GBW #60: To Sever and Protect (Maniac Cop / Shallow Grave [1987] / Dead Heat)

<p>Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!</p> <p>First, before we dive into this week's episode, much like on our recording itself, we want to offer a trigger warning to viewers, as Chris and Ryan dive into three horror/exploitation films that deal with crooked, corrupt, or downright murderous cops. We have not been shy about our viewpoints in the past, standing for much-needed shakeups, police reforms, and sharing a general distrust of law enforcement. However, we are also big horror movie fans, and part of being a horror fan is looking through the movies to help contextualize the horrors of our own reality. We keep the episode as thoughtful and entertaining as we usually do, but we understand if some don't care to listen. <br> <br> With that said, we first dive into William Lustig and Larry Cohen's 1988 scuzzball slasher great "Maniac Cop," that both delivers primal genre films and is a sharp criticism of the systemic rot in law enforcement. Then, we move into 1987's backwoods potboiler "Shallow Grave" (no affiliation with the Danny Boyle film of the same name) which sees a rare GBW disagreement (Chris is not a fan; Ryan is mixed-positive), before ending with 1988's goofy "Lethal Weapon meets Re-Animator" mash-up, "Dead Heat."<br> <br> You can find this and future episodes on our website&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thegoodbadwhat.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thegoodbadwhat.com</a>. You can subscribe to our show on&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-the-bad-and-the-what/id1554493814" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts,</a> <a href="https://anchor.fm/thegoodbadwhat" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anchor.fm</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0RcsQUeNROydClA6p6P9ht" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify