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Episode #379: ”Brave Enough for You?” | Defending Your Life (1991)

Daniel Miller is dead. Now he's in Judgment City and having to defend his life. In the meantime, he's fallen for another recently deceased soul named Julia, who seems to be everything he isn't. Daniel must prove that his life wasn't ruled by fear so he can move on to the next plane of existence and use more than just 3% of his brain.
Albert Brooks, Rip Torn, and Meryl Streep star in Defending Your Life.
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Episode #378: ”No wonder there‘s no money in the ghetto!” | The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Fool and Alice need to escape from the messed up, quirky, and mostly evil Man and Woman who have been keeping the neighborhood down with their crooked ways — and keeping people trapped in the walls of their house. A burglary gone wrong turns into a fight for their lives.
Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer, Ving Rhames, and Sean Whalen star in The People Under the Stairs.
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Episode #377: ”Come quickly. I‘ve Just Killed An Intruder” | Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

Laura finally found a way to free herself from her abusive husband, Martin. It might've involved an elaborate plot to take swimming lessons and fake her own death, but she finally did it. Or did she?
Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, and Julia Roberts star in Sleeping with the Enemy.
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The Evil Dead (1981): Patreon Exclusive Preview

On October 15, 1981, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell released an innovative new horror film that would shock audiences and set the stage for so many horror-comedies that would come after. We would also be introduced to a new kind of warrior in the form of Ash Williams, who would go on to become the iconic — if sometimes reluctant — hero of the Evil Dead franchise.
This is a preview of our full EVIL DEAD episode, which is available in full to all Patreon Co-Executive Producers. Learn how you can join us and support the show at any level by going to 30podcast.com/support.

Episode #376: ”Every town has an Elm Street!” | Freddy‘s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

The franchise might have been slowly dying over the last few movies, but this time it might just get the mercy killing it deserves. But hey, you get to watch Freddy play video games and a gratuitous cameo by Tom Arnold and Roseanne.
Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, and Yaphet Kotto star in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
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Episode #375: ”Have the lambs stopped screaming?” | Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Good evening, listeners. Agent in training, Clarice Starling, is thrust into the middle of the Buffalo Bill serial killer case because she might just get some information out of another notorious killer — Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.
For this episode we're joined by the dynamic duo of Dee Graves and Jason Colvin from the Surely You Can't Be Serious Podcast to compare Silence of the Lambs with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Fritz Lang's M (1931). We hope we can enthrall you with our acumen.
Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, and Jodie Foster star in Silence of the Lambs.
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Episode #374: ”Tale As Old As Time” | Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Belle wants more than this provincial life... and would really love it if Gaston would back off a little bit. When her father is taken prisoner by the Beast in an enchanted castle, she must sacrifice her own freedom for her father's safety. Eventually, she develops Stockholm Syndrome and falls in love with her captor. Singing candlesticks, magical roses... mass hysteria!
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, and Angela Lansbury star in Beauty and the Beast.
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Episode #373: ”Everything I want is in this room” | Frankie & Johnny (1991)

Frankie is a waitress in a New York City diner. Johnny is an ex-con looking for a second chance, love, and human connection. Frankie isn't looking for any of that, but Johnny might just change her mind.
Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino star in Frankie and Johnny.
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Episode #372: ”Rock, Paper, Scissors... and MURDER!!” | Dead Again (1991)

Roman and Margaret are deeply in love. Mike and Grace just met and she doesn't even know who she is. Their problem? They're all the same people separated by decades, reincarnation, and MURDER.
Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, and Robin Williams star in Dead Again.
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Episode #371: ”Everybody finds a little gold dust” | White Fang (1991)

Jack has traveled all the way to the Yukon territory to finish what his father started before he died... to strike it rich. Along the way he befriends Alex and Skunker, who help him trek through the treacherous terrain to his father's claim. The friend that changes his life the most is White Fang, a wolfdog he rescues from a dogfighting pit.
Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer, and James Remar star in White Fang.
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