WEBVTT 00:01:15.345 --> 00:01:30.505 Hello, everyone, and welcome to The Friday Nightmares Podcasts Awards Show of 2025, and also the bittersweet final episode that we will be recording. 00:01:30.505 --> 00:01:34.545 But I am one half of your hosting team this evening, Mr. 00:01:34.545 --> 00:01:49.385 Smoke Show Crawford, coming to you from the town of Swartz Creek, in the county of Genesee, in the state of Michigan, in the United States of America, in the North American continent, in the Western Hemisphere, on the planet Earth, in the Milky Way Galaxy. 00:01:49.385 --> 00:01:56.425 I'm fully faxed, boosted and waxed, and ready to climax, and if you can, please get me wet and feed me after midnight. 00:01:56.425 --> 00:02:19.405 I'm the man with the glorious beard, aka the mother of cats, aka the man with the humongous ego, aka Scott Howzen, aka Scotty Tew Hotty, aka Spanky, and aka still one-half of the premium podcasting duo that is and will always forever be The Friday Nightmares Podcast. 00:02:19.405 --> 00:02:21.705 And with me as always is... 00:02:21.705 --> 00:02:27.105 Heather Powell coming to you today from Waterdown, Ontario, Canada. 00:02:27.105 --> 00:02:32.685 And Scott and I have always opened this podcast with Good Evening, but the cat's out of the bag. 00:02:32.825 --> 00:02:37.245 I don't know when the last time was that Scott and I recorded it in the evening. 00:02:37.245 --> 00:02:45.645 We just all assume you listen at night, I guess, is what the assumption we made for the past five years is that no one listens during the day. 00:02:45.645 --> 00:02:48.685 That we're more of a dirty secret that you don't want anyone to know about. 00:02:48.705 --> 00:02:49.205 Exactly. 00:02:49.205 --> 00:02:52.685 You're listening quietly in your room late at night with the lights off. 00:02:52.685 --> 00:02:55.105 No one can judge me. 00:02:55.105 --> 00:02:56.465 Hiding your shame. 00:02:56.465 --> 00:03:13.645 That's well, which is what Scott and I have done for many years now when it comes to all the movies we've watched and though it's been such a flex, I don't know about you, but there's been many times I'm like, oh, well, have you seen Enter random found footage film that I watched in 2022? 00:03:13.645 --> 00:03:15.545 Then I'm like, I see. 00:03:15.545 --> 00:03:17.545 I guess you're not really a horror fan. 00:03:18.825 --> 00:03:20.225 I always get the one at work. 00:03:20.225 --> 00:03:22.705 Hey, have you seen this insert horror film? 00:03:22.705 --> 00:03:24.185 Oh yeah, years ago. 00:03:24.245 --> 00:03:27.385 You're like, please, peasant. 00:03:27.385 --> 00:03:30.425 Do you not know who I fucking am? 00:03:30.425 --> 00:03:31.965 You know, I am the smoke show. 00:03:31.965 --> 00:03:33.005 Come on now. 00:03:33.005 --> 00:03:33.585 Right. 00:03:33.585 --> 00:03:38.105 And it's, I don't know if this has happened to you, but over the years people, it comes out that I have a podcast. 00:03:38.105 --> 00:03:39.045 I don't lead with it. 00:03:39.045 --> 00:03:39.905 I'll be very honest. 00:03:39.905 --> 00:03:41.165 I don't. 00:03:41.165 --> 00:03:43.285 It is like our dirty little secret. 00:03:44.885 --> 00:03:46.285 And they'll be like, oh, about what? 00:03:46.285 --> 00:03:48.005 And I'm like, oh, horror movies. 00:03:48.005 --> 00:03:49.165 And they're like, horror movies? 00:03:49.165 --> 00:03:50.565 I'm like, no. 00:03:50.565 --> 00:03:51.905 Well, that would be fun to talk about too. 00:03:52.185 --> 00:03:56.885 But no, horror, because I don't always pronounce things well. 00:03:56.885 --> 00:04:02.145 And they're like, oh, like, you know, that Jason guy and like, you know, the Halloween shit. 00:04:02.145 --> 00:04:03.585 I'm like, yeah, yeah, like like that. 00:04:03.585 --> 00:04:07.005 And they're like, oh, and like, it changes how people look at you. 00:04:07.005 --> 00:04:13.245 They're kind of like, oh, like either they're really interested or they're like, something's fucking wrong with you. 00:04:13.245 --> 00:04:14.005 Pretty much. 00:04:14.005 --> 00:04:16.265 That's so much. 00:04:16.385 --> 00:04:22.805 But it's funny, because, yeah, most of the time I would not even like you said, lead in with the podcast thing. 