Not Quite Dead
119 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago -Two gal pals chat about their favorite horror movies. We go deep, but also keep it pretty shallow.
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The Purge: The First Purge
September 04, 2020 15:42 - 1 hour - 95.7 MBIt was about time for a prequel. After three chronological entries in The Purge series, we have been flung back in time to see how, exactly, the New Founding Fathers of America were able to launch what they called "the experiment." Gerard McMurray helms The First Purge (2018) in a tonally and narratively compelling direction, elevating the series to new heights. Megan and Cate talk soundtrack, script, and all the other goodies built into the last movie of The Purge series. You don't want to...
The Purge: Look Who's Purging Now
August 28, 2020 18:48 - 27 minutes - 30.9 MB“I turned myself into a minisode, Morty! I’m minisode Riiiiiiiick!” Join the gals for our Season 2 minisode all about the classic Rick and Morty season 2 episode “Look Who’s Purging Now.” Released in 2015 after the first two Purge movies came out, the episode is a satire of all our favorite Purge cliches. Get meta with us and check your candy for Purgenol! Music by Zach Pfeifer. Episode edited by Megan Prior-Pfeifer.
The Purge: Election Year
August 21, 2020 21:59 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBDid YOU vote for The Purge? We know WE sure didn't, but here it is in Election Year, the bleakest of all Purge years. Join Cate and Megan as they follow a sexy she-Bernie through the blood soaked streets of DC in The Purge: Election Year! Music by Zach Pfeifer. Edited by Megan Prior-Pfeifer.
The Purge 3: Election Year
August 21, 2020 21:59 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBDid YOU vote for The Purge? We know WE sure didn't, but here it is in Election Year, the bleakest of all Purge years. Join Cate and Megan as they follow a sexy she-Bernie through the blood soaked streets of DC in The Purge: Election Year! Music by Zach Pfeifer. Edited by Megan Prior-Pfeifer.
The Purge 2: Election Year
August 14, 2020 21:25 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBReady for a little chaos? Season 2 Episode 2 drops the gals off in Downtown Los Angeles to experience one night of the purge. Director James DeMonaco is back at the helm for The Purge: Anarchy (2014) to give us a thriller/action/horror sequel that is a genuine improvement on the first entry. Former police sergeant Leo Barnes has an axe to grind on Purge night, but when he runs into an innocent group stranded in the middle of the city, will his morals outweigh his desire for revenge? Megan a...
The Purge 2: Anarchy
August 14, 2020 21:25 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBReady for a little chaos? Season 2 Episode 2 drops the gals off in Downtown Los Angeles to experience one night of the purge. Director James DeMonaco is back at the helm for The Purge: Anarchy (2014) to give us a thriller/action/horror sequel that is a genuine improvement on the first entry. Former police sergeant Leo Barnes has an axe to grind on Purge night, but when he runs into an innocent group stranded in the middle of the city, will his morals outweigh his desire for revenge? Megan a...
The Purge
August 07, 2020 18:52 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBSeason 2, you wild kids! Join us in the second season as we break down the first movie in the Purge series. The original movie, released in 2013 and directed by James DeMonaco, is an accomplished horror thriller (and sometimes near-satire) film with a great cast on a relatively lean budget. All crime - including murder! - is legal for one 12 hour period per year. A wealthy suburban family goes into lockdown at their house during the annual purge; at least, until things start to go sideways....
Saw Finale
July 18, 2020 02:38 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBWelcome to the Season 1 Finale of Not Quite Dead! To cap off the season, we have a Very Special Episode™ with fun segments all about our favorite aspects of the Saw series. Thanks to the creators of the Saw movies and to all of our listeners for making the first season so great.
Jigsaw
July 10, 2020 20:37 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBYou thought it had ended with Saw 3D (ironically AKA Saw: The Final Chapter), but alas, one decade later we were back at the theaters in to watch the 2017 installment of the series directed by The Spierig Brothers and written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger. Jigsaw has been dead for ten years but a new crop of victims in vicious torture traps have been discovered. The detectives are on the case, and only time will tell if they can save the newest group of victims. Join Megan and Cate ...
Saw 7
June 26, 2020 23:43 - 1 hour - 111 MBThis time it's Saw...in your face! The movie of many names - Saw 3D, Saw VII, Saw: The Final Chapter - is here. The (ostensible) end of the franchise has Kevin Greutert back at the helm to have a little fun while fulfilling his duty to see to the ends of Detective Hoffman, hapless Jill Tuck, and another cadre of unwitting victims. Listen to Megan and Cate's breakdown of the 2010 horror movie and all of its camera-splashing bloody hijinks. Hoffman may be the Saw series' own Michael Meyers, b...
