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Dan: On this episode we discuss—Fantasy Island! Stuart: [In his best Pirates of the Caribbean ride narrator voice] Ya best start believin’ in Fantasy Island, dear listeners! ‘Cause you’re in one! [Laughs.] Dan: You’re in an island? [Laughs.]
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It’s here! It’s here! It’s here! Did you get us any SHOCKTOBER presents? We got YOU something—a discussion of this year’s Fantasy Island, the goofy horror (?) movie based on the decidedly NOT horror 1970’s light fantasy television anthology.
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When the owner and operator of a luxurious island invites a collection of guests to live out their most elaborate fantasies in relative seclusion, chaos quickly descends.
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The enigmatic Mr. Roarke makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort, but when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island's mystery in order to escape with their lives.
Final Judgments[]
- Kinda liked it (Dan) @1:13:43
- Between Totally Snorifying and Frighteningly Funny but also neither of those (Elliott) @1:15:55
- Between Totally Snorifying and Frighteningly Funny (Stuart) @1:16:35
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Recommendations[]
- Train to Busan (2016) by Sang-ho Yeon (Dan) @1:39:19
- Bliss (2019) by Joe Begos (Stuart) @1:41:12
- The Others (2001) by Alejandro Amenábar (Elliott) @1:42:27
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Elliott: Now you may ask—did I think that maybe I should do a joke there where I kept going? And I did think that, and I decided, “Eh, let’s just end the episode.”