Bummer House: A Deep Dive into the Blumhouse Horror Filmography and All Things Horror Movies
”Best Horror Podcast of 2023” - The Demon Every week two dimwitted hosts slog through the murky water that is the Blumhouse filmography. A horror movie filmography that is well known for having movies that are both critically celebrated, as well as movies that are absolute bummers to endure. One movie at a time the descent into insanity unfolds.
Episodes
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
The Bummer Boys get invisible with returning guest Bridget Callahan! Thank God there's a fresh perspective on this one, as this episode has been a long time coming. They discuss the 2020 universal monster horror movie INVISIBLE MAN, which covers the serious subjects of gaslighting, domestic abuse, and sock laundry!
The Invisible Man is a 2020 science fiction horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell. It is based on H. G. Wells's 1897 novel of the same name and a reboot of the 1933 film of the same name. It is the seventh installment in The Invisible Man franchise. It stars Elisabeth Moss as a woman who believes she is being stalked and gaslit by her ex-boyfriend (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) after he acquires the ability to become invisible. Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, and Michael Dorman appear in supporting roles.
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
The Bummer Boys sit down with late-night talk show host Jack Delroy as they spew nonsense and black goo all over the captive listening audience. That’s right! This week, the degenerates are diving into the 2024 Shudder horror movie release LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL! Oh, the Horror!
Late Night with the Devil is a 2023 supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. It stars David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, and Josh Quong Tart. Incorporating elements of documentary filmmaking and found footage, the film follows the events of a late-night talk show episode aired on the night of Halloween 1977, during which the host attempts to boost ratings by inviting an allegedly possessed girl onto the show.
An international co-production of Australia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates,[3] Late Night with the Devil had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) on 10 March 2023. It received positive reviews from critics,[4][5] garnering praise for its performances, production design, and technical aspects, though the revelation that it utilized AI-generated art in three briefly featured still images received criticism. It was released theatrically in the United States on 22 March 2024 by IFC Films and in Australia on 11 April, grossing $11 million.[6] The film became available for streaming on Shudder on 19 April.[7]
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
The Bummer Boys round out their two-park retrospective on the M. Night Shyamalan horror superhero comic book movies Split and Glass, and this time, THEY GLASSIN'! Everything is talked about, from the hype of the film to the disappointment in Philadelphia's infrastructure. Team potholes for life!
Glass is a 2019 superhero film[7] written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who also produced with Jason Blum, Marc Bienstock, and Ashwin Rajan. The film is a crossover and sequel to Shyamalan's previous films Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016) and the third and final installment in the Unbreakable trilogy.[8] Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Spencer Treat Clark, and Charlayne Woodard reprise their Unbreakable roles, while James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy return as their Split characters,[9] with Sarah Paulson, Adam David Thompson, and Luke Kirby joining the cast. The film sees David Dunn / The Overseer as he and Kevin Wendell Crumb / The Horde are captured and placed in a psychiatric facility with Elijah Price / Mr. Glass, where they contemplate the authenticity of their superhuman powers.
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
The Bummer Boys have 23 distinctive personalities… and there’s about to be… A BUNCH OF TERRIBLE JOKES! They slink into a subterranean lair beneath a zoo to discuss the 2016 M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi horror thriller movie SPLIT! SPOILERS ABOUND! WARNING, WARNING, WARNING!
Split is a 2016 American psychological thriller film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man with dissociative identity disorder who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility.
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
H.P. Lovecraft! Nicolas Cage! Magenta! Non-linear time! Tommy Chong! Tomatoes that taste like death and decay! WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY? Grab a beer, grab a bong, drop a tab, and tag along! As the gang enters THE COLOR to discuss the trippy cosmic horror scary movie Color Out of Space! Who will survive? And what non-corporeal form will be left of them?!
Color Out of Space is a 2019 American science fiction Lovecraftian horror[8] film directed and co-written by Richard Stanley, based on the short story "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft. It stars Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Elliot Knight, Madeleine Arthur, Brendan Meyer, Q'orianka Kilcher and Tommy Chong. This is Stanley's first feature film since his firing from The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).[9] According to Stanley, it is the first film in a trilogy of Lovecraft adaptations, which he hopes to continue with an adaptation of "The Dunwich Horror".[10]
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
The gang gathers in the non descript basement of a sad old veternairy technician to discuss the 2019 Blumhouse horror thriller movie MA! Join them as they strap on their dog collars and light fire to the bottom floor of their sanity!
