Reel Obsessed

#5 Bad Boys for Life, The Lodge, and "Art House Horror"

Episode Summary

While we were all in agreement about Bad Boys for Life, the gang is seriously divided on The Lodge and whether or not it is even a horror film. Plus, we debut a new segment on our highs and lows of the week, Yay or Nay.

Episode Notes

First and foremost, sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Show rundown:

Intro/Yay or Nay: 0:00-8:23

Bad Boys for Life: 8:24-18:03

Beau‘s history of modern horror: 18:26-33:10

The Lodge spoiler-free discussion: 33:10-40:40

The Lodge spoiler talk: 41:13-59:57

Outro/next week: The amazon show Hunters, and the following week The Invisible Man/Onward

Here are the links and stories we mentioned this episode:

From our new segment Yay or Nay:

Jess liked:
Hunt For the Wilderpeople (on Hulu)
Naughty Marietta
One Hour with You
Night and Fog

Beau liked:
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel S3 (Amazon Prime)
Narcos Mexico S2 (Netflix)
Hair Love
Decaf

Jon liked:
The Fly (1986)

Here's a look at the films Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer co-produced

Film Slant says that "elevated horror" is just plain old horror

Another take on art house horror from Vulture

Jon's Spanish horror film recs:
Tesis
Rec
The Orphanage

A quick video on what the 180-degree rule is

What do you say? Are these movies horror or something else? Drop us a line at reelobsessedpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Letterboxd: jesswelman - jonturner18 - beauevans

Jess and Jon are on Twitter @jesswelman @PearlJammed - Beau may learn how to use social media one day, stay tuned!