Darkness Falls (Dead Meat Podcast Ep. 219)

[@MrSob215]

Dude, when James impersonates Chelsea's dad, and Gressle (idk spelling) starts dying in the background, that shit is so endearing. You guys seem wholesome af and I love it. Please keep being who and how you all are. ILY, be good people

[@brookehunt4938]

As a teacher...there are still Invader Zim kids. I was literally gifted a drawing of Gir from a student last week.

[@cghancoc]

THANK GOD. I did my best to teach them the basics

[@flaccidpancake2614]

God bless the invader zim kids (i was a big fan of johnen vasquez as a kid, especially jthm and invader zim)

[@FREEPALESTINELONGLIVELENIN]

there’s been a really big emo and alt content revival in SOME kid content and a shit ton of stuff in my generation

[@blekvasha]

Genuinely, from the bottom of my heart I NEED that Bar Rescue episode. It is a combination of two of my favourite things (Dead Meat and Bar Rescue)that is SO left field I don't even have words.

[@envymordecai4429]

I mean some of those bars look like they’re the setting of a horror movie. I’m looking at you, Headhunters.

[@jimmydotzel]

Lmao Chelsea going for the throat. "I'm forcing you to tell the story"

[@ryanhall7607]

Darkness Falls was the movie that made me love horror. I am prepared to feel personally attacked in this episode.

[@EmmyLayton]

Same, I wrote a whole personal speech in the comments thanking them but I know it’s gon get ripped into 😂😭

[@jacobcardona2457]

Right there with you. Absolutely loved this movie as someone terrified of the dark.

[@vibangigan5336]

Me rn staring the episode knowing hate is coming

[@BearsNation412]

I RAN to the comments to post this. This movie holds a special place in my heart. One of my favorite horror movies as a kid this shit hurt ngl 😂

[@Marigen1971]

It's not in my top 100 favorite horror movies but I like it and I remember my SIL scaring the shit out of me when I was watching it in the dark and she walked by me looking like Sadako.

[@ryanibarra4147]

I'm such a Dead Meat Podcast lover that I remember James and Chelsea both telling their tooth fairy stories in an early episode of the pod! but back then James said that Jurassic Park action figures were 5.99. Something I noticed and remembered since I love hearing the both of you guys!

[@DeadMeatPresents]

Lol oh shit yeah it was definitely one of the two. Thinking about it now I believe it was Star Wars but I can't be certain.

[@jakeywakeysobakey]

“Sometimes I think of bwandishing a gun and wunning at the cops” Spit out my coffee, too funny 😂😂😂

[@juliaghouliaaaa]

That bar rescue ep had me CRYYYYING too the over edited shots of the chairs falling etc PLEASE DO IT!

[@lovelyhatter]

56:20 The impressions are incredible but "and now what, ya mom's ded" is hilarious.

[@marybellefleur]

It was like Archie & Edith Bunker invaded their bodies 😅

[@envymordecai4429]

"There's human teeth everywhere! YOU'RE GONNA KILL SOMEBODY!" 😂😂

[@a.a.g.h.1679]

For what it’s worth James and Chelsea, I would absolutely LOVE the one hour podcast episode about bar rescue jaja

[@anjealousanaconda9692]

Chelsea’s story about losing a tooth on Christmas was so wholesome ❤😂

[@dramamole]

I keep forgetting that James and Chelsea have never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The lead actress on this was a main character on the show for a LONG time. Anya, former vengeance demon. So great.

[@johnhicks8911]

I always assumed she was the most famous person in the cast cause she was on Buffy so long

[@nicismith7712]

Came here to say this. Anyanka was one of the best characters in the entire series and Emma Caulfield understood the assignment.

[@Alyboba]

Cannot believe they haven’t seen Buffy. It seems like it would have been something at least one of them would’ve watched!

[@TheWildwest666]

​@@Alyboba I know James at least doesn't like Whedon's style of dialogue, so that's likely a big reason.

