Speaker 1: Hey there, folks, It's Monday, October the sixth, and before
Speaker 1: Jason Isaacs was flashing his junk on a hot oh
Speaker 1: my god, fun White Lotus, he was in one of
Speaker 1: our absolute favorite sleepy little horror movies that you need
Speaker 1: to hear about. And with that, welcome to this episode,
Speaker 1: this Horror hit List edition of Amy and TJ. Why
Speaker 1: do you say, Oh my god? Yes, Jason Isaacs with
Speaker 1: a guy, a guy that everybody was paying attention to
Speaker 1: with White Lotus, was in a little movie that a
Speaker 1: lot of people probably never heard of and didn't know
Speaker 1: he was in.
Speaker 2: It was just one way to get people's attention, and
Speaker 2: you certainly got mine. So we didn't know you were
Speaker 2: going to go there to start off our number twenty
Speaker 2: six on our Horror hit List on this Monday. And
Speaker 2: the name of the movie is look Away. I thought
Speaker 2: you were gonna say.
Speaker 1: It clearly, we don't have a plan, oh look Away,
Speaker 1: look Away.
Speaker 2: It was released in October of twenty eighteen, so seven
Speaker 2: years ago. It was rated R and it runs an
Speaker 2: hour forty three now. The synopsis is this an alienated
Speaker 2: high school student. Her name is Maria. Her life is
Speaker 2: turned upside down when she switches places with her sinister
Speaker 2: mirror image. We loved the movie. We saw it a
Speaker 2: couple of years ago.
Speaker 1: Actually, correct, Oh yeahn't know how we came upon this one.
Speaker 1: How we found this one, But it's uh yeah, you
Speaker 1: gotta go looking for it, and you gotta be curious.
Speaker 2: That's right, because Rotten Tomatoes score, the critics review would
Speaker 2: not send you running to your TV to find where
Speaker 2: it's streaming. But we assure you it is brilliant, and
Speaker 2: especially when you consider it's not just Jason Isaac's in
Speaker 2: the cast, but you also have Mira Sorvino, who is incredible.
Speaker 2: She's an Academy Award winner if you don't recognize the name.
Speaker 2: And India Isisley is the young woman who is the
Speaker 2: star of the show. But yes, just got fifteen percent
Speaker 2: of Rotten Tomato score. But this is of note and
Speaker 2: I always like when I see this, if you look
Speaker 2: at the audience score, it's reversed, it's at fifty one percent.
Speaker 1: It's not great, still not good enough.
Speaker 2: I don't think in terms of what we thought it was.
Speaker 2: I think it's a brilliant film. It's it's silly at
Speaker 2: times because just the premise of it. Sometimes you have
Speaker 2: to buy into but I loved.
Speaker 1: It, and so you got a fifty fifty san so
Speaker 1: of liking it if the audience score is fifty one percent.
Speaker 1: But we are not We absolutely are not going to
Speaker 1: be speaking about any movie here that we don't absolutely
Speaker 1: love and would recommend to somebody. Now, this one isn't
Speaker 1: for everybody necessarily, but we think it is. It's not heah,
Speaker 1: we'll get into why we recommend it and all that stuff,
Speaker 1: but this is every single movie that's on here we
Speaker 1: can stand by on our lists.
Speaker 2: I think it's a surefire hit when you turn it on,
Speaker 2: if you want to be entertained, if you want to
Speaker 2: have a little fear, feel a little creepy. Some are
Speaker 2: scarier than others. But look Away is I think, I
Speaker 2: think a really interesting script with it, and it's really
Speaker 2: really well done. And so we'll read you some of
Speaker 2: what the critics said to get you just in that
Speaker 2: frame of thought. So this critic said director Asuf Bernstein's
Speaker 2: version of this and look Away turns into a slow
Speaker 2: paced horror film that aims for depth but delivers cheap thrill.
Speaker 1: I don't know what the depth, What was the depth
Speaker 1: in this. It had to do with I don't know,
Speaker 1: young lady finding her inner beauty, a young lady finding
Speaker 1: her better self but ends up being a terrible self.
Speaker 1: I guess is a self reflection type of depth.
