Kaiju Kraziness is in full effect on Horror News Radio this week! First, we got Pacific Rim Uprising, the sequel to the Guillermo Del Toro robot-vs-giant monster battle movie. This time, John Boyega leads begrudgingly leads a group of cadets into training when a mysterious Jaeger suddenly comes to threaten the peace of post kaiju world. If that’s not enough plot for you, don’t worry. There are fifteen other subplots involved! After that giant blockbuster, The Grue Crew goes intimate for Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane. It’s divisive reception to the story of a victim of stalking (Claire Foy) finding herself locked in an institution. Some rather enjoyed this iPhone shot experiment. Others found it as nightmarish as the hospital itself. And not in a good way. It’s a Dave-less Horror News of the Week, with the trailer for Deadpool 2, an alternate cut of The Shining and the potential of a Star Wars horror film. You know guest Christopher G. Moore is excited! Finally, another round of Phantom Factor! Hazzah!
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Episode 260 — Pacific Rim Uprising – Unsane
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INTRO [00:00:36]
HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:02:53]
- Deadpool 2 Trailer
- Russo Brothers and Darren Lynn Bousman join forces for an interactive experience like none other
- The Shining Alternate Cut Goes Out On Auction
- What’s this about a reboot of The Grudge?
- Mark Hamill wants to make a Horror Star Wars Film
FEATURE REVIEW: Pacific Rim Uprising [00:26:24]
- Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
- director: Steven S. DeKnight
- cast: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day
ANNOUNCEMENTS [01:06:40]
- Gruesome Magazine is up for a Rondo Award! Voting ends April 8th!
- Decades of Horror 1980s 2 Year Anniversary Poll: Best Horror Themed Music Videos of the 1980s! Vote NOW!
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING: Unsane [01:09:00]
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple
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PHANTOM FACTOR [02:03:01]
- Our Game Show Segment In Which You the Listeners Forge Suggestions For The Grue Crew To Guess!
- This week’s topic: Foreign Frights
- Those who enter in March will be in contention to win a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema!
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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.
