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The Introverted Obelisk

The Introverted Obelisk is a sardonic stroll through the graveyard of classic horror cinema, where monsters are rubber, dialogue is stilted, and logic is optional. Join us as we unravel the plots (and seams) of horror films from the 1930s to the 1960s — the golden age of fog machines, mad scientists, and questionable acting choices. Each episode serves up a dry-witted recap, thematic commentary, and trivia morsels about the strange, charming, and sometimes laughably earnest world of vintage horror

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15:52

Little Green Men and the Big Red Panic

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2025/07/18

Send us a text In this episode of The Introverted Obelisk, we beam ourselves back to 1953 and dive into the uncanny, paranoid dreamscape that is Invaders from Mars. Told entirely through the eyes of a young boy named David, this early sci-fi thriller offers a Cold War allegory with a sandpit twist—and we’re here for every bizarre moment. We break down the film’s eerie aesthetic, unsettling alien design, and how it captures the surreal terror of not being believed. Along the way, we talk about...

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11:24

Reptile Dysfunction

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2025/07/11

Send us a text In this episode of The Introverted Obelisk, we slide headfirst into the low-budget lizard mayhem that is The Giant Gila Monster (1959), a film where the title tells you everything—and yet somehow, not nearly enough. Join me as we unravel the story of a sleepy Texas town besieged by a shockingly chill giant lizard with a taste for hot rods, necking teens, and casual property destruction. We’ll explore how a real Mexican beaded lizard became a towering menace through the magic of...

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19:26

Invasion of the Wobbling Hubcaps

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2025/07/04

Send us a text In this episode of The Introverted Obelisk, we crank up the Theremin and hunker down in our Cold War bunkers for 1956’s Earth vs. the Flying Saucers—a film where alien invasion meets government denial with all the subtlety of a brick through a window. We’ll walk through the plot, such as it is, as alien ships descend upon Earth like angry pie plates, zapping landmarks and demanding humanity’s cooperation—which goes about as well as you’d expect in the ‘50s. We discuss the film’...

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11:33

Monster? I Barely Krilled Her!

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2025/06/27

Send us a text In this episode of The Introverted Obelisk, we dip our toes—and eventually our entire sanity—into the tepid cinematic waters of Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954), a film that dares to ask: what if a rubbery sea creature and a questionable romance plot tried to co-exist on a shoestring budget? Spoiler alert: they mostly get in each other’s way. Join me as I navigate this soggy B-movie relic, complete with ominous stock footage, a scientist with questionable ethics, and a fearl...

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13:40

Scuba Doo and the Haunted Sea

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2025/06/20

Send us a text In this episode of The Introverted Obelisk, we plunge headfirst into the baffling, burbling waters of Creature from the Haunted Sea—Roger Corman’s 1961 fever dream that somehow mashed together Cold War espionage, mobster slapstick, and a sea monster made of mop heads. We walk through the film’s paper-thin plot, where an American conman fakes a sea monster attack to rob Cuban exiles, only to discover that—surprise!—there actually is a sea monster, and it’s not thrilled about bei...

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11:32

Kaiju Custody Battle

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2025/06/13

In this episode of The Introverted Obelisk, we pack our bags for an ill-advised tropical expedition into the technicolor fever dream that is Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (1967). When a group of journalists and scientists arrive on a remote island owned by a deeply unethical corporation, they discover a baby kaiju nestled in a cavern filled with glowing eggs and ancient warnings. Naturally, they do what any responsible explorer would do—kidnap it and bring it back to civilization. What follow...

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15:32

13 Ghosts (No, Not the One with Tony Shalhoub)

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2025/06/13

In this episode of The Introverted Obelisk, we slip on our ghost viewer glasses and stumble through the cobweb-covered corridors of William Castle’s 1960 spookfest 13 Ghosts—not to be confused with the blood-slicked, glass-walled 2001 remake that somehow starred both Tony Shalhoub and a jug of ectoplasmic rage. We follow the ill-fated Zorba family, who inherit a haunted mansion from a dead uncle with a ghost collection hobby and no sense of boundaries. There’s a Ouija board, a witchy housekee...

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23:20

Just Another Day on Murder Island

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2025/06/13

In this episode, we're cracking open the not-so-well-preserved corpse of Bloodlust (1961), a film that dares to ask the question: “What if rich guys hunted people and everyone was just kind of chill about it?” Before The Most Dangerous Game had a Hulu reboot and before “eat the rich” became a social media aesthetic, there was Bloodlust, a charming little moral play wrapped in B-movie gauze. Directed by Ralph Brooke and shot in six days, Bloodlust is what happens when you give a borrowed...

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28:08

Love in a Time of Bubbles and Death Rays

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2025/06/13

In this episode of The Introverted Obelisk, we descend into the fever-dream logic of Robot Monster (1953), a film where humanity is annihilated by a gorilla in a diving helmet with Wi-Fi issues. Join us as we unravel a plot held together by bubble machines, philosophical monologues about murder, and an ape-creature named Ro-Man who falls in love, develops free will, and still manages to blow up the Earth—twice. It’s science fiction by way of backyard cosplay, and we’re here for every ba...

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13:31

Claws for Alarm: When the Buffet Bites First

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2025/06/13

In this crustacean calamity of atomic proportions, The Introverted Obelisk scuttles into the radioactive tidal pool of 1957’s Attack of the Crab Monsters—a movie where the science is shaky, the dialogue is moist, and the crabs are psychic. Join us as we unpack the radioactive fever dream of an island expedition that goes from scientific to suicidal in record time, courtesy of some giant telepathic crabs with a taste for human intellect and long-winded exposition. We’ll explore why the militar...

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