The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Episode Summary:
Three college filmmakers head into the woods to chase a local legend — and instead deliver the most profitable headache in horror history. This week, the guys hunker down by the campfire (literally — they recorded this episode while camping) to revisit The Blair Witch Project, the movie that turned shaky hands and bad decisions into box office gold.

They dig into the backstory, the lore, and the DIY horror experiment that left audiences nauseated, terrified, and wildly divided.

🧭 Key Conversation Points

• Remembering the hype and confusion when Blair Witch first hit theaters in 1999.
• How the fake documentary marketing fooled half of America into thinking it was real.
• The film’s microscopic $60,000 budget and record-breaking $248 million box office haul.
• Critics vs. audience reaction — 86% on Rotten Tomatoes but a 57% audience score.
• How the actors filmed everything themselves — with no script, minimal food, and eight days in the woods.
• The filmmakers’ borderline “torture” methods to get real fear and exhaustion on camera.
• The missing backstory — centuries of lore reduced to a few vague lines about Elly Kedward, Rustin Parr, and Coffin Rock.
• The shaky-cam effect: terrifying realism or just nausea on film?
• Brian’s plea for a steadier camera (and fewer vomit stories).
• The Found Footage or Fake News? game — and who totally blew their chance at the compass prize.
• Boddicker Award: unanimous love for Heather Donahue and her flashlight monologue of doom.

🍺 Other Things We Talked About

• The crew’s real-life campsite setup and live campfire ambiance during recording.
• Beer lineup: Ellie’s Brown Ale (Avery Brewing) — chosen for the witch’s name — and Spooky Scary Stout from Old Bakery Brewing in Alton, IL.
• The sequel that nobody asked for (and everyone forgot).
• Mad Max fashion logic: why every apocalypse apparently includes shoulder pads from Dick’s Sporting Goods.
• The “Pick Your Poison” showdown comparing Blair Witch to The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, and Fight Club.
• And Brian's tragic confession that he may have never actually seen Fight Club — which might be the real horror story here.

Listen now to hear three regular guys roast the forest, question their compass skills, and prove that sometimes the scariest thing of all… is the footage you found yourself.

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Halloween (1978) – The Boogeyman, the Babysitter, and the Beer Buzz That Wouldn’t Die

Show Notes:

The guys head to Haddonfield to tackle Halloween (1978) — the indie horror classic that built an empire on fake leaves, bad driving, and one of cinema’s most famously unhelpful psychiatrists.

Justin revisits the slasher that shaped his childhood sleepovers. Seth leads the charge on how a six-year-old murderer managed to pass driver’s ed while institutionalized. And Brian, watching it for the first time, questions everything from Laurie Strode’s spine health to the total absence of trick-or-treaters.

They break down the film’s biggest head-scratchers:

• Is Michael Myers supernatural or just a psychotic gym rat with incredible upper-body strength?
• Why does every neighbor in Haddonfield suck at helping screaming girls?
• And seriously, why is everyone getting laid on Halloween night?

The crew salutes Carpenter’s hauntingly simple score, Dean Cundey’s iconic lighting, and the fact that a $325,000 budget somehow made $70 million without showing a single drop of blood. But they don’t hold back on the clunky dialogue, the “paid-in-boobs” acting, or the totally random tombstone interior decorating choices.

By the end, beer reviews get as brutal as the murders: pumpkin chai disaster, IPA tongue punch, Oktoberfest mediocrity — “the best of the worst.” Final verdict? The movie doesn’t quite hold up, but it’s still a must-watch every Halloween… preferably after six beers.

💀 Other Random Shit We Somehow Talked About

• The hierarchy of “tastiest dog breeds” (yep, that happened)
• Fashion Victims: ranking the most stylish horror villains
• A one-word-at-a-time sequel pitch involving Laurie, Loomis, and pickles
• The theory that Loomis is Michael Myers
• The moral debate: “Did we fail if we still have a buzz?”
• The haunting truth that every host owned khaki shorts

Beer Score: 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺 (Six Beers – the same number of bullets Loomis fired and still missed the point)

Listen now, lock your doors, hide your knives, and as always… be kind. Rewind.

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Poltergeist (1982)

On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show, we’re diving into the suburban nightmare that made us all afraid of static on the TV: Poltergeist (1982).

We’ll take you on a guided tour of Cuesta Verde—the perfect American Dream subdivision with great neighbors, nice lawns, and oh yeah… a field of corpses under every yard. Along the way, we break down the movie’s worldbuilding, its most memorable scenes, and why the last 18 minutes of this film make absolutely no sense.

Highlights include:

• Beer talk: what we’re drinking while watching ghosts rearrange the furniture.
• The Poltergeist curse and behind-the-scenes trivia (yes, those skeletons were real).
• Our Killer Clown Bracket Tournament—pitting the Poltergeist clown doll against Pennywise, Sweet Tooth, Ronald McDonald, and more in a battle for clown supremacy.
• Plot holes, questionable parenting choices, and why Diane probably should not have been napping in a haunted house.
• The Boddicker Award: who wins it—Tangina, Diane, Carol Anne, or the damn clown doll?
• Final thoughts and our patented “beer rating” system.

Poltergeist is a horror classic with as many laughs as scares, and we’re breaking it all down to see if it still holds up—or if it’s just another haunted relic of the 80s.

So grab a cold one, check under your bed for clown dolls, and join us for another round of movie nostalgia, bad jokes, and questionable takes.

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