HORROR BUSINESS Episode 62: Asylum & The Beast Must Die

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys. In this episode we’re talking about 1972’s Asylum and 1974’s The Beast Must Die. First and foremost we want to give a shoutout to our sponsors over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Also, thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally grateful for that support. Thanks! We start by briefly discussing what we’ve done lately involving horror, including the recent VHS Fest at the Mahoning Drive, seeing the films Crawl, Midsommar, Annabelle Comes Home, Perfection, and I Am Mother, the trailers for Rabid, Jacob’s Ladder, and It: Chapter 2, and the announcement that Marvel Studios would be producing a new Blade film. We begin by talking about Asylum. We start by giving a rough outline of the film, and then talking about what makes a good anthology film, or in this case a bad anthology film. We talk about each individual story and discuss what we liked about each vignette. We briefly talk about the impact Robert Bloch had on horror as a whole, including his work dealing with the Cthulu Mythos. The influences of the various segments are discussed, both in what they influence and in what influenced them. The question of whether or not the film should be given some slack because it was arguably the first horror anthology film is delved into. Next up is The Beast Must Die. We begin by giving another “hard and fast Horror Business” rule when it comes to horror movies, in this case that a werewolf movie is only as good as it’s werewolf design, and in turn we criticize the design of the werewolf of this movie, which is essentially a large dog with extra fur added. We discuss the plot of the movie and how transparent it is from the gate. We touch upon the films attempts at being a “whodunit” style film but doesn’t drop any clues, how the red herrings in the movie were clearly obvious, and the annoying gimmick that was added in post-production. We weren’t big fans of this movie, so there’s not much substance to what we’re talking about besides tearing the movie apart. As always thanks to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, Alexis, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!