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MAIN EPISODE – The day has finally arrived, Dark Talkers! After 18 months of covering the Friday the 13th franchise, we’ve finally reached The Final Friday - despite the franchise making that promise several times along the way!.

This time on Dark Talk, we’re taking a look at what remains, to this day, the last theatrically released Friday the 13th movie: the 2009 back-to-basics remake / remix of the first four films. So grab your hockey masks and join us as we head back to Camp Crystal Lake.

Happy Friday the 13th, Dark Talkers!

The 2009 Friday...

BONUS EPISODE - Happy Sahmain Dark Talkers! Bonus episode alert - Dan and Paul get into the Halloween spirit by revisiting a film from their teenage years, when stoner humour was the peak of comedy and Jessica Alba was the peak of hotness. It’s 1999’s crazy possession story Idle Hands!

Idle Hands was released in April 1999 and made on an estimated budget of $20–25 million, the horror comedy earned only about $1.8 million in its first week and just over $4 million worldwide, making it a major box-office failure.

The film’s release was particularly unfortunate because it arriv...

Mulder and Scully investigate alleged Satanic activity at a highs-school.

BONUS EPISODE - Paul and Dan travel all the way back to 2006, when their obsession with eccentric actor Nicholas Cage was at its absolute zenith, and review what is possibly the most-memed horror film of all time - it’s the absolute travesty that is The Wicker Man remake!

The 2006 version of The Wicker Man had been in development for several years before Neil LaBute became attached to write and direct it. Universal Pictures had been pursuing a remake of the 1973 British horror classic since the 1990s, eventually bringing in Nicolas Cage’s production company, Saturn Films, as p...

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Greetings Dark Talkers, Lone Gunmen and all free members! Paul and Dan find themselves with a free movie slot next month and can’t decide between them what to watch. So we’re opening the books to YOU!

Ever wish we’d cover a particular film on the podcast? Do you have an obscure gem you think we’ve missed? A forgotten classic that deserves more love? Or a completely insane film you need to hear us talk about?

Well, now’s your chance to decide what we wa...

MAIN EPISODE - Get ready fight fans, its not the first, but it’s arguably the biggest horror movie crossover of all time. A decade in the making, and twelve months of waiting for us here on Dark Talk, we’ve finally made it to 2003 and we’re taking a look at the clash of the horror titans - it’s Freddy vs. Jason! Place your bets!

The idea for Freddy vs. Jason had been around for more than a decade before the film finally reached the screen. New Line Cinema and Paramount Pictures first discussed a crossove...

A grave robbing case triggers Scully’s PTSD.

MAIN EPISODE - The year is 2455 and Jason Voorhees has been frozen solid for nearly half a millennia. When a crew of students on a discovery mission recover his body and defrost him, space hijinks ensue! Join the Dark Talk crew as we take a look into the future and watch Jason do his thang in the tenth instalment of the franchise - it’s Jason X!

Jason X was developed while Freddy vs. Jason remained stuck in development, with producer Sean S. Cunningham eager to keep the Friday the 13th franchise alive. Screenwriter Todd Farmer explored nu...

Resident Evil (2002) | The Most Successful Video Game Adaptation Ever? | Dark Talk

BONUS EPISODE - To celebrate the release of Zach Cregger’s upcoming Resident Evil reboot - and to shamelessly piggyback on all the searches - the Dark Talk crew revisit Resident Evil (2002), the action-horror film that launched one of cinema’s longest-running video game franchises. Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson - the man behind such classics as Mortal Kombat and Event Horizon - this adaptation divided fans by creating an original story instead of faithfully adapting Capcom’s legendary survival horror games.

The journe...

When the bodies of two missing FBI agents are uncovered, Mulder and Scully travel to Aubrey, Missouri to investigate.

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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) | The Most Controversial Friday the 13th Movie? | Dark Talk

MAIN EPISODE - After a lengthy break, Dark Talk returns to Crystal Lake for the ninth chapter in the Jason Voorhees saga: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993). In this episode, we dive into the most divisive entry in the Friday the 13th franchise, where Jason takes on a very different form and discovers that his only hope of returning to life may lie within his own bloodline.

