Our New Show: High For Horror

Summary

Podcast Summary: How I Died – Episode: Our New Show: High For Horror

Release Date: January 15, 2025

Introduction to "High for Horror"

In the latest episode of How I Died, hosted by Audiohm Media, forensic pathologist Jonathan Spacer (Jon) unveils his exciting new venture: the podcast "High for Horror". This fresh addition to the horror podcasting scene promises a blend of laughter and insightful analysis as hosts Joe Grubbs and Guillermo Diaz delve into notoriously terrible horror movies. Jon, known for his unique ability to communicate with the dead, brings a fresh perspective to the discussion, intertwining humor with deep dives into horror cinema’s lesser-known facets.

Format and Concept

"High for Horror" is described as a comedy podcast where Grubbs and Diaz watch and critique bad horror movies live. The hosts aim to entertain listeners with their humorous takes while also providing informative content, including fun facts and behind-the-scenes insights that even horror aficionados might find surprising. For instance, Joe Grubbs shares intriguing tidbits such as the absence of a PG-13 rating before Gremlins and the unique special effects techniques used in the cult classic Basket Case. The podcast covers a wide range of films, from modern entries like Long Legs and Nosferatu to throwback movies like Critters 3, featuring a young Leonardo DiCaprio.

Episode Highlights: Watching "Long Legs"

The episode primarily focuses on an in-depth review of the horror film Long Legs, starring none other than Nicolas Cage. Grubbs and Diaz engage in a spirited discussion, dissecting various elements of the movie, from its 80s and early 90s aesthetic to its tension-filled narrative. They commend the film’s atmospheric design, such as the red backgrounds reminiscent of blood scenes (02:03) and the static, campy shots that build an ominous vibe (02:51).

Character and Performance Analysis

A significant portion of the conversation revolves around Nicolas Cage's performance and the character dynamics within Long Legs. The hosts laud Cage’s commitment to his role, noting how his portrayal adds a layer of genuineness and creepiness to the film. For example, at 21:03, Diaz remarks, “He just went bonkers. That was bizarre and scary and I don't know why it happened, but it was.” This highlights Cage's unpredictable and immersive acting style, which effectively heightens the film's horror elements.

Thematic and Plot Discussions

Grubbs and Diaz explore the film’s occult themes and its parallels to classics like Silence of the Lambs. They discuss the symbolism and hidden messages within the movie, such as the use of ciphers and coded messages left by the antagonist (13:09). The hosts draw comparisons to other horror narratives, noting how Long Legs differentiates itself through its unique subject matter and psychological horror aspects. Diaz points out, “This was Hannibal was just a regular dude who was just killing people. Like Buffalo Bill. Like, this was so occult” (35:15).

Production Design and Cinematography

The episode delves into the film's production design, emphasizing its specific and evocative choices. From the stormy Vancouver skies to the pumpkin-like lighting reminiscent of warmer hues (17:50), the hosts appreciate the meticulous attention to creating a foreboding atmosphere. Grubbs mentions, “The lighting, that framing. The framing that looks like a 70s, like Super 8” (32:43), highlighting the film’s nostalgic yet eerie visual style.

Notable Quotes

Throughout their discussion, Grubbs and Diaz share memorable lines that encapsulate their reactions and thoughts on Long Legs. Here are a few standout moments:

• Joe Grubbs (00:00): “High for Horror is crack up funny, but it's also really informative because we pull a lot of fun facts and behind the scenes knowledge about the movies that people probably don't know.”

• Guillermo Diaz (21:15): “That was a million percent. That's that performance. Like, you hit the nail on the head. He just went, I'm gonna just be as weird as possible. But it feels real.”

• Joe Grubbs (34:09): “I love Nicolas Cage, man. He takes risks.”

Insights and Conclusions

By the episode's end, Grubbs and Diaz express their enthusiasm for Long Legs, commending its ambitious storytelling and distinctive horror elements, despite some confusing plot points. They advocate for the film's rewatchability, suggesting that multiple viewings could unravel its complex narrative layers. The hosts also emphasize the importance of unique storytelling in horror, noting that Long Legs successfully carves out its niche through occult symbolism and unconventional horror tropes.

