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Really Awful Movies: Ep 363 – Calibre

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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

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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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Really Awful Movies: Ep 351 – The Boy Behind the Door

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In The Boy Behind the Door, two young boys are kidnapped and taken to a remote farmhouse near some oil rigs. And terror awaits! Actually, lots of terror at least for the first hour, before things take a turn for the cheesy.

Join the podcast, and subscribe as we delve into this thriller from 2020, which stars the awesome Lonnie Chavis (This is Us) as Bobby.

This is a film produced by streaming service, Shudder, with two directors – which, though not as bad as an Alan Smithee production – doesn’t always bode well.

On this podcast, talk centres on the changing seasons, The Houses October Built, a POV horror centred on Halloween haunted houses, The Shining, Burnt Offerings, Candyman, and yes, The Boy Behind the Door and the sympathy generated by horror films that feature kid protagonists.