Jack & George Do Horror

Jack & George

A father and son podcast about horror movies, and the moments that stick with you long after the credits roll. We talk horror, classics, new releases, and whatever else we feel like watching that week. Some episodes get into what makes a movie work. Some turn into debates. Some are just us trying to figure out why something scared us… or didn't. We're not experts. We just take movies a little too seriously. You can follow us on instagram at JackandGeorgeWatchMovies You can also find each of us on our Letterboxd George: MildManneredAF Jack: TopThrillJack

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  1. Episode 8: VHS 2

    5월 15일

    Episode 8: VHS 2

    Some movies improve on the original by going bigger. V/H/S/2 improves on the original by going absolutely feral. This 2013 found footage horror anthology picks up the same cursed-tape energy from V/H/S, but the segments feel sharper, meaner, and more confident this time around. The movie is built around a wraparound story called "Tape 49," with four main found footage segments from directors including Adam Wingard, Eduardo Sánchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Evans, and Jason Eisener. In this episode, Jack and George talk about why V/H/S/2 feels like the franchise figuring out exactly what it wants to be: nasty, creative, chaotic, and sometimes way better than it has any right to be. There are haunted eyeballs, zombie GoPros, alien abductions, and one cult segment that basically kicks the door off the hinges and screams, "Oh, you thought the first movie was intense?" The big conversation here is found footage itself. Not just "why is the camera still rolling?" but how the best segments use the camera as part of the horror. A helmet cam, a documentary crew, a dog-mounted camera, a robotic eye. The gimmick works when the footage feels like it has a reason to exist, and V/H/S/2 seems obsessed with finding new ways to make that happen. And then there is "Safe Haven." We have to talk about "Safe Haven." That segment, directed by Gareth Evans and Timo Tjahjanto, has become one of the most talked-about pieces in the whole franchise, and for good reason. It starts with a documentary crew investigating a cult and then turns into a full-speed nightmare machine. Even people discussing the film years later often single it out as one of the franchise's strongest segments. So this episode is about horror sequels, anthology structure, practical chaos, creepy tapes, and whether V/H/S/2 is the rare sequel that knows exactly what to fix. Also: there is a demon. A very standard Baphomet-looking demon. But you know what? Sometimes standard Baphomet-looking demon gets the job done.

    26분
  2. Episode 7: Hunting Matthew Nichols

    5월 1일

    Episode 7: Hunting Matthew Nichols

    This week, Jack and George head into the woods for Hunting Matthew Nichols, a found-footage/mockumentary horror film about a documentary filmmaker trying to solve the decades-old disappearance of her brother and his friend on Vancouver Island. The movie follows Tara Nichols as she digs into old evidence, missing tapes, family trauma, and the kind of mystery that starts as true crime and slowly turns into something much darker. Part missing-person documentary, part supernatural horror story, and part "why would anyone go back into those woods?" cautionary tale, Hunting Matthew Nichols plays with the old fear that some stories do not want to be solved. It leans into found-footage nostalgia, but with a cleaner documentary style instead of pure shaky-cam chaos. For Episode 7, we talk about whether the movie earns its scares, how well the mystery builds, and why fake documentaries can sometimes feel more unsettling than traditional horror movies. We also get into what makes a good "lost tape" story work, how much backstory is too much backstory, and whether this one belongs in the same conversation as the found-footage movies that clearly inspired it. Basically, we watched a movie about people investigating a horrible disappearance in the woods, and then we did the most responsible thing possible: we recorded ourselves talking about why that was a terrible idea. Follow us on Letterboxd: George: mildmanneredaf Jack: TopThrillJack

    24분

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A father and son podcast about horror movies, and the moments that stick with you long after the credits roll. We talk horror, classics, new releases, and whatever else we feel like watching that week. Some episodes get into what makes a movie work. Some turn into debates. Some are just us trying to figure out why something scared us… or didn't. We're not experts. We just take movies a little too seriously. You can follow us on instagram at JackandGeorgeWatchMovies You can also find each of us on our Letterboxd George: MildManneredAF Jack: TopThrillJack