George loves Home Alone. It is the first movie we have found for which he had childhood nostalgia. So we revisited it so he could see the movie through the eyes of a movie watcher. Will it be better? Will it be worse? Will he find new depth in old characters? Tune in to find out.
Then we have to address the elephant in the room...
Home Alone is a ripoff of a French movie from the year before. Or at least, that is what the rumor mill would indicate. Is it really a simple ripoff? Are we dealing with more a "Halloween borrowing scenes from a bunch of gialli" situation? Or is the internet awash with a bunch of uninspired copycat baloney? We dive deep into Home Alone and Deadly Games to find out!
Deadly Games (AKA Dial Code Santa Claus, AKA 36-15 Code Père Noël, AKA Game Over, AKA Tödliche Nacht) is currently available to stream on Shudder and was recently received on a 4k UHD disc by Vinegar Syndrome. It is totally worth watching and about halfway through the episode we'll give you a "stop here before you watch" warning.
But the mystery of Home Alone goes deeper than Deadly Games... And we have to end this episode on a cliffhanger which will pay off in a special release this Friday (December 17) when we discuss a second influential movie (which is way more bananas than either Home Alone or Deadly Games.) So join us today and join us again on Friday!
 
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