Collective Nightmares

Collective Nightmares – IT (2017) Episode

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/collective-nightmares/id1323255235

Our podcast has spoilers! If you haven’t seen the film, please watch it before listening.

Finally, our second podcast episode! Our podcast is an in-depth and sociologically informed discussion of horror films. This episode we discuss the 2017 film It directed by Andy Muschietti. The film is based on the Stephen King novel It published in 1986. This screenplay was written by Chase Palmer, Cari Joi Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman.

The podcast hosts are Marshall Smith and Laura Patterson.

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“Horror films are our collective nightmares.” Robin Wood.

We are still figuring out all of the technical side of this. This audio is much improved from our first episode.

Our audio does feature some expletives and discussion of controversial content. It is most likely neither safe for kids nor safe for work.

Donations are super welcome if you enjoy what you hear.

 

SPOILERS BELOW

IT GIF Gallery Coming Soon

Topic Index

0:00 to 2:54 – General thoughts on the film

2:54 – We have a structure for this episode! (Kind of)

3:12 – Philosophical questions raised by the film

 

3:29 – Why monster films work, or don’t

4:30 – Social commentary

7:40 – Ambiguous monster

9:28 – The scariness of the sewer scene

12:30 – Character continuum

18:00 – Camera work, technical notes

18:10 – What’s up with the diving and swimming scene?

21:32 – The Bechdel Test and representation

23:32 – Music and sound

23:47 – How would we improve the film?

32:12 – Laura connects Full House to It, believe it or not.

 

 

Collective Nightmares – IT (2017) Episode https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/collective-nightmares/id1323255235 Our podcast has spoilers! If you haven’t seen the film, please watch it before listening. Finally, our second podcast episode! Our podcast is an in-depth and sociologically informed discussion of horror films. This episode we discuss the 2017 film It directed by Andy Muschietti. The film is based on … Continue reading "It"

Collective Nightmares – Hard Candy Episode https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/collective-nightmares/id1323255235 Our first full podcast episode! Our podcast is based on an involved, in-depth,  and sociologically informed discussion of horror films. For our inaugural episode we discuss the 2005 film Hard Candy directed by David Slade, written by Brian Nelson and starring Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. The podcast … Continue reading "Hard Candy"

Collective Nightmares – Hard Candy Episode

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/collective-nightmares/id1323255235

Our first full podcast episode! Our podcast is based on an involved, in-depth,  and sociologically informed discussion of horror films. For our inaugural episode we discuss the 2005 film Hard Candy directed by David Slade, written by Brian Nelson and starring Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson.

The podcast hosts are Marshall Smith and Laura Patterson.

Find us, follow us, and please leave feedback and comments at

* www.collectivenightmares.com

* IG:collectivenightmares

* Twitter: @collectivenite

“Horror films are our collective nightmares.” Robin Wood.

We are still figuring out all of the technical side of this. The audio doesn’t sound great for the first several minutes of the episode. If you just can’t stand it, the audio clears up at 9:30. If you skip right to this point you won’t have missed too much discussion.

Our audio does feature some expletives and discussion of controversial content. It is most likely neither safe for kids nor safe for work.

Donations are super welcome if you enjoy what you hear.

 

SPOILERS BELOW

Hard Candy GIF Gallery 

Topic Index

0:00 to 1:08 – Introduction to the episode

1:13 – Why the first several minutes of audio is not good

2:41 – Episode start

4:22 – Explaining the reference to Rubin

Rubin, Gayle. 1984. “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality.” Pp. 267-319 in Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality, edited by Carole S. Vance. London, UK: Routledge.

7:13 – The worst of Laura’s clattering dishes

9:30 – Start of better audio

12:07 – Movies that raise questions

12:45 – Castration

13:37 – Solid color pans

14:30 – Discussion of vision

15:41 – Close Camera Work

16:41 – Sexual Framing of Scenes

17:07 – Noose Necktie

17:28 – Hanging Oral

18:21 – Playing with Vision Surgery Video

18:43 – Full Frame Eye

19:38 – What’s Up With the Neighbor?

22:31 – Clipping Roses

23:18 – Symbolic Stabbing

 

 

Collective Nightmares – Hard Candy Episode https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/collective-nightmares/id1323255235 Our first full podcast episode! Our podcast is based on an involved, in-depth,  and sociologically informed discussion of horror films. For our inaugural episode we discuss the 2005 film Hard Candy directed by David Slade, written by Brian Nelson and starring Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. The podcast … Continue reading "Hard Candy"