Released as the first Friday the 13th film after a...

Female Prisoner Scorpion (1972) | The Japanese Cult Classic That Defined Pinky Violence | Dark Talk

BONUS EPISODE - Danger Mark and Dan take a trip into Japanese exploitation cinema with Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), the influential women-in-prison classic that launched a cult franchise and helped redefine the revenge genre.

Produced by Toei Company, Female Prisoner Scorpion marked the directorial debut of Shunya Itō and adapted the manga by Tōru Shinohara. Starring Meiko Kaji as Nami Matsushima, the film follows a woman sentenced to one of Japan’s harshest prisons after her corrupt detective lover betrays her during a fa...

When a nurse working at a retirement home claims to have been raped by a disembodied spirit, Scully and Mulder investigate.

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The Fly (1986) | David Cronenberg’s Body Horror Classic | Dark Talk

BONUS EPISODE - This time on Dark Talk, we celebrate the fortieth anniversary of a sci-fi and body horror classic. This Oscar-winning movie transformed a 1958 B-movie into one of the greatest horror remakes ever made, blending heartbreaking tragedy with unforgettable practical effects. It’s David Cronenberg’s The Fly!

In this episode, we discuss Jeff Goldblum’s iconic performance as Seth Brundle, Chris Walas’ groundbreaking practical effects, the film’s disturbing transformation scenes, the emotional relationship at the heart of the story, and the deeper themes of di...

BONUS EPISODE - This week on Dark Talk, Dan and Danger Mark take a look at Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s extremely low budget crime caper Serpent’s Path, a chilling Japanese psychological crime thriller that blends revenge, mystery and moral ambiguity into one of the director’s most underrated films. Starring Shō Aikawa and Teruyuki Kagawa, Serpent’s Path explores obsession, justice and the devastating consequences of vengeance through Kurosawa’s slow-burning, atmospheric style.

In this episode, we discuss Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s distinctive approach to suspense, Shō Aikawa’s compelling performance, the film’s themes of revenge and guilt, its unsettl...

Mulder and Scully investigate when several teenagers go missing, only to re-emerge with the words “He Is One” written on them.

A Dark Song (2016) | One of the Greatest Occult Horror Films Ever Made? | Dark Talk

DEALER’S CHOICE - On our last episode of Dealer’s Choice for this season, it is Dan’s turn in the chair and he has chosen a film that has resonated with him since he first saw it. It’s the last ever brand new DVD he ever purchased at full price - it’s magickal psychological two-hander A Dark Song!

A Dark Song marked the feature directorial debut of Irish filmmaker Liam Gavin, who also wrote the screenplay. Released in 2016, t...

BONUS EPISODE - Paul and Dan take a look at what is essentially a glorified episode of The X-Files, which is often confused with The Faculty (by us). Join the crew as they take a trip to Cradle Bay, where something odd is going on with the local teenagers.

Released in 1998, Disturbing Behavior is a teen science fiction psychological horror film directed by David Nutter, best known for his work on The X-Files. Starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, and Nick Stahl, the film blends suburban paranoia, conspiracy thriller, and psychological horror into a story about conformity taken...

Scully’s first case back takes her and Mulder to a volcano research station.

BONUS EPISODE - Dan and Danger Mark rummage through a pile of old DVDs and dig up Premonition (Yogen), directed by Norio Tsuruta. Based on Jirō Tsunoda’s 1973 horror manga The Newspaper of Terror (Kyoufu Shinbun).

Premonition was released in 2004 as part of Takashige Ichise’s J-Horror Theater project, an anthology of standalone horror films from some of Japan’s best-known genre directors. The series also featured films by Takashi Shimizu, Hideo Nakata, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Masayuki Ochiai, and Hiroshi Takahashi, helping to showcase a new wave of Japanese horror following the international success of films such as Ring an...

