The Horror Vision

SPOILERS: Seattle University Professor of Film Studies John Trafton returns to go all-in with Ray and Shawn as they attempt to unpack two of the most conversation-worthy films of the year so far: Alex Garland's Men and David Cronenberg's return to Body Horror Crimes of the Future.

Anthony, Ray and Shawn just watched Hanna Bergholm & Ilja Rautsi's new film Hatching in an AMC theatre at the local mall. THAT'S F'ING CRAZY!!! Let us tell you why. We start with a spoiler-free reaction/review, and clearly delineate when we're going to go full-spoiler, so join us up top to see if this new Body Horror film is for you, then after you see it, come back for our thoughts. There's a lot to 'chew' on here.

Seattle University Professor of Film Studies John Trafton joins us once again for a FULL SPOILER critical discussion about Robert Eggers' The Northman.

Shawn gives a quick, spoiler-free review of Brendan Muldowney's new film The Cellar, as well as the 2004 short film he made that inspired it! Also, the new Brubaker/Phillips' Reckless book, and You Won't Be Alone.

Fresh from a Saturday afternoon theatrical viewing of Ti West's first film in 5 years, Ray and Shawn give you a quick, spoiler-free review/reaction to X. It's awesome and we'll tell you why you want to see it on the big screen if you can!

"Isolation Breeds Horror." Indeed it does, and a recent example of this in cinema is Mickey Keating's Offseason. Starring Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Jeremy Gardner, Richard Brake and Melora Walters, the film is an exploration of tropical southern gothic isolation Horror. Offseason hit VOD last Friday; here's what we thought.

Also this episode, Anthony watches monster movies with his son and finishes the Horror Space Opera game Valfaris on his Switch, and Shawn and Ray suggest where newcomers to New Wave French Horror begin with Shudder's recent addition of a large part of the movement's most notable films.

We discuss the ups and downs of Fede Alvarez and David Blue Garcia's new Texas Chainsaw Massacre from Netflix. Also, Classic Corner returns as a regular feature and we kick it off with 1960's Eyes Without a Face. From there, it's Image Comics' Infidel, Vinegar Syndrome's release of Beyond Dream's Door, and Adam Ellis' Dear David.

Ray and Shawn continue this new regular adjunct series - Sticks & Stones, with a look at 1984's Children of the Corn and 2013's Jug Face, two movies that have more in common than you'd probably realize at first glance.

Ray and Shawn begin a new regular adjunct series - Sticks & Stones will look at the wealth of films and literature that fall into the realm of Folk Horror, starting this week with Avery Crounse's Eyes of Fire and Robert Eggers' The Witch.

That’s right, we gather the week before the season one finale of Showtimes’ Yellowjackets to talk about everything we’ve seen on the show so far, our theories, observations, what we like, what we LOVE, what we wish was better. EVERYTHING.