Deep Cuts Horror Hit List #24 “30 Days of Night”

Summary

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Deep Cuts Horror Hit List #24: "30 Days of Night"

Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present
iHeartPodcasts | October 8, 2025

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Main Theme & Purpose

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes continue their countdown of quintessential horror favorites for Halloween with #24: 30 Days of Night (2007). They delve into what sets this vampire movie apart from the pack, discuss its evolving reputation, and pay tribute to its apocalyptic vibe, monstrous vampires, and the well-drawn love story at its core.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Why "30 Days of Night" Is Unique

• Setting and Concept

  • Barrow, Alaska: A town plunged in a month of darkness, making it a perfect hunting ground for vampires.
  • Amy: “What a cool concept.” (05:14)
  • The lack of daylight as a safe haven: "There is no day. Daylight for 30 days." - T.J. (05:36)

• Apocalyptic, Not Romantic

  • This film pivots from sexy vampire tropes to pure horror and dread.
  • T.J.: "Dracula was sexy... This ain't that at all." (04:00)
  • Amy: "We're used to seeing vampires be a little bit more romantic... This is very different." (03:33)

• Pace and Execution

  • Film is nearly two hours, but doesn't drag: "It goes by so quickly because it's so good." - Amy (04:23)

2. Cast and Acting

• Great Performances Make Horror Better

  • Josh Hartnett (heroic sheriff), Melissa George (estranged wife), Danny Huston (feral vampire leader), Ben Foster (creepy advance man).
  • Amy: "Danny Huston...even the critics who didn't like the movie...were so impressed with his performance." (06:38)
  • T.J.: “You haven’t seen him like this.” (06:55)

• Shift in Talent in Horror

  • Recent years see more serious actors embrace horror.
  • T.J.: “Good acting helps the product.” (07:56)
  • Amy: “It seems as if there’s been a recent shift...well-esteemed actors might have been afraid...to do a horror movie.” (08:02)

3. Reception and Changing Critic Consensus

• Box Office vs. Critics

  • Box office hit, but critics initially lukewarm (Rotten Tomatoes: 50% critics, 56% audience).
  • Amy: “We wholeheartedly disagree and urge you...This made our list for a reason.” (08:47)

• Changing Perceptions

  • Modern reviews much more positive.
  • Audience praise focuses on suspense, genuine horror, and exceptional execution.
  • Critics now distinguish it from “disposable gotcha scarefests.”
    • "Here is one of those rare movies that penetrates the membrane separating all those disposable gotcha scarefests from genuinely engrossing supernatural thrillers." - Amy quoting (10:46)
    • “An entertaining horror and action film that by presenting vampires as truly monstrous and ruthless creatures, manages to create an incredibly suspenseful experience.” - Amy quoting (10:54)

• Notable Negative Reviews (and Rebuttal)

  • Some early critics called it “as scary as Count Chocula.”
  • T.J.: "Count Chocula wouldn’t last 30 seconds in this movie." (10:40)

4. Why These Vampires Are Scary

• Animalistic and Monstrous

  • No lingering humanity, no romantic enticement.
  • Amy: “They did look monstrous from start to finish." (11:32)
  • T.J.: "Vampires are monsters start to finish in this movie, and there’s not a single one of them you would ever want to be close to." (11:13)

• Atmosphere and Setting

  • Deep, oppressive cold and isolation add intensity.
  • Amy: “This Alaskan town frozen with snow everywhere...cut off from civilization.” (13:01)
  • Recognition of methodical, almost organized vampire attacks: “There was organization among the chaos, which made them feel even more terrifying.” (Amy quoting, 13:48)

• Suspenseful Direction

  • Tension even in non-violent scenes.
  • T.J.: "There are scenes that no, no violence takes place...but you’re scared as all get out." (14:25)
  • “The tension in that scene is that kind of what goes throughout.” - T.J. (14:36)

5. Emotional Core

• Love Story Amid Horror
  • The dynamic between Hartnett and George roots the narrative.
  • Amy: “Anyone who’s rooting for love in tough times...I was hoping...they were also fighting to save their troubled marriage.” (15:24)
  • T.J.: "I got tears in my eyes at the end of this movie and I bet you all will too..." (15:41)
  • Strong partnership: "They were a team. That’s...I’m getting choked up." - Amy (16:11)

