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Welcome to The Average Podcast! We review movies based on how they would fair in social settings—meaning whether or not a general crowd would enjoy it or not. Your hosts, Jonathan and Tim, walk you through how they scored a movie according to The Average criteria.
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S4.E13. Sleepaway Camp 2: Bargain-Bin Gore and Campy Kills (opens the original)
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In this one, we dig into Sleepaway Camp 2 — a thin, campy slasher sequel with almost no real opposition for Angela to face. We break down the story and characters, the bargain-bin production history and music, the low-budget gore and standout kills, kill-driven scripting with a few quotable lines, memorable acting and visual details, and one genuinely impressive outhouse sequence. We wrap with a look at whether the film left any cultural footprint, land on a final verdict for its entertainment v
Sleepaway Camp: The Cult Slasher That Broke the Rules (opens the original)
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We're kicking off our summer camp slasher series with the weirdest, most unforgettable entry of them all: Sleepaway Camp (1983). From Camp Arawak's grimy charm and the movie's cast of oddball counselors and mean girls, to Angela's psychological core and *that* ending — we dig into what makes this low-budget cult classic so strangely compelling decades later. Along the way: trauma and Aunt Martha, practical gore effects, uneven-but-loveable performances, gender themes, the final image that still
S4.E11: THE BURNING (1981) Review | Summer Camp Slashers (opens the original)
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Pack your bags and grab your bug spray, because we are officially kicking off our brand-new themed month: SUMMER CAMP SLASHERS! For the next few weeks, we are leaving the comfort of the studio behind to head deep into the woods, exploring the campgrounds, the urban legends, and the creative kills that defined the golden age of 1980s horror. We are launching the series with an absolute heavyweight of the genre—the 1981 masterpiece of practical effects and summer dread: THE BURNING! We are breakin
S4.E10: NO CGI. NO COWARDS. Breaking Down Ong-Bak! | Martial Arts May (opens the original)
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Welcome back to week two of Martial Arts May! Tonight, we are leaving the high-rises behind and heading straight to Thailand to witness the film that launched a martial arts revolution and introduced the absolute phenomenon that is Tony Jaa. We are reviewing the 2003 masterpiece: ONG-BAK: THE THAI WARRIOR. When a sacred Buddha statue head is stolen from a peaceful village, a young martial artist skilled in the ancient art of Muay Boran must travel to the gritty streets of Bangkok to retrieve it.
S4.E9: THE RAID: REDEMPTION (2011) | The Best Action Movie Ever Made? (opens the original)
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Welcome to the series premiere of Martial Arts May! This month, we are trading our horror masks for hand-to-wraps as we dive into the films that redefined action cinema. We are kicking things off with the absolute pinnacle of modern choreography: THE RAID: REDEMPTION (2011). When an elite SWAT team becomes trapped in a high-rise tenement run by a ruthless drug lord, the only way out is through a 15-story gauntlet of pure, bone-crunching Silat. We're breaking down the legendary hallway scene, the
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