1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's movie podcast. I 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike, have a fun one for 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: you today, a listener suggested topic. I will be sharing 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: my top ten scariest horror movie masks of all time 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: in honor of Scream six coming out this week. I'll 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: give you my spoiler free review of that and if 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: it lived up to the expectations of it being a 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: darker and grittier Ghostface unlike we've ever seen before. That's 9 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: what they kept claiming. And you know what I thought. 10 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: I thought there was no way he was going to 11 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: be any different than what we saw in Scream five. 12 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: Prove me wrong. Scream prove me wrong. And in the 13 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: trailer park, my inner kid is about to explode because 14 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: there is a new animated teenage mutant ninja turtles coming 15 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 1: out called Mutant Mayhem. So thank you for being here, 16 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: Thanks for being subscribed. Shout out to the movie crew. 17 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: Hen Now, let's talk movies. In a world where everyone 18 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: and their mother has a podcast, one man stands to 19 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: infiltrate the ears of listeners like never before in a 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: movie podcast. A man with so much movie now, he's 21 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: basically like a walking audience Davie Who's Glasses from the 22 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: Nashville podcast Networks Movie Movie Podcast. Today's episode is a 23 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: listener suggest the topic. I got an email which you 24 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: can always email me, movie Mike d at gmail dot com. 25 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: This is from Marcus Miller, who said, movie Mike, what's up? Bro? 26 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: Love the podcast? Hey, I had an idea for an 27 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: episode that I think would be fun to listen to. 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: You should take ten horror movie characters and rank their 29 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: masks by least scariest to scariest. Let me know what 30 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: you think. Thanks for all you do. Take care, Marcus Miller. 31 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: I love this topic, so thank you Marcus for suggesting it. 32 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: I love horror movies and I love horror movie masks. 33 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: So I've compiled a list of mass killers that I 34 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: would rank as the least frightening to the most frightening. 35 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: And I'm basing this on if I was home alone 36 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: and I saw this mass figure outside of my door, 37 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: which one would give me the biggest feeling of terror? 38 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: Which one do I not want to encounter at night? 39 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: Do I not want to have to run from? Which 40 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: one would invade my nightmares and stay there forever. So 41 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: we'll have some old we'll have some new we'll have 42 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: some fun going through this list, so let's kick it 43 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: off now with number ten. At number ten, I went 44 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: with Hannibal from Silence of the Lambs, and it's almost 45 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: that it is an absence of a mask, and the 46 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: small mask that we do get in Hannibal is just 47 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: this little sliver covering its mouth. So even more so 48 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: than the mask itself, it's what the mask represents and 49 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: how iconic it became because the reason Hannibal Lecter has 50 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: this mask is to cover his mouth because he is 51 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: a cannibal. And Hannibal Lecter has cannibalized his victims and 52 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: tries to bite the people around him, So that is 53 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: creepy all on its own. But the mask itself is 54 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: so simple and one that I think doesn't get the 55 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: recognition it deserves when it comes to horror movie masks. 56 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: And Anthony Hopkins gave one of the best performances in 57 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: the nineties as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. 58 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: The crazy thing about that movie and the crazy thing 59 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: about his role he was only on screen for sixteen minutes. 60 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: A mere sixteen minutes not only got him nominated, but 61 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: he won for Best Actor in nineteen ninety two. That 62 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: is unheard of to win an OSCAR with that little 63 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: amount of screen time, and Anthony Hopkins is just an 64 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: og an amazing actor. He went on to win this 65 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: award again in twenty twenty one for his incredible performance 66 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: in The Father. So he's an actor who can do 67 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: it all, from drama to horror. And not only is 68 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: he winning Academy Awards, but he's also ending up on 69 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: my list at number ten. Hannibal elector in Silence of 70 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: the Lambs at number nine. I have the Animal Mask 71 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: from Your Next which came out in twenty eleven, a 72 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: movie I thought was just going to be a generic 73 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: horror movie that I would watched one time and never 74 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: think about again. But I was completely wrong. There's a 75 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: fox mask, a tiger mask, and a lamb mask. It's 76 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: about these characters wearing these animal masks who are actually hitmen, 77 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: hired to kill their family in order to collect some 78 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: insurance money. I love the plot in this movie. Lots 79 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: of twists and turns and some pretty brutal violence. So 80 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: there was a lot of creativity in this movie that 81 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: set it apart from just being another home invasion slasher 82 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: horror movie, and it all goes back to these masks, 83 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: because out of context, somebody wearing an animal mask wouldn't 84 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: be that scary, but you put a crossbow in their hand, 85 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: you show them killing somebody, and the blood splatter on 86 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: the animal mask just adds a very eerie