Yeah. So back at Dougie's house, Meryl prepares some special sighter because that was one thing Lieberman said on the special features is you could have a drinking game by how many times she mentioned cider in this movie. Oh, and she always has this look on her face when she talks about siding. Yeah, so she's getting some special cider for Jenna and Alex. While the news reports talks about a local arson is some years back that started a lot of fires on Halloween. She goes to gather some special cider mugs. As we see Dougie and Satan in the backyard outside the window and he displays his karate moofs for Satan, and he also tells him, hey, man, I've got an entrance here to the seller. This can be your secret entrance to Hell.

36:19 As they walk over to the cellar and he shows him. Satan opens the cellar and they go around inside, and that's when his mother calls for him to come up so they can tell him the news, because by this point, both Alex and Jenna have told him the idea for Alex to be Satan for Halloween. And Dougie's not really feeling it, but then he plays it cool. He plays it cool because they bring him up and that's when he tells him that he's gonna be Satan and he's like no, and then he's like, well, hey, how about you go to the costume shop with me? This is Alex. How about you go to the costume shop with me and we'll figure out my costume and then we'll go trigger treating. That's my order for you, as you're my helper. So he's trying to play along with a kid. Yeah, he's trying. He's trying. And that's when Dougie is like, oh, you and me go to the costume shop by ourselves. Yeah, we can do that.

37:01 And it's important to point out if you've never seen this film, you really should. Yeah, basically what it appears, and we have to we have to infer all of this from the film because nothing is ever stated directly. Is that whoever is in this Satan costume had been plotting some kind of a killing spree on this little island community in Massachusetts. Yeah. Possibly for a long time. I would say so, because the fact that he's murdering people in their front yards, leaving them out willing to pose for photographs with his decorations, Yeah, that alone is pretty bizarre. But as we progress and we see the level of planning Grim, I mean, well, Grim is true, but also so intricate and thought out. There's no way he just kind of threw this together in the morning.

37:59 You know, this was this was a plan, and the only thing that wasn't in his plan. Was having a little helper, was having a little helper. Indeed, So Dougie and Alex head out to the store as Merrily and Jenna watched them as they go back into the kitchen, and that's when we see Satan rise upside rise outside of the window of the house, and that's when he starts following Dougie and Alex. And this is when things start to get hinky. So Dougie and Alex arrive at the costume shop as Alex starts looking at mask. He tries one on and Alex or Dougie's like, you know, that's not Satan's mask, and He's like, well, hey kid, I'm trying to find one that looks the closest like my dad, because that's where I can draw inspiration from for the Satan character. Well, and the earlier mentioned like I lived with Satan my whole life, so why wouldn't I be able to play him?

38:39 So Alex finds his mask, he starts doing a voice mocking his father, and Douggie is annoyed by this, so he tells him to hurry up outside. Two teens harassed Satan was he's waiting outside the costume shop. They're like, hey, Satan, where's your pitch fork? And Satan responds by just putting up two middle fingers gives them the double bird Double Bird enthusiastically like various trolls. Yeah, yeah, very much. So that that's when they drive off, and Dougie takes Alex outside now in his Satan mask, and that's when he tells him that, okay, are you ready for Satan to get you? Satan confirms that this is who Dougie is talking about, and suddenly around the corner, Alex is attacked by Satan. Yes, and he's wearing his Halloween mask yeah, which is an old man like a kind of yeah, with a bald head, but he bought a little wig to put on top, symbolizing ID assume his father's And now he's just ramming his head into a brick wall.

39:32 Rams his head into a brick wall, kicks him on the ground, punches him on the ground, throws him through a fence, throws him into some trash cans and then throws him back into the wall again. And then I believe shortly after this he places his body on a porch. That is correct, So Alex's body gets placed on a nearby porch. He puts him on a couch and puts a decoration on him. I think it's a hat or no, no, no, it's pitchfork. Yeah, yeah, he puts a pitchfork on his body. But Satan's not done because animal lovers beware. If there's a nearby black cat that's me owing, and Satan just picks it up, smashes it, killing it against the wall, and writes boo in its blood on a piece of wood on the door. Yeah, it basically uses a cat as a number two pencil as correct. And while this is happening, two young girls with their mother ask Satan to pose with Alex as for a picture, not realizing that he's a real person. They think he's a prop. So Satan cutely poses and she's like, oh.

40:20 Thank you, and you made her whole day. Family wanders off. Do you Even? Movie will be right back. Welcome back to do You Even movie? So back at the house, Dougie returns without Alex and Jenna ask where he is. Dougie tells her that helpers don't tell on their masters, and that's any comments that he can also see her boomies. I can see her boomies. The doorbell rings, then as Jenna opens the door and Satan rushes in, grabbing Jenna, who immediately thinks it's Alex and she's won over by his costumes Satan, and he begins to caress her costume in return.

41:02 Yeah, so Satan is wicked hansy. Yeah, and uh, and of course she's taken aback by this. But and this is my point, young David, uh huh, because she is a theater kid. Her this guy she's interested in, who is also a theater kid, being in a mask and getting handsy with her. Oh, this is just fun because theater. So he is just going ape pawing at her, and she's kind of playing up the wench outfit and talking to him in in a silly accent. And these scenes are very funny because while she's saying other things and he's supposed to be distracted, Satan is just focused on feeling.

41:43 Hers on her and Duckie the whole time is like that it's not Alex like. And she said, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, it's Satan because he's such a good actor. We go to acting school. So Meryl comes down showing off her piece of the costume, which is the fruit hat, and that's when she tells him, oh my god, I've got to get a camera and makes her way upstairs, playfully playing with Satan, still thinking against Alex, and Satan follows her up the steps and how so she waits calling to him in her room. As he enters her room, she starts to comment on his mask, but quickly he shuts the door and starts like stripping off her costume a little bit and caressing her body. Still, Jenna gets into the moment, and that's when she tries to kiss him by removing his mask, but he does not want his mask removed. I wonder why. So he stops her and she tells him, all right, we'll have it your way. They continue, and that's when Jenna gets into the moves a little bit. Then she tells him that she's had enough and she goes to walk away, but Satan grabs her, throwing her against the wall, and that's when Jenna's like you're really into this, aren't you, and just clearly unsettled by.