[@biggi3502]

When they started talking about the cast being not really known for anything but Darkness Falls, I was like "Oh no, this is the discussion of Wrong Turn all over again! First Eliza, now Emma!" 😅

[@Kaijutopia]

Kyle: *Looks at the Tooth Fairy* Tooth Fairy: "And I took that personally." In all seriousness, a film about a demonic Tooth Fairy framing a kid as a serial killer because he looked at her sounds like a hilarious dark comedy.

[@charapresscott7750]

I feel that could be a very good short film

[@xChloeeeRebeccaa]

Funny you say it had the Ghost Ship phenomenon with a good opening, cause Emily Browning is in that too 😅

[@JigglesBunny]

I’m out here advocating for a full James Bond podcast so I’m absolutely not complaining about a Bar Rescue episode.

[@jayseepea]

Calling Emma Caulfield an unknown when she was a 5 season-long main character on Buffy and one of the most popular characters on the show 😩😩😩

[@nicolepatton1673]

Memory unlocked for me, I wondered for so long what my babysitters put on for me when I was 7, all I remembered was the tooth fairy and a lighthouse too!🤣

[@studerc1089]

I really hope they mimic John Taffer shaking the whole car trying to hurry out and be like “WE GOT TO STOP THEM FROM EATING THAT” always my favorite part

[@kastro8065]

Fuckboy James lore dropped. "Hey, do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?" Chelsea: 19:42 It's so funny as soon as I saw Chelsea's question on twitter I also immediately thought of Darkness Falls too. And just like the White Noise episode, the trailer for Darkness Falls scared me more as a kid than the actual movie I watched as I grew up. EDIT: The first live action adaptation of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" was a big catalyst in making Emily Browning one of the IT girls for the preteen 2000s. Chiming in as well to proudly say I was an "Invader Zim" kid ^_^

[@basementdwellercosplay]

Bro your comment is a hodgepodge of five different topics, you could break it up

[@SomeplaceScary]

​@@basementdwellercosplay????

[@kastro8065]

@@basementdwellercosplay lol, I just kept adding to it as I watched the episode 😅

[@passthehanky]

I cannot express enough how much i want a bar rescue podcast

[@sidetaunts]

like im at the point where I want Chelsea to make a separate podcast so they can talk about whatever they want 😭😭

[@gabrielafernandes9052]

Darkness falls was the first horror movie i have ever watched and afterwards i spent a whole month without sleeping by myself and scared of elevators

[@alyciakg]

I always get this movie mixed up with The Tooth Fairy starring Dwayne the rock Johnson 😂

[@AInWisco]

As an Invader Zim kid, I feel personally attacked (even if it's warranted)

[@zydecomoon2742]

Invader Zim was fun. My humor was molded by it

[@torcourt101]

Elementary school teacher here. Can confirm dino scream kids exist 😂 growing up in the 90s incanada there was psa ads for "whats your thing" to encourage kids about their unique talents and there was a dino screaming kid even in that 😂🦖

[@christymielke4051]

Chelsea is 100% correct about Emily Browning. Also, my husband recently saw a kid losing their shit over getting an invader zim hoodie at the mall so they might be coming back.

[@Asparagoose]

Nature is healing

[@jeannedelor8270]

OMG the Bob Rebecca imitation made me laugh so hard

[@madisonmartin4922]

I just want to say I would absolutely LOVE a Jon Taffer podcast episode! Bar Rescue is my all time favorite binge-able fixer-upper show to exist! Jon just being mad at everything, airing out the Bar Owners/Staff’s dirty laundry, and picking fights with the Owners is an absolute brain rotting experience I can watch and rewatch without boredom. Time seems meaningless when glass cups and bug infested booze are thrown around without care or when horses and raccoons shit inside the bar. It’s something to experience. Also, James and Chelsea, I have started binging your podcast for the past 2 weeks and I absolutely adore it! I’m a baby when it comes to horror/scary movies and I love watching the film and coming back to your podcast to hear your takes on it. Please keep up the amazing work! I wish we could see more Lucy, I miss that pretty girl.