element. So 87 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: the animal mask combined with how violent this movie gets, 88 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: it's beautiful in a dark, twisted way at least. So 89 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: at number nine, I have the animal masks from Your Next. 90 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: At number eight the pig mask from Saw, which you 91 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: probably associate the entire Saw franchise with its mascot jig Saw. 92 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 1: But there was something about seeing this pig mask and 93 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: it come out of nowhere in these movies that was 94 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: completely terrifying. And we were just talking about how almost 95 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: adorable the animal mask are in Your Next. But it's 96 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: a complete one eighty when it comes to this pig 97 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: mask in Saw, because it looks gruesome, it looks bloody, 98 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: even though it's not really that bloody in the movie, 99 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: and there's just something creepy about a pig, and nonetheless 100 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: a pig with this dark black wig over it, in 101 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: a black hoodie and these really gloopy, dark black eyes 102 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: and you have no idea who was behind this mask. 103 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: So even if you took this mask outside of this movie, 104 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,119 Speaker 1: which the entire Soft franchise, at least the first three 105 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: movies are really creepy, and they had a pretty good 106 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: grip on us early on, when the idea of a 107 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 1: Saw movie was pretty novel, and it was this filthy 108 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,679 Speaker 1: swine that I just couldn't get out of my brain. 109 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: So at number eight, I have the pig mask from Saw. 110 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: At number seven I went with the horrifying grinning faces 111 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: and the polite leader mask in The Purge. The Purge 112 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 1: is the movie that's about the twelve hours of legalized mayhem, 113 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: where there are no rules. Anything goes, including murder. The 114 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: Purge has one of the best premises for a horror 115 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: movie in the last ten years. It came out in 116 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, which is bizarre to me that movies that 117 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,559 Speaker 1: came out in twenty thirteen are now ten years old. 118 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: In my mind, everything from the twenty tens is still 119 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: just a couple years old. But now the fact that 120 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: the Purge movie has been out a decade, the idea 121 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: that kids now are growing up in the twenty twenties 122 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: and everything from the twenty ten seems like so long 123 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: ago to them. That gives me a weird feeling, especially 124 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: when it comes to The Purge, which still feels like 125 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: a new franchise to me, but it's been around for 126 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: ten years. And what's so creepy about these masks, it's 127 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: how they are used in the film. Of course, whenever 128 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: they're looking through their peet poles, they see these people 129 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: outside their door and they have this big, exaggerated expression 130 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: on their face that's almost dolllike, almost this translucent human face, 131 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: which the Masks and the Purge are actually based on 132 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: a horror movie from nineteen seventy six called Alice, Sweet Alice, 133 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: so it's a bit of an homage to that movie. 134 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: But it's an image that I would not want to 135 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: pull up. When I bring up my doorbell cam and 136 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: see this dolllike face with black eyes, it looks like 137 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: it's had too many procedures of botox wielding a machetti 138 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: pointing it at me. And maybe it's also the fact 139 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: that this could probably happen in real life. That's what 140 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: makes this movie creepy. That's what makes these masks creepy. 141 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: So at number seven are the Masks from the Purge 142 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: at number six is a newer entry a movie that 143 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: came out last year called The Black Phone starring Ethan Hawk, 144 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: where he played a character called The Grabber, And I 145 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: think if this movie would have had more of an 146 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: impact last year. It was a movie I enjoyed, but 147 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to completely love it if it would have 148 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: really resonated with audience been a bigger hit at the 149 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: box office, which it also came out during the summer, 150 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: so there were a lot of things going on. But 151 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: I feel like the look of this mask. Ethan Hawk's 152 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: performance in this movie had everything in the recipe to 153 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: be an iconic, memorable horror movie character. There was just 154 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: something about this movie that didn't completely hit for me. 155 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: But even though I didn't completely love the way the 156 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,679 Speaker 1: story played out, I was in love with the look 157 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: of this mask. So the Grabber is this sad, sadistic 158 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: serial killer and also a part time magician. And he 159 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: has three different really creepy looking devil mask that all 160 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: resent these different emotions that he has. Because this character 161 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: is unlike any other horror movie character, he is ashamed 162 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: of all the things he is doing throughout this movie, 163 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: abducting children, locking them in his basement, torturing them, messing 164 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: with their mind, ignoring all the sounds that come from 165 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: the black phone, and trying to carry on with his 166 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: normal life and hide it from everybody else that he 167 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: is actually the one that the police are looking for 168 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: in connection with all of these missing kids in this neighborhood. 