73 Of Our All Time Horror Movie Favorites…  In 15 Minutes!

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Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Saturday, October 31st. Of course, still some people looking for a horror movie tonight. We are about to, in the next 15 minutes, give you 73. Guaranteed horror movie options. We are not kidding. And welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. And we need to get right at it. We've been giving people some specialty genre recommendations throughout the month. This list is our absolute kind of go-to favorites. Robes, it took us how long to put this list together just off the top of our heads?

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Speaker 2: I would say... Less than 15 minutes.

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Speaker 1: Minutes. These just came to us. These are some of our absolute favorites. Yes, there are 73 on the list. If you're looking for something to night, Robes, they cannot go wrong with The Conjuring 1 or 2.

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Speaker 2: Those are the most special movies, and especially if you don't like gore. These aren't gory, but they're spooky, and they'll get you right into the Halloween spirit. Number two, It. How could you go wrong with Pennywise the Clown murdering children?

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Speaker 1: Wow, now we do sound weird. The Thing is something we've been watching a lot in the house over the past several days. We have. Kurt Russell, 1982, The Thing. It was just a different type of alien because it was a shape-shifting monster. It was creepy and something you've never seen before. Kurt Russell is fantastic in that.

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Speaker 2: So, so good. All right, number four, The Descent. We love this movie. A bunch of girls going caving, and yes, there is a sub-human life form that... I guess, likes the taste of human flesh.

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Speaker 1: And it was good enough that they made a sequel, actually, to that. That tells you anything. The Ring, that's a classic. People know that. Naomi Watts, right?

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Speaker 2: Naomi Watts.

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Speaker 1: People know this. When climbing out of the... With the.

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Speaker 2: Black hair hanging over out of the well, coming out of the television set. Woo-hoo!

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: Number six, we love Drag Me to Hell.

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Speaker 1: And this will change the way you go get a bank loan. And how you see other people get bank loans. This is a fun movie that includes one of our absolute favorite, Justin Long.

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Speaker 2: Justin Long.

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Speaker 1: One of our favorite actors is featured in that one. Poltergeist is on the list. That's the classic. You can't go wrong with that. Or, no, no, they're here. You can't beat that. That kitchen scene is classic, too, with the chairs moving around. Oh, it's so good. That one's good.

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Speaker 2: It's amazing. All right, number eight. We go with Insidious 1 and 2. So I guess that's 8 and 9. Sorry, my apologies. And I also didn't count Conjuring 1 and 2, so I'm already off on the count. That's number 10. The Insidious series with Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, so, so good. But the first two are the best.

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Speaker 1: And also in the Conjuring family, Annabelle Creation. Now, there is an Annabelle, that doll, that creepy doll, but they did this one. going back to the origins, this is probably our favorite in the Annabelle series.

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Speaker 2: It absolutely is. Weapons, what a good movie. It's a new one, but it's a good one. Remember the kids with their arms outstretched, all these disappearing children, where did they go?

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Speaker 1: Can't go wrong, and there's an Oscar-winning performance in there as well. Can't go wrong. Obsession, doing gangbusters, that movie is going to win Oscar something or the other. It just has to. Sinister... Ethan Hawke is fantastic in this, and this is a tough one. This is a dark movie.

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Speaker 2: This is a dark movie that we would never recommend you watch alone, but if you want to be scared and have trouble sleeping because you're so scared, watch Sinister.

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Speaker 1: Who wants that?

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Speaker 2: Some people like that.

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Speaker 1: They can't put that in the promo.

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Speaker 2: Don't say that that's weird, because maybe sometimes I'm in that kind of mood. The next one is one of our all-time favorites, and it is an M. Night Shyamalan classic that a lot of people don't know about. It's called Devil... It's set in a Philadelphia elevator.

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Speaker 1: And it'll get you. There's not... Do you have an M. Night Shyamalan movie you like more than this one?

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Speaker 2: I think Devil is my favorite. I do like Signs, but Devil is my favorite.

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Speaker 1: This is no question my favorite movie from him. The next one, Host. This is a 60-minute wild ride. This is such a fun movie. I think you were the one that told me about this one. But a seance during... Was it during COVID?

