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“Horror films are our collective nightmares.”
SPOILERS THIS EPISODE FOR:
It (2017) – Extensive comparison
Disturbia (2007)
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
MOVIES MENTIONED THIS EPISODE WITHOUT SPOILERS
Rear Window (1954)
The Goonies (1985)
Monster Squad (1987)
Big Little Lies (2017) (TV series)
Sharp Objects (2018) (TV series)
Stranger Things (2016) (TV series)
TOPIC INDEX – Summer of 84 (2018)
1:00 How to get stickers! Subscribe to our podcast and show us on social media.
2:39 – About Marshall and Laura
4:15 – Why did we watch this movie?
5:34 – Movie analysis begins with Laura’s overall take
7:52 – Comparisons to other films
12:10 – Philosophical questions
17:40 – Tension and plot variation
21:11 – Scary scenes
22:34 – Resisting tropes
23:00 – Character Continuum (especially the abject failure of the film regarding gender and sexuality)
30:34 – Social Commentary
35:30 – Why (the fuck) is the film so enjoyable?
38:15 – bell hooks‘ concept of the “oppositional gaze“
*46:53 – “Bush and Cheney” Marshall misspoke, should be “Reagan and Bush”
50:35 – Counter argument to the film as exposing the problems of nostalgia for this era
56:13 – Comparison to Stranger Things?
57:30 – Summary