Faculty of Horror
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Episode 20. “It’s Very Hard To Get Lost In America These Days”: The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Andrea and Alex take a wrong turn down the horrored halls and discuss Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick’s groundbreaking film, The Blair Witch Project. By looking at the created mythology, unstable narrative and audience reaction they hope to find the map before it starts getting dark.
REQUIRED READING
The Blair Witch Project. Dir Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. 1999. [DVD]
EXTRA CREDIT
32 Things We Learned From the ‘Blair Witch Project’ Commentary Track. A break down of the most salient points from the director and producer commentary on the DVD.
Book Excerpt: “Film Firsts: The 25 Movies that Created Contemporary American Cinema” by Ethan Alter. An analysis of the release and revolutionary marketing campaign.
The Blair Witch Project. The OG website with only a few updates. Still a great source the Blair Witch mythology and timeline of events.
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Sounds Like an Earful – October 5, 2014
“…the Faculty of Horror shows the oft overlooked intelligence in a blood-splattered genre of popular culture. It’ll turn your brain on and then… it’ll splatter it on the walls.”
Episode 19. Devoured: Eating Disorders in Black Swan (2010) and Drag Me To Hell (2009)
Alex and Andrea explore the history, treatment and perception of eating disorders through Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar winning film Black Swan and Sam Raimi’s return to the horror genre, Drag Me To Hell.
REQUIRED READING
Black Swan. Dir Darren Aronofsky. 2010. [DVD]
Drag Me To Hell. Dir Sam Raimi. 2009. [Blu-ray]
EXTRA CREDIT
A History of Eating Disorders. A general overview of the history of the disease and different methods of treatment.
What if anorexia wasn’t a disorder, but a passion? A new reading on rethinking the way that anorexia is treated and thought of.
Body Refractions – Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan. An academic article examining the use of doubling, mirroring and lust in Black Swan.
Sam Raimi Interview, Drag Me To Hell. The director discusses his return to horror and the morality behind the film.
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