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Speaker 2: COVID.

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Speaker 1: Uh over zoom it's fantastic.

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Speaker 2: It is a movie completely shot over zoom and you will not be able to take your eyes off of it you will enjoy every second we obviously had to include the original friday the 13th that was my second horror movie i ever saw in my life and i am still afraid of my closet isn't that crazy i'm sorry not afraid of my closet i'm afraid to go to sleep I'm afraid to go to sleep. Or go to camp.

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Speaker 1: Camping. Which one?

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Speaker 2: Wow, I'm getting them all confused.

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Speaker 1: Wow.

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Speaker 2: That's so sad.

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Speaker 1: Jason is this one.

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Speaker 2: I don't like to go to camp.

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Speaker 1: Sleep away camp. And the mama was the killer in the original. Killer mommy killer. Isn't that crazy? Next up, Scream. The original is classic. We were just watching it last night with girls, actually. And then the most recent, right? Yes. Scream 7 was a good one.

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Speaker 2: Scream 7 was amazing. That is so rare to be able to have that many in a series that is so iconic like Scream and to have the last one be... As good as, if not better than, the original. And the same to go with Final Destination. The last one, look, we love them all, but had to put the last iteration of Final Destination on the map because this one just, I think just with technology, the way they're able to now create all these horrific deaths, it just was incredible.

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Speaker 1: Well, they put that story together well. And then Tony Todd had a goodbye in that one that was special. The Hitcher. wonderful classic they did a remake of this one as well which you know what the original both of them are good to go but they are both i know what you did last summer come on that ryan philippe and uh the crew jennifer love hewitt and freddie prince jr and who's the last one sir michelle see i can still come up with those names off the top of my head that was great.

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Speaker 2: Good children of the corn you cannot go wrong with evil children and stephen king.

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Speaker 1: What was the redhead Malachi. Malachi.

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Speaker 2: It's such a good movie. And then The Omen with Gregory Peck. The original. I dare you not to be scared watching The Omen. And then in another example of a remake, this one is a prequel technically. The first Omen.

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Speaker 1: Really good.

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Speaker 2: So well done. They even have a nod to Gregory Peck. They actually end it. Or no, yes, they end it with the opening scene in the original Omen. It is those two together. In fact, I would actually suggest... Don't you think that people should watch the first Omen first and then watch the Omen?

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Speaker 1: Oh, that's tough. Because of the order, we know it. Yeah, that's true.

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Speaker 2: Forget what I just said.

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Speaker 1: All right. Emily, go.

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Speaker 2: The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Now, this is a little bit of a slow burn, but if you love Laura Linney the way I do, she is such a good actress. And it's based on a true story of a priest who actually was prosecuted for killing, murdering a girl named Emily Rose during an exorcism. This thing was... will stay with you. This one has scared me, even though it's not your typical horror movie. It's intellectual, and it's real, and oof, there are no locks for the devil. The Exorcist, the original, it was at 1973, I believe, the year of my birth. It's all making sense to me now. The Exorcist, you cannot go wrong with that.

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Speaker 1: Your mama's still trying to get the demons out of you. Jaws, of course, can't miss. What are we up to, number-wise?

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Speaker 2: Well, I've got a couple in there. We're, like, in the close to 30s.

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Speaker 1: All right, so Jaws, classic, can't go wrong any time, day or night. That is a wonderful film. If we're going to stay in the creature feature area here, we've got Anaconda. Yes, the original with Ice Cube. J-Lo. And J-Lo. We put this one on the background when we're on vacation sometimes. It's fun. We just like to have that one on. And then Crawl is about an alligator. Or is it a crocodile?

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Speaker 2: I think it's an alligator, yes.

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Speaker 1: All right. I don't know that young lady's name, but she really kind of carries that movie. She has to do a lot of physical acting in that movie.

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Speaker 2: It's so good. And then you can see where my brain was going because then we went from that, the creatures to then zombies. Train to Busan. what a good film that if you like a zombie film and you will forget that this is subtitled very quickly because the action is so intense and it is it's heart and it's got action yeah.

