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Steve (00:03):
Hello, returning Happys and new listeners.
This is
Stephen (00:06):
Steve Bennett Martin, and this is Steven Martin
Bennett, and welcome to aLifetime of Happiness.
Steve (00:11):
The podcast will be taking you on our journey
through some of the movies,shows, and games and other
things that are helping to keepus happy in pop culture, while
hopefully bring a smile to yourface along the way.
Stephen (00:19):
And today we are continuing with part two.
Of the first annual HappyAwards.
The Happys.
The Happys, yes.
And we're doing the movies rightnow.
Yes.
We got halfway
Steve (00:32):
through last episode.
So if you didn't want listen,tune into that one to hear us
talk about some of our favoritegenres, like adventures and
science fiction and otherthings.
I don't remember cuz it happeneda
week
Stephen (00:43):
ago.
Yep.
And we're doing them of all timeand next year we're gonna do
them.
Things that came out theprevious year.
So this year we're jamming, youknow, over a hundred years of
movie making.
Into one podcast.
Yes.
Steve (00:59):
Well, what would you say are some of your favorite coming
of age
Stephen (01:03):
movies?
Ugh.
Well, this one was easy for me.
The first one is one that youdon't care for at all.
I
Steve (01:10):
love the Goonies.
You've
Stephen (01:12):
never seen The Goonies?
I've tried.
You fell asleep?
Yes, but yes, it's The Goonies.
It's an iconic movie From theeighties, a group of kids and
teens go on a mission to savetheir homes.
Or have one last adventurebefore they're forced to go
their separate ways.
Has an incredible cast includingSean Aston, Josh Brolin, Corey
(01:32):
Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Kawan,and there's a scene in there
with a water slide, and I wantedto do that water slide so much.
I love that movie that you haveone ied, Willie the Pirate.
You have sloth with the, Hey youguys.
(01:53):
Yeah.
Cool.
It's a great movie.
Awesome.
What about you?
What's one of your favoritecoming of age movies?
I thought for
Steve (02:00):
this of American Pie, cuz it came out when I was in high
school and while it didn'tresemble what high school life
was like in the real worldwhatsoever, it was a fun fantasy
high school world.
And, and it's
Stephen (02:10):
classy.
It's
Steve (02:11):
classy.
I love my high brow humor.
Plus I was in band.
Surprise, surprise.
So I love the one time at
Stephen (02:18):
band camp, what I, what instrument did you play?
Percussion.
Me too.
Steve (02:23):
Yes.
And you have another one thatI'm an also huge fan of and I
love so
Stephen (02:27):
much.
Yeah, it's dirty dancing becausenobody puts baby in the corner.
It's the T story of TeenagerBaby and Dance Instructor Johnny
Castle as they discover love inthemselves.
And the Catskills has anincredible soundtrack and that
final dance with the lift willforever be iconic.
Yes.
(02:47):
For sure.
What about you?
What's one more coming of agemovie for you?
Love
Steve (02:53):
Simon.
Cuz I wish it's a movie thatexisted when I was in high
school.
Stephen (02:56):
Oh yeah.
That is definitely a movie thatI think all young queer kids
should
Steve (03:04):
watch.
Speaking of queer kids, what areyour favorite lgbtqia plus?
Movies.
Stephen (03:12):
Okay, so my first one is Connie and Carla.
Connie and Carla witness amurder and go into hiding as two
drag queens in West Hollywood.
Ne Verde, Los and Tony Kle arethe stars.
There's live singing, bondingwith Queens.
It warms my heart and makes mesing along, and this is for me a
definition of a happy movie.
Steve (03:33):
Yes.
Similarly, I also chose a movieyou agreed with Chew Bon Fu.
Stephen (03:37):
Yes, it's truly an amazing film.
Three drag queens going acrossthe country for a competition.
Car breaks down in the middle ofnowhere.
They have to spend the weekendwith people they never would've
met otherwise.
The town changes them and theychange the town.
It's beautiful.
Funny.
Stocker Channing's.
Amazing.
I could watch that movie.
(03:59):
All the time.
Awesome.
And I also really enjoy theBroken Hearts Club.
I was gonna put Trick, but thiswas the movie when I first came
out that really touched my soul.
It's funny and romantic, and itcaptured a moment in time in gay
culture.
And it also happens to have DeanKane be before, before he became
a horrible bigot.
(04:20):
Well, there you go.
What about you?
What's one more gay movie for
Steve (04:24):
you?
I have no idea how it aged, butwhen I came out I loved the
original eating out because itwas like just when I was like in
college or just fresh out ofcoll.
Oh, there was like a collegeage-ish.
Yeah.
And it kind of like capturedvery much like of that time and
that feeling.
Stephen (04:40):
I definitely think the second one is the best one in
the series.
Steve (04:43):
Yes.
And eventually they just becamecamp.
Yes.
But the first one had that likeawkwardness where you were like,
Stephen (04:48):
oh, it was super,
Steve (04:50):
super awkward.
But I'm, but like, that's what,like dating and living and
hooking up like in yourtwenties, early twenties was
like, at least for me, was likesuper duper awkward.
So I'm like, it was, it was,yeah.
I, like I said, I, the wholeseries ended being fun.
Watches overall, but nothinggroundbreaking.
Stephen (05:06):
Now we're going to get into some of our favorite.
Genres And we're going to startwith,
Steve (05:13):
they're all scary movies.
Yes.
And I always remember to turn myphone off found silent before we
start recording.
Yes.
I apologize
Stephen (05:21):
for that.
Everyone.
I had a spam call and.
Usually you don't get spam callsthis late in the day,
Steve (05:30):
but Yes.
Well, speaking of the calls, oneof my favorite psychological
thrillers is the call.
Oh,
Stephen (05:35):
with Halle Berry.
My goodness, that movie was sointense.
I remember we were trying tolike cuddle on the couch and
watch it.
Steve (05:43):
Yeah.
And, but like we couldn't toucheach other, but we need to be
close to each other and like, wehad to be upright
Stephen (05:48):
and it was just, oh, it was.
It was intense.
Yes.
And that one is probably myfavorite Halle Berry movie of
all time.
Steve (05:56):
I would take it.
And then what else do you love?
Stephen (05:59):
Silence of the Lambs.
Steve (06:01):
Yes.
We covered an episode about thatwhere you talked to how much you
love
Stephen (06:04):
it.
Yep.
It's a truly exceptional movie.
The scenes with Jodi Foster andAnthony Hopkins are legendary
and there's so many quotes likethe fava beans or the lotion on
the skin.
And it's as good today as whenit came out.
And that's a, a testament awhile ago.
Yeah.
Steve (06:20):
Yes.
And then I also love get outfrom recent times.
That was like a, taking thepsychological thriller to a new
level while making it modern.
Stephen (06:27):
Oh my goodness.
In, it's so, so good.
And, you know, there was thetwist at the end that I didn't
see coming, like, we're thekeys?
We're the keys, you know?
Mm-hmm.
I'm sorry, I can't give you thekeys and you're like, oh, son of
a bitch.
Yeah.
My other favorite psychologicalthriller is the Game.
(06:49):
Mm-hmm.
The game's a movie that when youfirst see it, it feels like
something you've never, everseen before in terms of movie
making and things.
And even though it's an oldermovie, I won't spoil any of it
in case somebody hasn't seen itlike me.
And if you haven't, go watch it.
Michael Douglas is exceptionaland there's something truly,
(07:14):
truly magic about the first timeseeing this movie.
Go see it.
Steve (07:20):
Yes.
And what about favoritesupernatural horror
Stephen (07:22):
movies?
Ugh, so sinister is one like.
So this list is one that I couldlike list out 10 movies easily.
Yes.
But we'll narrow it down to mytwo.
So Sinister was a movie thatscared me so much and it stuck
with me for a while.
Scott Derickson is the director.
(07:42):
He's also responsible for theblack phone from this last year.
And the home movies in thismovie were legitimately scary.
And as you found out more, itjust got creepier.
I had gone to see this.
In St.
Pete with Jessica and Donnishand on the way back, I swear I
saw the sinister guy on the sideof the Skyway Bridge.
Steve (08:05):
Yeah, that's one that stuck with me.
A as did Insidious as well.
Similarly came out, I believe,around that same timeframe, and
it was like a Onet twoo punch ofreally great, a hard
Stephen (08:13):
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
The first insidious is just,Woo.
Steve (08:18):
Yes.
And you have another one that Ivaguely remember you having me
watch
Stephen (08:21):
Dead silence.
It's James won and Lee one l.
Give us the story of Mary Shaw.
She had no children, only dollsSuki Stack house's brother has
to go back to his hometown andget involved in the mystery of
Mary Shaw and her killerventriloquist dummies.
And I thought this one was campyand out there, but also
(08:45):
genuinely creepy.
Yes, and I also
Steve (08:48):
love the final destination movies.
The first one in particular, ifI have to choose one, I feel
like the first one.
It's probably the best in termsof like replayability and
standing on its own and beingmore about the the horror and
less about the campy
Stephen (09:03):
deaths.
Right, because if you're talkingabout iconic deaths, it's the
beginning of the second one,which no one will ever be behind
a log truck again.
Exactly.
Steve (09:13):
Yes.
But I love the final destinationmovies.
Stephen (09:17):
Let's talk about some found footage, horror movies.
Steve (09:20):
Yes.
You started off with one thatyou think counts, explain and
Stephen (09:23):
defend yourself.
Okay.
So I think it counts its hostand this was the movie that came
out during the pandemic and wasfilled, filmed via Zoom.
Oh yeah.
That counts.
Where the girls decide to have aseance and end up bringing forth
a spirit that haunts them all.
It's a really fast movie cuzit's like an hour and 20 minutes
tops, if that much.
(09:44):
Mm-hmm.
And it has legitimate scares.
I remember the.
It legit, like we screamed.
It was,
Steve (09:50):
yeah.
It was scary.
Especially during the time thatit came out of Round the
pandemic and all that.
Yep.
Yes.
And I mean, I have to give nodto the film that basically
invented the genre besides
Stephen (10:00):
Blair Witch.
Okay.
I was gonna say, you can't notmention Blair
Steve (10:04):
Witch, but, but like after Blair Witch.
It's not like everyone starteddoing it.
Stephen (10:09):
No, you're absolutely right.
I
Steve (10:11):
feel like paranormal activity happened and then, and
then everyone did one, butParanormal activity is the one
who then took the concept thatwas established in Blair Witch
and turned it into a trulyhorrifying experience.
Right,
Stephen (10:23):
because I think that paranormal activity took it and
made it something you couldre-watch.
Where I know there's some peoplethat love the Blair Witch.
But there are a lot of peoplethat were let down.
Yeah.
After the Blair Witch I
Steve (10:37):
And I think paranormal activity was also more relatable
cuz everyone can have thatmoment where you wonder if the
house that you are in, whetherit's the one you live in
full-time or the house you'restaying in is haunted.
Yeah.
And so a plus on paranormalactivity, the first one, not the
entire series, it's had its upsand
Stephen (10:52):
downs, it's had its ups and downs.
I really enjoyed the second onein that one too.
Cool Beans.
Yeah.
Steve (10:57):
What, what next?
Thank you.
Stephen (10:58):
That's not dismissive at all.
Not
Steve (11:00):
at all.
I love you.
Stephen (11:03):
I also enjoyed Hell House llc.
I don't remember this one.
So after an accident at ahaunted house attraction, a
documentary crew furtherinvestigates and makes further
discoveries.
There's a lot of silences in themovie and mounting tension and
the setting works really well,and it had a cliffhanger ending
that gave us two more in theseries.
(11:23):
And we have not seen the othertwo.
We have seen the first one, butit's probably during a period
you won't
Steve (11:30):
remember.
Okay.
Well, I do remember when wewatched Grave Encounters, which
was.
One That was surprisingly good.
It's so good.
And you were, you went in withlow to no expectations,
Stephen (11:42):
very low expectations, and I was pleasantly surprised
and thoroughly entertained.
And that is one that does notget enough credit.
Yes.
Steve (11:52):
The second one made things more confusing I feel,
than they needed to be agreed.
But the first one was awesome.
Yes.
And what about survival Horrormovies?
We have to survive.
Stephen (12:04):
So for me, one of those is definitely the purge.
Oh yeah, for sure.
So the first three in the seriesI think are truly amazing.
If you don't know about it for12 hours, all crime, including
murder, is absolutely legal.
And some people who can affordit lock themselves away in their
homes.
Some people go out to take partin the murderous purge, and then
(12:28):
of course there's the poorpeople that can't afford
protection and are left to fendfor themselves.
It has a lot to say aboutracism, privilege, and what
people will do when they abandontheir morals.
Oh, he is a
Steve (12:39):
good ride.
Yes.
But it's while people aregetting murdered, so it's also
fun.
Stephen (12:44):
Yes.
Now what about you?
What's one survival horror foryou?
A quiet place.
So
Steve (12:49):
good was just a, again, just.
I went in not knowing what toexpect, that I was not expecting
to have that kind of cinematicbrilliance.
Oh.
And like reinventing and takinglike, like individual pieces
that you've seen before, butputting them into a story that
you've never seen in a settingwith the, with using audio and
just, it was brilliant
Stephen (13:09):
watch, and especially coming from written and directed
by the guy from the office.
Like, yes.
You didn't expect it.
I didn't
Steve (13:16):
see that coming
Stephen (13:16):
at all.
No.
One of my other favorites is theshallows.
Yes.
A young woman goes to a beachthat meant a lot to her mother.
She's surfing 200 yards off theshore when she's attacked by a
great white shark.
And it becomes a contest ofwills to get to shore and to get
to safety.
And it's interesting when I likethere are more characters in the
(13:41):
movie than her, but not many.
And I think she deserves a lotof credit for carrying that
movie all on her own.
Yes.
And what about you?
What's one more survival?
Horror for you?
Steve (13:52):
The dissent was just, I never want to go exploring
caves.
Yeah.
Ever.
Well, just kidding.
I would do it still, but I wouldbe terrified.
But it would, I would be doingit being terrified because now I
associate it with spelunkingwith like, Murderous cave
creatures killing you and allyour
Stephen (14:10):
friends.
The one type of thing I wouldnot want to do in cave exploring
is where you have to get on yourbelly to get through a narrow
space.
That sets up one of my likephobias of getting stuck.
Oh,
Steve (14:24):
and similarly, if you were in a cave where to get to
the next section of the cave,you had to go underwater and.
Swim a certain distance beforeyou can resurface.
Yeah, I also wouldn't like
Stephen (14:34):
that very much.
Yeah.
That goes back to my posedecided adventure phobia.
So yeah, I understand that
Steve (14:40):
it was, it is very effective at making that setting
very terrifying.
Stephen (14:44):
Yeah.
Now, Let's talk about someMonster movies.