Speaker 2: To me, I always thought it was more of an
Speaker 2: alter ego kind of thing, where we all have this
Speaker 2: evil twin inside of us, and this one actually comes, well,
Speaker 2: it comes to fruition, not something you just fantasize about
Speaker 2: or think, what if I actually followed through on this
Speaker 2: dark thought I'm having, But the person who's having that
Speaker 2: dark thought actually takes over. And so that's kind of
Speaker 2: what the premise is of this movie. Did that make
Speaker 2: any sense? You're kind of rolling your eyes at me.
Speaker 1: You lost me some where. I'm not even sure where
Speaker 1: I got lost. But no, I never looked at this
Speaker 1: movie and thought anything about depth.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: It examined some themes that people can relate to, and
Speaker 1: certainly young people teenagers coming up and coming of age
Speaker 1: and all this kind of stuff. And then cheap thrills.
Speaker 1: I didn't know it was going after cheap This was
Speaker 1: not a jump scare kind of a way.
Speaker 2: I didn't think there were any cheap thrills. Actually, I
Speaker 2: thought the deaths were good. They weren't overly gruesome, which yes,
Speaker 2: if people don't like a lot of blood and guts,
Speaker 2: this is a This is a good movie because it's
Speaker 2: I mean, there are deaths and you do see blood,
Speaker 2: but it's not that gruesome. I actually thought this was
Speaker 2: a pretty good I mean, in terms of bad reviews,
Speaker 2: it's not a terrible review and I kind of agree
Speaker 2: with some of it. It might not be the savviest
Speaker 2: horror ever made due to its juvenile messaging, but it's
Speaker 2: clean and cold aesthetics and villainous characters just about managed
Speaker 2: to pull it through.
Speaker 1: They do. They pull it off because at least two
Speaker 1: of the performance are from like very acclaimed even Oscar
Speaker 1: winning actors, and in the lady who plays the lead
Speaker 1: has to play two leads. She has to pay play
Speaker 1: herself and then an evil twin of that person if
Speaker 1: you will, So it's performance as a solid even the
Speaker 1: friends of supporting cast is this is a well done movie.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I thought it was really good. So yeah, I
Speaker 2: don't this here's another review. It's just, you know, it's
Speaker 2: so interesting when critics jump on and say things that
Speaker 2: I just don't agree with. The mirror on the Wall
Speaker 2: doesn't reveal the fairest of them all in this lack
Speaker 2: luster psychological thriller that never gains much narrative traction despite
Speaker 2: a decent premise. I just I thought it was good.
Speaker 2: I never once wanted to I never got bored, I
Speaker 2: never once wanted to turn it off. I was engaged
Speaker 2: the entire time and thought it was well done.
Speaker 1: Look, a lot of people look for movies and look
Speaker 1: for more depth and ah, that's a very good writing,
Speaker 1: or there's and look for those types of things. We
Speaker 1: were just looking to be entertained and have a little
Speaker 1: fun watching a horror movie, and we do.
Speaker 2: Okay, So here's why it made our list. First off,
Speaker 2: and we've made this really clear. Incredible acting, and I
Speaker 2: love some fun evil teen stuff like this was just
Speaker 2: one of those fun if you're in that genre. I
Speaker 2: would say the concept was amazing, the idea that your
Speaker 2: evil twin or your alter ego takes over to do
Speaker 2: or say whatever you want without considering the consequences. So
Speaker 2: that was something that I just found really intriguing and
Speaker 2: very highly entertaining.
Speaker 1: Heads up, don't try to make sense of this. Well,
Speaker 1: that's stupid. What is a twin in the don't do that.
Speaker 1: This is just don't try to put a practical spin
Speaker 1: on it, and it doesn't make it. No, it's a supernatural,
Speaker 1: just a silly, almost teeny horror film. This is not
Speaker 1: a big slasher type movie at all, And like you said,
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of blood and guts. Yeah, in
Speaker 1: this movie is just not But they have a creep
Speaker 1: factor in here. It's not just creepy, like make your
Speaker 1: skin crawl because they're doing some body horror or some
Speaker 1: weird sounds. But they set up some situations between this
Speaker 1: young lady and her dad, a young lady and her
Speaker 1: mom that are just uncomfortable, comfortable that it creeps you out,
Speaker 1: and that adds to a lot of the tension in
Speaker 1: the front of the movie.
Speaker 2: I agree. I think that is part of what makes
Speaker 2: it fun because it is so dang uncomfortable. It makes
Speaker 2: you go yee, So who is this movie for? If
Speaker 2: you like teen themed high school horror films, this is
Speaker 2: great and there is that subgenre and I love them all.
