WEBVTT - Countdown To Halloween! Amy & T.J.'s Creature Feature Pick #3: “Passenger” 0:00:02.310 --> 0:00:02.690 Hey there, folks. 0:00:02.730 --> 0:00:07.450 It is Sunday, October 11th. We continue our movie countdown 0:00:07.530 --> 0:00:13.570 to Halloween. On Saturday, we committed to comedy horror. Today, Sunday, 0:00:13.630 --> 0:00:17.690 we're dedicating it to a different genre, and things are 0:00:17.730 --> 0:00:20.010 about to get serious. And with that, welcome to this 0:00:20.070 --> 0:00:22.830 episode of Amy and TJ, where we're giving you our 0:00:22.930 --> 0:00:29.570 number three creature feature horror movie. Now, Rose, It's hard 0:00:29.590 --> 0:00:32.150 to do a creature feature horror movie without it being 0:00:32.190 --> 0:00:34.660 a pretty hardcore horror movie. It's getting serious now. 0:00:34.670 --> 0:00:38.410 Yes. Things usually get a little messy, and when you've 0:00:38.430 --> 0:00:41.720 got a creature involved, either claws or fangs or some 0:00:41.729 --> 0:00:45.640 sort of supernatural power, what have you. Yes, you do 0:00:45.740 --> 0:00:49.340 tend to get more of the slasher style or gore-filled films. 0:00:49.659 --> 0:00:52.680 I mean, look, even Jaws itself gets pretty damn bloody. 0:00:53.180 --> 0:00:55.090 Yeah, you don't see the shark for a while, but 0:00:55.110 --> 0:00:57.710 when he comes, he starts ripping people apart. Yeah. 0:00:58.250 --> 0:01:00.990 And so, yes, the creature feature does come with some 0:01:01.010 --> 0:01:04.620 stomach-churning qualities to it, but it is. 0:01:04.670 --> 0:01:05.520 Such a good one. 0:01:05.700 --> 0:01:08.500 I love... There is... You just get in the mood. 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.460 I can't explain it, but, like, I want a monster. 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:12.500 I want a creature. 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.459 I want something that's large and about to destroy all 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:17.039 of mankind. 0:01:17.060 --> 0:01:20.479 Scary, and to your point sometimes, Rob, when, as you 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:23.440 explain to people that we're not completely crazy because we 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:27.360 love horror movies, this... type of horror movie, this sub-genre 0:01:27.420 --> 0:01:30.480 does allow for escapism that you always speak of. 0:01:31.180 --> 0:01:33.400 Yes, it's just you get immersed into another world. Think 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:33.709 about it. 0:01:34.340 --> 0:01:36.820 It's fun to watch a shark movie because I can 0:01:36.860 --> 0:01:39.060 choose whether or not I go into the ocean. We, 0:01:39.220 --> 0:01:42.360 I think, last season talked about one of our favorite 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.399 creature movies, which is The Descent. I don't plan on 0:01:45.500 --> 0:01:49.240 caving anytime soon to find some sort of subterranean creature 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:49.830 down below. 0:01:50.310 --> 0:01:52.480 And yeah, even the woods. It's your choice. 0:01:52.650 --> 0:01:54.680 You can go into the woods if you want. But 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:58.500 this next film, it's number three on our list. I 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:01.100 kind of love this one because the creature is lurking. 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:04.620 If you just love an RV trip or want to 0:02:04.660 --> 0:02:08.860 take a long drive where you might overnight, beware because 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:12.780 there is something lurking for travelers in the woods. 0:02:13.460 --> 0:02:17.359 This could almost be a sub, sub, sub genre, right? 