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5 min readHorror Franchises: A Beginner's Guide Through the Eyes of an Outsider
The Dead Meat Podcast's James and James (the hosts share a first name) play a game where the horror-obsessed James quizzes his co-host Gresel on major horror franchises he's never watched. Gresel has seen the original Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre in college, knows Friday the 13th mostly through pop culture osmosis, and has never touched Hellraiser, Reanimator, or Puppet Master. The stakes: if Gresel scores ten or fewer points across the game, James buys his buy-in at their next poker night. If he hits five or fewer, James covers the buy-back too.
The Scoring System and How It Works
For each franchise, Gresel guesses how many movies exist in the series. The difference between his guess and the actual number becomes his score — lower is better, like golf. Then he answers true-or-false questions about each series, and each correct answer deducts a point from his total. The game covers Halloween, Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, Reanimator, and Puppet Master.
Halloween: The Convoluted Timeline Problem
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:56) **Game Setup & Scoring** - James A. explains the trivia game to James G.: he'll guess franchise film counts and answer true/false questions, with golf-style scoring (lower is better) and a poker buy-in prize for 10 or fewer points.
- 2 (05:33) **Halloween Franchise** - James G. guesses 14 films (off by one—there are 13) and discusses his vague memory of the original, which he hasn't seen in twenty years.
- 3 (13:57) **Friday the 13th Franchise** - James G. correctly guesses 12 films and demonstrates pop-culture knowledge: Jason isn't the killer in the first film, he goes to space in *Jason X*, and the hockey mask appears later than expected.
- 4 (21:07) **Texas Chainsaw Massacre Franchise** - James G. guesses 9 films (there are 9) and shares his negative impression from seeing the original in college—finding it joyless, brutal, and bloody.
- 5 (35:29) **Ad Break: Rocket Money & Zbiotics** - James A. promotes Rocket Money for tracking finances and canceling subscriptions, then Zbiotics pre-alcohol probiotic drink for preventing hangovers.
- 6 (39:44) **Hellraiser Franchise** - James G. guesses 8 films (there are 11) and demonstrates surprising knowledge: pleasure through pain, Pinhead, cenobites, and Clive Barker.
- 7 (53:02) **Re-Animator Franchise** - James G. guesses 6 films (there are only 3) and admits he knows nothing except Barbara Crampton and Jeffrey Combs are in it.
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Show Notes
The final episode in the James x James takeover era ends with James (A Janisse) challenging James (Graessle) to describe what he thinks horror's most popular franchises are about.
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