Episode 42: Amulet Director Romola Garai Stop By to Chat the Horrors of Adulthood with An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
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English - July 27, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 110 ratingsFilm History TV & Film Film Reviews film industry nostalgia horror movies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Not every horrific, childhood-destroying moment comes from a horror movie. Director Romola Garai stopped by to chat about her debut film Amulet. It's a nasty and weird little Gothic horror story that subverts expectations the entire time.
SPOILER CHAT: If you haven't seen Amulet yet, skip ahead at 17:41 to 26:23 to miss details about the ending.
When Romola was a kid, she was introduced to the not horror movie An Awfully Big Adventure and the combination of youth, sexual politics and...well, general ickiness left a scar. We talk Alan Rickman, the monstrous human Hugh Grant plays and why Romola shouts, "I'm glad you fell in the sea, you ***hole!"
Little Cuts:
Terry discussed the snoozer nature documentary with a side of murder The Prey.
Mary Beth found a darkness she was not expecting in Exhibit A.
They both then talk about Shudder's new film by Satan's Slaves' Joko Anwar: Impetigore.
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