42:36 It well, and he slowly nods when she asks that. So suddenly Dougie enters, asking, oh, are you getting her? And then he also becomes visibly uncomfortable and he's like, you know, it's just pretend, right, And that's when Satan confirms, and also she confirms that it is. They go back downstairs and Dougie tells her once again that that's not Alex Jenna going along with it, She's like, yeah, you know, I know it's Satan. So Satan then goes over and locks the door, Dougie telling him not to get her because that's his sister and he wants to protect her. Marilyn comes down with the camera ready to take a picture, but Satan grabs it and starts taking one of the mom's legs. Mm hmmm. This is one of my favorite parts of the of the movie. Yeah, because it's right before we go into the full blown terror territory. Terror terrory if you will, yes, But the way he interacts with the mom and daughter, the way he's just like completely devoid of embarrassment or shyness. He's just as unleashed as the fact that he's killing people is with them, but they're all just kind of trying to roll with it as like good clean Halloween fun, which I mean, I guess depending on how he grew up, kind of is.

43:48 Yeah. So Jenna comments, that's a bit weird, and Dougie tells Satan that he wants to show him his room as they go upstairs, and we see Dougie playing with his toys in his room with Satan, which is a really sweet scene. Oh, it's so it's so wholesome, almost as wholesome as the shopping cart scene later. But forgot my water? Oh well, you know, you know what they say, what so that's what you'll be saying. So that's when downstairs the doorbell sounds as Meryl comments that she forgot to buy candy. She immediately goes to get her billfold and starts giving the kids dollar bills at the door. Well, I mean, that's what you do when you're desperate. Meryl tells Jenna that maybe she has some candy from last year, and Jedda's like, you gotta be kidding me. Up in the room, Dougie starts playing Satan's little helper showing off his skills, which pleases the Satan. Downstairs, maryl and Jenna find out that they have no candy, so Meryl tells her that she's going to a Halloween party at a local castle that her friends have rented, and she also has to bring a keys, which she forgot about on top of the candy, and she just starts freaking out and Jenna's like, you know, mom, calm down, it's Halloween. Everything will be okay. The doorbell sounds again and Satan seems nervous, so Dougie asked him, why are you nervous? And that's what he's like, Wait, is it God?

44:50 Can God disguise himself as a trick or treader? He the kid really rights the lore? Yeah for Satan. Yes, So they go down to and it's just more sugar treaders. Jenna asked then if Satan and Douggie will go to the local grocery store to get candy, and Satan at first is like no, and that's when Dougie's like, you know, Satan doesn't shop, and that's when Satan tells him to pause, and that's when he's like, no, no, we'll do this well he doesn't say it. Oh, no, he totally says it. Oh the one part where he talks and I forgot no. He shakes his head yes, and that's when Jenna asked, or that's when Jenna, still thinking it's Alex, thanks Satan for hanging out with Dougie and tells him that he deserves an oscar aw So Satan pushes back, and that's when they go outside and he joins Dougie asking, uh, Satan whardy to put Alex and can he see? Satan wags his finger and shakes his head no, and that's when we cut back to Alex, who starts to move, revealing that Alex is not dead. He wakes up. He tries walking down the steps, but unfortunately falls because he's beaten, bruised.

45:47 Well, I mean he was Uh, he was literally left for dead, assaulted and left for dead. I mean, when you're left for dead, it must have been a pretty good beating. Attempted manslaughter, I'm I don't. Attempted manslaughter. I would say that the murders are at least relatively premeditated. He may not have planned to kill that guy, but he was planning to kill kill a lot. So I mean, at best second degree homicide. But I'm not a lawyer, but I am a simple country lawyer. So at the grocery store, Dougie and Satan walk the aisles as Satan grabbed some rope, some stabbing, implements of various cooking utensils, hardware, also some tape, and that's when Dougie ask is the is that so they can tape people up, kill them and spill their guts. And that's when Satan shakes his head again, nods his head, and Dougie gets excited, but then makes him swear that no, not my mom and not Jenna. You have to swear like do the.

46:44 Oath yeah, and he shows him this oath from the video game Yeah, a kind of arm signal that is a little Nazi. I love that he says even and pretend like do do not kill my mom and my sister? Even and pretend right. So that's when Satan does a salute and tells Douggie to grab all the candy that he wants by basically Dougie asking you know what about the candy, and that's when Satan just points to the aisles, So Dougie grabs candy Satan checks out, but he doesn't exactly because they completely leave without paying. And I have to say, it's one thing to murder the kindly people of this small town, uh huh, but America's grocers are hurting in this economy. How could you, sir? How do you sleep at night? Murderer fine stealing groceries.

47:25 This is how food deserts have happened, and this happen, and yeah, this is a terrible thing, all right, speaking of terrible things. So Dougie even states that they didn't pay and starts laughing, pulling his mask down as the exit the store. But we also see that a clerk starts following them. He catches up to them, and Dougie tells the clerk that he's Satan's helper and that Satan doesn't have to pay for anything, and for this he shall die. And of course the grocer's like, yeah, yeah, kid, I don't have time for games. Satan wastes no time offing this guy stabs him in the gut and then throws him into a trash. And that's when Dougie's like, wait till he wakes up smelling like garbage. Yeah, that whole show is with his cuts everywhere. So he tells him twenty points as he pushes Dougie into the cart, and that's when we have one probably one of the most memorable scenes, as they just start causing havoc in a parking lot because Dougie thinks again that they're playing the game, so he's just like, Hey, run into that pregnant lady, run into that baby carriage, run into that blind man, and they do.

48:19 It's just this high paced montage of them mowing people over. Yeah, but and it's it literally is like a video game level. Though. It's like they hit one person and oh there's a blind guy. Yeah, then oh there's a one with a carriage. Oh there's like they just start ramming through everybody. The way it's shot is really fun and chaotic, and there's some good little stunt scenes in it. I really think that's the most wholesome the film game because they were spending time together David, so. Dougie is so thrilled, calling out various points before Satan pushes the cart towards the sunset and Dougie asks him, hey, can you take me to Hell and Shaton Satan nods his head and that's when Dougie cheers, so Dougie gets to go to hell.