169 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: And the way they use this mask in this movie 170 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: is unlike any other horror movie character. While yes, he's 171 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: trying to conceal his identity from the public, but he's 172 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: also trying to conceal his identity from himself. At least 173 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: when he is doing all these horrific actions. He doesn't 174 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: want to look at himself. He's not proud of himself. 175 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: He is ashamed of the actions he is doing, so 176 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: when he looks in the mirror, he doesn't want to 177 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: see his real face. He wants to hide it behind 178 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: the sick devil mask, which is probably how he really 179 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: feels on the inside. He uses these three different masks 180 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: to portray his different emotions that he feels throughout this movie. 181 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's joy because in a sick way, he does 182 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: get pleasure out of doing this. It is despair because 183 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: sometimes he does feel bad for all the things he 184 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: is putting these kids through. And then there's one mask 185 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: that has his mouth completely just gone, kind of like shut, 186 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 1: melted looking, and that is to represent the nothingness he feels, 187 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: no remorse. And when you put all these things together, 188 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: and just the design of this mask, how it looks 189 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: like perfectly sculpted porcelain. And if there was one mask 190 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: out of this entire list that I could just own 191 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 1: and have in the background at my home studio which 192 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: I'm rebuilding right now, this one would look amazing up 193 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: on the wall. And it's so creepy looking and use 194 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: so well in this movie. My favorite thing about the 195 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: Black Phone, aside from Ethan Hawk, So at number six, 196 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: I went with the Grabbers mask in The Black Phone, 197 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: portrayed by Ethan Hawk. Hopping into the top five at 198 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,719 Speaker 1: number five. Is one of the most recognizable masks. You 199 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: can find it in any store around Halloween, and it 200 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: is Jason Vorhees mask. The Friday of the Thirteenth franchise 201 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: has an unusual start because you don't even see this 202 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: mask until Part three, which came out in nineteen eighty two. 203 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: Jason isn't even the killer in the first Friday the 204 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: Thirteenth movie. In part two, he doesn't have this mask. 205 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: He just has this brown burr lap looking sack over 206 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: his face. That's the first time you see him, and 207 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: it's not until part three of Friday the Thirteenth where 208 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: you see his hockey mask for the first time. I 209 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: feel like when these movies came out, they were trying 210 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: hard to not look and mimic exactly what was working 211 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: with the Halloween movies and Michael Myers, so they were 212 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 1: trying to be a little bit different. So for me personally, 213 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: the movies didn't really work until Jason had the hockey 214 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: mask on. Whenever I see the baghead version of Jason, 215 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: I find it incredibly cheesy. But I think what makes 216 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: this mask so terrifying is the fact that it's so simple. 217 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: It's just a hockey mask with a little bit of 218 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: red on it, but nonetheless it works. It's iconic. Though 219 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: at number five it is Jason at number six mentioned 220 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: it a bit earlier. It is Halloween, Michael Myers famous 221 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: Captain Kirk mask from the first movie, and there have 222 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: been so many iterations of the mask over the entire franchise, 223 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: but it all goes back to that first mask and 224 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: the story behind it. The production crew went out to 225 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: just buy a mask that fit the character, that fit 226 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: the budget, and also one that they didn't have to 227 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: get the rights for. So Michael Myers also could have 228 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: been wearing a clown mask, but luckily, the one they 229 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: ended up settling with was a William Shatner mask that 230 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 1: they stripped off the sideburns, they painted white, they messied 231 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: up the hair, and what they ended up creating was 232 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: this mask that looked lifeless, that had an absence of emotion, 233 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: and that had these dark eyes and a blank stare. 234 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: And that is how they brought Michael Myers to life. 235 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: And I think that's what makes the Michael Myers mask 236 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: so scary is the absence of emotion. You have this 237 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: ghostlike face on this incredible shape of a very muscular, 238 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: strong individual that can take you out with his bare hands. 239 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: But it all goes back to that mask. It's cold, 240 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: it's soull less, and so easily recognizable. So at number four, 241 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: I have Michael Myers mask from Halloween getting into the 242 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: top three. At number three, I have the masks of 243 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: the Strangers in the Strangers. The reason I find them 244 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 1: so terrifying, more so than Michael Myers, more so than 245 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: Jason is because they can be anybody. The Strangers is 246 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: a movie very much set in reality. There's no supernatural 247 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 1: element to it. The killers don't have this incredible strength 248 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: or the ability to bounce back from an attack. They 249 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: are just normal people wearing these sinister looking masks, two 250 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: that resemble baby dolls, and one that is a burlap 251 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: mask with the cutouts for the eyes, like a demented 252 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: looking scarecrow. And it's the story behind The Strangers, which 253 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: is a story a young couple who get trapped inside 254 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: this home, tormented by these three people wearing these masks. 