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Collective Nightmares
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September 24, 2024Piggy (Perada 2022) Piggy (Perada 2022)What a wonderfully different horror film! We love a film that is in dialogue with hegemonic gender norms, beauty standards, and audience expectations. Piggy evokes Haneke and Funny Games in tasking viewers with considering their own presumptions and responsibilities in watching a horror film. Fascinating! And with a exquisite performance by the lead actress Laura Galan, this film by Carlota Pereda is worth seeking out. We look forward to seeing what these talented folks do next.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODEPiggy (Perada 2022)
TOPIC INDEX – Piggy (Perada 2022) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
5:00 – Film discussion begins5:00 – marketing and expectations9:00 – Spoilers begin9:00 – fat representation16:00 – sociology moment – Goffman and civil inattention21:00 – aligning the audience with Piggy25:00 – rape revenge films30:00 – the killer47:00 – anit-revenge?53:00 – meat1:02:00 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility1:09:00 – outroRelated Episodes
Funny Games (Haneke 1997)Related Films
It is Fine! Everything is Fine (Brothers & Glover 2007)In Fabric (Strickland 2018)
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Episode 121
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horror, podcast, sociology, gender, bodies, fat, obesity, representation, foreign film, Spain, scopophilia, male gaze, meat, butcher, bull, bullying, complicity, food, menstruation, period, complicit, culpableThe post Piggy (Perada 2022) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.
...more September 02, 2024X (West 2022) X (West 2022)I got so invested in putting out our episodes for Pearl and MaXXXine I realized I hadn’t finished or release the one for X! My apologies! X is the film that starts the entire Pearl/Maxine trilogy. An outstanding horror film by itself, and even better now that we’ve seen the rest of the story come to fruition. Laura is definitely the star of this episode! You can hear why she is such a phenomenal professor. Marshall said some totally unnecessary things early on that smacked of mansplaining and I apologize for it! Despite my embarrassment I’ve left it in to keep me humble and so everyone can see that we all have bad brain days. This film sparked a conversation about the state of the slasher sub-genre, cross gender identification in a post-gender world, and the elderly representation in horror. Without further ado, our longest episode yet: X.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODEScream (Craven 1996)
X (West 2022)TOPIC INDEX – X (West 2022) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
3:00 – Men, Women, and Chainsaw by Carol Clover4:00 – Film discussion begins6:00 – spoilers discussion begins8:00 – Exemplary review of Clover by Laura13:00 – Clover’s components of the slasher genre23:00 – Marshall gets caught up on some pedantic quibble (I’m sorry!)29:00 – applying Clover to X33:00 – sexualized killer and victims40:00 – film sequence at 41:00 in X50:00 – meta55:00 – review of main themes107:00 – film sequence at 42:51 in X1:26:00 – X back to Clover1:28:00 – televangelist1:38:00 – gender killing1:48:00 – phallicization1:51:00 – killer women1:57:00 – older Final Girls2:02:00 – hegemonic masculinity2:09:00 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility2:27:00 – women’s sexualityRelated Episodes
Pearl (West 2022)MaXXXine (West 2022)Credits
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Episode 120
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...more August 13, 2024MaXXXine (West 2024) MaXXXine (West 2024)Creating a successful horror trilogy that isn’t full of toxic messaging (looking at you James Wan) has proven to be a historical rarity. The original Scream trilogy is Marshall’s gold standard for a progressive, innovative, cohesive, beautifully executed trilogy. While leaving the possibility of a sequel open has been standard practice since horror films started really making money in the 1970s, prior to Craven’s Scream few films were conceived of with the intention of creating a cohesive work. The Human Centipede is probably the most infamous and least successful. It started as a shock film, the second film went meta and while scatological actually had glimmers of potential. Rather than complete the sequence in any sort of interesting way, the third film devolved into boorish slobbish rubbish. With Creep 2, the Creep trilogy has potential as well, but we may never see the third film to be able to decide. Long story long, West has managed to create an excellent and trilogy of films that are entertaining, well constructed, and intellectually compelling. Altogehter we’ve spent almost as long discussing these films as the films themselves, and there is still lots more worth discussion.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODEMaXXXine (West 2024)