48:59 Now finally he's been waiting all day. So night falls as Douggie and Satan arrive back in front of the house and Dougie states are in front of a house, not their house. Dougie states that he wanted to trigger treat with Jenna, but Satan shakes his head and that's when he says, basically tells Dougie or Dougie says that he'll stay behind and watch for God. As Satan goes towards the house, he rings a doorbell and we see an old lady inside with the walker is making her way slowly towards him, and she's just like, oh, you're a little old to be trigger treating, and she's dropping candy and this scene goes on for like a minute. So oh, it's very funny, especially because we know that there's a homicidal maniac waiting as she's just like, in a second, he'd get pants on.

49:41 So naturally she gets to the door and he pushes her in her walker aside outside, Dougie and is confronted by the bullies again and they're like, where's your Satan, kid? And that's when all their attention is drawn to the front of the house as the woman is now hanging by a rope outside of the house. And this is very startling, It's very well done. Yeah, so we see in hole just a shot of the side of the house with her hanging straight from the gutter, buy her throat, Yeah, kicking and gagging, and those kids immediately just go holy shit, buld say fuck right off. Yeah, but that's one of those moments that really made this film stand out because that was a hell of a set piece and a hell of a stunt. Yeah, very startling.

50:22 Do You Even? Movie will be right back, Welcome back to Do You Even? Movie? Now that Dougie has seen what's going on, he also realizes that Satan has rated the medicine cabinet before he returns to him and they ride off again. That's when we see Alex arrive to a house clearly his father's home. As Alex calls to him, his dad is in the shower with a woman who says that she didn't know he had a son, and that's when he's like, yeah, I got a son. He's in college. Can you believe it? Because I look so young with this full head of hair. And that's when we also find out that this woman is his secretary.

51:03 Well, of course, I mean, who else you can spend Halloween night with? So the woman states that it sounds like he's in trouble. As outside, Alex sees Satan Dougie. So Alex runs off as Satan goes to the door in Alex's place. The woman comes to the door, amused by the costume, thinking that Alex, and that's when she's like, you know, wait till you see what your son's wearing. That's when Satan quickly grabs the woman and throws her against the wall, knocks her out, and kills her. Basically, Oh yeah. So that's when Alex's dad comes downstairs, scolding his son for the mask, and we next see that Alex's dad is just chucked through the glass of the front door, right in front of Dougie, who laughs once again. Well, and it's worth pointing out that when he thinks it's his son, yeah, he tells him like, what are you doing wearing your shoes in my house? Earlier, earlier, we'd established that his son when he goes into their house, he starts taking his shoes off he's like, oh, no, no, it's a habit I have. I have to take my shoes off. So he's like, what are you doing keeping your with your shoes on? And then he goes he pulls his hand back, like to give him a backhand, and Satan doesn't react, no, which I'm assuming, you know, with his actual son, his son would have cowered. Yeah, he probably wouldn't even have to hit him anymore. He would just you know, scare the shit out of him. Yeah, And at that point his eyes get wide and he's like, what are they teaching you in that college, which which is, by the way, the answer is nothing, because he's an acting school. So they taught him. They may maybe they taught him how to annoy your friends.

52:17 God, but uh so, Dougie and Alex wander through a cemetery now as Alex asks for candy, and that's when Satan gives him a bottle of meds and Alex asks if he should mix it with the candy. So people get sick and puked their guts out, and Satan nods his head. But suddenly the police arrive, calling to Satan for him to freeze Dougie is then decides that he's going to flee back home by Satan's guidance, and that's when he runs towards the house. Dougie gets back home as Jenna asked, where's Alex, and Dougie shares his adventure details, basically saying, you know, they're gonna takee people up, spill their guts out, and she's not amused at all. Worth mentioning Satan's reaction to the cops is zero concern, zero concern. He's just like you. He just basically tells him to go along. Satan appears to be nonplussed and at all afraid of the police officers, and we're gonna find out why here very soon.

53:04 Yes, So that's when Jenna is like, you know, excuse me, do you know what you're saying? You know? And that's when Jenna tells Dougie to fill up the candy because there's mortue retreats and she wants to talk to Satan when he gets back. So Dougie goes to the door and there's the bullies from earlier at his door and they're harassing him again, like, you know, why aren't you outric retreating because you can't find Satan Dougie then offers them some candy, grabbing the pills and handing them over and he laughs and he says, you know, enjoy Halloween, and then he shuts the door. They're gonna poop themselves to death. So in town, Alex wanders the streets, runs into a man warning him that the cops have been found dead, the police station's on fire, and there's only two cops left on the whole island. This is such a memorable scene because the guy is in this weird quasi moto outfit. Yeah, at first he talks like quasi. He's like, the constables shall all be dead?

53:50 The town is some flame, and he's like, dude, what hell. He's like, dude, you need to get out of her. Man. There are only two cops left on the entire damn island. And by this point, also the town is starting to go crazy. We're hearing people ares, we're hearing glass breaking, there's. Fires, definitely fire too. And uh, there's something about island communities that can be so inherently scary because you're even if you have a bridge to the community and it's just one way to get there, and if it's by fairy only that it's even slower. There's something about island communities where it's like you feel like you're on the mainland until you absolutely don't feel like you're on the mainland fair and this is a very good example of that.

54:30 So back at the house, Meryl takes a keysh out of the oven for her party as Jenna worries about Alex and what he was told by or what she was told by Dougie about cutting and poisoning people. The doorbell sounds again as we see Satan Man has returned. Jenna looks through the groceries, appalled at finding the knives and bloody rope, asking you know this is all a pretty sick, don't you think, And that's when Satan nods his head yes. Yeah. Every time he nods his head yes is so freaking awesome and scary. And even more scarier. He wanders over to the door, locking it again before water, looking back slowly to Jenna, who's freaked out. She tells him to stop, it's not funny and say something. Satan then takes the bloody rope back from her, brandishing it threatening at her, and that's when she also notices that his shoes do not match Alex's shoes.

55:13 Yes, so because he's wearing a Halloween costume. Yeah, he had like booties, black booties over his shoes. Yeah, and now they've ripped and are showing some very distinct looking loafers. Yeah, that are like a kind of a maroon and white. And that's when she immediately realizes one that is not Alex. That is not Alex. So Dougie comes back down, telling him to get him so he can go to Hell. And that's when Satan shakes his finger at Jenna, basically warning her. He joins Douggie, and Meryll comes back in, stating that since her husband isn't here, she's gonna go ahead and head to the Halloween party without him, but Jenna interrupts her, telling her that Satan isn't Alex. Jenna calls a Dougie to come down, but there's only silence. The doorbell sounds again as Meryl orders Dougie to come down and pass out the candy.

