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This week we cover one of the best 2000's Horror movies, The Ring! Step out of your well and give this banger a listen. Is Naomi Watts the best Scream Queen of the 2000's? How does The Ring compare to Ringu? Listen and find out!

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Michael Myers is back, the town is jumpy, and I’m doing something risky: a raw, mostly unedited commentary track for Halloween 4 The Return of Michael Myers. Jason couldn’t make it, so it’s just me, a timestamped watch-along vibe, and a lot of honest reactions to a sequel I still have a soft spot for. If you’ve ever wanted a Halloween 4 rewatch that feels like hanging out with a movie-obsessed friend who pauses to blurt out trivia, this one’s for you.

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Last segment of V/H/S 2. We a mixed on this one but it is still a fun segment! We also rank the segments. Don't forget to listen to our commentary on Halloween 4 this Saturday!

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Ring is being pushed a week.

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This is not only the best segment of V/H/S 2 but probably one of the best segments of the whole franchise! Enjoy the episode!

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A furniture store basement should not feel like the edge of reality, but Backrooms makes that simple idea absolutely wrecking. We’re Jesse and Jason, and we go deep on why liminal spaces hit a nerve, how the fluorescent hum and endless yellow rooms mess with your brain, and why this A24 horror movie kept us locked in, fist-bump terrified.

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Zombie with a GOPro... I'm In!!!! We continue our miniseries covering the shorts in V/H/S 2. This segment is directed by Eduardo Sánchez of Blair Witch fame.

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One bad wish can turn “romance” into something monstrous. Dakota joins me this week, and we’re unpacking Obsession (2025), the microbudget horror movie that somehow feels huge, not because of spectacle, but because it understands a very real fear: being trapped with someone who wants you more than they care about you.

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Join us as we begin our mini series where we cover a V/H/S 2 segment. This week we start with Adam Wingard's segment!

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Seventeen kids walk out of their homes at 2:17 a.m. and vanish into the dark, and the worst part is how fast the town decides it needs someone to blame. We recommend Weapons, then we pull the movie apart and put it back together, section by section, the same way the film does with its shifting points of view. What starts as a small town horror mystery turns into something we can’t stop thinking about, and yes, it somehow becomes weirdly rewatchable.

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Show us them pearly whites this week because we are discussing Smile! Dive into the trauma with us!

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It's Horror movie time BABY!!!! This year we are starting with a classic, The Blair Witch Project! Does it still hold up? Has Jason been lost in the woods? Listen to find out!

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“Damn you people, this is golf, not a rock concert!” Happy Gilmore is still hilarious and sentimental. We rewatch Adam Sandler’s 1996 sports comedy and get into the real question: is it just a stack of iconic quotes, or is it actually a good movie with a solid underdog engine?

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Space is gorgeous until it’s trying to kill you. We recommended Gravity, then came back to unpack why Alfonso Cuarón’s space survival thriller still feels like the tightest 90 minutes in modern blockbuster filmmaking and why it can make you realize you haven’t breathed in a while.

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Are you hungry for more Fast and Furious? Well, we got you! Listen to us discuss the next installment in the series.

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Casino Royale is the moment James Bond stops feeling like a cartoon and starts feeling like a bruised human being, and that’s why we can’t stop talking about it. We’re breaking down Daniel Craig’s first turn as 007, from the black-and-white opening kills to the parkour chase that helped define 2000s action movies. If you’ve ever wondered what makes a “great Bond movie,” we argue it out: gadgets versus grit, charm versus competence, and why this reboot finally makes the job look painful.

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The movie that changed the landscape of filmmaking. Without the success of Batman Begins would we have the MCU? Listen to us discuss who our favorite Batman is, and how this film ranks in the Trilogy. We also dive into the lengths Christian Bale went to get a bat bod. What's your favorite Christopher Nolan film?

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The first Mission: Impossible is a 1996 time capsule that somehow still feels sharp, tense, and stylish, so we finally put it on the We Recommend Podcast. We are Jesse and Jason, and we dig into why Brian De Palma’s approach turns a big Tom Cruise action movie into a quiet paranoia thriller, where the smallest sound can feel like a gunshot and every extra in the background might be part of the trap.

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The most terrifying Spider-Man moment might be a suburban front door opening. We’re recommending Spider-Man Homecoming (2017) and digging into why Tom Holland finally makes Peter Parker feel like a real teenager instead of a fully grown adult pretending to be 16. The jokes land, the school stuff feels lived-in, and the movie’s best scenes are the ones where Peter is clearly in over his head and trying to act cool anyway.

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Jurassic Park still plays like a perfect blockbuster because Spielberg makes us feel wonder and fear with craft, not noise. We nerd out over sound design, practical effects, chaos theory, and why the franchise loses the plot when it tries to go bigger instead of smarter.

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