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)”
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ALIEN (1979)
We sit down with Sarah Welch-Larson, author of Becoming Alien, and frequent contributor to Bright Wall / Dark Room, to discuss Ridley Scott’s ALIEN. Evil, alienation, violations, organic mechanization, corporate dehumanization… and also, aliens, yes… aliens! You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only byContinue reading “ALIEN (1979)”
REC (2007)
Continuing spooky season, we sit down with Pete Turner (Oxford Brookes University) to discuss found footage horror and the now-classic entry into the genre, REC! We discuss why this isn’t “found footage”(!) although it is diegetic camera horror, and how the film uses the limited perspective to shape our identification with its characters. Don’t goContinue reading “REC (2007)”
RED ROOMS (2024)
Join us and Emily St. James to surf the dark web and hopefully not stumble upon any RED ROOMS. We discuss image management in the era of hyper-connectivity, Arthurian legends, Tennyson poems and 19th Century Chinese pirates, and of course, serial killers. Is this a comfort watch or a perfect horror for a brisk fallContinue reading “RED ROOMS (2024)”
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994)
We do, in fact, read Sutter Cane! Carly Severn (KQED San Francisco) returns to explore the world of mass market paperbacks that portend the return of the Old Ones and the end of humanity in John Carpenter’s homage to Lovecraft. Is it Mommy’s Day? Sadly, yes, it is. Do you read Sutter Cane? Sutter Cane’sContinue reading “IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994)”
RE-ANIMATOR (1985)
Life, death, and rebirth are on the exam table as we pull up the chart on Stuart Gordon’s RE-ANIMATOR (1985). Scout Tafoya (Ignite Films) returns to explore the film, its impact and legacy, men’s desire to procreate without women, practical effects, consent, horror, and of course, H.P. Lovecraft! We can defeat death. We can achieveContinue reading “RE-ANIMATOR (1985)”
NOSFERATU (2024)
We sit down with Phil Iscove (of Podcast Like It’s…) to discuss Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu! We discuss how the film is Ellen’s story, compare it with the many other versions, sexual liberation and sexual angst, scientific progress and the patriarchy, the beauty in decay, and the film’s dark sense of humor. Professor, my dreams growContinue reading “NOSFERATU (2024)”
THE FLY (1986)
We get crazy with the flesh with Becca Rothfeld (The Washington Post) discussing David Cronenberg’s 1986 film THE FLY. We discuss erotic transformation, de-evolution, gothic horror, mind/body interactions, Veronica’s many excellent fits, inside-out baboons, and much more! I bet you think you woke me up about the flesh, but you only know society’s straight line of theContinue reading “THE FLY (1986)”
DEATH BECOMES HER (1992)
Death becomes HER?! What does this title even mean? We get into that and more with Sean O’Connell (Managing Editor for @CinemaBlend and co-host of @ReelBlend). What is this film’s ideological stance on the pursuit of beauty? What makes this film a queer masterpiece? Where does it fit into Bruce Willis’s career? Who wore it (death) better —Continue reading “DEATH BECOMES HER (1992)”
I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)
We are joined by Emily St. James to discuss Jane Schoenbrun’s excellent sophomore outing. We discuss transformative experiences, leaps of faith, egg cinema, kissing on the astral plane, nostalgia and the specialness of inaccessibility, and (if that’s not enough) why we do this podcast at all! It’s a very special episode, and we want to hear whatContinue reading “I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)”
