Just in time for HALLOWEEN, we sit down with friend Edward Lewis to revisit John Carpenter’s 1978 classic. We discuss boogeymen, parental anxieties, fate, middle class rot, and the trio of Loomis, Laurie Strode, and Michael Myers. Sharpen your butcher knife, put on a ghost costume, and join us! Death has arrived in your littleContinue reading “HALLOWEEN (1978)”
Tag Archives: halloween
THE BABADOOK (2014)
Is it a bad book or the Ba-Ba-Doo-Doo-Doooooook?? We chat with Libby Hill (The Wrap) about Jennifer Kent’s painful and potent allegory about grief, anxiety, depression, parenting… you know — the BIG STUFF. We discuss how the imagery of the Babadook conveys enveloping dread, and ongoing struggles with our own Babadooks. We talk about beingContinue reading “THE BABADOOK (2014)”
THE EXORCIST (1973)
It just so happens that one of us is probably possessed, and is in need of THE EXORCIST! Join us and Carly Severn (KQED San Francisco) to discuss the Friedkin / Pazuzu of it all. Why is this movie so deeply terrifying, even today, FIFTY years after its initial release?? We talk about parents —Continue reading “THE EXORCIST (1973)”
