Do you like scary movies? Then, come play with us! Each episode, we'll be reviewing one vintage and one modern horror film from our favorite streaming service, Shudder, serving up commentary, analysis, and a little bit of film history (but no spoilers!) along the way. From the guys who brought you Precinct 13: The Movies and Music of John Carpenter comes a podcast that seeks out movies to stream that'll make you scream!
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Do you like scary movies? Then, come play with us! Each episode, we'll be reviewing one vintage and one modern horror film from our favorite streaming service, Shudder, serving up commentary, analysis, and a little bit of film history (but no spoilers!) along the way. From the guys who brought you Precinct 13: The Movies and Music of John Carpenter comes a podcast that seeks out movies to stream that'll make you scream!
Episode 16: Eyes of Fire (1983) & The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion
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Episode 16: Eyes of Fire (1983) & The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion
Well, the theme of this episode is "witches," but if you're expecting pointy hats, eyes of newt, or anyone getting burned at the stake, you're bound to be disappointed. Still, we've got a couple of fascinating flicks to talk about this week, both of which have at least some version of a witch in them... or, in one case, at least in the title? Anyway, first up is the 1983 folk horror oddity Eyes of Fire, an obscure film that we -- and, apparently, the folks at Shudder -- think ought to be more well-known to fans of 80s horror as well as the artsier side of genre cinema. This period piece, set in pre-Revolutionary America, finds a sleazy preacher and his flock running afoul of ancient terrors deep in the primeval forest, and it features some striking imagery and a fair amount of scares in its chronicle of adulterous colonists, rugged trappers, and vengeful forest spirits. And then, we've got our more modern pick, the South Korean film The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion, which sure sounds like a horror movie but, it turns out, is much more of a bloody, R-rated sci-fi/superhero concoction... and, also, a touching story of a young girl attempting to save her family by winning an America's Got Talent-like TV game show. Yes, really. Chris and Nick are both HUGE fans of South Korean cinema in general, but does this (somewhat) action-packed film live up to that country's choicest genre-movie exports? Listen and find out! Plus, Nick can't stop gushing over Return of the Living Dead 3, Chris finally checks out M3gan, and we discuss a brand-new found-footage sensation that's left quite an impression on the one of us who's seen it thus far.
The Shuddering
Do you like scary movies? Then, come play with us! Each episode, we'll be reviewing one vintage and one modern horror film from our favorite streaming service, Shudder, serving up commentary, analysis, and a little bit of film history (but no spoilers!) along the way. From the guys who brought you Precinct 13: The Movies and Music of John Carpenter comes a podcast that seeks out movies to stream that'll make you scream!