What Movie Should We Do Next?

A movie can be dumb and still be fun. Psycho Killer on Hulu manages the rare trick of being dumb and exhausting, and we tried, we really tried, to meet it halfway. Ryan Barron North and James Crosslin kick things off with our three part method: we rate the film out of five, we walk the Golden Path to find the deeper message (if it exists), and then we insert ourselves into the story to see how it changes when characters make even one smart choice.

From the opening tragedy to the last second conspiracy twist, we break down the biggest plot holes and “wait, what?” decisions, including how the film handles police work, FBI involvement, and a bonkers jump toward Three Mile Island. We also talk craft: flat performances, awkward staging, cheap masking choices, and why the movie feels like it was written by someone who never googled anything, including how people act in danger, in grief, or in a room full of cultists.

Then the conversation gets sharper. Psycho Killer leans hard on Satanism as a shorthand for evil, and we unpack how that plays into a modern satanic panic atmosphere and conspiracy flavored storytelling. A bad slasher film is easy to forget, but a bad slasher that echoes real misinformation can hit differently.

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What Movie Should We Do Next?

We rate Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with a hard-number score, then argue about whether the film finds a real point beyond the hype. We end up in a bigger fight about adaptation, missing gods, sidelined women, and why culture war takes make everyone dumber.
• opening banter on pressure, fandom, and why the show relaxes us
• quick detour into Vampire the Masquerade and why brooding fails fast
• our three-part plan: stars, meaning, then inserting ourselves into the film
• drink check, heat dome misery, and toasts to new VPN locations
• acting breakdown, including standout performances and roles that drag
• cinematography debate on muted color palette, blocking, and uneven effects
• score reactions, theater mixing, and what sticks after the credits
• plot talk on regret, shame, depression, and what Nolan changes from Homer
• disagreement on Odysseus as clever hero vs dude who bros through
• Athena as goddess vs PTSD metaphor and what that does to the story
• culture war chatter about casting, bots, and real-world takes leaking in
• missing gods, missing comeuppance arcs, and what we wanted to see
• Troy comparison and why rewatchability matters
• our self-insert pitch: Dionysus everywhere and Hades ending the Tom Holland problem
3.5/5 Stars!

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What Movie Should We Do Next?

We put Evil Dead Burn to the test with a five-category scoring system, then argue over whether its violence feels like classic Evil Dead chaos or a clumsy attempt at a message. The conversation spirals into Deadite personalities, practical effects vs CGI, and why “send them to the mirror realm” might be the cleanest relationship advice we accidentally give.

3/5
• quick toast-driven intro plus listener shoutouts and pre-movie banter
• spoiler-filled plot recap focused on the funeral setup and Deadite spread
• acting breakdown with a clear standout Deadite performance
• cinematography talk on memorable gross-out shots plus CGI shortcuts and shaky geography
• score reactions that focus on franchise sound cues over a memorable theme
• plot and structure criticism including missing payoffs and unfinished beats
• golden path take on comedy choices and why likable characters matter in horror
• debate on spousal abuse themes and why the metaphor feels muddy
• demon cosmology talk on mirrors, suffering, and cosmic order vs randomness
• we insert ourselves into the film and pitch alternate arcs

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