Episode 142: Spooky Canon Month II (THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, 1985)

They're Back From The Grave and Ready to Party! This week's entry in our 2024 edition of the Spooky Canon is the iconic punk horror-comedy, THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. Joining Quinn, John, and Curtis is fellow ROTLD-head, and recurring guest, Magill. We go over a lot of production details and some fun trivia that you may not know about. We also discuss this film's tonal departure from similar zombie horrors and what makes it so damn fun. Before that, we kick off our brand new 'shoutouts' segment where we each yap about a specific movie-related topic. We then go over new releases and what we watched this week. Next week we're back with Curtis' pick, sticking around in 1985 to discuss the Stuart Gordon classic RE-ANIMATOR. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:30 Shout outs: John: Guess what? Hundreds of Beavers' is now out on Tubi! Curtis: RIP Big Lenny, and some Terrifier 3 chatter Quinn: Why is everyone clowning on 'Joker 2'? Magill: Horror recommendation: ODDITY 00:15:16 New Releases (Terrifier 3; The Apprentice; Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft [season one]) What We Watched This Week: 00:16:22 The Apprentice (Quinn) 00:18:48 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Quinn) 00:19:57 Frank & Zed (Magill) 00:24:01 Dinesh D'Souza double feature—2016: Obama's America; and America: Imagine a World Without Her (John) 00:27:15 Sleeping Giant (John) 00:30:40 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (John) 00:33:15 A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (John) 00:34:20 At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (John) 00:36:55 The White Lotus [season one] (Curtis) 00:37:52 Silent Hill 2 [2024; Video Game] (Curtis) 00:38:42 THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD discussion 01:27:53 Our Ratings for ROTLD 01:31:31 Coming Up Next! CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro: Dead Beat Dance - The Damned Middle Sample: The Living Dead - First Quest-The Music Outro: Party Time (Zombie Version) - 45 Grave Follow John on Letterboxd—@johnnycakes91 Quinn: @seatstruckreviews https://www.youtube.com/@seatstruck Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' https://curtisrunstedler.ca/ Check out Magill's podcast work: trailwentcold.com https://www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold