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Episode Synopsis
Monty and Dean join the show to discuss the excess of 80s horror and its impact on the horror trends of the 90s and early 2000s. Timestamps0:00 - Intro3:12 - 80s Horror Prelude, Innovations and Technology Catching Up4:41 - The Thing7:57 - New Hollywood, Film Budgets 11:00 - Sequels, Low Budget Films 12:45 - Halloween15:29 - Nightmare on Elm Street 16:18 - Rise of Home Video18:26 - End of the 80s, Camp Horror, 90s Over-sensationalism23:15 - New Type of Villain, Silence of the Lambs, Seven, 24-hour news cycle 28:54 - Wes Craven, Scream, Return of Realism32:54 - Music Tangent, Pixels Joke35:14 - Blair Witch Project, Urban Legends40:54 - Japanese Horror, American Remakes 50:12 - Favorite Pieces of Horror Media 54:56 - Outro
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