0:02:17.380 --> 0:02:21.590 A drive through the woods at night horror movie. This 0:02:21.660 --> 0:02:23.910 is what that is. And this whole thing takes you 0:02:24.330 --> 0:02:27.429 on this journey. It has two very, well, not that 0:02:27.530 --> 0:02:33.000 recognizable necessarily to American audiences, but they deliver really great 0:02:33.060 --> 0:02:36.220 performances and they carry a lot of what this movie is. 0:02:36.300 --> 0:02:38.550 But the movie is And this is a rare one 0:02:38.570 --> 0:02:41.610 for us, Robes. It's very recent. This is a brand 0:02:41.669 --> 0:02:43.030 new movie, 2026. 0:02:43.030 --> 0:02:43.270 Yep. 0:02:43.470 --> 0:02:45.369 It just came out. I'm not even sure how we 0:02:45.410 --> 0:02:46.450 found this one, but we love it. 0:02:47.210 --> 0:02:48.690 Yes, it's called Passenger. 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:50.880 And I found it, I think, because it was just 0:02:50.940 --> 0:02:55.079 being promoted on one of the streaming services. And I thought, huh, 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:59.080 that looks interesting. And we fell in love with it. 0:02:59.100 --> 0:03:02.500 This release date was May 2026. We'll give you the 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:06.400 synopsis for the films. After stopping at the scene of 0:03:06.460 --> 0:03:10.560 a gruesome accident on a remote highway, a couple soon 0:03:10.620 --> 0:03:14.890 realize they didn't leave alone. A demonic presence known as 0:03:15.190 --> 0:03:18.850 The Passenger has hitched a ride, turning their road trip 0:03:18.889 --> 0:03:22.049 adventure into a nightmare they can't escape. 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.119 That's a good write-up. It is. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:25.669 And it is a good film. 0:03:25.850 --> 0:03:28.149 If you love The Hitcher, I mean, those kind of films, 0:03:28.270 --> 0:03:29.970 even kind of I Know What You Did Last Summer, 0:03:30.050 --> 0:03:32.450 kind of a feel to it. But now combine it 0:03:32.490 --> 0:03:38.860 with some supernatural, demonic creature that has powers that nearly, 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.210 I guess, just about no one can escape. 0:03:41.810 --> 0:03:43.610 But there are great jump scares in this. 0:03:43.690 --> 0:03:45.770 And look, if you've ever taken a long drive at night, 0:03:46.150 --> 0:03:49.330 if you love a road trip, this movie is perfect 0:03:49.370 --> 0:03:52.010 for you. Because now, yeah, it always feels a little 0:03:52.050 --> 0:03:54.450 creepy if you've driven out west or even driven through 0:03:54.470 --> 0:03:59.420 a desolate wooded passage, which I certainly have. And I 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:01.060 love the way that feels. 0:04:01.380 --> 0:04:04.050 There's a little bit of... chill in the air, a 0:04:04.070 --> 0:04:06.050 little bit of, ooh, I wonder what would happen if 0:04:06.110 --> 0:04:07.710 we broke down kind of feeling. 0:04:08.090 --> 0:04:08.710 You don't like that. 0:04:08.890 --> 0:04:12.090 This movie explores all of those moments. 0:04:12.250 --> 0:04:14.370 I'm trying to think. There's not a lot of daytime moments. 0:04:15.310 --> 0:04:17.750 There's a lot of the two of them in a 0:04:17.830 --> 0:04:21.230 van on a road trip. There's tension between them a 0:04:21.270 --> 0:04:25.770 little bit that carries through. And we'll get into who 0:04:25.810 --> 0:04:29.440 this cast is and who the director is. I didn't realize. 0:04:29.810 --> 0:04:31.360 Now I'm like, okay, I see why this movie is 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.120 such a good movie when I saw who the director was. Robes, 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:39.560 this is a– yeah, we're going to get into why 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:44.320 we guarantee it. But, Robes, this is– I don't know, babe. 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:47.850 I don't expect a whole lot when it comes to scripts, 0:04:47.990 --> 0:04:49.529 when it comes to a creature feature. 