Collective Nightmares

The Slumber Party Massacre (Jones 1982) This film is a cult classic. Written by Rita Mae Brown who also penned Rubyfruit Jungle and was an avowed feminist and civil rights advocate it was supposedly written as a feminist response to the first wave slasher films of the late 1970s and early 1980s. However, Amy Holden Jones who directed the film may have been more interested in produc

Titane (Ducournau 2021) One of the more bizarre films we have ever watched, and that is saying something! Docournau has managed to produce a film that transcends most hegemonic categories and divisions. This effectively disarms viewers pushing them into experiencing the film emotionally rather than analytically. This is no small feat. The deserved winner of the 2021 Palm d’Or

Squid Game – Season 1 (Dong-hyuk 2021) Join us for the full discussion. Our first foray into television. This was recorded when Squid Game was at peak popularity. The show is brilliant in execution and rife with sociological content. The series especially excels at drawing connections the show makes between structural circumstances and individual agency, which is the foundati

Violation (Mancinelli and Sims-Fewer 2020) We spent much of this episode confused as to details of this film. Please don’t come after us for this confusion until you listen through to the end. We do finally clarify our understanding of the film and respond to the text as it stands. It’s quite something to have the interpretation of a film hinge on ice cream and sleep. It was a

There’s Someone Inside Your House (Brice 2021) We thought we could finally be done with Wan, but we ended up watching one he co-produced. Still conservative in ideology, the film does show some advances in diversity and representation. Could this be a shift in the baseline expectations of inclusion in horror films and if so what does that mean for the genre? Also, we definite

Malignant (Wan 2021) Join us for the full discussion. There is lots more of our podcast! Please listen, review, subscribe, and tell your friends. SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE Malignant (Wan 2021) TOPIC INDEX – Malignant (Wan 2021) (times are approximate) 0:30 – Introductions 4:15 – Movie discussion begins 5:00 – overall takes – NO SPOILERS 6:00 – L

The Blackening (Story 2022) The Blackening takes the baton from films such as Get Out, The First Purge, and Candyman and runs with it. Both tense and scary as well as uproariously funny, this is a fantastically fun horror film viewing experience! Join us for the full discussion. There is lots more of our podcast! Please listen, review, subscribe, and tell your friends. SPOILERS IN

Candyman (DaCosta 2021) Marshall still vividly remembers seeing Candyman (Rose 1992) in the theatre. A rare horror film to take on issues of race, sexuality, and poverty. Even more rare was that it was done with intersectionality. When Peele announced he would be producing a remake, and Nia DaCosta would be directing we had high hopes. DaCosta achieved a historic first as a black w

The Forever Purge (Gout 2021) The Forever Purge is the fifth film in the Purge-iverse. The fourth film, The First Purge, was a highpoint in this series. It was followed by a TV show that was destined to fail because it had to be sanitized for USA network. I wish they would have put it on HBO, Showtime, Netflix, or somewhere with teeth! Anyhow, The Forever Purge returns triumphantly

Smile (Finn 2022) Led by an exemplary performance by Sosie Bacon, Smile (Finn 2022) is a well constructed horror film. It is a very rare example of using jump scares effectively and in support of a larger concept to produce fear. Where The Babadook (Kent 2014) meets Fallen (Hoblit 1998), Smile steps in to push the sub-genre of physical manifestation and transmission of horror forwa