Ep. 161: Benny Loves You (2021)

Benny loves you! Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson love you, too, so sorry for the delay. It was Jay’s fault, as usual. Here in Episode 161 of Horror Movie Weekly, your intrepid hosts welcome special guest Dave Zee from Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast, The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show and Jay of the … Continue reading "Ep. 161: Benny Loves You (2021)"

Benny loves you! Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson love you, too, so sorry for the delay. It was Jay’s fault, as usual. Here in Episode 161 of Horror Movie Weekly, your intrepid hosts welcome special guest Dave Zee from Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast, The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show and Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies! Jay, Watson and Dave Zee bring you an entertaining — and fair — Feature Review of the bizarre Comedy Horror movie, Benny Loves You (2021)! (This episode contains Mild Spoilers for “Benny Loves You.”) And of course, you get Micro Horror Movie Reviews of “Grizzly” (1976), “True Detective Season 4” (2024) and “Stitches” (2012). This episode was recorded on March 6, 2024. Oh, and we have a new voicemail number: (801) 980-1375. Join us!

This weekly Horror movie podcast brings you one recent Horror movie review every Sunday. (As noted previously, we’re defining “recent” as any Horror movie released within the last five years or the current year; so now that it’s 2024, we’ll be covering Horror films from 2019 to the present.) And we always reveal next week’s pick at the end of every show, so you can watch along with us and be prepared for the following episode. Join us, and thanks for listening!

SHOW NOTES:

[ 00:00:01 ] – Introduction

– Welcome to Horror Movie Weekly Episode 161

– Jay and Watson welcome special guest Dave Zee

— Check out Dave Zee’s fine Horror podcasting work: Exploding Heads PATREON and Exploding Heads YouTube

— March 6, an important anniversary

— Dave Zee invention ideas

[ 00:13:20 ] – Micro Horror Movie Reviews

Mister Watson: Grizzly (1976) = 8 ( Stream on Shudder )

Jay of the Dead: True Detective Season 4 (2024) = 4 ( Avoid )

Dave Zee: Stitches (2012) = 7.5 ( Rental )

– Mister Watson’s pick: Benny Loves You (2021)

[ 00:37:16 ] – Feature Review: Benny Loves You (2021) (MILD SPOILERS!)

Genre Classification: Comedy Horror

IMDb Premise:

Jack, a man desperate to improve his life, throws away his beloved childhood teddy bear, Benny. It’s a move that has disastrous consequences when Benny springs to life with deadly intentions.

Ratings and Recommendations: Benny Loves You (2021)

Jay of the Dead = 7 ( Buy it! )

Mister Watson = 8 ( High-priority Rental )

Dave Zee = 8.5 ( Buy it! )

Wrap-Up:

– Jay’s Tickle Me Elmo Story

– More YouTube rabbit holes

– Dave Zee wants his own Benny

– Watson recommends New Horror Movies Ep. 091

NEXT WEEK for Episode 162: Lord of Misrule (2023) – Jay of the Dead’s pick

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Jay recommends Channy’s Article on Cujo

Channy on Hereditary with Ron Martin on The Resurrection of Zombie 7 Podcast

Channy Dreadful Archives on The Resurrection of Zombie 7

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