255 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: There's nothing bizarre to that plot. That literally is my 256 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: worst nightmare when checking into an Airbnb is what neighborhood 257 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: am I in? And are there people watching me? So 258 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: this is a worst case scenario played out in a movie. 259 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: And I would freak out if I ever woke up 260 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: in the middle of the night to something crashing at 261 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: a front door and then saw somebody wearing this doll 262 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: mask or this burlap sack mask. And what makes these 263 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: masks even scarier is there is some real life truth 264 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: behind them. This entire movie was inspired by something that 265 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: happened to the director Brian Burtinho as a kid. He 266 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,319 Speaker 1: based it on a childhood experience when a stranger came 267 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: knocking to his door in the middle of the night 268 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: asking for someone who didn't live there. That would stay 269 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: with me forever. This movie has stuck with me forever 270 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: since I saw it in two thousand and eight. Still 271 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: freaks me out of an adult. Sometimes I still have 272 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: nightmares that these people are chasing me around my own house. 273 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: So at number three are the masks of the Home 274 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: Invaders from The Strangers. At number two is ghost Face 275 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: mask from Scream. This is just a great looking mask. 276 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: It's the only mask I've ever owned. I had to 277 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: own it as a kid. I wanted to dress up 278 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: like ghost Face, and my parents would never pay for 279 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: me to have a cool Halloween costume. But luckily I 280 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: was able to get a screen mask after it went 281 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: on sale after Halloween at the grocery store. It was 282 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: marked down seventy percent. So then next year, once Halloween 283 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: came around, I had my screen mask, although I'd already 284 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: been wearing it for a year at that point and 285 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: it didn't really look that good. I also didn't really 286 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: have the rest of the costume, but man I loved 287 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: that mask and kept up with it for years. But 288 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: even though this mask is so simple, there's something that 289 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: sets it apart from every other blank white horror movie mask, 290 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: aside from Jason, aside from Michael Myers. It just has 291 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: these black blobs for its eyes and it's really long 292 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: looking mouth. But it's almost like those bobs give this 293 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: mask an expression like the mask is screaming, which it's 294 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: actually loosely based on that famous painting the Scream wherever 295 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: the guy has its hands on its mouth screaming, kind 296 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: of like Kevin and Home Alone. And the original ghost 297 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: Face mask was actually created by a company called fun 298 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: World as a Halloween costume before Wes Craven even used 299 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: it in Scream. The word iconic gets thrown around a lot, 300 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: especially on this podcast, but just in life, but this 301 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: mask is truly iconic. If you saw this Scream mask 302 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: as a small little icon on your desktop, you would 303 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: know exactly what it is. The sagging eyes, the elongated mouth. 304 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: That is ghost Face that even if you haven't seen 305 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: a screen movie, you know exactly what it is. So 306 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: at number two, I have ghost Face from Scream. Before 307 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: we get to number one, I do have some honorable mentions. 308 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: I watched a horror movie earlier this year called Infinity Pool, 309 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: and I really love the bizarre looking masks in that movie. 310 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: They had this really cool metallic finish to them, and 311 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: some of them have two faces split on one mask. 312 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: I really like the look of every single mask in 313 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: that movie and thought they were going to be used 314 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: more throughout the movie. But nonetheless those are pretty terrifying too. 315 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: I also like a mask used in Happy Death Day 316 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: and the fact that we are still trying to create 317 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: some mask in these new movies coming out, I can 318 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: respect that. I decided not to include faces on this list. 319 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: So if you're wondering why characters like Freddy Krueger, it 320 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: Chucky even aren't the clown from the Terrifier movies didn't 321 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: make this list, is because that's just their faces. So 322 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: even though you can go to the store and buy 323 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: their faces on a mask, the characters themselves aren't actually 324 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: wearing masks, so that's an entirely different episode. But now 325 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: at number one, the mask made from human skin is 326 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: Leatherface and his mask in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. What 327 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: else do you need to say? He is a demented 328 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: individual wearing a mask made out of human skin, one 329 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: of the most grotesque concepts for a mask. It looks 330 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: truly horrific to see this skin piece together with the 331 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: jankety so job. I love the imagery in this movie 332 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: when you see him making the mask and then the 333 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: first time you see him with the skin over his face. 334 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: That is something only a true sick individual can do. 335 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: And like some of the other masks on this list, 336 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: the director took inspiration from a real life serial killer 337 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: named Edgin who wore masks made out of human skin. 338 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: So this is not just some idea somebody came up 339 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: with and thought this wouldn't make a great horror movie. 