Welcome to episode 26 of the horror double bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

I'm Craig Johnson and this week we are entering the world of conspiracies and paranoia, with two films featuring journalist protagonists falling into increasingly dangerous territory. 

First up we return to the Italian giallo, with Short Night of Glass Dolls from 1971, directed by Aldo Lado and starring Jean Sorel, Ingrid Thulin, Barbara Bach and Mario Adorf. Then we jump forward to 2012 and our second faux documentary of the series, with The Conspiracy from director Christopher MacBride starring Aaron Poole and James Gilbert.

Along the way we will be discussing the careers of Aldo Lado and Jean Sorel, the not so secret societies the Bilderberg Group and The Bohemian Grove, the cognitive biases that come in to play with conspiracy theories and much more.

References

Short Night of Glass Dolls

Darkening the Italian Screen Part Two edited by Eugenio Ercolani, 

88 Films blu ray restoration of the movie - When Butterflies Turn to Glass & Czech Mate 

Celluloid Dreams 4k restoration special features

https://movieplayer.it/articoli/aldo-lado-intervista-monica-vitti-censura-ennio-morricone_20793/

https://www.globalist.it/culture/2021/12/01/non-ho-mai-rivisto-i-miei-film-aldo-lado-regista-di-cult-come-la-corta-notte-delle-bambole-di-vetro-si-racconta/

https://www.filmtv.it/articoli/105/pupi-avati-racconta-salo-di-pasolini/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Sorel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Thulin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Adorf

The Conspiracy 

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/46916/the-conspiracy-exclusive-q-a-with-director-christopher-macbride/

https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/interview-christopher-macbride-the-conspiracy/

https://thatshelf.com/interview-christopher-macbride-aaron-poole/

https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/aaron-poole-the-conspiracy-interview-350691.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-emotional-meter/202401/the-psychology-of-conspiracy-theories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg_Meeting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove

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