With Jason and Jim's bedraggled brains manifesting in mildness, they paw through this discussion like two opossums hoping to reach the other end of a suburb
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‘Begotten’: Images Never Meant to Be Seen
While it may look like it was beamed in from another universe, Begotten emanates a deeply human yearning to explore the darkest shadows of humanity’s origins
Full StoryCosmic Horror: Glimpsing the Secret Structures of the Universe in Moving Pictures
Shapes that won’t cohere, colors that don’t align, flows and forces descending from infinity. This is Cosmic Horror is a thing of a different order.
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 19: ‘Sleepwalkers’ (1992) — Cinesthesia
Cat people, vampire-energy beasts with shape-shifting abilities and a very unclear interpretation of what a sleepwalker can be power the film.
Full StoryJoel Potrykus’ Midwestern Monsters Pt. 2: ‘The Alchemist Cookbook’ and ‘Relaxer’
In the finale of a two-part series, Bennett Glace dissects the Chaotic Neutral in Joel Potrykus' The Alchemist Cookbook and Relaxer
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 18: ‘The Lawnmower Man’ (1992) — Cinesthesia
Despite Jason's adamant protests, Jim drags the boys to a new kind of hell in The Lawnmower Man (1992), a movie that isn't actually based on a Stephen King story?
Full StoryJoel Potrykus’ Midwestern Monsters Pt. 1: ‘Ape’ and ‘Buzzard’
Through his first four feature films, Potrykus has created his own unique, recognizable kind of monster fighting an indifferent and inhospitable world.
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 17: ‘Sometimes They Come Back’ (1991) — Cinesthesia
The TV film is filled with King's favorite things — '50s-style greaser gangs, cool cars and children suffering terrifying deaths. Jason and Jim have thoughts.
Full Story‘The Brood’: Psychoplasmic violations and familial crises
David Cronenberg’s 1979 thriller centers on an experimental therapist, murderous minions and a struggling father
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 16: ‘Misery’ (1990) — Cinesthesia
We were happy as we gazed on The Graveyard Shift, But Stephen knows we're Misery-able now. We moved on to the next film / And Stephen knows we're in Misery
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