Update on Poll Results for Kill Count Movie (Patreon)

Hi everybody! If you'll remember, a couple of weeks ago I made a poll asking you which movie you'd like to see on a SHUDDER-SPONSORED Kill Count that will be happening in February. I gave 10 options, some of which I hadn't even seen before, and asked you to vote for any amount of them that you'd like to see covered.

THE RESULTS ARE IN! More than 2,700 of you voted, and the top 3 results (as of right now) were...

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) with 530 votes

Ichi the Killer (2001) with 391 votes

Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) with 345 votes

There was a significant enough gap between Tammy at #3 and the fourth place option, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which received 283 votes.

HERE'S THE DEAL THOUGH.

I re-watched Behind the Mask to prep myself for covering it, and, I've gotta tell ya, it's just not graphic. Like, at all. Hardly ANY blood in it (except for one pretty cool kill) and the sexuality is negligible and could easily be edited out. Even though it won by a very large margin, I think it'd be a waste of a sponsorship to cover in an uncut Kill Count. So it will not be the February Shudder episode - BUT, since it did win the poll, I PROMISE to cover it this year - hopefully sooner than later, but I don't want to give a specific time frame and then be unable to fulfill that promise. The best I can say is 2021. It'll be good.

SO, next I watched Ichi the Killer, which I had never seen before. Um. Wow. This was one of the most violent movies I've ever seen, with a few specific scenes that were just... yeah, ouch. Now, normally, that'd be the point of a sponsored episode - cover the graphic movies without worrying about YouTube demonetization. BUT, the thing with Ichi is... it's not really a horror movie. Like, at all. It's an extremely violent crime movie - like a much bloodier John Wick. And we all know how I feel about John Wick as a Kill Count movie. 

Add in the facts that a lot of the violence is sexual; that the plot is very complicated, with lots of backstabbings and twists and turns; that it's a Japanese film that was heavily influenced by that nation's culture and history at the time; and, it all stacks up to be an episode that I don't really want to do. I would be willing to approach all that stuff - the violence, the complicated plot, the foreign research I'd have to do - if it were more of a horror movie. But it's not. I don't want to cover this and have it used against me when kids leave comments asking for John Wick, you know? So I'm going to also skip this one, I'm sorry - but any huge Takashi Miike fans DO have one option if they want to see this covered on the channel: Email deadmeatpod@gmail.com. Chelsea absolutely LOVED Ichi the Killer, and is a HUGE fan of Audition as well. Since we're more lenient regarding genre when it comes to movies we cover on the Podcast, and since she has more time to do research into stuff like Japanese history (which she already has a small foundation built thanks to the Creepy Kids episode), I wouldn't be surprised to see her wanting to cover it. 

Which brings us to Tammy. Oh, Tammy. Tammy is a bad movie. Tammy is a stupid movie. Tammy is arguably more of a sci-fi comedy than a horror movie. But Tammy is the type of shit I love. It's got a ridiculous premise, "what the fuck" scenes, and kills that are surprisingly graphic af. It's short, simple, has a few recognizable actors (a couple of which have been featured on the Kill Count in the past), and is a blast to make jokes about, as proven in the commentary track we did for it a year ago.

Y'all, I'm gonna do Tammy and the T-Rex. 

Hope my reasoning makes sense to everyone. I know it was the third place winner in the poll and that it probably only got that many votes because of it's ridiculous name, but hopefully that will similarly bring in the views on YouTube. And besides, that's why I stressed in the poll post that the results were not binding - I've gotta be able to maneuver and make choices that I think are best for the channel and my own sanity (seriously, explaining Ichi in a Kill Count would be hell) while still getting your input. To be honest, I had MOST wanted to cover A Bay of Blood from that list, and that did worse than every other option except for Humanoids.

I plan on covering Bay before my Friday recount episodes, since I think a lot of the Friday movies were inspired by it, and I promise to cover Behind the Mask this year - again, as soon as I'm able to slot it into the schedule (which is already mostly filled out). Not sure about the others (though I'd also wager that Pieces is coming some time this year, hopefully), but thank you for participating in the poll, and I hope the arbitrariness of it wasn't too maddening for ya. 

THERE ARE 3 KILL COUNTS COMING OUT BEFORE TAMMY, so don't get confused when you keep seeing episodes that don't feature Denise Richards and a dinosaur. I know I'm supposed to be taking it easy but there are just too many movies that I WANT to cover. 

Okay, thanks everyone! Be good people!