World of Horror with Mom & Mac
Mother and son team Mom and Mac discuss, analyze, dissect and explore international horror movies. Conversations are casual but spoiler-heavy. We take turns choosing a genre or subgenre of horror and pairing an international film with an American one. Past episodes have included: Funny Games, One Missed Call, Let the Right One In/Let Me In. Genres we have covered are Animal Attack (BOAR from Australia and TREMORS); Creepy Kids (GOODNIGHT, MOMMY from Austria and ORPHAN); Battle Royale-type films (BATTLE ROYALE from Japan and THE BELKO EXPERIMENT); Haunted Houses (THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME from Venezuela and BEETLEJUICE). Special episodes feature foundational international horror films or guests who come on to highlight a film that "Means the World of Horror" to them. https://linktr.ee/WorldofHorror
World of Horror with Mom & Mac
SOUTHBOUND & TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Episode 184: Anthologies!
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This week we had a look at two Anthology/Portmanteau films: TALES FROM THE CRYPT & SOUTHBOUND. We enjoyed one of them.
Mac and I spent the episode comparing the two anthology films with very different levels of success. SOUTHBOUND got a mixed response—we found one segment that worked, but overall the film didn’t quite hold together. There’s a sense that it had potential but didn’t fully deliver across all its stories.
In contrast, TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972) (have you seen it? Do yourself a favor!) stands out as a high point of the genre. You both agree it’s one of the best anthology horror films ever made, with strong, memorable segments and a consistency that keeps it engaging from start to finish.
Next up on the pod we are looking at Witches with VIY from Russia and SEASON OF THE WITCH from the seventies.
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