00:04:22.805 --> 00:04:24.725 I talk about it very rarely. 00:04:24.725 --> 00:04:27.605 But I come to find out my mom talked about it quite a bit. 00:04:27.605 --> 00:04:27.965 Oh, no. 00:04:27.965 --> 00:04:29.265 Yeah, my son does a podcast. 00:04:29.265 --> 00:04:30.185 You should go check it out. 00:04:30.185 --> 00:04:34.745 This is that if you're in the horror movies, I'm going, oh, no, you should check it out. 00:04:34.745 --> 00:04:37.685 We're like, actually, you should not check it out. 00:04:37.725 --> 00:04:42.305 Just be prepared for no shame and unfiltered. 00:04:42.305 --> 00:04:44.465 Really inappropriate conversation. 00:04:45.845 --> 00:04:46.745 Well, here we are. 00:04:46.745 --> 00:04:50.765 I believe we recorded our first episode January 3rd, was it? 00:04:50.765 --> 00:04:52.825 I believe so, yes. 00:04:52.825 --> 00:04:57.965 In 2020, and we are finishing off today on New Year's Day. 00:04:57.965 --> 00:04:59.585 It just happened to work out that way. 00:04:59.585 --> 00:05:02.205 That wasn't planned. 00:05:02.245 --> 00:05:05.085 Scott and I don't plan to shave our heads when we're doing the podcast. 00:05:05.085 --> 00:05:08.185 We were actually trying to record like right after Christmas. 00:05:08.185 --> 00:05:14.965 We were, but fucking family commitments, you know, fucking family. 00:05:14.965 --> 00:05:16.165 Damn holidays. 00:05:16.165 --> 00:05:17.705 Fucking holidays. 00:05:17.705 --> 00:05:24.265 So this is almost six years to the day that we started this journey. 00:05:24.265 --> 00:05:26.585 By the time they hear this, it will be six years because- 00:05:26.665 --> 00:05:28.285 It will be seven years, yeah. 00:05:28.285 --> 00:05:29.125 Probably seven years. 00:05:29.125 --> 00:05:39.745 Well, actually, just because I have an extended vacation, or not vacation, but extended holiday break, it will probably come out just a couple of days after we finish the recording because I have extra time right now. 00:05:39.745 --> 00:05:40.665 Well, there you go. 00:05:40.665 --> 00:05:45.685 So people will actually hear this on our six-year anniversary to which we're breaking up, which makes sense. 00:05:45.685 --> 00:05:46.805 We're not getting married. 00:05:46.805 --> 00:05:48.365 Scott married someone else. 00:05:48.405 --> 00:05:50.785 Yep. 00:05:50.785 --> 00:05:55.745 So, you know, we've we put our time in and, you know, this just isn't for us anymore. 00:05:55.745 --> 00:06:00.785 We've lost that love and feeling for 2025 more movies. 00:06:00.785 --> 00:06:01.025 Yeah. 00:06:01.025 --> 00:06:03.565 And my numbers show. 00:06:03.565 --> 00:06:04.245 I know. 00:06:04.265 --> 00:06:05.785 You know, we talk about numbers. 00:06:05.785 --> 00:06:08.105 It makes us sound like how many people we banged, right? 00:06:08.105 --> 00:06:11.645 Oh, sometimes sometimes I think I'll like moving forward. 00:06:11.645 --> 00:06:16.085 I may just be like, yeah, my numbers for this year is 80 to just see how people react. 00:06:16.085 --> 00:06:16.805 Do you know what I mean? 00:06:16.805 --> 00:06:17.685 To be that number or what? 00:06:17.685 --> 00:06:19.785 I'll be like, if you know, you know. 00:06:22.425 --> 00:06:23.345 Oh, I love it. 00:06:24.085 --> 00:06:24.925 But yes. 00:06:24.925 --> 00:06:25.125 Sorry. 00:06:25.125 --> 00:06:25.705 Go ahead. 00:06:25.705 --> 00:06:29.325 I'll say it's funny that you said 80 because yeah, I hit seventy nine. 00:06:29.325 --> 00:06:31.305 See, I told you, you weren't going to make 100. 