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Dark Overtones

We all know the feeling when our blood runs cold during our favorite horror movies. When the screen goes dark and the characters scream, we feel it right along with them. In this new horror podcast, host Kurt Braddock delves into this darkness and explores the roots of the fears that drives those screams. Dark Overtones features discussions about the themes in the horror movies that terrify us, featuring conversations with experts who specialize in the topics that drive some of the best horror films

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146:22

Dark Overtones 103: Midsommar with Wayne Brekke and...

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2024/08/05

In this episode of Dark Overtones, Kurt seeks to explore the symbols that inspired this very podcast -- the runes and symbols embedded in Ari Aster's horror masterpiece, Midsommar. Throughout the film, Aster places runes of Elder Futhark at key points, from the barracks where the main characters sleep to the cliff from which the Harga elders leap to their deaths. It seems that these symbols may have deeper meaning in the plot of the movie and its characters. In this episode, Kurt speaks with expert

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5:56

Dark Overtones 10X: World Events, Listener...

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2024/07/22

This week, Kurt briefly discusses how the world messes up his best-laid episode plans. Unfortunately, as a researcher of political violence, the complete [looks up the scientific term] shitshow of the last week has forced him to field questions and advise on issues related to security.Fear not, though, dear listener! Next week, a new episode returns, along with announcements related to social media presence for Dark Overtones as well as how YOU can get involved with the podcast. I don't want to

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132:43

Dark Overtones 102: The Invitation with Mary Wild and...

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2024/07/15

In the second episode of Series 1, Kurt delves into the 2015 pressure cooker, The Invitation. Part awkward dinner party, part reverse home invasion, part cultish terror, The Invitation challenges us to consider the psychology of grief and how to remain polite... even if we suspect our hosts want us dead.In this episode, I am joined by Mary Wild, who is kind enough to come back after Episode 100, in which she helps review all the films I cover in this first series. I am also joined by my brother Eric

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Dark Overtones 101: It Follows with Professor Leslie...

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2024/07/08

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of rape and sexual violence is prevalent throughout this episode.In the first real episode of Dark Overtones, Kurt is joined by two communication professors from Baylor University, Leslie Hahner and Scott Varda, to discuss It Follows. Countless articles on It Follows interpreted it as a story about STDs/STIs; but Hahner and Varda have a different interpretation - one that highlights the sexual violence that perpetuates the curse and the trauma of those affected. In this

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Dark Overtones 100: Series 1 Preview of the Horror...

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2024/07/01

In the first episode of Dark Overtones, Kurt is joined by Freudian psychologist and horror expert Mary Wild to discuss the 12 films to be covered in the first series of Dark Overtones. The films to be discussed (in brief, with no spoilers!) are: The Witch, It Follows, The Invitation, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, It Comes at Night, Get Out, A Dark Song, Hereditary, Mandy, Midsommar, Pet Sematary, and Saint Maud. The "Horror Renaissance" gave us adult scares, and stuck in our minds well after we left

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Series 1 Trailer

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2024/05/31

In this new horror podcast, host Kurt Braddock invites subject matter experts, friends, film critics, and everyone in between to analyze and decode some of the best horror and science fiction movies of the last 50 years. This trailer introduces the first series on the horror renaissance since 2015. Tune in and learn what Dark Overtones has in store...

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