October 30, 2020

Relic (2020)

1 hour 1 minute

Relic (James 2020)

If you enjoyed The Babadook (Kent 2014) or The Witch (Eggers 2015) you should watch this film. Understated, with a powerful subtext that leads to a profound final reveal. A horror film that focuses on women, family, and profound questions of caring and life.

SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE

Relic (James 2020) – please watch the film before listening!

TOPIC INDEX – Relic (James 2020)(times are approximate)

0:35 – Introductions

4:00 – Discussion begins

5:40 – the big reveal

10:00 – Kubler-Ross grief cycle

13:30 – the window and the labyrinth

19:15 – kudos for subtly

24:00 – anti-intellectualism and supernatural vs mental decline

31:30 – the neighbor boy

36:00 – gender

38:30 – the neighbor

42:25 – a second viewing

45:50 – Grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility

48:30 – final thoughts

Related Episodes

The Perfection (Shepard 2018)

Scalene (Parker 2011)

Prisoners (Villeneuve 2013)

Related recommended films

The Babadook (Kent 2014)

The Witch (Eggers 2015)

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Episode 71

Keywords

horror, podcast, sociology, aging, women, dementia, death, Alzheimers, grief, stages of grief, parents, grandparents, door kick, pounding on a door, whimpering women, conversations that should’ve happened, gender, generations,

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