Murders Per Gallon of Popcorn Hayley Zalkin and Craig Stewart

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!

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.

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!

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! 🍿

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

We didn't think it was possible, but it happened; we found a not-so-great Friday the 13th flick. 🥴 Though we didn't love this movie, it's still a Friday the 13th film, and it's still Jason, so it's not all bad.
Out of all the possible routes they could have taken the franchise post Jason Lives, this is what they came up with? Zombie fish Jason vs. knock off Carrie? And there's not even that much gore or boobs? What were they thinking!?? Though we have to admit, Jason looks fucking sick here and the score by Harry Manfredini isn't half bad either.
Other topics covered in this episode include: our declaration of war against Tom Cruise, the origins of bantah, and the DIY ethic behind our podcasting philosophy. 🤓
HAPPY 10th EPISODE MPGPals!