Pearl (West 2022)X (West 2022)Carrie (Demme 1974)Jakob’s Wife (Stevens 2021)TOPIC INDEX – MaXXXine (West 2024) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
2:00 – Film discussion begins2:00 – overall impressions without spoilers6:00 – thriller vs horror genres6:00 – spoilers discussion begins6:00 – serial killers8:00 – empathy vs villainy9:00 – gender, agency, alliance12:00 – structure vs agency25:00 – sex work35:00 – hegemonic beauty42:38 – Horror Noire (Burgin 2019)50:30 – pastor58:00 – the ending1:10:00 – her agent, Teddy1:21:30 – correction: Scarface rather than Goodfellas (but probably both)1:23:30 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility1:24:30 – trilogies1:26:30 – The Night Stalkerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_RamirezRelated Episodes
Fantasy Island (Wadlow 2019)The Lodge (Fiala and Franz 2019)Jakob’s Wife (Stevens 2021)Pearl (West 2022)Credits
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Episode 119
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...more August 05, 2024Pearl (West 2022) Pearl (West 2022)Ti West apparently shot this on the sly at the same time he was making X (2022). It is a prequel to X, and the second film in the MaXXXine trilogy, just to be confusing. As with X this film is expertly crafted and Mia Goth’s performance is absolutely stellar. Ultimately we decided that the ideologies of the trilogy will greatly depend on how the story arcs are carried into the third film and resolved. Have a listen as we lay out the options based on what we’ve seen in the two first films. And our MaXXXine episode is up next!
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODEPearl (West 2022)
X (West 2022)Carrie (Demme 1974)Jakob’s Wife (Stevens 2021)TOPIC INDEX – Pearl (West 2022) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
4:00 – Film discussion begins4:00 – overall impressions10:30 – spoilers discussion begins10:30 – Pearl, her family, and men17:00 – deaths25:00 – family dinner28:00 – spoilers for Carrie and Jakob’s Wife50:00 – X58:00 – trilogy1:00:00 – meta-commentary1:08:00 – sexual explicit media vs not1:10:00 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility
1:10:00 – pet ownership
Related Episodes
The Lodge (Fiala and Franz 2019)Jakob’s Wife (Stevens 2021)X (West 2022)Credits
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Episode 118
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...more June 17, 2024Barbarian (Cregger 2022) Barbarian (Esterhazy 2021)A movie with twists and turns, some of which were awesome, some of which were at best confusing, at worst problematic. The film definitely has tension and moments of suspense and horror. We always appreciate a new, innovative film even if we don’t think it completely hits the mark.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODEBarbarian (Cregger 2022)
TOPIC INDEX – Barbarian (Cregger 2022) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
2:30 – Barbara Creed Monstrous Feminine3:45 – Film discussion begins8:00 – spoilers discussion begins8:30 – Mom actor10:00 – police12:00 – Sociology moment – Creed’s monstrous feminine14:00 – Kristeva’s abject15:00 – Othering20:00 – deaths30:00 – additional criticisms35:00 – what if…?48:00 – evil women54:30 – the best argument for the film1:02:00 – race1:08:00 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility1:10:00 – pet ownershipRelated Episodes
Pet Sematary (Kolsch & Widmyer 2019)Malignant (Wan 2021)The Conjuring (Wan 2013)Related Films
Audition (Miike 1999)Pet (Torrens 2016)Credits
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Episode 117
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horror, podcast, sociology, gender, monstrous feminine, Creed, abject, Kristeva, rapist, mother, mansplaining, privilege, flashback, victim, survivor, Final Girl, Reaganism, pets, captivity, motherhoodThe post Barbarian (Cregger 2022) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.