Well, what's your
Steve (14:49):
favorite
Stephen (14:50):
Monster movie?
So I have several.
Of course you do, because I loveMonster movies.
I do.
I tried to
Steve (14:56):
include too, that you would also like or have things
Stephen (14:58):
to say and you and one of them I was going to pick, so,
but one is crawl a woman headsto Central Florida to check on
her father to evacuate himbefore a hurricane.
And then a levee breaks inalligators and floods, trap them
in the house and they have to dowhat they can to survive and
escape.
Also of Note, rogue, not theX-Men, the movie from Australia,
(15:22):
but a huge Crocodile is anotherfavorite monster movie.
It's hard to choose between thetwo.
They're both great.
I'll go with crawl
Steve (15:29):
though.
Yeah.
And I am just surprised thatTremors, I only watched it as an
adult and I would've lovedwatching it growing up as a kid.
Like tremors is made for liketeenage
Stephen (15:40):
kids.
Oh, it came out when I was.
Like seven or eight, somethinglike that.
I mean, it's
Steve (15:46):
so amazing.
Like it's just such a fun time.
Stephen (15:49):
Oh, and Reba McIntyre is so good in it.
And Kevin ba like, it makes you
Steve (15:55):
pro-gun,
Stephen (15:57):
I mean, against those things for damn sure.
Yes, yes.
No tremors.
I've seen every movie in theseries.
Obviously none of them are asstrong as the first one.
Yeah.
But they're all a good time.
Yes.
And you, I also enjoy the thing,John Carpenter's version.
(16:18):
It's a story about a team inAntarctica hunted by a
shape-shifting alien thatassumes the appearance of its
victims.
The practical effects areamazing.
Kurt Russell is fantastic, andit's just another fabulous John
Carpenter film.
Steve (16:33):
Excellent.
And then I chose it.
The new one, not the old onebecause I, I feel like it is a
monster movie.
It is a monster.
It is a monster.
It is just
Stephen (16:45):
terrifying.
Yes.
And the new one did a lot ofthings really, really good.
It's hard to.
You know, one up.
Tim Curry's, Pennywise.
Mm-hmm.
But overall, the new movies arebetter than the original.
Yes.
Steve (17:03):
Agreed.
And what about you can't watchpeople get butchered without
giggling and teeing sometimes,cuz we're all sadistic.
So what about your favoritecomedy horror movies?
Stephen (17:13):
So my favorite comedy horror movie is Beetlejuice.
Yes.
It's a legendary, iconic moviewith a cast that can't be
beaten.
He has amazing musical numbers,has great laughs, has those ski
sand worms that scared me as achild.
You've got Gina Davis, WinonaRider, Michael Keaton, Alec
Baldwin.
(17:33):
Catherine O'Hara.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice,Beetlejuice.
Steve (17:37):
For whatever reason, those three different keywords
will make it one of your mostpopular podcast episodes too.
For absolutely no reason.
I
Stephen (17:45):
maybe it's just that good
Steve (17:47):
of an episode.
I don't know, listeners, youtell us, cuz for whatever
reason, Beetlejuice is ournumber one episode.
Yeah.
So go back and listen to it andtell us if you think it is the
best episode by emailing us athappy life pod gmail.com.
Stephen (18:00):
What about you?
What's.
A comedy horror movie you enjoy.
We spent another
Steve (18:04):
episode gushing about the cabin in the woods.
Oh.
Which is just taking the comedyhorror and like re focusing on
the horror, but remembering thecomedy in it and Oh, cuz
Stephen (18:14):
it's still really funny.
Yeah.
Steve (18:17):
And yeah, chef's kiss with what they did with turning
genres on their head andstereotypes completely all that.
Yep.
Stephen (18:23):
Yeah.
And what about you?
This is one you introduced meto.
Yes.
Tucker and Dale versus evil.
Yes.
That was very
Steve (18:30):
funny.
Stephen (18:31):
Tucker and Dale used their savings to buy and
renovate a vacation cabin in themiddle of the woods.
And through a series ofmisunderstandings, a group of
preppy college students assumedthat Tucker and Dale are
murderers and prison, proceed tokill themselves and there's lots
of blood and laughs and.
It's just really, really good.
(18:52):
Yeah, that
Steve (18:52):
was really funny.
And I, I don't, I don't think itwas one that I had watched and
like was, oh, I think I watchedit and like right away was like,
we have to watch it again.
Yeah.
Cuz I wasn't expecting it to bethat good the first time.
Right.
Yes.
And I also love Ready or Not Oh,
Stephen (19:05):
love.
Steve (19:05):
Ready Or Not?
We did that with our final girlFebruary.
Yes.
And it's just another great new.
Horror movie that has the guts,has the murder, has the
suspense, while still making youlaugh the whole time.
And like I love that like thefirst three deaths of all the
housekeepers went after anotherwere just hysterical.
And I know that they shouldn'thave
Stephen (19:26):
been, but they were.
Yeah, they totally were.
And it makes me happy that thatgood of a movie is what got the
writers and directors the Screamfranchise.
So yes, I'm proud of that.
Speaking of slasher things, whatis y?
Some of your favorite slashermovies?
Steve (19:45):
Happy Death Day we did a whole episode on, and I just
love that you never really getthe chance to solve your own
death.
No, you never
Stephen (19:52):
get the UN unless you're Lindsay Lowen in the
movie.
I know who killed me.
Yes.
But
Steve (19:58):
I mean, you also don't get to oftentimes see the the
mean girl at the beginning whogets killed first turn into the
final girl at the end.
Yes.
And just again, just the waythat they turn things around was
just.
Stephen (20:11):
Chef's Kiss.
Yeah.
My, one of mine is, I Know WhatYou did last summer.
Of course, during the Reign ofScream, we also had this gem of
a slasher.
It gave us the most undeserveddeath of any horror movie
character, ever.
R i p Helen Shivers, we'llalways miss you.
Yes.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is great asthe lead, even though she's not
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Final girl Yes.
Material, because she doesn't.
Save herself.
If you haven't seen the movieabout the killer fisherman, what
are you waiting
Steve (20:40):
for?
Exact good one there, babe.
Thank you.
And for people the next one wasyour next and I really
Stephen (20:47):
liked it and it was good.
Yeah, no, your next was great.
It was also Barbara Crampton.
Horror movie, queen of theeighties and early nineties.
Made her come back into horrorfilms with your next and has
been entertaining us with horrormovies since then.
Perfect.
It's really smart and I reallyenjoy it.
Yes.
And urban Legend.
(21:09):
Oh yes.
Good.
Good call.
University is beset by a rash ofgruesome murders that resemble
old urban legends.
Rebecca Gay Hart and LorettaDevine are the standouts in this
movie that has an all aroundexcellent cast and it has the
perfect level of camp.
Steve (21:25):
All right.
Excellent.
I agree.
And urban legend is really goodcuz everyone loves urban
legends.
Stephen (21:30):
Yes.
Why don't you tell us about yourfavorite horror
Steve (21:33):
franchises?
I wonder which one, the firstone is, oh wait, it.
It's Scream.
Yes.
Scream is awesome.
We've done episodes on likeliterally every single
Stephen (21:41):
movie.
Tell me more.
It's just a
Steve (21:44):
great franchise.
I mean it, like for me it wasthe first like slasher I saw
like in entirety.
I remember I was in fourthgrade, I was at a sleepover.
I watched screen one and it wasjust awesome and I've loved the
movies ever since then.