340 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: Somebody actually did this. Out of all the movies in 341 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this has always been something essential 342 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: to each one. Leatherface making a mask at a human skin. 343 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: It's sick, it's creepy, it's disgusting. It is my number 344 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: one scariest horror movie mask of all time. If there's 345 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: one you think should have made the list, or you 346 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: think my ranking was a little bit off, let me know. 347 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: Hit me up on Socials at Mike Distro. Thanks again 348 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: to listener Marcus for suggesting this week's topic. If you 349 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: have a topic you want to share with me, a 350 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: movie you want me to talk about, a genre you 351 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: think I should feature more on the podcast, let me 352 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: know what it is. Send me an email Movie Mike 353 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 1: d at gmail dot com, or you can copy and 354 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: paste it from the episode notes on this podcast. Let's 355 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 1: get into a spoiler free movie review now. I want 356 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: to talk about Scream six. And for some reason I 357 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: set really high expectations going into this movie. I don't 358 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: know why. I bought into the hype of the trailer. 359 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: I bought into the hype of ghost space, having this 360 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: warn looking mask, kind of getting that bad taste out 361 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 1: of my mouth that Scream five had, and thought maybe 362 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: it would be a little bit more of an elevated 363 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: horror movie, have a little bit of a different approach, 364 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: and not just be another slasher movie. The idea of 365 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: it being set in New York City was exciting to me, 366 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: them getting out of Woodsborough, having the four survivors go 367 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: on to college. And what I said back when I 368 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: had it in the trailer park is would it be 369 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: able to maintain that same level that it did in 370 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: the trailer throughout an entire two hour movie. But before 371 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: we get into this review, here's just a little bit 372 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: of the Scream six trailer. This isn't like any other 373 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 1: ghost face. What is this place a shrine? We've got 374 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: to laure him, then we execute him. Hello, let's play 375 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: a game. You know, you're like the tenth guy to 376 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: try this, right. It never works out for the dipperish 377 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: from the mask maybe, but there's never been one like me, Gale. 378 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm something different. That's why I'm going to shoot you 379 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: in the head. So what we have in Scream six 380 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: we are continuing our requel here, So if you're not 381 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: familiar with the requel, it is a movie that is 382 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: both a remake and a sequel, but it contains new 383 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: materials and tries to keep that same storyline alive, keeps 384 00:19:55,240 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: that same continuity. So, in essence, Scream five was the 385 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: requal of the original Scream and Scream six is a 386 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: requal of Scream two. So this movie continues the theme 387 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 1: of it being very meta, very self aware, and I 388 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: think to the point in Scream six where I feel 389 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: like this franchise is hurt by its own legacy. Holding 390 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: onto those old characters. You still have Courtney Cox as 391 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: Gale Weathers in this you have the references to Nev 392 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 1: Campbell's character, the references to David ar KITT's character. I 393 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: think we need to move on from that. Drop all 394 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: the old nostalgia, and much like I in my thirties 395 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,959 Speaker 1: need to move on from the nineties, the Scream franchise 396 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,479 Speaker 1: needs to move on from the nineties. If I have 397 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: to hear what's your favorite scary movie one more time, 398 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 1: I'm gonna lose it. It's not even that great of 399 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: a line. It's a memorable line, but you don't need 400 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 1: to say it in every Scream movie. And the thing is, 401 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: I actually like the characters in Scream five and Screen six. 402 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: You have two really great leads. They're really great actors. 403 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,959 Speaker 1: You have Jenna Ortega, who when this first one came 404 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: out Scream five, that is I bet most people would 405 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: have trouble identifying what her name is. But after her 406 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: having such a big year in twenty twenty two, she's 407 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: not one of the biggest names in horror movies, so 408 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: I almost feel like she is now attached to this franchise, 409 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:18,959 Speaker 1: even though I don't think she'll be continuing to do 410 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: these movies because her stardom is going to get even 411 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: far beyond the Scream movies. But you see throughout this 412 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: entire movie that she's a really great actress does horror 413 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: really well, so I think if she wanted to continue 414 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: in the horror genre, it just fits in so perfectly 415 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: like a glove. And then you also have Melissa Berrera, 416 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: who I just love the representation in between her and 417 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: Jena Ortega of having Mexican actresses in a leading, big 418 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: Hollywood movie. So that's inspiring for me to see to 419 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: see how you can change throughout the entire franchise, because 420 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: the storyline in Scream six is really like a soap opera. 