

Dead Meat Podcast
Chelsea Rebecca, James A. Janisse
The Dead Meat Podcast is your horror safe haven. Reviews, film history, and all things that make your skin crawl.
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Oct 8, 2025 • 1h 9min
253: Halloween Trivia: Marketing Fails
It's time for some seasonal trivia about misguided Halloween promotional campaigns! Gentle content warning for this one- they're 2000s/2010s style corporate misfires, and they go exactly as well as you'd expect.
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SOURCES:
https://activeinternetmarketing.co.uk/halloween-digital-marketing-campaigns/
https://awario.com/blog/halloween-marketing-campaign-ideas/
https://www.cracked.com/article_35685_the-time-halloweens-michael-myers-did-a-nike-ad-and-the-world-freaked-out.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/28/home-depot-pulls-controversial-scary-peeper-halloween-decoration-after-complaint.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/europe/mcdonalds-sundae-bloody-sundae-advert-scli-intl
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hershey-reeses-halloween-pumpkin-candy-lawsuit-judge-ruling/
https://www.techdirt.com/2019/04/26/today-bananas-copyright-law-court-urged-to-rule-that-banana-costume-is-not-infringing/
https://www.sott.net/article/305390-Assistant-prosecutor-in-West-Virginia-suspended-after-pulling-gun-on-fake-Halloween-spiders
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Sep 24, 2025 • 1h 8min
252: Lightning Round Movie Reviews 3
Apparently other movies were released while we were busy discussing all ten Saw movies, so we talk about a bunch of them this week!
1:00:10: Red Rooms
53:12: The Long Walk
47:20: The Toxic Avenger
40:35: Him
31:47: Together
26:30: I Know What You Did Last Summer
18:39: 28 Years Later
11:50: Megan 2.0
06:04: Bring Her Back
03:14: Final Destination: Bloodlines
00:55: Until Dawn
00:00: Intro
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Sep 10, 2025 • 1h 46min
251: Weapons (2025)
We untangle the mysteries of this summer's horror hit, Weapons (2025).
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Aug 27, 2025 • 3h 14min
250: Sawvivor
COME ON IN and pick up a buff for this, the very last episode of Hot Saw Summer- SAWVIVOR.
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Aug 21, 2025 • 1h 39min
249: Saw X (2023)
We start putting away the umbrellas & packing up our beach towels as Hot Saw Summer comes to a close with a review of Saw X (2023).
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Aug 13, 2025 • 1h 41min
248: Spiral (2021)
We're past the peak of summer, and the days are getting shorter, but the pages of the book of Saw continue to turn this week with Spiral (2021).
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Aug 7, 2025 • 1h 24min
247: Jigsaw (2018)
"I liked the lasers." -James Graessle
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Jul 30, 2025 • 1h 17min
246: Saw 3D (2010)
Maybe the sun's getting to our heads, because this week on Hot Saw Summer, we all realize we...kind of like Saw 3D (AKA Saw 7 AKA Saw: The Final Chapter).
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Jul 23, 2025 • 1h 29min
245: Saw VI (2009)
We VERY CAREFULLY discuss the events of the angriest, most political Saw movie to date- Saw VI (2009).
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Jul 16, 2025 • 1h 15min
244: Saw V (2008)
Which Cityton Police Officers will be granted entry into the Kingdom of Heaven? How many people would have lived if Tapp and Sing went to The Grill that one time? All this and more in our discussion of Saw V (2008).
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