Someone’s Watching Me (1978): A Study in Dramatic Irony
In this 1978 TV movie, Lauren Hutton plays a TV director who moves to Los Angeles from New York after …
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Night Train To Terror Chat: What if we made a horror anthology?
Can you make a full horror anthology using only US public domain movies? In this episode, my husband and I …
The Spiral Staircase (1946): Reflexive Silent Film & Strong Women
Let’s talk about Robert Siodmak’s classic thriller The Spiral Staircase (1946). It has a film-within-a-film to ponder, and a brilliant …
Black Christmas (1974) Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving
An improvised film criticism essay on Bob Clark’s masterpiece, Black Christmas (1974), looking at themes of isolation, escapism, color symbolism, …
Phantasm (1979) Explained: A Phacetious Film Essay
Phantasm (1979) is a surreal horror movie, and what if we’ve been looking at the wrong main character? In this …
80s Tech Terror: Ghosthouse and Edge of the Axe
A relaxed chat about tech in horror featuring Ghosthouse and Edge of the Axe, both released in 1988. It’s ham …
Let’s Talk Dream Demon (1988) & My Leonard Nimoy Dream
A relaxed podcast episode about Dream Demon (1988) starring Kathleen Wilhoite and Jemma Redgrave. Here I deconstruct the dream I …
Even Bad Inspector Morse is Good TV: A Defense of “The Settling of the Sun”
In this Movie Hotline informal chat, I’m looking at the classic British mystery series to re-evaluate “Settling of the Sun” …
The Ambiguous Mystery of Eclipse (1977)
I found a crazy 70s movie that’s hardly been seen since it came out in theaters in ’77, and I …
Just talking about Silver Dale and Desert Hearts (1985)
Happy Pride! Desert Hearts (1985) is the subject of this episode of The Movie Hotline. I had to call and …