00:06:31.305 --> 00:06:32.705 You're like, I'm seventy two. 00:06:32.705 --> 00:06:33.705 I'm going to make 100. 00:06:33.705 --> 00:06:34.845 I'm like, you are not. 00:06:34.845 --> 00:06:36.125 No, no, no. 00:06:36.125 --> 00:06:37.605 You are not going to do that. 00:06:37.605 --> 00:06:40.505 I think I made it to one hundred and five. 00:06:40.505 --> 00:06:41.725 Let me double check. 00:06:41.725 --> 00:06:45.145 Letterboxd had some up and also Letterboxd stopped doing fucking updates. 00:06:45.285 --> 00:06:48.205 I'm really I got comfortable with you. 00:06:48.205 --> 00:06:49.765 I knew how you worked. 00:06:49.765 --> 00:06:52.405 Well, I knew that we were ending the show. 00:06:52.405 --> 00:06:58.985 So it's like, let's just finish this off so they don't have to worry about dealing with this crap anymore, even though I'm still going to log my stuff in. 00:06:58.985 --> 00:07:06.305 Oh, yeah, me too, because you never stop being a premium podcaster even when you stop podcasting. 00:07:06.305 --> 00:07:06.985 Exactly. 00:07:06.985 --> 00:07:09.225 And plus, I'm just a list nerd. 00:07:09.225 --> 00:07:10.845 So of course, I'll be doing this. 00:07:10.845 --> 00:07:11.685 Totally right. 00:07:12.425 --> 00:07:22.645 Yeah, I did 105 films compared to 170 in 2024, compared to 189 in 2023. 00:07:22.645 --> 00:07:24.045 And then our first year, what did we do? 00:07:24.045 --> 00:07:27.305 Oh, gee, God, 230. 00:07:27.305 --> 00:07:30.485 How the fuck did I even watch 230 films? 00:07:30.485 --> 00:07:32.305 COVID pandemic. 00:07:32.305 --> 00:07:33.205 That's why. 00:07:33.205 --> 00:07:33.485 Yeah. 00:07:33.485 --> 00:07:36.005 Let me see if I can find mine. 00:07:36.005 --> 00:07:36.425 Oops. 00:07:36.865 --> 00:07:39.365 Let's go on back in time. 00:07:39.365 --> 00:07:39.805 All right. 00:07:39.805 --> 00:07:43.925 So I started my letterbox lists started in 2019. 00:07:43.925 --> 00:07:46.625 So I had 50 films in 2019. 00:07:46.625 --> 00:07:47.805 Baby numbers, baby numbers. 00:07:47.825 --> 00:07:50.345 233 in 2020. 00:07:51.845 --> 00:07:53.765 I think we're trying to beat each other, weren't we? 00:07:53.765 --> 00:07:54.265 Yep. 00:07:54.265 --> 00:07:54.565 Yeah. 00:07:54.565 --> 00:07:54.945 Yeah. 00:07:54.965 --> 00:07:57.665 Yeah, we were trying to see who could get the most. 00:07:57.665 --> 00:07:58.365 What losers? 00:07:58.365 --> 00:07:59.105 Anyway. 00:07:59.125 --> 00:08:01.845 2021 had 189. 00:08:01.845 --> 00:08:02.745 Yeah, same. 00:08:02.785 --> 00:08:03.165 Yeah. 00:08:03.165 --> 00:08:03.485 Damn. 00:08:03.485 --> 00:08:05.705 2022 had 208. 00:08:05.705 --> 00:08:06.585 Yeah. 00:08:06.585 --> 00:08:13.205 2023, 137, 2024, 114, and then yep, 79 for 2025. 00:08:13.205 --> 00:08:15.045 You've been dropping for a while. 00:08:15.045 --> 00:08:25.485 Yeah, I dropped, went up, then dropped steadily from there because I think I was just like, yeah, I don't have the time and I don't want to put myself through the torment of watching some of these movies. 00:08:25.485 --> 00:08:28.325 Well, some of those times you're putting your torment yourself through dating. 00:08:29.205 --> 00:08:37.025 So we're doing a different kind of poor movie until we met Erika and then we were like, thank god I found you. 00:08:37.025 --> 00:08:40.045 That was me singing to her. 00:08:40.045 --> 00:08:44.225 Though I feel bad that she's had to put up with some of the films. 00:08:44.225 --> 00:08:45.305 I feel a little bad. 00:08:45.425 --> 00:08:46.265 But she married you. 00:08:46.265 --> 00:08:47.025 She fucking knew. 00:08:47.025 --> 00:08:48.165 So you know, at this point, that's not bad. 00:08:48.165 --> 00:08:48.365 Exactly. 