DEALER’S CHOICE - This time its James’ turn in the chair as he takes ups back to 2007 to a film he went to the cinema to watch not once, not twice, but thrice! Vacancy, directed by Nimród Antal, stars Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson as a married couple who become trapped in an isolated roadside motel, where they discover the room has been rigged to film gruesome snuff movies.

Antal approached the film as a tribute to classic suspense thrillers, particularly Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, favouring tension, confined locations, and psychological suspense over excessive gore, and alt...

Agent Scully mysteriously returns, but her life is in danger.

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Dan is joined by B-Team Captain Danger Mark to cover a truly bonkers movie. The spiritual successor to Versus, join us as we cover Yūdai Yamaguchi’s action comedy Battlefield Baseball.

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With Scully still missing, Mulder is assinged to track down a trio of serial killers.

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With Scully missing, Mulder races against time to save her.

Mulder is called in to assist with a hostage situation

DEALER’S CHOICE - On our third go around of Dealer’s Choice, Paul picks a movie that we all have fond memories of: hitman procedural / kitchen sink drama / folk horror Kill List (2011), directed by Ben Wheatley.

Blending crime thriller, psychological horror, and folk horror, Kill List follows a former soldier who returns to work as a contract killer, only to become entangled in a series of increasingly disturbing events.

Wheatley set out to make a horror film inspired by the gritty crime films of the 1970s and the cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft. Orig...

Partnered with new Agent Alex Krycek, Mulder tracks down a Vietnam War veteran who is killing members of his former unit.

Dan and Paul take a look at Jim Carrey’s bizarre post-comedy career where he attempts to reinvent himself as a serious actor. After classics like The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, surely his third attempt is gonna knock it out of the park! It’s Joel Schumacher’s The Number 23.

Let us know your memories and favourite moments from The Number 23! And if you enjoyed the episode, please consider leaving us a rating or review as it helps more horror fans find us!

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● Jim Carrey as Walter Sparrow...

Mulder investigates a series of spree killings.

MAIN EPISODE - We’ve done it! We’ve closed out the 1980s and completed a full decade of Friday the 13th movies! And to celebrate, the Dark Talk crew set sail aboard the SS Lazarus for the Big Apple. One problem: there’s an undead stowaway who has made it his mission to make sure this voyage is doomed.

Join us as we take a look at the eighth entry in the Friday the 13th franchise.

Starring:

* Jensen Daggett as Rennie Wickham

* Scott Reeves as Sean Robertson

* Peter Mark R...

Mulder is sent to New Jersey to investigate a body found in the sewer system.

Despite the X-files being shut down, Mulder continues with his quest to prove that alien life has visited Earth.

MAIN EPISODE - Jason Voorhees is accidentally revived from his watery grave by a psychic teenager and wreaks havoc on Crystal Lake once again.

Let us know your memories and favorite moments from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood! And if you enjoyed the episode, please consider leaving us a rating or review as it helps more horror fans find us!

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Mulder and Scully discover evidence of secret government experimentation using Alien DNA.

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Mulder and Scully investigate a series of suspicious deaths at a jet propulsion laboratory.

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MAIN EPISODE - After the events of the previous movie, a traumatised Tommy Jarvis returns to Crystal Lake - now renamed Forest Green - to lay the ghost of Jason Voorhees to rest once and for all. Unfortunately for some (not us), JASON LIVES! Join us as we take a look at this much celebrated installment of the franchise.

Let us know your memories and favorite moments from Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives! And if you enjoyed the episode, please consider leaving us a rating or review as it helps more horror fans find us!<...

Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate the mysterious death of an NYPD detective.

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MAIN EPISODE - We’re back in Crystal Lake, or at least adjacent to it. Join the Dark Talk crew as we return to the world of Jason Voorhees and catch up with whats been going on with Tommy Jarvis.

Let us know your memories and favorite moments from Friday the 13th Part V: A New Begining! And if you enjoyed the episode, please consider leaving us a rating or review as it helps more horror fans find us!

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Eugene Victor Tooms is released from custody and Mulder takes it upon himself to make sure Tooms doesn't kill again.

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