Recommendations

"High for Horror" concludes with a strong recommendation for listeners to explore the podcast for its blend of humor and horror analysis. Grubbs enthuses, “I would definitely recommend this” (34:26), encouraging horror fans and comedy lovers alike to tune in for an entertaining and enlightening experience.

Closing Thoughts

This inaugural episode of High for Horror sets a promising tone for future installments, showcasing the hosts' ability to balance entertaining banter with thoughtful critique. By dissecting films like Long Legs, Grubbs and Diaz invite listeners to appreciate the often-overlooked aspects of horror cinema, all while sharing plenty of laughs along the way.

---

Notable Timestamps

• 00:00 - Introduction to "High for Horror"
• 02:03 - Discussing the film’s aesthetic
• 13:09 - Analyzing cipher clues in the movie
• 21:15 - Praise for Nicolas Cage’s performance
• 32:43 - Commentary on film’s lighting and framing
• 34:09 - Appreciation for Nicolas Cage’s risk-taking
• 35:15 - Comparing Long Legs to Silence of the Lambs

---

For more details and to listen to the full episode, visit How I Died on your preferred podcast app or explore premium content on their Patreon page.

Transcript

[Joe Grubbs]

Hey there, Vince. Here. While our wonderful cast is busy recording season four, I was working on a brand new show called High for Horror. It's a comedy podcast where hosts Joe Grubbs and Guillermo Diaz watch really terrible horror movies live. And yes, that's Guillermo Diaz who played Huck on Scandal, and he's absolutely hilarious and it has been so much fun making this podcast with him. High for Horror is crack up funny, but it's also really informative because we pull a lot of fun facts and behind the scenes knowledge about the movies that people probably don't know know. I'm a huge horror fan and even I was shocked about some of the stuff we find. Like how There was no PG13 rating before Gremlins because Steven Spielberg had that rating made. Or the way that the special effects were done in that crazy cult classic Basket Case. We've covered modern movies like Long Legs and Nosferatu and throwback movies like Critters 3, which featured Leonardo DiCaprio as a kid, and that was a bad, bad movie. So if you enjoy horror or a good laugh, search for High for Horror in your podcast, Apple. In just a second, I'm going to play one of my favorite episodes, and if it's something that you enjoy, please go check out the podcast just for me. And yes, the intro theme to the show is me doing a crazy voice and laugh. So I think you'll really enjoy it.

[Guillermo Diaz]

Welcome to High for Horror with Guillermo Diaz and Joe Grubbs.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, my God, you are ridiculous.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I want to hear it. Dude, I can't hear it.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, subtitles will be good. Put them in Spanish.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

How do I get back now? Shit. Gracias, guys. It's been so long. For you guys. It's only been a week yet.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

It's only been a week.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, but for us, it's been a long time.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yes.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

So we're watching Long Legs. I'm very excited. I've heard good things.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Let's do this.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I'm ready.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I'm already loving this. This red background that is reminiscent of blood.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's very. Has a very 80s 9, early 90s like vibe.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah. Oh, look, there's a. There's something that was supposed to read. Oh, well, you're. Oh, we missed it. God damn it. We're not rewinding, you guys. No, that's one thing we don't do on this podcast is rewind.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

You know, the show goes on 100%.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

So this girl's walking out to this old school. What kind of car is a station wagon from like the 70s, 80s again. It's giving that vibe.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's gotta be like, even her jacket.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And she's walking up to this car. You know, something bad's gonna happen. This movie is. It's all like a certain vibe. It's that, like a really slow vibe. Like, really quiet, really ominous, which I love.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

One of these shots are very. Just like, they're. They're just static, right? They're just camp. Like one shot. Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

My God, it's Nick. This cage, it's long legs. He's creepy. Don't tell me to almost birthday girl. Oh, but it seems I wore my long legs today.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

What happens if I. Oh, God. And then they go right into the. That's kind of. That's very old school. I like that. Partners have already been assigned so no.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

One gets hurt feelings. Okay. This. This is. You know how they've been comparing this movie to Silence of the Lambs? This is one of those scenes where it's very reminiscent of Agent Starling before she starts on her journey to, you know, with. With Hannibal Lecter.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Agent Starling.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

That one.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

What's. What one?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She's great. I love this actress. What's her name? Do we know her name?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Her name is Maika Monroe or Micah. Micah or Micah. She was the chick.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

