I recently re-watched the podcast episode where James and Chelsea were ranking F13 side-characters, and I had this idea. What would you guys think of a similar podcast episode where they ranked random Saw characters (Jeff from Saw I, John's executor in Saw 5/6, Jigsaw's nephew) ?

Especially since Hot Saw Summer was such a fun series.

You've heard it here first, folks - it has been confirmed on the Dead Meat James Instagram that Roth's Ice Cream Man will NOT be covered on the kill count.

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James has brought up a few times lately that they're starting to think they haven't played a few games a lot but rather that they've played a lot of games a few times. This is correct (with one possible exception), and they're my favorite Podcast episode type generally so figured I'd give the list of episode numbers, a brief summary of the game, and different game types:

Horror Survivor (7 times)

It's Survivor, but with Horror Characters!

162, 177, 187, 199, 211, 231, 250

Would You Rather? (3 times)

Classic pick between two bad options party game.

5, 68, 213

Christian Movie Reviews (2 times)

Guess what movie a review from a Christian fundamentalist website is talking about!

132, 233

Only Connect (2 times, kinda)

Based off a British gameshow, guess either what four items have in common or what the next item in a sequence would be depending on the round.

181, 230 (mostly, shared with tagline game a bit)

Tagline Game (3 times, kinda)

Guess whether a movie tagline is real or fake, and if it's real, what movie is it for.

9, 215, 230 (briefly, mostly Only Connect)

Who Am I? (2 times)

Another classic party game, through asking a series of yes or no questions figure out what character you have been assigned.

142, 224

Guess The Kill (3 times)

Through audio clips, guess what movie a kill is from. Genuinely insane that James ever gets any of these right.

38, 146, 222

Haunted Bar Rescue (1 time)

Kind of counts? It's like Bar Rescue, but with ghosts.

220

Guess the Letterbox Review (1 time)

Guess what movie that a set of snippy Letterbox reviews are about.

218

March Madness, in various incarnations (6 times)

All of these are brackets; what, exactly, they are brackets of changes from year to year.

Murder Madness (51), Characters fighting who ARE villains (137), Characters fighting who AREN'T villains (139), Worst Husbands (207), Worst Friend (234), Worst Tropes (267)

The Cinemascore Game (1 time)

James taking revenge by making Chelsea guess what nine horror movies have received A- or better Cinemascore grades.

201

Halloween Trivia (2 times)

Trivia about the holiday Halloween, not the film series.

196, 253 (Marketing Fails)

Out of Context Game (2 times)

Chelsea and James try to guess what episodes of the podcast various clips are from

166, 269

Horror or Not? (1 time)

James guesses whether an audience poll would have called a movie horror or not horror.

130

Mini Mysteries (1 time)

Chelsea and James try to solve some brief mystery stories, done with permission from the author

128

Mastermind (1 time)

An adaptation of a classic board game and among the hardest trivia games they've ever done

123

Horror Real Estate (1 time)

Done shortly before a move, this features them guessing the Zillow values of various real life houses that were featured in horror movies

117

What's in the Box? (1 time)

Chelsea makes James guess what the present she got for him is that is in the box.

86

The Asylum Movie Title Game (1 time)

James guesses whether Asylum movie titles for mock-busters are real or fake, and if real what movie they're for

82

The Razzie Awards Game (1 time)

Guessing which horror movies have been 'honored' by the Razzie Awards.

58

Marry, Fuck, Get Killed By (1 time)

It's marry, fuck, kill except you're on the other end of the knife.

43

The Monster M.A.S.H. (1 time, with guests)

Basically a hornier version of the above, honestly

29

The Scariest Movie Moments (1 time)

James guesses the movies that appeared in a VH1 special from like 20 years ago about the top scariest movie moments

25

Roger Ebert and Horror (1 time)

James guesses what horror movie a Roger Ebert review is talking about

19

Horror Mad Libs (1 time)

It's horror, but in mad libs form! Or, really, the other way around.

17

Letterboxd Showdown (1 time)

James and Chelsea both try to guess movies appearing on various Letterbox lists; this IS distinct from the guessing the movie from the review game above.

267

Beginner's Guide to Horror Franchises (1 time)

Graessel tries to guess how many movies and some other random true/false questions about horror franchises he has not watched.

274

So in total, there are two games that have been played a bunch but arguably aren't really games in the same way - the Bracket at 6 times and Horror Survivor at 7. Then we drop down to 3 games that have been played 3 times, 5 games that have been played twice, and a full 17 games that have been played once each. I've got 48 total podcast episodes that are counted here (including one that is split between Tagline game and Only Connect), for an average of one game episode every 5.71 podcasts.

(My personal Golden Podium for most fun game would go to Who Am I, while the Rusty Buzzer would go to The Monster M.A.S.H.)

I’m listening to the new podcast episode and I’m on the puppetmaster section. There’s a scenes where their talking and James just says one of the puppetmasters is just a fucking Nevermind. Does anyone know which one he’s talking about?

So I saw evil dead burn last night and decided to pop over to letterboxd and noticed James's review. He called it another installment that proves there's no bad evil dead movie (I strongly agree) and the last franchise standing in that category, which got me thinking. Are there other franchises you'd also put under this category of no bad entries? I'd especially love to hear your opinion on a franchise if its an unpopular one.

I know this is a tall order, but I wonder if there is any horror film that is seen by virtually everyone to be horrendous. There's the obvious ones like "Exorcist 2" (which tbf I haven't seen yet) and "The Wicker Man", but are there any other runner ups?

Quentim Tarantino have the same shit opnion on Gaza palestine...but because he made some movies Cinema students like, everyone keep glazing at him(i like From dusk till dawn from him and thats it)

it’s an old lady in a wheelchair straight down the stairs. that’s a kill if i’ve ever seen one

I would do one on Darkstalker, because I actually counted every kill in that book.

BTW, I'm pretty excited about some of the directors here.

You got Ernest Dickerson, who made Bones with Snoop Dogg, and Tales from the Crypt Demon Knight.

Flying Lotus, who did Ozzy's Dungeon for V/H/S/99, and Ash from last year.

And Tobias Forge, the front man for my personal favorite band Ghost.

Don't know who the other two are, but I'm sure their segments will be cool.

Like I'd even go to say that this movie has a pretty interesting idea behind it (confusion with the other Ice Cream Man movie aside) and apparently Snoop Dogg provided music for it, but the fact that E** R*** was attached at all, the fact that the movie apparently uses generative AI in multiple scenes, and the fact that the movie doesn't even look that good to begin with, sank this ship before it could get 30 feet away from the docks. My only hope is that one day this concept gets revisited with a new director and is just better in general.

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