55:55 He does. He opens the door to find his father there, who is dressed as a businessman. So he says, but it's just Joe. And it's important to keep in mind that the mother doesn't believe her because she assumes it's some more of that acting school bullshit. Yeah, that's a giant game basically. So that's when the dad comes in and he also admires Meryl's Chiquita costume, and he also comments on Dougie's costume. They start to dance a little bit, and that's when Meryl tells him that the elf costume is upstairs that she picked out because he left the costumes to her. He asked why there's a cop car outside, and Jenna grabs Dougie, telling her dad that someone is in the house. Meryl, still convinced it's a game, also says she's getting annoyed to the game, and Dougie tells his father to put him down or he'll have Satan spill his guts. Dougie's father says to him that he can go ahead and try because he's an avenging age w he has God on his side. And that's when Dougie calls out Satan comes spill his guts. Satan pops out of the side, puts a knife into mister Wooley's guts and cuts them right open.

56:50 And this is the moment that all of our main characters realize what's happening Yeah is real, Yeah and bad. And not only does he spill his guts, he also ties them to a chair. Yeah for some reason. For some reason. So Dougie, realizing it's not a game, starts to cry as Meryl tells Dougie to run. Satan then grabs a pie cutter, returning to Meryl brandishing it. As Jenna goes to the kitchen to call the police, we see footage of the police station which shows multiple cops dead with like their heads completely wrapped in saran wrapp her tape, and we also find out that the police station is in fact on fire. Well, I mean, if you're gonna burn it all down, you may as well literally burn it all down. So Jenna gives up as Dougie calls to her, and that's when she returns to the dining room to find her mom missing. She calls to Dougie. Douggie comes out of hiding, telling Jenna that Master lied about it being pretend and that it's all real, and that's when she asks him where Mom is, and Dougie states that he took her with him, and she tells him that she's gonna go after him and to hold down the fort till she gets back. And Dougie's like, you know, no, don't go, and she's like, don't worry, I'll be back.

57:47 Hold onto this for me, and she hands him the little flower wreath that she's wearing on her head. Yeah, And this is where it gets pretty nuts, because Satan has now taken their mother, yeah, her in packing tape to the point where she can barely breathe. Her mouth is wrapped and the top ridge of her nose is wrapped so she could just barely breathe, as well as her arms wrapped to her side. And to the people at this big fancy party down the road, to their credit, they seem to think that that's just a costume that makes sense to be a I cannot, for the life of me remember what the chiquita name is. But she We also have Satan who brandishes a piece of tape that he threatens to put over her nose.

58:30 Yes she doesn't act right. Yes, which would then potentially suffocate her to death. And it's a very bizarre scene where he's driving her around. They arrive, they are getting their car valet parked, and as the valet opens, the door for the young woman. She falls out because she has no way to do anything. She can't even walk. Satan, of course, picks her back up walks her over to their friends. Their friends are all just like, ha ha, look at you. It's your costume. It's a little weird, but it's funny. Oh you're the devil o and you're a mummy. Yeah. Like. Satan also posts with their friends and grabs one of their breasts. Well well, because they made the joke that he was a horn Satan, Yeah, because he had the horns on him.

59:11 So Jenna also has found the cop car out front of the house and sees the two cops are dead inside of it with their heads wrapped the exact same way, and that's when she decides that she's going to go to the party. And like he Enrique said, they've arrived to the party by now, and Satan is dragging Meryl around. Back at the house, Dougie cowers inside the house is all chaos is broken loose outside with people destroying things wreaking havoc. The doorbell sounds again. As Dougie goes back to his room, he prays to God, apologizing for helping Satan. And ask him for help to send him back to hell. He finishes his prayer as the doorbell sounds again. Meanwhile, Alex downs a dragon costume because he's now caught up a jet or a troll costume because he's caught up with Jenna, and he's like, you know, we have to sneak into the party. He can't see us, So he's got a troll costume. Jenna has like a duck costume basically.

59:52 Yeah, like a mascot duck costume. And back of the party, we see Satan now in a room with Merril as he's gathering up a various household chemical and he grabs a bottle of Max Draino and puts it right into the party punch. Se because when you need to kill a bunch of people, Max Draino in the party punch will take care of it. Yeah, he double spikes the spiked punch. Yeah, and I have to say, I mean, you can have a little Draino as a treat, but a lot, but a lot is it's really gonna clean your pipe? That it will. Do you? Even? Movie will be right back, welcome back to do you even movie. So he grabs a cup and offers it to merrill before her friends join them, and he also gives them some punch. We watch them take a sip as Jenna and Alex arrive to see the friends now all on the floor foaming at the mouth. They wander further into the party, catching side of Satan, who identifies them right away buy their shoes because they do not have anything covering them under their costume. Yes, so Satan puts the final piece of tape over Maryl's nose, pushes her into the crowd, and that's when it's just a giant game of basically keep away because she's trying to get people's attention and they're just pushing her. She falls to the floor that pick her back up. Meanwhile, Jenna's racing over trying to get to her mom to free her.

1:01:13 Finally gets to her, but can't get the tape off. She's like, you, does anybody have any nails? Anybody have a knife? Finally she just. Pulls it down well, And this is another great example of payoff because when she first her mother first sees her, she hugs her, gives her kiss on the cheek, and then looks at her hands and goes, you're chewing your nails again, and she said, Mom, don't embarrass me. So now as she's trying to get the tape off, she literally yells, does anybody have nails because she can't at first, but at the last second, as it feels like Amanda Plumber is about to just conk out, Forever. Pulls the gag down that off of her face. Yep, and that's when Meryl lets out of deep breath as Jenner requests water. Jenna gives Merril's friend scissors to cut her free and goes after Alex, who has disappeared. Now in town, we see Satan wandering the streets, embracing the chaos that is broken free. But Alex sneaks up with a pistol that he got from the cop car, and that's when he tell asks him, you know who are you?

