Collective Nightmares

Jan 13 2025 100 ep. 87 mins 10

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Marshall Smith and Laura Patterson delve into horror films of all kinds. We are passionate about horror films and all transgressive media. www.collectivenightmares.com

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Evil Dead (Alvarez 2013)

Jan 13 2025 54 mins

Evil Dead (Alvarez 2013) With this reboot of Evil Dead, Alvarez and Sayagues became the ones to watch of a new generation of horror film creators. Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981) is one of the first modern era cabin in the woods horror films. It is a feat of scrappy engineering and a landmark of independent horror cinema. Amongst a swamp of mediocre, unnecessary, and opportunist

Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey (Frake Waterfield 2023)

Dec 16 2024 47 mins

The only thing interesting about this film is the concept. If you must watch any of it, watch the animated intro. The rest is a waste of your time, energy, and life force. A super cynical effort to leverage Winnie IP entering the public domain. This film was so bad it forced us to reconsider our scale for evaluating films. Also, our shortest episode thus far because the film was no

The First Omen (Stevenson 2024)

Dec 02 2024 81 mins

The First Omen (Stevenson 2024) The First Omen is a long slow burn. It is beautifully constructed, well acted, and intellectually terrifying. If you can see this in a theater, please do! There is lots more of our podcast! Please listen, review, subscribe, and tell your friends. SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE Proxy (Parker 2013) Inside (Bustillo & Maury 2007) TOPIC INDEX – The

Piggy (Perada 2022)

Sep 24 2024 74 mins

Piggy (Perada 2022) What a wonderfully different horror film! We love a film that is in dialogue with hegemonic gender norms, beauty standards, and audience expectations. Piggy evokes Haneke and Funny Games in tasking viewers with considering their own presumptions and responsibilities in watching a horror film. Fascinating! And with a exquisite performance by the lead actress Laur

X (West 2022)

Sep 02 2024 154 mins

X (West 2022) I got so invested in putting out our episodes for Pearl and MaXXXine I realized I hadn’t finished or release the one for X! My apologies! X is the film that starts the entire Pearl/Maxine trilogy. An outstanding horror film by itself, and even better now that we’ve seen the rest of the story come to fruition. Laura is definitely the star of this episode! You can h

MaXXXine (West 2024)

Aug 12 2024 97 mins

MaXXXine (West 2024) Creating a successful horror trilogy that isn’t full of toxic messaging (looking at you James Wan) has proven to be a historical rarity. The original Scream trilogy is Marshall’s gold standard for a progressive, innovative, cohesive, beautifully executed trilogy. While leaving the possibility of a sequel open has been standard practice since horror

Pearl (West 2022)

Aug 05 2024 77 mins

Pearl (West 2022) Ti West apparently shot this on the sly at the same time he was making X (2022). It is a prequel to X, and the second film in the MaXXXine trilogy, just to be confusing. As with X this film is expertly crafted and Mia Goth’s performance is absolutely stellar. Ultimately we decided that the ideologies of the trilogy will greatly depend on how the story arcs a

Barbarian (Cregger 2022)

Barbarian (Esterhazy 2021) A movie with twists and turns, some of which were awesome, some of which were at best confusing, at worst problematic. The film definitely has tension and moments of suspense and horror. We always appreciate a new, innovative film even if we don’t think it completely hits the mark. There is lots more of our podcast! Please listen, review, subscribe,

Crimes of the Future (Cronenberg 2022)

Jun 11 2024 78 mins

Laura hated it, Marshall loved it. One of the most divisive films in the history of the podcast. Laura was bored and disconnected. Marshall thought Cronenberg was not only bringing up fascinating topics of technology, bodies, and art, but also layering in a metaphor for an artistic oeuvre. This made for a great discussion.

Scream 5 5cream (Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett 2022)

May 20 2024 117 mins

Scream (Bettinelli-Oplin and Gillett 2022) This fifth Scream film keeps much of what has made the Scream films so successful, and does well to leave behind or update those parts that needed to be changed. Overall it strikes a good balance between homage and renewal. It’s a fun film that will please Scream lovers and slasher lovers. There is lots more of our podcast! Please li