Summary: Man...the most dangerous game. So here's the deal - what began as a need to talk about the cult favorite Japanese film Battle Royale from 2000 (and it's 2003 sequel), evolved into a discussion of the history of humans hunting humans for sport movies. Beginning with the original Most Dangerous Game (1932) and continuing through the years we cover several memorable (and not so memorable) hunted human films. The centrepiece however is Battle Royale which is an absolute must watch for the variety of characters, the perfect setting for the hunt, the variety and originality of weapons and attacks, the ice cold commentary on societal ills, and so much more. This film is a video game adaptation without the original video game. So after some extended banter to open the show and some reminiscing about hunting people down like animals we manage to kick around some more random topics (crazy Gary Busey link) until landing on this week's Aussie Film Festival pick: Mad Max (1979)! If there is a film out there that's overdue for a revisit, this is it. There is a reason that an entire generation of genre fans who were raised in the era of late 70's, early 80's remember Max as one of the all time great characters. The call is out. Please send in your feedback (audio or otherwise) as we race toward episode #100 where we hope to involve as much of the Horroretc community as possible. Please send us your comments to: horroretc@gmail.com WWW.HORRORETC.COM
