Episode Six: Back to the 80’s, Part Two!
Join us once again as we delve into that decade full of both trash and treasure, the eighties! We talk about sketch comedy shows, punk rock music, and even occasionally horror movies. Jen’s Documentary Corner is back, and she’s also starting a new feature on the show: “Fuck That Noise,” for horror movies that make us want to flip a table just fifteen minutes into them!
Sorry about the audio quality on this one — we tried recording at a slightly lower sound quality this time to make the sound files easier to deal with, hoping it wouldn’t be noticeable, but it totally was. No more of that — next one will be better. Just pretend this episode is coming to you on a slightly grainy VHS tape. See you in two weeks!
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Episode Five: Back to the 80’s, part one!
Greetings and felicitations, fright fanatics! We’re finally back after our skip week with our latest episode, where we dive into our favorite decade for horror movies, the decade when we both came of age as horror fans — the 1980’s!
To try to keep this at a manageable length, we set out restricting ourselves to talk about only the films we actually saw during the 80’s — no discussion of hidden gems we found later allowed. Did it work? Well, no. We hit the 70-minute mark with lots to talk about still, so we cut things short and we’ll pick up the rest of this conversation again in two weeks.
Join us for part one as we go from the sublime, like Paperhouse and The Company of Wolves, to the wonderfully ridiculous, like Jennifer’s love for the entire output of Full Moon Features. The full list of all the movies we mention in this episode will follow in a day or two — there are a ton of them this time.
And did we mention that we’re listed on iTunes now? Because we’re totally listed on iTunes now. Check it out!
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Happy Fourth of July!
No podcast this week, everyone — life intervened, and we didn’t have a chance to sit down at the DRTL Studios and record one. Hope everyone has a good Independence Day, and we should see you all next week instead. Take care, and try not to blow off any fingers. (At the very least, try not to blow off your own fingers.)
Episode Four: Women Directing Horror
We’re back, and we’re talking about some of the best horror films you might not even know were directed by women! Join us again for all this and more:
- We babble about The Babadook and examine Jennifer’s Body. (What? Wait, no — not Jennifer’s body, that would be an entirely different podcast …. )
- Jennifer talks about what it was like to watch American Psycho for the first time recently
- We declare our love for the 80’s classic Near Dark and the 80’s maybe-not-so-classic Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
- We talk about why we were disappointed in American Mary but still can’t wait to see what’s next from the Soska Sisters
- Michael explains why he can’t wait to show Jennifer Ravenous, and he finds out something he’d rather not know about one of the actors in it
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Episode Three: Horror Movies That Changed Our Minds
Ever had a horror movie that you watched and hated, only to watch it again later and discover that it’s actually pretty good? Or, worse, you watch a movie you once liked and now you realize it’s terrible? Well, that’s what Episode Three is all about! Join us as we also talk about the season finale of Hannibal (don’t worry, no spoilers!), why we like Japanese horror films until they get too damn weird, why Jennifer doesn’t like to do negative reviews, and her changing opinion of Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. Don’t miss it!
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Episode Two: What Is Horror, Anyway?
“Does everything fail to be a horror movie? Oh my God, nothing’s actually horror!”
“Why do we even have this podcast — ? All right, folks, that’s it, there’s not going to be an episode three ….”
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Welcome back to our second episode, where we decide to tackle a highly subjective and ultimately completely unanswerable question! What is horror? Because we don’t shy away from the hard topics! (We’re not smart enough to yet.)
Join us as we talk about:
- Watching color films in black and white
- The War of the Worlds TV series
- Bleak endings, and when they’re earned
- Rob Zombie’s learning curve as a director
- … And something about taking off a dirty dress — ?
- Movies on the border between thrillers and horror, and Montoure takes a stab at defining the distinction between the two
- Montoure tries to remember what movie a terrifying scene he remembers from his childhood could possibly be from
- Jennifer has never read the Internet creepypasta short story “Candle Cove”
- When the suck fairy comes to visit movies you used to love
- movies that take a gleeful fun-house approach to their mayhem
- Horror comedies
- Horror movie theme ringtones
- Movies based on real-life horrors
- Why people don’t help when faced with real-life horrors
- What movies we’re looking forward to
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Episode One: Why We Love Horror
Well, yesterday saw us off to a good start, when your host Jennifer Lovely posted a link to our preview episode on Tumblr, and it got re-blogged a surprising number of times – largely thanks to Jillian Venters. Thanks, Auntie Jilli! We had nearly 300 visitors, which is nothing to sneeze at. People are already starting to find and follow our social media accounts, which is great to see.
And now, we’re pleased to present our first actual episode! We talk about our backgrounds in horror, how we spent our childhoods growing up with it, and how we each in our own way used it to escape. We also cover some of our early influences, including Stephen King, the Nightmare on Elm Street films, the Friday the 13th TV series, Alan Moore’s run on Swamp Thing, and more. Give it a listen.
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Can you keep a secret?
Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone. This blog hasn’t officially been launched yet. We’re still tweaking things behind the scenes, checking under the hood and kicking the tires.
Don’t Read The Latin is going to be a biweekly podcast from horror aficionados Michael Montoure and Jennifer Lovely. We’re going to be talking about the world of horror – primarily horror movies, but with the occasional look at horror books and television as well.
We’re recording the first episode this week, and it will be online shortly, but in the meantime, here’s a look at the genesis of this project – the episode of Fanboy News Network that first had us as guests, which gave us the urge to have a soapbox of our own. Check it out.
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