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- Fantasy Island (2019)
Fantasy Island (Wadlow 2019) In a bizarre meta twist, the film Fantasy Island reflects the fantasies of the island: at first it is everything you ever wanted, but soon you end up in a mess you didn’t expect. It is a fun watch, but at watch price? As with the ancient people of Easter Island, …
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59 min - Come to Daddy (2019)
Come to Daddy (Timpson 2019) The most divided Laura and Marshall have been regarding a film in some time. Marshall hated it. Laura loved it. Is it an indictment of the corrosive impacts of toxic masculinity? Or a sloppy mess of a film that embraces toxic masculinity as a means of repairing men’s relationships? Listen …
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1 hr 14 min - Knives and Skin (2019)For this episode we held two discussions of the film. For the first we were joined by two students, Audrey and Andi. For the second we were joined by Keenan and Sophie. We first want to thank them for their time and thoughts. This film is unique. Knives and Skin is ambitious, beautiful, and laudable for the diversity of age, sexuality, ethnicity, as well as including numerous interesting and under-represented topics facing young women. However, for us the film never formed into a cohesive narrative where all of that fascinating content could be placed. Without a border to the puzzle, we were left feeling like we were either missing pieces or had pieces from more than one puzzle to fit together. And as a result we never were able to form a full picture from this otherwise fascinating film.1 hr 50 min
- It Comes At Night (2017)
It Comes at Night (Shults 2017) Another credit to Laura’s ambition, for this episode we revisit It Comes at Night (Shults 2017). A film that was extraordinary the first time and is even more impactful given we are recording on the upslope of the COVID19 pandemic in the United States. This film tackles the core …
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1 hr 59 min - Hansel & Gretel (2007) and Gretel & Hansel (2020)
Hansel & Gretel (Yim 2007) and Gretel & Hansel (Perkins 2020) A credit to Laura’s ambition, we view and discuss two films for this episode. Both are modern dark fairy tales, a fascinating sub-genre of horror. Despite these similarities, otherwise the films are not at all connected or related. The Yim film was ultimately the …
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1 hr 30 min - Rabid (2019)
Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, discuss the sociology of horror films in depth. The episode focuses on The Soska Sisters newest film in the body horror genre, a reboot of Cronenberg's 1977 classic, Rabid. This is a hugely under-rated horror film of 2019!
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1 hr 36 min - Black Christmas (2019)
Black Christmas (Takal 2019) Black Christmas is Marshall’s favorite horror film of 2019! It is directly comparable to Get Out in terms of outstanding craft and concept. Sadly it received a limited release. Takal both wrote and directed the film. We will be returning to her earlier film Always Shine soon because this was so …
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57 min - Doctor Sleep (2019)
Doctor Sleep (Flanagan 2019) Doctor Sleep is well shot and well paced, as we expect from Mike Flanagan. However, he cannot save a fatally flawed concept. This sequel to The Shining is unnecessary and it shows. While there is progress in terms of gender, age, and racial diversity, the film unfortunately also demonizes the poor …
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54 min - 3 From Hell (2019)
3 From Hell (Zombie 2019) Zombie is back again, as zombies tend to do. Unfortunately, this Zombie (film) is a slow, tired, rehash rather than anything new or interesting. Zombie still has a strong sense of style, but there is little else here to keep interest other than the viewer’s nostalgia for the first two …
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46 min - Crawl (2019)
Crawl (Aja 2019) Lurking under our radar were creature features! We’ve risen to the occasion and dug into Alexandre Aja’s Crawl. While it does not have much social commentary, Crawl is an entertaining, well-made, jaunt with solid suspense and even a few jump scares. It features a very capable woman protagonist and some decent gore …
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