[@Waywoah]

57:10 please, please do that for an hour next week

[@KatLuff]

I am a Darkness Falls apologist. Yeah I realize that if I saw it for the first time as an adult I would probably hate it, but it is genuinely just so nostalgic. I also am and have for my entire life been terrified of the dark, so maybe that has something to do with it. And yes I have watched it within the last few years! Also, man I freakin' LOVE Bar Rescue. I've definitely seen every episode half a dozen times.

[@angryhamster009]

I might need a series of shorts on life lessons from midwest dads. It's just James' impression of Bob Rebecca doling out nuggets of wisdom. Gressel's probably on board.

[@orchids4256]

The impression of midwest dad and the laughter from Graessle (sorry if my spelling is wrong) in the background is amazing.

[@lilsoggins]

I watched this when I was a little kid and it scared the shit out of me. I was too scared to sleep in the dark. I watched it years later and could not believe something like that scared me.

[@WCRfan126]

25:22 - 25:41 I literally had to stop drawing because I was wheeze-laughing so hard, holy shit James XD

[@coyotecoy]

If Michael Flanagan remakes Darkness Falls, I’m pulling a James and seeing it in theaters 4 times 🤪

[@sherylsmallwood-valdivia5375]

With four different women? 😅

[@20628]

@@sherylsmallwood-valdivia5375 with 12 different women

[@LoadedPants]

Imagine being able to see a movie 4 times in theaters 🤣

[@passive-brawlstars]

The James lore we unlocked with this episode was crazy

[@christianmarchan2829]

I have been saving the last 4 or 5 podcasts to listen to on an upcoming 20 hour drive. So just stopping by to drop a like and comment.

[@jamiepalmer6452]

Great podcast as always! Please do that Bar Rescue episode for the next pod, I already know exactly which Bar Rescue episode you are talking about. This is the crossover I never knew I needed!!!

[@anthonyhudak9363]

Fun little tidbit but in the commentary track for this movie, the director for this movie is a little peeved during the police station attack. It has nothing to do with the movie, but it's the fact that Jeepers Creepers also had a monster attack police station scene over a year before this came out. It's funny because they don't name the movie but you can tell they're salty that it beat them to the punch so to speak. Plus it was arguably a lot more well done in Jeepers Creepers

[@cryptodentist]

Just wanted to say I haven’t laughed this much at a pod in a while - please, keep it up

[@JosiahMuncy]

56:08 I’m always down for bar rescue

[@ThePhh001]

Gimme the Bar Rescue Episode! It sounds DELIGHTFUL!

[@Notshmelizabeth]

51:00 in the spirit of this, i lost a tooth the night before easter while on a road trip and started having a child meltdown of how is the easterbunny and toothfairy gonna find us in this hotel room?! And my parents broke it to me there that neither were real and neither was santa

[@actechdoc]

My wife loves this movie. She puts it on every Halloween when it comes on a streaming service. I think it's just a nostalgia thing we both definitely watched this in theaters as teenagers too. I don't mind rewatching this movie it's like a classic B horror movie with random actors and everyone dies except for the main people. Good movie to get distracted during lmao.

[@Obviously_a_Handle]

I had such fond memories of this movie! It was a horror movie that was talked about around my middle school and the build up I gave it made it so much scarier! Then I watched it on Hulu 3 years ago....some things should be left in your fond memories. Darkness Falls is 100% one of them. That said, I was so pumped for this episode and you guys didn't disappoint. I was running while listenting to this episode and I laughed so hard while you both were describing that kid that I had to stop. Another banger!

