This week on Horror News Radio we try to follow Brahms’ rules as we babysit The Boy. Lauren Cohan steps out of the dangerous world of The Walking Dead to become a nanny in England looking after an 8 year old boy, except that boy turns out to be a life-sizes porcelain doll. The grue-crew are initially delighted as she begins to suspect there is more to the doll, to Brahms, fearing a spirit may actually reside within the creepy bastard. Things really perk up when she successfully convinces Malcolm (Rupert Evans) of her suspicions. Then…well…then…the third act arrives and the grue-crew are livid. Found out why!
Dave begins the HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK segment with information about The Exorcist coming to FOX as an episode television show, Universal’s The Mummy gaining a star in Tom Cruise and The Joker making an impression (as does Harley Quinn) with the latest Suicide Squad trailer. Also announced this week is the forthcoming book from Gruesome Magazine written by the Grue-crew called Gruesome Magazine presents Horror Films from 1980.
Co-hosts Doc Rotten, Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr., Dave Dreher, Thomas Mariani and Vixen, the voice of reason, are back again this week to give you the best in horror as they recap, review and obliterate all that is horror this week! Oh, and don’t forget – Stump the Saint! (Brought to you by Nightmare Code)
Horror News Radio
Episode 147 — The Boy
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- Featured Review: The Boy (2016)
- Director/Writer: d. William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside, Wer); w. Stacey Menear
- Cast: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell
- The Black Saint
(2 / 5) - David Dreher
(2.5 / 5) - Thomas Mariani (2 / 5)
- Doc Rotten (2.5 / 5)
- Support HNR: Patreon & Horror T-Shirts
- Horror News of the Week: 01/25/2016
- FOX orders a TV pilot version of The Exorcist
- The full trailer for Suicide Squad hits
- Tom Cruise signs on for Universal’s remake of The Mummy
- The spin off of the comedy/horror film What We Do in the Shadows gets a title, We’re Wolves
- A petition is launched to get the Maximum Overdrive Green Goblin head on stage with AC/DC
- Stump the Saint: w/ prizes supplied by Nightmare Code
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Doc a lifelong fan of horror films, sci-fi flicks and monster movies first discovering Universal Monsters and Planet of the Apes as a young child in the 1970's searching out every issue of Famous Monster of Filmland (and, later, Fangoria). Favorite films include Jaws, The Car, The Birds, The Tingler, Vampire Circus and The Exorcist. Still a huge fan of horror films from the 70s, Doc continues consuming horror films to this day for the site, for the podcasts and for the fun of it all.
