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Mar 2024
53m 12s

The Blair Witch Project vs The Mummy

Forever Dog
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The horror! The horror! Our 1999 series rolls on with the biggest arthouse horror movie of the year THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT vs the biggest popcorn horror movie of the year THE MUMMY! Which one will win and enter the canon? Which will lose and disappear into the trash canon? Listen to find out!! NEXT WEEK: Beau Travail vs Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo MOVIES B ... Show More
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