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Here’s a collection of recent posts and podcast episodes.

It Follows
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It Follows

Will condoms protect against sexually transmitted hauntings? Probably not. What is David Robert Mitchell's It Follows (2014) really about, anyway? Jason and Ali talk about carnal possessions and cool 80s synth music.

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The First Omen
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The First Omen

The Omen franchise has been in hiatus. Are we ready for the return of the one bearing the number of the beast? Arkasha Stevenson's prequel, The First Omen (2024), tells the story of the nun who gives birth to the potential destroyer of the world. Jason and Ali prepare for the apocalypse.

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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (دختری در شب تنها به خانه می‌رود, 2019) is a unique hybrid of many genres, directed by the Iranian-American filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour. Jason and Ali sink their teeth into noir aesthetics, Persian feminist vigilantes, and the very frightening world of horror romance.

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Choo Choo ... Chomp!
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Choo Choo ... Chomp!

Are fund managers more rabid than zombies? Can a horror film be a tear jerker? These are some of the questions Jason and Ali answer in this episode on the popular Korean film, Train to Busan (2016).

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Nightmares and Elm Streets
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Nightmares and Elm Streets

Would you kill to protect your children? What if the vengeful spirit of the one you killed came back to kill your kids? Jason and Ali try to stay awake and get spooked by Wes Craven's 1984 classic and its 2010 remake.

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A Boy's Best Friend?
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A Boy's Best Friend?

Do you like taking steamy showers? In a place called Bates Motel? We didn't think so. Join Jason and Ali as they go a little mad talking about Psycho (1960), the original novel (1959), and the remake (1998).

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Late Night with the Devil
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Late Night with the Devil

Are you a fan of late-night talk shows? Are you nostalgic about staying up to watch an avuncular comedian make bad dad jokes and interview minor celebrities? Are you too young for that? Never mind. Join Jason and Ali as they watch an episode of a fictional, demonic TV show in Colin and Cameron Cairnes' entertaining Late Night with the Devil (2023).

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Body-Snatching Spores
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Body-Snatching Spores

Science-fiction and horror are closely related. But are pods from outer space horrors or curiosities? Jason and Ali talk about The Body Snatchers (1955), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and its classic 1978 remake.

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Anime Horror
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Anime Horror

Perfect Blue (『パーフェクトブルー』) is a 1997 film about illusion, delusion, violence and fantasy. The story of a J-pop idol who may be losing her grip on reality. It is also an animated film, and it’s definitely not for children. Jason and Ali are unnerved and engrossed.

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¡Hola zombi!
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¡Hola zombi!

Is [Rec] (2007) the greatest found footage horror of all time? Would you wander into a quarantined apartment building at night if you and your teenage buddies had nothing better to do, as happens in the excellent 2009 sequel, [Rec]2? Jason and Ali press the record button to discuss Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's exhilarating Spanish zombie classics.

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Houses of Wax
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Houses of Wax

Do you like candles? Have you been to a wax museum? Do you find wax sculptures unsettling? Jason and Ali wax lyrical about the inimitable Vincent Price in the 1953 House of Wax, and the 2005 gothic shocker with the same title.

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American Psycho: Film and Fiction
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American Psycho: Film and Fiction

Brett Easton Ellis's 1991 novel is supremely controversial. But are its ridiculously excessive scenes of violence actually horrific? Is Marry Harron's 2000 adaptation more comedy than horror? Jason and Ali entre the mind of Patrick Bateman.

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Carrie is So Very
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Carrie is So Very

Stephen King's first novel Carrie (1974) and its two greatest adaptations, Brian De Palma's (1976) and Kimberley Peirce's (2013), have given us one of the most memorable characters of contemporary horror. A bullied highschooler with terrifying supernatural powers. Jason and Ali go to the principal's office.

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Goodnight Mommy
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Goodnight Mommy

Ich seh, Ich seh (Goodnight Mommy, 2014) is a magnificently unnerving Austrian domestic horror film about the violent confrontations between a mother and her twin sons. Or is it? Directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, this modern classic was more recently remade in English. Was this remake really necessary? Jason and Ali discuss and disagree.

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Dumplings: The Human Veal?
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Dumplings: The Human Veal?

Fruit Chan's 2004 Hong Kong shocker Dumplings ( 餃子) is gross and engrossing in equal measure. It is also one of the most striking works of gastronomic horror. Jason and Ali discuss food, fetuses and China's one-child policy.

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High Tension: Believe It or Not?
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High Tension: Believe It or Not?

The 2003 French film High Tension/Haute Tension, directed by Alexandre Aja, has one of the most contentious plot twists in horror. Is it believable? Does repressed desire necessarily lead to murderous madness? Jason and Ali get tense.

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When and Why Evil Lurks
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When and Why Evil Lurks

Demián Rugna's When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad) is an unflinching tale of demonic possession and survival horror. It also includes moments of truly shocking violence. Is it the best horror film of 2023? Does its protagonist Pedro have to be so bloody annoying? Jason and Ali discuss the film, children's relationship with evil, and the great streaming service Shudder.

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The Meaning of Martyrs
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The Meaning of Martyrs

Martyrs (2008) is one of the most controversial movies of all time. Transcendent masterpiece or unwatchable torture porn? Have you been able to sit through Pascal Laugier's film? Jason and Ali give their verdict.

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Suspiria, Then and Now
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Suspiria, Then and Now

Dario Argento's 1977 movie is widely seen as one of the greatest horror movies of all time. Jason and Ali are beguiled and confused by this nightmarish tale of an American in a German dance school. Join them for a conversation about the Italian cult classic, its 2018 remake, and its mysterious literary source, the musings of an English opium-eater.

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Shutter and Grisly Ghost Photography
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Shutter and Grisly Ghost Photography

The superb Thai film Shutter (2002) by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom is about haunted photos. Have you ever seen something inexplicable in a picture you've taken? Is photography inherently demonic? Join Jason and Ali in the darkroom.

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