Ghostland

SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE FOR Ghostland (2018)

Please watch the film before listening.

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SPOILERS THIS EPISODE FOR

Martyrs (2008)
Sucker Punch (2011)

MENTIONED WITHOUT SPOILERS
Last House on the Left (1972)
31 (2016)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
High Tension (2003)

TOPICS
Introduction
2:18 – Laura’s take
4:12 – Torture of women
7:46 – Potential and comparisons to Rob Zombie
10:01 – Marshall’s take
11:52 – Wes Craven’s revolutionary contributions to horror
11:43 – Compared to Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch
13:30 – An infamous Laura push back connected to rape revenge films
16:05 – Join Marshall as he works to develop a theory of the film starting with Character Continuum
22:47 – Laura is unconvinced
26:46 – Onscreen vs offscreen violence
32:01 – Laura pushes back
34:52 – Why linger on the aesthetics of abuse
43:50 – Meta-commentary on the genre
45:05 – Marshall plays his last card in support of the film
45:20 – Beth wants to be a writer and Lovecraft
51:58 – Philosophical questions and improving the film

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