Ride Home Rants
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A Wickedly Fun Halloween Adventure
What happens when breakfast classics clash in a Halloween-themed debate? Picture this: pancakes vs. waffles, with JJ Phillips and Jordan DeMarco singing praises of pancake nostalgia, while Rusty Bliss, Brandon Wiley, and Matt "Lando" Landowski argue for waffle superiority with an arsenal of toppings. And just when you think breakfast wars are over, we switch gears to a muscle showdown between two Hollywood heavyweights: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Mark Wahlberg. With most of our panel gushing over The Rock's physique, Rusty Bliss stands firm with Team Wahlberg, offering a fun twist to the discussion.
Once we've settled the breakfast and bicep debates, it's off to the land of spooky delights. Everyone agrees Halloween parties deserve more love, transcending age barriers with their festive magic. But who would win in a battle of horror icons? Our crew unanimously crowns Michael Myers as the ultimate champion, thanks to his relentless and creepy pursuits. A trip down memory lane follows, filled with sweet (and sometimes cringeworthy) trick-or-treating tales, and the controversial reputation of candy corn – a treat that might just attract more side-eyes than screams.
Finally, we conjure up the thrill of haunted films with whispers of a "13 Ghosts" spin-off, daring adventures to eerie places, and a collective gasp over a creepy night at Moundsville Penitentiary. We wrap our Halloween gathering with a spirited ranking of must-watch horror classics, from "The Shining" to "Halloween." Packed with humor and nostalgia, this episode is a wickedly fun ride through the enchanting and eerie world of Halloween. Join us for laughs, chills, and the kind of camaraderie that only October can inspire!
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Speaker 1:This is to help their mental and physical health. Part of every proceeds does go to helping veterans and first responders who work during COVID with their mental health as well. This is a great cause. Use the promo code Mike Bono and you will save 20%. That all being said, it's well, I don't want to say everybody's favorite time of the year, but it's most people's favorite time of the year and it is spooky season. So we are doing our Halloween round table. So we are doing our Halloween round table. I have a, a ghouly grit. Guests of panels, a panelist here for us today. Try to make a Halloween pun. I'm too tired for Halloween right now. I'm going to let them introduce themselves. Guys, I need your name and the answer to these two questions which is better, pancakes or waffle? And who is more in shape duane, johnson or mark walbert and jj?
Speaker 3:we're going to start with you um, jj phillips, living in austin town, ohio. Pancakes are definitely better than waffles because you can dress them up any any type of way chocolate, blueberry, blueberry, cream cheese, strawberry so many different ways. And person who's in better shape? I'm going with Dwayne the Rock Johnson, aka the final boss, as he's known, right now. He's just in crazy shape right now and I mean this doesn't make any sense. I'm sure he's taking a little extra juice, but you know, whatever you got to do absolutely rusty.
Speaker 2:Let's go to you, nick hey, my name is rusty bliss. I'm from willoughby, ohio. Uh, waffles. Anything you said we could do with pancakes, we can do with waffles, but it holds a little bit more um, and I don't know. I'll go with Marky Mark, for the heck of it.
Speaker 3:Marky Mark.
Speaker 2:Just to balance the tables. Come on, you guys are probably too young to know who that was. I know who Marky Mark is.
Speaker 4:We know who.
Speaker 2:Marky Mark is Good vibrations, Alright. New father to the show Brandon.
Speaker 3:Wiley Good vibrations.
Speaker 1:All right. And new father to the show Brandon Wiley Brandon.
Speaker 5:What's going on everybody? Happy Halloween. It's one of my favorite times of the year. I'm Brandon Wiley from Erie, pennsylvania. I got to go with waffles too. I'm a waffle guy. It doesn't mean I'm discriminating against pancakes, because I bang with pancakes too, but I think waffles has. I'm a waffle guy, um, it doesn't mean I'm discriminating against pancakes, because I bang with pancakes too, but I think waffles has the slight edge, uh, and then I gotta go with, I gotta go with the final boss, duane the rock johnson. Uh, he's cut up too. It's like he lost a little bit. You know what I mean. He's, he's, he's shredded, but like, like jj said, he's definitely taking a little something.
Speaker 1:For sure, and what I'm sure is going to be. I got to say this has got to be your 100th episode here, tony. But Tony Bogan, big Tony, is frozen, so we will. They got Tony we got Tony we we, we got Tony, Tony is. Tony is for us. We're going to move on and go with Matt Lando.
Speaker 6:Landowski hey, thanks for having me, brother. Happy Halloween everyone. This is Matt Landowski. I'm going to go with waffles Start my day. And I'm going to go with waffles Um, start my day. And, uh, I'm going to go with the rock on this one, dwayne the rock Johnson. He, uh, he's on some good supplements. So supplements, yeah, we'll call it supplements.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we'll call it supplements for this. All right, and last but not least, we got Jordan DeMarco.