6. Who Should (and Shouldn’t) Watch This

• For:

  • Vampire and horror fans
  • Lovers of apocalyptic stories
  • People looking for grisly, suspenseful, well-acted genre fare (14:57)
  • “Anyone who likes being on the edge of your seat for an entire movie.” - T.J. (16:20)

• Not For:

  • The squeamish or those who dislike gore: “Vampires are eating people...this is gory.” - Amy (23:11)
  • Those who can't handle lingering images or unsettling sound effects (23:32)
  • Possibly not solo viewing if you’re easily spooked: “If you’re alone, you should not watch it.” - Amy (23:03)

7. Viewing Recommendations

• When/How to Watch

  • At night, in the dark, for best effect: "You cannot watch this with sunlight coming into the room." - T.J. (26:16)
  • With a group for maximum fun: “This is a Halloween party kind of film.” - Amy (26:36)

• What to Pair With

  • Red wine (“because...drinking blood” - T.J.), though he’s skeptical (25:15)
  • Popcorn and Raisinets as an unexpected combo (25:24, 25:32)

• Where to Watch

  • Free on Tubi (as of October 2025)
  • Paramount+ (with Hulu or Prime Video as add-on)
  • Amy personally owns it in her Apple Movie library (27:07)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• T.J.: “This is the best, one of the best concepts for a vampire movie I’ve ever seen. Maybe the best.” (03:25)
• Amy: “Daylight for 30 days...vampires can roam free and there’s no hiding from them day or night for 30 days. It’s a cool entrapment...” (05:35)
• Amy: “Danny Huston...even the critics who didn’t like the movie...were so impressed with his performance.” (06:38)
• T.J.: “Dracula could buy you a drink and you’d be ready to roll...This ain’t that at all.” (04:00)
• Amy: “We wholeheartedly disagree and urge you not...This made our list for a reason.” (08:47)
• Amy (quoting review): "...here is one of those rare movies that penetrates the membrane separating all those disposable gotcha scare fests from genuinely engrossing supernatural thrillers." (10:46)
• T.J.: “Vampires are monsters start to finish in this movie, and there’s not a single one of them you would ever want to be close to.” (11:13)
• Amy (quoting audience review): “[The vampires] didn’t just kill humans to eat and live, but rather appeared to hate and despise human existence.” (12:14)
• T.J.: “There are scenes that no, no violence takes place...but you’re scared as all get out...” (14:25)
• Amy: “I think this movie is for anyone who’s rooting for love in tough times...” (15:24)
• T.J.: “I got tears in my eyes at the end of this movie and I bet you all will too...the end is holy hell. I’m telling you, it broke me down.” (15:41)
• Amy: “I do own this one. Actually, there...I do have a few horror movies that I put into my Apple [Movie] library and this is among them.” (27:07)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Overview & Setup: 02:40–03:25
• Concept & Setting: 03:25–05:36
• Cast & Performances: 06:38–08:02
• Critical Reception: 08:47–10:46
• Why These Vampires Frighten: 11:13–13:54
• Emotional Connection: 15:24–16:20
• Who it’s for/not for: 23:01–24:33
• Viewing Pairings & Atmosphere: 25:05–26:36
• Where to Watch: 27:06–27:27
• Next Episode Tease (hint: Betty White in a horror!): 27:36–28:03

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Conclusion & Tease for Next Episode

Amy and T.J. champion 30 Days of Night as both deeply frightening and emotionally resonant—an underrated entry in vampire horror worthy of a contemporary rewatch. Next on their hit list: “a horror movie with Betty White, in T.J.’s favorite role she’s ever played.” (28:03)

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For horror fans, Halloween party hosts, or anyone wanting something more savage and suspenseful than your standard vampire fare—30 Days of Night gets two impassioned recommends.

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Transcript

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[Amy Robach]

Welcome everyone. It is Wednesday, October 8th and this is the latest installment of Deep cuts, Amy and TJ's Halloween horror hit list. And today on Wednesday we are up to number 24. And I love a recent headline. This is an older movie from 2007, so almost 20 years ago, but this was a recent headline just from a couple days ago from the Website, movie web to describe our next movie. The most underrated vampire movie of the century sinks its teeth into a new streaming home. So it is available to everyone now. But yes, we are talking about 2007's 30 Days of Night, number 24 on our list.

[TJ Holmes]

This is the best, one of the best concepts for a vampire move I've ever seen. Maybe the best.

[Amy Robach]

Yes, because it's actually fun. This is a vampire movie that feels apocalyptic, that feels almost like a zombie movie, except for its vampires. And we're used to seeing vampires be a little bit more romantic. And the genre of vampires has always been, I feel like oftentimes coupled with some sort of romance, some sort of fascination with humans and bringing humans into the vampire world. This is very different.

[TJ Holmes]

Oh, it's. Dracula was sexy.

[Amy Robach]

Exactly.

[TJ Holmes]

Dracula could buy you a drink and you'd be ready to roll. You don't even have to attack me, sir. Bite me baby, take me is what we're all been used to. And even. Yes, you go back to even. I think of a lot of people. Remember Interview with a Vampire. Those are some. I mean Nosferatu, Tom Cruise and. And Brad Pitt are pretty sexy vampires. This ain't that at all.

[Amy Robach]

Yes, this movie runs a little bit longer than we're used to, but honestly, it goes by so quickly because it's so good. We just re watched this. I don't even know how many times I've seen this movie, but I am a huge fan. We both are. It's an hour, 53 minutes, rated R. And the genre is horror, mystery, thriller. We have a synopsis for you as well. It reads. In the far northern hemisphere, the small town of Barrow, Alaska experiences a solid month of darkness every year. Though most of the residents head south for the winter, some townspeople remain behind. However, those that stay regret their decision. When one year hungry vampires descend on Barrow to feed, Sheriff Ebit and his wife and a dwindling band of survivors must try to last until dawn breaks over Barrow's wild month long twilight. What a cool concept.

[TJ Holmes]

The concept there being if you caught this, if any horror movie you've ever seen. Vampire horror movie. If you're scared, scared, scared the whole movie. The one time you relax and get relief is when during the daylight. Soon as you see a daytime scene, you go, we're cool for a minute. There is no day.

[Amy Robach]

Daylight for 30 days.

[TJ Holmes]

This movie, the concept that vampires can roam free and there's no hiding from them day or night for 30 days. It's a cool entrapment type of a Movie kind of. It sounds crazy to compare it to. You know, I love Die Hard, but this idea that you're in there with your enemy and nobody can go anywhere is what this movie feels like.

[Amy Robach]

It's so. And it did really, really well at the box office. 75.5 million. It had a budget of 30 million. It did really well. But the critics did not give it the love that we believe it deserves. However, I have noticed Again, this was 2007, so almost 20 years now. Recent reviews have been much more positive because sometimes critics will go back and re review it and certainly audience members who see it on streaming services will review it. And I've noticed there is a tonal shift from when it first came out versus now. So I don't know if there's a, an appreciation now that we have more perspective or they were expecting something different. But it's really interesting to see what the arc of the critics. This has a stellar cast. Josh Hartnett plays the sheriff, his wife, Melissa George, estranged wife, I should say in the movie. And then Danny Huston who got a lot acclaim from everyone, even the critics who didn't like the movie. He plays the lead vampire. It was resoundingly, people were so impressed with his performance.

[TJ Holmes]

Okay. And people, you might not know his name. When you hear you see his face, you're gonna go, oh yeah, oh yeah. You'll probably start be able to name some things you've seen him in. You haven't seen him like this.

[Amy Robach]

Oh, it's so good. And then Ben Foster is really good in this as well. But the director, David Slade. Anyway, it was a stellar cast. I thought it was an. We thought it was an incredible concept and I thought it was well executed. Did you. Do you have anything negative to say about the movie?

