A podcast obsessed w/ genre film: we explore a different horror sub-genre each month! Hosted @_daddydisco & @GarrettMcDowell // spectercinema at gmail dot com
New Episode 🫥 // THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933): @_daddydisco & @GarrettMcDowell get into some unseen shenanigans! Sub-genres include: mad scientist, science fiction, monster movie, queer cinema #PrideMonth
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Of the Universal Monsters, this is my guy right here. The original bisexual menace! It’s wild how much chaos he created by himself in such a short amount of time. Oh, and this film is impeccably directed. Shout-out James Whale, happy Pride!
Spoilers out of context for BUGONIA! @GarrettMcDowell discusses the tragic inevitability and cosmic influences at play for the characters of Teddy & Michelle 🐝 • #Horror
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Yorgos Lanthi-May has been the best birthday treat, so much to analyze. This movie means a lot to me: it kinda unlocked my brain to a flavor of weird, challenging cinema that I can’t get enough of. Take a listen!
New Episode 🍝 // THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017): @GarrettMcDowell & @_daddydisco got bum legs and bleeding eyes! Sub-genres include: Greek myth, family tragedy, revenge, curse, Lanthimosian
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A nice, thicc discussion on this one! I definitely prefer SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! and this is low on my Lanthimos list, but it’s still better than most director’s best film. A lot to chew on, take a listen!
Emma Stone’s joyously liberated performance in POOR THINGS made Bella Baxter an instant icon, earning Stone her 2nd Academy Award for Best Actress 💛
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New Episode 🐝 // BUGONIA (2025): @GarrettMcDowell@_daddydisco & Alex Pagliuca kidnap a CEO for the fate of mankind! Sub-genres include: abduction, single location thriller, sci-fi, existentialism
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New Episode 🧠 // POOR THINGS (2023): @GarrettMcDowell@_daddydisco & Mae Shults learn the ways of humanity through sex and curiosity! Sub-genres include: Frankenstein story, coming-of-age, and fantasy-adventure.
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Patreon Exclusive 🪦🧠 // It’s a double-dose of Cronenberg on “Watching the Watchlist” as @_daddydisco & @GarrettMcDowell check out THE SHROUDS and A DANGEROUS METHOD for their respective first times!
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David Cronenberg is the king of body horror. But what else is out there? Katie Rife digs deeper into this shocking subgenre with a starter pack of twenty films that go to gooey, goopy extremes. https://t.co/yaWiAdLp8V
Wolf Creek filmmaker Greg McLean is directing biblical horror movie THE FIRST EXORCIST.
The Witch meets Passion of the Christ.
The story of the original exorcism, a violent supernatural showdown whose reverberations would change the course of human history.
Source: @DEADLINE
Quintessential Yorgos Lanthimos! A film that not only got his name out there, but lays the groundwork for the rest of his filmography as far as themes and style. Definitely holds up, take a listen!
Happy 86th Birthday to genre daddy Lance Henriksen! We’ve talked about his unforgettable face more than any other actor on the podcast 🎂🖤
• ALIENS
• ALIEN 3
• AVP: ALIEN VS PREDATOR (Patreon)
• MOM AND DAD
• NEAR DARK
• PUMPKINHEAD
• SCREAM 3
• THE TERMINATOR
New Episode 🦷 // DOGTOOTH (2009): @GarrettMcDowell & @_daddydisco are confined to the family compound! Sub-genres include: coming-of-age, single location, psychosexual thriller, black comedy, musical
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