...more June 11, 2024Crimes of the Future (Cronenberg 2022) Crimes of the Future (Cronenberg 2022)Laura hated it, Marshall loved it. One of the most divisive films in the history of the podcast. Laura was bored and disconnected. Marshall thought Cronenberg was not only bringing up fascinating topics of technology, bodies, and art, but also layering in a metaphor for an artistic oeuvre. This made for a great discussion.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODECrimes of the Future (Cronenberg 2022)
The Fly (Cronenberg 1986)TOPIC INDEX – Crimes of the Future (Cronenberg 2022) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
2:30 – episode begins2:30 – Film discussion begins5:30 – sci-fi horror11:00 – abstraction20:00 – penetration in horror27:00 – pain35:00 – plastic45:00 – ecological modernization49:00 – art51:30 – illness56:00 – self critique?1:07:00 – aesthetics2:05:00 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social ResponsibilityRelated Episodes
Mandy (Cosmatos 2018)In Fabric (Strickland 2018)Related Films
Pretty much any of Cronenberg’s previous films but especiallyCrash (1996), Videodrome (1983), and Existenz (1999)Credits
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Episode 116
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horror, podcast, sociology, gender, sci-fi, science fiction, bodies, pain, abstraction, cyborgs, sex, art, environment, microplastic, Cronenberg, autonomy, plastic, scars, natural, Baudrillard, pollution,The post Crimes of the Future (Cronenberg 2022) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.
...more May 20, 2024Scream 5 5cream (Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett 2022) Scream (Bettinelli-Oplin and Gillett 2022)This fifth Scream film keeps much of what has made the Scream films so successful, and does well to leave behind or update those parts that needed to be changed. Overall it strikes a good balance between homage and renewal. It’s a fun film that will please Scream lovers and slasher lovers.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODEScream (Bettinelli-Oplin and Gillett 2022)All Scream franchise filmsTOPIC INDEX
Scream (Bettinelli-Oplin and Gillett 2022) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
4:00 – episode begins9:00 – Film discussion begins9:00 – The Scream franchise14:00 – overall takes24:30 – meta-commentary25:30 – Scream in the slasher genre31:00 – One of Valerie Wee’s (2006) articles32:30 – updating Scream41:00 – killers and survivors and victims and gender1:05:30 – diversity1:09:00 – class/SES1:30:00 – killer1:36:00 – critiques1:37:00 – Cotton1:38:30 – Wes Craven’s genius1:46:30 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social ResponsibilityRelated Episodes
The People Under the Stairs (Craven 1991)Nightcrawler (Gilroy 2014)Get Out (Peele 2016)Related Films
Scream (Craven 1996)Scream 2 (Craven 1997)Scream 3 (Craven 2000)Credits
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Episode 114
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horror, podcast, sociology, gender, feminist, slasher, diversity, representation, reboot, remake, requel, sisters, twins, women of color, nuclear family, affair, infidelity, sexuality, media glamorization, news, sensationalism, glamorization of criminal, celebrity, class, socioeconomic status, multiple realities, meta, postmodern,The post Scream 5 5cream (Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett 2022) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.
...more April 30, 2024Slumber Party Massacre (Esterhazy 2021) Slumber Party Massacre (Esterhazy 2021)This film is so fascinating for so many reasons. It is a brilliant satire of slasher films and accomplishes so much of the feminist messaging that the initial Slumber Party Massacre was not able to do … for an hour and five seconds. The last half hour or so the film just falls off a cliff in terms of message, ideology, and representation.
While I don’t think of us as movie snobs, we definitely had lower expectations for a SyFy channel original film. However, this film is surprisingly good! It transcends it’s low production values and clear structuring to be able to insert commercials, again, for an hour and five seconds. Give it a watch and then join us for the full discussion.
