In this Twittersode, Phil chats about James Whale’s “The Old Dark House” from 1932! It’s a hilarious creep-fest with that James Whale touch. It’s got murder, mystery, monsters, madness and much more!

Del Toro’s original Tweet is here.

https://ia903109.us.archive.org/22/items/OldHouse/Old%20House.mp3

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One of these days we’ll get back to spooky scary movies with monsters and ghouls, I promise! Until then, however, we’re looking at David Lean’s cinematic classic “Great Expectations” from 1946. Del Toro himself said that Lean’s Dickens adaptations “skate[d] the line between poetry and horror.”

It’s a beautiful film and really the only question I’m seriously left with. WHY IS PIP 40 YEARS OLD?

https://ia801009.us.archive.org/33/items/DelToroGreatExpectations/DelToro-GreatExpectations.mp3

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This Twittersode, Phil takes a look at the classic Laurel and Hardy short “The Music Box” from 1932! It’s short; it’s funny; it’s got a long staircase. What more do you want?

Del Toro’s original Tweet is here.

https://ia903100.us.archive.org/20/items/DelToroMusicBox/DelToro%20-%20MusicBox.mp3

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This Twittersode, I look at “La Chienne” from 1931. It’s not fun, but it’s really really good.

Guillermo del Toro’s original Tweet is here.

https://ia803109.us.archive.org/29/items/DelToroLaChienne/DelToro%20-%20LaChienne.mp3

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Ollie and I are delighted to be covering “Dragonwyck” from 1946! It’s got everything: creepy mansion, damsel in distress, brooding lord, mysterious ghosts – wait. Haven’t we done this one before? Nnnnnnnno? No. It’s “Dragonwyck!”

https://ia803107.us.archive.org/2/items/DelToroDragonwyck/DelToro-Dragonwyck.mp3

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