Unpleasant Movies Podcast

We take a look at Srđan Spasojević's controversial 2010 thriller, where a former porn star gets roped into the snuff scene for huge amounts of money. But what price will he really have to pay?

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Oddly Terrifying subreddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/

Cult OF the Lamb, Massive Monster

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140/Cult_of_the_Lamb/

For this postscript we talk about films that we find scary and unsettling, from old bbc television horror specials to newer stuff - what makes a film scary?

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Żuławskis hugely ambitious unfinished sci-fi masterpiece, is production stopped two thirds in by Polish regulators, edited together a decade later into a semi-metafilm about failed ambitions and destructive human nature. Join us as we discuss!

Recommendations for this episode are

Frostpunk - 11 Bit studio

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

The Grey Leno Show - Vinny Vinesauce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki3ssj466E0

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We kick off with a little chat about Zulawskis second movie, Diabel, which is intense and unrelenting, but also great! Then we talk a little about franchises that biffed it, and games we've ben playing. Enjoy!

Having worked as a spy for several years, Mark returns home to find his wife Anna in despair. Unexplainable bursts of wild hysterics and demands for divorce are just the tip of the iceberg for this intense and incredible story.

Recommendations for this episode are:

https://www.reddit.com/r/McMansionHell/

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

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This episode was recorded last December, so some of the references might seem a little dated. Sverre started watching the live action Cowboy Bebop adaptation, we talk in general about space westerns and get into other series like wheel of time. Thomas tells about his (then) new film club, weird and wonderful cinema, where they screen surrealistic, absurd and amazing movies that are a little obscure.

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David latest last movie, at least so far, is about a woman in trouble. Laura Der plays Nikki Grace, or is it Susan Blue, or someone else? Yes, the plot is vague, dense and complicated. A challenging movie no doubt, but perhaps one of Lynches best. Join us as we wade through these murky waters and discuss this uncompromising masterpiece of cinema.

Our recommendations for this episode are:

Tickled by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5278506/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt

The News Hasn't Happened yet - David Firth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4-t6bmh4Uc

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Following up on our Eraserhead episode we talk all things lynch from the eighties movies like the Elephant Man and Dune to the weather reports he is doing to this day!

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The debut movie of David Lynch, a weird, unsettling and powerful movie dealing with the angst of parenthood. Set to an intense and desolate industrial landscape with the wonderfully put upon Jack Nance in the main role - few films have been so widely influential across creative media and still feel as engrossing and tangible as ever.

Our recommendations for this episode are:

The Grandmother shortfilm, David Lynch 1970

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065794/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_55

Little Woods, Nia DaCosta 2018

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6418918/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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An informal chat about this and that. Thomas starts of telling about an adaptation of Moby Dick for the stage which uses a lot of puppets, then we talk about what shows we've been watching lately and eventually get into sentimentality in films and romance literature. At the end we talk a little about bad films that are unpleasant and why they might be interesting to talk about.