The ghosts of your horror movie club explore a different sub-genre each month! Featuring creators from the spooky community, stoner filmmaker DeVaughn Taylor & film journalist Garrett McDowell discuss the recurring motifs of various sub-genres and what makes the best genre films work. New episodes every Tuesday! NOTE: We recommend starting at Season 2 (Ep60) as that's when Garrett joined and began our current format. Season 1 was the experimental phase haha NOTE: The first 99 episodes, we were under "Bloody Blunts" however the show didn't change, so Season 3 is where we continued as "Specter Cinema"
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 10 hours 29 minutes
episode 113: Best Horror Films of 2022 ft. Matt Donato // SCC #113
Y'all know we love lists and stats, so that's what we're doing today as DeVaughn & Garrett are joined by Matt Donato to make a collaborative Top 10 list of their favorite films! How much overlap will there be? Who are some of our favorite performances from the year? 2022 was stacked and we got a lot to talk about (some spoiler talk, tread carefully). Let's take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
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episode 114: THE MENU (2022) ft. Prince Jackson // Favorites of '22
We hope you're still hungry for 2022 as we spend the month talking our favorites from the previous year. First up on the menu is... The Menu! Prince Jackson (Knight Light Podcast) returns to discuss this black comedy masterpiece; digging into the artistic parallels to film, the complex antagonist (anti-hero?) Chef Slowik, and the many sub-genres cooked together from satire to folk horror...
episode 115: BARBARIAN (2022) // Favorites of '22
Continuing our reflection of last year's best films, we're heading back into the nightmare basement of Garrett's favorite Barbarian! We're discussing Tess as a top-tier Final Girl, the iconography of The Mother, and if this film holds up on re-watch given it's unconventional structure. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
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episode 116: NOPE (2022) ft. Jenny Nulf // Favorites of '22
Saddle up y'all, we're gonna wrangle us an alien monster! Jenny Nulf (Austin Chronicle) rides onto the pod to chat her favorite horror film of 2022, Jordan Peele's Nope. We're discussing everything from the heavy Spielberg inspiration, the morality scale of each character, and the somewhat autobiographical take on Peele's position in filmmaking. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
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episode 117: YOU WON'T BE ALONE (2022) // Favorites of '22
Closing out the month on a witchy note, we're unearthing one of 2022's hidden gems You Won't Be Alone. We're talking the ASMR-poetic aesthetic, coming-of-age as a witch, and the horrors of unbalanced gender dynamics. Is this more horror or drama? Take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
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episode 118: KNOCK AT THE CABIN (2023) // Shyamalan-A-Thon
Who's that knocking on the door this month? It's M. Night Shyamalan, whose films we're going to discuss all of February. First up is the director's latest offering, Knock at the Cabin. Garrett & DeVaughn discuss optimism vs pessimism, changes to from the book, and the current state of M. Night's career. Let's take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
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episode 119: BEST COUPLES IN HORROR (Valentine's Day Special) // SCC #119
Are you in the mood for love? Garrett & DeVaughn sure are, as we bring you a little Valentine's Day treat. We're discussing some of our favorite couples in horror, from the most unhinged to our ultimate relationship goals. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
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episode 120: SIGNS (2002) ft. Alice Boyd-Leslie // Shyamalan-A-Thon
There's a podcast outside my window, can we have a glass of water? Continuing our celebration of M. Night Shyamalan, DeVaughn & Garrett are joined by Alice Boyd-Leslie (Drunken Horror Pod), who is a Shyamalan sceptic but came in with an open mind to discuss Signs. We're talking subverting the alien invasion sub-genre, M. Night's underrated sense of humor, and the various reasons people need faith in uncertain times...
episode 121: OLD (2021) ft. Miguel Martinez // Shyamalan-A-Thon
Garrett & DeVaughn are taking a vacation to the Beach That Makes You Old, joined by writer/director Miguel Martinez. We're discussing maybe the most M. Night film to ever Shyamalan: a Twilight Zone premise, slick filmmaking, baffling dialogue, and questionable self-awareness. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
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episode 122: THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) ft. Cameron Rice // Shyamalan-A-Thon
Did y'all really think we weren't gonna cover M. Night's most career defining film? Cameron Rice (Photographer/Filmmaker) returns talk everything The Sixth Sense: breaking ghost story conventions, Haley Joel Osment's spectacular performance, and of course "the twist" of it all. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit!
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