0:04:49.730 --> 0:04:49.990 Yes. 0:04:50.150 --> 0:04:52.430 I don't want to feel a whole lot. It's going 0:04:52.450 --> 0:04:55.600 to be a monster. It's going to rip some people apart. They– 0:04:56.180 --> 0:04:59.320 They put together tension in this movie that is kind 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:01.260 of woven in from the beginning to the end. And 0:05:01.300 --> 0:05:03.800 some of that tension is between the couple, even for 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.980 a little while. But Robes, there are a couple of 0:05:07.060 --> 0:05:09.750 scenes in this movie that you almost want to rewind. 0:05:09.930 --> 0:05:12.990 I think you stopped one one night and said, you 0:05:13.029 --> 0:05:14.610 got to see it and waited for me to either 0:05:14.630 --> 0:05:15.350 wake up or come back. 0:05:15.370 --> 0:05:16.210 It was the parking lot scene. 0:05:16.230 --> 0:05:16.610 Oh, that seems crazy. 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:19.080 Okay, a parking lot. You get it if you like 0:05:19.100 --> 0:05:19.620 a horror movie. 0:05:19.700 --> 0:05:22.420 And honestly, anytime I'm walking into a parking lot, I 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.640 feel like I'm in a horror movie from Drag Me 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.300 to Hell to plenty of other parking lot scenes. But 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:29.820 this one is awesome because it's an open parking lot. 0:05:29.870 --> 0:05:30.930 It's not a parking garage. 0:05:30.950 --> 0:05:31.510 Big, open, and dark. 0:05:32.010 --> 0:05:33.890 But it's dark, and she's walking from the gym. It 0:05:33.910 --> 0:05:34.870 seems so innocuous. 0:05:35.190 --> 0:05:37.370 She kisses her fiancé on the lips and says, I'm 0:05:37.390 --> 0:05:39.170 going to go to the van, see you when you 0:05:39.190 --> 0:05:41.270 get back. It's kind of a thing that folks do when, 0:05:41.370 --> 0:05:44.390 I guess, the van life, You get like a day 0:05:44.430 --> 0:05:46.270 pass to a gym and that's how you shower and 0:05:46.310 --> 0:05:49.070 you work out. So they got that little tip from 0:05:49.130 --> 0:05:52.400 someone along the road. So she's done early and she's 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.560 walking back in this dark open parking lot. It kind 0:05:55.580 --> 0:05:57.820 of looks like a Walmart and you've got like a 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.789 Gold's Gym, but she's the only one there and the van. 0:06:00.870 --> 0:06:03.890 And as she's walking, I won't give it away, but 0:06:03.990 --> 0:06:08.370 it is so well done. And it builds so much tension. 0:06:08.730 --> 0:06:10.990 And it's nothing I've ever seen done before, actually. 0:06:11.420 --> 0:06:14.719 It was a unique way to build incredible tension and 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:17.020 a feeling of disassociation. 0:06:17.060 --> 0:06:20.190 Like, wait, what's happening? Where am I? Where is she? 0:06:20.430 --> 0:06:21.669 It's so brilliant. 0:06:30.750 --> 0:06:32.620 And so much of the movie, it takes a while 0:06:32.690 --> 0:06:35.620 before you actually get a good handle or the reveal, 0:06:35.900 --> 0:06:38.920 if you will. You're not exactly sure what their enemy 0:06:39.060 --> 0:06:42.480 is almost for a little while or what's after them. 0:06:43.670 --> 0:06:46.730 It's done so well, but the director, Robes, I didn't 0:06:46.790 --> 0:06:48.990 realize who he was. Is he Swedish? 0:06:49.010 --> 0:06:49.690 He's Norwegian. 0:06:49.710 --> 0:06:53.469 Norwegian, that makes sense. But he has so many other 0:06:53.550 --> 0:06:57.450 credits to his name that we love. that a lot 0:06:57.470 --> 0:06:59.349 of people might not know about Robes when I saw 0:06:59.390 --> 0:07:02.200 that he is the director of The Autopsy of Jane Doe. 0:07:02.300 --> 0:07:04.120 That's one of your favorite horror movies. 0:07:04.220 --> 0:07:04.760 I saw, okay. 