Speaker 7:What's up? Happy Halloween. Jordan DeMarco, pittsburgh, pa. I'm going pancakes from a pure nostalgia standpoint. Something about growing up, waking up on Saturday morning, getting some pancakes in to start your Saturday as a kid. It still carries with me to this day. I love having pancakes on saturday morning, especially after football. Um, so I'm going pancakes for sure for just from pure nostalgia. And I'm going with the rock, just like everyone else. There's no way like the rock could probably eat mark wolberg at this point, like I don't know mark's got them burgers on his side.
Speaker 7:You know, like the rock is is definitely um tipping from the fountain of youth, if we know you know we're talking about.
Speaker 3:He's tipping from it.
Speaker 7:He's the final boss in WWE right now, so he's he's still rocking and rolling with that, with his physique?
Speaker 1:So, absolutely, I'll answer these two questions. I used to be a big pancake guy. I got to tell you I bought myself a waffle iron I team waffle all the way on this one. Now I can make them at home. I'm just saying I was pancakes all the way. You couldn't even make me look at a waffle. Do breakfast for dinner at least once or twice a month here at the Bono household and it's it's waffles and bacon all day. I think we're getting Tony back here. Let's see if we can get Tony back. But who's in better shape? Like everybody else, I gotta go with the rock. It's hard not to have you seen that man. I think his biceps are the size of my torso. So, uh, yeah, I gotta go with the rock on that one. And, tony, do you got us now? We got you back here. Yeah, I don't know what happened there?
Speaker 1:it's the wonderful age of technology that we're in. That's what that's what it is my favorite saying technology is great when it works. But, tony, like I was saying, this got to be your hundredth round table that you've done for us here today, uh, but we'll let you answer these two questions what is better, pancakes or waffles? And who is in better shape, the rock or mark walbert?
Speaker 4:for me, I gotta go with waffles. I don't like pancakes at all, I think they're the same thing, but I gotta go with waffles and I'm going with. And I say this is I'm ironically watching wrestling right now. I'm going with dwayne the this as I'm ironically watching wrestling right now, I'm going with Dwayne the Rock Johnson, aka Rocky Maivia, aka Corporate Rock, aka the Front Boss.
Speaker 3:Ooh, we love all of them.
Speaker 1:All right, guys, we're going to get back to what we were supposed to be talking about here, and that is all things. Halloween and Rusty. We're going to start with you, for this one is halloween parties. Are they overrated or underrated?
Speaker 2:hell. No, they're not overrated, they're fun, man, even I mean. They're ageless. You know, you don't have to be a kid, you don't have to be. You know I'm mid-50s dude, give me a good halloween party with some friends. It's fun. I mean it's, you know it is. It's fun, it's a. It's a crazy time of the year and you know it says seasonal change and you're rolling into a new season. But it's fun, it's a. It's a, it's, it's just fun. We'll just leave it at that.
Speaker 1:All right, it's just fun. But DeMarco, what about you?
Speaker 7:Yeah, I'm going, I'm going with. It's not overrated. I think it's actually underrated. I think I'll speak for my generation right now coming out. I think people don't have enough Halloween parties. You see a lot in college and stuff, but then you know, once you exit college I don't think you see my generation getting together as friends and and doing halloween parties. I think there needs to be more of that um, post-college um, but I definitely think it's a timeless thing. Like rusty said, I think there needs to be more of it. I mean, I like, I love, I love the big three right here. You know you got halloween november. Christmas halloween's probably the least you know, definitely least out of importance of those three, but it's a good one to kick off with your friends and have fun. So I think you need to have them all right lando.
Speaker 1:What about you?
Speaker 6:I'm gonna go with underrated. Um, I like candy man, so'm just going to leave it at that man. You know what I mean. Like everybody.
Speaker 1:Lando's in it for the candy, and the candy alone is Tony, what about you?
Speaker 4:I got to say they're they're underrated. I grew up, I live, 10 minutes from a college town and people are always out and about, especially at Kent State, and I went to Halloween parties at Kent State, so I got to say that they're severely underrated.
Speaker 1:All right, wiley, what about you?
Speaker 5:man again, I love all things halloween, so I'm gonna say they're. I'm gonna say they're underrated when I was in grads I was having this conversation the other day. When I was in grad school, we threw a rager halloween party and we called it the halloween party with all capital, the, and we had about a hundred people come through, over a hundred people come through, five dollars at the door, jungle juice, and we had the whole thing and it was probably, by far not being biased the best party I'd ever been to in my life. So we need more of those in our society. You know what I mean, so I'm all for it.
