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Join Michael and Claire as we discuss the movie follow-ups that flopped so hard their bellies still hurt. If it bombed at the box office or got crapped on by the critics we're here to watch, discuss and maybe find some small redemption... maybe!
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Evil Never Dies. You can burn it, you can shoot it, you can lock it up forever, but evil never dies. In this episode Claire & Michael are heading back to Haddonfield, where horror meets reality TV in the form of Dangertainment - good thing we've been practising our Kung Fu! Michael Myers' work is not done yet as evil finds its way home in Halloween…
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'𝗧𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀... In this episode Michael and Claire invite the in-laws round, but get a nasty shock when that old friend who's invited himself round for the festive season turns out to have been plotting their downfall all along - it's The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause! At time of recording The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause …
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It's here! It's here! The grand finale to our Slumber Party Santa Massacre! In this episode of Fright Court we discuss the underappreciated future-classic Slumber Party Massacre 3! What does Slumber Party Massacre 3 have to do with Christmas you ask? Shut up! That's what. Just enjoy things. So grab a glass of eggnog and warm your chestnuts with Gra…
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Twas the night after the big basketball game and all through the killer's trail, not a creature was slumbering not even a snail, the partygoers were dancing in their teddies, with visions of Playgirl danced in their head-ies ... Join Graven, Venaria & The Booliff this holiday season as they drill deep into the heart of all things Slumber Party Mass…
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You are cordially invited to the royal event of the season. In this episode Michael and Claire are graduating college and preparing for life as a very normal 21-year-old - apart from the fact of also being heir apparent of a totally made up European land in which no two people's accents are the same and the revelation that unless we find someone to…
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If adventure has a name, it must be... Indiana Jones. In this episode Michael & Claire defy the laws of age, time travel and quality movie-making in an octogenarian "romp" with Fleabag and a kid that definitely isn't a plug-and-play rip-off of a character from a previous instalment. A legend will face his destiny... in Indiana Jones and the Dial of…
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Something unexpected has evolved In this episode Michael & Claire are getting tricked into revisiting their biggest life trauma to date, in search of a 12 year old boy who's savvier and more resourceful than most of the adults surrounding him put together. This time it's not just a walk in the park in Jurassic Park III At time of recording Jurassic…
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Guten Tag Dummkopfs! Alas we must say Auf Wiedersehen to Chucktoberfest, but we hope you had more fun than you can shake a schnitzel at! Wunderbar! In this 5 alarm episode of Fright Court, Graven, Venaria & The Booliff take a dash of Curse Of Chucky, add a pinch of Cult Of Chucky and heaping helping of chili to create a mouth-watering send-off to t…
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They came. They saw. They ran. In this episode Hallowe'en goes family friendly as Michael & Claire face off against old foes, new outfits and terrible CGI - zoinks! Doo the fright thing - with Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed! At time of recording Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed are available to stream on HBO Max in the USA and Sky …
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Hello Dollies, Chucktoberfest continues! This episode Graven, Venaria & The Booliff ditch the Child's Play and get Chucky with it! Fright Court is now presiding over the wedding of the century! No, not Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley, no not Nicolas Cage & Lisa Marie Presley, we're talking Chucky & Tiffany! So let's tie the knot with Bride Of …
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She never forgives. She never forgets. She never left. In this episode Michael & Claire launch spooky season with a trip back to that weird, old, creepy house where a bunch of kids killed themselves in mysterious circumstances a few decades ago. Where better to take a group of pre-teen war evacuees...? Don't look! You mustn't look... at The Woman i…
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Happy Halloween you little jerks! Fright Court is coming at you every Friday in the month of October with new episodes as we take apart The Child's Play/Chucky franchise then stitch it back together again! And we're kicking things off in the unlikeliest of places ... with the first movie! So join Graven, Venaria & The Booliff for more fun than a bo…
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Would the real James Bond please step forward? In this episode Michael & Claire are coming out of retirement but *definitely* showing their age in a sequel was borne out of decades of legal wrangling and is perhaps the very definition of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" If you haven't seen Sean Connery in 'Never Say Never Again' then…
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In this week's episode of Fright Court we're hogtying us up the later chapters of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre saga! So put on your 3D glasses and chill as we delve into Texas Chainsaw 3D & Netflix's 2022 sequel/reboot/thang simply titled ... Texas Chainsaw Massacre! Which is never not confusing.By philliproller
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The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. In this episode Michael & Claire are taking on a power-crazed media mogul, his team of henchmen *and* his wife - not to mention a kick-ass fellow agent who could probably take on the whole movie's quota of bad guys single handed. All in a day's work for our favourite movie spy. T…
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Don't mess with Texas! And uh, don't cavort with Fright Court! In this episode Graven, Venaria & The Booliff mosey back down to the lone star state as we discuss Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 & Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (number 4)! It's got it all: Viggo from Lord Of The Rings, Armadillos, multiple Oscar winners, Grandpa…
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Yeehaw and such! Everything is bigger in Texas, including our "Fright Court Does Dallas" Texas Chainsaw Massacre Extravaganza-Hootenanny! That's right Graven, Venaria & The Booliff are tackling The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise in a 3-part episode. First up, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre from 1974 and the sequel from 1986. Is it a Stretc…
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There's being a kid. There's being an adult. And then there's that year in between. In this episode Michael & Claire are moving on from the movie death that scarred a generation and looking to both the future and past in a coming-of-age story that'll have you checking your mood ring to see what colour it turns. Why is it boys talk so much, when the…
