Really Awful Movies: Ep 170 – Technology and Horror films with the University of Toronto’s Kevin Chabot

Technology and horror. And where these intersect. It’s interesting subject matter, whether it’s ghost hunters trying to record evidence of supernatural beings, or new technologies that are changing the way we communicate with one another through an online interface. Kevin Chabot is currently a Ph.D. student in Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto. He […]

Really Awful Movies: Ep 169 – Inferno

A thematic sequel to the legendary Italian horror Suspiria (1977), Inferno is the second part of Dario Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy. The long-delayed concluding entry, The Mother of Tears, was released in 2007, and one of us caught it at the Toronto International Film Festival. All three films are partially derived from the concept of “Our […]

Really Awful Movies: Ep 167 – The Changeling

A superficially straight-ahead ghost story, there’s much more to The Changeling than meets the eye. There’s also a political procedural aspect to this, which is probably a bit less than successful, but that which keeps things interesting. Well-known in horror circles as among the best of its kind, The Changeling will delight fans of the supernatural. […]