The MacGuffin Report digs deep this week into dark recesses of fear and psychological trauma. In episode 10, Walter Hong, Raechel Wong and Os Davis discuss movies, TV and American culture with regard to the rather peculiar phenomenon of horror films.
The MacGuffins are thrown a few hardballs in this episode in examining the power of horror movies to cause trauma and the balance between irresponsible filmmaking and responsible viewing. Walter in particular demonstrates some fine amateur psychology chops as the three namedrop some of their favorite/least favorite horror movies, including Child’s Play (1988), Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Exorcist (1973), Spellbinder (1988) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).
The ’Report closes with a review of Us (2018), Jordan Peele’s follow-up to his excellent Get Out (2017) and touch on Peele’s own leporiphobia. And that’s the end.
Or is it…?
MGR Quarantine Movies epilogue: Listener comments/questions & trivia
MGR Quarantine Movies #6 – Cloud Atlas and Tom Hanks movies
MGR Quarantine Movies #5 – Ghostbusters plus Bill Murray and/or Wes Anderson films
MGR Quarantine Movies #4 – Casablanca, Audrey Hepburn, Marx Brothers & classic films
MGR Quarantine Movies #3 – Four weddings... & Richard Curtis movies
MGR Quarantine Movies #2 – Rob Reiner and Jack Nicholson movies
s03e03: What we're watching during the pandemic
MGR Quarantine Movies #1: Indiana Jones and trilogies
s03e02: (Re)watching 1917, Parasite
s03e01: What should have won at the Oscars?
s02e08. Doctor Who and science-fiction movies
s02e07. Documentaries including Knock Down the House, Free Solo
s02e06. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood and *that* scene
s02e05. Toy Story 4, The Umbrella Academy and streaming recommendations
s02e04. Talking Fleabag & Britcoms; Deadwood & Westerns
s02e03. Asian-American cinema/tv including Always Be My Maybe, Kim’s Convenience
s02e02. John Wick vs Keanuphobia vs action movies
s02e01. The Beginning of Rom-Coms
e01s09. Happy 80th Birthday, Batman!
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