Pod Sematary

CW: Rape, Abortion, Alcoholism

It’s Back to School Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey join the other teenage archetypes for Saturday School and must escape a for-real, not-at-all-fake ghost!

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Return to Horror High (1987)
"In the early 1980s, a series of gruesome murders occurred at Crippen High School. A few years later, a film crew uses the now-abandoned Crippen High as the set for a film, but an uninvited guest makes an appearance on the set” (IMDb.com). Return to Horror High is a parody of horror movies, but also not? It's a movie within a movie but there're even more layers? Basically, it's the Inception of horror comedies—an admirably ambitious affair without the chops to hold that lofty title.

The Modern Film: School Spirit (2019)
"A group of social outcasts stuck in weekend detention is confronted by the school's legendary hauntings” (IMDb.com). The Breakfast Club but "haunted," School Spirit is a low-stakes, campus horror from the Hulu and Blumhouse Into the Dark series that disappoints in how uninspired it is. Even the opportunity of a haunted high school is completely abandoned in favor of a pretty predictable twist. When is Into the Dark supposed to get good?

Audio Sources:
"145 - Bad Ronald (1974) & The Evil Within (2017)" produced by Pod Sematary
"All My Life" written by Rory Bennett & JoJo Hailey and performed by K-Ci & JoJo
"Blurred Lines" written and performed by Robin Thicke, et al.
"The Day the Violence Died" (The Simpsons S07E18) produced by Gracie Films & 20th Century Fox Television
"Dead Man on Campus" produced by MTV Films, et al.
"The Godfather" produced by Paramount Pictures & Alfran Productions
"Mario Twins" written and performed by Gröûp X
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Return to Horror High" produced by Balcor Film Investors & New World Pictures
"Scary Movies" written by Larry Weir and performed by Pleasant Company
"School Spirit" (Into the Dark S01E11) produced by Blumhouse Television & Hulu