So we spend a lot of time here discussing how that last half an hour could have been improved. While we recorded this before The Blackening was released, it strikes us that film is a perfect example of how to successfully end a satirical and critical film.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODESlumber Party Massacre (Esterhazy 2021)TOPIC INDEX – Slumber Party Massacre (Esterhazy 2021) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
4:00 – Discussion begins4:00 – Overall impressions without spoilers9:30 – SPOILERS begin10:00 – film vs tropes11:00 – flashback17:45 – present day30:00 – entertaining and critical33:00 – problematic third act39:00 – how could the film be improved46:30 – the end1:02:00 – filmmaking and plot movement
59:00 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility1:01:00 – Marshall rants about channels watermarking content with logosRelated Episodes
The Blackening (Story 2023)Related Films
Serial Mom (Waters 1994)Zombeavers (Rubin 2014)Halloween (Green 2018)Credits
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Episode 113
Keywords
horror, podcast, sociology, gender, sisters, feminist, slasher, phallic symbols, queer, satire, parody, male gaze, diversity, representation, reboot, remake, requel, flashback, pizza, eating, sleepover, satire, parody, toxic masculinity, phallic weapons, shower, ruralThe post Slumber Party Massacre (Esterhazy 2021) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.
...more April 17, 2024The Slumber Party Massacre (Jones 1982) The Slumber Party Massacre (Jones 1982)This film is a cult classic. Written by Rita Mae Brown who also penned Rubyfruit Jungle and was an avowed feminist and civil rights advocate it was supposedly written as a feminist response to the first wave slasher films of the late 1970s and early 1980s. However, Amy Holden Jones who directed the film may have been more interested in producing something successfully commercial and possibly deliberately within the exploitation genre. We think we see both of these strains competing in the film. And as you might imagine, that makes for a unique film!
Join us for the full discussion.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODEThe Slumber Party Massacre (Jones 1982)TOPIC INDEX – The Slumber Party Massacre (Jones 1982) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
3:15 – Discussion begins3:15 – Marshall’s history with the film8:30 – the film’s messaging as relatively progressive (for 1982)15:00 – satire and filmmaker intent24:00 – nudity in comparison25:00 – phallic symbols29:00 – male gaze30:00 – kills40:00 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social ResponsibilityRelated Episodes
I Spit on Your Grave (Zarchi 1978)Related Films
Carrie (DePalma 1976)Credits
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Episode 112
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horror, podcast, sociology, gender, sisters, feminist, slasher, phallic symbols, queer, satire, parody, male gaze, exploitation, nudity, killer,The post The Slumber Party Massacre (Jones 1982) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.
...more April 08, 2024Titane (Docournau 2021) Titane (Ducournau 2021)One of the more bizarre films we have ever watched, and that is saying something! Docournau has managed to produce a film that transcends most hegemonic categories and divisions. This effectively disarms viewers pushing them into experiencing the film emotionally rather than analytically. This is no small feat. The deserved winner of the 2021 Palm d’Or at Cannes. Let this film drive over you and then join us for our full discussion.
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SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODETitane (Ducournau 2021)TOPIC INDEX – Titane (Ducournau 2021) (times are approximate)
0:30 – Introductions
6:00 – Discussion begins6:00 – laying out the gender pieces7:00 – West and Zimmerman – gender as omnipresent11:30 – serial killing21:00 – relationships and fire27:00 – femininity and masculinity29:00 correction – “queer” should be “heterosexual”36:30 – vibes44:30 – Los Angeles Times interview with Ducournau48:00 – comparisons to Henry52:00 – outside hegemoinc systems and outside binaries55:00 – emotional experience of the film1:06:00 – hope1:14:00 – resist1:29:00 – KUSO (Lotus 2017)14:20 – SPOILERS begin1:02:00 – filmmaking and plot movement
1:23:10 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social ResponsibilityRelated Episodes
In My Skin (de Van 2002)Crimes of the Future (Cronenberg 2023)Monster (Jenkins 2003)Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer (McNaughton 1986)Knives and Skin (Reeder 2019)Kuso (Lotus 2017)Related Films
Crash (Cronenberg 1996)Credits
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Episode 111
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horror, podcast, sociology, gender, cars, vehicles, fire, metal, abortion, baby, sexuality, masculinity, femininity, pregnancy, nudity, sociopath, outside the binary, binary, cyborg, bizarre, fetish, familyThe post Titane (Docournau 2021) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.
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How many episodes does Collective Nightmares have?
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