Posts Tagged ‘The Babadook’
Episode Seventeen: We Kind of Like the 90’s!
Hello, boys and ghouls, welcome back once again to another episode of Don’t Read the Latin! This time, after our in-depth two-part episode on the 80’s, we’re going to dive into a, well, slightly less-loved decade, but one that still has more than a few gems in it. Join us, won’t you? You’ll learn more about Jennifer’s seemingly random Hollywood crushes, the too-cool-for-film-school pretentiousness of The Addiction and The Prophecy, and which movie features Billy Zane at his Billy Zaniest!
Bonus YouTube Videos!
In our discussion of Stigmata (oh, Stigmata, you’re not a good movie, but we kind of like you anyway), Jennifer brings up a Chumbawumba song from the soundtrack that’s really kind of awesome. If you’ve only ever heard that “I get knocked down” drinking song of theirs, you really need to put this in your ear-holes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__YHRv5VuDI
Finally, here’s the channel introduction for Count Jackula, the horror review show that we mention:
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Episode Sixteen: 2014 – The Year in Horror
Happy New Year! 2014 was a great year for horror — if you were willing to dig for it. While there were only a mere handful of big studio releases — and they were uniformly disappointing — there were a lot of fantastic indie films out there, which generally received limited theatrical releases, assuming they didn’t go straight to Netflix or VOD.
Jennifer and Michael walk you through the best this past year had to offer, with special guests Jeff Harris from Fanboy News Network and Jillian Venters from Gothic Charm School. Let us know what you think, and tell us if there are any gems we missed.
(We also recorded the “Geek Culture Review Of 2014″ episode of Fanboy News Network that day, in one long epic podcasting session. You should definitely check that out, too!)
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Episode Fourteen: Remakes!
Whether you love them or hate them, the horror remake is here to stay. (Hollywood loves to feast on its own dead.) Join Jennifer and Michael as they delve into the best, the worst, and the most completely pointless.
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Episode Thirteen: Creepy Dolls!
“That puppet he made – it fucking hates everybody and wants everybody to die. Good thing it’s made entirely out of Nerf™.”
Triskadekaphobiacs beware! This is our thirteenth episode! Spoooky!
Hopefully it won’t be unlucky for you! It was a little unlucky for us, in that, for whatever reason, it took somewhat longer than normal to edit. (Around eight hours. Yes, really.) Which is why it didn’t get posted last Friday. But it’s finally here!
This time, we’re talking about Creepy Dolls — everything from evil possessed dolls who will straight-up kill you, to simple inanimate objects someone has formed an unnatural attachment to, and everything in between.
Look At Our Shorts!
(Sorry, sorry. I’m twelve.) Here are the short films we mentioned over the course of the episode, for your viewing pleasure:
Bonus Link!
All this and a bonus link? I know, we spoil you. Check out the radio dramas that Jennifer strongly recommended this episode: TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE!
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Episode Eight: Found Footage
“It’s not like [Rob Zombie] is out there strong-arming small children for their candy money.”
“Although — you can kinda picture that, can’t you?”
“I kinda can, yeah.”
Felicitations, fright fans! Are you ready to face a fantastic festival of fearsome found footage films?
…. All right, that’s enough alliteration for one post. Welcome to another episode with your hosts Jennifer Lovely and Michael Montoure, as we bring you the skinny on horror cinema’s fastest-growing sub-genre, and discuss its strengths and limitations.
Expect chills, thrills, and more:
- Why found footage films don’t try to emulate Blair Witch‘s improvised scenes
- Scooby Doo as a gateway drug to horror
- Our guilty fondness for the recent Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated series
- How The Blair Witch Project lead the way for small-budget productions like The Battery and Jug Face
- Jennifer rants entertainingly about Rob Zombie, Amanda Palmer, and crowdfunding
- A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it LMFAO reference, and a mention of Christian Bale’s spectacular on-set meltdown
- Montoure has this episode’s “Fuck This Noise” moment, with the indie horror feature “All Cheerleaders Die”
Let us know what you think, and thanks for listening!
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Episode Seven: Mid-Year Review (with Fanboy News Network!)
Welcome back, fellow fear fanatics! This time, we’ve got a special crossover episode for you with Jeff Harris from our sibling podcast, Fanboy News Network!
Since we’re already halfway through 2014, we sit down and take a few minutes (seventy-six of them, to be exact) to talk about what the first half of the year has brought us in horror.
Join us as we debate the merits of watching horror movies in the theatre vs. watching them in more intimate settings, find out why Montoure enjoys going to preview screenings most of all, and as we praise theatre/restaurant/bar combos like Cinebarre. We talk about the renaissance of short films, and how they can be the new calling card for up-and-coming directors.
Aside from our usual horror movie fare, we talk about the recent proliferation of horror on television, including Hannibal, True Detective, Sleepy Hollow, American Horror Story, Dexter, Penny Dreadful, and The Strain! And finally, we touch briefly on immersive real-world horror events such as The Great Horror Campout (which you couldn’t pay us enough to go to, honestly) and Halloween Horror Nights!
Sit back and enjoy the episode that nearly caused Fanboy News Network’s first use of the explicit tag! “We love swearing!”
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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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