Misery and Company

Misery and Company review Larry Cohen's 1985 creamy and low calorie horror film The Stuff. The Stuff is a film about a gooey substance which is found bubbling from underneath the Earth's filth-filled surface. "The Stuff" is quickly mass distributed everywhere in the world, and people love it. Ariel and Andrew have spared no expense in bringing you the best gosh darn podcast episode of all time. Hey, if you listen to other podcasts.. like any podcast, you might like this podcast too. 

Join us for more Gummer action as we review Tremors: Shrieker Island starring all your favorite video game tropes! Major Spoilers in this film if you have not seen it yet. Take into consideration that this may be the last Tremors film, or for at least until 10 years when Hollywood decides to reboot it.    Intro music by: Victor_Natas

Misery and Company review Ernest B. Schoedsack & Irving Pichel 1932, extremely dangerous, film The Most Dangerous Game. I've been in some dangerous situations before but nothing like the plot of this movie. I wonder what it would be like if I was there during the whole thing. If I was there, on the island, hangin out with Count Zaroff as he was hunting Rainsford. The whole time I am saying things like "you're not going to hit him" or "psst, hey man, can I hit that bug spray?" As Zaroff was hunting, I would be making all kinds of noise and shit. I'd be eating chips and wearing flip-flops. The only thing more dangerous than this film is missing this week's episode. Lets list some other dangerous things: not flossing hitting on the last person in the bar jacking up a car and then using your kids building blocks to support the car on one side so you can jack up the other side because your wife pulled too far up on the curb and tore off the plastic piece protecting the undercarriage of your 2016 sedan  

If you type Madhouse into Google, then you may see that there are a handful of movies with this title, but only one truly matters, because only one is starring Vincent Price. Also, good luck finding this film if you don't own a hardcopy version, otherwise you will be forced to watch it on 480p like we did. Join us as we talk about Dr. Death, some hilarious over-the-top scenes, and debating if this film is giallo.   Intro music by: Victor_Natas

Misery and Company review Ben Wheatley's 2013 English countryside getaway movie A Field in England. Guess what? There is indeed a field in this movie. It really reminded me of the time I was at music festival. I was there with a few friends of mine and having a great time. A lady approached me and asked me if I wanted a drink. I said sure of course because it was flippin hot. I few hours later, I am about my business and begin to notice things like lights, shouting people, composition of space, transition of celestial bodies over cosmic time-scales, and plumes of planetary waves edging through the ionosphere. The next day, my buddies showed me a picture of myself throwing up in a trashcan. Like my experience at a music festival, this episode is sure to be a memorable one.   P.S. My recording was awful this episode. Sorry!

Are you buckled up? Because we are about to foot-rocket you through this review on the 1989 WTF first installment of Tetsuo. We don't even know how to sum up this movie, but we will do the best we can to try and make sense of this arthouse-style film. Do electric sheep dream of drills?   Intro music by: Victor_Natas

Misery and Company take a look at William Crain's 1972 horror film Blacula. Life is marked by a series of milestones; first kiss, get your license, learn how to smoke, discover psychedelics, watch Blacula for the first time, etc... I remember the first time I watched Blacula like it was yesterday. I was in hospital and extremely bored, so I kicked open the ol' laptop and scanned some streaming services for something, ANYTHING. I found Blacula, or it found me. I distinctly remember how difficult it was to hear the movie due to all the background noise around me. Hospitals can be extremely noisy if you haven't experienced a hospital stay. Throughout the film, I had laughs, cries, chills, the full range of human emotions pouring across me in an awesome wave. I finished the movie, and I remember someone asking me if I wanted to cut the umbilical cord.     Intro music by: Victor_Natas

In this week's episode, we are visiting the cute town of Abbadon; made famous by its destroyer of souls hotel. We review how a group of young and somewhat horny-for-success group of friends embark on their new project Hell House. Ariel also details the hell house that she currently resides in with her seasonal Texan cockroach infestation.   Intro music by: Victor_Natas

Misery and Company review Na Hong-jin's 2016 horror epic The Wailing. When it comes to checking boxes, this movie has chosen to check them all. Close your eyes... Imagine you're in dimly lit room and all you see before you is a box.... The Wailing checks that box...   You open your eyes... You're in a field of wind swept wheat... Above you is the sun.. but the sun is a box... The Wailing checks that box.

Welcome to another episode of Misery & Charlton Heston! Andrew talks so much about Chuckie Heston that you may start to ask yourself, "How old is Andrew?" Well, Andrew doesn't know either, which is why Ariel and his therapist have conducted this whole podcast scheme to get him to realize that he is in fact old. Just kidding!....or are we??? Find out in this episode while we review the 1994 In the Mouth of Madness. Do you read Sutter Cane?   Intro music by: Victor_Natas

Misery and Company tackle Dario Argento's 1977 classic Suspiria. This film has it all; mystery, suspense, hairy arms, and enough mood lighting to make even the most fervent of lava lamp loyalists cream in their pants. Espousing their inner Argento, Ariel and Andrew promise to perambulate the line of eloquence and bombastic in this episode. 

Misery and Company review Brandon Cronenberg's 2020 film Possessor. Please don't confuse this with the 2018 film The Professor. Possessor and The Professor are two wildly different movies, though you could say feasting your eyes upon Johnny Depp for any length of time is an out of body experience. Possessor takes the audience down many twisty and sometimes gory roads, kind of like a professor would, but again its not the same movie. You could say this podcast is sort of like a class on how not to act at funerals with Ariel and Andrew as the professors. This episode is sure to possess some entertainment for your ear holes. Listen in!

Misery and Company review David Slade's 2018 choose-your-own-adventure film Bandersnatch. Make Misery and Company your first choice when you are listening to a podcast! Ariel and Andrew take you through their poorly made choices made during the viewing and even a few poorly made choices in their lives (COOL). The most horrifying part of this whole movie is that it can only be found on Netflix, but well worth the view! Make the right choice, listen to Misery and Company every Monday!

Misery and Company review David Cronenberg's 1977 film Rabid. This movie, and review I might add, will certainly have you checking your armpits for other-worldly infections. If David Cronenberg has taught us anything as a filmmaker, it is your expectations can always be subverted. In this episode, Ariel and Andrew will surely have you spewing green goo out of your eyeballs. Listen in! Bring tissues! 

Your favorite horror movie pretend experts Misery and Company reviews Drew Goddard's 2011 film The Cabin in the Woods. Coined by Goddard as a love/hate letter to the horror genre, it certainly has a lot of things you'll LOVE and not a lot you'll hate, unless you hate AWESOME STUFF. Speaking of awesome stuff, sacrifice some time to dive deep into a lore rich love/hate letter to podcasts called Misery and Company. Inside there are plenty of monsters, blood, guts, mermen, tentacles, zombies, and that is just the podcast.