The Bath Tub Scene We spent the first half of September with discussions of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (listen) and Colm McCarthy’s The Girl With All the Gifts (listen) before celebrating our 300th episode (and the start of a six-week theme on Divas/Anniversaries) with a revisit of Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body (listen). Next up: Nicole Kidman in Jonathan Glazer‘s […]
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First Month Take-Aways. It’s been a busy and also heavy first month on the Murder Made Fiction podcast for Jenn and I. We’ve spent September looking at a variety of texts that explore Jeffrey Dahmer as a teenager, as a man, as a sexual predator, as a bogeyman, and as an example of social injustice, […]
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Hungries Trace and I spent August discussing Paul Morrissey’s melodramatic Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s body horror Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s family creature feature Critters (listen) before kicking off September with Tim Burton’s ode to weird, Beetlejuice (listen). For episode 299, we’ve hopped across the pond to tackle director Colm McCarthy‘s under seen contemporary zombie […]
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Live in this World After spending August discussing Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s Raw follow-up Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s comfort classic Critters (listen), we wrapped up the month with a look at Tim Burton‘s 1988 classic, Beetlejuice! In the film, Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara (Geena Davis) are perfectly content […]
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Metal Baby August has been a wild ride so far. Between art house discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre (listen) and Paul Morrissey’s Blood for Dracula (listen), we squeezed in a look at screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen). Now we’re ready for more contemporary foreign content with Julia Ducournau‘s sophomore feature, Titane (2021). In the film, after […]
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Mateo After wrapping up July with a Jan de Bont double feature discussing the movie magic of Twister (listen) and the laundry list of problems with his 1999 remake of The Haunting (listen), we’re tackled our first Alejandro Jodorowsky film with Santa Sangre (listen). Now we’re back on American soil for our first Screenlife horror film on […]
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Kubrick Edging June proved to be a wild month: we talked about the wacky space antics of Leprechaun 4: In Space (listen), the underseen-but-very-good trans vampire film Bit (listen), the first half of Grindhouse’s double-bill, Planet Terror (listen) before closing the month with Shinya Tsukamoto’s Japanese cyberpunk masterpiece, Tetsuo: The Iron Man (listen). Now it’s […]
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Audio Assault. June proved to be a wild month: we talked about the wacky space antics of Leprechaun 4: In Space (listen), the underseen-but-very-good trans vampire film Bit (listen), and Robert Rodriguez’s first half of the Grindhouse double-bill, Planet Terror (listen). To kick off July, we’re racing over to Japan to discuss the 35th anniversary […]
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Payload. After heavy discussions of Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin (listen) and Lisa Brühlmann’s Blue My Mind (listen) – with a stop-over to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Alien (listen) – we’re headed to space with Danny Boyle‘s 2007 collaboration with Alex Garland: Sunshine. The film features an all-star international cast, including Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Michelle […]
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After concluding April with discussions of Ciarán Foy’s Eli (listen) and David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (listen), we kicked off May with a revisit of Stephen Sommers’ delightful 1999 film, The Mummy (listen). Now we’re headed into the past with Terence Young‘s adaptation of Frederick Knott‘s “disabled woman in danger” play, Wait Until Dark (1967). In the film, recently blind […]
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After concluding March with Raja Gosnell’s Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen) and James Whale’s The Invisible Man (listen), we kicked off April with a discussion of Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (listen). Now we’re checking off another classic with John Landis‘ 1981 werewolf film, An American Werewolf in London. In the film, American best friends David (David Naughton) […]
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Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, is a watershed thriller for its critique of class, its queer undertones, and its enduring legacy. The novel inspired multiple sequels, as well as several film adaptations, the most significant of which was Anthony Minghella’s Oscar nominated 1999 film of the same name. Showtime commissioned a series […]
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Gay Flowers. March featured a variety of conversations, including the Kristen Stewart vehicle Personal Shopper (listen), Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (listen), and Raja Gosnell‘s live-action cartoon sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen here). After previously covering The Old Dark House and Bride of Frankenstein, we wrapped the month up with another James Whale classic, The […]
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Carousel After spending time with Neil Jordan’s not-campy-enough stalker film Greta (listen) and Olivier Assayas’ Kristen Stewart starring 2016 thriller Personal Shopper (listen), it’s time to revisit Alfred Hitchcock with a look at his 1951 film, Strangers on a Train. In the film, eccentric and unbalanced Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) approaches successful tennis player Guy Haines (Rope‘s […]
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Back in December, Trace and I opened up voting in the fifth annual “Hereditaries” (named after Toni Collette’s Hereditary omission), our version of the horror Oscars. Our supporters on Patreon helped us narrow down the shortlist in 20 categories and then the public at large, including folks on this site, voted on the winners throughout December 2023. Going […]
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