That's Dark

In our Cold Cuts episode on I Stand Alone, Danny takes us deep into the mind and persona of Gaspar Noé with his movie facts. Pappy encourages the group to get all meta and leads a charge straight through the 4th Wall. And, as always, David rescues the conversation from the philosophical ether with another rousing segment of movie reviews. Listen in.

Danny plays his only veto card early in the season, dismissing David and Pappy's film. So, listen in on the Hot Takes episode for Gaspar Noé's 1999 I Stand Alone. Spoiler Alert: Danny loves this movie.

In our Cold Cuts edition, we do a deeper dive into the giant puddle of puke that is Slaughtered Vomit Dolls. Danny’s movie facts try to pierce the veil of director Lucifer Valentine’s persona, and Pappy pushes the discussion toward literary modernism. And then, as per usual, David swoops in to save the day with much needed (and much hilarious) movie reviews. Listen as we try to close the vomit valve.

In our Hot Takes edition of Lucifer Valentine’s (2006) Slaughtered Vomit Dolls, we try to make sense of, well, a lot of vomit. But that’s not all. The confusion starts with a cryptic and grossly misleading Wikipedia plot summary, and it just regurgitates on itself from there. Listen as we sludge through a film “famous” for creating its own genre, predictably called Vomit Gore.

In our Cold Cuts episode of Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom, we dive into the history of the film’s director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, for Movie Facts. Then it’s time for a good old fashion debate whether or not people are born innately good or evil, as we discuss the work of the Marquis de Sade, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Pasolini’s film. Needless to say, there are conflicting opinions in the studio. Thankfully, the mood gets lighten by some pretty startling and hilarious movie reviews. Have a listen as we cap off this cinematic monolith.

We’re back! It’s Season 2, and we’re starting off with a bang! Canon for Extreme Cinema, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salo, Or the 120 Days of Sodom could’ve been a season finale. But we’re all about instant gratification at That’s Dark, and patience isn’t one of our virtues. In the first Hot Takes of the season, listen as we wade through torture, nudity fecal matter and overtly political, if not confusing, overtones thanks to one of the most notorious movies ever made.

In the last episode of Threads season one, the guys take on the complicated subject of women and the representation of females in Dark Cinema. Listen in as Danny, David and Pappy offer more questions than answers as they try to understand these films from a woman’s perspective.

In the third episode of Threads, Danny, David and Pappy ask a pretty important question – what is Extreme Cinema? This question spirals into a conversation around genre and even tempts the boys into starting their own definition of “Dark Cinema.”

In the second episode of Threads, the guys discuss whether or not extreme movies are actually trying to make them afraid. And if not, what do they feel instead? Listen as they investigate the relationship between fear and the movies they watched during season one.

For the inaugural That’s Dark Thread, the guys discuss laughter in general in hopes that they can understand its relation to the films they watch. Acknowledging the range from innocent laughter that claims no victim to mean-spirited laughter at the expense of others, the guys try to place the laughter moments that will materialize during the viewing and discussion of dark films.