Speaker 1:Absolutely JJ round us out on this.
Speaker 3:Definitely underrated. I mean from probably from the time I was young to now. I've never been to a bad Halloween party. I mean they're from time I was young to now. I've never been to a bad Halloween party. I mean they're the best parties of the year in my personal opinion. You're always going to have fun. It's just a good time.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. I mean I wouldn't say they're overrated, I wouldn't say they're underrated. I think they put that line just right. You know, I love a good Halloween party. Uh, it's fun to get out. I haven't been to one in, uh hell like eight, nine, probably 10 years now. But you know, I'm a busy man, I, I, it never fails. I typically always have shows coming over around halloween, uh, so I can't really do any parties, but I, they were fun while they, while I had them and while I was there. But JJ, I know you're going to love this one and I think I know where you're going to go with this question here. But who wins in a fight? Freddie Krueger, michael Myers, jason or Chucky Michael Myers? I mean, I mean, I'm a little biased.
Speaker 3:So, um, yeah, he definitely wins. I mean I'm a little biased, so yeah, he definitely wins. I mean, Freddie, he only kills people who are in their sleep. I don't think Michael Myers sleeps, so he's out, eliminated. Jason, he's only good in the woods and down there on Camp Crystal Lake. He can't come to Haddonfield and deal with Michael Myers. He takes the L there. Chucky's a doll. Get him out of here, Kick him out the way. And who else did you say? Who was the?
Speaker 1:other guy Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Jason or Chuckie.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, they all take L's. And I explain why he's the best. He's the GOAT.
Speaker 5:Okay, brandon, what about you? This is a good question. I think over the past few years I've become more fond of Mike Myers because I just love his. He's just a sinister dude and you know, we don't know if he's what he's, what keeps him going Like I have no idea. So, like I don't know, I'm going to go ahead and say Michael Myers.
Speaker 1:OK, Tony, what about you?
Speaker 4:I'm going to also say Michael Myers as well, because the guy doesn't sleep. Can't beat someone who doesn't sleep.
Speaker 1:All right, Lando.
Speaker 6:I'm going to go with Michael Myers on this one.
Speaker 1:All right, we're getting almost a clean sweep here. We've got two more, demarco.
Speaker 7:Yeah, I'm bringing the same energy as JJ Listen to me michael myers. Michael myers is the greatest halloween character of all the halloween movies like don't hit me with the chucky crap, don't hit me with. I don't even think I've seen nightmare on elm street. Don't have to, don't care, because all I know, when you think halloween you think michael myers, you think the mask, you think the shadow, you think everything about michael myers. It has to do with halloween. I don't need to see nightmare on all street, I don't need to see camp crystal, egg bs with, with whatever, whoever. Jason like michael myers is the epitome of a horror villain.
Speaker 2:It's him, it's nobody else hey, rusty are going to have a clean sweep. It's Michael Myers for the sweep. But JJ Jason's not just good in the woods. Remember that cat rolled through Manhattan too.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, and tore up a cruise ship. Dude was everywhere.
Speaker 5:Yeah, Jason was in space too. He was in space.
Speaker 2:Yeah he was in space, dude's everywhere, but the Michael Myers character, space too. He was in space, yeah, dudes everywhere. But um, the, the michael myers character, it's one of those things that that's gonna stand the test of time, and the whole the whole story. Now I don't. I'm sure everybody's seen the latest, latest one, so there is really only one way to get rid of the guy. But um, yeah, he's, he's a bad man and he does it so slow. He's like the tortoise in the hair. Dude just keeps on cruising. He doesn't have to run, doesn't have to eat, cause he knows you're going to do something stupid.
Speaker 1:And then I was going to be right there. Speaker 2 I was going to say he knows somebody's going to trip, they're going to break an ankle or something blow an ACL or something you know. Now, I guess it's the age of the Achilles. They're blowing out their Achilles.
Speaker 2:You know they're trying to just live Nobody stretches anymore.
Speaker 1:Now you got to get that good stretch in before you go into a haunted woods. You know I was torn on this one. I'm I'm a Jason fan too as well, but I'm also a huge Michael Myers fan. I mean, y'all made up a lot of good points. I gotta go with Michael Myers. I mean, I'm a Michael, so it's kind of hard not to go with a Michael. But all right here, rusty, what's more of a scary movie to watch on Halloween? Is that the Exorcist, or Jeepers, creepers.
