Ep# 19 - Kingdom of Trash (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love Junk Horror)

This week on the podcast, Dan and Veronica sit down for a freewheeling, wide-ranging discussion spurred on by Veronica’s recent article about the current state of horror movies (specifically around the use of the term “elevated horror.”)

Is “elevated horror” a new thing? Is it a real thing? And why do we gravitate towards the base thrills of a cheap, exploitative jump-scare machine sometimes? We talk about this, and much more (don’t worry, we get a few jabs in at Hereditary and the Suspiria remake, in case you were wondering) on this great new episode!

Movies mentioned in our discussion:

• Hereditary

• The Babadook

• Suspiria (2018)

• The Curse of La Llorona

• Don’t Knock Twice

• Wish Upon

• The Perfection

• Under the Shadow

• Don’t Look Now

• The Sentinel

• The Changeling

• The Conjuring

• Insidious

• Puppet Master

• Popcorn

• Truth or Dare

• The Bye Bye Man

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