524.6 – Nightmare in Horror Films, K-Pop Demon BBQ, The Smashing Machine
Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
Katey, Matt, Da7e and David
4.6 • 992 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
This week, Patches and Da7e have been watching the old Nightmare on Elm Street sequels on HBO Max and Patches wonders if we’re missing something in modern horror. Then, Patches and David got to meet the stars of K-Pop Demon Hunters in New York, did they earn more cred with their kids? Finally, Katey, David, and Da7e have seen The Smashing Machine and debate the movie’s high aspirations as a character piece with a puzzling execution.
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FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: KB Toys Kids
02:24 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.6 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews! E-mail!
14:13 – Tidbit – Nightmare in Horror Films
29:57 – Mini-Segment – K-Pop Demon BBQ
40:21 – Segment 3 – The Smashing Machine
58:52 – Outro
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | From bikes and trains and video games, the biggest toy store there is. |
| 0:06.0 | In honor of Roof Man in theaters this weekend, what was your favorite toy you bought at a toy store? |
| 0:12.2 | I'm Katie Rich. We didn't have a Toys R Us near us. I think the next one was a few towns over. |
| 0:16.1 | So I remember going to the toy store in the mall. And I got $15 one time for some reason and used it to buy three troll dolls with a little gem in the belly button. They were $5 a piece. And it was really satisfying. What was the toy store in the mall? Was it a KG toys? I realized I started that sentence. I remember the name of the bookstore, which is B. Dalton. And I cannot conjure the name of the toy store. I'm going to think it over and see if I can come back with an answer at the end of this |
| 0:40.9 | podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | I am Matt Patches. |
| 0:43.9 | I would say most of my favorite toys, I probably didn't buy myself at the toy store because |
| 0:48.1 | I was young and had no money. |
| 0:50.2 | But my favorite toys were probably the Mighty Max, those boy versions of Polly Pocket, really saved up and got one of those. |
| 1:00.0 | Other than that, magic cards, just wasted all my money on magic. |
| 1:04.0 | Yeah, those are things that you bought. |
| 1:05.4 | I think you could buy things at Toy Stories if you really want them. |
| 1:08.8 | I'm David the 7 and I saved up |
| 1:10.9 | some money to get that big |
| 1:12.7 | T-Rex from the first Jurassic Park line |
| 1:14.8 | that you could squeeze its |
| 1:16.5 | ribs and it would open its mouth. |
| 1:19.3 | I made a lot of |
| 1:20.7 | short high eight films with that |
| 1:22.7 | T-Rex. |
| 1:24.4 | Wow, you're a regular Spielberg. |
| 1:26.3 | Yeah, me. |
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