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Horror's Greatest Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Tropes and Clichés
Tue, Aug 27, 202457 mins
Creepy houses, killer rednecks, final girls: horror films often rely on well-worn storytelling devices, and audiences have come to expect them. What are the most common genre tropes and clichés? How do modern filmmakers subvert them?
Episode 2
Giant Monsters
Tue, Sep 3, 202453 mins
Creepy houses, murderous rednecks, final girls: horror films often rely on these tried-and-true storytelling devices, and audiences have come to expect them. What are the most common genre tropes and clichés? How do modern filmmakers subvert them?
Episode 3
Japanese Horror
Tue, Sep 10, 202456 mins
Veering between slow dread and shocking violence, the wild world of Japanese horror has something for everyone. From Ugetsu to Ring, Onibaba to Audition, Tetsuo to Battle Royale: the greatest J-Horror films are essential viewing.
Episode 4
Horror Comedies
Tue, Sep 17, 202449 mins
Horror comedies make us laugh at things we might recoil from in real life. They come in many flavors: splatstick (Evil Dead II), high camp (M3GAN), subversive "family entertainment" (Gremlins) and stone-cold classics (Shaun of the Dead).
Episode 5
Stephen King Adaptations
Tue, Sep 24, 202459 mins
Stephen King's stories have been the basis of over a dozen horror classics - and at least as many failures. What elements need to come together to successfully adapt King on the page to King on the screen?