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Speaker 1: If you want a good movie um that might be my number one recommendation it's so that it's gonna get you going that's a great.

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Speaker 2: And if you like train to busan you'll love alive because it's in the same it's a zombie korean uh asian horror film it's so so good and And then let's go to the apocalypse and A Quiet Place. You can't go wrong with that movie with John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. They are amazing in that movie. All of the iterations are good, but the first one I think is our favorite.

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Speaker 1: I Am Legend. I think it might be one of your absolute favorite movies, right?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. With Will Smith, New York City is just tumbleweeds. And then another New York City apocalyptic movie that I love is Day After Tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: I own this one. Is that horror?

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Speaker 2: I don't know, but I put it in because I love it so much.

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Speaker 1: Oh, stop.

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Speaker 2: Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Speaker 1: Sorry. I was horrified. I guess only 72 horror movies plus one other thing. Carrie is a classic. You can't miss it. We have started to watch this Carrie mini, not miniseries, but show on, what is it, HBO Max?

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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty good so far. Yes. But you can't go wrong with the original. Get Out is still good. Another cautionary tale about brothers going into the woods. Don't go too deep into the woods.

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Speaker 2: Or go back home to meet the white parents. Yikes. Cabin in the Woods, one of our all-time favorites. It's horror comedy, but it's done so brilliantly. So smart. And then let's end before the break because we're more than halfway through now. We're doing well. The Shining with, of course, again, that's another Stephen King. But what an incredible setting. And to watch Jack Nicholson just devolve into just this almost subhuman horror show is phenomenal. So when we come back, we will give you your last 30-something horror movie hits for Halloween.

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Speaker 1: All right, we continue here on this Halloween. day, Halloween night. A lot of people still looking for a horror movie to deal with, a horror movie to select that's going to be good for the night. We have a list here that's guaranteed. We're guaranteed to give you 73 in just a few minutes here. What are we up to, Rose?

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Speaker 2: Number 43.

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Speaker 1: Okay, 43.

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Speaker 2: Silence of the Lambs.

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Speaker 1: Come on.

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Speaker 2: Do we even need to give a description with Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins and just such a good... True crime horror movie.

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Speaker 1: All right, next up, Invisible Man.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Elizabeth.

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Speaker 2: Handmaid's Tale. Elizabeth Moss.

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Speaker 1: So good.

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Speaker 2: The Invisible Man. That is a phenomenal movie.

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Speaker 1: That's a remake, isn't it?

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Speaker 2: Yes, and we own it. The Candyman, the original. We didn't like the remake. Stick with the original and Tony Todd, Candyman. It just doesn't get better than that in terms of horror and thrill. The Strangers... That is so, so scary. I can't even begin. And then we have Don't Breathe.

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Speaker 1: You remember that one from the blind? The guy's blind, but he has a great sense. They try to break into a house, try to take advantage of a blind man, but he is so good. He stalks them and he can't see.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and it was so good they made a sequel as well. But the original, you can't beat Don't Breathe. And then how could we not have Halloween with Jamie Lee Curtis on our list? Obviously, I don't know, how many did they end up making? They're not all the same, but the original. I don't think there's one that was better than that with Michael Myers.

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Speaker 1: They got some in there. I mean, even Tyra Banks played in one of them. Busta Rhymes was in one of them. I mean, they've done so many that.

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Speaker 2: There was one we saw together where Jamie Lee was just, had like, 10 minutes in a hospital bed and barely even showed up. That was not the good one.

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Speaker 1: But you know what? We still went to the theater to see that. We did just, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, cause we love some Jamie Lee Curtis, uh, 28 days. The whole series is great, but that original 28 days, such a great zombie movie set in London. Everything is, um, completely chaos. And it's just, you're on the edge of your seat the entire time watching these folks try to escape.

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Speaker 1: What number are we up to here? Hard eyes.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm going to have to do some math. Hard Eyes is number... I'm going to have to tell you... I'm going to have to do some math. You're going to have to do some talking about Hard Eyes.

