Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) and Dante Bishop (Edwin Hodge) are back again to survive another night of murder and mayhem with The Purge: Election Year. This year, Leo must save Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell) from the killers sent to assassinate her on purge night. Director James DeMonaco proves “three times a charm” with the best Purge film yet. Still, the Black Saint refuses to witness the madness. Dave, Doc and Thomas recap and review the flick enjoying its horror elements and its not-so-subtle political statements. Have you purged?
“If you hide your farts from your friends, what else are you hiding?” There may be no other film like Swiss Army Man featuring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe. Yes, this is the film about a farting corpse. While it may not have much along the lines of horror, it does deliver one of the year’s best films with a dark, dark sense of humor and with something to say. If you love Jurassic Park, there are some fun references to the film throughout.
Dave arrives just in time to present this week’s Horror News of the Week with information about The Warriors coming to TV, Carrie getting the Scream Factory treatment and the Grue-crew remembering director Robin Hardy who passed away at 86. R.I.P., sir. Not only are the Grue-crew going to Dragon*Con this year, Doc and Gruesome Magazine writer Paul Cardullo are heading to GenreBlast Film Festival in Culpepper Virginia this August 19 – 21, 2016.
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 Gruesome Magazine)
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Episode 170 — The Purge: Election Year (2016) — Swiss Army Man (2016)
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- Featured Review: The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Years after sparing the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, a Presidential candidate targeted for death on Purge night due to her vow to eliminate the Purge.- d. James DeMonaco
- w. James DeMonaco
- c. Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williams
- What Have You Been Watching: Swiss Army Man (2016)A hopeless man stranded in the wilderness befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
- d. Dan Kwan, Danial Scheinert
- w. Dan Kwan, Danial Scheinert
- c. Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Announcements: DragonCon (2016)
- DragonCon (2016) September 2 – 5, 2016: http://dragoncon.org
- Look for The Black Saint, Doc Rotten, Thomas Mariani, Christopher G. Moore and Bill Mulligan on various panels on the Horror Block
- DragonCon (2016) September 2 – 5, 2016: http://dragoncon.org
- Support HNR: Patreon & Horror T-Shirts
- Horror News of the Week: 6/13/2016
- R.I.P. Robin Hardy, director of The Wicker Man
- Director George Romero, Night of the Living Dead, receives his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- The Russo Brothers are bringing The Warriors to TV
- Scream Factory is releasing a 40 anniversary Blu Ray release of Brian DePalma’s Carrie
- Curmudgeon John Carpenter, Halloween, appeared Mark Maron’s WTF podcast and dissed modern horror big time
- Stump the Saint: w/ prizes supplied Gruesome Magazine
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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.