You better make up your mind.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, my Lord.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Wait, what was she in?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

She was the Chicken. It Follows. Oh, yeah. Yeah. That movie scares the out of me.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I love It Follows. I heard they're doing a sequel.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, God, I don't even know if I'd watch it. No, the first one freaked me out so bad. So bad. I haven't watched it again. I bought it on, like, voodoo, and I still haven't watched it one time.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

It's a. It's such a great, like a really smart, unique movie. Like, it's a subject matter that you just haven't seen before, which is so nice. So refreshing.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Right. No, listen, it scared me. That's the only reason I don't want to watch it again. Like, it legitimately scared me.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

And made me uncomfortable.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And it could have all those new things and be like, oh, this is a cool new idea. But if it's not good and it's not scary, then it doesn't matter. But it follows this. Fucking scary as fuck.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Whoa. Who is that? Her partner who just got shot. Holy. Okay, so. Wow.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I think it was her partner. Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. Well, yeah. So someone just shot her partner walking in the door to a house. So they're, like, going to investigate what happened. I Guess.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I think so.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. The Miss. Is the girl considered dead? Do you know? Or is she considered missing?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I don't know.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Okay, that's fine. I mean, we're high. That's the point. Like I'm not gonna get everything. I will have to watch this again.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

You asking a lot of questions for somebody who was stoned when I watched this the first time.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, I don't remember.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

They're doing some sort of psychological test on her now.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, whoa. And those images are coming fast. Yeah. Agent Browning, that's cool. I gotta say, the way it's shot feels very. Silence of the Lambs. Yeah, very. One shot in their face. You know what I mean?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah. And then the characters, too, right? Like that green, like new. Like student. That's, like, given a big case.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Sure, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Is this Blair Underwood?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, it is. Yeah, that's Blair Underwood with a mustache. Mom ran the church. Big sale. Oh, so she got the number thing right? Eight times.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah. I told you she was going to be brilliant.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, you did. You also have seen this.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

But I also have a terrible memory. I don't remember.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

So you ain't so brilliant. She is you. Your brain.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I don't understand.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Neither do we. Oh, damn letter was left with the bodies read in a coded Alphabet.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

That's a lot of stabbing.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That's a exorbitant amount of stabbing. Even Michael Myers don't stab that much.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Who has the time?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I'd be exhausted. I'd need a nap.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Who has the energy or the time? Okay, so now they have a bunch of, like, the murder victim. It's like the Wall of Death, all the murder victim photos.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Okay, so some of the storytelling is loosely based on the killing of JonBenet Ramsey.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It took place approaching Christmas, hence the time of year. Yes, sir.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Hence the snow. Where did they shoot it? Does it say where they shot this?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Buddy, I'm. I'm gonna. It's in Vancouver. Oh, Vancouver, pal. They shot it for under 10 million.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I believe it. I believe it.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, she's doing her. Okay, so it's definitely the 90s, buddy, because there's. There's Bubba on the back. There's Bill Clinton. So it's the 90s. Did we already establish that and I missed?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Well, you said it five times, so I think I got it.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Well, usually when people talk and say something, then you do the acknowledgment of like, oh, yeah, we. That thing.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I was just trying not to interrupt you speaking on the microphone.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

What did I miss? What is she doing?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She's playing cards now she's playing solitaire.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Is she doing tarot?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She's got a. She's got a system and she's got a. There's a method to the madness. This is creepy as.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Sorry.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Apparently there's like a string of murders that the fathers are killing the daughters, but somehow I think they're getting possessed by long legs or something.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, that's. I. That's the vibe I just got.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Look at that red carpet. I love it.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, very specific production design.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Well, those were some long legs and long leg warmers. She had leg warmers for those long legs. You're dead.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh. Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

So they're flashing to different crime scene photos. That was pretty gnarly, that last one.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Intense. Ah, thanks, Melissa.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She fell asleep at the job. This girl was working hard and she fell asleep on the ground. And her boss said, what you doing on the ground, girl?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Is this gonna be some like a cult? You think long legs has help? Which is great. Like if that's where it's going. Like he's somehow manipulating people to do stuff that's through some devil worship.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Maybe that's the one. One thing I, I didn't like about this movie was that there's not enough of Cage.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

