Outside of a Dream, Episode 4 - It Comes at Night

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Cameron Suey stops by again to discuss It Comes at Night, Trey Edward Shults' second film and his first foray into horror. Set during an unspecified viral outbreak, two families are brought together at a woodland cottage and are torn apart through paranoia, tribalism, and poor communication. Steel yourself, as It Comes at Night is psychological horror at its most raw and ambiguous. On much lighter notes, Daniel nerds out over movie commentaries and Cam goes buckwild with discount Halloween decorations.

It Comes at Night can be rented on YouTube.

VIDEO: Curve

Story: SCP-001 - Kate McTiriss' Proposal

Outside of a Dream, Episode 3 - The Blackcoat's Daughter

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Horror writer and video game narrative designer Cameron Suey stops by to discuss The Blackcoat's Daughter, the debut feature film of Osgood Perkins. Set at a Catholic girls' boarding school during a snowbound winter break, it's a harrowing story of possession and violence that makes The Exorcist look positively cheerful by comparison. We also delve into an oddly grounded short film of cosmic horror and a chilling blog series whose previously anonymous author has a surprising identity.

The Blackcoat's Daughter can be streamed on Shudder or rented on YouTube.

Cameron's short horror fiction can be found at The Josef K. Stories. 

VIDEO: AM1200

STORY: The Dionaea House

Outside of a Dream, Episode 2 - The Witch

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In the early 17th century, a Puritan family, recently exiled from their colony in Massachusetts, build their home at the edge of the wild, unwittingly trespassing on the territory of a witch. The wood's resident crone is less your Margaret Hamilton, "I'll get you my pretty" type and more a nightmarish servant of literal Satan. Yet the witch herself is only the catalyst for the actual conflict, which is the paranoia and zealous fervour that starts to rip the family apart. Tuck yourself in for Robert Eggers' The Witch.

VIDEO: Local 58 - Weather Service

STORY: Ted's Caving Page

Theme music is "Deep Blue" by Bensound, found at https://www.bensound.com/

Outside of a Dream, Episode 1 - The Babadook

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For the inaugural episode of Outside of a Dream, my new podcast discussing new horror cinema, I take a look at Jennifer Kent's unnerving 2014 feature debut, The Babadook. In reading a disturbing children's book at bedtime, beleagured widow Amelia and her troublesome boy Samuel inadvertently invite an unwanted guest into their home, upturning their lives and relationship.

VIDEO: No Through Road

STORY: The Whistlers

Theme music is "Deep Blue" by Bensound, found at https://www.bensound.com/

Daniel's Horror Digest, 07/18/17

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*turns cap around, sits backwards in chair*

　

Hey folks, I don't often give shoutouts to Brands, but I would be remiss if I didn't give Shudder its propers. It's basically Netflix for horror (plus other obscure, uncategorizable movies) and it's where I watched a few of the movies I've very briefly reviewed below. The others can be streamed on Netflix or rented on YouTube as indicated.