POFCRIT PODCAST 2024: Meg Tebbutt on Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (SAm Raimi, 2022)

This podcast delves into Sam Raimi’s return to Superhero Cinema: Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’.  Combining the classic horror elements of Raimi’s 1981 cult favourite ‘The Evil Dead’ with his more modern Spiderman trilogy offering, this Marvel film follows Doctor Strange in his second solo movie as Strange tries to prevent the multiverse-shattering dark magic created by the vengeful Wanda Maximoff. We discuss the disjunctions present within the film produced by the Marvel/Raimi divide - how much of the film can be viewed as an auteur product separate from the Marvel franchise?