Daylight Horror 1 - Jaws (1975) and Nope (2022)

Welcome to this Monstrous Flesh podcast mini-series, where we turn our attention to a fascinating subgenre - Daylight Horror.

This week we're talking about Steven Spielberg's 1975 cult classic Jaws and Jordan Peele's UFO extravaganza Nope, from 2022. Why do these two films make a great double bill, you ask? ...

Let's talk!

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Research for this episode:

JAWS:

1. VOIR - Ep 1 - The Summer of the Shark (Netflix) Visual essay written by American Film Blogger Sasha Stone, about her experience as a 10 year old girl who discovered a love of cinema in the summer of 1975 when she first watched Jaws.

1. https://crimereads.com/on-the-endless-symbolism-of-jaws-which-owes-its-dark-soul-to-moby-dick/
2. https://brightlightsfilm.com/scars-and-their-stories-exploring-a-scene-from-jaws/
3. https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2023/06/30/jaws-sex-abuse-crisis-245597
4. https://seanpatrickhughes.substack.com/p/jaws-a-social-commentary

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   https://time.com/6199449/nope-explained-meaning-jordan-peele/
2. https://fdiv.net/2015/01/02/who-were-jockeys-muybridges-photographs
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   https://overland.org.au/2022/08/barbaric-struts-and-cosmic-indigestion-in-jordan-peeles-nope/