Saw 6
June 19, 2020 14:48 - 1 hour - 101 MBOh my! In Saw VI, most of our main characters are dead, except for our gruesome twosome. Detective Hoffman and Jill Tuck are bound to continue carrying on Jigsaw's demented legacy in this 2009 jaunt from first-time director Kevin Greutert. Join us as we plunge into the depths of the Saw series to encounter typical Saw fare: flashbacks, traps that are feats of mechanical engineering, and a handful of surprises. The biggest twist of all? It's the only Saw movie to take place in a zoo! Intro...
Se7en Minisode
June 17, 2020 17:57 - 53 minutes - 61.2 MBThe first Saw movie has been frequently accused of ripping off David Fincher's 1995 psychological thriller Se7en. Megan and Cate review the differences and similarities between the two movies, including weighing on Jigsaw vs John Doe's motivations as serial killers. Listen in and and judge for yourself - these two villains definitely would! Intro and outro music by Zach Pfeifer.
Saw 5
May 29, 2020 16:11 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBIf you need more Costas Mandylor in your life, look no further than the back half of the SCU franchise. The 2008 gore-fest directed by David Hackl ticks all the Saw boxes: detective cat-and-mouse, brutal torture devices, and extolling the virtue of teamwork. Megan claims this is her favorite of the Saw series, but really she just loves a good story about friendship. Cate is here for the blood and Julie Benz (Dexter’s Rita!). Detective Hoffman and FBI Special Agent Strahm are back at each ot...
Saw Rebirth Minisode
May 27, 2020 16:57 - 16 minutes - 19.1 MBBonus content! To promote Saw II, IDW Publishing released the one-shot comic Saw: Rebirth in 2005. This prequel dives into John Kramer the man before he becomes the Jigsaw Killer. Listen in on this short episode as we cover the differences in John’s backstory between the prequel and the later Saw movies in the series. Intro and outro music by Zach Pfeifer.
Saw 4
May 22, 2020 22:23 - 1 hour - 123 MBThe hits just keep coming! Jigsaw and pals have another adventure in the 2007 Scott Patterson vehicle Saw IV. Director Bousman is back at the helm to tell the tale of SWAT Lt. Rigg, a victim of Jigsaw’s latest torturous games. Megan and Cate are at the edge of their seats as the story unfolds: Will Rigg get jigsawed? Or will he truly sees as John Kramer sees and become the Jigsaw himself? Only a dozen (or so) flashbacks will tell. Intro and outro music by Zach Pfeifer.
Saw 3
May 15, 2020 20:17 - 1 hour - 115 MBThe third episode of Not Quite Dead covers the third installment of the series, the 2006 venture that was the highest grossing film of the whole Saw franchise. Tobin Bell earns his 2007 MTV Movie Award nomination for "Best Villain" as he demeans medical professionals and sets up another convoluted series of tests and traps, all while lying in a bed dying for the entire movie. This movie has it all: twists, devious torture devices, a hot Shawnee Smith, and Megan and Cate wondering who exactl...
Saw 2
May 08, 2020 17:51 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBBuckle up, things are escalating in the Saw Cinematic Universe (SCU). Join Cate and Megan in counting the myriad traps at play in Saw II, the 2005 quick follow sequel directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Leigh Whannell and Bousman. Detective Matthews is not a great cop, dad, or man in general. His character is put to the test by Jigsaw when he learns that his teen son is locked in a house with 7 others who must fight through Jigsaw's deadly puzzles to survive. The clock is ticking...
Episode 1: Saw, The Original
May 03, 2020 00:08 - 1 hour - 107 MBThe first, the OG, the one that started it all. Jump into our first podcast episode and listen to us chat about the 2004 horror movie Saw, directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. Generic dude Adam and Dr. Lawrence Gordon are chained in a dank warehouse bathroom with nothing but a dead body, a handful of clues, and two rusty saws. Will they survive serial killer Jigsaw’s trap with life and limb intact? Will Danny Glover run out of newspaper clippings to crack this whole thing wi...
Saw, The Original
May 03, 2020 00:08 - 1 hour - 107 MBThe first, the OG, the one that started it all. Jump into our first podcast episode and listen to us chat about the 2004 horror movie Saw, directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. Generic dude Adam and Dr. Lawrence Gordon are chained in a dank warehouse bathroom with nothing but a dead body, a handful of clues, and two rusty saws. Will they survive serial killer Jigsaw’s trap with life and limb intact? Will Danny Glover run out of newspaper clippings to crack this whole thing wi...