Hollyweird #008 - Clown in a Cornfield - Movie Theater May!

The Horror Show: A Horror Movie Podcast

IHATEHORROR

Tv & Film

4.5 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of 'Hollyweird,' Sean and Lexi delve into reviewing the movie 'Clown in a Cornfield' as part of their Movie Theater May event. They discuss the film's unique blend of horror and humor, and the depiction of Gen Z characters. Topics include the characterization of teens, political undertones, and standout scenes like the ring doorbell cam and the barn party massacre. The episode is punctuated with laughs about weird clown epidemics and comments on the directors' effective use of horror tropes, leading to talk about sequels and the future of horror in cinema.

00:00 Introduction and Puppet Budget Woes

03:18 Clown in the Cornfield: Movie Theater May

04:09 Interview Plans and Director Insights

06:41 Gen Z and Modern Horror Tropes

14:07 Movie Theater Experiences and Audience Reactions

47:05 Reflecting on High School Memories

47:50 Gen Z's Moral Code

48:19 Politics and Pop Culture

48:51 YouTube Movies and Small Town Troubles

50:08 Teenage Drama and Relationships

53:51 Clown Epidemic of 2016

55:40 Scuzzy Bobo: The Drunk Clown

56:37 Clown Confrontation and Ring Doorbells

59:37 Cornfield Horror and Founder's Day

01:04:43 Messy vs. Dirty: A Tangent

01:11:08 Barn Party and Cole's Rejection

01:15:41 Clown Attack and Friend O's Reveal

01:25:34 Founder's Day Tradition and Final Confrontation

01:28:01 Generational Gripes and Political Commentary

01:31:01 Climactic Confrontations and Gore

01:33:59 Romantic Subplots and Representation

01:36:47 Survivor Group Dynamics

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, Sean here. I just wanted to give a quick reminder that I'm going to plug in at the
0:04.3	beginning of every episode. Joe is currently on hiatus. Big bummer. We miss him to death.
0:11.1	But while he's away, I wanted to just, you know, keep putting stuff out and keep being creative
0:15.3	and coming up with new ideas and concepts and shows and stuff. So the feed is going to have a bunch of different things, a bunch of different guests, a bunch of different interviews, all shows and stuff. So, uh, the feed is going to have a bunch of different
0:21.7	things, a bunch of different guests, a bunch of different interviews, all sorts of stuff,
0:25.4	uh, while Joe is away. Uh, if, if you're, if you tune out, that's totally cool. I understand.
0:33.5	Uh, but I would do appreciate everyone that, that sticks around and, and hangs out with us while we're doing this new, new adventure.
0:41.0	And if you are waiting for Joe, just know that if you see an episode and it says THS and a number on it, Joe will be in that episode.
0:48.9	If it's not that, there's probably no Joe.
0:52.7	Probably, I think.
0:54.4	So anyway, keep that in mind and keep an eye out for if and when Joe ever returns and hope he's doing great.
1:03.6	And can't wait to see what we can do while he's away.
1:07.5	And then hopefully get that guy back in here.
1:10.2	So anyway, guys, thank you all so much and enjoy this episode.
1:13.9	Hello from Hollywood.
1:20.6	Breaking down all your favorite movies, Dexter and TV shows.
1:30.6	Hello from Hollywood.
1:33.4	I asked Sean to give me a puppet budget, and he said, no.
1:37.7	Puppet budgets are out.
1:39.4	For now.
1:40.4	We're living tight now that Joe's out.
1:44.6	We're on a shoe string budget these days.
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