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:06.580 You get it. And you know what? 0:07:06.660 --> 0:07:08.380 Some of the people, and we'll get into the scores 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.040 because they do not reflect the brilliance of this film. 0:07:11.550 --> 0:07:13.310 The biggest complaint people had was that it was a 0:07:13.370 --> 0:07:13.870 slow burn. 0:07:13.910 --> 0:07:14.170 This one. 0:07:14.570 --> 0:07:16.830 Yes, but I actually felt like it started off with 0:07:16.890 --> 0:07:19.550 a bang, but it does build. Tension builds. If you're 0:07:19.590 --> 0:07:22.330 not willing to sit down, And listen and watch. 0:07:22.830 --> 0:07:25.050 I guess maybe if you just want all action and 0:07:25.070 --> 0:07:27.310 if you're signed up for a creature feature and you 0:07:27.330 --> 0:07:30.660 think it's just going to be nonstop action like Independence 0:07:30.700 --> 0:07:33.060 Day or something like that, that's not what this is. 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:36.740 But it's so well– I just feel like it's– I 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:38.820 felt like my skin was tingling and I was on 0:07:38.860 --> 0:07:39.500 the edge of my seat. 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:40.840 But remember the opening. 0:07:40.580 --> 0:07:43.260 Scene, the two guys in the car, the guy is 0:07:43.300 --> 0:07:45.950 drinking too much and has to pee. I thought from 0:07:46.010 --> 0:07:49.250 the get-go it was a great– I knew I was hooked. 0:07:50.470 --> 0:07:54.530 You will, without question, the first five minutes of this movie, 0:07:54.570 --> 0:07:56.360 you're in. I mean, I could say the first 60 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.060 seconds because you're like, what the hell is going on? 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:01.060 And something kind of funny happened. And then it was, oh, no, no, no, no. 0:08:01.340 --> 0:08:03.520 The tension builds. So when you, I didn't read through 0:08:03.540 --> 0:08:06.180 a lot of the reviews. You're talking about people's complaints 0:08:06.220 --> 0:08:09.620 about it being a slow burn. Man, you do not 0:08:09.700 --> 0:08:16.550 have to have blood, gore, drama, chasing, to have tension. 0:08:17.300 --> 0:08:20.720 This has constant tension. Even at the parking lot scene 0:08:20.740 --> 0:08:24.880 you're talking about, nothing necessarily runs. Nobody's running. And you're 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:25.500 scared to death. 0:08:25.780 --> 0:08:28.720 Right. And even when they end up not going where 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.240 they want to go in the first place because he 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:32.739 has plans, the whole movie is great. 0:08:32.780 --> 0:08:34.540 It's got storylines within storylines. 0:08:34.940 --> 0:08:36.520 But just the fact that she wants to go get 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.540 barbecue and then what happens, it builds tension. Like all 0:08:39.580 --> 0:08:42.480 these little decisions made along the way set them on 0:08:42.500 --> 0:08:47.170 the path of a very dangerous and deadly and horrific 0:08:47.290 --> 0:08:50.329 road trip, the cast. So we were mentioning they aren't 0:08:50.370 --> 0:08:53.890 household names, but they're so well done. Jacob Scipio is Tyler. 0:08:53.929 --> 0:08:54.650 He's the main guy. 0:08:54.670 --> 0:08:57.130 Now, I recognized him immediately because I like the Bad 0:08:57.170 --> 0:09:00.370 Boys movies. So he was the one, Bad Boys for life, 0:09:00.530 --> 0:09:03.859 when Will Smith and Martin Lawrence decided to doing other 0:09:03.900 --> 0:09:06.220 bad boys for the first time in 20 years or whatever, 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:10.160 he was a new character that was brought on as 0:09:10.220 --> 0:09:13.490 essentially the son of Will Smith that he didn't know 0:09:13.910 --> 0:09:16.790 he had with a Mexican drug lord. That's hilarious. Okay, 0:09:16.809 --> 0:09:19.270 complicated story, but he played kind of a badass in 0:09:19.290 --> 0:09:21.189 that movie. He was cool, he was charming, good-looking, he 0:09:21.210 --> 0:09:23.709 could fight. So you were impressed. He made an impression 0:09:23.790 --> 0:09:24.970 on me in that movie. I had no idea who 0:09:25.030 --> 0:09:25.180 he was. 0:09:25.429 --> 0:09:25.930 That's funny. 