247 - Kiss The Girls (1997) & The Black Phone (2021)

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Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1554240987651665920 CW: Suicide, Rape, Homophobia, Child Abuse It’s Serial-Kidnappers-in-Masks Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey talk to strangers... and dead kids! The Classic Film: Kiss the Girls (1997) "Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time” (IMDb.com). Despite its status as the first film appearance of Doctor/Detective Alex Cross, Kiss the Girls is still just one of a slew of mediocre, serial-killer thrillers churned out by the 90s. The Modern Film: The Black Phone (2021) "After being abducted and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims” (IMDb.com). A recent critical darling of the genre, Joe Hill and Scott Derrickson's The Black Phone is pretty compelling... if a tad overrated. Audio Sources: "American History X" produced by New Line Cinema, et al. "The Black Phone" produced by Blumhouse Productions, et al. "Boombastic" written by Orville Burrell, et al., and performed by Shaggy "Deadpool" produced by Twentieth Century Fox, et al. "Kiss the Girls" produced by Paramount Pictures & Rysher Entertainment "Leonardo Leonardo Returns and Dante Has an Important Decision to Make" (Clerks S01E01) produced by View Askew Productions, et al. "The Little Mermaid" produced by Walt Disney Pictures, et al. "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" produced by Brooksfilms & Gaumont "The Sixth Sense" produced by Spyglass Entertainment, et al.