[@draccara8]

This was the first movie I ever watched that GENUINELY terrified me. Turning my lights off at night was a Herculean task. Then again I was also 5 when I watched it sooo I don’t think that bolsters its validity as an effective horror movie

[@Taxisonaque]

Chelsea, there is nothing that would bring my heart more joy than hearing you and James talk Bar Rescue while impersonating Jon Taffer😂 can we ship you a “shut it down” button in time??

[@daniellogue8365]

I love you guys covering bad and mediocre movies and giving honest takes on the good and bad, and what it tried to be or could have been.

[@gracefulh3545]

We need you two to watch Buffy!

[@Itmustbe_bunnies]

It's my favorite television show, so it makes me sad to say this, but it's not a good idea - Chelsea hates Joss's writing style!

[@Jer_Bearz]

Thinking about how Buffy would have ended the same year this movie came out. Emma Caulfield had been a main character on Buffy for like 4 and a half seasons at this point.

[@scientific_teaching]

This and Stir of Echos were two of my favorites growing up. I understand this isn’t the greatest movie ever but I have a soft spot for it. So many fond childhood memories attached with it lol

[@andrewcongleton9388]

Idk why but I loved this movie when I was younger. It definitely made me scared of the dark.

[@gtaig08]

I laughed so much in this episode - I tune in for every episode but I really appreciate the energy in this one, had such a fun hangout vibe and you three came off as just a chill group of mates talking shit which imo is one of the best passtimes :).

[@VickyScreams]

I actually gasped at "I saw this 4 different times in theatres with 4 different girls". Teenage James was such a scallywag.

[@gabriellemahan589]

I just rewatched this a couple weeks ago. Nostalgia works wonders lol

[@z.m.stewart1996]

oh, man, memory unlocked, my personal relationship to this movie is that when i was a kid in the 2000s i wanted to call a small town in a story *I* was writing “darkness falls” and i was so mad when i googled it and it was already a movie and it wasn’t even a good movie

[@destinyfaulkner3941]

at one point this was the scariest thing i had ever seen. it made me so scared to lose my teeth. my mom had to tell me the tooth fairy wasn’t real because i was so scared

[@basementdwellercosplay]

James getting 5 bucks for a lost tooth is wild cause I only got a quarter!

[@frankensteinlives]

Me too!

[@JoeChianelli]

4:39 LEMME TALK TO YA!

[@numb_little_bug]

Never knew how much I need a Dead Meat x Bar Rescue crossover! BEGGING for that episode after hearing your Taffer impersonations 😂🙌🏼

[@adcadc5670]

I can't imagine how hard it would be to do this regularly. You guys are superstars. The content and discussion is so appreciated, and when yall are having bad days I hope you are able to take time to yourselves to feel better

[@kaihemingway490]

my mom was terrified of this movie for years but less about the movie itself and more the idea of a monster being able to only touch you in the darkness. we still talk about it years later and she refuses to rewatch it and even I can admit that sometimes at night I avoid walking in the dark

[@revkun]

Chelsea becoming a voice actor is the single greatest addition the podcast could ever receive

[@AttnDefDis_]

All I remember is Anya from Buffy is in this, but I do love when you guys cover bad movies.

[@envymordecai4429]

"Sometimes I think about turning off the lights and letting her kill me." I started *crying* I was laughing so hard at James' delivery. Same kiddo, same. Also Chelsea as someone who lives on Vancouver Island, your comment "there are no predators on islands!" made me laugh almost as much. Our nickname is "Isle of the Sea Wolves" and my neighbourhood is on bear watch.

[@cheynneaguilar1794]

Darkness falls terrified me as a kid and I thought the tooth fairy was gonna murder me. I used to hide under my blanket like in the movie. This and silent hill, leprechaun, and chucky changed my brain chemistry because of how young I was when I watched them.

[@ddenti99]

Are you 27ish?

[@cheynneaguilar1794]

⁠@@ddenti99 I’m 28…..

[@leahmacdonald5122]

Speaking of Saw (sort of). Angus Sampson who is in this got his start as a writer/occasional presenter on a show we had here in Australia called Recovery... With Leigh Whannell.

