Faculty of Horror | Podcasting from the Horrored Halls of Academia

Apr 25 2021

Fack Flash! Mortal Kombat (2021) – PREVIEW

CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY! Andrea and Alex got unreasonably excited about the new Mortal Kombat movie, so we recorded our pre-and post-movie impressions in an all-new Fack Flash.

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Mar 21 2021

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Episode 94. Bad Romance: Twilight (2008)

Get out the glitter and baseball bats because we’re diving into the complex world of Twilight. From fandom to first love to coming of age and problematic depictions, we’re going deep with this one. Hold on tight, spider monkey!

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Twilight. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke, 2008.

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How Twilight Changed Fan Culture Forever. A look at Twilight‘s intersection of fandom and the rise of social media.

“I Can’t Believe We Read This Whole Book!” How Reading for Their Own Purposes Affected Struggling Teens. Examining the power of reading from a teaching perspective.

Mormon Vampires in the Garden of Eden. How Stephanie Meyer’s Mormonism presents in her text.

Reviving Ophelia. An iconic text that looks at the intersection of teenage girls and media.

The Twilight Saga’s Issue with Indigenous Culture. A breakdown of how the Twilight Saga‘s representation of Indigeneity is problematic.

Catherine Hardwicke Broke Records With ‘Twilight.’ Then Hollywood Labeled Her ‘Difficult.’ Hardwicke’s 2018 interview that details her struggles with getting the film made and her fight for a more diverse cast.

Twilight’s Heteronormative Reversal of the Monstrous: Utopia and the Gothic Design. Is Twilight an inversion of the Gothic?

Teams, Tears, and Testimonials. A cultural analysis of the fan-populated Twilight Time Capsule.

Twilight: the franchise that ate feminism. An overview of the popular criticisms leveled at the series.

Twilight reviewed by Mark Kermode. The veteran film critic goes to bat for Twilight.

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Feb 25 2021

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Episode 93. Candid Camera: Perfect Blue (1997) and Cam (2018)

From pop idols to cam girls, the line between reality and perception is dangerously blurred. In this episode, Andrea and Alex delve into the world of personas, obsession and perfection with two films, released decades apart, that grapple with modern anxieties.

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