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129: [Guest 51] Nicole/FilmFatale1000 - We vote for an alternative Xmas movie for Nicole to watch

·1 hr 10 min·4 clips

Nicole works in a haunted maze break room, “basically serving monsters for a month.”

1. Rage Whale brings back Nicole, known as Film Fatale 1000, for a Christmas special built around Halloween, Christmas memories, and a film-vote challenge. 2. Nicole is the returning guest from America, and the hosts say Drew is missing because he has no internet. 3. The episode is set up as a way to make Nicole watch an obscure Christmas movie and post a review dedicated to Rage Whale. 4. The conversation starts with Nicole’s recent reviews of Carrie and Halloween from her 1,000-greatest-movies challenge. 5. Nicole says Carrie is one of the movies she loves, even though she can tell it is outdated. 6. The hosts mention the 1976 version of Carrie, the Chloe Grace Moretz remake, and Sissy Spacek’s performance. 7. Nicole says Halloween was “a little bit boring,” but she understands why it was influential and important. 8. The hosts compare Halloween to later Halloween entries, including Rob Zombie’s versions and the 2018 sequel line. 9. Nicole guesses there are 13 Halloween films, and the hosts say they counted 16. 10. The episode turns to Halloween H20, which the hosts bring up as a film Nicole once called the worst movie ever made. 11. Nicole says she will not do only horror in November, because October was mainly for horror reviews. 12. She says it is hard to balance older movies from the list with newer films because she has seen very little new cinema. 13. The hosts recommend Thanksgiving on Netflix and describe it as a horror with comedy elements and creative deaths. 14. They also talk about Hostel, including the premise of tourists being kidnapped and sold to rich people for violence. 15. Nicole says she works at a local amusement park in October, serving scare actors in the break room while haunted mazes run. 16. She calls that experience exposure therapy because the same monsters who scared her before were ordering burgers from her. 17. The conversation shifts into Christmas memories, Christmas weather, and what counts as a festive film for Nicole. 18. The hosts keep the energy loose and teasing, mixing movie talk with jokes about Santa, geography, and American versus British Christmas weather. 19. Listeners who like horror, Christmas movies, and guest banter about older films will probably enjoy this episode. 20. Listeners who want a focused film review without side conversations may skip it.

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