00:08:48.365 --> 00:08:53.565 I was going to say, she already, like I said, I can't trust her judgment because she chose me. 00:08:53.565 --> 00:08:55.445 Well, she chose the best. 00:08:55.445 --> 00:08:57.085 Let's be realistic here, right? 00:08:57.685 --> 00:09:03.305 Maybe not the best at selecting films, but one of the best men that exist in this planet. 00:09:03.305 --> 00:09:04.725 So she did. 00:09:05.465 --> 00:09:07.485 You're one in a million, Scotty. 00:09:07.545 --> 00:09:08.705 One in a million. 00:09:08.705 --> 00:09:12.625 Even as we're breaking up today, I still know we can be friends. 00:09:12.625 --> 00:09:16.965 Yeah, I was going to say, it's just not working out like it used to. 00:09:16.965 --> 00:09:19.125 So yeah, just want to be friends. 00:09:19.125 --> 00:09:22.085 We've just lost that magic podcast feeling. 00:09:23.685 --> 00:09:27.145 But hey, man, cheers to you for six years. 00:09:27.145 --> 00:09:27.465 Yes. 00:09:27.465 --> 00:09:30.945 Never thought we would do this for six years. 00:09:30.945 --> 00:09:35.785 We started this just for fun, just for entertainment and a way to keep in touch. 00:09:35.785 --> 00:09:44.845 And so blessed to have watched these films with you, discussed them with you, gone through all our personal stuff together as well. 00:09:44.845 --> 00:09:46.025 Yes. 00:09:46.025 --> 00:09:47.745 Good and bad, good and bad. 00:09:47.745 --> 00:09:50.185 But we got us to where we are today. 00:09:50.185 --> 00:09:52.245 So I'm excited to do these awards. 00:09:52.305 --> 00:09:58.225 And I'll be honest, my top 10 this year was some low hanging fruit for some of those bottom ones. 00:09:58.225 --> 00:09:59.005 Oh, really? 00:09:59.005 --> 00:10:05.525 Well, Bambi, The Reckoning is one of my honorable mentions to give you an idea on how this year was. 00:10:05.525 --> 00:10:07.105 But that was a good movie. 00:10:07.105 --> 00:10:07.565 I liked it. 00:10:07.565 --> 00:10:08.405 It was. 00:10:08.405 --> 00:10:15.645 Yeah, I actually had like a like when I did my top 10 last night, I was like, Oh, I actually got a top 10 I'm very happy with. 00:10:15.645 --> 00:10:16.465 Oh, I'm happy. 00:10:16.465 --> 00:10:20.425 I just think other years, if I had watched more, it would have been more. 00:10:21.125 --> 00:10:23.565 I don't know, like maybe this is the snobby part of me. 00:10:23.565 --> 00:10:27.425 More unique, more, you know, posh posh. 00:10:27.425 --> 00:10:36.445 And for me, I'm always like, for me, I always do the basic, I have a lot of the basic theatrical runs and then like maybe us two unique ones. 00:10:36.445 --> 00:10:43.365 But one thing I did notice is, don't think I really had like a standout foreign film this year. 00:10:43.365 --> 00:10:48.605 You know, I struggled with that if it hadn't been for me having Netflix. 00:10:49.785 --> 00:10:50.525 Oh, yeah. 00:10:50.525 --> 00:10:51.565 Right. 00:10:51.565 --> 00:10:56.705 And I think that does is where, you know, one of the few times Netflix shines. 00:10:56.705 --> 00:10:59.465 Actually, it's the only time Netflix shines. 00:10:59.465 --> 00:11:01.785 Because they do a good job of picking up foreign films. 00:11:01.785 --> 00:11:06.645 So there was one on Shudder that I'm surprised that you didn't rank, that you really liked. 00:11:06.645 --> 00:11:07.025 Which one? 00:11:07.025 --> 00:11:09.925 It was subtitled, Stepsister, The Ugly Stepsister. 00:11:09.925 --> 00:11:17.105 Oh, I'll definitely be talking about that one because, yeah, I was just looking through my list and it's not in my top 10, but it definitely gets some love. 00:11:17.105 --> 00:11:17.665 Okay. 00:11:17.665 --> 00:11:18.285 Well, we'll start. 00:11:18.865 --> 00:11:22.125 Let's, you know, enough of us ending. 00:11:22.125 --> 00:11:29.205 Let's celebrate the times we have together and this year in 2025 horror. 