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)”
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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)”
ALTERED STATES (1980)
We are joined by Aaron Casias and Carly Gomes of Hit Factory to discuss William Hurt’s first film, Ken Russell’s wild and delirious Altered States! We discuss solipsism, God, losing faith, hallucinogens, academia, and why regressing into an ape form might be many conservatives ultimate fantasy. “I’m a professor of endocrinology at the Harvard Medical School. I’mContinue reading “ALTERED STATES (1980)”
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965)
It’s the coldest time of the year, which means we need community more than ever to help us stay warm and remind us of the ongoing project of humanity and our part in it. So consider us the luckiest Peanuts on block, since we get to welcome back Emily VanDerWerff (Vox & Arden Podcast)! WeContinue reading “A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965)”
Cows in the Field 