It's the type that we can watchover and over and over again
without getting old.
It
Stephen (22:02):
agreed.
For me Halloween has always beenmy favorite horror franchise.
Yes, there are some entries thatare not as good as the others.
Looking at you, Halloween five,six, and eight we're ignoring
the Rob Zombie remakes entirely.
The Recoils brought the Lori andMichael Saga to an amazing
ending that this iconic seriesdeserves.
(22:23):
Yes.
And what about you?
What's another series?
Child's play,
Steve (22:28):
which again is one that I remember watching and seeing
bits and pieces of growing upon, like cable and reruns.
They were always like theyedited for tv.
Mm-hmm.
And everything like that.
But rewatching the series as anan adult and now having it
continue on with the TV serieshas just given me this new
appreciation for the child'splay franchise that I just, I
really love how they all.
Are so different, but they allgo together and tell one story
(22:51):
in the end, and it's really beenimpressive and I can't wait for
the new season.
Yeah,
Stephen (22:54):
agreed.
Child's play was one that Ididn't have a great love for
until curse of Chucky came out.
Yeah.
And then even the, the TV showat that point.
Brought everything full circleand you're like, it's a whole
connected world.
And then you go back and youwatch it and you're like, this
(23:17):
is actually much better than Ithought.
Yes,
Steve (23:20):
for sure.
And last but certainly notleast, is
a
Stephen (23:24):
nightmare on Elm Street.
Yes.
It's another series with sometruly amazing films.
The first one.
Number three, dream warriors anda new nightmare.
Also home to one of the gayesthorror movies that are ever
Freddy's Revenge number two.
I personally loved the remakeand now that Robert England has
publicly retired from everplaying the role again, just in
(23:45):
the past few weeks, I think it'stime to see what scares Freddie
has left with a reboot to thefranchise with a new lead actor.
Steve (23:55):
I would love that.
Stephen (23:58):
Now I added in this category, and you may have some
things to say about it, but itmay just be me.
Favorite disaster
Steve (24:07):
movies.
Yeah.
I mean, I liked
Stephen (24:10):
Twister Chasing Tornadoes.
Lost Loves Flying Cows.
Well, there's a cow awesomespecial effects for that time
period.
I used to watch this one overand over and over again.
Yes, the Poseidon Adventure wasone of my favorite movies as a
child.
A luxury ocean liner is hit by agiant tidal wave at midnight on
New Year's Eve, and it turns theship upside down.
(24:32):
And now the peeping people thatwant to survive have to make
their way to the bottom of theship that is now the only part
above the water and the ship'staking on water and starting to
sink.
It has an all star cast for thattime period and is really good.
Steve (24:47):
Well, as we talked last week about our love for Titanic,
we love a good ship fallingapart.
Yes.
What were we watching recently?
We were like, oh my God, it'sTitanic.
Stephen (24:55):
Oh, the second avatar movie.
Yes.
The second
Steve (24:57):
avatar movie at the end was giving serious Titanic
vibes.
Stephen (25:00):
Yes.
I also really enjoyed the dayafter
Steve (25:03):
tomorrow that I remember at the time I was like, oh my
God, this is how the world'sgonna end.
I thought, I felt like, I waslike, this is real.
Yeah, isn't it?
I wasn't sure.
Stephen (25:11):
Global warming causes a huge ice sheet from Antarctica
to cause a climate shift thatquickly triggers a storm that
will affect the world'spopulation.
Jake Gillen Hall and Emmy Rosoare fabulous.
And Dennis Quaid before hebecame awful was excellent as
Jake's dad doing what he had todo to get to his son and save
him.
Steve (25:31):
Excellent.
And I think I masturbated tothis movie once before to the
day after tomorrow.
No deep impact.
Oh, but not really.
I was a different Deep impact.
Yeah.
Yes.
Tell me about what this deepimpact is about.
So there were
Stephen (25:45):
a lot of movies I could have put into this category,
like Dante's Peak Volcanoes, SanAndreas.
But for me, this one takes thefinal spot.
It's like Armageddon, butactually a good movie.
Mm-hmm.
It took the end of the worldaspect of the asteroids, but
pushed the human element of itinstead of mainly the action
element.
And we get to see the asteroidshit and the death and
(26:08):
devastation that come with that.
And we also get to see the humanspirit willing to fight.
And it's just Oh, really, reallyenjoyable.
Steve (26:18):
Yes.
And what about favorite moviesthat somehow didn't fit into
these other, other categories?
But you can't end withouttalking about them.
Okay, so
Stephen (26:25):
one for me is cruel intentions.
So that it
Steve (26:28):
was like a number three drama pick.
Stephen (26:30):
Well, but I'm like, is it drama?
But it's also a comedy.
I I,
Steve (26:36):
and I didn't laugh as much as I did.
Oh,
Stephen (26:39):
I thought it was a dramedy.
Well, there we go.
But two vicious step-siblingsmake a wager and begin to wreck
the lives of those around them.
But love gets in the way.
Sarah Michelle Geller.
Ryan Philippe, ReeseWitherspoon, Selma.
Blair.
The movie was dark and bitingand pure perfection.
And just like some other movies,I didn't want the villain to
Steve (27:00):
lose.
You never want the villain tolose?
Sometimes I do, unless thevillain's a cis white man or a
slasher.
There you go.
And then, I mean, the Pokemonmovies are never gonna be good
enough to be even good animatedmovies in general.
Not I that I don't love them,but I do have to say, if you
love Pokemon movies and wantedto watch one Pokemon La Cario
and the Mystery of me wasprobably my favorite Pokemon
(27:22):
movie.
Stephen (27:24):
And it's a good one.
Steve (27:25):
Yes.
And this one, I guess, would beyour favorite foreign movies.
Yes.
Stephen (27:29):
So El Orphan Ado and Pan's Labyrinth.
I love Guillermo Deltoro, andthese are two of my favorites
that associate with him.
El Ordo, or Translated to theOrphanage, is a Spanish movie
about a woman who brings herfamily back to her childhood
home, which used to be anorphanage for handicapped
children.
Her son begins communicatingwith an imaginary friend and
(27:50):
then goes missing.
It's haunting and sad, but sodamn good.
While Pan's Labyrinth is a darkfairytale set in Spain, 1944,
where the bookish youngstepdaughter of a sadistic army
officer escapes into an eeriebut captivating fantasy world.
A fairy takes her to a faw inthe center of a labyrinth and
tells the girl that she's aprincess, but she must prove her
(28:13):
royalty by surviving threegrueling tasks.
It's dark and magical andwondrous, and.
If you're good with subtitles,both of those movies should be
on your watch list.
Cool.
Steve (28:25):
I can't even think of I know I've watched foreign movies
that I enjoy.
Ooh, night Watching Day Watch.
I really enjoyed the Germanmovies about the
Stephen (28:32):
superpowers.
Oh.
And yes, I was, I for a second Iwas like, oh, I thought.
They, I thought there was aRussian movie we watched that
was really good too, but Icouldn't remember it.
That was that one.
Okay.
All
Steve (28:45):
right.
Well, I hope that, I think webad covered all the movies.
Stephen (28:50):
We have covered all the movies, so, I'd love to hear
from our listeners what some oftheir favorites in each genre
are.
Steve (28:57):
Yes, let us know which should win an imaginary award of
being the happiest of its kind,and you can let us know by
emailing us at happy life podgmail.com
Stephen (29:07):
or you can get in touch with us on all the socials,
whether that is Facebook,Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok.
