The Terrible Terror Podcast · Brian Kindle

Terrible Terror Minisode 85

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Billy Chapman must kill 24 people by Christmas Eve or someone else dies.

1. Terrible Terror Podcast minisode 85 opens with holiday scheduling and points to The Mean One as the next full review on Shudder. 2. The solo host says Dave is out because his work schedule is 'really booked,' so the Christmas special becomes a one-person episode. 3. He says the point of the minisode is to bridge the next full episode, the holiday special, and a pair of recent horror movies. 4. The Mean One is described as a Grinch riff where 'Whoville' becomes 'Newville' and the trailer refuses to say 'the Grinch' outright. 5. He says The Mean One is already on Shudder and can also be rented or bought on other platforms. 6. He jokes that searching on YouTube or Pornhub can surface full movies, while making clear that the next podcast pick is The Mean One. 7. The review section moves to Five Nights at Freddy's 2, which he saw at an Alamo Drafthouse after wanting to get out of the house. 8. He says Rotten Tomatoes had the film around 12-13 percent with critics and 86-87 percent with audiences, which he calls the biggest gap on the site. 9. He notes that Five Nights at Freddy's 2 was the number one movie in America last week and jokes that he helped that box-office total. 10. Matthew Lillard gets the strongest praise, while Josh Hutcherson is described as checked out except for one scene. 11. The host argues that Scott Crawford's lore-rich game ideas do not translate cleanly when he is the sole writer on the film. 12. He says the franchise's jump-scare design works in games but feels thin when the movie does not deliver enough scares. 13. The animatronics are praised as stronger than in the first movie, and the marionette is singled out as especially good. 14. Silent Night, Deadly Night is introduced with Billy Chapman watching his parents die after a Santa Claus attack. 15. The remake adds a supernatural layer by putting the Santa killer's spirit into Billy as a voice named Charlie. 16. Billy is told to kill 20 or 24 people before Christmas Eve because the Advent-calendar run is tied to another person's survival. 17. Ruby Modine's Pamela, David Tomlinson's abusive ex-boyfriend Max Benedict, and Mark Acheson's voice work all get positive mention. 18. He likes the practical effects, the brisk 1 hour 36 minute runtime, and a large set piece that reminds him of Dead Snow. 19. The episode sounds like a late-night solo review with jokes, swearing, trailer talk, and blunt Christmas-horror opinions. 20. Listeners who like Christmas slashers and spoiler-heavy movie breakdowns should enjoy it, while people wanting a spoiler-light recap may skip it.

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A holiday minisode turns puppet frustration and trailer skepticism into a brisk Five Nights at Freddy's 2 check-in.

A Terrible Terror minisode uses a holiday-season check-in as a brisk stopover for Five Nights at Freddy's 2 and the podcast's next steps. The strongest stretch is the marionette discussion, where the host appreciates how the puppet works on screen while still wanting more of the…

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