1:02:00 Satan stares at him in silence, and Alex tells him to say something before he blows his fucking head off. Satan then raises his hand like he's gonna hit him like his father, and that's when Alex goes Dad. And this is a great element of the psychology of the film because this character, this what was his Alex. Alex Alex Alex, every freakin' other word out of his mouth is how awful his dad is. Dad beats him and abuses him. I have no doubt that his father is terrible. Yeah, but every other thing is about my dad is the worst. My dad is evil. My dad is this, So of course he would believe his dad is the guy killing everybody. Also, he goes to acting school, so the world revolves around him, so obviously these killings are all because his dad wants to ruin his Halloween.

1:02:45 I mean it makes sense. I mean it kind of actually does, as I say it out loud, it kind of does. But so so, yeah, he immediately when he does the handbag, he's just like, it's Dad. And that's when he takes the gun from him, points it to his left hand, clearly his left hand, and it's his palm, and Satan really doesn't react. No, not at all. He just pulls the trigger and then hands the gun right back right. Back to him, And that's when Satan wanders off, And that's when Jenna catches up with Alex, and Alex is like, you know, Satan's my father, and she's like, well, how do you know he? Did you see his face and he's like no, but he like he raised his hand in a certain way. It's a humiliation tactic to show who'll forever have power over me. And she's like, we'll get in. So they go and drive over to Alex's house, where they find the Satan figure against the tree. Alex freezes and Jenna takes the gun, going out of the car, telling him to put his hands on his head and kneel down. The Satan man does not move, so Jenna goes to fire, but by this point Alex steps out of the car, grabs the gun and fires like six shots into satan.

1:03:38 He just unloads it how many? How many times? Six times? Yeah? See he got his cue kids sold a hold on. Good work. The Satan man slumps to the side as Alex goes up removing the mast, revealed that it is in fact his father. So Jenna states he's in hell where he belongs. She's gonna go home, get Douggy and find the police, and tells Alex not to blame himself. He has only his dad is only to blame for himself basically. And you might think, dear listener viewer, that we're about at the end. Yeah, false false indeed because back of the house, Dougie shouts at the doorbell as it sounds, like as it sounds because he's not answering it, and then he thinks for a second, He's like, wait a minute, God can come as a tricker treader. So Dougie goes downstairs to open the door and finds a figure dressed as Jesus Christ.

1:04:33 And not only is he dressed as Jesus, he has a mask, a Halloween mask, a highly detailed mask, very similar to the Satan mask. Yeah, but this time it's Christ's face with a crown of thorns. He has the robe on, and of course, as he puts his hand out his left hand, mum hmm, the stigmata stigma there bleeding right in the middle of his palm. So Dougie's like, you know, is that real blood? And the Jesus man nods his head, and that's when Jesus and Dougie leave the house, going to find Jenna. Dougie tells him to go get Satan and he'll protect his sister. So Jenna asked, uh, you know, didn't didn't I tell you to stay home? And Dougie confirms, yeah, you did, but God showed up and she's like, what do you mean God, and he's like, oh no, it's really God. Look, here's his blood. She's like, get in the car well, and then she says, was the blood from his hand?

1:05:15 Yeah? And when he says yeah, she's like, get get get in the car right now. Oh my God. So Dougie confirms again that it was God and Jena ask who he is and what did he look like. Dougie says, you know, it's Jesus and tells her about the hand and she's like, was it his left hand that was shot and he's like yeah, and she's like, that's not Jesus, that's Satan. Yes, so Jesus is Satan. Well, that's what he says. So Jesus is Satan. That's when Merrill returns home, traumatized of course, from the evening events, and Jenna realizes that Alex thinks Satan's is dead, so she goes to call his home. We cut to Alex's home, where we see the phone ring and we also see his secretary of the secretary's body. Alex is outside staring at his father's corpse as Jesus quietly sneaks up behind him and starts choking him out.

1:05:56 Well as he does as he does so, Jenna then. Tells me that she's going to Alex, but her mother tells her no, the police from Bayview have been called to stay put, and also that she's already lost a husband tonight, She's not going to lose her daughter to. And this is where I mean I my biggest complaint with the film is that people have that it's been referred to as a horror comedy. Yeah. I don't think it's a horror comedy. I think it's a straight slasher with a lot of black humor. I think it's got a lot of black humor. Yeah, I would not call it a comedy. It's a dark comedy at times, but it's really just a very clever slasher movie. Yeah, And I think calling it a horror comedy just doesn't do it justice properly.

1:06:38 So suddenly glass breaks sounds and that's when Meryl states that she thinks he's down in the basement. Dougie confirms it's how he gets back to Hell. As Jenna arms herself with a fire poker and makes her way to the basement, Douggie behind her tells her, you know why, guys, you just let him go back to hell. And She's like, listen, he killed our father this, oh man, what I wrote it down? Therefore his ass is fucking grass. Yeah, it's time to get that vengeance. So Meryl, armed with a butcher knife, and Jenna with a fire poker, make their way downstairs, leaving Dougie upstairs. They find a flashlight on the ground, which Meryl picks up, and they make their way through the basement, looking around back to back. They turn Suddenly Jenna hears dripping water and she goes to find a sink and goes over to turn it off, catching sight of Jesus in the back of the room. So then she charges at Jesus with a fire poker, starts hitting him. Meryl drives the knife into him repeatedly. They both get their rage out on him.

1:07:25 Oh they are unleashing the beast. So now covered in blood, Jenna hugs her mother and then goes to remove the Jesus mask. As we find Alex with his mouth taped up behind the mask, so she sadly embraces him. As we hear a helicopter sound, Dougie goes outside to try and flag the helicopter down despite his mother telling him to stay put. The helicopter flies out and Dougie goes to the cop car, using the radio to call to the helicopter, when suddenly an officer appears by the car. Thank god, finally a cop when you need one. And Dougie's like, oh, are you here? You heard my call? And that's when the officer shakes his head, nods, nods damn it, embraces him and takes his hand as he leads him up to the house. And that's when Dougie is like, hey, mom, don't worry, the police are here. It's safe. So Merrill invites the cop in. As she opens the door, he stops as we see that he is now wearing a.