Ma is a 2019 American psychological horror film, co-produced and directed by Tate Taylor. It stars Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Diana Silvers, Corey Fogelmanis, Gianni Paolo, McKaley Miller and Luke Evans and follows a group of teenagers who befriend a lonely middle-aged woman. She lets them party in her basement, and they end up being terrorized by her.[2] The film was produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions company, along with Tate Taylor and John Norris.[3]
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
WADLOW! WADLOW! WADLOW! WADLOW! Thats right! strap in as the gang brings their Jeff Wadlow Blumhouse horror movie trilogy to a close! He did it! They cover everything from the atrocious representation of mental illness and the problems therein, to the fact that Wadlow is seemingly coming into his own as a filmaker. Strap in and prepare your imagination for this weeks episode of BUMMER HOUSE!
Imaginary is a 2024 American supernatural horror film directed and produced by Jeff Wadlow and written by Wadlow, Greg Erb, and Jason Oremland. It is co-produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner and Tower of Babble. The film stars DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Matthew Sato, Veronica Falcón, and Betty Buckley. In the film, a young woman returns to her childhood home only to discover her stepdaughter's imaginary friend, Chauncey, truly exists, and is upset with the woman.
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
GIVE HIM ALL THE AWARDS! This week the gang has their breath taken away by the black hole that is Kyle Gallner's charisma in the 2023 psychological thriller horror movie THE PASSENGER! It's emotionally brutal. Grab a drink, a pack of cigarettes, your best fuzzy yellow jacket, and prepare your tear ducts for trauma talk on this weeks episode of BUMMER HOUSE
The Passenger is a 2023 American thriller film directed by Carter Smith and written by Jack Stanley. The film stars Kyle Gallner and Johnny Berchtold. Jason Blum serves as an executive producer through his Blumhouse Television banner.[2][3] The film was released digitally by MGM+ on August 4, 2023, to positive reviews.
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
THE GANG GETS META! This week the bummer boys round out their two part early 2000s slasher revival retrospective with the hilariously wonderful and awful horror movie sequel URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT! can a movie honestly be critiqued when it has already critiqued itself? Why is the killer wearing a fencing mask? For goodness sake is bad acting actually bad when its so bad its good? IS SCOTT DERICKSON A GENIUS? All this and more on this week's episode of BUMMER HOUSE! Strap in and take a steam-powered roller coaster ride with the two dim whits.
Urban Legends: Final Cut (also known as Urban Legends 2: Final Cut or simply Urban Legend 2) is a 2000 slasher film directed by John Ottman in his directorial debut, and starring Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Hart Bochner, Joseph Lawrence, Anthony Anderson, and Loretta Devine. In addition to directing, Ottman also edited the film and composed its score. A sequel to Urban Legend (1998), it is the second installment in the Urban Legend film series. It follows a film student being stalked by a serial killer in a fencing mask, who begins murdering the crew members of her thesis film about urban legends.
Filmed in late 1999, Urban Legends: Final Cut was released in the United States on September 22, 2000 by Columbia Pictures. Although it made only roughly half of its predecessor's gross, it was still successful, grossing $38.6 million on a budget of $14 million. The film was universally panned by critics upon release, and was followed by the direct-to-video sequel Urban Legends: Bloody Mary in 2005.
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
It’s listener request time! The gang puts another shrimp on the Barbie as they wax poetic through the Merc with a Mouth about the 2000s slasher revival horror film CUT! How much can you rip off Wes Craven before you fall through the Night Country’s thin ice? What’s the deal with garden shears? All that and more on this week’s episode of BUMMER HOUSE!
Cut is a 2000 Australian slasher film directed by Kimble Rendall and starring Kylie Minogue, Molly Ringwald, Jessica Napier, and Tiriel Mora.[1]
"A killer begins to stalk the actors of a low budget horror film, killing them off one by one.
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