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We dive into the 2022 Finnish satirical, absurdist psychological body horror film ‘Hatching.’ We talk about why we finally picked it, its Sundance buzz and critical praise, and how its quiet pacing and gorgeous cinematography build tension. From the disturbing mommy-blogger facade and relentless pressure on young gymnast Tinja to the eerie egg she incubates…
We head back into giallo territory with Lucio Fulci’s notorious 1982 slasher, The New York Ripper, to see if its reputation for brutality lives up to the hype. We talk through Fulci’s stylized approach, the gritty early ’80s New York locations, and how the film’s sleaze and eroticized violence make it a challenging watch, especially…
We tackle a listener request and celebrate our birthday month by diving into the 1981 Canadian slasher Happy Birthday to Me. We talk about the movie’s iconic shish kebab kill, its giallo-inspired mystery setup, and the nonstop barrage of over-the-top red herrings that make the nearly two-hour runtime feel even longer. Along the way we…
We dive into the Taiwanese found footage horror hit Incantation (2022), now on Netflix, and talk through why it became a massive success in Taiwan and why it’s left so many viewers unsettled. We discuss its clever use of mixed camera sources, the fourth-wall breaks that pull the audience into the curse, and how the…
We dive into 2024’s slasher “Stream” (now on Amazon Prime), a Kickstarter-finished, Terrifier-adjacent gorefest that played briefly in theaters before going VOD. We break down its basic-but-effective “game” setup in a hotel where masked killers, surveillance, and scoring drive extremely brutal practical-effect kills, while the real fun comes from a steady sugar-high of horror cameos—Dee…
We head back into comfy early-’80s slasher territory with Joe Giannone’s 1981 cult favorite Madman. Even though we’d somehow missed it for years, we were genuinely impressed by how competent it is—strong cinematography, effective editing, solid performances, and practical effects that often land, plus a captivating campfire-story opening that sets the tone and lore of…