421 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: But even with the cheesiness in the storyline, I can 422 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: still see the talent in both of these leads. And 423 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: then you also have Mason Gooding, who I think is 424 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: a really great new actor. I really liked him in 425 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: Book Smart. And then you have Hayden Pintier back because 426 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: she was in Scream four. So what this entire movie 427 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:18,719 Speaker 1: is about is all the four surviving members from Scream 428 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: five are back in Scream six. They have left Woodsboro 429 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: and are now living in New York City takes place 430 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: about a year after the first woman. They're trying to 431 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: live out their lives. Jenna Ortega's character is trying to 432 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 1: completely forget about what happened in Woodsboro and not really 433 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: make it a part of her identity whatsoever, just trying 434 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: to be a normal college kid. Her sister, on the 435 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: other hand, whose dad is Billy Lupas from the very 436 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: original screen movie, is still struggling with all these thoughts 437 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: in her head. She's trying to go to therapy to 438 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 1: make sense of all the emotions she felt after she 439 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: killed the guy in the movie before this, and is 440 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: having a much more difficult time moving on. What disrupts everything? 441 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: You have another killing again, and they want to get 442 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: immediately out of New York City. But then of course 443 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 1: they run into ghost space pretty quickly, and their first 444 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: encounter is actually what you see in the trailer. They're 445 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: in a blodega, and the rules kind of go out 446 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: the window, because usually ghost space attacks people one on one, 447 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 1: doesn't do it in broad daylight. And I felt like 448 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: this first attack was them trying to be a little 449 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: bit different, it trying to be a ghost space like 450 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: you hadn't seen before. He attacks them right in public 451 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: going down the street, and that first little standoff in 452 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: De Blodega was actually pretty good. As the movie progressed 453 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: from the first and second act, the kill scenes were 454 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: pretty captivating. They weren't anything entirely different, but they had 455 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,159 Speaker 1: a little bit more of an edge to him. They 456 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 1: moved along a little faster, and the movie got pretty 457 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: bloody pretty quick, almost like an old school b horror 458 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: movie from back in the day. So I felt like, 459 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: for a little bit, Ghost Space did have a little 460 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: bit of an edge to him, but I still wasn't 461 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: buying into the fact that he is a ghost face 462 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: like we hadn't seen before, because that about wears off 463 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: within the forty five hour mark of this I think 464 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: where this movie really lost me was with it being 465 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: a little bit overly meta. Again, I think it's just 466 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: hurt by its own legacy. It just feels like every 467 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: screen movie has this exact same formula, and now at 468 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: part six, I'm a little bit over it. The screen 469 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: movies to me are almost starting to feel like to 470 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: Fast and the Furious movies. You kind of know exactly 471 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: where you're gonna get going into it, and even though 472 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: you have this expectation of it being completely different. It's 473 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: really just a lot more of the same. Case In point, 474 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 1: Hayden Pantier's character coming back, she was in screen four. 475 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: Her character Kirby is now in the FBI and trying 476 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: to figure out how all of these killings are connected 477 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: and how the killer in this movie is leaving behind 478 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: different ghost face mask from throughout the years. So I 479 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 1: guess that's on me of expecting this movie to be 480 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: a little bit scarier. The scariest part of Scream six 481 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 1: for me actually took place the lobby, having to see 482 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 1: all those teenagers, and I could just feel gen Z 483 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: judging me, pointing out all my insecurities. Look at this 484 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: thirty one year old dude with adult braces, sideways crying, 485 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 1: laughing emoji, using skinny jean, wearing weather forecast fanatic, looking 486 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: like he loves a trip to Costco and I do. 487 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: So that was the scariest part of this entire movie 488 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: for me. But I do enjoy that a Scream movie 489 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: does give me those nostalgic vibes of a nineties slasher movie, 490 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: that feeling of going to a movie on a Friday night, 491 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: a pack theater with a bunch of people there just 492 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: looking to have a good time, laugh at the ridiculous parts, 493 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: Scream during the jump scares, and then talking about the 494 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: movie as you exit the theater. What was your favorite 495 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 1: part this movie? He did, in that way encompass what 496 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 1: I love about going to the movies and what made 497 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: it so memorable going as a teenager. So even though 498 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 1: I felt those gen Z kids judging me, I knew 499 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: they had the right to do it. They would look 500 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: back on a night like this of remember the good 501 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 1: old times of Scream six. But I just found that 502 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: throughout the entire two hours, it had a really hard 503 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: time keeping my attention and hands down the cheesiest screen 504 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: movie I have ever seen. I honestly think they need 505 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: to honor Wes Craven by letting go of