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  • Pet Sematary (2019)
    Pet Sematary (Kolsch and Widmyer 2019)

    SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE

    SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE!

    Pet Sematary

    Hereditary (Aster 2018)

    TOPIC INDEX – Pet Sematary  (times are approximate) 

    TOPIC INDEX (times are approximate)

    0:00 – Introducing the film
    2:40 – Spoilers
    3:34 – Discussion begins
    6:08 – Compared to Pet Sematary (1989 Lambert)
    9:46 – Lambert’s film as critique of the idealized notion of the “traditional” nuclear family
    12:26 – Critiques begin with character development
    15:12 – Additional critiques starting wtih opening scene
    19:06 – It gets more interesting for Laura, sort of
    21:06 – Look and sound
    22:30 – More on the opening scene
    26:19 – Hereditary spoiler
    28:47 – Missed opportunities
    36:30 – Laura reads the film as a critique of religion
    37:00 – Stephen King on religion
    40:00 – Character continuum as symbols of religiosity
    45:35 – The Wendigo
    48:40 – Most ridiculous moments
    49:50 – Laura ties it back together
    54:28 – More missed opportunities
    1:01:30 – Laura and Marshall talk personal experiences with death, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s
    1:11:30 – Character names
    1:16:15 – Editing
    1:17:57 – Structure vs agency

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    “Horror films are our collective nightmares.”

    Episode 36

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    1 hr 32 min
  • Greta (2019)
    Greta (Jordan 2019)

    SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE

    SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE!

    Greta

    Kick-Ass (Vaughn 2010)

    TOPIC INDEX – Greta  (times are approximate) 

    TOPIC INDEX (times are approximate)

    0:00 – Introducing the film
    3:04 – Spoilers this episode
    3:44 – Movie discussion begins with a hot take from Laura
    5:15 – Different scales of bad for films
    6:55 – Women characters
    8:00 – Chloe Grace-Moretz
    10:50 – Elle (2016)
    12:38 – Dialogue
    17:20 – Back to gender
    20:00 – Maika Monroe
    20:15 – Plot
    25:17 – Music
    27:14 – Fairy tale
    30:05 – The zoo and slasher films
    36:59 – Framing
    38:37 – One more thing
    41:17 – Thank you Alamo Drafthouse!

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    “Horror films are our collective nightmares.”

    Episode 35

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    51 min
  • In My Skin (Dans Ma Peau) (2002)
    In My Skin (Dans Ma Peau) (de Van 2002)

    SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE

    TOPIC INDEX – In My Skin  (times are approximate) 

    0:00 – Introducing the film

    4:43 – Movie discussion begins
    7:06 – Marshall has a theory!
    9:50 – Laura brings in gender
    15:07 – ATM scene and the dinner
    16:21 – French laws about work (http://fortune.com/2017/01/01/french-right-to-disconnect-law/)
    17:07 – The dinner scene and Laura starts to get on board
    20:40 – Cutting
    21:55 – Sexuality
    25:47 – Frankfurt school
    27:00 – The Situationists
    30:55 – Drinking the wine
    33:41 – The derive
    35:32 – The split frame
    39:03 – GIF for reference
    46:15 – Opening montage
    50:00 – Colors
    51:26 – We did it! Also the final scene and passivity vs agency

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    “Horror films are our collective nightmares.”

    Episode 34

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Lords of Chaos (2018)
    Lords of Chaos (Akerlund 2018)

    SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE FOR

    The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (Six 2011)

    Higher Learning (Singleton 1995)

    TOPIC INDEX – Lords of Chaos (times are approximate) 

    0:00 – Introducing the film

    2:46 – The band Mayhem that is the focus of the film
    3:40 – Movie discussion begins with good evil vs bad evil
    5:33 – Authenticity, insiders, and cannibalizing the edge
    11:44 – Labeling theory
    12:57 – Impact of suicide
    13:50 – Sexism in the film
    14:44 – Danger and evil relative to comfort and privilege
    16:56 – Good evil vs bad evil part 2
    19:06 – Norweigan black metal documentary

    (possibly Until the Light Takes Us (Aites and Ewell 2008)

    21:02 – Conformity vs deviance as more problematic

    30:28 – Scene authenticity vs celebrity
    35:32 – Authenticity, poverty, racism, and music
    38:54 – The Norwegian metal scene specifically
    40:33 – Laura’s metal story
    43:12 – Actors, music, and technical execution, dark humor
    45:14 – Back to the “Inglorious Bastards critique”

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    “Horror films are our collective nightmares.”

