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Jump Scares, plus The Lighthouse (2019)

Episode 9 of the Spooky Bitch Gang podcast, hosted by Crystal Pettit & Scott Wallace, titled "Jump Scares, plus The Lighthouse (2019)" was published on January 30, 2020 and runs 65 minutes.

January 30, 2020 ·65m · Spooky Bitch Gang

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We talk about the much-anticipated and hugely lauded The Lighthouse and investigate the power and the failings of jump scares. Poor film making, or a tool for good? How does our recognition and expectation of tropes play into our experience of genre films? SPOILER WARNING FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE: 13:17 - 21:00. Includes discussions of Pumpkinhead (1988), Bliss (2019), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), The Lighthouse (2019), The Curse of the Weeping Woman / The Curse of La Llorona (2019), Sinister (20...

We talk about the much-anticipated and hugely lauded The Lighthouse and investigate the power and the failings of jump scares. Poor film making, or a tool for good? How does our recognition and expectation of tropes play into our experience of genre films?

SPOILER WARNING FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE:
13:17 - 21:00.


Includes discussions of Pumpkinhead (1988), Bliss (2019), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), The Lighthouse (2019), The Curse of the Weeping Woman / The Curse of La Llorona (2019), Sinister (2012), Annabelle (2014), The Exorcist (1973), The Innocents (1961), Cat People (1942), Paranormal Activity (2007), The Descent (2005), Resident Evil (video game, 1996), Until Dawn (2015), Santa's Slay (2005) and more.

Watch the trailer for Santa's Slay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0nDG91hVu0

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