Cinematic Oblivion

The first part of our three-part extensive history and analysis of the Slasher genre. In this episode we start all the way back in the BC's with Greek and Shakespearian tragedy, work through the melodramatic pre-code "old dark house" films, foray into the dark avenues of the psyche in the mid-sixties "psycho" subgenre, and finally hop across the Atlantic to bask in the lush violence of Italian Giallos.  Chapter 1: Theater of Blood (2:57) Chapter 2: Old Dark Houses (20:28) Chapter 3: Psychos (46:50)

In this episode we go six layers deep discussing stories within stories from Wojciech Has' 1965 epic The Saragossa Manuscript.

We go full oblivion on this episode as we delve into the little known world of Osterns, Soviet westerns from the 60's and 70's. Not only do we discuss this underappreciated genre and it's history, but we also review a total of SEVEN movies! We cover The Firey Miles (1957), White Sun of the Desert (1970), The Elusive Avengers (1966), The Bodyguard (1979), At Home Among Strangers (1974), The Sixth (1982), and Dauriya (1972). Strap in for this two hour episode full of Bolsheviks, Cossacks and Eurasian

Everything is some kind of metaphor as we talk about existential thriller Hell High (1989), silly Japanese ghost movie Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968), American classic western Stagecoach (1939), and stylistic Italian slasher Stagefright: Aquarius (1987).

We get all pornographic in this one discussing the Japanese erotic thriller Muscle, the french art porno La Bete, as well as some more standard fare such as the 80's horror movie I, Madman and the heartfelt sci-fi classic Silent Running.

In this episode we discuss the mind numbingly boring Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla, the devastating and nerve wracking Eyes Of My Mother, the silly and quintessentially 80's movie The Wraith, and our new favorite independent comedy Dude Bros Party Massacre 3.

In this episode we focus in detail on the wildly underappreciated teen slasher All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, and try to decipher why we find it so haunting and nostalgic.