125 – Halloween Special! Strange Darling, The Substance, Speak No Evil, In A Violent Nature, and The Handsome Guys
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10/28/24 • 89 min
In this week's Halloween Special we reviewed five big spooky releases of this season! No spoilers unless otherwise stipulated.
Strange Darling - a 2023 American thriller film written and directed by JT Mollner and starring Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner. Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer's vicious murder spree.
The Substance - a 2024 satirical body horror film written, directed, and co-produced by Coralie Fargeat, starring Demi Moore and Margeret Qualley. Elisabeth Sparkle, renowned for an aerobics show, faces a devastating blow on her 50th birthday as her boss fires her. Amid her distress, a laboratory offers her a substance which promises to transform her into an enhanced version of herself.
Speak No Evil - a 2024 American psychological horror thriller film written and directed by James Watkins, starring James McAvoy, Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis. A remake of the 2022 Danish-Dutch film the film sees dream holiday turns into a living nightmare when an American couple and their daughter spend the weekend at a British family's idyllic country estate.
In A Violent Nature - a 2024 Canadian slasher film written and directed by Chris Nash, and starring Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, and Lauren-Marie Taylor. When a group of teens takes a locket from a collapsed fire tower in the woods, they unwittingly resurrect the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year old crime. The undead killer soon embarks on a bloody rampage to retrieve the stolen locket, methodically slaughtering anyone who gets in his way.
Handsome Guys (핸섬가이즈) - a 2024 South Korean black comedy horror film written and directed by Nam Dong-hyeop, starring Lee Sung-min, Lee Hee-joon, Gong Seung-yeon, Park Ji-hwan, and Lee Kyu-hyung. A remake of the 2010 Canadian horror-comedy film Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, the film centres around self-proclaimed tough guy 'Jae-pil' and 'Sang-gu' who finally move into their dream European-style house, when unwanted visitors arrive, awakening a sealed evil spirit in the basement.
Which of these movies are our favourites? Are remakes doomed to fall short of the originals? Let's discuss.
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00:00 The Start
04:38 Strange Darling
13:08 The Substance
26:35 Speak No Evil
35:23 SPOILERS for Speak No Evil
45:49 In A Violent Nature
54:50 SPOILERS for Handsome Guys
Which of these movies have you seen? Which was your favourite?
Let us know in the comments or contact us at [email protected]
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#strangedarling #thesubstance #speaknoevil #inaviolentnature #handsomeguys #halloween
In this week's Halloween Special we reviewed five big spooky releases of this season! No spoilers unless otherwise stipulated.
Strange Darling - a 2023 American thriller film written and directed by JT Mollner and starring Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner. Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer's vicious murder spree.
The Substance - a 2024 satirical body horror film written, directed, and co-produced by Coralie Fargeat, starring Demi Moore and Margeret Qualley. Elisabeth Sparkle, renowned for an aerobics show, faces a devastating blow on her 50th birthday as her boss fires her. Amid her distress, a laboratory offers her a substance which promises to transform her into an enhanced version of herself.
Speak No Evil - a 2024 American psychological horror thriller film written and directed by James Watkins, starring James McAvoy, Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis. A remake of the 2022 Danish-Dutch film the film sees dream holiday turns into a living nightmare when an American couple and their daughter spend the weekend at a British family's idyllic country estate.
In A Violent Nature - a 2024 Canadian slasher film written and directed by Chris Nash, and starring Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, and Lauren-Marie Taylor. When a group of teens takes a locket from a collapsed fire tower in the woods, they unwittingly resurrect the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year old crime. The undead killer soon embarks on a bloody rampage to retrieve the stolen locket, methodically slaughtering anyone who gets in his way.
Handsome Guys (핸섬가이즈) - a 2024 South Korean black comedy horror film written and directed by Nam Dong-hyeop, starring Lee Sung-min, Lee Hee-joon, Gong Seung-yeon, Park Ji-hwan, and Lee Kyu-hyung. A remake of the 2010 Canadian horror-comedy film Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, the film centres around self-proclaimed tough guy 'Jae-pil' and 'Sang-gu' who finally move into their dream European-style house, when unwanted visitors arrive, awakening a sealed evil spirit in the basement.
Which of these movies are our favourites? Are remakes doomed to fall short of the originals? Let's discuss.
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00:00 The Start
04:38 Strange Darling
13:08 The Substance
26:35 Speak No Evil
35:23 SPOILERS for Speak No Evil
45:49 In A Violent Nature
54:50 SPOILERS for Handsome Guys
Which of these movies have you seen? Which was your favourite?
Let us know in the comments or contact us at [email protected]
Also, join our Friends of Two Asian Blokes Facebook group if you want to discuss this topic further.
Thanks for listening! Find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts for weekly shows about vaguely Asian stuff. You can also follow us on Instagram and TikTok @twoasianblokes.
#strangedarling #thesubstance #speaknoevil #inaviolentnature #handsomeguys #halloween
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124 - Terminator ZERO review! The Terminator franchise goes FULL-BLOWN ANIME
In this week's episode we talked the latest in the NewJeans vs HYBE scandal, Shōgun winning big at the Emmys, as well as mini-reviews for Blumhouse's afrAId and Alex Garland's Devs, before going to the main review for this episode - Terminator ZERO.
Terminator Zero is a science fiction action anime series developed by Mattson Tomlin for Netflix. It is set in the Terminator universe created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. Animation services were provided by Production I.G under the direction of Masashi Kudō.
How does this series compare to the rest of the franchise? Is it too anime? Does Netflix have a subtitling issue? Let's discuss.
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00:00 The Start
03:07 NewJeans vs HYBE
17:13 Shogun wins some Emmys
22:34 afrAId
29:29 Devs
33:20 Terminator ZERO (spoiler-free)
56:46 SPOILERS
Did you enjoy this series?
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126 - Chinese Pipa player REACTS to Knocked Loose and Hitsujibungaku
In this week's episode, Danh takes a break and Thavy invites his good friend Angel on the show to look at some music.
Angel has dabbled in piano and is well-versed in the traditional Chinese instrument, the Pipa. Not ordinarily utilized in heavy metal music, Thavy of course wanted to get Angel's thoughts on some heavier bands that he's into.
(Apologies for the watermark on Hitsujibungaku. You can blame SONY Music for that)
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00:00 Introducing Angel
04:33 Addiction by Hitsujibungaku
12:05 Suffocate by Knocked Loose
What did you think of these songs? Any others from these bands that Angel should check out?
Let us know in the comments or contact us at [email protected]
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