Happy Life
Steve (29:14):
Pod and until next time, everybody stay happy.
Hello, returning Happys and new listeners.
This is
Stephen (00:06):
Steve Bennett Martin, and this is Steven Martin
Bennett, and welcome to aLifetime of Happiness.
Steve (00:11):
The podcast will be taking you on our journey
through some of the movies,shows, and games and other
things that are helping to keepus happy in pop culture, while
hopefully bring a smile to yourface along the way.
Stephen (00:19):
And today we are continuing with part two.
Of the first annual HappyAwards.
The Happys.
The Happys, yes.
And we're doing the movies rightnow.
Yes.
We got halfway
Steve (00:32):
through last episode.
So if you didn't want listen,tune into that one to hear us
talk about some of our favoritegenres, like adventures and
science fiction and otherthings.
I don't remember cuz it happeneda
week
Stephen (00:43):
ago.
Yep.
And we're doing them of all timeand next year we're gonna do
them.
Things that came out theprevious year.
So this year we're jamming, youknow, over a hundred years of
movie making.
Into one podcast.
Yes.
Steve (00:59):
Well, what would you say are some of your favorite coming
of age
Stephen (01:03):
movies?
Ugh.
Well, this one was easy for me.
The first one is one that youdon't care for at all.
I
Steve (01:10):
love the Goonies.
You've
Stephen (01:12):
never seen The Goonies?
I've tried.
You fell asleep?
Yes, but yes, it's The Goonies.
It's an iconic movie From theeighties, a group of kids and
teens go on a mission to savetheir homes.
Or have one last adventurebefore they're forced to go
their separate ways.
Has an incredible cast includingSean Aston, Josh Brolin, Corey
(01:32):
Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Kawan,and there's a scene in there
with a water slide, and I wantedto do that water slide so much.
I love that movie that you haveone ied, Willie the Pirate.
You have sloth with the, Hey youguys.
(01:53):
Yeah.
Cool.
It's a great movie.
Awesome.
What about you?
What's one of your favoritecoming of age movies?
I thought for
Steve (02:00):
this of American Pie, cuz it came out when I was in high
school and while it didn'tresemble what high school life
was like in the real worldwhatsoever, it was a fun fantasy
high school world.
And, and it's
Stephen (02:10):
classy.
It's
Steve (02:11):
classy.
I love my high brow humor.
Plus I was in band.
Surprise, surprise.
So I love the one time at
Stephen (02:18):
band camp, what I, what instrument did you play?
Percussion.
Me too.
Steve (02:23):
Yes.
And you have another one thatI'm an also huge fan of and I
love so
Stephen (02:27):
much.
Yeah, it's dirty dancing becausenobody puts baby in the corner.
It's the T story of TeenagerBaby and Dance Instructor Johnny
Castle as they discover love inthemselves.
And the Catskills has anincredible soundtrack and that
final dance with the lift willforever be iconic.
Yes.
(02:47):
For sure.
What about you?
What's one more coming of agemovie for you?
Love
Steve (02:53):
Simon.
Cuz I wish it's a movie thatexisted when I was in high
school.
Stephen (02:56):
Oh yeah.
That is definitely a movie thatI think all young queer kids
should
Steve (03:04):
watch.
Speaking of queer kids, what areyour favorite lgbtqia plus?
Movies.
Stephen (03:12):
Okay, so my first one is Connie and Carla.
Connie and Carla witness amurder and go into hiding as two
drag queens in West Hollywood.
Ne Verde, Los and Tony Kle arethe stars.
There's live singing, bondingwith Queens.
It warms my heart and makes mesing along, and this is for me a
definition of a happy movie.
Steve (03:33):
Yes.
Similarly, I also chose a movieyou agreed with Chew Bon Fu.
Stephen (03:37):
Yes, it's truly an amazing film.
Three drag queens going acrossthe country for a competition.
Car breaks down in the middle ofnowhere.
They have to spend the weekendwith people they never would've
met otherwise.
The town changes them and theychange the town.
It's beautiful.
Funny.
Stocker Channing's.
Amazing.
I could watch that movie.
(03:59):
All the time.
Awesome.
And I also really enjoy theBroken Hearts Club.
I was gonna put Trick, but thiswas the movie when I first came
out that really touched my soul.
It's funny and romantic, and itcaptured a moment in time in gay
culture.
And it also happens to have DeanKane be before, before he became
a horrible bigot.
(04:20):
Well, there you go.
What about you?
What's one more gay movie for
Steve (04:24):
you?
I have no idea how it aged, butwhen I came out I loved the
original eating out because itwas like just when I was like in
college or just fresh out ofcoll.
Oh, there was like a collegeage-ish.
Yeah.
And it kind of like capturedvery much like of that time and
that feeling.
Stephen (04:40):
I definitely think the second one is the best one in
the series.
Steve (04:43):
Yes.
And eventually they just becamecamp.
Yes.
But the first one had that likeawkwardness where you were like,
Stephen (04:48):
oh, it was super,
Steve (04:50):
super awkward.
But I'm, but like, that's what,like dating and living and
hooking up like in yourtwenties, early twenties was
like, at least for me, was likesuper duper awkward.
So I'm like, it was, it was,yeah.
I, like I said, I, the wholeseries ended being fun.
Watches overall, but nothinggroundbreaking.
Stephen (05:06):
Now we're going to get into some of our favorite.
Genres And we're going to startwith,
Steve (05:13):
they're all scary movies.
Yes.
And I always remember to turn myphone off found silent before we
start recording.
Yes.
I apologize
Stephen (05:21):
for that.
Everyone.
I had a spam call and.
Usually you don't get spam callsthis late in the day,
Steve (05:30):
but Yes.
Well, speaking of the calls, oneof my favorite psychological
thrillers is the call.
Oh,
Stephen (05:35):
with Halle Berry.
My goodness, that movie was sointense.
I remember we were trying tolike cuddle on the couch and
watch it.
Steve (05:43):
Yeah.
And, but like we couldn't toucheach other, but we need to be
close to each other and like, wehad to be upright
Stephen (05:48):
and it was just, oh, it was.
It was intense.
Yes.
And that one is probably myfavorite Halle Berry movie of
all time.
Steve (05:56):
I would take it.
And then what else do you love?
Stephen (05:59):
Silence of the Lambs.
Steve (06:01):
Yes.
We covered an episode about thatwhere you talked to how much you
love
Stephen (06:04):
it.
Yep.
It's a truly exceptional movie.
The scenes with Jodi Foster andAnthony Hopkins are legendary
and there's so many quotes likethe fava beans or the lotion on
the skin.
And it's as good today as whenit came out.
And that's a, a testament awhile ago.
Yeah.
Steve (06:20):
Yes.
And then I also love get outfrom recent times.
That was like a, taking thepsychological thriller to a new
level while making it modern.
Stephen (06:27):
Oh my goodness.
In, it's so, so good.
And, you know, there was thetwist at the end that I didn't
see coming, like, we're thekeys?
We're the keys, you know?
Mm-hmm.
I'm sorry, I can't give you thekeys and you're like, oh, son of
a bitch.
Yeah.
My other favorite psychologicalthriller is the Game.
(06:49):
Mm-hmm.
The game's a movie that when youfirst see it, it feels like
something you've never, everseen before in terms of movie
making and things.
And even though it's an oldermovie, I won't spoil any of it
in case somebody hasn't seen itlike me.
And if you haven't, go watch it.
Michael Douglas is exceptionaland there's something truly,
(07:14):
truly magic about the first timeseeing this movie.