So it's. You're not getting like Hannibal Lecter amount of time, right?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Screen time.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Exactly.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Okay, so it's more her movie, right?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah. I mean he flashes in and out and when he does it's like terrifying.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Okay.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And disturbing. But you don't see him often, so. So Anthony Perkins son is named Osgood.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yep.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Has he directed other movies? This is his first film.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

No, I know he's directed. He has. Oh, his first acting role was in Psycho 2.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

He appeared as the 12 year old version of Norman Bates. So that. That makes sense.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I actually like Psycho 2 a lot. It's with Meg Tilly, right?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, it's not bad. I. I don't have a problem with it. Like it could. Could have been way worse. And the other ones are way worse.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yes.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Like three and four.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, I'll still watch them and enjoy them.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Sure.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

They're. Yeah, they're not. They're not great.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, he's been in Legally Blonde, Secretary, Alias. So he's done some work as an actor. He's known for his work in horror films. He wrote and directed films such as the Black Coats Daughter.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Never heard of it.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I am the Pretty Thing that lives in the House and Long Legs. So those are his movies.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Nice.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Real quick. Do you remember Psycho 2? Vera Miles from the original Psycho is in Psycho 2 and she plays the mother, Meg Tilly's mother, who is trying to get revenge on George. On George. On Norman, George and George. Hey, Georgie, do you remember that? So the legend Vera Miles is in Psycho too.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That's pretty cool. I. I mean, reprise.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Reprising her role.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's a reprazel. She. Reprising. Oh, she's. She's smoking heaters. She's having a heater.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

What the is a heater?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's a cigarette.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

A heater.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. People call it a heater.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I've never heard you say heater about.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That's a very Jersey thing. I don't really like. I don't bring it around.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, well, you. You brought it around tonight.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. This is where I'm trying to entertain the folks. This is. This is. I'm too entranced already by this movie that it's like so hard to keep talk because I want to, like, hear.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I wonder how this script got into Nicholas Cage's hands, you know, like, did an agent or a manager read it and was like, this script is really good and we gotta get it to Nick. Like, how did he get wind of it? You know, I'm so intrigued by it, all of that.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's a fun question because he's a producer too. So like he. He eventually, like, he obviously got the script and was like, okay, I love this. But you're right. Like, how did that happen? Unless he knows Osgood or maybe.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I mean, it's a possibility for sure.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. Because Nick Cage has been doing a lot of horror stuff for a while too, like, lately, you know what I mean? So I think maybe he liked one of his older movies and they became close.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Right.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

We're gonna have to get to the bottom of this.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I love that Nicholas Cage always chooses these sort of not your typical, like, film that a Hollywood star would do. Indie, like super, like underground. Really good scripts and really good movies. I love that he does that.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Is there someone out on the property? Yeah, that was a freaky ass shot.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, there's like a figure in the smog.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Smog. All these years in la, right?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

There's something in the fog in this.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

In the smog.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

In the smog.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, it's called cancer. That's a dark shot.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

You gonna hyperventilate, girl?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, someone's in the house now.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

So he left a letter inside her house.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's like a bird. It's a birthday card. Oh, God. And it's. So there's the code again. Oh, is he giving her a cipher?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

What's a cipher?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

A cipher is how you break down the code. Like, if he gives her some words with some of the symbols, then she could start figuring out what the cipher is.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Gotcha. She also had a bowl of cereal. She got a bowl of bowl of cereal on her desk. What do you think it is? Cheerios? Fruit Loops?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I want to see that. God, I can only hope it's basic 4. That's my favorite cereal. I eat, like, old man cereal.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

What is basic 4?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Literally, it sounds as bad as it is. Like, it's. It's. It's literally just like, here's some nuts and some flakes. So here, you see on this side, G. Yeah. Oh, there's actual letters lined up now. So it gives her an idea of, like, she can start figuring out what all the letters of the Alphabet are.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Right. Gotcha.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. So he's giving her clues.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

There was. You know what this kind of reminds me of, too? There was a movie called Alphabet Killer with Elijah Dushku.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I haven't seen that one.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Eliza Dushku. She was like. She was also a young detective on the spectrum trying to find this serial killer.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Okay.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

By letters and numbers and all that.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

