Welcome to the Cold Case Films Podcast - the ultimate podcast for horror enthusiasts and movie buffs alike. Join our hosts Ainsley, a seasoned forensics and missing persons expert, and Tanner, a dude who likes movies as they view, review, and dissect your favorite horror films with a uniquely realistic perspective.

Every episode, Tanner and Ainsley discuss a horror movie. They summarize the movie, discuss its more critical elements, and talk about the level of realism of the more grim and scary aspects of the film using Ainsley's forensics expertise. This episode is a Halloween special with a double feature - Trick 'r Treat & The Descent

SPOILER WARNING AND TRIGGER WARNING. This episode includes discussion of the film in its entirety and features in-depth discussions on scares, gore, and other heavy topics frequently found in horror films.

Our hosts start the episode with Trick 'r Treat and discuss the surprising background story of the film's failure to launch (5:10), summarize the film and the five interconnected stories (8:15), and talk about how it's a near perfect Halloween-vibes movie (15:43). They then discuss the scary real world examples of actual people who have poisoned Halloween candy with the 1974 Pixie Stick Murders (19:04), the urban legend of Ghost Hands (23:25), and the logic behind family killers in relation to Principal Wilkens (25:05).

Our hosts then jump to discussing the second film for the episode, The Descent! They start by giving background on the film and its production (28:03), then move to a movie summary (30:33), they then discuss their opinions on the movie with itspsychological cave and relationship aspects, monster flick subjectivity, and filming techniques (36:43). Ainsley then comes in with her forensics expertise and tells the related true story of John Edward Jones, a spelunker who died in the Nutty Putty Cave in 2009 (43:33).

Enjoy the episode, have the happiest and spookiest Halloween, and please subscribe on whichever podcast platform you're listening to!

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