Go see it.
Steve (07:20):
Yes.
And what about favoritesupernatural horror
Stephen (07:22):
movies?
Ugh, so sinister is one like.
So this list is one that I couldlike list out 10 movies easily.
Yes.
But we'll narrow it down to mytwo.
So Sinister was a movie thatscared me so much and it stuck
with me for a while.
Scott Derickson is the director.
(07:42):
He's also responsible for theblack phone from this last year.
And the home movies in thismovie were legitimately scary.
And as you found out more, itjust got creepier.
I had gone to see this.
In St.
Pete with Jessica and Donnishand on the way back, I swear I
saw the sinister guy on the sideof the Skyway Bridge.
Steve (08:05):
Yeah, that's one that stuck with me.
A as did Insidious as well.
Similarly came out, I believe,around that same timeframe, and
it was like a Onet twoo punch ofreally great, a hard
Stephen (08:13):
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
The first insidious is just,Woo.
Steve (08:18):
Yes.
And you have another one that Ivaguely remember you having me
watch
Stephen (08:21):
Dead silence.
It's James won and Lee one l.
Give us the story of Mary Shaw.
She had no children, only dollsSuki Stack house's brother has
to go back to his hometown andget involved in the mystery of
Mary Shaw and her killerventriloquist dummies.
And I thought this one was campyand out there, but also
(08:45):
genuinely creepy.
Yes, and I also
Steve (08:48):
love the final destination movies.
The first one in particular, ifI have to choose one, I feel
like the first one.
It's probably the best in termsof like replayability and
standing on its own and beingmore about the the horror and
less about the campy
Stephen (09:03):
deaths.
Right, because if you're talkingabout iconic deaths, it's the
beginning of the second one,which no one will ever be behind
a log truck again.
Exactly.
Steve (09:13):
Yes.
But I love the final destinationmovies.
Stephen (09:17):
Let's talk about some found footage, horror movies.
Steve (09:20):
Yes.
You started off with one thatyou think counts, explain and
Stephen (09:23):
defend yourself.
Okay.
So I think it counts its hostand this was the movie that came
out during the pandemic and wasfilled, filmed via Zoom.
Oh yeah.
That counts.
Where the girls decide to have aseance and end up bringing forth
a spirit that haunts them all.
It's a really fast movie cuzit's like an hour and 20 minutes
tops, if that much.
(09:44):
Mm-hmm.
And it has legitimate scares.
I remember the.
It legit, like we screamed.
It was,
Steve (09:50):
yeah.
It was scary.
Especially during the time thatit came out of Round the
pandemic and all that.
Yep.
Yes.
And I mean, I have to give nodto the film that basically
invented the genre besides
Stephen (10:00):
Blair Witch.
Okay.
I was gonna say, you can't notmention Blair
Steve (10:04):
Witch, but, but like after Blair Witch.
It's not like everyone starteddoing it.
Stephen (10:09):
No, you're absolutely right.
I
Steve (10:11):
feel like paranormal activity happened and then, and
then everyone did one, butParanormal activity is the one
who then took the concept thatwas established in Blair Witch
and turned it into a trulyhorrifying experience.
Right,
Stephen (10:23):
because I think that paranormal activity took it and
made it something you couldre-watch.
Where I know there's some peoplethat love the Blair Witch.
But there are a lot of peoplethat were let down.
Yeah.
After the Blair Witch I
Steve (10:37):
And I think paranormal activity was also more relatable
cuz everyone can have thatmoment where you wonder if the
house that you are in, whetherit's the one you live in
full-time or the house you'restaying in is haunted.
Yeah.
And so a plus on paranormalactivity, the first one, not the
entire series, it's had its upsand
Stephen (10:52):
downs, it's had its ups and downs.
I really enjoyed the second onein that one too.
Cool Beans.
Yeah.
Steve (10:57):
What, what next?
Thank you.
Stephen (10:58):
That's not dismissive at all.
Not
Steve (11:00):
at all.
I love you.
Stephen (11:03):
I also enjoyed Hell House llc.
I don't remember this one.
So after an accident at ahaunted house attraction, a
documentary crew furtherinvestigates and makes further
discoveries.
There's a lot of silences in themovie and mounting tension and
the setting works really well,and it had a cliffhanger ending
that gave us two more in theseries.
(11:23):
And we have not seen the othertwo.
We have seen the first one, butit's probably during a period
you won't
Steve (11:30):
remember.
Okay.
Well, I do remember when wewatched Grave Encounters, which
was.
One That was surprisingly good.
It's so good.
And you were, you went in withlow to no expectations,
Stephen (11:42):
very low expectations, and I was pleasantly surprised
and thoroughly entertained.
And that is one that does notget enough credit.
Yes.
Steve (11:52):
The second one made things more confusing I feel,
than they needed to be agreed.
But the first one was awesome.
Yes.
And what about survival Horrormovies?
We have to survive.
Stephen (12:04):
So for me, one of those is definitely the purge.
Oh yeah, for sure.
So the first three in the seriesI think are truly amazing.
If you don't know about it for12 hours, all crime, including
murder, is absolutely legal.
And some people who can affordit lock themselves away in their
homes.
Some people go out to take partin the murderous purge, and then
(12:28):
of course there's the poorpeople that can't afford
protection and are left to fendfor themselves.
It has a lot to say aboutracism, privilege, and what
people will do when they abandontheir morals.
Oh, he is a
Steve (12:39):
good ride.
Yes.
But it's while people aregetting murdered, so it's also
fun.
Stephen (12:44):
Yes.
Now what about you?
What's one survival horror foryou?
A quiet place.
So
Steve (12:49):
good was just a, again, just.
I went in not knowing what toexpect, that I was not expecting
to have that kind of cinematicbrilliance.
Oh.
And like reinventing and takinglike, like individual pieces
that you've seen before, butputting them into a story that
you've never seen in a settingwith the, with using audio and
just, it was brilliant
Stephen (13:09):
watch, and especially coming from written and directed
by the guy from the office.
Like, yes.
You didn't expect it.
I didn't
Steve (13:16):
see that coming
Stephen (13:16):
at all.
No.
One of my other favorites is theshallows.
Yes.
A young woman goes to a beachthat meant a lot to her mother.
She's surfing 200 yards off theshore when she's attacked by a
great white shark.
And it becomes a contest ofwills to get to shore and to get
to safety.
And it's interesting when I likethere are more characters in the
(13:41):
movie than her, but not many.
And I think she deserves a lotof credit for carrying that
movie all on her own.
Yes.
And what about you?
What's one more survival?
Horror for you?
Steve (13:52):
The dissent was just, I never want to go exploring
caves.
Yeah.
Ever.
Well, just kidding.
I would do it still, but I wouldbe terrified.
But it would, I would be doingit being terrified because now I
associate it with spelunkingwith like, Murderous cave
creatures killing you and allyour
Stephen (14:10):
friends.
The one type of thing I wouldnot want to do in cave exploring
is where you have to get on yourbelly to get through a narrow
space.
That sets up one of my likephobias of getting stuck.
Oh,
Steve (14:24):
and similarly, if you were in a cave where to get to
the next section of the cave,you had to go underwater and.
Swim a certain distance beforeyou can resurface.
Yeah, I also wouldn't like
Stephen (14:34):
that very much.
Yeah.
That goes back to my posedecided adventure phobia.
So yeah, I understand that
Steve (14:40):
it was, it is very effective at making that setting
very terrifying.
Stephen (14:44):
Yeah.