00:11:29.205 --> 00:11:30.905 And what a year it was. 00:11:31.945 --> 00:11:33.305 It really was. 00:11:33.305 --> 00:11:36.305 A year of sequels that didn't need to be made. 00:11:36.365 --> 00:11:40.845 And some, yeah, I was going to say this year was interesting. 00:11:40.845 --> 00:11:44.545 Have you seen the preview for Bone Temple 28 years ago? 00:11:44.545 --> 00:11:45.505 Jesus fucking Christ. 00:11:45.505 --> 00:11:48.725 I'm so glad we're not podcasting anymore because I'm not watching that. 00:11:49.365 --> 00:11:56.545 I kind of want to watch it just to see where this dumpster fire goes. 00:11:56.605 --> 00:12:06.005 Dumpster fire, like I pictured the meme in my head and it just says like 28 years later, rolling down the street because it's so like the last one was OK. 00:12:06.005 --> 00:12:07.265 But when you're like, they're making more. 00:12:07.265 --> 00:12:08.605 I'm like, they're making more. 00:12:08.605 --> 00:12:10.425 Why are they fucking making more of this? 00:12:10.425 --> 00:12:12.045 Like, it's just anyway. 00:12:12.045 --> 00:12:12.465 Yeah. 00:12:12.465 --> 00:12:14.105 Money be money, right? 00:12:14.105 --> 00:12:15.065 Oh, 100 percent. 00:12:15.065 --> 00:12:17.445 They apparently did well. 00:12:17.445 --> 00:12:19.905 So yeah, lots of things did well this year. 00:12:19.905 --> 00:12:21.685 Doesn't necessarily mean they're good. 00:12:21.685 --> 00:12:22.145 Right. 00:12:22.145 --> 00:12:23.445 No, you're not wrong there. 00:12:23.445 --> 00:12:23.705 All right. 00:12:23.705 --> 00:12:24.365 Let's get into this. 00:12:24.785 --> 00:12:25.845 Oh, right. 00:12:25.845 --> 00:12:26.305 Best. 00:12:26.305 --> 00:12:26.545 Okay. 00:12:26.545 --> 00:12:31.125 Well, our 2025 Horror Awards, Scott and I have different categories. 00:12:31.125 --> 00:12:35.085 If you've listened to the years, we are creative with some of our categories. 00:12:35.085 --> 00:12:37.285 Other categories are pretty basic bitch. 00:12:37.285 --> 00:12:38.605 And then we do a top 10. 00:12:38.605 --> 00:12:41.065 We do this to kind of give love out to other movies. 00:12:41.065 --> 00:12:42.885 So we're not just talking about 10 movies. 00:12:42.885 --> 00:12:51.965 We're talking about other movies that came out this year that may not make our top 10, but we feel need to be acknowledged for whatever reason. 00:12:52.025 --> 00:13:00.305 Yeah, yeah, I was going to say, we kind of just go the gamut of horror films throughout the year and just give love to all sorts. 00:13:00.305 --> 00:13:07.345 Yeah, and there's some some on here that probably people have forgotten about, not seen, that we like to give a little shout out to. 00:13:07.345 --> 00:13:11.545 So best Shudder film of 2025. 00:13:11.545 --> 00:13:15.305 Would you like to go first or would you like me to go first? 00:13:15.305 --> 00:13:16.085 I'm curious. 00:13:16.085 --> 00:13:17.305 I'll let you go first. 00:13:17.305 --> 00:13:19.705 Well, I saw this movie at the beginning of the year. 00:13:20.505 --> 00:13:22.245 You will hear about it again. 00:13:22.245 --> 00:13:26.385 John Lithgow, Gregory Rush, fucking amazing performance. 00:13:26.385 --> 00:13:28.505 I can't say enough about this film. 00:13:28.505 --> 00:13:34.885 The Rule of Jenny Penn was my favorite Shudder release, and that came out in January or February of last year. 00:13:34.885 --> 00:13:39.085 And my follow up was the creature feature Monster Island. 00:13:39.085 --> 00:13:41.065 Oh, I very much enjoyed this film. 00:13:41.065 --> 00:13:44.665 I thought the practical effects were mint, so to say. 00:13:44.665 --> 00:13:46.745 And those were the two that stood out for me, though. 00:13:46.745 --> 00:13:48.385 There was some other good stuff on Shudder this year. 00:13:48.525 --> 00:13:51.785 Shudder actually had some really good movies that came out. 00:13:51.785 --> 00:13:53.865 Those were just the two that were the highlights for me. 00:13:53.865 --> 00:13:54.665 Yeah. 00:13:54.665 --> 00:14:02.525 And I think this one, like, my big one, or my award, was not available on Canadian Shudder. 