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Lynched Skeletons on Halloween Lawns and Favorite Horror Movies
from #172 - Long Island Wedding | The Tim Dillon Show · #172
3 min
Tim describes uncomfortable lynching-themed skeleton Halloween decorations in Burbank, then lists his favorite horror/campy movies like Jacob's Ladder, Cabin in the Woods, House of 1000 Corpses, and jokes about Joss Whedon's cheating scandal.
- Tim spots lynched skeletons decorating Halloween lawns in Burbank and questions whether that's necessary for a children's display.
- Explaining the historical racial component of lynching while defending the observation that skeleton decorations don't need to depict it.
- A Halloween decoration was an homage to Friday the 13th, though Tim admits he conflates all the slasher films together.
- Tim's horror preferences lean toward movies like Jacob's Ladder and Cabin in the Woods rather than pure slasher franchises.
- Joss Whedon directed Cabin in the Woods before moving left politically, becoming another example of a creator's ideological shift.
- Critics who get caught cheating then pivot to declaring they're not binary instead of accepting accountability.
Mad About YouCabin in the WoodsJacob's LadderJoss WhedonThe RingHouse of 1000 CorpsesHostel9/11BurbankRob ZombieTim Robbins