Now, Let's talk about someMonster movies.
Well, what's your
Steve (14:49):
favorite
Stephen (14:50):
Monster movie?
So I have several.
Of course you do, because I loveMonster movies.
I do.
I tried to
Steve (14:56):
include too, that you would also like or have things
Stephen (14:58):
to say and you and one of them I was going to pick, so,
but one is crawl a woman headsto Central Florida to check on
her father to evacuate himbefore a hurricane.
And then a levee breaks inalligators and floods, trap them
in the house and they have to dowhat they can to survive and
escape.
Also of Note, rogue, not theX-Men, the movie from Australia,
(15:22):
but a huge Crocodile is anotherfavorite monster movie.
It's hard to choose between thetwo.
They're both great.
I'll go with crawl
Steve (15:29):
though.
Yeah.
And I am just surprised thatTremors, I only watched it as an
adult and I would've lovedwatching it growing up as a kid.
Like tremors is made for liketeenage
Stephen (15:40):
kids.
Oh, it came out when I was.
Like seven or eight, somethinglike that.
I mean, it's
Steve (15:46):
so amazing.
Like it's just such a fun time.
Stephen (15:49):
Oh, and Reba McIntyre is so good in it.
And Kevin ba like, it makes you
Steve (15:55):
pro-gun,
Stephen (15:57):
I mean, against those things for damn sure.
Yes, yes.
No tremors.
I've seen every movie in theseries.
Obviously none of them are asstrong as the first one.
Yeah.
But they're all a good time.
Yes.
And you, I also enjoy the thing,John Carpenter's version.
(16:18):
It's a story about a team inAntarctica hunted by a
shape-shifting alien thatassumes the appearance of its
victims.
The practical effects areamazing.
Kurt Russell is fantastic, andit's just another fabulous John
Carpenter film.
Steve (16:33):
Excellent.
And then I chose it.
The new one, not the old onebecause I, I feel like it is a
monster movie.
It is a monster.
It is a monster.
It is just
Stephen (16:45):
terrifying.
Yes.
And the new one did a lot ofthings really, really good.
It's hard to.
You know, one up.
Tim Curry's, Pennywise.
Mm-hmm.
But overall, the new movies arebetter than the original.
Yes.
Steve (17:03):
Agreed.
And what about you can't watchpeople get butchered without
giggling and teeing sometimes,cuz we're all sadistic.
So what about your favoritecomedy horror movies?
Stephen (17:13):
So my favorite comedy horror movie is Beetlejuice.
Yes.
It's a legendary, iconic moviewith a cast that can't be
beaten.
He has amazing musical numbers,has great laughs, has those ski
sand worms that scared me as achild.
You've got Gina Davis, WinonaRider, Michael Keaton, Alec
Baldwin.
(17:33):
Catherine O'Hara.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice,Beetlejuice.
Steve (17:37):
For whatever reason, those three different keywords
will make it one of your mostpopular podcast episodes too.
For absolutely no reason.
I
Stephen (17:45):
maybe it's just that good
Steve (17:47):
of an episode.
I don't know, listeners, youtell us, cuz for whatever
reason, Beetlejuice is ournumber one episode.
Yeah.
So go back and listen to it andtell us if you think it is the
best episode by emailing us athappy life pod gmail.com.
Stephen (18:00):
What about you?
What's.
A comedy horror movie you enjoy.
We spent another
Steve (18:04):
episode gushing about the cabin in the woods.
Oh.
Which is just taking the comedyhorror and like re focusing on
the horror, but remembering thecomedy in it and Oh, cuz
Stephen (18:14):
it's still really funny.
Yeah.
Steve (18:17):
And yeah, chef's kiss with what they did with turning
genres on their head andstereotypes completely all that.
Yep.
Stephen (18:23):
Yeah.
And what about you?
This is one you introduced meto.
Yes.
Tucker and Dale versus evil.
Yes.
That was very
Steve (18:30):
funny.
Stephen (18:31):
Tucker and Dale used their savings to buy and
renovate a vacation cabin in themiddle of the woods.
And through a series ofmisunderstandings, a group of
preppy college students assumedthat Tucker and Dale are
murderers and prison, proceed tokill themselves and there's lots
of blood and laughs and.
It's just really, really good.
(18:52):
Yeah, that
Steve (18:52):
was really funny.
And I, I don't, I don't think itwas one that I had watched and
like was, oh, I think I watchedit and like right away was like,
we have to watch it again.
Yeah.
Cuz I wasn't expecting it to bethat good the first time.
Right.
Yes.
And I also love Ready or Not Oh,
Stephen (19:05):
love.
Steve (19:05):
Ready Or Not?
We did that with our final girlFebruary.
Yes.
And it's just another great new.
Horror movie that has the guts,has the murder, has the
suspense, while still making youlaugh the whole time.
And like I love that like thefirst three deaths of all the
housekeepers went after anotherwere just hysterical.
And I know that they shouldn'thave
Stephen (19:26):
been, but they were.
Yeah, they totally were.
And it makes me happy that thatgood of a movie is what got the
writers and directors the Screamfranchise.
So yes, I'm proud of that.
Speaking of slasher things, whatis y?
Some of your favorite slashermovies?
Steve (19:45):
Happy Death Day we did a whole episode on, and I just
love that you never really getthe chance to solve your own
death.
No, you never
Stephen (19:52):
get the UN unless you're Lindsay Lowen in the
movie.
I know who killed me.
Yes.
But
Steve (19:58):
I mean, you also don't get to oftentimes see the the
mean girl at the beginning whogets killed first turn into the
final girl at the end.
Yes.
And just again, just the waythat they turn things around was
just.
Stephen (20:11):
Chef's Kiss.
Yeah.
My, one of mine is, I Know WhatYou did last summer.
Of course, during the Reign ofScream, we also had this gem of
a slasher.
It gave us the most undeserveddeath of any horror movie
character, ever.
R i p Helen Shivers, we'llalways miss you.
Yes.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is great asthe lead, even though she's not
(20:32):
Final girl Yes.
Material, because she doesn't.
Save herself.
If you haven't seen the movieabout the killer fisherman, what
are you waiting
Steve (20:40):
for?
Exact good one there, babe.
Thank you.
And for people the next one wasyour next and I really
Stephen (20:47):
liked it and it was good.
Yeah, no, your next was great.
It was also Barbara Crampton.
Horror movie, queen of theeighties and early nineties.
Made her come back into horrorfilms with your next and has
been entertaining us with horrormovies since then.
Perfect.
It's really smart and I reallyenjoy it.
Yes.
And urban Legend.
(21:09):
Oh yes.
Good.
Good call.
University is beset by a rash ofgruesome murders that resemble
old urban legends.
Rebecca Gay Hart and LorettaDevine are the standouts in this
movie that has an all aroundexcellent cast and it has the
perfect level of camp.
Steve (21:25):
All right.
Excellent.
I agree.
And urban legend is really goodcuz everyone loves urban
legends.
Stephen (21:30):
Yes.
Why don't you tell us about yourfavorite horror
Steve (21:33):
franchises?
I wonder which one, the firstone is, oh wait, it.
It's Scream.
Yes.
Scream is awesome.
We've done episodes on likeliterally every single
Stephen (21:41):
movie.
Tell me more.
It's just a
Steve (21:44):
great franchise.
I mean it, like for me it wasthe first like slasher I saw
like in entirety.
I remember I was in fourthgrade, I was at a sleepover.
I watched screen one and it wasjust awesome and I've loved the
movies ever since then.
