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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

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00:43:03

Episode 59 - Sequel to a Prequel

Scream Scene Podcast ·

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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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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01:03:41

A Very Special Scream Scene - The Production Code

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2018/02/17

On a very special episode of Scream Scene: your deadicated hosts tackle the Hollywood Motion Picture Production Code, William H Hays, Joseph Breen, and how the 1934 amendment and enforcement affected horror, and all, films until 1968.

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00:51:03

Episode 47 - The WTF Factor

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2018/02/15

MANIAC, also known as SEX MANIAC is your deadicated hosts' first foray into exploitation horror -- and certainly won't be the last. Beware, this 1934 Dwain Esper classic is something to be experienced to truly be believed! Context setting 00:00; synopsis 21:20; discussion 37:23; ranking 43:37.

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00:58:37

Episode 46 - Racism: The Movie

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2018/02/08

Columbia Pictures offers us our last pre-code horror film: the disappointing BLACK MOON (1934) directed by Roy William Neill and starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray, and Dorothy Burgess. Based off the 1933 novel of the same name by Clements Ripley. It's, uh, not good.

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01:29:05

Episode 45 - Could Not Possibly Fail

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2018/02/01

The film that could not possibly fail... your deadicated hosts review Edgar G Ulmer's 1934 pre-code classic THE BLACK CAT, bringing together Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, with third wheels David Manners and Julie Bishop. Hungary and Austria collide in this film about a satanic cultist by a Czech director. To contextualize this conflict, we cover Austria-Hungary's role in World War One. It's relevant, we promise! Context setting 00:00; synopsis 34:32; discussion 43:31; ranking 1:19:55

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00:43:44

Episode 44 - A Real Mystery

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2018/01/25

Your deadicated hosts review the poverty row film from Monogram Pictures HOUSE OF MYSTERY (1934) directed by William Nigh and starring Ed Lowry and Verna Hillie. Discover the mysterious origins of this Old Dark House rip-off, with added monkey! Context setting 00:00; synopsis 14:03; discussion 22:52; ranking 34:36

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01:14:09

Episode 43 - The Terrors of Anonymity

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2018/01/17

From the behind-the-scenes drama of James Whale's 1933 horror THE INVISIBLE MAN, to HG Wells' writing process, your deadicated hosts explore Claude Rains' iconic role as the Invisible Man! Context setting 00:00; synopsis 26:01; discussion 40:01; ranking 1:03:33

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00:53:48

Episode 41B - No Meat On Its Bones

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2018/01/11

Your deadicated hosts uncover a copy of Ramón Peón's 1933 horror LA LLORONA with "English subtitles." Hear the stories behind Mexico's first horror film, and legendary Crying Woman legend! Context setting 00:00; synopsis 22:25; discussion 33:39; ranking 43:38

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01:05:53

Episode 42 - Rated H For Horror

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2018/01/03

Boris Karloff returns to the UK and to the show with T Hayes Hunter's 1933 THE GHOUL; our first British horror film, and the first film rated H for horror! Context setting 00:00; synopsis 20:08; discussion 32:49; ranking 50:57

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