00:14:02.525 --> 00:14:07.685 But I'll start off with my runner-up, which was The Rule of Jetty Penn, because... 00:14:07.685 --> 00:14:08.745 Very nice. 00:14:08.745 --> 00:14:08.965 Yeah. 00:14:08.965 --> 00:14:16.885 It took me a while to watch, just because, you know, my stepdad has dementia and kind of going through a lot of the stuff that I've seen, a lot of these characters we're going through. 00:14:17.005 --> 00:14:21.805 And it was a tough watch, so I didn't want to watch it right away. 00:14:21.805 --> 00:14:26.265 But yeah, the performances alone make this movie stand out. 00:14:26.265 --> 00:14:34.465 But my number one, my best Shudder film, though, and this is the one I think that Canadian Shudder did not get, but I know you would have probably put it on yours. 00:14:34.465 --> 00:14:35.625 And that's good boy. 00:14:35.625 --> 00:14:37.105 Yeah, we did get it eventually. 00:14:37.325 --> 00:14:37.965 Oh, we did. 00:14:37.965 --> 00:14:39.225 Yeah. 00:14:39.225 --> 00:14:45.125 But yeah, and I like the other two more in what was offered on Shudder, right? 00:14:45.125 --> 00:14:46.085 Yeah, but that's fair. 00:14:46.085 --> 00:14:46.865 Yeah. 00:14:46.865 --> 00:14:48.805 But a very good film. 00:14:48.805 --> 00:14:57.285 Like not, well, we'll talk about it later, but like such a good indie, like indie, because that's the name of the dog, but also like indie film, like such a good film this year. 00:14:57.285 --> 00:14:58.845 Oh, it definitely was. 00:14:58.845 --> 00:14:59.765 Right. 00:14:59.765 --> 00:15:00.565 Fuck you, Skin and Meringue. 00:15:00.605 --> 00:15:02.245 That's how you do it. 00:15:03.285 --> 00:15:04.025 What is it? 00:15:04.025 --> 00:15:04.885 What did they call them? 00:15:04.885 --> 00:15:05.465 What is the name? 00:15:06.565 --> 00:15:08.225 Experimental order. 00:15:08.225 --> 00:15:09.265 Experimental. 00:15:09.265 --> 00:15:11.185 Right. 00:15:11.185 --> 00:15:14.165 Some experiments go well, some do not go well. 00:15:14.165 --> 00:15:14.685 Yeah. 00:15:15.245 --> 00:15:20.945 Skin and Meringue was just like, gouge my eyes out and let me watch paint dry. 00:15:21.045 --> 00:15:21.885 Right. 00:15:21.885 --> 00:15:22.525 We're good boy. 00:15:22.525 --> 00:15:26.025 Like you don't really want to watch again because it's emotional. 00:15:26.185 --> 00:15:27.525 It's scary at parts, right? 00:15:27.525 --> 00:15:29.685 For especially if you're an animal lover. 00:15:29.685 --> 00:15:32.225 Is your next one best Netflix film? 00:15:32.225 --> 00:15:33.165 Yes, it is. 00:15:33.165 --> 00:15:34.825 Okay, good. 00:15:34.825 --> 00:15:35.585 So I'll go. 00:15:36.085 --> 00:15:39.145 My runner up is Delicious. 00:15:39.145 --> 00:15:43.265 Delicious was a cannibal movie that came out. 00:15:43.265 --> 00:15:47.125 It was an international film and it went under the radar. 00:15:47.125 --> 00:15:52.165 And it was very much a slow build and a very good ending. 00:15:52.165 --> 00:15:53.405 It was a really, really good film. 00:15:53.845 --> 00:15:59.965 So if you're looking for the whole cannibal theme, think of like theme of Raw or something like that. 00:16:00.205 --> 00:16:01.305 I recommend that movie. 00:16:01.305 --> 00:16:03.325 It's on Netflix. 00:16:03.325 --> 00:16:08.865 And another one, international film, it's called Brick. 00:16:08.865 --> 00:16:13.045 And this one was about a group of people that are in an apartment building. 00:16:13.045 --> 00:16:19.425 And they, you know, there's a couple of times in a fight, they try to leave and they realize that they've been locked in by bricks. 00:16:19.425 --> 00:16:22.625 They can't get out of the apartment building. 