Murders Per Gallon of PopcornExplicit
by Hayley Zalkin and Craig Stewart
Welcome to the M.P.G.P. Podcast! Where each week hosts Hayley and Craig discuss horror movies, especially ones where the kill count is higher than the production value!
Podcast episodes
Season 1
Episode 15: Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
It's the long awaited showdown between two 80's Horror Heaveyweights! In one corner we got the Dream Demon himself, Freddy KRUEGER! And in the other corner it's the Mama's Boy Back from Hell, Jason VOORHEES! Who will leave the battle victorious, and how many teens' lives will be lost in the crossfire? We're your referees, Hayley and Craig, podcasting live from the big event here on the MPGP Podcast! Get ready for some Immortal Kombat! Ding, Ding 🔔 🤼♂️ 🥊 These two have plenty of murders under their belt, and each villain has suffered their share of deaths as well. Freddy vs. Jason is the long awaited face off between the horror genre's two greatest mascots, first teased at the end of Jason Goes to Hell TEN YEARS AGO! That's a lot of time spent developing this movie in Pre-Production Hell; luckily there was Jason X to hold over fans in the meantime 😎 Topics discussed include Freddy's favorite word, Jason's long walk from New Jersey to Ohio, the nu-metal soundtrack, Jason as a pinball, and of course, our favorite kills!
Episode 14: Jason X (2001)
Where is there left to go for a horror franchise that has already been to Hell, and Manhattan (or as we like to call it 'Fun Hell')? The Hood? 🥴😬 Yeah lets leave that one to the Leprechaun franchise and just go with the other option: SPACE! Yep, the 10th Friday the 13th movie takes place in space (and 450 years into the future). All of the usual futuristic, space movie tropes are here- Cryogenic Freezing ✅ Big Space Ship ✅ Android ✅ Android Nipple Pasties ✅ Nano Ants ✅ BFG ✅ Uber Jason ✅ This movie is basically the bastard love-child of the movies Alien (1979), and Encino Man (1992), oh, and splice in some Robocop (1987) DNA 🤖 Anyways come for the cryo head smash scene, stay for the Uber Jason in a virtual-reality simulation of Crystal Lake whipping around two horny teens in sleeping bags. You might just have some fun.
Episode 13: SAW (2004), SPIRAL (2021), and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
So we SAW (😏) Spiral (2021) in theaters, which prompted us to go back and watch the original Saw (2004) and now we are pretty much hooked on the franchise, so we thought it was a no-brainer to talk about these two films for this episode! Spiral stars Chris Rock, Sam L. Jackson, and That Guy From Handmaid's Tale. It's a nice, fun update/side story in the franchise with some decent traps. I think the original Saw probably needs no introduction; It's great! During the recording of this episode we came to the realization that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) starring Gene Wilder is 100% a Saw film. I mean think about it... all those kids were having their morality put to the test, and they definitely all died right?? Anyways listen to the episode for more on that. Other topics covered in this episode of Murders Per Gallon of Popcorn include our experience in a theater for the first time since you-know-what, which Saw traps we think we could survive, and that one scene from Willy Wonka where a chicken gets its head cut off 🥴🐔 Check it out!
Episode 12: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
MPGP is back from our week-long hiatus to bring you a new and improved MPGP! Yep, that's right, we've tweaked our format slightly, and hopefully for the better. Basically the new format is MPGP: Oops all Bantah! To test out this new format we'll be talking about Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993). If you've been keeping count, JGtH marks the ninth installment in the franchise as well as the second time the word "Final" has been used in the subtitle 🤓 Apparently people don't like this movie? What the fuck is wrong with those people? Maybe they don't like the fact that Jason straps a nude victim to a table and shaves him before possessing him French style- oui oui! 😝 We think the haters probably just don't like having a good time 😏 This style of so-bad-it's-good horror flick is basically our bread & butter (or should we say hot dog & donut?) Give it a listen and let us know what you think! 🍿
Episode 11: Friday The 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Alright back to the good stuff. The last Friday the 13th wasn't our favorite, and well, this one isn't either, but at least we liked it! How can you not; it's called JASON TAKES MANHATTAN? Though a more accurate title might be JASON: WET AND ON A BOAT. This is one slimy Jason. Somehow this movie still manages to be entertaining, even though the entire movie you're asking yourself, "When the fuck does Jason take Manhattan?" This movie is the most fun and wacky of the series thus far! We just wish it could have fully lived up to the title. Oh well, maybe someone should remake it 👀 Things we want to happen in the remake: Jason pets a bodega cat Jason in the Broadway musical CATS Jason sells mixtape cds in Times Square Jason interrupts The Late Show and gets interviewed by Colbert Jason plays goalie in a Rangers game Jason recorded on the subway and posted to New York Nico's Instagram Jason eats a bacon egg and cheese Yankees Fitted Timbs Seriously, someone consult us on doing a remake. Anyways this movie is pretty good! Jason punches a kid's head clean off after a rooftop boxing match -nuff said