Speaker 2: We both love those settings. It's fun. It automatically puts
Speaker 2: a fun factor to it.
Speaker 1: If there's a ton of movies like this out there,
Speaker 1: you immediately go to Carrie. And there have been so
Speaker 1: many prom scenes throughout the years, this one includes one,
Speaker 1: but you do. You have a tormented, a tortured high
Speaker 1: school teenager who's not with the in crowd, who gets
Speaker 1: picked on, who gets bullied, and all these things, and
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden she gets to have her
Speaker 1: moment because her evil twin takes over for her. That's
Speaker 1: the concept, and that works with this high school. She
Speaker 1: gets back at all the people that did are wrong,
Speaker 1: that whole thing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I was gonna say, if you like Revenge Horror,
Speaker 2: and you just summed it up Revenge Horror, if you
Speaker 2: liked Stephen King's Carrie, you will like this movie. And
Speaker 2: it's different because it's a little bit more fun than Carrie.
Speaker 2: Carrie is a little bit more serious. Jesus, Yes, he's amazing,
Speaker 2: I know, but.
Speaker 1: For God, he's got good stuff. I forget about stuff
Speaker 1: he does.
Speaker 2: So I would say, if you liked Carrie, you'll appreciate
Speaker 2: this movie. But it's not as heavy. It is sinister,
Speaker 2: So it's a got a twist. It's not like it's
Speaker 2: a replica or a knockoff of it, but it has
Speaker 2: a similar theme. So again, if you appreciate good acting,
Speaker 2: there are stellar performances. If you don't like a lot
Speaker 2: of gore, there are some great death So I think
Speaker 2: this is the movie for you, and I think if
Speaker 2: you're again, this could be a starter horror movie too,
Speaker 2: because you don't have to love the genre of horror
Speaker 2: to like this movie.
Speaker 1: This is a this is a thriller horror. That's a
Speaker 1: slash in there, probably with that because it's I'm trying
Speaker 1: to remember a single jump scare. I'm sure there had
Speaker 1: to be one in there to acquire for most horror movies,
Speaker 1: but it's not that type of thing. But you're still
Speaker 1: on the edge of your seat in a lot of ways,
Speaker 1: but you're not worried for a monster to jump out
Speaker 1: of the closet and start stabbing people.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's monsters don't carry not they could. But it's suspenseful,
Speaker 2: I think is a good way to put it. It's suspenseful,
Speaker 2: it's creepy, it'll keep you entertained, and it's just fun
Speaker 2: to watch these actors do what they do so well.
Speaker 1: We should give Jason Isaac's credit. If you loved him
Speaker 1: in White Lotus, you're gonna love him here because he's
Speaker 1: almost the same type of mean dad, right, loving caring
Speaker 1: but not exactly sure how to go about doing the
Speaker 1: loving and caring and make some errors along the way.
Speaker 1: He is the same character almost.
Speaker 2: But he's meaner. He's meaner in this one, I mean eviscerating.
Speaker 2: I mean, I think there's a little befuddledness and humility
Speaker 2: in his character in White Lotus, maybe perhaps because he
Speaker 2: was losing everything, But in this one he's just mean
Speaker 2: and biting and unfeeling. And yeah, he's kind of a
Speaker 2: despicable dad and a despicable husband in this so he's
Speaker 2: easy to.
Speaker 1: Not like, but he nails the role.
Speaker 2: Again. Yes, for us to elicit or for him to
Speaker 2: elicit that much feeling about his character, you know, he
Speaker 2: did his job right, and Miras Sorvino did such a
Speaker 2: good job. Honestly, I hate saying this word, but kind
Speaker 2: of playing a pathetic wife, a pathetic mom. This this
Speaker 2: powerless woman, but she does it so well and just
Speaker 2: the dynamic between her and her daughter and her and
Speaker 2: her husband. She has an amazing performance as well.
Speaker 1: This is okay, she's probably I mean, she's a supporting character
Speaker 1: as the mom, but I'm trying to think of what
Speaker 1: her relevance is. She is the scenestealer. I think in
Speaker 1: the movie she makes you feel something, you relate to something,
Speaker 1: you recognize something in her just by the look on
Speaker 1: her face or in her eyes. At times. She gives
Speaker 1: a performance here that is worthy of an Oscar winner.
Speaker 1: I suppose she's good.
