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Connor and Freya
Share a love for movies? Want to find the perfect double feature? Then this might be exactly for you ..
2020 has been a craaaaaaaazy year, we hope you are all staying safe and well. To put an end to this god awful year we wanted to give you all our best and the worst films to come out of last year. So if you wanna hear us talk about our must see's and must avoids give us a listen.
Love witches, covens and crazy soundtracks? Love bright and colourful buildings and set designs then....one of these will be for you...
Today we look at one of our all time favourite films and its recent 2018 remake. First made in 1977 by Dario Argento and musically scored by Goblin, then a few years ago remade by Luca Guadagnino and scored by Thom Yorke.
When people ask you what is the best comedy horror film there will always be someone who mentions Shaun of the Dead (and rightfully so) so today we are taking a dive and talking about two great films both by Edgar Wright which work perfect as a comedy horror double feature!!
Do you like folktales of witches and Lovecraftian sea tales? Then this episode is right up your street!!
This week we have been re-watching two films very close to our heart, two beautiful pieces of film by Robert Eggers. First we will talk about 2015's the VVitch and his progress onto 2019 beautiful piece of film The Lighthouse.
As everyone is stuck at home during quarantine we've all had similar idea's of binging tv and films and we have absolutely done the same. We have spent almost everyday in quarantine together watching at least one film a day and by doing this we have finally managed to catch up on films from 2019 and 2020 so far. So today's episode is just a fun laid back catch up of some of the best and worst films we have caught up on so far!
''They're coming to get you Barbra!''
This is the second week of this double feature and we are still looking at some modern fresh takes, which helped revive the Zombie genre in the past 20 years. This week we discuss the incredible Korean horror film Train to Busan by Yeon Sang-ho and how that helped influence the horror and zombie genre to follow.
''They're coming to get you Barbra!''
Over the next two weeks we will be looking at some modern fresh takes, which helped revive the Zombie genre in the past 20 years. This week we discuss the incredible British horror that is 28 Days Later by Danny Boyle and how that helped influence the horror to follow.
Are you a fan of surrealist body horror? I know we are!
Listen to us talk about two of our favourite films to make you feel ill and give you nightmares in fields of metal and industrial wastelands. This week we talk about the brilliant Eraserhead by David Lynch and Tetsuo: The Iron Man by Shinya Tsukamoto and what these films brought to body horror and surrealist film.
Remember that small point in time VS films were a thing? Yeah that were combining of franchises and big fight scenes? Well aren't you in for a treat today we are gonna talk about two of the biggest of these movies...
So this week and last week we were discussing a different kind of double feature. Rather than talking about a theme or main type of film, we will instead be discussing two films by the same director containing two different sets of subject matter. In this episode (part 2) we will be discussing the film The Invisible Man by Leigh Whannell a sci-fi, thiller/horror with all the great tension and horror you need!
So this week and next we will be discussing a different kind of double feature. Rather than talking about a theme or main type of film, we will instead be discussing two films by the same director containing two different sets of subject matter. In this episode we will be discussing the film Upgrade by Leigh Whannelll a sci-fi, body horror with some badass action!!
After delving into the quintessential folk horror that is the Wicker Man, this week we will be discussing a modern take on this film genre with Ari Aster's Midsommar. We look at the differences of visuals, themes involved and just how a modern film can take a topic like Folk Horror and produce a different and new age spin on things.
If you enjoy please subscribe and join us next week as we discuss a directors progression in works from sci-fi, action madness to a psychological horror in the current blockbuster scene.
We all know a scary folk tale we were told as a child or adult but never thought could be true but what if it was?
Horror movies have been using all different themes within the genre for years and today we look at two (old and new) films which zone in on the idea and history of folk horror and old god rituals. During this first part we will explore the film The Wicker man directed by Robin Hardy.