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Speaker 1: Okay, everybody, we've talked about this movie plenty. This is a rom... what a rom-com horror movie. It is a, they nail both genres, rom-com and horror, but this has Cuba Gooding Jr. 's son as the lead in it. 2025 is in the past year or so, but that was great. Talk to Me is, thought this one might even get Oscar consideration over the past couple of years. It's when they have this, this hand that they gets transported and they can talk to the dead. It's fantastic. It's so good. Evil Dead Rise is, If you can make it through the first 10 minutes of this movie, you're going to be golden. But this is in the Evil Dead series, but it has an opening scene that sets the tone for you in this movie. This is a difficult watch. It's fun. It's crazy.

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Speaker 2: This is so scary to watch. I can't even begin to describe. Yes, this is not for the faint of heart. I think this would be number 54 and number 55, Smile 1 and Smile 2. Actually, I would watch them in that order because this is another one where they're very clever and they pick up exactly where they left off. So when Smile 1 ends, you can go right into Smile 2. It's almost like you're watching a Netflix series, but you're watching some really well-done acting and two phenomenal horror movies. All right, the next one, 50, see, I've already lost count, 55, Barbarian. So good, it just will give you pause the next time you rent an Airbnb or a Vrbo. This thing has got some Justin Long in it.

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Speaker 1: Too, which we love. And yeah, this is one of those, you're like, why? There's no way you would go down into the cellar if you saw this. There's no way you would walk down into those tunnels. This is one where you're screaming at the TV. That was a fantastic film. What's her name? The young lady that stars Georgina Campbell.

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Speaker 2: Yes. Nice. You just pulled that out.

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Speaker 1: She's awesome.

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Speaker 2: That was great. Alien, of course, the original Sigourney Weaver. Plenty of iterations, but that one is so good.

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Speaker 1: Tom Skerritt.

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Speaker 2: Tom Skerritt.

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Speaker 1: He is the captain of that ship. We just lost him recently. Also, Orphan. This is a horror thriller. That is a fun movie. If you haven't seen it, the woman fooling the family, and she's actually really... 30 years old or whatever. I don't know if it's based on a true story, but it is a true story. Yes. These stories have happened.

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Speaker 2: There's an actual story, current one. You can Google it now, and it actually scarily mimics this movie, but this is a good one. We also love the Babadook.

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Speaker 1: The Babadook.

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Speaker 2: It's just scary.

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Speaker 1: Babadook.

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Speaker 2: An evil children's story that turns into reality, and there's just a lot of heartbreak and a lot of heart in this one, but it's scary as hell.

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Speaker 1: And the mom is great. The acting in this is great.

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Speaker 2: Oh, the acting is phenomenal. Haunt, this one is one of the most brutal, scariest movies ever. Set in Halloween, these kids all go to a haunted house, but it's actually really like, it's like one of the most vicious, horrific, scary movies ever.

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Speaker 1: This is a tough watch. It's a tough watch.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of watching, The Watcher, excellent movie with Micah Monroe, one of our favorites, our scream queen, but it's set in Prague. it's set in one of those eastern european cities she moves to with her boyfriend and yes someone is watching her the blackening because who doesn't love to be scared and laugh your butt off the entire time.

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Speaker 1: And black folks in the woods it's trying to figure it out funny in and of itself it.

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Speaker 2: Is ready or not one of your all-time favorites you.

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Speaker 1: Know what i can never remember her name uh that young lady i love her because she's just She's so self-deprecating and goofy to be this gorgeous woman that she... She's fantastic.

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Speaker 2: Ready or not. Okay, Ouija Origin of Evil. So that's the second in the Ouija series. It is so, so scary. I actually was screaming the other day re-watching it. The Mist by Stephen King, obviously a classic with this mysterious mist with monsters inside killing folks in this main town. The Others with Nicole Kidman. It's a ghost story that has a twist that you will not see coming. The Monkey, another Stephen King classic that was just remade. And it's an excellent, excellent rendition. And then Happy Death Day. That is just a fun, scream queen slasher, predictable, but just so entertaining movie.

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Speaker 1: Great lead. She carries that movie. She's really fun.

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Speaker 2: Malignant. That was an incredible movie.

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Speaker 1: That one, we bonded over that movie. That's... It's ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: It is ridiculous, and yet.

