“Hocus Pocus” Podcast Movie Review
10/18/22 • 77 min
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Hocus Pocus – Scare Daniel Podcast Episode 121
“Max likes your yabbos.”
Daniel and Corky light a Febreze to clear the air after reviewing Bette Midler in the inexplicably beloved Hocus Pocus. This sloppily written, egregiously unfunny Halloween comedy about three Stooges-esque witches somehow became a beloved holiday tradition.
Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss circus movie fetishes, powdered wig lechery and inconsistent zap magic.
HOCUS POCUS FACTS AND FIGURES
U.S. theatrical debut: July 16, 1993
Critics scores: 39 on Rotten Tomatoes; 43 on Metacritic
This week’s darer: Allison Kinnear
Allison’s dare: “I watched it for the first time this year and yikes. I know it is a beloved film for many, but since you guys ruined Love Actually for me, I figure you can ruin this streaming turd for others.”
IMDB synopsis: “A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.”
This week’s referenced movies: Newsies; High School Musical movies; Michael Jackson’s This Is It; The Wedding Planner; Company Business; The Princess Switch; The Boondock Saints; The Greatest Show on Earth; Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; Caddyshack; E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial; Ghost World; American Beauty; Eyes Wide Shut; Barry Lyndon; The Shape of Water; Hellboy; Pan’s Labyrinth; The Wizard of Oz; The Goonies; The Iron Giant; The Big Sleep; Top Gun: Maverick; Spider-Man; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Village of the Damned; Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Ratings: Daniel – Double Dare; Corky – Dare
CLIPS AND CLIPPINGS
Theatrical trailer for Hocus Pocus
Follow Dare Daniel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and more. New episodes come out every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage and sending us your movie dares. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post “Hocus Pocus” Podcast Movie Review appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.
Hocus Pocus – Scare Daniel Podcast Episode 121
“Max likes your yabbos.”
Daniel and Corky light a Febreze to clear the air after reviewing Bette Midler in the inexplicably beloved Hocus Pocus. This sloppily written, egregiously unfunny Halloween comedy about three Stooges-esque witches somehow became a beloved holiday tradition.
Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss circus movie fetishes, powdered wig lechery and inconsistent zap magic.
HOCUS POCUS FACTS AND FIGURES
U.S. theatrical debut: July 16, 1993
Critics scores: 39 on Rotten Tomatoes; 43 on Metacritic
This week’s darer: Allison Kinnear
Allison’s dare: “I watched it for the first time this year and yikes. I know it is a beloved film for many, but since you guys ruined Love Actually for me, I figure you can ruin this streaming turd for others.”
IMDB synopsis: “A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.”
This week’s referenced movies: Newsies; High School Musical movies; Michael Jackson’s This Is It; The Wedding Planner; Company Business; The Princess Switch; The Boondock Saints; The Greatest Show on Earth; Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; Caddyshack; E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial; Ghost World; American Beauty; Eyes Wide Shut; Barry Lyndon; The Shape of Water; Hellboy; Pan’s Labyrinth; The Wizard of Oz; The Goonies; The Iron Giant; The Big Sleep; Top Gun: Maverick; Spider-Man; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Village of the Damned; Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Ratings: Daniel – Double Dare; Corky – Dare
CLIPS AND CLIPPINGS
Theatrical trailer for Hocus Pocus
Follow Dare Daniel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and more. New episodes come out every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage and sending us your movie dares. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post “Hocus Pocus” Podcast Movie Review appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.
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“Strait-Jacket” (1964) Podcast Movie Review
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“Do you want to date a doctor?”
Zombie Daniel and Mummy Corky return from the dead for the 2022 edition of Scare Daniel. This is the fifth installment of our October horror movie series, meaning we’ve reached A New Beginning in Friday the 13th years. William Castle’s Strait-Jacket is a middling Psycho meets Gaslight proto-slasher movie that telegraphs its plot twists more than Western Union. But it’s elevated by Joan Crawford’s remarkably committed, possessed and highly physical turn as an ax murderess returning home from the asylum.
Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss hags-ploitation movies, air stabbing, Bosley Crowther claptrap and Scare Daniel in space.
STRAIT-JACKET (1964) FACTS AND FIGURES
U.S. theatrical debut: Jan. 8, 1964
Critics scores: 88 on Rotten Tomatoes
This week’s darer: Ryan L. Terry
Ryan’s dare: “After Baby Jane and before Dunaway would re-immortalize her in Mommie Dearest, THE legendary Joan Crawford stars in Strait-Jacket as Lucy Harbin, a woman who came home to find her husband in bed with his lover, then lobbed off both their heads! She is sent to an insane asylum for twenty years, and then returns home haunted by the ghosts of her past. I know that it has a high RT score, but I am not entirely sure what I think of this movie. Since I cannot make up my mind about this one, I am daring you guys to watch it!”
IMDB synopsis: “After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.”
This week’s referenced movies: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?; Mommie Dearest; Matinee; Psycho; Friday the 13th: A New Beginning; The Three Faces of Eve; The Women (1939); Who Framed Roger Rabbit?; Napoleon Dynamite; Cool Hand Luke; Sleepaway Camp; Chinatown; Ryan’s Babe; Gaslight; The Naked Gun
Ratings: Daniel – Reverse Dare; Corky – Reverse Dare
CLIPS AND CLIPPINGS
Theatrical trailer for Strait-Jacket (1964)
Joan on the phone in The Women
John Goodman in the Castle-inspired Matinee
Follow Dare Daniel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and more. New episodes come out every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage and sending us your movie dares. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post “Strait-Jacket” (1964) Podcast Movie Review appeared first on
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“The Exorcist III” Podcast Movie Review
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The Exorcist III – Scare Daniel Podcast Episode 122
“It’s just a bunch of peas and anchovies.”
Daniel and Corky do their shouty best to keep up with George C. Scott in William Peter Blatty’s so-underappreciated-it’s-almost-overappreciated The Exorcist III. Blatty crafts a shockingly effective slow creep that is unfortunately undermined by an over-the-top fan service ending.
THE EXORCIST III FACTS AND FIGURES
U.S. theatrical debut: Aug. 17, 1990
Critics scores: 59 on Rotten Tomatoes; 48 on Metacritic
This week’s darer: Christopher Reeves
Christopher’s dare: “Compared to Exorcist II this movie is The Godfather, but still has enough in it to make you ask what the hell is that and why? Plus, it’s got George C Scott at his shouty best giving EVERYONE crap. Mental hospital shenanigans, creepy old people and invisible radios are just a few of the joys you’ll discover. And the best reason of all...no locusts!”
IMDB synopsis: “A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.”
This week’s referenced movies: The Exorcist; Exorcist II: The Heretic; My Blue Heaven; The Ninth Configuration; Hocus Pocus; Bright; The Dark Tower; Suburbicon; Apocalypse Now; Grumpy Old Man; The Odd Couple; Spaceballs; Wings of Desire; The Silence of the Lambs; Strait-Jacket; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; the Lord of the Rings films; Dirty Harry; The French Connection; Midnight Express; Hardcore
Ratings: Daniel – Reverse Dare; Corky – Reverse Dare
CLIPS AND CLIPPINGS
The Exorcist III theatrical trailer
Follow Dare Daniel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and more. New episodes come out every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage and sending us your movie dares. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.The post “The Exorcist III” Podcast Movie Review appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.
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