[@nopenotme1138]

52:16 for sure. I think The Ring was the trendsetter before Saw came along, which explains the crop of ghosts and curses that we got between '01 and '04. Great ep, guys! I'd forgotten about this movie! Only watched part of it one time when the CW ran it on a weekend afternoon, then immediately followed it with The Ring on VHS. Needless to say which one gave me nightmares afterward. 😂

[@drewjames-hyperkiddstudios7826]

that bar rescue episode sounds like a dream come true LOL. do any rescueheads have recommendations for other episodes for a first-timer to check out?

[@rachelranderson]

I appreciate that james only remembered the lighthouse. I was like, "that's the one with Anya from btvs and the lighthouse, right?" 😂😂 That said, I would watch the crap out of a haunted rescue bar podcast

[@rosenailedit444]

Can agree, LOVED Emily Browning. So true Chelsea, had a big crush on her in Series of Unfortunate Events

[@carlasanchezdlf]

emily browning being the physical description of every fanfic makes so much sense bc in 2013 the-fanfic-from-wattpad-emily browning transformed into emily rudd

[@Nexils]

The only thing about this movie that I remember is the prologue with the 'Tooth fairy's backstory and then the opening scene with the main character hiding in the bathroom, while the ghost is hovering above the door frame. I remember there being a car chase with the ghost and then the ending with the lighthouse and her mask being filled with teeth. I'm excited to watch the episode and recover some memories.

[@joohoneybeee]

ohhh the fanfiction conversation abt Emily Browning, I was one of those women nodding my head 😂😂 I knew EXACTLY what you were talking abt lol

[@cloading_22]

No Alien Romulus review? Just wondering, also down for Bar Rescue lmfao

[@brico9785]

1:59 just realized me and James are the same age. My sister was 7 when this movie came out and she loved it I was forced to watch it on repeat. This one 13 Ghosts, I know what you did last summer, and scream on a constant loop because of my sister.

[@arranbooth4863]

That episode of a haunted bar sounds hilarious. PLEASE cover it so I can fall asleep/ride the bus giggling to it

[@kalebsteadman3315]

Hey guys, another great episode. Thanks for being such a consistent bright spot and constantly broadening my horror horizons while encouraging us all to be good people 💜 been here since the Friday the 13th kill counts and can never wait to see the new things the channel has in store! You guys’ hard work doesn’t go unnoticed by your viewers at all and it’s both inspirational and aspirational 💜 BE GOOD PEOPLE 💜💜💜

[@AKookieForYou]

I was born in 99, so I grew up watching a lot of 00s horror films (as well as previous decades); my parents just didn't care what I watched lmao. And Darkness Falls is very nostalgic to me. The whole movie terrified me, I actually hid the case under the couch because I found it to be so creepy. And I still remember a nightmare I had at the age of four due to it. My older sister and I were being terrorized by the tooth fairy monster, and she got dragged away, then that creepy masked face popped up to grab me next, but then I woke up. I recently rewatched Darkness Falls, and I still think that opening scene slaps. It's got some very upsetting sound design and it gave me chills. The rest is kind of cheesy though, but the kind of cheese that works for me. I just really like that era of horror, similarly to how James has a ton of nostalgia for 80s cheese and silliness in horror.

[@ceilinh6004]

My 13 year old confirms that kids still make weird dinosaur noises in school. Also, I saw this movie when it came out. Memories. 😂

[@g_lovestv]

My dad said the same thing about flashlights. I have a huge one that for SURE could knock someone out. We are also from the midwest lol.

[@thomasminko6686]

Please can we get that bar rescue episode your impressions at the made bust out laughing at work.amazing 😂 😂 love the channel thank you for the hard work like always

[@CrazyChaos]

first time tuning in finally to the podcast! i would love to watch that bar rescue episode, the show is just so wild tbh, everything about it is crazy.

