On the Midnight Screening Podcast, co-hosts Eliza and Noah Janssen stay up past their bedtime to rot their brains with the very best (and the very worst) that genre cinema has to offer.
Whether it's comparing two films with some sort of tenuous connection on our double feature format episodes Twin Picks, diving deep into the the history of the genre with Midnight Marathons, or watching in awe/terror/c ...
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Cinemas are POPPIN OFF right now with a strong n diverse line-up of Hollywood movies—if you’re unsure which ones are worth their ticket price, let Noah n Eliza guide u thru the films that made em think over April n May. We’re talkin about the sapphic pulp of LOVE LIES BLEEDING, the wishy-washy centrism of CIVIL WAR, THE FIRST OMEN’s ingenious religious scares, CHALLENGERS’ addictive sporty thrills, and the monkey mania of MONKEY MAN and GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE. Whew it’s a lot to cover!!! But by the end, you’ll be able to lie to ur mates and pretend you’ve seen everything available on the big screen right now ;) Insta Facebook Letterboxd Patreon midnightscreeningproductions@gmail.com Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT WEEK = Microsoft Songsmith: THE MUSICAL
Mighty Morbin' Madame Webbers!! Anthony joins Noah and Eliza in the Amazon researching spiders before they die due to Sony Spider-Man Universe-related brain injuries. Lemme tell ya: this is a CONTENTIOUS, ANGSTY episode, with Eliza insisting that new SSU entry Madame Web isn't all that bad, while da boys claim it's worse than Jared Leto super-bore Morbius. Special voice guest Morbessa (thats her name now, yup) even gets in on the action, goin all Dakota Johnson on us for a minute, in this gloopy episode that'll have u sorely missing that overfamiliar neighbourhood hero Spidey. Triplet in the Attic: Eminem's 'Venom' feat. cold can of Pepsi // leaked Sony emails bout Spider-Man Insta Facebook Letterboxd midnightscreeningproductions@gmail.com Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT WEEK = We Survived The SLEEPAWAY CAMP SLASH-A-THON
"Movies don't create psychos: movies make psychos more creative." If these words from 1996's Scream are true, then DANG are Noah + Eliza wildly creative by now. After learning about the background and boom time of the slasher genre, we're honing in on one iconic horror franchise—Wes Craven's saga-startin original, and the fresh blood of the fifth film Scream (2022)—to show the confusing state of slashdom today. We discuss the hilarious fallibility of Ghostface, the genius of Matthew Lillard, and how meta is too meta—ending in one big, spooky wrap-up of everything we've learnt about slashers over 6 definitive films. Basically: we watched a few movies, took a few notes, it was FUHHNN. The conclusion of our slasher autopsy also brings about the birth of our debut horror short GET HOME SAFE, which is available to watch on Vimeo and Youtube now! Give it a watch, share it around, and let us know what you think! Insta Facebook Letterboxd Patreon midnightscreeningproductions@gmail.com Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT WEEK = Pretty SPOOKY for a KIDZ SHOW
Lace up ya sneakers, it's our first Midnight Marathon = a season of 3 eps focusing on the vile birth and twisted evolution of the slasher genre !! aaaahh!! We start our run with two revered proto-slashers: Peeping Tom, the voyeuristic British masterpiece that ruined its director's reputation, and Torso, a paranoid giallo that did all the big slasher tropes before it was cool. With its masked killers and mystery plotting, where did this genre begin? Where's it heading? To celebrate the release of their debut short, subverted slasher GET HOME SAFE (available to watch rn on Patreon!), Noah and Eliza must figure it out...or die trying .... Tune in next week only on Patreon for the second chapter of SLASHER AUTOPSY, where a good genre goes sour in its 1980s boom period, ripe for a 90s renaissance... Insta Facebook Letterboxd Patreon midnightscreeningproductions@gmail.com Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT WEEK = Midnight Marathon: THE BURNING x FATAL GAMES // SLASHER AUTOPSY PART 2
The betht movie of 2023? Maybe. Noah and Eliza revisit Todd Haynes’ recent drama(???) May December, which got caught up in critical claptrap surrounding the term “camp”. Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman star as a predatory housewife and the wanky actress cast to play her in a new film. With Moore’s ‘may/december’ marriage under a microscope, everyone’s darkest impulses and delusions sprawl out in the luscious tradition of midcentury feel-bad melodrama. Is this vicious, heartbreaking movie meant to be funny? Why did Charles Melton miss out on a fricken Oscar nom? All these questions and many more come broiling to the surface of the first ever Now Screaming episode, focusing on the new and recent releases that get the Midnight Screening team thinkin. SHOW NOTES: - Eliza's piece on May December ! New episodes every Monday! Become ONE_OF_US over on PATREON to gain access to exclusive members-only episodes every other week, early access to our other projects, and the chance to vote on what movies we survive next... INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LETTERBOXD midnightscreeningproductions@gmail.com Sound: Anthony Carr Art: Kazuki Komatsu NEXT TIME = Midnight Marathon: PEEPING TOM x TORSO // Slasher Autopsy Part 1