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Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar NoéRachel BrosnahanAmy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

Ep508: Friday the 40th Part 2: Cabin in the Woods

Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast and Lee Shoquist of ChicagoFilm.com return to the cursed Crystal Lake campground for Part 2 of our year-long Friday the 13th retrospective! Five years after grieving psychopath Mrs. Voorhees met her end in a fight with Survivor Girl Alice, a new monster has emerged from the thick New Jersey woods to stalk and slash another batch of carefree teens.

Ian and Lee talk kills, continuity, and quality in this loving look back at one of the series' most underrated entries!

Episode 508 is staying behind--in case Muffin comes back!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 2:21

Friday the 13th Part 2 Trailer: 2:21 - 4:27

Friday the 13th Part 2 Discussion: 4:27 - 1:17:14

Outro Music: 1:17:14 - 1:17:29

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