    Episode 33

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    54 min
  • The Human Centipede 3 Final Sequence (2015)
    The Human Centipede 3 Final Sequence (Six 2011) SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE FOR The Human Centipede First Sequence (Six 2009) The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (Six 2011) Mentioned Without Spoilers Kuso (Lotus 2017) Mandy (Cosmatos 2018) TOPIC INDEX – The Human Centipede 3 Final Sequence (times are approximate)  Intro (times are approximate) 0:00 – Introducing … Continue reading "The Human Centipede 3 Final Sequence (2015)"
    2 hr 3 min
  • The Human Centipede 3 Final Sequence (2015)
    The Human Centipede 3 Final Sequence (Six 2011)

    SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE FOR

    The Human Centipede First Sequence (Six 2009)

    The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (Six 2011)

    Mentioned Without Spoilers

    Kuso (Lotus 2017)

    Mandy (Cosmatos 2018)

    TOPIC INDEX – The Human Centipede 3 Final Sequence (times are approximate) 

    Intro (times are approximate)

    0:00 – Introducing the film
    3:46 – Movie discussion begins
    6:02 – Alternative reads of the film
    9:16 – How does this fit into the trilogy?
    13:33 – Bad to good
    15:29 – Progressions in the trilogy
    17:30 – Nazis and the CIA
    21:48 – Spreading terrible ideas (memes and mimesis and coined by Dawkins)
    22:55 – Memes
    26:12 – Bureaucratization and structural violence
    27:27 – Patriotism and neo-conservatism and prisons
    GIF HERE
    28:20 – U.S. prison rape and prison tents (Arpaio and Trump pardon)
    30:50 – The sonderkommando
    We Wept Without Tears by Gideon Greif
    Son of Saul (Nemes 2015)
    34:30 – Totalitarianism and the banality of evil
    37:30 – Inaccessibility of the films
    40:09 – Relationship with grindhouse films
    44:17 – Toxic masculinity
    46:17 – Marshall rants about this film vs Mandy (2018)
    49:02 – Back on track with Laura discussing satire and interrogates Marshall on hyprocrisy in films regarding sexist, racist portrayals
    51:51 – Compared to Summer of ’84 (Simard and Whissell 2018)
    55:40 – Daisy (Bree Olson)
    57:07 – Spectacle, inaccesibility, and going meta
    58:55 – Justifying awfulness
    1:02:40 – Tom Six, intentionality, My Kid Could Paint That (Bar-Lev 2007),  and The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe
    1:09:44 – Perspectives on films
    1:13:43 – The Cinema Centipede
    1:15:01 – Human Centipede vs exploitation grind house films and Mandy (again)
    1:20:59 – Coming up

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    “Horror films are our collective nightmares.”

    Episode 32

    The post The Human Centipede 3 Final Sequence (2015) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.

    2 hr 3 min
  • The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (2011)
    The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (Six 2011) SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE FOR The Human Centipede First Sequence (Six 2009) Mentioned Without Spoilers I Spit On Your Grave (Zarchi 1978) I Spit On Your Grave (Monroe 2010) I Don’t Feel at Home In This World Anymore (Blair 2017) Peeping Tom (Powell 1960) TOPIC INDEX – … Continue reading "The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (2011)"
    1 hr 58 min
  • The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (2011)
    The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (Six 2011)

    SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE FOR

    The Human Centipede First Sequence (Six 2009)

    Mentioned Without Spoilers

    I Spit On Your Grave (Zarchi 1978)