1:08:08 Mask, but we we never see it straight on. We see a string and just see that. We see the edge to know, but it looks like it's just a flesh tone man's face with a policeman's hat yeah, and the full uniform including a gun. Yeah. So he stops for a second as they're outside the house because their address is sixty six. So what does he do. He takes out a bottle of black spray paint and spray paints a six to make it six six six. As he goes into the house, the camera pulls out. The screen goes black as we hear Jenna go Mom, why doesn't he say something? And Dougie replies he's afraid Satan will hear him, and that, my friends, is two thousand and Four's Satan's Little Helper.

1:08:50 A truly a gem of an era, an era when the movie really didn't make sense. Yeah, to be made, but god damn, I'm so glad people are digging it now. Oh, I'm so glad people are appreciating it now. I don't I mean, I don't think we'll be able to know how well it did because it was straight to video. Yeah, and those numbers are very much rarely reported. But I've loved this movie from the first time I've watched it, and I've loved it just as much every additional time. And I'm so glad that when I talk about it now, more and more and more and more people know about it. Yeah. Absolutely, Would you like to know some fun things about the film? Absolutely? Not too bad? Fuck. So. The budget is estimated to be six hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

1:09:32 That sounds about right. Yeah. Shot in Long Island, New York, White Plains, New York, Yonkers and Norwalk, Connecticut in July, and it has the Halloween feel created by the crew spreading dead leaves throughout. The sets that would do it. Yeah. Shot on the exact same camera as us of Star Wars episode one, listed number six on Rolling Stones thirteen Terrifying horror Movies you can't unsee. Well that is, I'll give Rolling Stones some credit on that one. A special camera rig was built for the scenes involving Satan pushing Douggie in the grocery store parking lot. A smaller person was also substituted for Alexander, the actor who played Douggy during the scenes involving impact. It makes sense so that he wouldn't get hurt. Yeah, Do You Even?

1:10:12 Movie will be right back. Welcome back to Do You Even? Movie. For the scene where Satan throws a man through a glass door, a ramp was built for the actor to run up, as the window would pre shatter before impact, so the impression from the other side would display the man being thrown through it. That's clever. The inspiration from Satan's Little Helper came from an experience where Jeff Lieberman had his fiftieth birthday party where someone showed up in a gorilla suit unbeknownst to him, Figuring it was just a friend. Lieberman interacted with the gorilla, figuring that it was just a specific friend until he saw that friend at the party out of the costume and the gorilla at the same time. Turned out another friend had sent Lieberman a goerilla, so the figure turned out to be a hired stranger. Merging this experience with his idea for a serial killer who displays bodies as the core on Halloween, Lieberman had his inspiration for the film.

1:11:09 That would creep me out. Yeah, I mean that would definitely creep me out. Lieberman had found a picture of the Satan mask l Diablo online and printed it out to look at while he typed the screenplay. However, when production was starting, Lieberman hadn't secured the mask yet and production started showing him different masks in its place. Lieberman lobbied hard for the mask, which by this point was discontinued and unavailable. So Jonathan Fuller, the original mask maker, was contacted but had no copy of the mask. Through a collector he had connections and Fullder was able to secure a copy of the mask. It had three molds struck and sent the production where the effects lead Anthony Pepe, would spruce it up and make it ready for film. I mean, when you have the right mask, you have the right mask. Yeah. Alexander, who was only eight years old at the time, went to his audition and was greeted by a man in the Satan mask. When he walked in, he immediately began to cry, but still delivered his lines, ending up getting the role. The cinematographer recalls that Alexander was a precocious child who was very prepared and easy to work with.

1:12:02 He also recalls that due to the night shoots, the days would go pretty long. However, they would get a warning that Alexander was about to crash at about the fifteen to twenty minute mark. Before his energy was completed, he would begin to sing show tunes. Well, one thing people, I mean, of course, if you have children, you probably know this. But one thing people don't realize about working with children is people always think like, oh, yeah, children, they have tons of energy. Tons of energy. Yeah, not when it's focused. No, when it's focused, they run out. They run out pretty quick because they're just little people, little shitty people. But no, no, but really so, I've heard of movies where child actors have fallen asleep and literally they'll go, hey, it's time, and they'll lift their head up and just be like and just say they're lines and then go back to sleep.

1:12:46 So the video game Satan's Little Helper was always an idea and the screenplay to introduce the story's villain. However, before production, the team who was originally supposed to design it backed out. Lieberman had to scramble to find a group to create the game, who ended up being able to pull the design together in seventy two hours. Well, I mean it kind of looks it, but I do think it's charming as hell. Yeah. According to Lieberman, while Amanda Plumber was a total pro, he would continually get tested by her and asking what she wanted from him in the scene. Lieberman stated that he's grateful that this was his fifth movie and not his first, as his experience allowed him to be able to handle her style of working. Well, she definitely seems like she'll take whatever she can get and run with it. Yeah, and I think she did quite a bit because she plays the mom real.

1:13:27 I mean, it's a Manda plumber, but she plays him, plays her real quirky. Oh yeah, like super duper quirky. Due to the actor in the Satan Mass constantly performing in it during production, modifications were made daily to the Mass so adjustments for airflow and eyesight could be made for his scenes. Ah quit crying. The sink reveal in the basement was the idea on the spot of the cinematographer. When they were shooting the basement climax with the Jesus figure appearing, Dejohn noticed the sink dripping, which would serve as a character motivation for her to go check the sink where the mirror was already hung. That would serve as the reveal moment. That's a great moment. Yeah. Libman pride of himself on being able to direct anyone who had to stand in for the Satan later in the shoot. Once scene in particular he had fond memories was the murder of the old woman at the glass door Lieberman was or the woman who gets hung.

1:14:11 Liberman was directed directed his ad who donned the Satan mask for that scene. Lieberman got to experience the film for the first time with an audience at the Tribeca Film Festival. South America and Spain refused to carry the film due to its use of Satan and its title. Walmart also refused to stock the title for that same. Reason until they took the bootleg. Yeah funny enough, right, whoops. Lieberman wanted the film to be as excuse mean. Lieberman wanted the film to be as offensive as possible while also retaining its humor, as that was key to getting away with some of the jokes. I could see that for sure. Lieberman states. The call sheets of the production name wall in Town was the Little Helper. However, towards the end of shooting, the town got wind of the real title and put up signs that read go to hell, Lieberman, don't come back. Good riddans. When production was done.