Speaker 2: She brought the heart because Jason Isaac's character is just mean,
Speaker 2: and then the teen gets all twisted and evil, so
Speaker 2: she's she's the sad one you're rooting for, but you're
Speaker 2: also annoyed with her because she won't she won't stand
Speaker 2: up for herself in any way. But she does represent
Speaker 2: the heart I think of the movie, and so yes,
Speaker 2: all of those elements together make it a great film.
Speaker 2: So we're gonna tell you now and we have some
Speaker 2: specifics about who this film is not for. There is
Speaker 2: there are a couple warnings, and then what to pair
Speaker 2: it with snack's food, setting drinks. All of that. We're
Speaker 2: also going to tell you where you can watch it
Speaker 2: and what movie. We'll give you a hint about what
Speaker 2: our next movie is. So stay with us and welcome
Speaker 2: back as we talk about our number twenty six on
Speaker 2: deep cuts, Amy and TJ's horror hit list, and number
Speaker 2: twenty six is look Away. It is one you probably
Speaker 2: have not heard of, wanted it do just a little
Speaker 2: over a million at the box office because it was
Speaker 2: actually never released domestically, only internationally, so you can get
Speaker 2: it streaming. Will tell you where in just a bit.
Speaker 2: But this has an a list of cast members including
Speaker 2: Jason Isaac's Mirosorvino, just to name a few. But this
Speaker 2: is a deliciously evil, fun teen thriller horror. So we
Speaker 2: told you why it made the list and who it's for,
Speaker 2: But here's who it's not for. If you need your
Speaker 2: horror to be realistic, you want it to feel like
Speaker 2: this could happen, this is definitely not for you. It's
Speaker 2: supernatural and it's some people might kind of roll their
Speaker 2: eyes a little bit at the premise, but we thought
Speaker 2: it was fun something about this mirror image. But I
Speaker 2: also would not watch this with anyone. It would be
Speaker 2: uncomfortable to watch a self pleasuring scene or teen sex
Speaker 2: scenes with AKA. This might not be a good family
Speaker 2: horror movie. I wouldn't want to watch it with my kids,
Speaker 2: and I wouldn't want to watch it with my parents.
Speaker 2: So if you know, I just wanted to put out
Speaker 2: that warning that is a little uncomfortable if you're not
Speaker 2: watching it with the right people.
Speaker 1: I don't usually want to watch most movies with my
Speaker 1: kids or parents, so there's that. This movie is no
Speaker 1: exception there for me.
Speaker 2: But monsturvation and teen sex.
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, it gets a little and it's not necessarily.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't have a problem with a teen kid necessarily
Speaker 1: watching it. I just don't want to be in room
Speaker 1: with the kid correct while they're watching the movies, which
Speaker 1: is what you're essentially saying. I don't look, folks, we're
Speaker 1: talking to here, this is not a traditional horror this.
Speaker 1: Of all the movies we have on the list, this
Speaker 1: one might be the closest to not being a horror
Speaker 1: movie out of all of them. So in that regard,
Speaker 1: if you are not that you need the action, you
Speaker 1: need somebody chased and screaming and all, this is not
Speaker 1: going to be your lane. Some called it slow. I
Speaker 1: think it's a slower pace, but the tension is there
Speaker 1: and bills to rouse. You're never bored.
Speaker 2: Yeah, who is there anyone you think shouldn't watch this movie?
Speaker 1: Shouldn't? Oh my goodness, they could make this one rated
Speaker 1: G for all I care. Because this is for general audiences.
Speaker 1: Anybody can stop.
Speaker 2: I just mentioned masturbation, teen sex.
Speaker 1: What I'm saying for the people who do. I'm not
Speaker 1: recommending a child watched the movie. What I'm saying is
Speaker 1: anybody who is a movie watcher. I don't have a
Speaker 1: warning in here for anybody to say if you don't,
Speaker 1: just as a matter of preferences in style. But I
Speaker 1: still think even if you like the Slashers, even if
Speaker 1: you need to see a girl running through the woods
Speaker 1: and falling over a brick that ain't even there, this
Speaker 1: is still a movie you will like. I recommend it
Speaker 1: for everybody across the way, especially folks. This is another
Speaker 1: starter horror movie, if you will.
Speaker 2: Agreed. Agreed, all right. So I had some fun with
Speaker 2: this one in trying to figure out what to pairrot
Speaker 2: with snacks, drinks, food setting. So this is absolutely revenge horror.