How it came into your head. I'll cut off her hanging milk. Is it say milk tits? Oh, we got milk tits. And bleed your mommy dead. Jesus. Okay, that's not a very friendly card.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I think he's trying too hard.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Are you sure she. Yeah, she's good.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

There's still. He left them under the blankies those dead bodies are under.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Is this going to be gruesome? I. I wonder how this movie is going to go. Hasn't been really violent. Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

How about the girl?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, we're gonna see.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I'm guessing 9 or 10. How were they standing? The smell.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Those bodies have been there for a month.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

They said they've been there for a month.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, God. Oh, it's gonna be sticky. Oh, God, that's gross.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She's, like, all slimy and full of worms and bugs.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, and she's 9 or 10, so she's a child.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

But she looks like she's 45 because she's. Because she's bloated and up. Oh, man.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Because she's been, like, decomposing. This cat knows, though. This cat's seen something. Question that cat.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Wow.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

She's got a weird relationship with her mom, apparently.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Maybe it's okay if long legs kills her.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, it's fine.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Maybe she's long legs. They're too short.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Stupid oh, God. Those legs aren't long. Is mama drunk?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Mom is either a drunk or on drugs. Yeah, 100%.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Nine circles of hell. Are we. We're going to go real dark real quick on this movie, huh?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

You know, just some light reading.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, we're getting real dark.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

It's the holocrux from Harry Potter.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, she thinking now it's linking to, like, devil. Devil shit. Yeah, it's going to make the shape.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, the letters are going to make the shape.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

So it's some devil shit.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yo, there's one horn.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, my God. One horn.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

There's one horn now. Now the next one.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

You mean Crocs?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

No, it looked like it was upside down horn. No, double horn.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I thought you were going back to the Harry Potter thing.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

No, there's Clinton.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

They're really pushing the Clinton photo in the background a lot.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Wait, who was that? Who's that girl? Carrie Ann? Is that the little girl from the beginning?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

No, I think that was like a past. Like, she was part of the family, so she would have interacted with him.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Ah, yeah, okay.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Ah, but she's it. But she's in a psychiatric hospital, so obviously things probably are great when you're hanging out with long legs. So I hear long legs and his fucking issues. His devil shit. That's a scary sky. That's a Vancouver sky. It's the same place where Jason got on the lake and went to Manhattan. Never letting that go. Never.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, I like this shot.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's very great shot.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

It's very Scooby Doo because you just see the light of the flashlights and the sky. That ominous, like, blue, black sky.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, it's like a. It's like a right before sunset. Sunset, like storm sky. Storm sky. That's gonna be my production company name. Storm sky.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Storm sky.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

There's X's everywhere as they're walking up the stairs. Like, that shot is so specific. And the lighting is very orange. Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Which I love.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, it's great. It looks like a pumpkin.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah. Oh, my God. It looks like the eyes of a jack O Lantern.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. Like, it has that same kind of color and hue. Another X. Is that an X or a cross on the floor? You should know, I didn't get that one. Oh, that's across because you said the hue. Oh, my God. The amount of dad jokes on this fucking thing. It's incredible. We're gonna get that demographic. Like the. The Tim Walls is easily gonna definitely be like, I like his jokes.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I like this guy.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That guy's Got great jokes.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I really relate to him.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I don't know about all the dick sucking references, but I like his jokes.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Are they tr. Are they trying to confuse us?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, I'm very confused. Very.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

They're talking about the brain, but it's a doll. And the ball is what they're calling the brain.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

But I'm like, they're saying it's hollow. There's literally nothing in there. And also, is that supposed to be like, part of that is an actual little girl that was abducted?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Right. Is it a replica of the little girl?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. Or like, parts?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I think so. I mean, it looks just like Carrie Ann. It looks like the girl.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yes. That was a little freak. Oh, we're back to Long Legs.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Who Long Legs is driving now.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

He looks like a stepmom from Ohio.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yes. Oh, my God. He totally looks like a white trash mom. Mom.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yes. Yeah. Oh, it's a young girl at the counter. So this doesn't feel great. And it literally. Look, it literally says little girl. No, that has to be on the register, like on the side. It literally said it.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, he's getting. What is he getting? Some Smiths girl. Run. I would have been out of there. That was terrifying.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

So it like saved her, like, just. He left not doing anything. Oh, my God. Oh, my.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

That's brilliant.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

What the just happened?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I bet, yo, I'll bet you 100 bucks that Nicolas Cage improv that line into a screaming line. Like, it wasn't scripted that way.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

He just went bonkers.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That was bizarre and scary and I don't know why it happened, but it was.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

It was brilliant. That was the.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

The disturbing, the prosthetic and stuff really just kind of. It doesn't really look like Nick Cage.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Right.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Like, it really does it.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

But you know, it's him under there. That's what also makes it exciting.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yes. What the is happening?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Do you think that they're gonna make up a gay porn called Long Balls? And it's like a. A guy. The lead guy looks like Long Legs, long dongs. He just has really long balls. Just balls, people left and right with his gigantic balls.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, God. Now it's getting weird.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Dude.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

What the. As it were. That was spooky. What is happening? That was like some like Star Wars Alien.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yep. Listen, I gotta be honest. When I first saw this, I left thinking, I don't know if I understood, like, 80% of that movie. It's almost like you're watching an art.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Wait, is she cutting yourself open?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

It's like watching performance art. This movie. I Still love it.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

But what's with all the presidents? This is so specific, dude. He's. There has to be a reason.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Is that again now?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's Nixon.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

That was Nixon?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. Oh, God. He, like, chopped a cow's head off. And there's still this doll. Wait, is someone hanging?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

No one's hanging.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Okay.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

The crucifix is hanging.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

There's a priest there now after he's, like, slaughtered everywhere. Is he gonna slaughter the priest too? Oh, yep. Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, he just axed the priest. That was very the Shining, very Jack Torres.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, look.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And she looks like Shelly Duval right there. Oh, hell no. This girl is in sourceled. If I've ever seen an ensorcerling before, this is it.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

This is pure, unadulterated ensorceling.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

You said it.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I feel like there's a lot of people being in sourceful.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Well, that's long legs trick, right? That's. His power is doing sorcerel people.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Well, that's what we're assuming. Yeah. That's how. Because she keeps saying they're inside. That he's inside the house, and there's no way.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I think I know what's going on.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I don't. Do you want to help me out here?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I feel like the mother's. The mother was alluding to the fact that almost all the little girls die, and she's special because she got to live.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Okay.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

So it makes me think like the mother made some sort of deal with long legs.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Ah, okay. And that's also why, I guess, like, he's toying with her, right? Because she's the only one that hasn't been killed. Oh, that's like the fucking. Okay, wait.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, shit. Now he looks like a doll.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

He looks so strange.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Look at those long legs.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Just someone drives by. Damn, those legs are long.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Damn, them legs are long.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, he's getting arrested. But how did we get here? And I guess it doesn't matter where he is, because if he's doing a cult shit, he can do that from anywhere.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He looks like a woman from Hollywood has had too much plastic surgery.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, God, I love how no one's like, yo, can you just turn that off?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Just turn that TV off, please?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Can you just. I'd love to finish this conversation for the listeners.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

There's a shot on the television that they. They paused the. The footage on, and it's a freaking frightening close up of. Of long legs.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And it's just in every shot.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

And it looks like he's eating Blair Underwood's head.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yes. Like Literally, it's right above him.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's very frightening.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

But you're right. No one was like, yo, turn. Turn it. Turn that off for a second, please.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Listen, we're going to talk about this. I can't.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I can't.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I can't. Look at that. Mommy does know. See, she was keeping something. Oh, my God. Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh. He's slamming his head on the table. Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

2. Oh, Jesus.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh. 3.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, hell no.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, my God. His teeth are falling out. This is pretty splattered all over.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, my God.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He's gonna ruin his plastic surgery.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, my God. It just looks like, like a zomb. And he said hail Satan right before. Oh, my God.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yo, is he dead?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I don't know.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Is this like, possessed?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I think that's the mother.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, is that. Oh, she's walking weird as hell, dude.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

So there's someone lurking outside of the car.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, she going to get. Bob's going to blast. Oh, dude. What is.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She got shot in the head going.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