0:09:26.170 --> 0:09:29.120 And he's kind of the sweet wannabe fiancé in this one. 0:09:29.140 --> 0:09:30.719 So a very different role for him. But he does 0:09:30.740 --> 0:09:34.000 a great job. And then loved the main female, Lou 0:09:34.540 --> 0:09:37.040 Lobel is her name. She played the role of Maddie. 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.709 She's Zimbabwean. And she doesn't really have a lot of 0:09:39.750 --> 0:09:42.510 credits to her name. But, you know, she's so effortless 0:09:42.570 --> 0:09:45.449 and natural and... She felt like she was playing herself. 0:09:45.550 --> 0:09:48.359 It was just really well acted. And then there's another, 0:09:49.260 --> 0:09:52.220 there aren't a lot of actors in this, but Melissa Leo, 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:54.820 that name should be familiar. She's an Academy Award winner, 0:09:55.210 --> 0:09:58.150 Best Supporting Actress in The Fighter. She plays Diana. She 0:09:58.170 --> 0:10:01.660 kind of explains to the young couple what may be 0:10:01.740 --> 0:10:06.080 happening to them and gets Maddie in tune with the 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:11.060 fact that they are actually being chased and like as 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:12.920 if a predator was coming after them. 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:14.800 You just made me think about something. We have a 0:10:14.900 --> 0:10:18.740 list of like the elements that every horror movie needs. 0:10:19.020 --> 0:10:20.110 That wasn't on our list. 0:10:20.300 --> 0:10:21.000 Is it, babe? 0:10:21.020 --> 0:10:23.020 Should we add that? Every movie has to have like 0:10:23.090 --> 0:10:25.949 an old person that explains to the young people why 0:10:25.970 --> 0:10:28.170 they're being chased. Like the gas station attendant. That whole thing. 0:10:28.190 --> 0:10:30.550 There's some like older, wiser, and it kind of goes 0:10:30.590 --> 0:10:33.229 in line with Scooby-Doo. Like, you know, there's always that 0:10:33.350 --> 0:10:35.990 old person who's telling them, the kids, something. 0:10:36.230 --> 0:10:38.190 But yeah, you usually find that in some of the 0:10:38.270 --> 0:10:41.429 classic movies that follow that script. And it's fun when 0:10:41.450 --> 0:10:44.839 directors recognize that. They know horror movie fans are waiting 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:47.140 for them, and so they'll drop them in. And so, yes, 0:10:47.690 --> 0:10:49.689 they have an Academy Award winner playing that role. 0:10:49.770 --> 0:10:53.410 Runtime, perfect. An hour, 34 minutes. 0:10:53.910 --> 0:10:55.750 And look, I hate to even give the Rotten Tomatoes 0:10:55.770 --> 0:10:57.530 scores because I don't want to turn anyone off from 0:10:57.550 --> 0:10:57.910 this movie. 0:10:58.429 --> 0:11:00.180 I was genuinely shocked when I saw it. 0:11:00.170 --> 0:11:04.320 45% from the critics, 54% from the audience. 0:11:04.340 --> 0:11:06.020 What's their problem, mainly the critics? 0:11:07.100 --> 0:11:11.360 Here's the critic consensus. A stylish ride weighed down by 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.990 the litany of cliches it picks up along the way. 0:11:15.530 --> 0:11:19.570 Passenger drives in circles but has some memorable bumps and 0:11:19.670 --> 0:11:24.830 jolts during the journey. That's the critic's consensus. 0:11:25.250 --> 0:11:28.370 And again, it's that... Read that again for me. I'll 0:11:28.750 --> 0:11:30.750 jump in, the part that annoyed me. 0:11:30.970 --> 0:11:32.729 It said, a stylish ride. 0:11:33.170 --> 0:11:37.150 Awesome. Weighed down by the litany of cliches it picks 0:11:37.230 --> 0:11:37.640 up along the way. 0:11:37.670 --> 0:11:40.530 There we go. It's a horror movie. 