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Scream Scene Podcast

Scream Scene Podcast

Join our deadicated hosts Sarah and Ben as they review horror movies in chronological order and rank them from best to worst. Updated every other Wednesday. Theme music Now I Know by Jared C. Balogh

tv & film

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00:43:37

Episode 67 - New Old Melodrama

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2018/07/04

Peer through the window pane for Tod Slaughter and George King's THE FACE AT THE WINDOW (1939), another Victorian horror film? Well, your deadicated hosts duke it out over whether this adaptation of the stage melodrama fits the bill or not. Just what does this vintage thriller have in store? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 18:37; Discussion 24:39; Ranking 35:02

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01:26:19

Episode 66 - The Renaissance of Horror

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2018/06/27

Horror returns after a three-year gap with 1939's SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, directed by Rowland Lee. What changed in America that Universal Studios was willing to raise this dead genre? How far does this apple fall from the Frankenstein tree? And how do Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, and Bela Lugosi stand in comparison to Boris Karloff as the Monster? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 38:59; Discussion 48:06; Ranking 1:09:07

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00:38:38

Episode 65 - The Industry That Changed Its Mind

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2018/06/20

It's the last horror flick before the three year break the world took from horror between 1936 to 1939... Boris Karloff stars in THE MAN WHO CHANGED HIS MIND (1936), from director Robert Stevenson. We share what caused film industries around the world to change their mind about horror as we review this film from Gainsborough Pictures. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 14:48; Discussion 20:21; Ranking 32:04

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00:51:37

Episode 64 - Good but Broken

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2018/06/13

Your deadicated hosts cover Eddie Mannix, A Merritt, and more in the last horror film from Tod Browning: THE DEVIL-DOLL (1936)! With giant over-sized props, a dark family drama, and a cross-dressing toymaker, this film is anything but boring. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 16:35; Discussion 27:13; Ranking 41:38

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00:50:10

Episode 63 - Be Ruthless!

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2018/06/06

The Halperin Brothers return in the 1936 independent American horror film REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES! Hoping to return to their WHITE ZOMBIE success, the Halperins head to... Cambodia? To look for... zombies?? In the midst of a... love triangle??? Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 29:27; Discussion 37:45; Ranking 46:40

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01:34:21

Episode 62 - Tableful of Salt

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2018/05/30

Your deadicated hosts dive into the demise of the Laemmle Family and the last gasp of the American horror boom... all this and more in the very complicated background of Lambert Hillyer's 1936 DRACULA'S DAUGHTER! Just what is vampirism being used as a metaphor for? From queerness to mental health to addiction, the lines are blurry but your hosts set themselves to the task of figuring it out. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 49:18; Discussion 56:18; Ranking 1:26:32

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01:02:47

Episode 61 - Unhand Her, Dan Backslide!

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2018/05/23

Born-for-the-role Tod Slaughter stars in this 1936 Quota Quickie adaptation of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, directed by George King! Featuring a lively discussion of Penny Dreadfuls, British Quota Quickies, and Victorian literary genre conventions. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 27:08; Discussion 35:16; Ranking 55:12

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01:05:34

Episode 60 - Passing of the Baton

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2018/05/16

The Warner Brothers try their hand at horror yet again with 1936's THE WALKING DEAD starring show favourite Boris Karloff and directed by Michael Curtiz. See just what this film noir-prototype has to offer... Hint: it's not zombies! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 23:55; Discussion 30:29; Ranking 54:14

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00:43:03

Episode 59 - Sequel to a Prequel

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2018/05/09

Bonjour! Your deadicated hosts travel to France for 1936’s LE GOLEM, directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Harry Baur and Charles Dorat! What is this film’s relation to Paul Wegener’s earlier classic(s), or even to the horror genre? Listen and find out! Mon Dieu! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 24:30; Ranking 39:31

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00:58:18

Episode 58 - Glow in the Dark Jason

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2018/05/03

Your deadicated hosts are back in America for some classic cotton candy horror. Starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, it's 1936's THE INVISIBLE RAY directed by Lambert Hillyer! It's the first in a few genre developments: B-movie scifi and slasher flicks. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 14:08; Discussion 28:51; Ranking 49:22