00:16:23.025 --> 00:16:26.445 And it's a sci-fi experiment horror survival thing. 00:16:26.445 --> 00:16:28.125 Kind of like that French one, then? 00:16:28.125 --> 00:16:29.525 Yes, only better. 00:16:29.585 --> 00:16:31.525 A lot better. 00:16:31.525 --> 00:16:39.805 So I, both are very science fiction, well, Brick is very science fiction-y, Delirious, Delicious is more, you know, cannibalism. 00:16:39.805 --> 00:16:45.625 But both of them are international films, which is what I think Netflix does shine with. 00:16:45.625 --> 00:16:53.325 I did, I was also going to mention Troll 2, because I thought Troll 2 was actually pretty good, but I think these two films are are much better. 00:16:53.325 --> 00:16:55.685 So if you have the Netflix, I recommend checking them out. 00:16:55.685 --> 00:16:58.405 Yes, I probably much better and also lesser known. 00:16:58.405 --> 00:17:00.225 So it kind of gives a spotlight. 00:17:00.225 --> 00:17:00.985 Yes. 00:17:00.985 --> 00:17:01.985 Yes. 00:17:01.985 --> 00:17:07.945 And I've talked about this on the show a few times, like throughout the year, but yep, we didn't have Netflix. 00:17:07.945 --> 00:17:12.565 We did get it back towards the end just for a little while. 00:17:12.565 --> 00:17:18.885 So my runner up and best of are pretty generic, like popular ones. 00:17:19.225 --> 00:17:24.965 So my runner up is Fear Street Prom Queen, because I literally only watched two Netflix films. 00:17:24.965 --> 00:17:25.725 It was fun. 00:17:25.725 --> 00:17:26.365 Yeah. 00:17:26.365 --> 00:17:30.945 For what it was, it was like based in an 80s slasher during prom. 00:17:31.245 --> 00:17:31.565 Yeah. 00:17:31.565 --> 00:17:32.185 It was fun. 00:17:32.185 --> 00:17:33.365 It had some good kills. 00:17:33.365 --> 00:17:39.665 The story was very paint by numbers, but still it was just entertaining. 00:17:39.705 --> 00:17:46.105 But my number one film for best Netflix film goes to Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, because- 00:17:46.105 --> 00:17:46.785 Yeah. 00:17:47.045 --> 00:17:47.945 Beautiful film. 00:17:48.005 --> 00:17:48.425 Yeah. 00:17:48.425 --> 00:17:54.165 That film was gorgeous, well acted, and the story was really well done. 00:17:54.165 --> 00:18:00.465 Definitely a long movie, but I sat through it and loved every second of it. 00:18:00.465 --> 00:18:01.125 Yeah. 00:18:01.125 --> 00:18:05.005 I had a hard time getting through the second part. 00:18:05.045 --> 00:18:06.285 That's understandable. 00:18:06.285 --> 00:18:12.225 But I thought they stuck to the Frankenstein story well, and it's a beautifully made movie. 00:18:12.865 --> 00:18:19.165 Whether it's for you or not is up to be decided, but the quality of the film, no one can take away from. 00:18:19.165 --> 00:18:19.505 Yeah. 00:18:19.505 --> 00:18:20.245 100 percent. 00:18:20.245 --> 00:18:21.245 So our next- 00:18:21.245 --> 00:18:22.005 Sorry, go ahead. 00:18:22.005 --> 00:18:24.985 I was just going to say, so is the next one for you best on demand? 00:18:24.985 --> 00:18:25.805 It is. 00:18:25.805 --> 00:18:26.245 All right. 00:18:26.245 --> 00:18:27.185 Look at us go. 00:18:27.185 --> 00:18:33.965 So I had a hard time with this, because there's so many things that are on demand, that are on other streaming services and whatnot. 00:18:34.085 --> 00:18:38.965 So I kind of just went with the ones that I would rent. 00:18:38.965 --> 00:18:44.925 If it wasn't on a streaming service, but it was on demand and I didn't have access to it on Plex, I would rent it. 00:18:44.925 --> 00:18:47.105 And the runner up is Bone Lake. 00:18:47.105 --> 00:18:49.065 I thought that was a really good film. 00:18:49.065 --> 00:18:50.165 Fucking love that movie. 00:18:50.165 --> 00:18:53.125 Great twist ending, really, really entertaining. 