1:14:55 I mean, hey, at least they spelled your name right right yeah. Use for the Halloween party scene and is in Yonkers, New York, while the grocery store was shot in Mount Vernon, New York and has since gone out of business now standing abandoned. Okay, I mean, and that raises one of the most important questions of the film. What's that that that party at the end, they rented this big tower with all these people. Why did they care about a Keish like it? Just why would she bring the Keish to a party with like eighty five people. And when she arrives and she's like, where's the keysh Yeah, she. Looks so mad. Yeah, where's the Keish? So that's that's I just wanted to I wanted to clear that up.

1:15:36 That's fair. And lastly, Lieberman made sure that all the sets were in walking distance because he didn't want to do a company move when they had to change sets. I mean when company moves are incredibly time time costing. Most of the neighborhood stuff was shot in the White Plains area on the Blu Ray. He actually has a feature where he goes around with the Satan mask on his hand, which talks to him and goes to all the different locations and shows them. Yeah, Lieberman's a trip. He's a really cool dude, but he's hilarious. He is. I Yeah, I really do adore this movie. I am really so glad people are enjoying it in mass nowadays. Yeah, I'm glad it's readily available to stream. I'm glad it has a proper Blu Ray. I never in a million years would have guessed it was shot in HD because of that time period. So having a Blu Ray and getting to see it, even if there are three shots with a dead pixel on them, I'm cursed. It's my own fault. I know. I love it, and I was so glad to get to watch it in proper HD and see all the detail that was in, especially those nighttime scenes. Absolutely so just wanted to say, really happy with the Satan's Little Helper Blu Ray And if you're that kind of person, you should get yourself one.

1:16:45 Yeah, it's a rented for me with a caveat to buy it if you're a physical media collector. The bonus material on this disc is pretty well stacked. With the documentary, there's some extras that came off the DVD as well. Also, Lieberman, like Enrique said, is a trip to listen to. Satan's Little Helper is just a film that wreaks havoc on your brain because you really do not know where it's going. Yeah, it turns and turns and spins and turns. For sure, it's so halloweeny, it's so off of its out of its Goddiam mind. It's so much fun and very morbid. If you're into that, sit into that humor style, there. You go the kind of thing you like. If you like that kind of thing. For me, it's definitely a rent it. I mean, if you're a physical media collector, you probably should buy it, but it's definitely a rent it.

1:17:28 If you're the kind of person like me who needs to watch Halloween time movies at Halloween, you may as well just buy it because you're gonna want it in your rotation almost every year, if not every year. It's it's a lot of fun, but it's also scary. It's also kind of gross. It's also funny. It's just a joy. It's a really incredibly fun film. And speaking of how other Halloween movies we always like, end the show with a couple recommendations. My first one this week is twenty sixteen's The Barn. Two friends Halloween celebration takes a sinister turn when they're detour to an abandoned barn unintentionally unleashes a malevolent force hell bent on annihilating their group. This is a really fun indie that came out well almost about a decade ago. Now that I cannot recommend enough. The Barn really holds up and has a great soundtrack and score as well. The other one I'm gonna recommend is twenty fifteen Tales of Halloween.

1:18:15 Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween Knight in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens, and axe murders appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents cameos galore. The stories are fun. This is one that just has aged way better on each watch with us. It was an incredible amount of fun when it came out. I was a little underwhelmed. Yeah, but then I watched it with a bunch of friends around Halloween and I really really clicked with me. So my suggestion, after a lot of thought, honestly, is two thousand and two's American Nightmare. Good call, because while they're not thematically that similar, it's another killing spree on Halloween night where it's extremely psychological. The killer is thought out, tons and tons of twists and turns. Yeah, and you never quite know what's going on until the end, and even then you don't entirely know.

1:19:02 And just recently got a Blue Rays one Yeah. And it's available to stream nearly everywhere. Now another one that was really hard to find for a really long time. Yeah, it's directed by John Keys that stars Debbie Roshan in what I think is one of her finest performances, just because she's so incredibly good at being absolutely berserved. I absolutely agree on that. So that would be my suggestion, and just the general great Halloween time movie to watch. Do You Even? Movie will be right back. Welcome back to Do You Even? Movie?

1:19:46 So do we have any emails today? We don't. Yeah we do. Let's see, we actually have quite a few. Oh, okay, we'll start with this one. So this one is okay, This one says beg for this movie is the subject line says, Hey, this is Corey, big fan of the podcast and best friend to David Crank. God I don't have to carry that banner. What I want so badly is for you guys to watch this movie and then talk about literally everything about it and give me your honest thoughts and opinions. I cried, this movie means everything to me. Also, those double wicked candle or double wicked candles, although I think yeah, wicked and wicked are the same word.

1:20:27 Kind of used to light many of the scenes. I want those like yesterday and the film is The Pale Blue Eye. Pale I've heard about that based on the post story. Okay, oh did that come out on Netflix like two years ago? That's fine, The Pale Blue Eye. Wasn't there one with like some major actors starring. Okay, I thought that was on Netflix or something. I did miss that. I feel like I watched it, but I can't remember. I don't think you did. David is a liar. Well, no, it's just a part of who you are. You just you have a liar. Yeah, twenty twenty two, Christian Bill. I feel like I've seen this, but maybe I can't remember. I've seen a lot of it.

1:21:10 It looks good. Yeah, it does well, Corey. That's definitely an option we'll look into. Up to David. If he says that that means now shut up, well, she would know. Oh my god. So this next one, This next one is from an anonymous anonymous commentary or anonymous emailer. I am a big fan of both Weekly Spooky and also do You Even Movie? I am eleven years old and came across your podcast via asking Maya Alexa for podcast recommendations. Okay, well, hey, I mean I'll take it. Yeah, I am not asking you to tone down your cursing. I do not care how much you curse. It is your podcast. Do what you want with that, but I am asking that at the end of the episodes, please give some more PG thirteen horror recommendations. Okay, because I like horror movies, but my parents do not let me watch R rated movies yet.

1:22:02 Fair enough makes. Sense, so buy, Thank you in advance, and keep making the show. PS. Sorry about your dogs. Thank you very much. Well, David, I know, oh man, you have a whole freak. I may have just made a little little list young man. Get out your pen, paper, pencil, whatever. So these are just a few that I think you and I would both recommend for that matter. First off, nineteen seventy nine Tourist Trap. Oh yeah, Tourist Trap. That's PG fig and there's there's parts of it. I don't know if it would still be PG No. It absolutely would be PG thirteen. Yeah. Maybe even our Scary Stories Telling the Dark for twenty nineteen. That's a really fun one. I thought that was a lot of fun. The visit from twenty fifteen. One of m I Shyamalan's best returns to form. Yep.

