In this mini-episode, Landen and Truman revisit Carrie (2013) to play The Trailer Game and score how many moments they accurately predicted would appear in the movie’s trailer — from blood buckets to telekinetic locker room footage. But along the way, the conversation detours into:
How do you explain to your kid that their dad died… from a falling bucket?
Would Carrie 3: Ennui be a better sequel than The Rage?
Could Julianne Moore have played Carrie herself in the 90s?
And is it okay to slow-dance with your teacher at prom if she’s Judy Gr...
In this mini-episode, Landen and Truman revisit Carrie (2013) to play The Trailer Game and score how many moments they accurately predicted would appear in the movie’s trailer — from blood buckets to telekinetic locker room footage. But along the way, the conversation detours into:
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How do you explain to your kid that their dad died… from a falling bucket?
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Would Carrie 3: Ennui be a better sequel than The Rage?
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Could Julianne Moore have played Carrie herself in the 90s?
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And is it okay to slow-dance with your teacher at prom if she’s Judy Greer?
Plus: thoughts on evangelical horror, Harry Potter comparisons, and an inspired (if cursed) pitch for Harry Carey.
We close with our next movie’s release date and a cryptic tagline: “A comedy of the heart… and other organs.”
Topics Covered:
– The Trailer Game: Carrie edition (2013)
– Carrie’s “bucket” death and its legacy
– Julianne Moore as Carrie: a missed opportunity?
– Evangelical horror and megachurch mayhem
– Judy Greer as the cool prom chaperone
– Could Carrie have thrived at Hogwarts?
– What if she was on the Poseidon instead?
– Real-time Googling of “magic powers”
– A cryptic teaser for the next forgotten film
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