Speaker 2: So we all know that Revenge is a dish. Beth
Speaker 2: serve cold and the movie is completely set in winter
Speaker 2: with snow and ice, so you do feel the chill
Speaker 2: of the movie on multiple levels. So I would pair
Speaker 2: it with an Irish coffee a hot toddy mulled wine
Speaker 2: just to warm yourself up. Maybe some dessert, try to
Speaker 2: sweeten it up, because this girl is very salty, and
Speaker 2: I see it with a big blanket and someone to
Speaker 2: snuggle with.
Speaker 1: Okay, you gave it way too much thought like you were.
Speaker 1: You were like the critics who want everything to be deep.
Speaker 1: You put a little too much depth into what the
Speaker 1: hell you's both to eat and drink during this movie.
Speaker 1: I applaud you. It'll take you. You gave you took
Speaker 1: the assignment. Seriously, just just grab some popcorn folks on
Speaker 1: this one, and a beer and have a good time.
Speaker 2: No, but you know what, don't you feel like when
Speaker 2: you watch a movie that is completely that I keep.
Speaker 1: Not hitting the mic.
Speaker 2: Sorry'll you need to drop the mic, not hit the mic.
Speaker 2: So when you watch a movie that's set in the
Speaker 2: cold like this, and really there's there's a great ice
Speaker 2: skating see there are two great ice skating scenes. Actually
Speaker 2: they're both set on ice in ice.
Speaker 1: The second one's fun.
Speaker 2: Second one was fun, but I thought the first one
Speaker 2: was really fun too.
Speaker 1: This one's kind of wait, we're talking about.
Speaker 2: The same yeah, because there's prom is on ice. Oh yeah,
Speaker 2: and that's what I thought.
Speaker 1: You were referring the latter one with the refriend.
Speaker 2: That was the first like really fun ice scene I thought.
Speaker 1: And it's almost ridiculous. It's almost silly some of these
Speaker 1: scenes you see, but they still build some kind of tension,
Speaker 1: and it's this is a fun movie. Even if you
Speaker 1: think it's ridiculous and you laugh about it, you still
Speaker 1: enjoy what you're seeing.
Speaker 2: I agree. So where can you watch it? Amazon Prime subscribers,
Speaker 2: y'all get to watch it for free, so that is fun.
Speaker 2: But it's anywhere you stream you can just if you
Speaker 2: need to purchase it, you can. It's pretty much everywhere,
Speaker 2: so it'll be easy to find. It's a fun watch.
Speaker 2: Would you watch this with the crowd by yourself a couple?
Speaker 1: You can do this when on your own, you know
Speaker 1: what I would almost say, because it's the fifty percent
Speaker 1: on the audience score, I wouldn't. Maybe the person you're
Speaker 1: with is not going to be into it. It might ruin
Speaker 1: it for you, right like you, They might influence how
Speaker 1: you are seeing this particular movie. So I don't mind
Speaker 1: if you watch this alone. Again, I say, horror movies,
Speaker 1: you should always have somebody there with you, but this
Speaker 1: is a fun one almost to look at each other
Speaker 1: and go, if somebody else having the same reaction to
Speaker 1: this I'm having, that would be fun.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, I mean you and I obviously would
Speaker 2: be able to watch this together. But this is another
Speaker 2: one where you can watch alone. And not all horror
Speaker 2: movies are like that, but this this works as a thriller.
Speaker 2: It builds it slow, So if you just have a
Speaker 2: fun night on the couch, that's perfect. This movie is
Speaker 2: perfect for you, all right. So we have our next
Speaker 2: movie coming out tomorrow. It will be our number twenty five.
Speaker 2: And here's the best tease I have for it. If
Speaker 2: you want to chime in and add anything else, feel free.
Speaker 2: I would call this next movie number twenty five. It
Speaker 2: will be fun. It's unexpected, it's retro, and it's a
Speaker 2: found footage.
Speaker 1: Film, and it is not for the may department.
Speaker 2: All right, And with that, thank you for listening to us.
Speaker 2: We will be back, of course with more of our
Speaker 2: countdown a e TJ's Halloween hit list. Thanks for listening, everyone,
Speaker 2: I'm made me roboch alongside TJ. Holmes. We'll talk to
Speaker 2: you soon.