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Half Price Horror

A deep dive into the half-price horror rack of the local used bookstore, coming away with classics, cult treasures, and the strangest stories the genre has to offer.

tv & film film history

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00:46:52

The Monster Squad (1987)

Half Price Horror ·

2020/11/18

A much-beloved 80s cult classic turns out to have a little too much of the decade’s downsides as we take a deep dive into Universal Horror homage ‘The Monster Squad’!

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00:53:08

Friday the 13th Part Two (1981)

Half Price Horror ·

2020/11/02

We take a look at the first appearance of Jason as series antagonist, and delve into his rich inner life as a building contractor, private investigator, and professional candle thief!

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00:28:23

Trick ‘r Treat (2007)

Half Price Horror ·

2020/10/11

It’s Spooky Season, to take a look at an unconventional anthology that goes just a little too hard on the “Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year” message and a little too light on everything else.

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00:57:44

Friday the 13th (1980)

Half Price Horror ·

2020/09/26

We take a look at Classical Greek tragedy (not really) Friday the 13th, an Agatha Christie-style mystery (kinda, actually) that helped to kick off the slasher boom of the 80s!

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01:33:27

It, Chapter Two (2019)

Half Price Horror ·

2020/09/08

Join us for a deep dive into the second It movie, in which we discuss ways to trim down the three-hour long epic to a reasonable running time and all the ways that if you’re going to claim you write better than Stephen King, you best bring your A-game to the writing table.

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00:52:46

Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)

Half Price Horror ·

2020/08/23

We take a closer look at this 1988 cult classic, examining the uneasy boundaries between humor and horror and once again using the word “liminal” to describe something in the movie. With special guest commentator Jiminy Cricket!

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01:23:47

The Brood (1979)

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2020/08/16

For our first episode, we do a deep dive into David Cronenberg’s body horror film ‘The Brood’ and look at misogyny, monstrosity, and how the police can miss a killer who’s just hiding under the bed.

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01:19:24

It, Chapter One (2017)

Half Price Horror ·

2020/08/02

We take a closer look at the first half of the recent adaptation of Stephen King’s sprawling horror epic and discuss the ways that splitting the movie up changed the emotional core of the film.

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01:07:21

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Half Price Horror ·

2020/07/19

We jump back into the 70s for a look at the infamous house on Ocean Street, and discuss screenwriting strategy in a closer look at the structure of this haunted house tale.

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01:19:20

Hereditary (2018)

Half Price Horror ·

2020/07/05

A look at the debut feature of director Ari Aster and his insights into family dysfunction and the long legacy abuse can leave behind.

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01:47:17

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

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2020/06/27

John takes a closer look at the much-maligned remake of the 80s classic and touches on its themes of teenage alienation, suburban paranoia, and anxiety over the Satanic Panic that fueled the original.

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