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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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00:39:23

Episode 41 - So Bad It's Bad

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2017/12/28

Your deadicated hosts encounter the pre-code poverty-row picture NIGHT OF TERROR from 1933 directed by Benjamin Stoloff. Despite what Bela Lugosi brings to this horror film, NIGHT OF TERROR is overwhelmingly monotonous and derivative of many films before it. Context setting 00:00; synopsis 10:28; discussion 20:11; ranking 33:29

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00:52:35

Episode 40 - So Bad It's Good

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2017/12/20

The deadicated hosts confront the first so-bad-it's-good film on the list: SUPERNATURAL (1933) from the Halperin Bros starring Carole Lombard and Alan Dinehart. Context setting: 00:00; synopsis 12:29; discussion 27:34; ranking 41:07

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01:34:03

Episode 39 - Horror Close To Home

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2017/12/13

Your deadicated hosts review Paramount Pictures' 1933 MURDERS IN THE ZOO, featuring the myriad of actors who either before or after this movie had established careers in law, politics, and the military. Plus, the spooky history of zoos! Context setting 00:00; synopsis 27:32; discussion 45:36; ranking 1:11:32

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01:21:55

Episode 38 - A Passable Plate of Spaghetti

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2017/12/07

The deadicated hosts talk the morbid origins of wax figures and the lines between mystery thrillers & horror in this review of Curtiz's 1933 two-tone technicolour horror MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, and Glenda Farrell. Context setting 00:00; synopsis 26:11; discussion 37:41; ranking 1:05:33

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00:47:23

Episode 37 - It's Neat, But...

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2017/11/29

Your deadicated hosts endure Majestic Pictures' 1933 mockbuster THE VAMPIRE BAT, directed by Frank Strayer and starring Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas and Dwight Frye! Context setting 00:00; plot summary 13:06; discussion 23:33; ranking 39:44

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01:38:33

Episode 36 - Committed to the Content

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2017/11/22

In this adaptation of HG Wells' "The Island of Doctor Moreau," the deadicated hosts dive in to Erle C Kenton's 1932 ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, starring Charles Laughton and Richard Arlen, a film banned in the UK for showing vivisection and its transgressive subject matter. Context setting 00:00; plot summary 28:52; discussion 39:20; ranking 1:16:45

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01:20:14

Episode 31B - Catch Me If You Can

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2017/11/16

It's a bonus episode! The deadicated hosts find and review Richard Oswald's 1932 UNHEIMLICHE GESCHICHTEN, featuring a journalist (Harald Paulsen) hounding a charismatic murderer (Paul Wegener), which surely has no relation to historical context... Context setting 00:00; plot summary 33:59; discussion 46:41; ranking 1:05:52

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01:33:47

Episode 35 - Egyptian Dracula

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2017/11/08

Our deadicated hosts review Karl Freund's directorial debut, 1932's THE MUMMY, starring Boris Karloff! We give historical context to both Ancient Egyptian burial practices and the film itself, while discussing the film's tepid middle-of-the-road nature and relationship with racism & colonialism. Context setting 00:00; plot summary 39:32; discussion 47:36; ranking 1:23:52

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01:33:48

Episode 34 - Just Enough Backstory

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2017/11/02

The deadicated hosts review the second James Whale film for the list: 1932's OLD DARK HOUSE, starring Boris Karloff & a merry cast. What we find locked in the closet is a horror that we all can relate to... This classic goes on to define the genre of Old Dark House horror, and with good reason. From the novel adaptation, to the character-driven horror on screen, we discuss the positives of offering just enough backstory. Context setting 00:00; plot summary 27:43; discussion 38:47; ranking

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01:18:51

Episode 33 - Crazy, with SCIENCE!

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2017/10/26

Your deadicated hosts tackle DOCTOR X (1932) by Michael Curtiz, starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, and Lee Tracy! We discuss sssynthetic flesshhhh, two-tone technicolor, and how we feel about horror and comedy... again! Context setting 00:00; plot summary 22:31; discussion 33:40; ranking 1:08:10

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01:37:44

Episode 32 - Haitian Dracula

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2017/10/19

From Haiti's history, the film's racist themes, and it's silent film-inspired cinematography, your deadicated hosts dive in to the Halperin Bros' 1932 WHITE ZOMBIE, starring Bela Lugosi! Our first zombie movie! Context setting 00:00; plot summary 42:51; discussion 55:59; ranking 1:27:25

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01:44:06

Episode 31 - Dancing to the Vampire's Tune

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2017/10/12

Carl Th Dreyer's 1932 horror film VAMPYR is exhumed and discussed in this episode of Scream Scene! How does it fare in comparison to Epstein's Fall of the House of Usher? Context 00:00; plot summary 32:52; discussion 49:42; ranking 1:23:53

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01:20:47

Episode 30 - It Would Take A Mirakle

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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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