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Okay, here it is, the last chapter, the final finale in our Romero-verse Cinematic Saga Phase 5 ™️. Graven, Venaria & The Booliff finally discuss, Dawn Of The Dead! It's got everything: Malls & Fashion, Urkel robots, Zombies dripping in jewels, Lucy & Ricky in helicopters! More fun than you can wiggle a zombie at! Only ... on Fright Court (dun dun)…
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Evolution will make a last stand. In this episode Michael & Claire are back from the dead, but with a malevolent alter-ego hell-bent on destroying the very people we once called family - all whilst wondering whether it's better to be true to oneself or to be accepted by the wider world. Featuring an exclusive deep-dive interview with X-Men x-perts …
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Just when you thought our Romero episodes where dead & buried .... they rise up again and return! The Fright Court gang is taking the show on the road, back to Pennsylvania and the Mahoning Drive-In! This week Graven, Venaria & The Booliff tackle the original, Night Of The Living Dead 1968. They're dead, they're all messed up!…
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Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique. In this episode Michael & Claire are discussing a contemporary (at the time) reboot of a classic entertainment franchise - which has since had its own, more contemporary, reboot. Although whether this middle pair of instalments can be considered classics is ver…
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Born into Wealth. Groomed by the Elite. Trained for Combat.In this episode Michael & Claire are visiting an iconic video game crossover - complete with skin-tight lycra and fake nipples - to save the world from Pandora's Box and the epic destruction contained therein.Remember that "no gun" rule? She reconsidered for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cr…
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History has a nasty way of repeating itself.In this episode Michael & Claire are escaping to a small-town island community for some much-needed R&R, only to find themselves caught up in an incredibly familiar series of inexplicable bird attacks.Imagine the terror that lies ahead - it's The Birds II: Land's End!At time of recording The Birds is avai…
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The devil walks the world! In this episode Michael and Claire are checking in on baby Andy thirty years later to see just what happens when Satan's spawn comes of age. Not much, as it turns out... This is the shocker you've been waiting for since the day he was born (according to the movie's taglines, at least) - it's that made-for-TV classic Look …
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Journey to the most wonderful place in the universe... home. In this episode Michael and Claire are bringing our alien friends back to Earth to rescue their long-lost kin, only to find ourselves facing an existential crisis over whether a life without our own loved ones is any life at all. Five years have passed, yet somehow it only feels like thre…
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My name might be Lubdan and I'm here to say I've already terrorized Vegas and L.A. I'm heading to the hood so don't try and stop me I'm up to no good with my homie Ice T Somehow I end up ;ost in space Exploding crotches all over the place Lep In The Hood, come to do no good Lep In Space, come to flatten your face Lep in Fright Court ... this might …
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The Machines Will Rise In this episode Michael and Claire are facing the realisation that the globally apocalyptic event that we averted a decade ago was, in fact, inevitable and is coming back to bite us on the bum. Oh, and that kid we haven't seen since making out with them back in high school is destined to become our spouse. And, as promised, A…
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Something has survived... In this episode Michael and Claire are heading to Site B, only to find that in a completely unpredictable turn of events the secret creatures living there are not as harmless as everyone thought. If only Jeff Goldblum had warned us it was a bad idea... Once again life has found a way in The Lost World: Jurassic Park! At ti…
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She's been frozen for a thousand years... now it's time to break the ice. In this episode Michael and Claire discuss a centuries-old curse that happens to manifest in exactly the same way, and in exactly the same place, as a completely different centuries-old curse had done just a few years before. This is a lively comedy about a living doll - it's…
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Did you not get to go to your prom? This is a worthy substitute! And as a free bonus we'll thrown in one free grouping afterwards in the backseat of a crummy car! One of those two-door cars that you have to awkwardly flip the seat forward and squirm into the backseat from ... you know the kind! Offer void in Tennessee!…
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The world's favourite family is back! In this episode Michael and Claire end 2023 the same way they started it - with a shoddy sequel to 1989's John Travolta/Kirstie Alley classic romcom. But this time it's Christmas. And there are dogs. It's our last episode of the year so grab a glass of something festive, get comfy and join us for Look Who's Tal…
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No smoking. No littering. No red meat. No freedom of religion. Marriages must be approved. In this episode Michael and Claire visit yet another dystopian future, except this time it's strangely familiar in a sequel that certainly isn't vastly different from its first instalment... Snake is back in Escape From LA! At time of recording Escape from Ne…
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Nuclear Power. In the best hands, it is dangerous. In the hands of Lex Luthor, it is pure evil. In this episode Michael and Claire discuss a movie that's part morality tale, part ego trip and killed off the franchise for almost two decades. This is Superman's greatest battle. And it is for all of us in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. At time of r…
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He's Back... And It's About Time In this episode Michael and Claire are marking the 60th anniversary of an iconic British TV institution that never quite made it to the big screen but did have a TV movie instalment. Featuring an exclusive interview with writer Matthew Jacobs, time waits for no man - except one - in Doctor Who: The Movie. At time of…
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Can't believe Halloween is over? Well it's not! I mean the holiday is but the movie franchise got remade! Twice! Yes Halloween came back from the dead, but no Michael wasn't a zombie ... the director was! Rob Zombie! So come time travel back to 2007 with Graven, Venaria & The Booliff as we discuss Halloween 1 & 2, zombie style!…
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Rules of a trilogy: Chapter one sets the rules. Chapter two bends the rules. But in the finale...forget the rules. In this episode Michael and Claire are tackling another threequel, but this time it's Hollywood-style. The most terrifying scream is always the last in Scream 3! At time of recording Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 3 are available to strea…
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It's time for The Revenge Of Michael Myers! What's he getting revenge for ... don't worry about it! Fright Court is back in session with part 2 of our Weekend Of Thorn trilogy! So grab your favorite cookie woman, find an empty barn and psychically link your mind directly into The Fright Court podcast! Results may vary, offer void in Tennessee…
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