On in this movie.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Pause. The McPoster chick.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, my God. Yo, this girl's seen a lot of people shot in the head, dude. I get. She's. She's. Her acting's great because, like, when you gotta have that camera in your face like that and it's just tracking and you gotta keep like. She's.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, I know. She's really great.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. This is some heavy shit right now. It's kind of funny. This is kind of like it follows. Yeah, like, it has a very similar.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yes.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Okay. I was like, that's not a real kid.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, the camera is very followy. Is the mother a nun?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I don't know. Oh, that's like the doll version. I still don't understand what that means.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I think the mother is the one that was accompanying Long Legs because they were saying it's got to be someone that they trust to let them in the house.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

So mom shot like, the doll version of her and then some, like, black ass smoke came out of the back of her head.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Told you. It's like performance art. It really is like a riddle.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It's like some, like, horror theater. Yeah, yeah, it's.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

But it's still really good.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

No, it is really good. I'm just interested to see if there's going to be really an answer to a million things that I've been wondering this whole time. That was the deal that she made. This is creepy as.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And then the doll is like, in sourceled.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

There's. There's so much source.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Like he's. His essence is in the dolls. Oh, he's placing these in the head of the doll, right. To kind of. Oh, God, put the dads in a trance to kill them. To kill the family.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, I guess that.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, shit.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I bet you that's what was in the brain, right? Like that's what moved out into the Fathers.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

That's some crazy shit, man. This is a good movie.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That's an interesting shot too, right?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

It looks like she's walking on the ceiling. Yeah, that's so cool.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I just flipped the camera upside. That's wild, huh? This looks like Buffalo Bill's room right here.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, it does. And that styrofoam head with the wig on it, that's so random.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, she's in his place. Oh, she is. This is his basement. Yeah, but how did the fuck did she get there? Oh, that was in mom's house. Oh, where he was, was in mom's house. So he was there all along?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That's kind of freaky too.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

That's such a great shot. That shadow of her on the.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

On that yellow wall.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

She's gonna be tired, this girl. What the. But here's the thing. Like, at this point for her, wouldn't you just be like, yo, I'm just gonna try to not be here and Right.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I'm out. I'm moving to a different state.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, yeah, I'm moving. Different country.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Hell yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I'm in Vancouver. So we could go back to the States.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Back to New York.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, like, let's get the out of here. Okay, she's doing that. She just get in the car. Come cuz. Jesus. She has had to give like, it with. It follows too. Like, she's had to give some like, heavy ass performances, man.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, yeah, yeah. During it follows, she's in that freaking anxious, like, yeah. State the whole film from beginning to end.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, she got the gun out. Now who's she going to go shoot? Her mom? Wait, but she was just at her mom's.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, but then remember he said you missed so and so's birthday party. So she's going to that little girl's house.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

She's the accomplice.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She's Cobble's accomplice.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

No one saw this comment. Okay, but come on, this. We're talking about kids birthdays. And neither one of them were like, you saw the devil in the window.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And did you see the way he closed that door? He did not look.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Well, no, he looked like he had.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

The devil behind his eyes.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

And she's there. And mom's there. Oh, yeah. Cuz the doll's in.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That means the doll's in the house.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She needs to shoot the doll in the head.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Something to cut up the cakes with.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, done for.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Oh, God, it's discordant.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

At least they made a brown doll. I'm happy about that.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Inclusivity matters. Yeah. Yeah, it does. Especially with demon dolls. You know, everyone deserves a demon doll.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, God, Blair Underwood is possessed right now.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I'm still not happy about that.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Pazuzu's in there.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That was Pazuzu from the Exorcist. That's my favorite. I love saying Pazuzu. So thank you.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I appreciate that, Miss Girl. Blair Underwood is possessed by Pazuzu.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

She's got. She got that depth. Oh, she killed Mom.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She had to. She had to.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

No, I. I'm not saying.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I'm not saying. You said she didn't have to. I'm just getting very excited.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

She had that squiggly, wiggly, like, demon knife, devil shit knife.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Did she like a dagger? Yeah, like the Omen dagger. Not the Pazuzu dagger.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

No one can touch the Pazuzu dagger.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Well, she's gonna shoot the dog.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

She has to, right?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

She's got to.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, she's got to.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, shot of bullets, girl.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

You out of bullets? Now what happens? Oh, is he gonna come over and sing a song? Yep, there he is.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, she killed everybody except the little girl.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yo, is there going to be a Long legs, too?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I'm sure they're going to try.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Now, was it going to be called Longer Legs, Long Balls? I'm telling you. Mark my words.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