00:18:54.285 --> 00:19:02.685 And I know eventually it came on shutter here, but at the time it wasn't when I watched it, and that was Dangerous Animals. 00:19:03.665 --> 00:19:06.705 I really liked Dangerous Animals. 00:19:06.705 --> 00:19:11.445 I thought it was a great fucking shark survival film. 00:19:11.445 --> 00:19:13.285 And that was one I never got around to. 00:19:13.285 --> 00:19:15.505 And actually, too bad, you should watch that. 00:19:15.505 --> 00:19:18.185 And I'll say it right now, just so we're prepared. 00:19:18.185 --> 00:19:21.125 When it comes to best shark movie award, I have nothing. 00:19:21.545 --> 00:19:23.665 I didn't watch a single shark film this year. 00:19:23.665 --> 00:19:25.725 I thought I did, but apparently not. 00:19:25.725 --> 00:19:27.185 Oh, no, that's okay. 00:19:27.185 --> 00:19:28.685 We can skip it. 00:19:28.685 --> 00:19:30.465 Well, I mean, we can still hear yours for sure. 00:19:30.465 --> 00:19:33.125 Well, it's going to be that one, so it doesn't really matter. 00:19:33.125 --> 00:19:35.145 Yeah, because I also watched one. 00:19:35.145 --> 00:19:39.005 So, yeah, wasn't a lot of options this year. 00:19:39.005 --> 00:19:45.385 Yeah, I would say there actually were some ones from what I was hearing from Tim, but I just never got around to them. 00:19:45.385 --> 00:19:48.605 I guess there was one called Beasts of War that was really good. 00:19:48.605 --> 00:19:52.265 Oh, I did watch some of that, and then I kind of got bored, so I shut it off. 00:19:52.265 --> 00:19:58.165 So, yeah, I think that speaks a lot to our attention spans this year, right? 00:19:58.205 --> 00:20:00.125 Yeah, so what I hadn't... 00:20:00.125 --> 00:20:01.765 Oh, you said yours, right, or no? 00:20:01.765 --> 00:20:02.585 Nope, nope, I have none. 00:20:02.585 --> 00:20:03.425 Okay, sorry. 00:20:03.425 --> 00:20:09.865 All right, well, the funny thing is, my runner-up was also Bone Lake, because that movie was just so much fun. 00:20:09.865 --> 00:20:14.465 It gave me that 90s thriller, erotic thriller vibe. 00:20:14.465 --> 00:20:15.685 Yeah, yeah, totally. 00:20:15.685 --> 00:20:24.645 And my best on-demand film, though, has to go to Stephen Kostanski's Deathstalker remake. 00:20:24.685 --> 00:20:25.825 That movie. 00:20:25.825 --> 00:20:27.205 Yeah, you like to say. 00:20:27.205 --> 00:20:29.845 I fucking loved every second of this. 00:20:29.845 --> 00:20:36.025 It is totally a Scotty film, practical effects galore, gore comedy. 00:20:36.025 --> 00:20:36.885 It's nice. 00:20:36.885 --> 00:20:42.665 And it was a remake of one of my fun, trashy fantasy movies from back in the 80s. 00:20:42.665 --> 00:20:52.925 So yeah, Deathstalker on-demand, because the way I went with these was I looked on Letterboxd to see if they were only available to rent. 00:20:52.925 --> 00:20:56.485 And if they weren't streaming anywhere, they were both available just to rent. 00:20:56.485 --> 00:20:57.685 So I was like, perfect. 00:20:57.685 --> 00:20:58.245 Nice. 00:20:58.245 --> 00:20:58.705 Nice. 00:20:58.705 --> 00:20:59.265 I love it. 00:20:59.265 --> 00:20:59.905 That's awesome. 00:20:59.905 --> 00:21:01.845 Did you watch anything on Prime? 00:21:02.865 --> 00:21:04.565 I did not watch anything on Prime. 00:21:04.565 --> 00:21:10.045 So what I did is I just looked for 2025 films that are available to watch on Prime. 00:21:10.045 --> 00:21:10.665 OK. 00:21:10.665 --> 00:21:11.025 OK. 00:21:11.025 --> 00:21:13.325 And I only put one for this category. 00:21:13.325 --> 00:21:14.225 Me too. 00:21:14.225 --> 00:21:15.465 I'm wondering if it's the same one. 00:21:15.865 --> 00:21:17.145 It might be. 00:21:17.145 --> 00:21:17.605 All right. 00:21:17.605 --> 00:21:18.785 I'm going to say mine. 00:21:18.785 --> 00:21:20.345 Clowns in a Cornfield. 00:21:20.345 --> 00:21:21.965