TorTR #126 - Home Invasion Divination

On Episode 126, the year end double feature cram jam comes to a dramatic finish! Filmmaker Joe DiCanio joins us to review two interesting, but very different takes on the home invasion sub-genre. First up is the latest film from show favorite, Adam Wingard with The Guest and then we go to Netherlands to review Borgman. Joe also talks about the transformation of his show House of Horror into its new name and format Film for Thought, we unveil a new spoiler discussion segment, we get a review from Josh from the Arkham Film Society, hear from Bobby Chaynz and get a holiday greeting from DC Comics! So grab your super soldier serum, your poison darts and strap on your yule log!

Topics discussed: Borgman, music from our youth, Myra, buying action figures, year end special, adopting an Indian baby, Joe meeting Dan Stevens, Ravenshadow’s new catch phrase, The Deadites female fan base, world building, House of Horror, Batman movies, Bergman, Kim Jong-un’s haircut, genre film preferences, Night at the Museum, Roland 281, snow forts and snowboards, Film For Thought podcast, Perturbator, Bobby Chaynz’s new podcast, Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol, MonsterZero’s assassination attempt, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, Adam Green, Bloody Good Horror, You’re Next, Santa Claus vs The Devil, super soldiers, the year end list, the difference between Wolfie and Dynamo's writing sensibilities, not fucking the mom, MonsterZero's three ideas, all the folks who Dan Stevens looks like, Tiny's Borgman movie, Tiny forced to work, Video Power TV Show, realistic movies, Wingard and Barrett, Dynamo’s special lady friend’s Christmas skills, Christopher Nolan, DC Comics, Joe’s dad, Tiny and Dynamo’s Ornithopter adventure, The Big Scary Monster Hunts at Midnight, peeping Dynamo, heart monitor malfunctions, our intro and outro song, Drive, Ethan Embry, Tiny's The Guest conspiracy, Lance Guest, Decker is a replicant, Under the Skin, Hatchet, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Cannon Films, Tiny's secret mission, Hobos, bad cell service, the gardener, Tyler Perry, scaling buildings, home invasion movies, old scratch, Steve Vai as the devil, Hanukkah, class structures, The Shining, putting the Deadites music in movies, Stanley Kubrick, and how much a soundtrack matters.