HORROR BUSINESS Episode 29: Animals Gone Wild Pt. 4 (SLUGS & FROGS)

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business! We have got one creepy crawly episode in store you guys. As always thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the episode! First and foremost we want to give a shoutout to our sponsors over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screenprinting company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a tshirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or coozy. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thanks! This episode we are CONCLUDING our multi-episode series on the concept of animal horror, with 1988’s Slugs and 1972’s Frogs We begin by talking about what horror related things we had done lately. Liam talks about catching Lady .45 at the Mahoning Drive In’s Lethal Ladies event and watching Cooties. Justin discusses his experiences at Monster Mania Con in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Woo! Up first we talk about 1988’s Slugs. We open up by talking about the lunacy that is the fact that this is based on a novel. We give a basic outline of the film. We discuss the difficulty in making the titular animals threatening and how the film oftentimes fails to believably do so. We talk about the strange language barrier often found in films in the English language written by people who do not consider English their primary language. We talk about the surprising effectiveness of some of the films special effects and how the ending suffers from the same problem that Pirahna suffered from. The pointlessness of the near rape that occurs towards the end is examined in depth. Next is 1972’s Frogs. We discuss this movie possibly being the quintessential ‘when animals attack’ film. We talk about the variety of animals attacking people in the film that aren’t frogs, and how the island the film takes place on harbors an insane variety of wildlife. The social/racial/economic implications of the film are dissected in depth i.e. how the film portrays capitalism and offers a rather bleak version of a capitalist view on the environment. The films depiction of a wealthy white family being a far more accurate representation of the voting base for Trump is examined. The fx and over quality of the film are discussed, as is Sam Elliott’s lack of a mustache. We end by talking about Victor Salva, the convicted pedophile who is known for creating the Jeepers Creepers franchise and whose name has resurfaced with the upcoming release of Jeepers Creepers 3. Do not support Victor Salva, and if you want to watch some fun cheesy horror films, instead of going to see Jeepers Creepers 3, just watch these movies. Or see It twice. Or do literally anything other than support Victor Salva. As always thanks to everyone and anyone who checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the awesome fliers, and also thanks to Josh “Iron Fist” Alvarez for the theme song, Chris and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we’ll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!