    I Spit On Your Grave (Monroe 2010)

    I Don’t Feel at Home In This World Anymore (Blair 2017)

    Peeping Tom (Powell 1960)

    TOPIC INDEX – The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (times are approximate) 

    0:00 – Introducing the film

    1:13 – Thank you to Marshall’s parents
    2:05 – The Human Centipede trilogy podcast sequence overview
    3:35 – Movie discussion begins
    5:00 – Spoilers
    13:10 – Picking up our discussion of Human Centipede 1 First Sequence
    14:12 – Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence discussion begins
    14:57 – Accessibility of the film
    20:30 – Opening sequence
    24:46 – Body fluids and color
    25:25 – Multiple realities in the film
    27:30 – Meta pieces and multiple realities (See our Scream episode)
    30:30 – Laura questions the intention behind the content
    32:28 – Marshall’s grand Human Centipede 2 theory
    39:18 – Laura pushes back and remains skeptical
    43:00 – Into the weeds we go
    47:57 – Marshall goes all in on the opening sequence
    50:34 – Mirrors
    53:23 – Laura returns with some healthy skepticism and interrogates the hypocrisy
    57:30 – A hypothetical comparison
    59:50 – Our I Spit On Your Grave episode
    1:07:12 – Another approach regarding empathy
    1:11:50 – Ebert’s famous review of I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
    1:12:47 – Did the film happen?
    1:14:19 – The ethics of horror movies
    1:25:11 – Is this film ethically worse than others?
    1:31:06 – Martin
    1:35:10 – The psychiatrist
    1:37:09 – Male Gaze on Martin
    1:46:00 – Intent versus result
    1:52:02 – The famous Peeping Tom story

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    “Horror films are our collective nightmares.”

    The post The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence (2011) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.

    1 hr 58 min
  • The Human Centipede First Sequence (2009)
    The Human Centipede First Sequence (Six 2009) SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE FOR Cam (2018) Mentioned Without Spoilers Kuso (2017) “Horror films are our collective nightmares.” SPOILERS BELOW TOPIC INDEX – The Human Centipede First Sequence (times are approximate) 0:00 – Introducing the film, spoilers 1:13 – Thank you to Marshall’s parents 2:05 – The Human Centipede trilogy … Continue reading "The Human Centipede First Sequence (2009)"
    1 hr 6 min
  • The Human Centipede First Sequence (2009)
    The Human Centipede First Sequence (Six 2009)

    SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE FOR

    Cam (2018)

    Mentioned Without Spoilers

    Kuso (2017)

    “Horror films are our collective nightmares.”

    SPOILERS BELOW

    TOPIC INDEX – The Human Centipede First Sequence (times are approximate)

    0:00 – Introducing the film, spoilers

    1:13 – Thank you to Marshall’s parents
    2:05 – The Human Centipede trilogy podcast sequence
    (see Laugier 2018 and rape-revenge)
    3:35 – Movie discussion begins
    5:00 – Spoilers
    9:24 – More of our reactions
    9:51 – More spoilers
    11:37 – Why would someone want to watch this film?
    14:49 – Redemption of other horror vs The Human Centipede
    18:42 – An alternative argument
    22:42 – Why the first film in contrast to the sequels?
    27:51 – Back to discussion of practical aspects of the film
    29:03 – Race and nationality representation
    31:46 – Subtitles and Katsuro’s crucial lines
    33:00 – Gender representation
    36:20 – Sexuality in the film
    38:49 – Water
    41:52 – Capitalism?
    45:36 – Connection to the second film
    50:28 – To the next level. This segment deals with sexually explicit content.
    55:14 – Connections to Cam (2018)

    Outtakes – Wolf, Naomi. “Radical heterosexuality.” Women’s lives: Multicultural perspectives (1992): 178-181.

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    • T: @collectnight

    “Horror films are our collective nightmares.”

    The post The Human Centipede First Sequence (2009) appeared first on Collective Nightmares.

    1 hr 6 min

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