[TJ Holmes]

Yes, I probably will but later. But the thing I'm. I didn't piece this together until we start watching these movies like this and every day we're talking about the cast and. And I think a lot of horror movies are not necessarily known for great acting or at least historically. Supposed to be a scream queen, long as she can run, trip over a branch and scream really loud and die really well on tv. That's a good horror movie actress, sweetheart. Every. Have you noticed we've got Oscar winners, we've got very accomplished award winning actors in some of these horror movies that are deep cuts. I guess it adds to the point that good acting helps the product.

[Amy Robach]

Well, you know, I also think this. It seems as if there's been a recent shift in years Where I think a lot of, as you mentioned, well, esteemed actors might have been afraid. Bad pun there. To do a horror movie because they felt like maybe it would lower their. Their artistic how they're considered. You know, it's not Shakespeare. Right. So it might have felt like a. A genre that is beneath, you know, well regarded actors. But we're seeing that completely change.

[TJ Holmes]

I mean, big time. Obviously, this year was a big deal with weapons and sinners. Right. And so. No, it's been. No, it's fun to say. I didn't necessarily put it together to like, every movie we're reviewing. Oh, she has an Oscar. Oh, he has a Golden Globe. Oh, he was in this show. They're great actors.

[Amy Robach]

All right, so all that said, 30 days of night only got a Rotten Tomatoes score of 50. 50%. And their audience score wasn't much better at 56%. We wholeheartedly disagree and urge you not. Because I think sometimes you do see that and you say, I'll pass. It's probably not good. This is one you should not pass on. This made our list for a reason.

[TJ Holmes]

You would have passed on this, I think, I mean, given your. I mean, your rules. Usually if there's a low critic score, but a high audience score, you like, Hell, yeah, I'm all in. But usually when you see both of them and you see a low audience score, you're kind of lukewarm.

[Amy Robach]

I would have looked at this with significant skepticism. Absolutely. But I. So listen to the critic consensus. Consensus. While 30 days of night offers a few thrills, it ultimately succumbs to erratic execution. All right, so that again, would turn a lot of folks off. But then. And we have some. I actually found a lot of, like I said, recent positive critic reviews, and certainly the audience reviews that. That were on Rotten Tomatoes were much better. The. The nearer you are to this date. Like, some of them were written a few days ago.

[TJ Holmes]

Oh, okay, gotcha.

[Amy Robach]

Right, So a sample critic review. Here's one. This is one of the bad ones. A sadly missed opportunity. A waste of talent on senseless dreck that made even the always welcome Danny Huston as the vampire leader look silly. Wow. I couldn't agree more. I couldn't disagree more. Sorry. I couldn't disagree. He didn't look silly at all. He was scary as hell.

[TJ Holmes]

Oh, yeah. The whole time. What was that language they were speaking? Some creepy language that even added to.

[Amy Robach]

The terror and the noises they would make. Oh, my gosh. I can't even do it. All right, so here's some of the There was another bad one about as scary as Count Chocula.

[TJ Holmes]

I saw that one. That's.

[Amy Robach]

That was mean and unnecessary and not.

[TJ Holmes]

Accurate in the least bit.

[Amy Robach]

Agreed.

[TJ Holmes]

Count chocula wouldn't last 30 seconds in this movie.

[Amy Robach]

Was one of my favorite cereals as a kid growing up.

[TJ Holmes]

No.

[Amy Robach]

But here are some of the better good ones that critics gave. Here is one of those rare movies that penetrates the membrane separating all those disposable gotcha scare fests from genuinely engrossing supernatural thrillers. And then another one, an entertaining horror and action film that by presenting vampires as truly monstrous and ruthless creatures, manages to create an incredibly suspenseful experience.

[TJ Holmes]

We don't do that enough and there are some that do it. But I mean yes, vampires are sexy right up until they kill you, but they're wearing all black. They usually have a nice tailored outfit and. Right. This is not that Vampires are monsters start to finish in this movie and there's not a single one of them you would ever want to be close to.