0:11:40.550 --> 0:11:41.200 Yeah, duh. 0:11:41.220 --> 0:11:46.800 And sometimes you need cliches and tropes and stereotypes, and 0:11:46.860 --> 0:11:50.840 you do the same thing. Some things just require... I 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:54.610 hear that and I understand, but... It's almost used against 0:11:54.670 --> 0:11:58.099 you that you follow a formula of good horror movies. 0:11:58.140 --> 0:11:58.520 Right? 0:11:59.420 --> 0:12:01.980 Look, and a lot of these critics, I'm looking like 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:04.480 eviscerated it, but I do see this one critic, and 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:08.330 I agree with this. Passenger is no horror game changer 0:12:08.410 --> 0:12:13.590 a la Obsession, but its sharp shocks and sinister antagonist 0:12:14.030 --> 0:12:16.340 ensure it's a rough road worth taking. 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:18.490 Just don't stop for a nighttime nap. 0:12:18.870 --> 0:12:20.530 That's true because you don't want to miss anything. 0:12:20.570 --> 0:12:24.530 But I think people maybe were just expecting more action. 0:12:24.630 --> 0:12:25.410 That's the best. 0:12:25.990 --> 0:12:29.830 I do think expectations are always such a huge, huge. 0:12:30.390 --> 0:12:30.890 Part of this. 0:12:30.970 --> 0:12:32.750 But some of the people who did like it, I 0:12:32.809 --> 0:12:37.939 agree with it. The film's slick formal language, game-centric performances, 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:42.380 and intelligent thematic explorations make it a satisfying thrill ride. 0:12:42.900 --> 0:12:45.319 I believe that someone, an audience member, I love the 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.500 jump scares of this movie, taught me a thing or 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.320 two about traveling. Yeah, I mean, honestly, people are like, 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:54.620 this could happen in real life. I loved how emerging 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:56.490 it is and shows behind the scenes. 0:12:56.990 --> 0:12:59.710 It gives us like we were there in person, loved it. 0:13:00.770 --> 0:13:01.630 I thought it was great. 0:13:02.410 --> 0:13:04.410 It did. There's some element of it that you feel 0:13:04.429 --> 0:13:06.030 like you are along for the ride. 0:13:06.050 --> 0:13:06.189 Yes. 0:13:06.210 --> 0:13:08.350 And you almost want to tell your friends, hey, guys, 0:13:08.370 --> 0:13:11.710 let's not go that way. It almost feels like some 0:13:11.730 --> 0:13:14.370 people yell at the screen. You felt like you were 0:13:14.410 --> 0:13:17.449 in the van differently this time instead of just, hey, 0:13:17.470 --> 0:13:20.240 you idiots. You actually gave a damn about these two 0:13:20.380 --> 0:13:22.800 and what was happening to them. Come on, guys. Do 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:24.020 we have to go that way? 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.559 Do we have to go ahead and decide to have 0:13:26.620 --> 0:13:28.800 movie night in the woods, just the two of you? 0:13:28.820 --> 0:13:29.840 That was a good scene, too. 0:13:29.860 --> 0:13:30.600 That was a great scene. 0:13:30.620 --> 0:13:31.260 That was a good scene, too. 0:13:32.130 --> 0:13:33.510 All right, when we come back, we're going to tell 0:13:33.550 --> 0:13:36.719 you where you can watch this film and why we 0:13:36.770 --> 0:13:39.360 loved it and why it's going to be a guaranteed 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:40.320 hit in your house. 