Speaker 2:Dude, I'm old school the Exorcist. The beginning of that movie, with the noise, the chains and all that rattling up in the attic is, you know, jeepers, creepers is. It's cool. But it's too new school, old school Exorcist because especially when I first saw it I was a kid and that you know everybody when you're home alone you always hear shit in the house. It's like Whoa, what is that? But that the start of that movie, it sets the tone for it. So yeah, on Halloween, and plus, the music is just so cool. That Music is just so cool. That riff for the Exorcist, that's Halloween. You know we talked about Halloween parties. That's Halloween party music right there.
Speaker 1:Absolutely, and I laughed only when you said that, because my wife's watching the Seals game in the other room and without missing a beat. When I asked that she goes Exorcist, not even close.
Speaker 3:Like she's just answering questions from the other room she just didn't miss a beat, she was just.
Speaker 1:I heard her go get him the exorcist, not even close like it wasn't and she didn't break pace like. But you mentioned about everyone. You know I the exorcist. That movie gets me too as well, mainly because I found out recently that the house I live in now is haunted, so that's fun.
Speaker 2:Oh sweet, oh yeah, we got a party at your house, yeah.
Speaker 1:Like we hear people walking upstairs when it's just my wife and I. The other day, middle of the day, the front door literally just slammed shut by itself. We're the only yeah. So we can do shots and have a seance. I'm not having any type of seance with you, rusty, I'm telling you that right now you bring your Ouija board somewhere else. I'm not now we're not messing with that.
Speaker 3:What'd you start messing with?
Speaker 1:there he goes with the voice. Alright, demarco, what about you? What's scary Exorcist of?
Speaker 7:Jeepers, creepers, yeah, I'm going Exorcist. That's a movie like when you're a kid, I remember you know, flipping through the channels and clicking, oh, the Exorcist. And seeing the part where she's crawling down the stairs backwards yeah, that scene and being just terrified as a child, or the one where her head spins backwards, that's a scary, scary movie. That's one that's Talk about an older movie that is still scary to this day. It's just when I think about older scary movies that and the Shining the Shining frightened me as a kid. The Exorcist really, really got me as a kid.
Speaker 1:I got you, Lando. What about you?
Speaker 6:I'm going to say that they're both pretty dang scary. I'm not a girl, I'm more of a Hoobie Howell Weed type of guy.
Speaker 3:Okay, I'm more of a who be how we type of guy Tony.
Speaker 1:what about? What about? We'll just?
Speaker 4:go to Tony. What about you I?
Speaker 2:haven't seen either movie.
Speaker 5:If I'm being come on, I'm serious.
Speaker 4:I've seen it, though I've seen it mind, I'm dead serious.
Speaker 2:I've seen it, though. I've seen it everyone at rock's characters but you have never seen the exorcist.
Speaker 4:I have not, I. I I'm just not a scary movies type guy. Well, except for a scary movie, I'm not a scary, but I'm gonna go with. I'm gonna go with Jeepers, creepers.
Speaker 1:Okay, I guess just to mix it up a while, brandon, what about you?
Speaker 5:So a fun fact about me is, many moons ago I was studying to become a Catholic priest. That's actually what brought me to Erie. I was in the seminary and so I used to live at this place called St Mark's Seminary. So it's literally like the hub of the Diocese of Erie Very old building, very like, very historical, but our chapel that we had there no longer is used for that, but it used to be a place where they would have actual exorcisms, and so it's freaky as hell. I had a lot of wild experiences there that I could save for another time, so I'm always going to go with the exorcist because that's like real shit. Okay, so it's real. So that movie is freaky and there's a lot of truth behind that type of stuff.
Speaker 1:Okay, JJ. What about you? Round us out here?
Speaker 3:I'm going to go with the Exorcist. I mean you can't beat that. It's a classic. It's one of the scariest movies I've seen growing up. The theme song to that is second only to the Halloween theme. And I mean that girl in that movie man, I mean she just really did a whole lot of stuff. I think girl in that movie man, I mean she just really did a whole lot of stuff.
Speaker 1:I think she did it all herself too no cgi, no extras, none of that so I think it was all her. So, yeah, hands down, that's. That's the movie. Okay, we're gonna switch it up a little bit here and ask jj, what is the worst halloween candy and why is it candy corn?
Speaker 3:oh, candy corn. Yes, it's disgusting. I I don't know how people can eat that. Whoever eats candy corn, they have to be a serial killer. I'm assuming um, because it's it's disgusting. I've tried it numerous occasions and it just it's nasty. I don't know how anybody can stomach that yeah, I'm not a fan of it.
Speaker 1:uh, the whole question wasn't why is it candy? But I kind of had a feeling that's where we're going to be going with this one. Yeah, everyone kind of shits on candy corn. Just build a sweep right now.
Speaker 3:Yeah, get the broom out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're getting them. Hold your horses, hold your horses, uh-oh, uh-oh. Uh-oh All right Wiley, what about?
Speaker 5:you, I don't need. There's no explanation needed Candy corn for sure.
Speaker 1:Got it.
Speaker 4:Tony, god, oh God, I have to say black licorice, not candy corn.
Speaker 1:Okay, that's up there. That's terrible too. It's a close second for me, but I'll give you that one, Lando.
Speaker 6:Yeah, candy corn is just weird man that's just weird.
Speaker 1:All right, we were told to hold up DeMarco. Now we're to you. What do?
Speaker 7:we got here, all right, listen. So I'm not going to advocate for candy corn. It's not good, it's not, but on the other hand I really don't think it's not good, it's not, but on the other hand I really don't think it's terrible. But have any of you ever had the little mini pumpkins? The little, the old school mini?
Speaker 1:pumpkins, those are 10 times worse.
Speaker 3:They're kind of the same thing, but sweeter those are all right I hate the pumpkins.
Speaker 7:The candy corn not that I'm ever going to just eat a handful, but like it's not terrible, the pumpkins I can't stand. I hate the pumpkins, hate them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I forgot about the pumpkins. I think it's Like, rusty, I think you just said it Small doses I can do some candy corn, very small doses. So, rusty, I think you said I think it's the same, the pumpkins the same thing as candy corn, just sweeter.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they're kind of the same thing, but they're sweeter, but it's at the same time they're a little bit bigger, so you're exposed to more candy corn overdose.
Speaker 1:Probably. Yeah, you're probably not wrong. And all right, rusty, we already know it's candy corn. We're not even going to go there, we're just going to move on to the next one here. And how old were you the last time you dressed up and went trick-or-treating?
Speaker 2:you're asking me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, rusty.
Speaker 2:Oh, um, I don't know, it wasn't it, it wasn't recent, but um, the uh, I would say my as a teenager man. I mean, you know, we just probably halfway through high school and it just got, we got more towards the Halloween party side, done I got. So you didn't. You didn't really do unless you went with, you know, younger cousins and stuff like that.
Speaker 1:But yeah, the market. What about you?
Speaker 7:Yeah, I distinctly remember, I think seventh grade, um, we all, we all have our friend group went out. We actually we had this one friend in the friend group who lived in the really rich neighborhood.
Speaker 2:Full-size candy bar Full-size.
Speaker 7:Full-size candy bar buddy, Buying two pounds, giving two out at each house. So we talked up pretty good, that being like the last ever trick-or-treating, you know Halloween night, and then, yeah, you know Halloween night, and then, yeah, like someone like Rusty said, like moving into Halloween parties after that.
Speaker 1:I gotcha All right, Lando. What about you?
Speaker 6:I think it was like junior high or early high school and then, yeah, I moved towards the parties in high school and stuff like that alright, tony, what about you?
Speaker 4:I'd say around freshman year, sophomore year of high school. I had a very, very little sister, so sometimes I'd go with her to help her collect candy gotcha alright, brandon.
Speaker 1:What about you?
Speaker 5:shit, mine was last year man, I got kids. I got excuses to go. So I dressed up as a werewolf and you know that was got some candy man. It was cool.
Speaker 3:Now you're right JJ last time I dressed up and went trick or treating was probably like 8th grade. I would probably say 8th grade high school. That was probably the last time I mean I take the say 8th grade of high school. That was probably the last time. I mean I take the kids trick-or-treating by and dress up.
Speaker 1:I gotcha. Yeah, mine was. I think it would have been 4 years ago. My son went out. Like everyone with kids, I had an excuse, I dressed up, we went out, but I will say the most fun I had was he went as a ghostbuster and I was just behind him playing the ghostbusters theme song the entire time and it was irritating him to no end like he kept turning around like will you stop, dad? I at one point he was walking to the beat of the of the music.
Speaker 1:So yeah that's still just the one proud dad moment, but he hasn't gone trick or treating since, so I kind of ruined it for my dad. So all right, jj, we're gonna stay with you. Aj, I'm going to stay with you. Oh God, this is pity here. All right, what? I don't even think. How did he write that? I'm trying to read this and not mess it up. He just was typing this one fast. What an underrated scary movie. Everyone should see at least one. What is okay? There we go. What is an underrated scary movie everyone should see at least one.
Speaker 1:What is an underrated scary movie? Everyone should see at least once Underrated.
Speaker 3:I am going to go with something that came out recently, that movie Smile. It's underrated, a lot of people have mixed feelings about it, but I kind of like it. I'm probably going to go see the second one that just came out. So it's that's underrated, a lot of people have mixed feelings about it, but I kind of liked it. I'm probably going to go see the second one I just came out. So, yeah, that's a pretty good one to go see okay, brandon, what about you?
Speaker 5:yeah, I'm trying to remember, I'm trying to think. Man, I watch scary movies all the time. There was one one I just watched, it was oh yeah. We watched this one called the Hangman. Was it the Hangman? Yeah, it's a new one on. I think it's on Amazon Prime. It's pretty crazy. It's a good one. You'll have to check it out. It's called the Hangman.
Speaker 4:Tony, what about you? I'd have to say it since it's the last scariest movie that I've watched, so I'm going to go with it. Underrated. Yeah, I liked it, oh man.
Speaker 3:It is a classic.
Speaker 1:We're talking about underrated scary movies.
Speaker 4:Oh shoot, I at one point thought Thriller was actually a movie, but it turns out it's not Tony, Tony, Tony.
Speaker 1:You're killing me here, man. You're killing me, Tony. All right, Lando, what about you?
Speaker 6:Does Saw count as a scary movie?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 6:Yeah, I'm going to go with Saw man. I mean, I sat through that for like 15 minutes and I didn't get mad.
Speaker 1:I got you, demarco, what about?
Speaker 7:you?
Speaker 7:Yeah, one that comes to mind, like, I think, when I was in middle school um insidious came out oh yeah you want to talk about an underrated scary movie, insidious, one and two just don't forget the rest, but one and two great. Like. To me, what makes a good scary movie has got to have a good story. It's got a great story but it's got some terrifying, terrifying parts that the music's scary it. You know me being, I think, a six or seven grade when it came out. Like you know, try to be a big tough guy when you're that age, but like shaking in my boots watching it, you know what I mean. Like, yeah, that was a scary, scary movie. Those first two ones, man, creepy, all right, rusty, what about you?
Speaker 2:oh, it's not that it's underrated, it's kind of lost its luster. Amityville, the amityville horror, it's kind of like, uh, it kind of goes down that same path that the exorcist did, but it's, you know, more of the house, the spirits of the house possession as opposed to one person and that was uh the original one. That the of the house possession as opposed to the one person, and that was uh the original one, that the seat, the spinoffs were garbage, but the original one was pretty cool. And then, of course, everybody, everywhere you went, you always saw a house that looked like that house and you'd go man, there's that house. But yeah, amityville, it's not that it was underrated, but yeah, amityville, it's not that it was underrated, but it's kind of lost its luster and it's getting lost with everything else, but that's one that's a must-see.
Speaker 1:I think mine for this one, and my wife again chimed in in the back after screaming at the Steelers 13 Ghosts. I don't think that movie gets enough credit. That movie, it's an amazing movie. The storyline in it is phenomenal. That's a good answer If you follow it. Yeah, 13 Ghosts is definitely in there.
Speaker 3:The plot twist was crazy, exactly, you don't see that coming at the end.
Speaker 1:there it's one Halloween movie. My wife doesn't really do scary movies, but that is one that we will watch every year for Halloween.
Speaker 5:I heard they're making a series of that that follows each of the ghosts. Each episode is going to be about that ghost.
Speaker 1:Like a backstory that tournament.
Speaker 5:Yeah, it's going to be crazy.
Speaker 1:Don't play with my emotions like that. That's what I heard, man.
Speaker 5:I was excited about it.
Speaker 1:I'm now excited about that, if there's an actual spin-off where they follow all 13 ghosts like yeah, yeah, that's what we're talking about. Like they just said that yeah, now I gotta hold on.
Speaker 6:I gotta fill her in. She can't hear y'all with my headphones at all. They're making a spin-off of 13 ghosts.
Speaker 1:They're gonna follow each ghost. One of the 13 ghosts. They're going to follow each ghost one of the 13 ghosts. That is fucking awesome.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:We talk at the bottom. I apologize for anybody listening. Brandon, I know your kids are around. I'm sorry.
Speaker 5:I got my headphones, they were good man.
Speaker 1:But alright, where am I at here, rusty, we're going to stay with you. I believe everyone answered that question right. Yeah, the underrated scary movie. Okay, we get off track on this show so easily. It's phenomenal.
Speaker 2:I still want to know about Brandon's crazy stories from the seminary.
Speaker 4:I don't know what's going on?
Speaker 2:Yeah, there might not be enough time for that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's a whole show it's a whole show for a whole other day, rusty. For you, though, this one, this one's a thinker. Here, though, would you rather spend the night in an abandoned, insane asylum or spend 8 hours in an abandoned coal mine?
Speaker 2:I think the abandoned coal mine, because I'm going to by the end of that time I'd be nuts anyway, but I think the coal mine Would be pretty cool. It would be Again. It's any noise you hear, but I don't need no crazy people running around me. I'm good, I'm good. I'm good thinking I'm by myself.
Speaker 7:DeMarco, what about you? You said eight hours in each.
Speaker 1:No, you're spending the night in the abandoned insane asylum and only spending eight hours in an abandoned coal mine.
Speaker 7:Yeah, give me the coal mine. I'll fall asleep in there, I'll take a nap, take an eight hour nap. It'll be nice and cold. You know, pretty dark. Maybe I'll just try to pass out the best I can. Alright, Lando.
Speaker 6:I'm going to go with the coal mine on that one. Yeah, Pass out and go to sleep. You know it's a little.
Speaker 4:All right, tony, I'll have to say the coal mine. I just fall asleep.
Speaker 1:All right, we got a lot of sleepers here in the coal mine, brandon. What about?
Speaker 2:you With our bags of candy corn, with the bags of candy corn, with the bags of candy corn and the little pumpkins.
Speaker 5:Yeah, I gotta go to the coal mine. The warehouse is Spending the night there. That's too much, I couldn't do it, alright, jj.
Speaker 3:Is the insane asylum. Does it have people there or is it empty?
Speaker 1:It's an abandoned, insane asylum.
Speaker 3:It's abandoned.
Speaker 1:There's still people there. Yeah, I said the people are still there.
Speaker 3:whether you can see them or not, they're there. Yeah, I'm probably going to have to roll with the coal mine then. Yeah, I'm not messing around with that, All right.
Speaker 1:I mean, I originally was thinking coal mine on this, because it's only eight hours and not having to spend the whole night. And growing up in West Virginia, you know, you kind of friends of coal, you know what I mean. But I'm going to go insane to some I'm just going to mix it up. As everyone said, coal mine, I'm going to go. I'm going to go and be the one spend the night in the insanelam, even though I didn't make it through the entire night of the Moundsville Penitentiary overnight tour. I didn't make it through the whole night, mainly because how long did you make it? I made it most of the night. It was like 3 or 4 in the morning and I was like I gotta get the hell out of here. My skin was crawling at that point. Todd, that place is creepy. It's creepy in the daytime, during the day tour, and you do the overnight where the tour guides are like all right, see you in the morning and then just leave you. That that messes with.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:They take you around in the morning so that you can see, you know everything. They tell you the history, you know who died where, what happened, blah, blah, blah, who's cell it was. They even lock you in a cell for about 5-10 minutes which that I didn't care for that at all and then, once it starts to get dark, they're just like, alright, see you guys in the morning, and then they just leave and then you're free to roam Moundsville Penitentiary. And I made it to like 3 in the morning and then I was just like banging on the door because I knew there was somebody out there. I was like I'm done, I'm out, like I'm done. Yes, yes, I am that big of a wuss, I'm out, get me out of here. So, yeah, didn't take long, but I was. Yes, I am that big of a wuss, I'm out, get me out of here. Didn't take long, but I was out of there. Jj, we're going to stay with you here.
Speaker 3:What's an overrated Halloween movie in your opinion? Overrated Halloween movie I'm probably going to have to go with Nightmare on Elm Street. Nightmare on Elm Street is overrated. I mean it starts out, the first two are real good. Then it gets too goofy for my liking. It goes down the path. It gets too silly, too goofy. The first two are pretty good, but then after that it kind of goes downhill for me.
Speaker 1:All right, brandon, what about you?
Speaker 5:um, I probably would have to say now I will say this don't, don't, nobody you know, attack me on this one, because when it, when it came out, it was scary, but as as time went on, you're like oh man, I would have to say the Blair witch project. Just because it's uh, it's a chase of really nothing and it's just great. You know what I mean. It just it, but I just think it's overrated a little bit now.
Speaker 3:First of the found footage of movies.
Speaker 1:Yeah right, DeMarco, what about you?
Speaker 7:I was struggling to think of one and then that just gave me the perfect segue into what I needed to be thinking of. He said Blair Witch Project, which is a home recording, you know video. That takes me to paranormal activity. Yeah, you know, like I remember, when the previews came out, there was all the hype for it. You know, there wasn't a whole lot, you know, filmed like that in terms of movies and all and everything. Um, sucked. It sucked wasn't scary, it sucked, uh. So I don't know if it's technically a ha Halloween movie, but it falls under the horror or falls under Halloween. So there, you go.
Speaker 1:All right, I actually completely forgot about that as a movie. Paranormal activity. Yeah, tony, what about you?
Speaker 4:I'm going with Beetlejuice because it's the first movie that popped up in my head. Like I said, I'm not a scary movies guy.
Speaker 1:Okay, Beetlejuice is a good this is a solid answer Lando, what about?
Speaker 6:you, I want Ghostbusters.
Speaker 3:Ghostbusters it says overrated.