He just went, hail Satan. And then went, yeah. Creepy as.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yo, this was really good.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I really enjoyed it. It was really odd and really weird. I didn't. The end kind of bugged me. So that's just me because I was a gay again. This girl is fucking breaking ciphers and shit. But she didn't go, oh, your girl's birthday's coming up, and it's on the day that we need the day. Like, no one put that together, right? Yeah, because they kept going, what day's the 14th? What's the 14th? Then what's the 4th? You know? No one went, oh, shit.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, Right? If someone says, hey, what about July 9th? The first thing I'd say is, oh, my God, that's my birthday.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That's my birthday.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, I know. But. Yeah, you know what I'm saying?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

So that's what I mean. Like, it was weird to me that they had all these discussions and he never was like, oh, shit, that's. That's Ruby's. That's my daughter's birthday. Maybe we should be a little wary that day.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yes, yes, yes. But I thought it was still weird.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

It still was great. It was weird. It was moody.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

The lighting, that framing. The framing that looks like a 70s, like Super 8. Like cameras being used.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah. With the flashbacks, which is specific. It was cool.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

So interesting. Yeah. That, like, round edge, like, frame. So fucking. This director is amazing. Give it up to Oslo. What's his name?

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Definitely Oslo. No, it's Osgood or Oz.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Osgood. Osgood Perkins.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yes.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He did a great job, man. I'm excited to see what else he comes up with. I wonder if he's a horror guy. Like, if that's his. That's his jam. You know what I mean? If he just. It seems that way, it seems like.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

With the movies he's making, their horror movies. So, I mean, listen, it was definitely weird.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And Nicolas Cage, that was fucking performance of a lifetime.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

He's. He's truly. He makes you uncomfortable.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, he make me. He made me as uncomfortable in this as he did in When Peggy Sue Got Married. Because that character was fucking terrifying, too.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Sure. Yes. Just different ways.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I love him. I love Nicolas Cage, man. He takes risks.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

And.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And he also doesn't give a if it's awkward or weird or stupid. Like, he just goes for it.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Well, that's a million percent. That's that performance. Like, you hit the nail on the head. He just went, I'm gonna just be as weird as possible. But it feels real. Like it. Yeah, it's a good. It's an amazing performance because that's. He's genuinely creepy as. Oh.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And he's committed 100%.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yes, a million percent. I dug it. That was fun.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

This was a good movie. Thank you, Long Legs. Thank you, Nicholas Cage. Thank you, Osgood.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Thank you, Micah Maker. Micah.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Micah. Mika Maker.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

You'll be doing that. Robert Rebecca dehornay. Roll.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Come on, now.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

You nail that shit, girl. I. Everyone was great in this movie. It was. I would definitely recommend this.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Hell, yeah. It was so good that I want to watch it again. Like, not right now, but I want to watch it one more time.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I will say.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

To even get more, you know.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yes.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Out of it.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

I will say this. It's not silence, though. Lambs. No. You know what I mean? Like, when I kept hearing that over and over, I'm like, I get it. But I mean, this was a devil worship movie. This was not normal people.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I said the same thing when I first. I was like, I get the. The sort of similarities because she's, you know, a rookie in the, you know, in. In the force, and she's going to investigate the serial killer. But, yeah, it's nothing like Silence of the Lambs tone wise or, like, story wise.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Yeah, Like, Hannibal was just a regular dude who was just killing people. Like Buffalo Bill. Like, this was so occult.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

This was. This was the guy downstairs they were dealing with. That was a weird movie with that. Y'all keep praying and keep that devil away.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

That's why the mom kept asking, listen.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

That'S what we all. We all could use a little bit more prayer in our lives.

[Unknown Speaker 2]

Smoke more of that diablo weed. Yeah, smoke that devil's weed. All right, guys, see you next Wednesday.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Bye.

[Guillermo Diaz]

Thank you for listening to Hive for Horror. Hi. For Horror is a production of executive producers Guillermo Diaz and Joe Grubbs, produced by Vince Dejani. If you enjoyed the show, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast app. For more Hive for horror, visit hiforhorror.com or find us on social media at HiForHorror podcast. Have a movie recommendation? Email us at highforhorrormail.com.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

SA.