Lock your doors and turn off the television, this week’s Double Feature is calling from inside the house. We're traveling back to 1996 to dissect two brilliant, self-aware horror films that completely deconstructed the genre: Wes Craven’s GOATed slasher Scream and Alejandro Amenábar’s Spanish thriller Thesis (Tesis).

While Scream used pop-culture, cell phones, and a set of slasher "rules" to comment on the horror landscape, Thesis took a darker look at the morbid curiosity of media through a film student uncovering a snuff ring at her university. We break down how both films challenge our relationship with onscreen violence, the anatomy of a perfect opening sequence, and why 1996 changed the face of suspense forever.

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD! We're exposing the killers and detailing every single twist in both scripts. To get the most out of our deep dive, we highly recommend watching Scream and Thesis before hitting play!

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• (00:00:00) - Episode Clip
• (00:00:41) - Intro
• (00:01:27) - Scream vs Thesis
• (00:02:39) - Before Reading This Podcast, Please Watch The Movies
• (00:03:44) - Scream (1996)
• (00:05:28) - Ghostface
• (00:10:40) - Thesis
• (00:20:11) - Scream Is One of My All-Time Favorite Movies
• (00:22:22) - Scream vs Thesis
• (00:31:23) - Randy in Scream
• (00:36:53) - How The Cell Phone Changed Horror Movies
• (00:41:04) - Spoilers in Movie Trailers
• (00:47:05) - Snuff Films: Gritty Fiction
• (00:52:04) - Drew Barrymore: America's Sweetheart
• (00:57:36) - Scream and Thesis: Through the Lens
• (01:00:44) - Infinity Mirror of Meta Commentary
• (01:03:33) - The Phone Voice in Scream
• (01:09:29) - Whereas Thesis: Avoiding Violence
• (01:10:12) - The News in 'Thesis'
• (01:10:37) - How Much Do Scream and Thesis Compare?
• (01:13:17) - Problematic Male Characters in Slashers
• (01:16:27) - The Stab Explained
• (01:22:37) - Thesis: More Vicious?
• (01:26:47) - Media Inspired by Thesis
• (01:31:05) - The Scream Franchise Thoughts
• (01:33:46) - Outro

Load your pistol, draw your sword, and sit back for this legendary showdown. This week we dive into the DNA of the cynical, wandering anti-hero, comparing Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961) and A Fistful of Dollars (1964).

How did a story about a wandering samurai transform into a dusty Western shootout? Join us as we explore the iconic performances of Toshiro Mifune and Clint Eastwood, the ethics of the "Man with No Name" archetype, artistic interpretation in the era of artificial intelligence, and the infamous copyright lawsuit.

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!
We don't pull any punches, and we cover every single twist, standoff, and beat of both films. We highly recommend watching Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars before hitting play on this episode.

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• (00:00:00) - Vineland: The Art of Being Vicious
• (00:00:43) - The Drive In
• (00:01:07) - Yojimbo vs Fistful of Dollars
• (00:09:45) - The Dark Half of Hannibal
• (00:10:59) - Fistful of Dollars vs Yojimbo
• (00:16:45) - Fooled: The Making of Fistful of Dollars vs Y
• (00:22:54) - "No Crane Shot"
• (00:23:13) - No Court Case for Fistful of Dollars
• (00:24:00) - Yojimbo and Red Harvest
• (00:28:32) - Clint Eastwood on To A Fistful of Dollars Being Inspired
• (00:34:01) - Fool's Dollars: Leon's Take on Yojimbo
• (00:35:36) - Fistful 2: The Shootout
• (00:38:29) - Fooled: The Art of Cinematic Shooting
• (00:42:02) - Sam Raimi On The Filmmaking Process
• (00:45:45) - Raimi vs. David Lynch: Imagination breeds
• (00:50:39) - Man with No Name vs. Fistful
• (00:54:34) - Kuro on The Cabin in the Woods
• (00:59:42) - Film Critic on The Extremism
• (01:04:54) - Artists' Concerns About AI
• (01:09:54) - Virtually Everything Is In the Dark
• (01:16:23) - Adam Levine on the Sampling Wars
• (01:20:44) - The Beastie Boys' 'In the Elevator'
• (01:21:28) - On Whether Ice Nine Kills Should Be Due Money
• (01:22:42) - AI and the right to copyright
• (01:27:31) - Yojimbo vs The Old Western
• (01:33:43) - Read Red Harvest
• (01:34:53) - Driving In: Thesis and Scream

Pull up to the screen and lock your doors, 'cause this week’s Double Feature is consuming everything in its path. We're comparing a true drive-in classic with one of the greatest horror remakes of all time: The Blob (1958) and The Blob (1988).

Tune in as we break down how a slow-moving 1950s atomic age monster evolved into a fast, vicious 1980s practical-effects nightmare. How do the scares hold up? Which protagonists had the best survival instincts? And how did they pull off those insane effects in '88?

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD! We dive deep into the kills, the twists, and the government conspiracies. If you haven't seen these films, we highly recommend treating this like a true drive-in double feature. Watch both The Blob ('58) and The Blob ('88) before you hit play!

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• (00:00:00) - Drive In Double Feature
• (00:01:49) - The Blob: Ending Explained
• (00:04:04) - The Blob: Classic Movie Review
• (00:08:08) - Steve McQueen in 1958
• (00:10:20) - The Blob Movie Remake
• (00:13:09) - The Ghost of '
• (00:18:48) - The 80's vs. The 88
• (00:19:51) - The Blob Invented
• (00:20:34) - The Blob
• (00:22:13) - The Blob: A Lovecraftian Tale
• (00:29:20) - The Making of Nightmare on Elm Street
• (00:35:57) - The Blob: From Start to Finish
• (00:40:11) - James Wan: Shawnee Smith Was Amanda In Saw
• (00:45:31) - Peter Flannery on Twin Peaks
• (00:49:51) - Meg From 'The Blob'
• (00:52:01) - The Blob: Subverting Expectations
• (00:56:36) - 88: The Threat of Evangelicalism
• (01:00:35) - The Blob: A Remake
• (01:06:35) - George Lucas on Cinematic Grime
• (01:10:00) - A Fistful of Dollars and Yojimbo