TFR Ep. 678: The Exorcist: Believer, When Evil Lurks, 5 Favorite Final Girls

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10/13/23 • 54 min

This week on The First Run, William Friedkin spins so hard in his grave that he’s able to power the entire eastern seaboard as Chris and Matt discuss David Gordon Green’s latest horror hijacking with ‘The Exorcist: Believer’. Does the legacy sequel possess us all once again with fear and dread? And is that fear and dread more about having to watch the next 2 films in this planned trilogy? Then Chris continues to anger Matt as they discuss ‘When Evil Lurks’, a film that will be on Shudder before you can say, do you smell something rotting? It’s another possession thriller, this time via Argentina. Is it good enough for Matt having to see it in the theaters 2 weeks prior to its streaming premiere? There’s the head-spinning rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite “Final Girls”! Will it feature anyone from a film newer than 2000? Only one way to find out all you ghouls and goblins!

00:00-16:46: Intro/The Exorcist: Believer

16:47-27:49: Physical Media Picks

27:50-36:26: When Evil Lurks

36:27-50:12: 5 Favorite Final Girls

50:13-54:33: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

00:00-16:46: Intro/The Exorcist: Believer

16:47-27:49: Physical Media Picks

27:50-36:26: When Evil Lurks

36:27-50:12: 5 Favorite Final Girls

50:13-54:33: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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TFR Ep. 677: The Creator, Saw X, 5 Streaming Horror Picks

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt face one of the great questions of our time...why is sci-fi usually such a bummer? Who knows but they get served up another heaping helping of it via Gareth Edward’s with The Creator. Then, because Chris likes to push Matt ever closer to the edge, the guys burn away another couple hours of their lives with Saw X. Matt refuses to call it Saw 10. They give you a run-down of the big Physical Media releases, give you the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week then kick off spooky season proper with recommendations for horror movies you can stream right now. So let’s get a glimpse of yet another possible doomed future and set up some new gnarly traps!

00:00-17:12: Intro/The Creator

17:13-26:16: Physical Media Picks

26:17-38:07: Saw X

38:08-58:10: 5 Streaming Horror Picks

58:11-1:00:00: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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TFR Ep. 679: V/H/S/85, Anderson/Dahl Netflix Shorts, Call It!

This week on The First Run, dem bois resist the siren song of our future pop overlord and her brainwashed horde by skipping the theater this week. That’s right...Chris and Matt stayed home...and it was glorious. The guys keep spooky season rolling with the latest installment from the V/H/S found footage horror anthology with Shudder’s ‘V/H/S/85’. Then they take a hard right turn into a completely different kind of creepy with four Wes Anderson short films based on the writings of Roald Dahl: ‘The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar’, ‘Poison’, ‘The Ratcatcher’, and ‘The Swan’ . As always, they break down the Big Releases on Physical Media, give you the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap it all up with a round of their pick ‘em game, Call It! So let’s pop in the tape and adjust the tracking for another episode of The First Run!

00:00-23:24: Intro - V/H/S/85

23:25-38:24: Physical Media Picks

38:25-53:23: Wes Anderson/Roald Dahl Netflix Shorts

53:24-1:08:11: Call It!

1:08:12-1:12:57: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey