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World of Horror with Mom & Mac

Mother and son team Mom and Mac discuss, analyze, dissect and explore international horror movies. Conversations are casual but spoiler-heavy. We take turns choosing a genre or subgenre of horror and pairing an international film with an American one. Past episodes have included: Funny Games, One Missed Call, Let the Right One In/Let Me In. Genres we have covered are Animal Attack (BOAR from Australia and TREMORS); Creepy Kids (GOODNIGHT, MOMMY from Austria and ORPHAN); Battle Royale-type films (BATTLE ROYALE from Japan and THE BELKO EXPERIMENT); Haunted Houses (THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME from Venezuela and BEETLEJUICE). Special episodes feature foundational international horror films or guests who come on to highlight a film that "Means the World of Horror" to them. https://linktr.ee/WorldofHorror

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2023 Retrospective: Episode 125: Mac's Special Power

December 31, 2023 • Mom & Mac • Season 1 • Episode 125

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WoHos!
What a year it has been for us at WoHo Central!
We produced 30 shows this year, and Mac and I hosted 22. This episode we look back, evaluate, reevaluate, and reconsider what we enjoyed and did not enjoy last year.

Mom's memory being what it is, here are some things discussed on the pod, plus the whole catalog of movies from 2023.
From our hearts to yours, we hope you had a wonderful year and we look forward to another one with you. We love you and DON'T go into the basement!

Mom has some symptoms of dyscalculia.
Alberto Vazquez, the director of UNICORN WARS, was the director of BIRD BOY: THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN.
TESTAMENT is the movie about nuclear war from 1983 that I recommend over THE DAY AFTER.
Spider Robinson's character, Tom Hauptman, was imprisoned for 10 years, not 17. This may have been what I was thinking of. Who can say?

TL/DR:
Mom & Mac still hate V/H/S, The VVITCH, and Nicole Kidman

Mom's Made-up Categories for the Retrospective:

Favorite First Watch Overall: Mac: WENDELL & WILD (Ep. 119) / Mom: THE WAGES OF FEAR (Ep. 117)

Favorite Rewatch: Mac: BURNING (Ep. 116) / Mom: CANDYMAN (Ep. 105)

On Second Thought: Mac: V/H/S (Ep. 109) / Mom: UNICORN WARS (Ep. 119)

Least Favorite Watch Overall: Mac: MAD GOD (Ep. 100) / Mom: THE DAY AFTER (Ep. 96)

Scariest Watch: Mom & Mac: THREADS (Ep. 96)

Cringiest Watch Overall: Mom & Mac: V/H/S (ep. 109) & POLTERGEIST (Ep. 120)

Favorite Performance: Mac: Jun Kunimura--THE WAILING (Ep. 113) / Mom: Paw Hee Ching--RIGOR MORTIS (Ep. 124) + Pat Healy--THE INNKEEPERS (Ep.

Least Favorite Performance: Mac: Gary Gatewood--WENDELL & WILD (Ep. 119) / Mom: Julie Carmen--IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (Ep. 116) + Nicole Kidman--THE NORTHMAN (Ep. 106)

Film that Surprised You the Most: Mac: THE INNKEEPERS (Ep. 114) / Mom: BLACK SHEEP (Ep. 102)

Actor/Director You'd Like to See More of: Mac: Yoo Ah-in--BURNING (Ep. 116), Paw Hee Ching--RIGOR MORTIS (Ep. 124), Lee Chang Dong--BURNING (ep. 116), Robert Eggers--THE NORTHMAN & THE LIGHTHOUSE (Ep. 106), Ti West--THE INNKEEPERS & HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (Ep. 114), Henry Selick--WENDELL & WILD (Ep. 119) / Mom: Jayro Bustamante--LA LLORONA (Ep. 105)