Really Awful Movies: Ep 367 – P2

Imagine being trapped in an underground parking garage with some lunatic? Horror movies, of course, exploit fears of all stripes. And for women, particularly, clutching keys in the dark trying to find your car…well, that’s what director Franck Khalfoun (Maniac) has envisioned and positioned his horror film around in P2.

Angela is working long hours in her midtown Manhattan office, you know…one of those lawyerly billable hours things. Her car needs a boost, and she gets some assistance from the security guard. At least at first. Until he reveals himself to be…well, tune in and find out.

As always, watch the film first and then check out the podcast.

P2 is co-written and produced by Alexandre Aja, the Parisian director who gifted us Haute Tension, Crawl and the stellar remake of The Hills Have Eyes. Both he and Khalfoun know what they’re doing and the results show.

 

Really Awful Movies: Ep 363 – Calibre

What happens when a male bonding hunting trip goes horribly awry? This week, on the Really Awful Movies Podcast, the gripping Scottish thriller, Calibre.

Great performances, solid city/rural dynamics, a thick air of menace and lots to commend it overall.

Tune in for a contextual discussion of folk horror, urban / pastoral loggerheads, Scotland as a setting for horror, the importance of character-driven films, and much more!

Really Awful Movies: Ep 352 – Mindhunter

David Fincher co-produced and directed a bunch of episodes of this popular series on Netflix, Mindhunter.

It’s about the FBI’s nascent behavioral sciences unit from the 70s, which came about to investigate serial killers and build a standardized questionnaire to better understand them.

This is a dark, foreboding series filmed in Rust Belt Pennsylvania, with terrific performances across the board.

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