B3's Rae Presents: "High Tension" & "Sleepaway Camp" - Fun Horror with Flawed Twists...and "Morbius"
What makes a horror movie try to do to much? Attractive French college girls not enough to keep a slasher's attention? If we do not do something outlandish and borderline offensive, is our summer camp movie unique?
CatBusRuss is joined by Rae of the "B3 Podcast" to determine if tacked on twist endings make "High Tension" and "Sleepaway Camp" more endearing. Or do these not appropriate for Pride Month decisions just kneecap fun, simple, blood-soaked tales?
If you want more cinematic limping, our podcast host decided that it was Morbin' Time. With under 100 minutes of narrative, surely he would not regret giving "Morbius" a watch. "How Did This Get Made" is not about torturing its audience.
Rae and the CatBus do go off on some tangents, but with a combined six years of podcasting experience (at that time in 2023), the ship never steers too far off course. But when the tendencies of French directors is mentioned, there will be some choppy audio waters.
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“I Dig Crazy Flicks” was founded as “Ninety For Chill”. It is Russ Stevens’s blog dedicated to movies with runtimes between 70 to 100 minutes. This runtime was the standard for horror movies and goofball comedies. Without the time for drawn out narratives, throwing everything at the wall and seeing what would stick was the rule. Thus, craziness ensues, and cinephiles like CatBusRuss want to preach the greatness of embracing the insanity.
Recent Episodes
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Episode 275
CatBusRuss & Rae from “B3 Podcast” determine if fun #horror films like “High Tension” & “Sleepaway Camp” are undone with silly, perhaps not appropriate #pride month twists. Would a crazy twist have saved “Morbius”
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Episode 274
Vern from the “Cinema Recall” comes on the show to offer what he considers to be the most off-the-wall, sub 100-minute movie ever made, “Daisies”. It is a Czechoslovakian, new wave satire about exploiting those in power via feminine wiles.
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Suggesting “Chuck Norris was a Sith Lord!!!” can bring a lot of attention. Russ was an impromptu panelist for the 80s’ #Transformers animated movie. Enjoys the bastardization of the top IPs at #BootlegSafari. Has Russ found the worst Paul WS film?
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CatBusRuss needed a great day to kickoff #IndianaComicConvention after enduring “Deathstalker (1983)”. Thankfully the reps from the @raybradburycenter.bsky.social gave us four great panels. Fembots, Censorship, & more.
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Episode 272
#Shudder may not be the #CriterionChannel, but it may be the most fun streaming service available. CatBusRuss reviews the love letter to Roger Corman, “Deathstalker”. He is joined by Gregory Carl to discuss Taiwan’s love letter to George A. Romero, “The Sadness”.
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Episode 271
CatBusRuss & ThePoeticCritic head to Quad Cities Comic Con. Russ asks Mick Foley where is the Mankind Cinematic Universe, reviews “Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation”, and provides his hottest anime take to “Trapped in Anime”.
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It’s been a busy weekend for CatBusRuss. He had to catch the first showing of #Mandalorian & #Grogu Thursday. Friday was the drive to #QuadCitiesComicCon and #Pokemon Concierge binge. And then two panels in East Moline.
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Episode 270
CatBusRuss provides his TEDTalk about why movies rarely need to be longer than 100 minutes to #MissouriComicCon. For #Ani-May and to reinvigorate his joy of just being a fan at comic cons, he got around to watching “Otaku No Video”.
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“I Dig Crazy Flicks” is declaring May 18, 2026 “MORTAL MONDAY 2”. Why did Midway & #WBD abandon that promo? Russ reviews #MortalKombat2 and puts it up against “ #StreetFighter: The #Animated #Movie” to make the #podcast fit in to #ani-may.
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Episode 269
“Ninety for Chill” celebrates #Ani-May with @skiesoffortune.bsky.social to discuss the debut feature of greatest #anime mind who left us too soon, Satoshi Kon. “Perfect Blue” is a li’l Hitchcock, a li’l Argento, and very poignant in our celeb-obsessed culture.
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Episode 268
CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic try their best to honor Japan during Ani-May by discussing their other great influence to cinema, kaijus. They chat about “Mothra vs. Godzilla”. Russ also reviews giant robot anime film, “Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture”.
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Episode 267
Russ was exhausted, he was a week late for #EbertFest. This led to a binge of offbeat cinema concluding with festival film, Jordan Peele’s “Get Out”, the perfect balance of laughs & intensity. “Ready or Not 2” has its intense moments.
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Episode 266
CatBusRuss and Andrew Tiede bring the “1985 Action Movie Triple-Threat Match” to UI-Con 2026. Is Champaign ready for Sho Kosugi and Sho’Nuff to try and take the action hero crown?
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Episode 139
You can have your MCU, give Russ gory action movies. Time was going to made to get to “Expend4bles”. It is gruesome and fun, but missing Jet Li. To remedy this, our host watched “Unleashed”. And let’s acknowledge it now, Bob Hoskins is a stronger baddie than Andy Garcia.
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