Category Archives: Period Piece

Episode 59 – The Keep

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Michael Mann’s follow-up to Thief is a beautiful but incomprehensible hodgepodge – incomprehensible both on a plot basis, and because you can’t hear what the fuck anyone is saying.

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Episode 58 – Bad Hair

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Justin Simien’s tale of a demonic weave has some tonal inconsistencies and juggles a variety of somewhat incompatible influences, but the end result is generally a good time.

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Episode 51 – Sputnik

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All space parasite movies must by necessity stand in the shadow of Alien, but this oppressive Russian period piece takes a good crack at it all the same.

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Episode 41 – Gretel & Hansel

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Oz Perkins takes a quantum leap forward with a gorgeously lensed and delightfully atmospheric adaptation of perhaps the most well-known of Grimms’ Fairy Tales.

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Episode 40 – The Turning

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If you’ve been waiting for Matt and Jim to have their Siskel and Ebert moment, this is it. The Turning is… divisive, to say the least.

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Episode 32 – The Lighthouse

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In what has to be the frontrunner for Horror Film of the Year, Robert Pattinson spills his beans, and Willem Dafoe is distraught about it.

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Episode 27 – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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In a move that endears the filmmakers to your hosts – Matt in particular – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark dispenses with 80s nostalgia and goes straight back to the source – the 60s.

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Episode 24 – Annabelle Comes Home

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If you went into Annabelle Comes Home expecting demons to be defeated by the power of love and faith… well, you were right. Again.

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Episode 18 – The Curse of La Llorona

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In this episode, Matt and Jim watch Linda Cardellini run screaming toward a lot of doors slammed in her face, and also ask, is anyone really scared of CGI python jaws?

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Episode 6 – Overlord (2018)

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There’s nothing more American than punching Nazis. Matt and Jim have a hell of a time watching Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, and company do just that.

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