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What Scares Us - Episode 6: The Beyond
Join us for a deep dive into The Beyond, a 1981 gross-out classic from director Lucio Fulci. In this episode: We explore bad dubbing, the perils of basement flooding, Amanda figures out what it all means multiple times, and that famous near-feature-length spider scene.
If you like what you heard today and want to let us know you can email us at WhatScaresUs@aadl.org. And for more episodes check out https://aadl.org/whatscaresus.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #49 - Jonathan
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Gil wants to know how his stepmother, Rosine, managed to murder his father, Jonathan. Little does he know that he had something to do with it himself.
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What Scares Us - Episode 5: The Orphanage
"A hugely catastrophic bummer of a story."
Join us for a deep dive into The Orphanage, a 2007 Spanish gothic supernatural horror movie directed by J.A. Bayona. In this episode: We visit Tomas' Office of Child Trickery, Matt marvels over mid-2000s lens flares, and Christopher invites us to his next Spanish orphanage-themed party.
If you like what you heard today and want to let us know you can email us at WhatScaresUs@aadl.org. And for more episodes check out https://aadl.org/whatscaresus.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #48 - Crack of Doom
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Mason Bridges has always been an honest man...except once when, thanks to poker, for a few hours, he was a thief. But when is a thief a thief?
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What Scares Us - Episode 4: The Fog
Join us for a deep dive into The Fog, a 1980 supernatural horror written and directed by John Carpenter and co-written and produced by Debra Hill. In this episode: We get a nighttime delivery of stomach pounders, encounter some very polite ghost pirates, and listen to the smooth voice of local hot mom Stevie Wayne.
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What Scares Us - Episode 3: The Bad Seed
"Are you going to brain one of us?". Join us for a deep dive into The Bad Seed, a 1956 psychological thriller directed by Mervin LeRoy and based on the novel by William March. In this episode: We dunk on Christine, discuss the dangers of roller skating with sandwiches, and look for stick bloodhounds near the scuppernong arbor.
If you like what you heard today and want to let us know you can email us at WhatScaresUs@aadl.org. For more episodes, check out https://aadl.org/whatscaresus.
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What Scares Us - Episode 2: Alien
"I don't know what I'm looking at but it's creepy and gross". Join us for a deep dive into Alien, the 1979 sci-fi horror classic written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett and directed by Ridley Scott. In this episode: We imagine the Alien in tighty-whities, play Pigs Crossing, and reminisce about Suncoast Motion Picture Company and The Great Movie Ride.
If you like what you heard today and want to let us know you can email us at WhatScaresUs@aadl.org. For more episodes, check out https://aadl.org/whatscaresus.
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What Scares Us - Episode 1: A Tale of Two Sisters
Join us for a deep dive into A Tale of Two Sisters, a 2003 South Korean psychological horror movie written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. In this episode: We all hold hands, Matt tries desperately to solve the movie within the first five minutes, and Christopher investigates the genre of bummer step-moms.
If you like what you heard today and want to let us know you can email us at WhatScaresUs@aadl.org. For more episodes, check out https://aadl.org/whatscaresus.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #47 - Conversation Over a Corpse
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Cissy's sister wants to murder Mr. Brenner. She poisons him but things turn out to be not what they seem. For one thing, Mr. Brenner isn't dead. For another, Cissy's sister isn't even her sister.
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Behind The Marquee: Episode 58 - The First Degree
Nick has a conversation with Matt Schwarz and Jordan Frank of the band Quasar Wut-Wut and Olivia Babler of the Chicago Film Archives about 'The First Degree', a silent film long believed to have been lost that will screen at the Michigan Theater on Saturday, Sept. 17 with live accompaniment of an original score by the band. Olivia describes how the film was re-discovered, Matt and Jordan detail their process for writing film scores, and so much more.