229 - The Burning (1981) & Joy Ride (2001)

Published: March 29, 2022, 1:02 a.m.

b'Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1508220345366372352\\n\\nCW: Sexual Assault\\n\\nIt\\u2019s April Fools\' Day on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey commit a prank that\\u2014believe it or not\\u2014goes wrong! \\n\\nThe Classic Film: The Burning (1981)\\n"A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement\\u201d (IMDb.com). If you\'re expecting us to have a lot of good things to say about The Burning... don\'t. For the sin of kickstarting Harvey Weinstein\'s career, it could\'ve at least had the common decency to be interesting. \\n\\nThe Modern Film: Joy Ride (2001)\\n"Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer\\u201d (IMDb.com). 2001 was a hell of a time\\u2014movies like Joy Ride seemed a lot more compelling then. It\'s not bad by any means, but we both remember liking it more "back in the day."\\n\\nAudio Sources:\\n"April Fools" (2007) produced by Links Entertainment & Pa Pa Productions\\n"The Burning" (1981) produced by Cropsy Venture & Miramax\\n"Club Dread" produced by Broken Lizard Industries, et al.\\n"The Fast and the Furious" produced by Universal Pictures, et al.\\n"Joy Ride" (2001) produced by New Regency Productions, et al.\\n"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones'