Fearless Films

Fearless Films

Fearless Films Podcast is a weekly show where we walk through horror movies, breaking down the beats, discussing the lore and interesting trivia of all the best (and worst) in the horror movie genre. The show started as Pete, the horror buff, explaining the plots of horror movies to Kevin, the scaredy cat, who hates being scared but is intrigued by these modern mythologies. Kevin eventually retired from the podcast, but the show goes on! Pete is now joined by Sarah, who also loves horror movies, and they continue the tradition of explaining the scariest stories to all the scaredy cats out there, so they don't have to watch the movies.

Episodes

May 6, 2024 73 mins

Hello, Fearless Fans! Its time for yet another adaptation of a classic piece of English literature. This week we break down the 1994 version of Frankenstein!

This film was helmed by and stars Kenneth Branagh, who does his darndest to turn the famous scientist into a shirtless leading man type. Luckily, he is balanced by an inspired casting of Robert De Niro as the Monster, who displays a vulnerability he rarely exposes in ...

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Stranger danger, when a stranger calls, and people are strange, all in one movie!

This week Sarah answers the call with, The Black Phone. This 2021 film is based on a story from Joe Hill, and follows a young boy who is kidnapped by a deranged Ethan Hawke, but finds support and advice from the ghostly callers on the Black Phone.

Join us as we discuss the smartly written characters, the awesome visual effects, and h...

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April 8, 2024 48 mins

What happens when musical dreams become discordant nightmares? You must be watching, The Perfection!

Join us as Sarah breaks down this Netflix original about two cello prodigies who become involved with a prestigious musical academy that harbors dark secrets. The pursuit of perfection often leads to insanity and dark endings.

We discuss the joys of revenge against the powerful and corrupt, why you should always kn...

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April 1, 2024 66 mins

What's better than watching cheesy, holiday-themed horror movies?
Watching the remakes!!

This year for the holiday, we are watching the remake of April Fool's Day!

Join us as we watch a bunch of spoiled, rich, 20-somethings get picked off one by one in a plot that only vaguely has anything to do with April Fool's. Unlike the original, which we covered last year, this remake takes itself way too ...

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March 25, 2024 85 mins

Lep' in the hood, here to do no good!!

It's that time of year again! Happy Saint Patrick's Day, Fearless Fans!! Our annual celebration of the Leprechaun franchise brings us back to Earth for the latest entry - Leprechaun in the Hood!

Our favorite mischievous monster finds himself in the world of hip-hop. Caught between a greedy record producer, and a trio of up and coming rap artists, everyone wants...

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March 11, 2024 66 mins

The demon Valak is back, and there is only one person you can call: The Nun...2!

In a follow up to the Conjuring Universe prequel/spinoff, we once again find Sister Irene being called upon to fight the forces of evil. This time, she is sent to a boarding school in France to help her old friend, Frenchie, fight off Valak as it torments a bunch of school-children.

Join us as Sarah and Pete discuss if this is a worth...

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February 26, 2024 71 mins

It's not The Blob, it's not THEM, it's not even The Tingler! This week, we are talking about the 80's, food based, satirical horror film, The Stuff!!

When a white, yogurt-like substance begins to bubble out of the ground, one American corporation does the only thing it knows how to do: it packages it up and sells it to every grocery store across the country!

Pete, Sarah, and their special guest...

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February 12, 2024 97 mins

Happy Valentine's Day, Fearless Fans!

This week, we are celebrating the holiday with the best example of eternal love in horror cinema: Dracula! This 1994 version from Francis Ford Coppola is operatic, dramatic, and downright sexy! This Dracula is just looking for his lost love, and will kill anyone who gets in his way.

Join us as we discuss such topics as:
-Sexy Gary Oldman.
-The best ways to kill a ...

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January 29, 2024 55 mins

We're back, and we're sharkier than ever!

Sarah returns to tell us about the follow up to her last movie, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged. This sequel finds a group of young women breaking the rules to explore an underground sea cave, who then find themselves face to face with near-blind subterranean monsters. The result is lots of interpersonal drama and dire consequences.

If you think that sounds a lot like th...

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January 15, 2024 78 mins

Strap in Fearless Fans, because we've got a doozy of a stinker this week. Pete breaks down the 2003 film, Darkness Falls, and tries to retain his sanity for the duration.