1:22:43 Insidious from twenty ten. That's a good one too, Split from. Twenty sixteen, As I Run into the Light. Earth, How did you hit the microphone like that hat? You're drunk A quiet place twenty eighteen. Yeah a Ractophobia from nineteen ninety That. One is really fun. Erectophobia truth or Dare from twenty eighteen, The Blumhouse one, Okay, yeah, Critters from nineteen eighty six. Yeah, critters like crit Gremlins of course. Oh yeah, yeah, Monster Squad nineteen eighty seven. Hell yeah, yep. Buffy the Vampire Slayer the movie in ninety two, not a let people know it was a movie first. That one's fun. Uh, Polter Guys from eighty two. Tremors from nineteen ninety. All the Tremors movies, yeah are are at worst rated PG thirteen thirteen. Yeah, Tremor's movies would be a great thing for you to watch. They're all over streaming. Tremors is a great one.

1:23:29 The Boy from twenty sixteen. I like the Boy. Drag Me to Hell two thousand and nine. I need to give that one another Chan twenty two. Actually Elvira Mister of the Dark of nineteen eighty eight. I yeah, that is PG. This is I'm surprised Death becomes her nineteen ninety two. Okay, until it's a little annot like that one. And last Happy Death Day twenty seventeen. Oh, that's a great Happy Death Day. I revisited that not long ago and loved it so much fun. So, yeah, there's a few for you. If you want any more, feel free to write in. There's plenty more that we can go through, but those are at least the top for you that. I've got David prepared. I did you feeling okay? All right, so we got one. We got two more. Okay. This one is from our good buddy wolf Dan.

1:24:10 All right, uh oh no. The subject line is Election Day, winky face got okay, Happy Halloween homies. In the spirit of Election Day coming up, I wanted to stir the pot a little and offer up the obviously politically charged sci fi chiller They Live, one of the most fun eighty sci fi chillers. I even found a pair of glasses as a kid that resembled the ones in the movie and wore them all the time. It also has one of my favorite lines that I've actually used in my boss's office. I have come to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum. Love what you guys do every week, Stay spooky. I would love to talk they live, Yeah, because then I get to talk about rowdy Roddy Piper for twenty minutes without being interrupted.

1:24:54 And that would probably be a twenty twenty five episode at this point because we are pretty full for the rest of it. It's true, Well, you should be taking notes. I am. Don't worry. Just not with your hands with you, but with your but chili with you. Butchet, it's so sharp up here. Butt cheeks all right? Uh, but cheeks, butt cheeks all right. And we got one more from our good buddy trenk Okay. Trnk wrote in the subject line dark Knight of the scare Crow, So that means he just watched it or listened to it. Hey, guys, it's trank just listening to the episode. Y'all did a great job. I watched it on twob Speaking of TV movies that changed the world, I'd like to nominate the Day After I have heard re Wait No, I've seen the old man, No, I've seen The Day After. That one's scary. Yeah, the movie that helped contribute to the end of the Cold War, great cast and gritty story. I have it on DVD, which I was lucky to find.

1:25:44 Trank, if you have not seen Threads from nineteen eighty or seventy. I'm not sure when it came out, but that's a good one. BBC TV movie basically about what happens when it fallout occurs, and it is chilling. It is really well done and you will not get that movie out of your head after you watch it. But The Day After would be a cool undercover in the New Year for sure. Yeah, absolutely so. Thank you Trank for writing in. And if anybody out there wants to write in, it's easy. Just send an email to do Youeven movie pod at gmail dot com or go to dowevenmovie dot com and send an email that way. Both ways are totally acceptable. Would you like to know what we're talking about next week as we wrap up the Halloween season on this episode and move into our Thanksgiving movies.

1:26:30 Well, I'm not thankful, Well you're not thankful good luck? I mean I think I think you're thankful for this movie, because this movie kind of became a staple for our Thanksgiving marathons. Yeah, I mean, I just you know, I was like, well, nothing's gonna be a bigger downer than the War at Home, And then it was. And then the Ice Storm was like, hold my Dead Child? That is correct, the Ice Storm from nineteen ninety seven, Hold my Dead Child. Wow, spoilers. You don't know which child. There's plenty. Some get killed, some get molested. You don't know. The Ice Start from. Nineteen eighty seven, a really really good drama period piece that features Kevin Klein, Elijah Wood, Sigourney Weaver. I mean, there's a lot of people in this movie.

1:27:11 You should commit to reading the book before so that we can know what the differences are all check. Wait, I have the audiobook. I haven't had a chance yet. How many hours is it? It's like nine or ten. I am gonna I'm gonna go through the Blu ray because that Criterion disc is loaded. Wow, Criterion did some extras. Huh yeah, shit, crazy right, smart ass. But before we go, I want to say, first of all, thank you guys so much for making this one of the greatest Halloween seasons. For Weekly Spooky and Do You Even Movie? We really do appreciate it. If you're listening to this on Weekly Spooky and you want to listen to do You Even Movie every single Tuesday, head to dooevenmovie dot com subscribe directly to the podcast feed there.

1:27:54 And also if you're listening to this on a podcast, you know, make sure you're subscribed. Wherever you're listening to leave a five star rating. And if you're watching us over on YouTube, please leave a like, leave a comment. The comments really help kind of keep things rolling and moving, and subscribe because you know, can't stop, won't stop, I believe. So that's all I have to say as we wrap up quite quite a much spooky season. My lord, my lord, it was a lot of fun, and we also want to wish you, of course, a safe and fun happy Halloween this year. As we what Tomor's Devil's Night, isn't it? Yeah? Hot? You quoting something.

1:28:35 Just the night. I don't remember that. I mean, I remember the SoundCloud wrapper falling in love with the Girl in Rehab The good says, oh oh, the one with Eddie Furlong. Okay, good, good good yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, thank you guys. So much and uh well, I guess all that's left to say is is, we'll see you next, Satan. Damn it, Satan. Oh yes, he'll hear you