This week, Rob is joined by Ygraine (What a Scream) & Bel (Fishnets & Philosophy) for a follow-up to the previous episodes’ chat about Saw and Insidious as we return to modern horror master, James Wan!
We looked at 2007’s misunderstood Dead Silence – complete with Baby Ryan Kwanten, creepy puppets, and the biggest tongue in cinema history. I don’t know whether that last bit is true, but if it was ever beaten it’s likely to be in some p*rn abomination and I’m not sure that counts. Then we looked at 2021’s Malignant, a movie that takes a real-world ailment and exaggerates it to the Nth degree and adds much more stabby violence and campiness. A little like Last of Us, only this has more black leather.
Along the way, we discuss James Wan’s status as the primo master of modern horror, COVID-era horror, Round the Twist, and much more about the Australian horror maestro and beyond. If you like the show, please SUBSCRIBE and SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS. You can also support the show and its sibling pod on PATREON, where you can find extra episodes of POP SCREEN, Directors Uncut’s spin-off pod, LAST NIGHT, as well as UNSEEN ASIA and classic DR WHO articles. Plus, more coming soon. But until next time with John Landis, this has been Directors Uncut. Theme – A1 Rogue: Poddington Bear
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S02E16: James Wan (Dead Silence & Malignant)
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