[Amy Robach]

Oh my God, no. And the. The like the teeth, the makeup. It was so good. They did look monstrous from start to finish. Wanted to read a couple of audience recent audience reviews that I really liked and thought summed up part of why we put this on our list. I love this movie, says KK. 30 Days of Night is dark, suspenseful and some gross moments, but excellent acting. Even knowing what the Big Bad was to be from the get go didn't lose my interest. Rather, the predatory nature of the vampires led by Huston as Marlo made me wonder who was next and how they would be killed. Huston really embodied a soulless evil vampire that didn't just kill humans to eat and live, but rather appeared to hate and despise human existence.

[TJ Holmes]

You can't reason he was a. You could not reason with them under any circumstance.

[Amy Robach]

Yes, and then Logan writes an all time great vampire movie. Ignore the critics who. Who are just mad that nobody bangs a vamp. In this one. I started laughing because it is true. I think there's that expectation of the sexiness.

[TJ Holmes]

There is nothing at all. They are creatures in the night who are here to kill all of you. That is the movie. And there is not some of the. The fight scenes, the dramatic. They're shot in such a way, like battlefields just in a small town. This is an incredible movie. This is a look. We recommend all of them, but I this is one I will scream against critics about.

[Amy Robach]

It stays with you and like you said, like the scenery, the imagery. This Alaskan town Frozen with. With snow everywhere. Cut off from civilization, so to speak, with the roads and the weather and the darkness. It's so good. So I was trying to come up with a way to write why it made our list, and I found a website that summed it up better than I could say it. So I want to read it because this is exactly why we chose this movie for our list. 30 Days of Night helped give birth to a new breed of vampire. One that wasn't interested in holding up in gothic castles or spending their nights in hip clubs with techno music pumping all around. The vampires in this one were feral, animalistic and monstrous. Yet at the same time, there was a method to their madness. There was organization among the chaos, which made them feel even more terrifying. I couldn't have said it better.

[TJ Holmes]

To add to that. They were. We saw victims, like, disappear in a flash. Like they were coming out of nowhere in their attack. Like you couldn't see anything going on. And that added to, I think, the fear. I think that might have been some of the early kills to where now you're wondering at every scene, this person's gonna. Who knows how they're gonna go out.

[Amy Robach]

Yeah, they just get like, whipped underneath a. A building or whipped underneath a truck and you're like, where did they just go? Oh my God, what's happening to them?

[TJ Holmes]

So, yeah, this was a.

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There.

[TJ Holmes]

I'm trying to. I don't want to give this scene away, but there are scenes that no, no violence takes place. That there is no. I'm thinking about the scene on the road when they're like, what is that chasing us?

[Amy Robach]

Oh, yes.

[TJ Holmes]

And there was. Nobody died, nobody got hurt in that scene even. But you're scared as all get out because there's just. It's cold, it's dark, there's a mystery. And this thing is. I'm going 70 miles an hour. But for some reason, something just caught me. The tension in that scene is that kind of what goes throughout, that you're actually nervous and scared of what's around the corner?

[Amy Robach]

Yeah, like super human strength coming up at you. All right, so who is this for? Obviously anyone who loves a vampire movie. Anyone who. Who loves like an end of days, apocalyptic style movie. Because that's what it felt like with the town on fire and every, like the, the fights that were going on. It felt apocalyptic. Lots of jump scares and there is a lot of gore, I would say. And I wanted to add this. I think this movie is for anyone who's rooting for love in tough times. I say this because I had fun while being scared, hoping that Josh Hartnett and Melissa George's characters and get back together while they're fighting vampires. I was hoping that they were also fighting to save their troubled marriage.

[TJ Holmes]

I'm with you there. And I will admit I don't know the first time or what, but I got tears in my eyes at the end of this movie and I bet you all will, too. Because they do such a good job of building their relationship even though they're no longer in one. You, your heart is in it with him. And wasn't it Melissa, Melissa George?

[Amy Robach]

Yeah.

[TJ Holmes]

Your heart is in it with them. And he is as heroic as you will ever see Josh Hartnett in this movie. And I'm telling you, the end is holy hell. I'm telling you, it broke me down.

[Amy Robach]

Yeah, and she's a badass in this movie, too. I love it. They're both strong. It's not like one's weak and one's helping the other. They were both. They were. They were a team. That's. I'm getting choked up.