It's the type that we can watchover and over and over again
without getting old.
It
Stephen (22:02):
agreed.
For me Halloween has always beenmy favorite horror franchise.
Yes, there are some entries thatare not as good as the others.
Looking at you, Halloween five,six, and eight we're ignoring
the Rob Zombie remakes entirely.
The Recoils brought the Lori andMichael Saga to an amazing
ending that this iconic seriesdeserves.
(22:23):
Yes.
And what about you?
What's another series?
Child's play,
Steve (22:28):
which again is one that I remember watching and seeing
bits and pieces of growing upon, like cable and reruns.
They were always like theyedited for tv.
Mm-hmm.
And everything like that.
But rewatching the series as anan adult and now having it
continue on with the TV serieshas just given me this new
appreciation for the child'splay franchise that I just, I
really love how they all.
Are so different, but they allgo together and tell one story
(22:51):
in the end, and it's really beenimpressive and I can't wait for
the new season.
Yeah,
Stephen (22:54):
agreed.
Child's play was one that Ididn't have a great love for
until curse of Chucky came out.
Yeah.
And then even the, the TV showat that point.
Brought everything full circleand you're like, it's a whole
connected world.
And then you go back and youwatch it and you're like, this
(23:17):
is actually much better than Ithought.
Yes,
Steve (23:20):
for sure.
And last but certainly notleast, is
a
Stephen (23:24):
nightmare on Elm Street.
Yes.
It's another series with sometruly amazing films.
The first one.
Number three, dream warriors anda new nightmare.
Also home to one of the gayesthorror movies that are ever
Freddy's Revenge number two.
I personally loved the remakeand now that Robert England has
publicly retired from everplaying the role again, just in
(23:45):
the past few weeks, I think it'stime to see what scares Freddie
has left with a reboot to thefranchise with a new lead actor.
Steve (23:55):
I would love that.
Stephen (23:58):
Now I added in this category, and you may have some
things to say about it, but itmay just be me.
Favorite disaster
Steve (24:07):
movies.
Yeah.
I mean, I liked
Stephen (24:10):
Twister Chasing Tornadoes.
Lost Loves Flying Cows.
Well, there's a cow awesomespecial effects for that time
period.
I used to watch this one overand over and over again.
Yes, the Poseidon Adventure wasone of my favorite movies as a
child.
A luxury ocean liner is hit by agiant tidal wave at midnight on
New Year's Eve, and it turns theship upside down.
(24:32):
And now the peeping people thatwant to survive have to make
their way to the bottom of theship that is now the only part
above the water and the ship'staking on water and starting to
sink.
It has an all star cast for thattime period and is really good.
Steve (24:47):
Well, as we talked last week about our love for Titanic,
we love a good ship fallingapart.
Yes.
What were we watching recently?
We were like, oh my God, it'sTitanic.
Stephen (24:55):
Oh, the second avatar movie.
Yes.
The second
Steve (24:57):
avatar movie at the end was giving serious Titanic
vibes.
Stephen (25:00):
Yes.
I also really enjoyed the dayafter
Steve (25:03):
tomorrow that I remember at the time I was like, oh my
God, this is how the world'sgonna end.
I thought, I felt like, I waslike, this is real.
Yeah, isn't it?
I wasn't sure.
Stephen (25:11):
Global warming causes a huge ice sheet from Antarctica
to cause a climate shift thatquickly triggers a storm that
will affect the world'spopulation.
Jake Gillen Hall and Emmy Rosoare fabulous.
And Dennis Quaid before hebecame awful was excellent as
Jake's dad doing what he had todo to get to his son and save
him.
Steve (25:31):
Excellent.
And I think I masturbated tothis movie once before to the
day after tomorrow.
No deep impact.
Oh, but not really.
I was a different Deep impact.
Yeah.
Yes.
Tell me about what this deepimpact is about.
So there were
Stephen (25:45):
a lot of movies I could have put into this category,
like Dante's Peak Volcanoes, SanAndreas.
But for me, this one takes thefinal spot.
It's like Armageddon, butactually a good movie.
Mm-hmm.
It took the end of the worldaspect of the asteroids, but
pushed the human element of itinstead of mainly the action
element.
And we get to see the asteroidshit and the death and
(26:08):
devastation that come with that.
And we also get to see the humanspirit willing to fight.
And it's just Oh, really, reallyenjoyable.
Steve (26:18):
Yes.
And what about favorite moviesthat somehow didn't fit into
these other, other categories?
But you can't end withouttalking about them.
Okay, so
Stephen (26:25):
one for me is cruel intentions.
So that it
Steve (26:28):
was like a number three drama pick.
Stephen (26:30):
Well, but I'm like, is it drama?
But it's also a comedy.
I I,
Steve (26:36):
and I didn't laugh as much as I did.
Oh,
Stephen (26:39):
I thought it was a dramedy.
Well, there we go.
But two vicious step-siblingsmake a wager and begin to wreck
the lives of those around them.
But love gets in the way.
Sarah Michelle Geller.
Ryan Philippe, ReeseWitherspoon, Selma.
Blair.
The movie was dark and bitingand pure perfection.
And just like some other movies,I didn't want the villain to
Steve (27:00):
lose.
You never want the villain tolose?
Sometimes I do, unless thevillain's a cis white man or a
slasher.
There you go.
And then, I mean, the Pokemonmovies are never gonna be good
enough to be even good animatedmovies in general.
Not I that I don't love them,but I do have to say, if you
love Pokemon movies and wantedto watch one Pokemon La Cario
and the Mystery of me wasprobably my favorite Pokemon
(27:22):
movie.
Stephen (27:24):
And it's a good one.
Steve (27:25):
Yes.
And this one, I guess, would beyour favorite foreign movies.
Yes.
Stephen (27:29):
So El Orphan Ado and Pan's Labyrinth.
I love Guillermo Deltoro, andthese are two of my favorites
that associate with him.
El Ordo, or Translated to theOrphanage, is a Spanish movie
about a woman who brings herfamily back to her childhood
home, which used to be anorphanage for handicapped
children.
Her son begins communicatingwith an imaginary friend and
(27:50):
then goes missing.
It's haunting and sad, but sodamn good.
While Pan's Labyrinth is a darkfairytale set in Spain, 1944,
where the bookish youngstepdaughter of a sadistic army
officer escapes into an eeriebut captivating fantasy world.
A fairy takes her to a faw inthe center of a labyrinth and
tells the girl that she's aprincess, but she must prove her
(28:13):
royalty by surviving threegrueling tasks.
It's dark and magical andwondrous, and.
If you're good with subtitles,both of those movies should be
on your watch list.
Cool.
Steve (28:25):
I can't even think of I know I've watched foreign movies
that I enjoy.
Ooh, night Watching Day Watch.
I really enjoyed the Germanmovies about the
Stephen (28:32):
superpowers.
Oh.
And yes, I was, I for a second Iwas like, oh, I thought.
They, I thought there was aRussian movie we watched that
was really good too, but Icouldn't remember it.
That was that one.
Okay.
All
Steve (28:45):
right.
Well, I hope that, I think webad covered all the movies.
Stephen (28:50):
We have covered all the movies, so, I'd love to hear
from our listeners what some oftheir favorites in each genre
are.
Steve (28:57):
Yes, let us know which should win an imaginary award of
being the happiest of its kind,and you can let us know by
emailing us at happy life podgmail.com
Stephen (29:07):
or you can get in touch with us on all the socials,
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Steve (29:14):
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