[@kyleisrael8278]

I love that point “13 is when you start releasing movies can suck” like I was 13 when Batman vs super man came out and was like wait that wasn’t good

[@coolnerdlll6053]

You're telling me. When I was little I dragged my parents to pretty much every animated movie and liked some of the worst stuff. I saw The Nut Job in theaters. *shudders*

[@yupitsjessbbyx3]

For me it was Madagascar and I was also 13 when that came out 😂

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@yupitsjessbbyx3 Them's fighting words. Madagascar might not be a great movie, but I think it's a guilty pleasure at worst.

[@StickWithTrigger]

Me watching sword art online “anime can be bad?”

[@charapresscott7750]

​@@coolnerdlll6053Hey. That's an alright movie.

[@erin1912]

really enjoyed basking in molly’s cuteness this episode

[@TyeFighter99]

That "House" clock on the walls gonna put me into trance💀

[@zuzannaswiatek1084]

Yes Chelsea, the weird noise kids still exist. I was one. I think I still am.

[@poseidonlewis563]

I will listen to literally any podcast ep you guys put out

[@Aftin148]

My kids is an Invader Zim kid. I'm keeping the species alive.

[@gexofdoom13]

"Every school has this kid that makes this noise randomly..." You actually ratatouille'd me right back to study hall in 2006. That kid was great! Then again, I was also an Invader Zim kid, so birds of a feather I suppose XD

[@tristanmarler43]

I already commented once but coming back to say I would be absolutely lit for a bar rescue episode, I am legit down for whatever you guys want to talk about

[@donavinrodriguez6288]

Darkness fall is such a nostalgic horror movie from my childhood

[@aarongaray2595]

I would be down for you both to talk about that Bar Rescue episode with the ghost. I loved watching that show and I would love to hear your Jon Taffer impressions for an hour 😂🤣 Hell yeah!

[@TheLongestTake]

me and my cousin loved watching this and The Mummy Returns when we were little. We'd jump from light to light - like they do in this movie, to avoid the darkness - and we would run from the shade like they do in Mummy Returns. (Was it the shade? Or sun? I don't remember) Just an obscure parallel in childhood.

[@renmochizuki464]

Chelsea saying she has weird memories with this movie. Girl same! I saw this title card and remembered how much this movie scared me as a kid 😂

[@inlovewithJLT]

Wait you guys aren’t Buffy people? I feel like I’m in a movie where everything slows down and goes wonky while the audio has an underwater “woom woom woooooom” sound.

[@rouenrobinson]

I think Cherry Falls is worse than this movie... but I will admit Lights Out version of this kind of premise. I watched this for Buffy alum Emma Caulfield. I think you mean Wolf Creek and not Wrong Turn. When Friday was mentioned I was thinking of the Friday and how I don't remember ever seeing a Police Station in them and then realized you meant the Friday the 13th movies lol. Fun podcast from y'all as usual.

[@howardromney9591]

Imagine Ice Cube in Friday the 13th or Jason in Friday 😅

[@AvaVincent-ze8zk]

Lights Out is a good comparison 🔦

[@TheWildwest666]

​@@howardromney9591He was in Ghosts of Mars, which is around this era.

[@BlueScarabGuy]

I for one am very happy to be watching a DeadMeatPod episode on an old movie that sucks, you've been doing so many new movies that are good that I have to skip the podcast episodes on because I wanna see them first!

[@alyssiasurrett2611]

I was really young when I saw this on TV and thought it was so cool it's been on my "go back and rewatch with partner" list and now I'm more excited to show them this movie. Honestly my introduction was to horror was the catacombs and then all the after dark horror fest DVDs at the local family video so I'm not that surprised.

[@jasp19]

I always want to make sure I´ve watched the movie before watching the podcast but I could not muster up the strength for this one. So here I am watching people talk about a random movie I don't know and it's a lot of fun!

[@Sharkey1208]

Thus episode had me rolling around laughing so much