Cereal At Midnight

It's time for FRESH FLAVORS, our look at new disc releases from all over the world! This episode covers everything from French cinema to "the Wilhelm Scream" with lots of Kung Fu and horror in between! Time Codes: 0:36 - Contest Announcement 2:04 - Rick and Morty Seasons 1-5 4:32 - Adventure Time: Distant Lands 6:41 - A Star Is Born  8:50 - Captain of the Clouds 10:41 - The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 14:19 - The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations Vol. 5 18:37 - Ultraseven X and Superior 8 Ultra Brothers 22:27 - Monkey Kung Fu 24:47 - Shaolin Mantis 27:05 - Yokai Monsters 31:00 - Deadly Games 34:08 - Lies & Deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol 42:00 - Where Are You, Jay Bennett? 43:20 -  Brian Loves You 46:36 - 23rd Century Giants: The Story of Renaldo and The Loaf 48:35 - Servants 49:55 - Drive-In Retro Classics 52:09 - Fool's Gold: Lux and Ivy Dig Those Novelty Tunes Reviews mentioned in this episode: Final Justice Ghost Riders Deadly Games H...

When is a slasher film more than just a slasher film? Such a question applies to 1982's Deadly Games , originally created under the title Who Fell Asleep . The overall tropes of the horror sub-genre are here: a masked killer who dresses all in black and who often murders his victims in creative and gruesome ways, a cast of attractive women/victims who have trouble keeping their clothes on, even a Final Girl that the audience can clearly champion as she faces off against her stalker.  But Deadly Games complicates things by introducing more mature elements that are harder to categorize, making this anything but routine. Instead of teenagers, we have an older cast of adults--some of whom are married. There's still sex and drama, but these issues play out in a very different way than slasher movies that deal primarily with young people who sneak away from the group for a quick tumble in the back of dad's Buick. The characters here are bored by a stagnant life in a a small town ...