It's time for some seasonal trivia about misguided Halloween promotional campaigns! Gentle content warning for this one- they're 2000s/2010s style corporate misfires, and they go exactly as well as you'd expect.
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SOURCES:
https://activeinternetmarketing.co.uk/halloween-digital-marketing-campaigns/
https://awario.com/blog/halloween-marketing-campaign-ideas/
https://www.cracked.com/article_35685_the-time-halloweens-michael-myers-did-a-nike-ad-and-the-world-freaked-out.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/28/home-depot-pulls-controversial-scary-peeper-halloween-decoration-after-complaint.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/europe/mcdonalds-sundae-bloody-sundae-advert-scli-intl
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hershey-reeses-halloween-pumpkin-candy-lawsuit-judge-ruling/
https://www.techdirt.com/2019/04/26/today-bananas-copyright-law-court-urged-to-rule-that-banana-costume-is-not-infringing/
https://www.sott.net/article/305390-Assistant-prosecutor-in-West-Virginia-suspended-after-pulling-gun-on-fake-Halloween-spiders
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252: Lightning Round Movie Reviews 3
Apparently other movies were released while we were busy discussing all ten Saw movies, so we talk about a bunch of them this week!
1:00:10: Red Rooms
53:12: The Long Walk
47:20: The Toxic Avenger
40:35: Him
31:47: Together
26:30: I Know What You Did Last Summer
18:39: 28 Years Later
11:50: Megan 2.0
06:04: Bring Her Back
03:14: Final Destination: Bloodlines
00:55: Until Dawn
00:00: Intro
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251: Weapons (2025)
We untangle the mysteries of this summer's horror hit, Weapons (2025).
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250: Sawvivor
COME ON IN and pick up a buff for this, the very last episode of Hot Saw Summer- SAWVIVOR.
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249: Saw X (2023)
We start putting away the umbrellas & packing up our beach towels as Hot Saw Summer comes to a close with a review of Saw X (2023).
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