14: Maximum Overdrive
08/07/23 • 104 min
This week kicks off our Stephen King Rules! series as Bring Me The Axe! takes on Stephen King's first and last credit as director, the undisputed document of cocaine confidence, Maximum Overdrive from 1986. It's an ill-advised adaptation of his own short story, Trucks, that features a lot explosions, big trucks, and Yeardley Smith screaming.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwYcnnbiRB4
FYI, the music in the trailer is from Halloween 3, not Christine.
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This week kicks off our Stephen King Rules! series as Bring Me The Axe! takes on Stephen King's first and last credit as director, the undisputed document of cocaine confidence, Maximum Overdrive from 1986. It's an ill-advised adaptation of his own short story, Trucks, that features a lot explosions, big trucks, and Yeardley Smith screaming.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwYcnnbiRB4
FYI, the music in the trailer is from Halloween 3, not Christine.
Support Bring Me The Axe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/bringmetheaxepod
Buy Bring Me The Axe merch here: https://www.bonfire.com/store/bring-me-the-axe-podcast/
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13: Sleepaway Camp
This week, Bring Me The Axe! heads to Camp Arawak to explore one of slasher history's most unhinged entries, Sleepaway Camp. What could have been forgotten by history as just another Friday the 13th ripoff is elevated to a truly special place by a parade of dubious directorial decisions, a handful of positively insane performances, and a real wild twist ending that we spoil right from the get-go.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9K2ARikYzE&t=1s
Sources: https://sleepawaycampfilms.com/
Going Back To Sleepaway Camp by BJ Colangelo
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15: Silver Bullet w/guest Julia Marchese
Bryan and Dave are joined this week to close out their Stephen King Rules! series by Stephen King superfan, Julia Marchese, to talk about the picture that ended the Dino De Laurentis/Stephen King dynasty in the 1980's, Silver Bullet. It stars Corey Haim before he was the teen idol of the 1980's as well as Everett McGill and Gary Busey in a picture where it's kids vs. a werewolf.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1dClCykQys
Julia Marchese on Twitter: https://twitter.com/juliacmarchese
Julia's podcast, The Horror Movie Survival Guide: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-movie-survival-guide/id1260663982
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