Presenting The Juniors: An Imagine Fantastic Film Festival Podcast which will dive into the world of fantastic media, behind the scenes titbits and controversial film opinions. Hosted by the junior programmers, Seth Verhaart (@sethverhaart) & Elina Meinerte (@eliina.mein). During this episode we talk about everyone's favourite film social media platform Letterboxd. What does Letterboxd mean for the community? We also create Seth's Hooptober 12 Challenge list of films live on air!
Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
1:08 - What Did We Watch Recently?
19:09 – A Tentacular Touch: Programme & Trailer
20:10 – What is Letterboxd?
23:57 – Letterboxd as a Social Media Platform
25:00 – Uwe Boll's Delusional Letterboxd
26:53 – Our Favourite Letterboxd Users
28:16 – What Kind of Reviews We Like & Write
33:15 – The Genre film Community on Letterboxd: Hooptober
35:46 – Making Seth's Hooptober List & Discussing Elina's Hooptober List
The Funhouse (1981) by Tobe Hooper
Braindead (1992) by Peter Jackson
Night of the Dead (1968) by George A. Romero
[REC] (2007) by Paco Plaza & Jaume Balagueró
Prince of Darkness (1987) by John Carpenter
Black Sheep (2006) by Jonathan King
Noroi: The Curse (2005) by Koji Shiraishi
Society (1989) by Brian Yuzna
Digging Up the Marrow (2014) by Adam Green
Martyrs (2008) by Pascal Laugier
Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock
The Long Walk (2025) by Francis Lawrence
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) by John Harrison
Fear Street: 1994 (2021) by Leigh Janiak
The Mist (2007) by Frank Darabont
Night of the Comet (1984) by Thom Eberhardt
Blade (1998) by Stephen Norrington
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) by Ariane Louis-Seize
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979) by Grigori Kromanov
Cat People (1942) by Jacques Tourneur
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) by Wojciech Jerzy Has
Frogs (1972) by George McCowan
Onibaba (1964) by Kaneto Shindo
All the Colors of the Dark (1972) by Sergio Martino
Doctor X (1932) by Michael Curtiz
The Wizard of Oz (1939) by Victor Fleming
Braindead (1992) by Peter Jackson
Dawn of the Dead (1978) by George A. Romero
Black Sheep (2006) by Jonathan King
Versus (2000) by Ryûhei Kitamura
Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997) by Olaf Ittenbach
Noroi: The Curse (2005) by Koji Shiraishi
Martyrs (2008) by Pascal Laugier
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) by Don Siegel
Clown in a Cornfield (2025) by Eli Craig
Jaws (1975) by Steven Spielberg
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski
A Quiet Place (2018) by John Krasinski
The Mist (2007) by Frank Darabont
Nope (2022) by Jordan Peele
Tigers are Not Afraid (2017) by Issa López
eXistenZ (1999) by David Cronenberg
Viy (1967) by Georgi Kropyachyov & Konstantin Ershov
The Wolf Man (1941) by George Waggner
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) by Wes Craven
The Birds (1963) by Alfred Hitchcock
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) by Robert Wiene
The Blob (1988) by Chuck Russel
All the Colors of the Dark (1972) by Sergio Martino
The Mummy (1932) by Karl Freund
The Wizard of Oz (1939) by Victor Fleming
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) by Tobe Hooper
Black Swan (2010) by Darren Aronofsky
Confessions (2010) by Tetsuya Nakashima
Helter Skelter (2012) by Mika Ninagawa
Häxan (1922) by Benjamin Christensen
Mentioned in 'What Did We Watch Recently':
Fear Street Trilogy (2021) by Leigh Janiak
Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025) by Matt Palmer
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) by David Blue Garcia
The Grudge (2004) by Takashi Shimizu
The Botanist (2025) by Jing Yi
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) by Stanley Kubrick
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Credits:
Hosts: Seth Verhaart & Elina Meinerte
Editor: Seth Verhaart
Producer: Seth Verhaart
Executive Producer: Rabia Sitabi Stigter
Artwork: Anna Kallos
Music: Benjamin De Murashkin - Can You Imagine (The Juniors Theme)