Ozone Nightmare

Today on the 5: My second horror film for this week is An Angel For Satan, considered the final Italian gothic horror starring the fantastic Barbara Steele. It's a magnificent example of a gothic horror film sprinkled with erotic elements.

Today on the 5: Over the weekend I watched a pair of older horror films. The first one is Viy, a Russian folk horror film from 1967. It's a fairly simple story about a witch and young priest which I really enjoyed.

Tonight I'm joined by Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl, authors of The Science of Monsters, The Science of Women in Horror, and The Science of Stephen King. In this episode we're talking The Science of Witchcraft, Baba Yaga, Drag Becomes Her, manifesting, Maleficent, Hoodoo, iron maidens, and An Angel For Satan. Show music by OGRE. Support the show!

Today on the 5: Once again, people are getting all twisted up over images  created by an AI text-to-image generator. This time it's over a piece of work that won a prize, but honestly I still don't get what everyone is so worked up over.

Today on the 5: I've mentioned a few times that I am doing regular art streams over on Twitch that are later posted both our normal YouTube channel and a family friendly one. I've done a couple of "squiggle" based streams, and those gave me an idea.

Today on the 5: Over the weekend I finished Spider-Man: Miles Morales. I've talked about a few times recently as I was playing, but now I can provide a full review of the game.

Today on the 5: You may have already heard about the criticism around the photos posted recently by Annie Leibovitz. I'm not in a position to talk about the racial or technical issues surrounding the images of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, but from a pure storytelling perspective one of those photos is just plain bad.

Today on the 5: As I finish up playing Spider-Man: Miles Morales, I've realized that the thing I like best about the game isn't the main story. Instead, it's the smaller scale encounters and missions that I'm enjoying more.

This week I'm talking Andy Sedaris, Killer Workout, Rubber, and Ms. Marvel with guest co-host Roejen from Project Archivist. Join Roejen's bad film Facebook group here. Show music by Reed Love and OGRE. Support the show!