everything we 506 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 1: know from the screen franchise. It seems like they are 507 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: trying to keep all those things alive in order to 508 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: keep the legacy of these movies, in order to keep 509 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: people interested. Let go of all the characters. No more 510 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: references to gayale Weather, Sidney Prescott, Officer Dewey. Let's let 511 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 1: it all go, and let's let these new actors really 512 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: shine in a new story. Let's reinvent the screen franchise, 513 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: throw it all out the window. So with that being said, 514 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: as much as I love a good slasher movie, as 515 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: much as I love the character ghost Space, this movie 516 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 1: just didn't do it for me. I found myself waiting 517 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 1: for it to be over. So I would give Scream 518 00:26:55,520 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: six two point five out of five stab wounds. It's 519 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: time to head down to movie Mike Trey Lar Paul. 520 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: I have been waiting for the first look at this 521 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: movie for three years now because Seth Rogan first announced 522 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: this project to make a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 523 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: movie back in twenty twenty, and the inner kid and 524 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: me went wild. I love every single Ninja Turtles movie 525 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: ever made. It doesn't matter how cheesy they get, how 526 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,639 Speaker 1: far away they get from what made the original movies great. 527 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: I just love that. Throughout my entire life there has 528 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: always been some iteration of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 529 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: Why I think I love these characters so much growing up, 530 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,880 Speaker 1: this was one franchise that my brother and I bonded 531 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: with so much over our years of watching movies together. 532 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: And my brother grew up in the eighties much like 533 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,719 Speaker 1: Seth Rogan did so. I think the fact that he 534 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: is behind this movie, producing it, making sure it is 535 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: representative of those fans of the original series, from the 536 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 1: original comic book, the original cartoon, and those original movies. 537 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 1: I think he is trying to incorporate what made those 538 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,439 Speaker 1: Ninja Turtles movies great, but also having a modern, fresh 539 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,199 Speaker 1: approach and realizing that, yes, these movies are meant for kids. 540 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: There are so many movies now that we all love 541 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: and we've been watching forever, from Teenage Mutant, Ninja Turtles, 542 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 1: Star Wars, Spider Man. They were so impactful because we 543 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: discovered them as kids. But we grow up and we 544 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 1: keep wanting to see these characters and somehow still hold 545 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: them to those feelings they gave us as kids and 546 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 1: want them to live up to those standards. There's no 547 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 1: way they're ever gonna make us feel like that. They shouldn't. 548 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: They should be inspiring the next generation of kids to 549 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 1: be fans of all these franchises, and that is what 550 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: is exciting to me about this movie. It's called Teenage Mutant, 551 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: Ninja Turtles, Mutant Mayhem. It's coming out in theaters on 552 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: August fourth. Before I get into all the things I 553 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: love about the look of this movie. Here's just a 554 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: little bit of the Mutant Mayhem trailer. What the heck 555 00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: are those things look like little shreks to me, who 556 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 1: We've prepared our whole life for that you cannot Oh 557 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: my god, what happened? Is so you were baby turtles 558 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: make contact with mystery woll We prefer the term us 559 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: but yeah, it's like more like it's just it rolls 560 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: off the tongue better. Yeah, it's so. This movie is 561 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: about our four iconic heroes in a half show, Donna Tello, 562 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: Michelangelo Leonardo, and Raphael and they look to have the 563 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: most childlike nature to them than any other Ninja Turtles movie. 564 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: All of the four main characters are voiced by real 565 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: life teenagers, so I'm really glad they did that. It's 566 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: a Nickelodeon film, so it only makes sense to have 567 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: these characters voiced by real life teenagers. And the movie 568 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: will follow the story that we're pretty familiar with. These 569 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: four turtles that stumble into some ooze along with their 570 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: rat mentor splinter, and then they turn into the teenage 571 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: mutant Ninja Turtles, only lurking in the shadows wearing these masks, 572 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: even though doesn't really hide their identity as being teenage 573 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: mutant ninja Turtles. They operate in the shadows in New 574 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 1: York City and try to be recognized for their heroic 575 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 1: actions that they do saving the city from crime. And 576 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: then you also have April O'Neill helping them along the way. 577 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: So let's look at this cast. When it comes to 578 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: the four main characters, you have Brady Noon as Raphael 579 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: Mica Abbey as Donna, Tello, Shimone Brown Junior as Michelangelo, 580 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: and Nicholas Cantu as Leonardo. And then you have some 581 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: big names throughout the rest of the cast with Jackie 582 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: Chan as Splinter, producer, Seth Rogan as Bebop, John Cena 583 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: as rock Steady, Hannibal Burris as Genesis Frog, Rose Burn 584 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: as Leatherhead, Ice Cube as Superfly, Post Malone as Ray Falet, 585 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:56,320 Speaker 1: Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko, and Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrum. 586 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: I love the animation style they decided to go with 587 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: on this movie. I think it really adds to that 588 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 1: childlike nature of the teenage mutant Ninja Turtles. It kind 589 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: of has the style of a kid's book you would 590 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: get at the school book fair, almost like this watercolor 591 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: comic book style. It kind of resembles the style of 592 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: Into the Spider Verse, not as detailed, not as intricate. 