Nature Trail to Hell
Stefan Lawrence, a theme park designer from Los Angeles, hasn’t seen a lot of horror movies. Jordan D. White, a comic book editor from New York, has seen them all. Together, they’ll run through iconic horror franchises and review the movies one at a time.
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Episodes
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
It's time for a whole new season of the increasingly inaccurately named Nature Trail to Hell, in which we explore The Purge series! What happens when ALL CRIME IS LEGAL one night a year? Jordan D. White knows and Stefan Lawrence is about to find out. In this episode, we check out the very first Purge movie from the innocent beforetimes of 2013.
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Jordan and Stefan watch Ti West's 2022 film, X, which owes quite a bit to the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre from 1974. Instead of an old Leatherface stomping around Texas like we saw in 2022, we now just have...old people. But don't worry, old people can do the murder just as good as the youngs.
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Rounding out our Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, Stefan and Jordan will be watching two films inspired by them. The first is Rob Zombie's lurid technicolor nightmare, House of 1000 Corpses. Maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to spot Mr. Zombie's inspirations buried deep in the subtext of the film.
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Jordan and Stefan reach the end of the road with 2022's reboot, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (not the missing definite article – that's how you know it's cool). We can finally answer all the questions, such as how old is Leatherface? Is this series even about cannibalism? And can you call it Texas Chainsaw Massacre if it insists on being filmed in Bulgaria? FIND OUT.
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Jordan and Stefan watch ANOTHER origin story for Leatherface – Leatherface from 2017! Wanna know how Leatherface got those scars? Wanna watch Stephen Dorff perform some extremely questionable policework? Wanna watch Bulgaria convincingly stand in for Texas? Yeah, you do.
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Ah heck, let's just reboot this series again! This week, Jordan and Stefan are watching Texas Chainsaw 3D, the 2013 reboot that's a direct sequel to the original film. Wait, does this one actually attempt a new plot? WEIRD.
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Stefan and Jordan watch the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, the 2nd film in the newly rebooted franchise. In this 2006 film, we learn the origin of Hoyt's missing teeth and maybe, just maybe, why Leatherface loves chainsaws so much.
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Jordan and Stefan have reached the end of the original run of the series, and begin the reboot era with this 2003 remake, now produced by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes. Are we ready for a new, glossier take on Leatherface? Are they cannibals this time? Is saw still family? Are they even called the Sawyers? Let's find out.
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
This week Jordan and Stefan boldly go into the weird death spiral hinterlands of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre – the last movie before the series gets rebooted in 2003. This one, starring Matthew McConnaughey (!) & Renee Zellweger (!!), was filmed in 1994, showed at SXSW and released in 1995, and then finally limped to theaters in 1997. WHAT IS EVEN GOING ON? It's also better than part 3.
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Leatherface is back! Jordan and Stefan watch the third installment in the Texas Chainsaw franchise. Where will this series go after the gonzo second installment...and didn't Leatherface get a giant chainsaw up the gut in the last one? What is even happening?