Speaker 1:Overrated, overrated Ghostbusters. Overrated, overrated Ghostbusters yeah wow, alright, rusty, can you save us here?
Speaker 2:yeah, any of the Friday the 13th after the second one. I mean, we went up we made it up to 10. They shot him into space. He went through New York. I mean, it just got, it was just a money 10. And then they shot him into space. He went through New York.
Speaker 5:He did all, I mean it just got they were. It was just a money, money grab at that time. You know they kind of they ruined the.
Speaker 2:The 3d one was kind of like their jump the shark moment. That was the third one. I mean, it had some cool stuff in it, but you know, that's when you really got to see Jason, though, other than the second one where he had the bag on his head but, um, the shock of it all, the shock and awe and the thrill, yeah, it was just what's? Who's going to kill this guy? How's he going to go? This guy it was too. You know, it was the jump the shark thing after that. So, yeah, any of the Friday the 13th after the second one.
Speaker 1:All right, I right, I hear you on that one. It was tough to me. It's kind of a toss-up between Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity. For me I'll probably have to say Paranormal Activity, just because I completely forgot about the movie in general until DeMarco said that one there. So that would probably be my answer. But, rusty, we're going to round out the show here with this one. I need you to rate these three movies from best to worst for scary movies, and that's the Shining, the Blob and it.
Speaker 2:Oh well, from from best to worst, best to worst, let's go, the best is the Shining. From best to worst, best to worst, let's go, the best is the shining. Um, okay, and what did we have? The blob. And what was?
Speaker 2:the blob and it and it oh, it was the second one in blob only because it was made so long ago that you know, if you look at it now and I this is no joke I took the kids. Uh, a buddy of mine here locally has does the. They're the midnight movie on cable here in Lake County and they host this free movie night and they had the blob on their last year, the year before, and I took the kids and it's it's funny now, but back then it was, that was. You know that was scary, but um, and that order.
Speaker 3:So, but in that order.
Speaker 2:So the Shining. What the hell was the second one? The Shining, yeah, the Original it and the Blob, all right.
Speaker 6:Lando, what about you? I haven't seen any of these three movies the Shining, the Blob or the it but I'm going to go. I promise you I'll watch them eventually, okay.
Speaker 1:All right, we'll hold you to that the next year.
Speaker 7:Show that goal for next year.
Speaker 1:You need. We got to report back that you've watched those three movies at least. Right, Tony, you not a big scary movie guy. So what do we have with these ones?
Speaker 4:I'll say it is the best, followed by the Shining and then the Blob. Okay, DeMarco.
Speaker 7:Yeah, never seen the Blob. That's Ma and Me, my bad. That goes at the end. The Shining I think I talked about that a little bit earlier scared the piss out of me as a kid. You see the two girls at the end of the hallway. You see them chasing with the axe. The here's Johnny. Everything about that hotel and the emptiness of it. It's a very creepy concept. Him going insane. There's so many things going on in that movie that are scary. So that's number one, and I'm a I am a huge it fan. The old one, the original, is great. I thought they did a pretty good job with the new ones as well. The remakes, um. So that goes too for me okay, brandon, what about you?
Speaker 5:um, I gotta say probably it. It's because I was like a general, like it made me hate clowns for the rest of my life, yeah. So I mean I gotta give that's a pretty, I mean that's a pretty powerful movie, if if it can do that to people. So, um, uh, I'm gonna go it. Uh, the shining classic, and then the uh, the blog all right, jj.
Speaker 1:What about you? Your top three there? I'm going to go with Halloween, no no, it's the Shining, the Blonde, or it.
Speaker 3:Oh goodness, Come on.
Speaker 1:We know you love.
Speaker 3:Halloween. Tell them yeah, oh man, I'm going to let you finish, oh man, I'm going to let you finish, but Halloween is the greatest movie, halloween movie of all time. All right, I'm going to go with it. The Shining and then the Blob.
Speaker 1:Okay, yeah, that's my order too it Shining and the Blob. I've never seen the Blob. Brandon, just kind of like you, I'm terrified of clowns. Now to this day, as a 35-year-old, grown-ass man, I'm still afraid of clowns and the Shining those two little girls kind of mess me up too as well in the hotel. So, yeah, that's a very close one and two for me. That could be flip-flopped, but yeah, just because my sheer fear of clowns, I gotta put it up there. But that is actually going to do it for this week's episode of the Ride Home Rants podcast and our special Halloween special. In all things Halloween, I want to thank my panel of guests. I'm not going to try to make a Halloween pun, I'm way too tired for that. But thank you guys for coming on. It was a lot of fun, get to talk, all things Halloween. As always. If you enjoyed the show, be a friend, tell a friend. If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just because you didn't. That's going to do it for me and I will.
