Deadly Theremin
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTo all the Children of the Night: This podcast was designed to be a monologue on horror movie iconography. Each Wednesday, I will release a new episode analyzing my favorite motion pictures while drinking. I strongly recommend that you watch the movies before listening to Deadly Theremin. Also, pour yourself a drink, and prepare to embrace the darkness with me. We'll cover soundtrack, curious facts, philosophy, history, art, and spoilers. Lots of spoilers.You have been warned. Enjoy. Or not. Whatever.
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The Phantom Carriage (1921)
August 25, 2023 15:25 - 17 minutes - 39.3 MBLegend goes that the last person to die on New Years' Eve becomes the Coachman in charge of collecting the souls of the dead until someone else takes their place in this nefarious task. The Phantom Carriage is a silent-film from what is known as the Golden Era of Swedish cinema. Directer and Starred by Victor Sjostrom, this classic is a masterclass in special effects and spectral superimposition with the most beautiful soundtrack by Matti Bye.
His House (2020)
December 20, 2022 14:33 - 17 minutes - 39.4 MBIt's hard to believe this was Remi Week's debut film. His House blurrs the lines of real horror with traditional elements of fictional horror, bringing together an incredibly deep approach to the dichotomic commitments regarding the cultural memory of war refugees. It's delicate, and monstrous simultaneously. You can't miss this.
Ringu (1998)
October 04, 2022 12:21 - 19 minutes - 43.7 MBDirected by Hideo Nakata, the J-horror masterpiece Ringu was based on a book released a few years earlier and it tells the tale of the vengeful spirit of a child that comes out of the screen to kill you if you watch their Stan Brakhagesque cursed tape! Sadako's aesthetic has become an universal pop culture symbol for fear and the deadly presence of beings from the aftelife in relation to elements familiar to us and present in our daily lives, such as TV devices -- and VHS tapes.
The Shining (1980)
July 19, 2022 01:05 - 20 minutes - 47.6 MBA new season begins in this Deadly Theremin with one of the most famous films of the horror genre. Directed by Stanley Kubrik and based on a novel with the same name written by Stephen King, The Shining touches classic themes that frightens, in a suspense-building-but-also-already-kind-of-there atmosphere, different generations since its first release. It speaks directly to our most primal fears in a brutal fashion (yes, I am thinking about the elevator of blood).
Bacurau (2019)
December 06, 2021 15:31 - 53 minutes - 123 MBA season finale não podia terminar em melhor companhia. Convidei meus grandes amigos de longa data para analisar Bacurau do Kleber Mendonça Filho e Juliano Dornelles. Um filme que vai abordar todos os esqueletos no armário da sociedade brasileira usando a lingua franca dos westerns estado-unidenses, violência e uma trilha sonora incrível.
La Casa Lobo (2017)
November 01, 2021 14:01 - 13 minutes - 30.1 MBSimplesmente sensacional! Esse stop-motion de terror chileno que faz alusão aos contos de fadas dos irmãos Grimm, produzido ao longo de cinco anos e contando a narrativa de um membro de uma colonia-seita alemã que ainda existe no Chile, entrou pra lista de melhores filmes que eu já assisti. Os diretores conseguiram criar uma experiência imersiva a partir do rompimento com as barreiras entre figuração plana e volumétrica, sem falar da impressionante manipulação de materiais diante das câmeras...
Aterrados (2017)
October 14, 2021 14:03 - 13 minutes - 31.3 MBDirigido por Damien Rugna, que também é o guitarrista da banda Pasco 637 da Argentina, Aterrados é um daqueles filmes que você termina de assistir e tenta lembrar qual foi a última vez que um longa de ficção te fez sentir tanto medo assim. Definitivamente recomendo assistir com alguém do seu lado. A narrativa segue uma linha de suspense investigativo até o por-do-sol, e depois é só atividade maligna demoníaca de universos paralelos. É um episódio com muito spoiler, então cuidado.
La Llorona (2019)
September 14, 2021 14:32 - 14 minutes - 33.8 MBDirigido pelo diretor guatemalteca Jayro Bustamante, esse filme vai se utilizar da lingua franca do terror-ficção-folclore pra abordar o terror-real sofrido por milhares de povos indígenas durante a ditadura militar na Guatemala na segunda metade do século XX. Essa narrativa envolve fantasmas de vítimas do Holocausto Silencioso buscando vingança sob a forma de uma das lendas folclóricas mais antigas e mais conhecidas na America Central e America Latina que é o conto da La Llorona. É um filme...
Esta Noite Reencarnarei no Teu Cadáver (1967)
August 27, 2021 15:59 - 16 minutes - 38.8 MBI hope my non-Brazilian fans will forgive me, but this season will be a Brazilian Version, Herbert Richards. Lançado em 1967 e dirigido, produzido, editado e protagonizado por José Mojica Marins, Esta Noite Reencanarei no Teu Cadáver traz vários elementos contemporâneos e técnicas impressionantes de efeitos especiais para o cenário nacional. É a sequencia do primeiro longa do Mojica Marins e conta a nefasta historia da lendária personagem do Zé do Caixão - que traz uma critica bem cont...