0:13:49.740 --> 0:13:51.959 Welcome back, everyone, to Amy and TJ. 0:13:52.020 --> 0:13:57.819 We are in our, yes, amazing horror movie weekend mode. 0:13:58.020 --> 0:14:03.209 And Sunday today is creature feature, monster movies. And number 0:14:03.309 --> 0:14:06.990 three on our list is a new one. It's called Passenger, 0:14:07.490 --> 0:14:10.090 and it is a ride you're going to want to take. 0:14:10.150 --> 0:14:13.050 Because I do, sometimes I realize it as we talk 0:14:13.070 --> 0:14:15.410 about this together, I really did feel like I was 0:14:15.450 --> 0:14:18.090 in the van with them, which made the jump scares 0:14:18.530 --> 0:14:22.730 all the jumpier for me. And I love the formulaic 0:14:23.750 --> 0:14:25.450 part of it. I love to know that there was... 0:14:25.820 --> 0:14:28.740 Just the certain people and characters were going to come 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:31.020 into the movie. They were going to make the wrong 0:14:31.060 --> 0:14:34.060 decisions along the way. I love that it even began 0:14:34.100 --> 0:14:38.400 with a proposal. So many times horror movies either begin 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:40.760 or end with a proposal, like a fiance and then 0:14:40.780 --> 0:14:43.160 the wedding ring and what happens to the ring. That 0:14:43.220 --> 0:14:47.320 was all a part of this. And that I thought 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:51.560 was a fun part of the whole movie. Like will 0:14:51.580 --> 0:14:53.700 she or won't she? Does she really love him? Are 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:54.640 they going to end up together? 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.400 That was playing alongside the horror. 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:01.760 As you were talking, I was thinking back to all 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.870 these other horror movies where there is some type of... 0:15:05.990 --> 0:15:09.050 Often it's the couple that dies in the group of friends, 0:15:09.130 --> 0:15:10.090 like the ones that are horny. 0:15:10.710 --> 0:15:12.610 Those are the people who are having sex. 0:15:12.630 --> 0:15:14.490 Yes, so that's part of the rules. You have to 0:15:14.510 --> 0:15:16.530 die if you have sex in a horror movie. But 0:15:16.610 --> 0:15:18.810 these two, there weren't a lot of characters to kill. 0:15:19.700 --> 0:15:19.900 No. 0:15:20.060 --> 0:15:21.780 And so that was kind of a cool part of 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.000 the movie. You had two people to root for, and 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:27.380 this was almost a survivor sub-sub-genre to a certain degree. 0:15:27.420 --> 0:15:28.780 But yeah, we talked about it the other day. They're 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.500 ensemble cast, certainly in a creature feature. The creature needs 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:33.910 people to kill. This time it had people to torment. 0:15:34.070 --> 0:15:35.730 It reminded me a little bit of one of our 0:15:36.070 --> 0:15:39.530 other favorite creature features that we featured last year called Backcountry, 0:15:39.570 --> 0:15:42.270 where you have the couple, and again, there was a proposal, 0:15:43.010 --> 0:15:45.010 and the bear comes after them. It was based on 0:15:45.030 --> 0:15:47.680 a real-life story of a couple in Canada... But that 0:15:47.750 --> 0:15:49.910 story just had the two of them. Basically, they had 0:15:49.930 --> 0:15:53.410 that strange man that came in one night and you 0:15:53.450 --> 0:15:55.750 were always wondering what role he was going to play. 0:15:56.090 --> 0:15:59.730 But there was a very similar intensity where you were 0:16:00.230 --> 0:16:02.170 wondering who was going to die, when they were going 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.080 to die, how they were going to die. And yes, 0:16:04.580 --> 0:16:07.180 what was going to happen to the ring, the proposal ring. 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.660 That played a big role in Backcountry too. I thought 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:13.720 this took a nod from that great, great creature film. 0:16:14.100 --> 0:16:15.740 Did you like Backcountry as much as I did? 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:16.340 I don't think so. 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:19.100 I don't think you did either. Cause you haven't said much. 