Blood and Black Rum Podcast - A Cult Film / Horror Podcast

In Dread, the characters decide to study how dread can impact a human life - much like the same type of dread Ryne had when contemplating whether this adaptation from Clive Barker's original short story would be any good. However, we were pleasantly surprised by this 2009 torture porn-adjacent film that actually has a unique interpretation of grief. We talk about the bleakness, the stark high-contrast lighting, and the overall crux of the characters' thesis.
We're also drinking Sam Adams' new Apple Spice Ale!

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Sorry for the delay on this one, we had some technical issues with mics.
We're back with a new episode of Bobbing for Barker, and this time we're going back to a time pre-direction for Clive Barker; here he wrote the screenplay based on his original short story for Rawhead Rex. This has all sorts of issues, from pacing due to the lack of a complex plot to too many closeups of the titular beast leaving the mask looking ridiculous. However, we did get into some specific analysis of the film's religious overtones!
We're also drinking coffee on this special morning-recorded episode, as well as discussing Sierra Nevada's 2026 Oktoberfest festbier in collaboration with Hoppebrau!

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Continuing our foray into tangentially-related Clive Barker films for Halloween, we cover the 2009 movie Book of Blood, which actually just takes the wraparound story from the collection of the same name and turns it into a full-length movie. We talk about how that was probably a misguided concept, the banality of this drab miserable movie, and the frustrations we had with a paranormal film that doesn't explore its own spooky house.
We're also drinking Saranac's Darktoberfest, which is back this year after a long hiatus!

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We're covering arguably one of Clive Barker's most popular projects Nightbreed, a tour de force of monster designs and special effects work that actually serves the Halloween season very well. Again, because this is a Clive Barker series, we're covering the Director's Cut version of this film that restores Barker's original vision and matches his novella Cabal a bit better than the theatrical. We talk about the effects, Danny Elfman's overbearing score, the themes buried underneath, and a whole lot more.
As a special treat, we're drinking Ryne's very own homebrewed beer - it's Hank's Hefeweizen, a recipe from Northern Brewer. He's calling it Boggy Creek Brews' Haunted Hefeweizen.

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We're taking a train going to the bowels of hell - or perhaps just the city underbelly - in our Bobbing for Barker episode about The Midnight Meat Train! While this one's just based on a short story by Clive Barker, we discuss the ways this one feels very 2000s torture porn - its sterile aesthetic and lighting, to its shiny meat hammer wielded by the villain, to director Ryuhei Kitamura's flashier action flair.
We're also drinking Ommegang's Fest Bier marzen style lager on the show!

Tune in all Halloween season for more Bobbing for Barker!