The Wicker Man (1973)
June 09, 2021 19:05 - 11 minutes - 26.5 MBA missing girl in a strange Scottish village, with uncomfortably happy folk songs, naked dancing and rituals, The Wicker Man is one of those classic films that you can't stop thinking about. It's an extremely unsettling murder mystery with amazing plot twists and a breathtaking climax. This bonus episode was an amazing recommendation from a friend, and I analyzed while having a Guinness, just like the villagers at the landlord's bar. I hope you enjoy it, or not. It's your funeral.
The Ritual (2017)
March 01, 2021 19:50 - 12 minutes - 28 MBFour Londoner men decide to go on a hike in memoriam of their friend in Sweden. What could go wrong, you think? Ancient woods are a commonplace for Ancient pagan religions, their followers, and sometimes even the bloodthirsty gods they worship. The cinematography will remind of The Blair Witch Project (which I previously analyzed), and the god behaves like the Lovecraftian Shub-Niggurath taking sacrifices and never leaving the woods. The novel is equally awesome and I definetely recommend it...
Children of the Corn (1984)
February 01, 2021 17:59 - 18 minutes - 43.1 MB[SPOILER ALERT] Loosely based on a Stephen King's novel with the same name, Children of the Corn explores a corn-god cult led and worshiped by cute little murderous children from the countryside of the United States. This low-budget feature draws a parallel between religious fanaticism, with hints of the Old Testament and some corn farming. The first one gives no room for a sequel, but they just kept popping. Like corn. It eventually turned into an awfully stretched franchise that doesn't ev...
Santa Sangre (1989)
December 22, 2020 03:09 - 12 minutes - 28.4 MBThe jewel of Mexican Horror, Santa Sangre explores Life and Death using Symbolism to the bone . It's the story of the child magician Fenix and his way to adulthood while dealing with traumas, imaginary snakes and an armless bloodthirst vengeful mother devout to a strange cult that worships Santa Sangre. It's a full experience, you will want to look away, look closer, laugh, cry, and get a little scared - or least minimaly grossed out- by the gory deaths. Jodorowsky is one of my favorite di...
Hereditary (2018)
December 21, 2020 18:39 - 13 minutes - 31 MBReleased in 2018 by studio A24, Hereditary invites you to discover what's behind a series of strange dark events that surround the Graham Family and their History of secrecy, death and madness. The atmosphere is very unsettling and you will most definetely hold your breath for the remaining 10 minutes of the movie. The director Ari Aster mentions in an interview that despite the suffering present in every single one of the characters, you feel like you're supposed to like them, in opposite t...
Mandy (2018)
December 09, 2020 20:54 - 27 minutes - 61.9 MBThis is not my average alone-in-the-dark episode. The idea was to debut season 2 by simulating those weird conversations you wanna eavesdrop at a dive bar after work between two old friends. So grab a beer, and pretend Lloyd's polishing glasses in front of you. [SPOILER ALERT] Mandy was released in 2018 and it has one of the most beautiful color palettes I've ever seen in a gore movie. Directed by Panos Cosmatos and with Nicholas Cage as a broken man seeking revenge in the classic Cage st...
Black Sunday/The Mask of Satan (1960)
September 18, 2020 18:00 - 13 minutes - 9.25 MB[SPOILER ALERT] A season finale asks for Italian horror. Directed by Mario Bava, Black Sunday is a classic referenced by directors such as Coppola and Tim Burton. A vampire witch princess is murdered by her own brother and swears revenge upon him and all future generations. There's an usual number of gruesome deaths for 1960, making this a movie difficult to find (It was prohibited in the UK until 1982 and even then, heavily censored), but pleasing to watch. I hope you enjoyed The...
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
September 09, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBThe first and most successful case of viral marketing online, the Blair Witch Project debuted the found footage era in the horror genre. Everyone knows what happens to these three film college students who go missing into the woods of Burkitsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary on the Legend of the Blair Witch back in 1994. A $60,000 budget that raised $248,000,000 in the box office became a pop culture icon for the millennial generation because of the level of improvisation and adve...
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
September 02, 2020 02:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB[SPOILER ALERT] The director decided to leave the main character's identity anonymous (Jane Doe), so I took the liberty to refer to the assistant characters of Brian Cox (Martin) and Emile Hirsch (Austin)equally nameless as Dad and Son. A truly horrifying one-room movie set in a morgue, this family of coroners tries to determine the mortis causa of our Jane Doe. A three century long trail of bodies and a gothic Sherlock Holmes vibe awaits you. Enjoy. Or not. It's your funeral. Rest In ...
The VVitch (2015)
August 26, 2020 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB[SPOILER ALERT] Allow me to introduce you to the confused and terrifying life of the first settlers of the New World through this New England folktale set in 1640. We follow a family of colonists attempting to endure and overcome the Wilderness, who ends up consuming them. With a dark and agonizing atmosphere, bumped by an original and excruciating soundtrack, you will need to bring some liquid courage to this one. The VVitch will bring back all your childhood fears and nightmares. Enjoy i...
Suspiria (1977)
August 19, 2020 17:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB[SPOILER ALERT] Director Dario Argento's masterpiece, Suspiria, stands as one of the most beautiful horror films ever made. A somber, yet whimsical fairy tale narrative with notes of gore and mystery, this movie was groundbreaking in terms of production, special effects and original soundtrack. Unfortunately this is only available on Tubi, but you can always download/rent it before listening to this podcast. Or not. It's your funeral.