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:20.780 I love that country. 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:22.540 Oh my gosh. That's one of my favorites. 0:16:22.740 --> 0:16:25.160 Um, if you, that's just a little bonus, uh, in 0:16:25.180 --> 0:16:26.870 this episode, if you want to check that out too, 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.890 it's really, really good. Um, but I thought just the 0:16:29.950 --> 0:16:32.890 tent scenes were amazing without a lot of bloodshed. You know, 0:16:32.930 --> 0:16:35.950 there wasn't a lot of gore in this one, which 0:16:36.030 --> 0:16:38.410 is unusual for a creature feature. Yeah. 0:16:38.530 --> 0:16:42.690 You need, uh, you need it literally ripping people apart. Monsters, 0:16:42.810 --> 0:16:45.850 creature features is what we're talking about. Uh, Think of 0:16:45.910 --> 0:16:49.570 any classic. Go back to Godzillas. I mean, they destroy 0:16:49.590 --> 0:16:54.140 people and things. This wasn't that. This is a rare one. 0:16:54.170 --> 0:16:56.670 I guess there are some that go into the area 0:16:56.770 --> 0:17:00.950 robes of supernatural because sometimes I even think about Babadook 0:17:01.090 --> 0:17:03.370 right now, right? That was kind of a creature feature. 0:17:03.390 --> 0:17:05.150 It was more of a paranormal thing. It's not ripping 0:17:05.170 --> 0:17:07.780 people apart. This is in a different lane, but this 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.250 does belong in the– Taunted by a monster. 0:17:11.310 --> 0:17:14.310 The opening scene does have some gore for sure. I mean, 0:17:14.770 --> 0:17:16.770 believe me, when he does get a hold of people, 0:17:17.310 --> 0:17:20.770 it doesn't end well for those folks. So, or he, thing, 0:17:20.830 --> 0:17:24.320 whatever it is, the passenger is what it's called. But apparently, 0:17:24.380 --> 0:17:26.899 I just love it because it's based on this known 0:17:27.020 --> 0:17:32.060 folklore among people who are long distance travelers that apparently 0:17:32.100 --> 0:17:33.200 they whisper and talk about. 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:35.300 But you know when. 0:17:35.180 --> 0:17:37.160 The telltale sign is when you get the three claw 0:17:37.180 --> 0:17:40.620 marks on your car. So, by the way, just After 0:17:40.660 --> 0:17:42.990 seeing this film, definitely going to be checking the vehicle 0:17:43.030 --> 0:17:44.260 every time I get back into it. 0:17:44.630 --> 0:17:46.240 If there are those three claw marks, I'm out. 0:17:46.270 --> 0:17:46.570 No, you're not. 0:17:46.590 --> 0:17:48.030 That's not going to happen. No, it's not. See, that's 0:17:48.050 --> 0:17:50.210 what we mean. This is why these movies aren't necessarily 0:17:50.250 --> 0:17:51.750 that scary. You're not going to get three claw marks. 0:17:51.790 --> 0:17:55.310 There's not some entity in your car. And that's why 0:17:55.369 --> 0:17:55.830 these are fun. 0:17:56.070 --> 0:17:59.010 This is basically the hitchhiker meets predator, I feel like. 0:17:59.170 --> 0:18:00.550 And we loved it. 0:18:00.590 --> 0:18:03.109 We hope you do, too. Don't look at the reviews. 0:18:03.490 --> 0:18:06.060 Don't listen to the critics. But just have your expectations. 0:18:06.100 --> 0:18:10.920 This isn't some big action-packed, gore-filled creature feature movie. But 0:18:11.260 --> 0:18:14.610 it delivers in every other way. Highly recommend. 0:18:14.690 --> 0:18:16.510 Has to be watched at night, I would recommend. This 0:18:16.590 --> 0:18:18.690 is one, sit quiet. Don't watch it with the people 0:18:18.710 --> 0:18:21.080 who like to talk a lot through movies either. Don't 0:18:21.100 --> 0:18:24.530 do that. But this is a tension-building, fun movie. grab 0:18:24.550 --> 0:18:27.609 the blanket popcorn type movie. Let's get under this blanket 0:18:27.630 --> 0:18:31.149 together and snuggle up and watch this thing. Dark room. 0:18:31.470 --> 0:18:32.070 It's that movie. 0:18:32.190 --> 0:18:32.550 Yes. 0:18:32.630 --> 0:18:34.909