593 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: I don't think they have as many artists working on 594 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: this movie than they did with that piece of art, 595 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: but I think that's the style they're kind of trying 596 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: to emulate because it works so well for that animated 597 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: Spider Man franchise, and maybe they're trying to create something 598 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: of their own here in that same vein and to 599 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: pair with the animation style in this trailer. I really 600 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: love the look and design of the logo. It has 601 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: this style to it that it kind of looks like 602 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: an actual teenager came up with this logo. It reminds 603 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: me of when I would doodle in my notebooks while 604 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 1: I was taking notes in class. That's the kind of 605 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 1: style it has. So in a way, it looks modern, 606 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: but it also kind of feels nostalgic. It's the most 607 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: nineties looking teenage mutant Ninja Turtles movie that we've had 608 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: since well, the original nineteen nineties Ninja Turtles movies, So 609 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: in a way it reminds me not so much of 610 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: the first three Ninja Turtles movies, but since it's animated, 611 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: it reminds me of the original TMNT cartoon and video 612 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: game and how fun that was to discover as a kid. 613 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: So I don't expect it to be as good as 614 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: the OG trilogy from nineteen ninety, ninety one and ninety three, 615 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: but I feel like it has the ability to outrank 616 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: the other movies. I did like the two thousand and 617 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: seven animated version. I remember my brother and I going 618 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: to see that in theaters and it being a cool 619 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: thing to experience, even seventeen years after the original movie. 620 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: The Michael Bay live action ones, which I watched again 621 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: recently because I just loved the Ninja Turtles that much. 622 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: They're all right. I was excited to see Bebop and 623 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: rock Steady as live action characters, but there was just 624 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: something about the Turtles being cgi and being really big 625 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 1: and bulky and kind of taking the childlike nature away 626 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: from them instead just making them superheroes. In this Michael 627 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: Bay explosion type movie, it just felt like they were 628 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: Transformers instead of Ninja Turtles. So I didn't think those 629 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: movies were terrible when they first came out, But looking 630 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: back on them, I could have done without those movies, 631 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: and the fact that they had Johnny Knoxville as Leonardo's 632 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: voice in the first movie and then fired them when 633 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: they made the second one. Bad move, Bad move. So again, 634 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem is coming out this 635 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: summer on August fourth. So now the only thing I 636 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: have to get over is being okay with being a 637 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: man in my thirties going to see a kids movie 638 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: alone this links edition of movie, and that's gonna do it. 639 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: For another episode here of the podcast. If you are 640 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: listening on release day, which is Monday, the Oscars just 641 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: happened last night, so look for a special bonus episode 642 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 1: where I will go over all the winners and losers, 643 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: the upsets, the outrage. I'll have that up for you 644 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 1: as soon as I can do that recap episode. But 645 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: before I go, I gotta give my listeners shout out, 646 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: which I do every single week. All you have to 647 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: do is send me a DM on Instagram, tweet me 648 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: at Mike dstro or send me an email movie Mike 649 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: d at gmail dot com. This week's listeners Shout Out 650 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 1: and Listener of the Week is Brandon Scott, who sent 651 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,279 Speaker 1: me this DM on Instagram and said, Hey, Mike, just 652 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,359 Speaker 1: listen to this week's episode and love the topic. If 653 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 1: you want to dive a little deeper into movie score composition, 654 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 1: I highly recommend Disney's for Score podcast. Appreciate you and 655 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 1: the entertainment you give each week. Hope you are doing well. 656 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: Thank you, Brandon. I hope you are doing well too, 657 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 1: and thanks for listening to last week's episode. If you 658 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 1: missed that, it was my top ten most iconic theme 659 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: songs from movies of all time. That was one of 660 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,320 Speaker 1: my favorite episodes to do. So if you love movie scores, 661 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: if you love playing games and want to see how 662 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 1: many of those you can name and you missed that episode, 663 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: go back one in the feed and check that one out. 664 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 1: And thank you Brandon. You are this week's listener of 665 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 1: the week. Thank you for being part of the movie crew, 666 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: Thanks for being subscribed and telling a friend who also 667 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,840 Speaker 1: loves movies to check out the podcast. Hope you have 668 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: a great rest of your week, and until next time, 669 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 1: go out and watch good movies and I will talk 670 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:10,280 Speaker 1: to you later.