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Speaker 1: It's ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: In fact, I kind of want to watch it again right now.

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Speaker 1: As soon as we stop recording, let's watch it again.

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Speaker 2: All right, X, it's just sexy and scary, and the ending.

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Speaker 1: Did you say sexy?

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Speaker 2: Kind of. I mean, it's about a porn shoot that gets deadly, turns deadly.

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Speaker 1: But then there's the old people, there's a.

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Speaker 2: No, that was one of the most disgusting... You and I watched that in the theaters together. That was one of the most... The horror was watching old people have sex. No, it really does get scary, and the ending.

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Speaker 1: You won't give it away. It's out of control.

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Speaker 2: You feel bad because you're laughing, but it's rough.

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Speaker 1: It's so good, y'all.

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Speaker 2: Late Night with the Devil, just such a smart, scary movie. Primate, that is just a.

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Speaker 1: Some tough deaths in there. That monkey killed some people.

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Speaker 2: It's entertaining, though.

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Speaker 1: Is that wrong to say?

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Speaker 2: All right, The Nun 2. We didn't like The Nun, but we loved The Nun 2. That's one you have to see. Joyride, you're the one who brought this to my attention.

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Speaker 1: Paul Walker. And the guy from the first season of White Lotus that was the dad to Sidney Sweeney. Yes. If you pieced all that together, that guy we love. They play a prank on another truck driver. And he then harasses them and goes after them for the joke. It's a good ride. All right.

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Speaker 2: What Lies Beneath, Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford, How Could You Go Wrong. It is a thriller, killer, awesome. And then finally, we'll end with number 73, The Ritual. And this was in no order. We just wanted to get them in as they came into our head. But this is about some hiking. Friends go hiking mourning the loss of one of another friend, and there is something waiting for them in the woods.

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Speaker 1: That's a good synopsis. That's a good write-up. Before we let you go, we'll give you a few just if you dare. There were a few that we came up with that we know we wouldn't watch on our own.

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Speaker 2: Yes.

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Speaker 1: There are some that are just too scary to be by yourself with. And here's a short list. And, Rose, you said hush. I'd be fine in the city with it. I wouldn't be fine in an Airbnb out in the woods.

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Speaker 2: It depends on your setting. In an apartment, actually, a lot of these aren't as scary. But if you're in a house and if you're alone, hush, hell no. Because you've got someone peeping in the house. In that same vein, the strangers. I would not watch the strangers in a house by myself. Absolutely not. Any kind of home invasion, even the purge, honestly, would be too scary.

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Speaker 1: Sinister is on here. That's a tough one. We've mentioned that and talked about it already. What about... Is it Hereditary?

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Speaker 2: Oh, yes. Hereditary. I wouldn't want to watch that one by myself at all. The Dark and the Wicked is like a home invasion that's even extra scary. That's one I want to rewatch again with you. But I remember when we were watching it, I thought there is no way in hell I could watch this movie by myself.

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Speaker 1: What's the one? I should call it whatever. Bring Her Back. I wouldn't watch that. Oh, yeah.

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Speaker 2: That is so scary.

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Speaker 1: I don't think I'd watch that again anyway. That was.

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Speaker 2: An incredible movie that I never need to see again. And The Ring, for me, just seeing her climb out of that well and come out of the TV, I would be really freaked out by myself.

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Speaker 1: You know what I couldn't watch also? The Substance. I don't want to watch that.

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Speaker 2: It's just body horror.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not a big fan. I don't like body horror.

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Speaker 2: I heard, I heard. And anything with like someone like when a stranger calls, like I wouldn't want to be by myself because then when the phone rings, I'd just be scared. Like those kind of babysitter horror movies, I don't like to watch by myself.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Folks, hope you are having a happy Safe. Halloween, if you needed a couple of recommendations, just wanted to hop on and have a little fun. This is fun for us. At this point, you all know, if you listen at all, that we are horror movie nuts. At some point, maybe we could be called experts. And at some point, maybe we can get paid for that. But for now, we just have a lot of fun with it. So I hope you had fun with us for the month of October. But for now, I'm TJ. That is my dear Amy Robach. And we will talk to you all soon.