Plagued by production troubles that would make Waterworld look like a fun day at an amusement park, Darkness Falls is a heavily re-written, re-edited, and re-named mess of a film that barely counts as a coherent narrative.

It follows a young...

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January 1, 2024 51 mins

Two friends + vacation in Mexico + lots of liquor = SHARK ATTACK!!

Welcome to the New Year, Fearless Fans! We are kicking things off with a good old fashioned shark attack movie! This week, Sarah presents to us the 2017 film, 47 Meters Down!

This undersea thriller stars Mandy Moore and Claire Holt as two sisters on holiday, trying to absorb some sun and some positive energy. When they spontaneously sign up for a s...

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December 18, 2023 81 mins

Merry Christmas, everyone!!

It's that time of year again, and Pete has a very special present for everyone: the lesser known 1980 slasher classic, To All a Good Night.

This film carries the prestigious title of being the first slasher movie released in theaters in the 1980's! It is also a clear knock-off of the also Christmas themed Black Christmas.

Join us as we discuss obnoxious coeds, killers...

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December 4, 2023 71 mins

No, not that Frozen. Get all your jokes out now, because this movie doesn't feature any lovable snowmen or reindeer.

This week we are talking about the 2010 survival horror film, Frozen! It tells the tale of three college friends on an annual ski trip who find themselves trapped on the ski lift overnight when the lodge closes down without them. Facing the dangers of hypothermia, frostbite, hunger, and deadly wolves, t...

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November 20, 2023 73 mins

It's part 2 of our Special Guest Month, and this week we are joined by our very own Social Media Manager!!! (also named Sarah, so it gets confusing).

This week's movie was more specifically chosen to confuse and horrify Pete. It's a film that both the Sarah's had watched together previously, during the COVID lockdowns (via a synchronized streaming session). It is The Girl on the Third Floor! And they bo...

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November 6, 2023 49 mins

It's special guest season on Fearless Films, and this week we are kicking it off when Pete's wife, Cheryl, talks to us about one of her favorite horror films of all time: The Woman in Black!

It tells the tale of a turn of the century English solicitor, still suffering the grief of losing his wife to a tragic accident, having to leave his very young son to take a job in the countryside. He is settling the paperwor...

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October 30, 2023 76 mins

We finally made it to the end! Welcome to the final episode (for now) on the Saw franchise. This week we cover the two "spinoff" films:

Jigsaw - A new game has begun, and forensic evidence somehow points to the long dead John Kramer. Has he truly risen from the grave? Or has someone new taken on the mantle of the Jigsaw killer? Seeing as how the rest of the series plays it pretty grounded, you can probably figure...

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October 23, 2023 72 mins

The fun never stops, especially in October! This week, the penultimate episode in our Saw franchise breakdown!

First up is part 6: The trap involves an insurance man having to "balance the equation" on multiple lives, and hoping to survive his final test. Meanwhile, secret apprentice Hoffman is desperately trying to stay ahead of the investigators who are trying to uncover his identity. He goes on a rampage to ke...

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October 16, 2023 68 mins

The saga continues...

This week, the breakdown covers the fourth and fifth entries in the Saw series. John Kramer and Amanda are dead, but the Jigsaw killings continue. Who is carrying the torch on the Jigsaw legacy? And are they a true believer, or a serial killer using the traps as a cover?

More characters are introduced, more mysteries are uncovered, and more creative killings are implemented. Join us as we exp...

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October 9, 2023 63 mins

This week, we continue our breakdown of the Saw franchise with Saw 3!

It's another series of crazy traps, another lesson to be learned, and another trapper getting in on the action!

Following up from part 2, the secret apprentice Amanda is now helping Jigsaw teach his latest lesson - and trying to keep him alive. Suffering from his terminal cancer, Amanda has helped kidnap a brain surgeon and forces her to do...

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October 2, 2023 53 mins

The October Franchise Breakdown Special is back!!

This year, Sarah is gonna cover the entire Saw franchise, picking up at part 2 (go back and check out our episode on the original) and taking us all the way to the spinoff film, Spiral: From the Book of Saw.

Saw 2 tells the tale of a renegade detective hunting down Jigsaw and discovering that his son is trapped in a house with a group of strangers who must survive ...

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