[TJ Holmes]

Okay, so I will say that you talk about who the movie is for. It's for anybody who, who, who likes being on the edge of your seat for an entire movie like this grabs you very early on. And even the moments where there's not violence and you don't see a vampire, you're standing by waiting for one to come or what's the next word is going to come out of his mouth. There's just constant tension and they build a mystery for so long. The town doesn't know what's going like what is happening to us. It is a great build. So yes, if you like edge of your seat stuff, this takes you from beginning to end almost.

[Amy Robach]

All right, coming up, we're going to tell you who it's not for, what to pair it with, where you can watch it. And a tease for our next movie on the list.

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[TJ Holmes]

All I know is what I've been told and that's a half truth is a whole lie.

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[TJ Holmes]

I'm telling you, we know Quincy killed her.

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We know a story that law enforcement used to convict six people and that got the citizen investigator on national tv.

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[Maggie Freeling]

My name is Maggie Freeling. I'm a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist producer and I wouldn't be here if the truth were that easy to find.

[TJ Holmes]

I did not know her and I did not kill her or rape or burn or any of that other stuff.

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[TJ Holmes]

All right, we continue now. Number. What is it on the list? 24.

[Amy Robach]

24.

[TJ Holmes]

24 now on the list. 30 days of night. Yes, it is a vampire movie like you have never seen before. It stars Josh Hartnett. Can we give this dude some love? He took a break from acting for a little while, but he has come back in a few things that I have loved seeing him in. I know Trapped didn't get a whole lot of great reviews, but he carried that as a. As a what? A. An OCD serial killer?

[Amy Robach]

Yes. I mean, the first half of the movie was amazing and compelling. They just kind of lost their way, I think, with the writing in the second half, but it was nothing. It had nothing to do with his performance. He was amazing.

[TJ Holmes]

But he's had several. He's come back in, I will add. I mean, I. I just. This was before he took the. This was 20. What year is this movie?

[Amy Robach]

This was 2007.

[TJ Holmes]

He took the break after what? I can't remember when he took his break, but, man, last few years. And this just shows the dude's a solid, solid actor and has been for a long time. So it was. It was cool to go back and watch something and to remember, I guess, the younger cat. Now we see him as an older.

[Amy Robach]

Guy with some of the movies, but he's likable.

[TJ Holmes]

He is, man, I like this guy.

[Amy Robach]

I really do, too. All right, so who is this movie not for? Well, I would say if you're alone, you should not watch it. I think it will creep you out. I don't know. You may disagree, T.J. but. And if you. Obviously, if you don't like blood and guts, you know, vampires are eating people. Okay? So this is gory. So if that's not your jam, this isn't your movie. But, man, even if you could just look away during those parts and still get the rest of it, I still. I think most people who like or love horror movies are going to love this movie. I. I really think that.

[TJ Holmes]

Yeah. And even if you look away, you got to deal with the sound effects, because you're gonna hear some slashing and some chomping and some. Oof. All kinds of stuff. No, if you don't, like, if you're immediately turned off by blood and guts and killing, and it's essentially monsters eating people. It's not like shots and stabs. This is like some pretty monster. They use their teeth and their sharp claws to deal with their victim. So if you don't think you can stomach that, then heads up.

[Amy Robach]

Or like anyone laughing with blood all over their face. Like, there is. There are some sinister, pretty haunting images that stay with you.

[TJ Holmes]

I. To your point about. I guess we're different on this regard. If this is one, like, knock yourself out if you want to watch it by yourself, because I'm not worried about a vampire jumping through the window. Like you said, sometimes on, like, the Conjuring, don't watch that alone, because the next time you hear a creek in your house, you're gonna freak out. This is one where the vampires don't necessarily scare me.

[Amy Robach]

I see. I feel like at night when I'm sleeping or whatever, like when I'm trying to go to bed and I'm alone and I've just watched that movie, that's like, damn it, why did I watch that movie alone? This might be one of them for me.

[TJ Holmes]

How many nights are you sleeping alone these days?