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01:20:04

Episode 57 - Volkisch Galorkisch

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2018/04/26

It's part two of horror in Nazi Germany! Your deadicated hosts cover FÄHRMANN MARIA, a 1936 horror/occult film directed by Franz Wysbar and starring Sybille Schmitz & Peter Voss. What happened to the film industry before, during and after WWII? Why do horror films end in Nazi Germany? And how has German Expressionism morphed from its first incarnation to now? All this and more in this episode! Context setting 00:00; synopsis 33:40; discussion 39:39; ranking 1:09:01

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01:24:41

Episode 56 - Made In Germany

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2018/04/18

Your deadicated hosts travel to Nazi Germany for one of two horror films made in the Third Reich... What did the Nazification of the German film industry look like? We get a pretty good idea from this 1935 remake of DER STUDENT VON PRAG starring Anton Walbrook, Theodor Loos, and Dorothea Wieck; directed by Arthur Robison. Context setting 00:00; synopsis 40:14; discussion 52:03; ranking 1:15:35

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00:50:22

Episode 55 - A Broken Clock

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2018/04/12

Your deadicated hosts take on THE CRIME OF DR CRESPI (1935) out of Republic Pictures! This poverty row picture brings together Dwight Frye (!) and Erich von Stroheim (!!) in this strange adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Premature Burial." Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 24:39; Discussion 31:18; Ranking 38:34

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00:41:47

Episode 54 - It's Sufficient

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2018/04/04

Your deadicated hosts swoon through Frank Strayer's 1935 horror CONDEMNED TO LIVE, covering the beginnings of poverty row studio Republic Pictures. Starring Ralph Morgan, Maxine Doyle, Russell Gleason, and Mischa Auer, and featuring a whole lot of meh. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 15:52; Discussion 23:59; Ranking 34:39

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00:55:31

Episode 53 - How The Pieces Come Together

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2018/03/28

Boris Karloff and Boris Karloff star in the 1935 Columbia horror THE BLACK ROOM, directed by Roy William Neill! Joining Karloff is Marian Marsh, Robert Allen, Thurston Hall, and Katherine DeMille! This well-structured film shows us how to go beyond painting-by-numbers and experience the thrill of seeing how the pieces come together. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 11:37; Discussion 20:25; Ranking 46:29

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01:22:34

Episode 52 - Object of Creepfection

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2018/03/21

Peter Lorre steals the show as Dr Gogol in MAD LOVE, directed by Karl Freund! You'll go-go for Gogol in this 1935 adaptation of Maurice Renard's novel Les Mains d'Orlac. Hear how this film compares to others on the list in episode 52 of Scream Scene. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 28:57; Discussion 39:26; Ranking 1:03:40

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01:04:53

Episode 51 - Horror for Horror's Sake

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2018/03/14

Vaguely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe comes 1935's THE RAVEN starring our favourite boys Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff! Directed by working man director Louis Friedlander, this film hits all the horror notes, Bateman! Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 23:22; Discussion 35:55; Ranking 51:59

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01:13:01

Episode 50 - Britishing About

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2018/03/08

AWOOO! It's the first Hollywood werewolf picture ever, but your deadicated hosts find that its bark is worse than its bite: it's Universal's 1935 WEREWOLF OF LONDON directed by Stuart Walker and starring Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, and Lester Matthews. Context setting 00:00; synopsis 25:07; discussion 39:09; ranking 58:06

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01:23:00

Episode 49 - Czech Dracula

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2018/02/28

Tod Browning and Bela Lugosi chase past glories in this 1935 horror MARK OF THE VAMPIRE! This remake of Browning's 1927 LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT features a truly Halloween atmosphere with Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Lionel Atwill, and Jean Hersholt. Context setting 00:00; synopsis 33:18; discussion 43:04; ranking 1:07:24

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02:08:03

Episode 48 - Dialed Up To Eleven

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2018/02/22

The monster demands a mate! Your deadicated hosts dive into Whale's 1935 sequel BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN! Featuring the return of Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, and Ernest Thesiger, and introducing Elsa Lanchester into horror! What is the relationship of horror to camp? To goth or queer culture? And, of course, a thorough discussion of how BRIDE relates to its preceding film, FRANKENSTEIN. Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 44:21; Discussion 1:04:30; Ranking 1:49:27

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