Mandy Kaplan and film professor Kynan Dias dive into Spirited Away, exploring pigs, bathhouses, and razor-sharp origami while unpacking Miyazaki’s artistry and philosophy. It’s funny, bewildered, and surprisingly heartfelt—much like the film itself.
Haunted houses? Try haunted spaces—and even more haunted people. This week on Sitting in the Dark, Tommy, Pete, Kynan, and Kyle dive into Session 9, Ouija: Origin of Evil, and The Others to find out why the scariest thing lurking in any building… might just be you.
For nearly a century, horror films have told us a story—one of terror, of survival, of the inevitable confrontation between innocence and brutality. But there’s one story, in particular, that has evolved in ways both subtle and seismic: the story of the Final Girl.
This week, Mandy sits down with Exorcist Minute co-hosts Lester Ryan Clark and Kynan Dias, two men who decided that watching Everything Everywhere like normal people just wasn’t enough, so they’ve chosen to break it down minute-by-minute, which is either a brilliant act of cinematic devotion or a slow descent into madness. Probably both.
Is “The Exorcist” just a scary movie, or is it a cultural artifact, a theological debate wrapped in celluloid? Mandy Kaplan confesses her way into the abyss with Lester Ryan Clark and Kenan Diaz, the minds behind “The Exorcist Minute,” a podcast dissecting the film minute by agonizing minute.
Pete leads the crew through a discussion of three horror first films, exploring why Freddy, Pinhead, and Chucky each sparked a series. What made these films special where others got stuck at one and done?
This week on Sitting in the Dark, we confront the horrors of suburbia, the workplace, and aging itself with Vivarium, The Belko Experiment, and The Father. We explore the unsettling truths lurking beneath the surface of everyday life, questioning the very nature of reality in a discussion about the horrors and the terrors of being an adult.
From political thrillers to darkly comedic hunts, “Sitting in the Dark” explores how three modern films echo the chilling legacy of Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” Join us as we dissect the primal fears and social anxieties that make the hunt for human prey a timeless source of cinematic terror.
This month, we’re trading in our plane tickets for a one-way ticket to terror. Buckle up as Sitting in the Dark derails your comfort zone with three tales of travel horror that will have you sleeping with the lights on.
Tommy takes the crew on a journey through constrained spaces with three films that don’t offer much room to run!