A Matter of Taste

SPOILERS FOR HALLOWEEN (1978) & HALLOWEEN (2018) Listen: http://archive.org/download/amot102/AMOT102.mp3 In this episode: Halloween is one of those rare examples where the first real demonstrable example of a genre also codifies it. Halloween and John Carpenter have the audacity to just have Michael Myers just standing there in the middle of the day. The parallels this fil

SPOILERS for everything IT (book, miniseries, movies, etc.) Listen: http://archive.org/download/amot101/AMOT101.mp3 In this episode: TW: A Lot of Suicide Talk (Comes up briefly at 54:30, then we tangent a bit and get back to it from 1:10:00 - 1:17:20) Man we take a while to get back into a Matter of Taste. Also FUCK this episode is 101, we couldn’t have scripted that absence

SPOILERS FOR TWIN PEAKS SEASONS 1 & 2 and TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992), including THE MISSING PIECES (deleted/extended scenes from the film). In this episode: IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was recorded BEFORE Twin Peaks: The Return began airing, so you won't hear us discussing anything from the new series (besides the casting news released a while ago)--for better or for

SPOILERS FOR RESIDENT EVIL 7 & 4. In this episode: We're back this month to discuss Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Fio's a long-time RE fan, and Ian got to play both the demo and the game on PSVR, so there's quite some ground that gets covered. It’s good having someone doing something in the style of P.T. since Konami has no interest in games anymore, apparently. While there are

   SPOILERS FOR YOU'RE NEXT (2011), THE GUEST (2014), AND BLAIR WITCH (2016). In this episode: WE'RE ALIIIIIIIIIIVE! And back to discuss three movies from director Adam Wingard: You're Next (2011), The Guest (2014), and Blair Witch (2016). You're Next (2011) The home invasion genre and the ways it clashes with the usual American horror f

SPOILERS FOR STRANGER THINGS SEASON 1. In this episode: We discuss the first season of Netflix's Stranger Things, including the casting, the writing, the influences, and holy crap this show is so much fun to talk about. We open with our first impressions of Stranger Things and overall thoughts on the series. We spend a good bit talking about and speculating about Season 2 just in t

SPOILERS FOR ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. In this episode: At long last, our discussion of the 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show, including Tim Curry, the stellar soundtrack, the obtuse plot, and its place as a cultural phenomenon. This is take two of this episode, so much like with our Sweeney episode, we try to hit on points we did the first time we recorded while keeping

SPOILERS FOR SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. In this episode: Apologies to Mr. Sondheim for the opening. :P We discuss Sondheim's masterpiece horror musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, including the 2007 movie adaptation, the original Broadway production, and the 2005 Broadway revival. How does the 2007 movie fare as an adaptation? The genre disc

Not pictured: 15 entire Black Knight's worth of fake blood. SPOILERS FOR EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL. In this episode: Early on we talk about the particular energy and the unique complications of live shows. This is not the last time this will come up. Evil Dead is the only example of a musical we'll be discussing this summer where it’s just part of a media phenomenon instead of

Wait...wasn't there a scene like this in Little Shop? SPOILERS FOR REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA. In this episode: The second installment of our Summer Musical Series! We discuss the 2008 adaptation of Repo! The Genetic Opera, including the cast, the plot, the music, and how it all churns into something that's both a mess and yet undeniably something we enjoy the hell out of. This is a f