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Full StoryMonth: October 2019
Reel Rap: ‘Ganja and Hess’ (1973)
Reel Rap stands divided on this experimental blaxploitation vampire film and reflects on a letter from Bill Gunn about how black art is received.
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 27: ‘Dreamcatcher’ (2003) — Cinesthesia
Mike Daley returns to help Cinesthesia sift through Lawrence Kasden's adaptation of a novel King wrote in cursive while recovering from a car accident.
Full StorySalting the Franchise Fields: ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2’
A shot of neon-lit adrenaline that’s best experienced on an empty stomach, Tobe Hooper's disorienting sequel disregards all intentions of a continuing saga
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 26: ‘The Shining’ (1997) — Cinesthesia
Stephen King attempts to take back his novel from Stanley Kubrick. It doesn't really work, at all, but Cinesthesia enjoys arguing about it for a minute.
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 25: ‘The Night Flier’ (1997) —Cinesthesia
Jason and Jim scream out a silent cry, a horrible creeping and silent demand for whiskey, coffee, vegetables, self-care Clearly sleep-deprived and falling apart at their basal cortices, Jason and...
Full Story‘Vampire’s Kiss’: The Limits of Performance
From Nicolas Cage eating a real cockroach to his famously aggressive delivery of the alphabet, there are few moments in Vampire’s Kiss that do not kidnap your whole attention
Full StoryThe ‘Girl on the Third Floor’ is Watching: Toxic Masculinity Meets the Female Gaze
Set in a living, oozing house, the film boasts some of the most visceral body horror in years, leaving viewers feeling like they will never be clean again
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 24: ‘Thinner’ (1996) — Cinesthesia
A crossover episode with Reel Rap host Shane Pfender ends the only way it possibly could — in a podcast feud In Thinner (1996), a heavy-set attorney is cursed to...
Full Story‘Carnival of Souls’ as a Paranoid Psychosexual Nightmare
The 1962 film's reputation as a timeless horror classic remains, but it's representation of sexuality is now more relevant than ever.
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