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PODCAST

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

All Episodes

01:20:47

Episode 30 - It Would Take A Mirakle

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2017/10/04

The deadicated hosts cover the film that ruined two men’s careers… 1932’s MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Robert Florey. What happened behind the scenes to make this transgressive horror film so disjointed? Context setting 00:00; plot summary 32:31; discussion 50:03; ranking 1:11:45

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01:19:58

Episode 29 - Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

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2017/09/28

Meet Tod Browning's cast of FREAKS from 1932! Our deadicated hosts learn the production history of this unique film, share details about a few of the performers, and discuss how FREAKS fits within a unique horror subgenre. Context setting 00:00; plot summary 25:55; discussion 41:27; ranking 1:01:35

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00:47:39

Episode 28 - Squint To See It

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2017/09/21

The deadicated hosts rely on their prescription glasses to see just what Frank R. Strayer's 1932 indie horror The Monster Walks is about... family lineage? An ape on the loose? Who knows? Starring Mischa Auer, with Willie Best. Context setting 00:00; plot summary 17:01; discussion 25:30; ranking 40:33

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01:22:08

Episode 27 - Horror and Tragedy

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2017/09/13

The deadicated hosts uncover the mystery around Rouben Mamoulian's 1931 pre-Code horror film Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring Fredric March! Context setting 00:00; plot summary 29:27; discussion 40:56; ranking 1:13:34

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01:49:44

Episode 26 - It's Alive!

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2017/09/07

The deadicated hosts take on James Whale's 1931 classic Frankenstein! Starring Colin Clive and Boris Karloff. From Mary Shelley's life and the novel's origins, to the film's unique production history, there's all that and more in this terror-filled episode! Mary Shelley and novel background 00:00; film background 33:34; plot summary 51:25; discussion 1:03:30; ranking 1:42:38

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00:52:30

Episode 25 - Hipster Wisdom

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2017/08/31

This week, the deadicated hosts watch Drácula from 1931, directed by George Melford! We explain just what this Spanish version of Browning's classic film is, how it came to be, and about the stars Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar. Context setting 00:00; summary 13:39; discussion 17:07; ranking 42:54

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01:33:15

Episode 24 - Inventing American Horror

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2017/08/24

Tod Browning's 1931 Dracula starring Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, and Helen Chandler wows the deadicated hosts as this film defines the American horror genre. Context setting 00:00; summary 40:34; discussion 47:05; ranking 1:21:33

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01:00:18

Episode 23 - The Bat 2.0

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2017/08/16

Our deadicated hosts face their first sound picture... Roland West's remake of The Bat... The Bat Whispers (1930)! Starring Chester Morris and Una Merkel, with the history of sound in film, the Great Depression, and more! Context setting 00:00; summary 28:32; discussion 31:30; ranking 52:54

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01:06:20

Episode 22 - This Is Not A Pipe

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2017/08/10

The deadicated hosts travel to France for Jean Epstein's 1928 La Chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher), where we disappoint our film profs in our description of French Impressionism. We also talk about Edgar Allen Poe! Context 00:00; summary 28:41; discussion 33:47; ranking 57:45

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00:39:41

Episode 21 - Sexually Independent Woman

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2017/08/03

The deadicated hosts test even their resolve with Henrik Galeen's 1928 "German expressionist horror" film Alraune, starring Brigitte Helm and Paul Wegener. Context setting 00:00; summary 15:43; discussion 26:37; ranking 36:58

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00:51:10

Episode 20 - Alonzo the Armless

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2017/07/26

Lon Chaney returns with director Tod Browning and upcoming actress Joan Crawford in 1927's The Unknown! Our deadicated hosts discuss the film's title, the history of American circuses, and whether the film fits in the horror genre. 00:00 context setting; 20:26 summary; 27:23 discussion; 39:40 ranking

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00:59:19

Episode 19 - Inventing Whole New Tools

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2017/07/19

It's the film that inspired Universal's horror franchise... Paul Leni's The Cat and The Canary from 1927! Our deadicated hosts talk Leni's boundary-pushing and inventive direction and cinematography, as well as US horror tropes and dental hygiene. Context setting 00:00; summary 15:49; discussion 31:30; ranking 51:30

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01:07:26

Episode 18 - Evolving Pikachu to Raichu

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2017/07/12

Our deadicated hosts return to Germany to review our first remake... Der Student von Prag (1926), directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Conrad Veidt and Werner Krauss. We discuss how the remake, German Expressionism, and even Veidt's acting have evolved since our last viewings! Context setting 00:00; summary 22:14; discussion 46:10; ranking 1:02:38

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01:04:15

Episode 17 - Dracula x Frankenstein

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2017/07/05

From director Rex Ingram, our deadicated hosts review The Magician (1926), starring Alice Terry, Paul Wegener, and Ivan Petrovich. Based off W. Somerset Maugham's novel inspired by the infamous Aleister Crowley. Context setting 00:00; summary 20:48; discussion 30:48; ranking 53:53

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01:03:29

Episode 16 - Coming From Inside The House

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2017/06/28

We tackle Roland West's follow up to The Monster... The Bat (1926)! This comedy-horror (thriller?) is based off the 1920 Broadway hit by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. What are the differences between a horror and thriller? Does comedy affect whether The Bat is a horror film? Our deadicated hosts discuss this and more in this episode. Context setting 00:00; summary 21:53; discussion 30:50; ranking 53:29

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00:44:58

Episode 15 - Dick Bannister Thinks He's A Werewolf

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2017/06/21

The deadicated hosts watch the earliest surviving werewolf movie, Wolf Blood: A Tale of the Forest (1925) directed by and starring George Chesebro. Blood transfusions, loup-garou folklore, and Canadian logging operations abound! Context setting 00:00; summary 14:33; discussion 22:42; ranking 37:50

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01:39:59

Episode 14 - Spared No Expense

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2017/06/14

In our longest episode yet, our deadicated hosts cover all things Phantom of the Opera! From the 1925 film's many releases, to the Opera House itself, there's plenty to hear in this review of the 1925/1929 Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian & co, starring Lon Chaney. Context setting 00:00; intermission 44:12; summary 46:10; discussion 1:01:21; ranking 1:29:19

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00:55:56

Episode 13 - Rocky Horror Monster Show

Scream Scene Podcast ·

2017/06/07

Our deadicated hosts return to the US to review Roland West's 1925 horror-comedy The Monster, with the Scream Scene debut of Lon Chaney! Slapstick, the origins of MGM, and Lon Chaney abounds in this Rocky Horror Monster Show of an episode. Context setting 00:00; summary 26:38; discussion 37:17; ranking 47:24.

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01:06:40

Episode 12 - Giving Me The Willies

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2017/05/31

Our deadicated hosts return to director Robert Wiene with his 1924 film Orlacs Hände with Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, and Fritz Kortner. What has Wiene and Veidt been up to since Caligari? What is the history of organ transplants? Find out this and more in our twelfth episode! Context setting 00:00; post intermission 21:57; summary 28:52; discussion 52:23; ranking 1:01:19

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00:55:10

Episode 11 - We Are Not Things

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2017/05/25

Our deadicated hosts Ben and Sarah discuss just where Benjamin Christensen's 1922 documentary horror film Häxan / Witchcraft Through The Ages fits on the list... and should they have included it in the first place? Context setting 00:11; Film summary and discussion 23:28

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