E44: Psychological Horror with Cinematic Nightmares Podcast
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Meka G joins Patrick once again to talk about their favorite psychological horror movies (and a few shows). Topics range from how the sub-genre intersects with other genres like Supernatural and Folk Horror to how it deals with real life fears like motherhood, grief, claustrophobia, isolation, and paranoia. They finish with some Psychological Horror Physical Media Showcase favorites.
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Meka G Introduction
00:01:07 Episode Overview
00:02:30 How does Meka G Define Psychological Horror?
00:04:50 Our Favorite Psychological Horror
00:05:24 The Tale of Two Sisters & The Uninvited (with spoilers)
00:08:58 Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (with spoilers) and Bates Motel
00:12:02 I See You (No Spoilers)
00:13:54 Jacob’s Ladder
00:17:21 Black Swan
00:20:14 Gretel & Hansel
00:20:44 Midsommar & Hereditary
00:22:54 A24 & Psychological Horror - A Different Man, Bring Her Back, The Lobster, & Talk to Me
00:28:57 Gretel & Hansel, Folk Horror, Osgood Perkins, & Longlegs (with light spoilers)
00:32:22 The Night House, David Bruckner, and more Folk Horror with The Ritual (with light spoilers)
00:34:50 Silence of the Lambs
00:35:43 Get Out & Psycho
00:37:53 Mike Flanagan, The Haunting of Hill House and Bly Manor, Oculus, Gerald’s Game
00:39:18 Strange Darling
00:39:42 Smile & Smile 2 (with spoilers)
00:43:00 Knock at the Cabin, M. Night Shyamalan, & The Sixth Sense
00:43:38 As Above, So Below, Claustrophobia, The Descent, and Group Breakdowns
00:46:18 David Lynch’s Blue Velvet
00:46:46 The Others
00:47:09 Mother!, Rosemary’s Baby, Apartment 7A, Hereditary, The Babadook, and Motherhood’s Role in Psychological Horror
00:50:09 70’s Horror Movies
00:50:29 The Conversation
00:51:19 Rosemary’s Baby, Apartment 7A, Black Swan, Suspiria, & Dance Horror Movies
00:53:34 Physical Media Showcase - Psychological Horror Edition
00:55:54 1408
00:57:01 American Psycho (with spoilers)
01:02:52 Se7en (with spoilers)
01:05:42 The Shining
01:07:07 John Carpenter’s The Thing, Dreamcatcher, and Snowy Group Alien Horror
01:09:17 Dark City
01:10:20 Cape Fear & Shutter Island
01:12:12 Dreamcatcher Reprise