[Amy Robach]

Okay, I'm just remembering. I'm remembering back to those days of traveling alone in a hotel room and then being so regretful of a movie I watched. I just. I have memories of that back in the day when I used to sleep alone sometimes. All right, what to pair this with? Atmosphere, food, drinks. All right, so obviously, red wine. If you're watching a vampire movie, it's fun to have a glass of red wine. You disagree?

[TJ Holmes]

You know what? Red wine and horror don't go together. It's not a matter Of.

[Amy Robach]

I know they don't normally, but I'm saying when you're watching a vampire movie, it's kind of fun.

[TJ Holmes]

Yeah. The thing about drinking blood, I think. Good. Paul.

[Amy Robach]

Yeah.

[TJ Holmes]

You know, most normal people would want to do.

[Amy Robach]

And I don't know why I felt like this, but I just feel like this. Have you ever mixed Raisinets with popcorn?

[TJ Holmes]

No.

[Amy Robach]

It's so good. No, it's amazing. It's like a salty sweet.

[TJ Holmes]

I've actually never heard of that.

[Amy Robach]

I think, oh, my gosh. People do it all the time.

[TJ Holmes]

Raisins or Raisinets.

[Amy Robach]

So the chocolate covered raisins with popcorn. I know people who put the box of Raisinets and put it in the popcorn and mix them together so you. You get a handful of salty sweet.

[TJ Holmes]

This is why I don't hang with your friends.

[Amy Robach]

For some reason I feel like this movie would be really, really, really good to do that with.

[TJ Holmes]

Why?

[Amy Robach]

Because you get salty sweet.

[TJ Holmes]

There's no.

[Amy Robach]

You get a hit a sweet with the salty to ever.

[TJ Holmes]

Why would. Okay, that's a different episode. Sorry.

[Amy Robach]

Okay. All right. I also, obviously this is one where I believe you have to watch at night because it's dark. You know, we've talked about this. We tried. We like horror movies 24 7. But this one would be a hard one to watch during the day because it's dark and then you've got the light. So I just. This mood, the ambiance, and even just the fact that all the scenes are dark.

[TJ Holmes]

Can't do it. Yes. You cannot watch this with sunlight coming into the room.

[Amy Robach]

And I think this one is a fun one to watch with a group.

[TJ Holmes]

Oh, yeah. Because you react to so many things. And there'll be some people going, oh, look at this. Others hiding the face. That's a very fun communal thing. This is one that will cause different people to react in different ways. And to have them all in one room is fun.

[Amy Robach]

Yeah. This is a. This is a Halloween party kind of a film I think is really fun to watch. All right. And the cool thing is you can watch this. Everybody can watch it for free. That was part of why I think there was a resurgence of recommendations and reviews. Because it's free on to be. It was as of October 1st, so people got excited that they could watch it. But if you have a Paramount plus subscription, and I think that's. You can get that with Hulu or with Prime Video if you've got an add on, which of course Paramount Plus, I think Hulu or Prime Video because.

[TJ Holmes]

I thought this was in our library. This is not.

[Amy Robach]

Oh wait, I do own this one. I do own this one. Actually, there. I do have a few horror movies that I put into my Apple music library, Apple Movie library. And this is among them. But I, I do think that we are Paramount plus subscribers because so many horror movies come through that and shudder. So we never want to miss Shutter.

[TJ Holmes]

We need to tell people about Shutter if they don't know.

[Amy Robach]

Shutter and Paramount plus are like epic for horror movies. So yes, you can watch it. Everyone can watch it. And we're excited and hope you do. All right. Our next episode. I was really excited about this tease. Our next our next movie on the hit list, it would be number 23. So it's also underrated. It also has some very big names attached to the movie and among them, a name you don't often see in a horror movie, Betty White.

[TJ Holmes]

And it's my favorite role I have ever seen her in.

[Amy Robach]

How's that for a tease? All right. And with that, thank you everyone for listening. We hope you're enjoying our horror hit list. I'm Amy Robach alongside TJ Holmes. We'll talk to you soon.

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[TJ Holmes]

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[Jonathan Goldstein]

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[TJ Holmes]

And so I pointed the gun at him and said, this isn't a joke.

[Jonathan Goldstein]

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[Jonathan Goldstein]

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[Jay Shetty]

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[Amy Robach]

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