Episode 51: Salem Horror Fest Director K Lynch Talks GREMLINS (1984)

K Lynch joins us this week to discuss Joe Dante's Gremlins! K is the festival director of the Salem Horror Fest, which is premiering its 4th edition virtually this week! After discussing how they got into horror, K explains how it took them multiple times to get through Gremlins because it terrified them so much. On top of exploring the way this PG film was terrifying and surprisingly dark, we also dig a bit into the way it handles race and bring up both Dear White People and this awesome article by Wendy Allison Lee called "Cute. Dangerous. Asian American. 'Gremlins' @35" which you can find here:https://www.publicbooks.org/cute-dangerous-asian-american-gremlins-35/Tickets are still available for Salem Horror Fest and co-host Mary Beth McAndrews is presenting a lecture on the Found Footage genre at the fest!https://www.salemhorror.com/Follow K Lynch and Salem Horror Fest:@encyclophobia@salemhorrorfestFollow Us:@ScarredPodcast@mbmcandrews@gaylydreadfulAnd if you've gotten this far, please take a moment to review us and rate us on Apple Podcasts. It takes a couple seconds and it helps us fight the silly algorithms. Also, we're now on the recently launched Amazon Podcasts! Get bonus content on Patreon

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