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David Lynch’s Dark Suburban Masterpiece Join hosts Krissy Lenz and Nathan Blackwell with special guests Andy Nelson and Pete Wright as they dive into David
June 4, 2025
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David Lynch’s Dark Suburban Masterpiece Join hosts Krissy Lenz and Nathan Blackwell with special guests Andy Nelson and Pete Wright as they dive into David
This week on Make Me A Nerd, Mandy Kaplan, Pete Wright, and Tommy Metz III dive into the warped techno-nightmare world of Black Mirror — and somehow make it hilarious. From pastel dystopias to digital space prisons, it’s a wild ride through the future we’re all politely hurtling toward.
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.
Does historical fiction need to tell the truth? Writer Pete Wright rejoins us at the table to discuss that question. Then we’ll spin up a story about the dangers of digital life after physical death.
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 month, your host, Kynan Dias, and a coven of his most insightful monster aficionados – Pete Wright, Kyle Olson, and Tommy Metz III – go under the sheets into a chillingly erotic realm: the intersection of horror and sex.
This week, Mandy slays into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a show she’d previously avoided. Joined by Pete Wright and Kyle Olson, she confronts her assumptions about vampires and the supernatural in stake and song.
Is Amazon’s Christmas blockbuster Red One a fresh take on holiday magic, or a cynical cash grab? Join Matthew and special guest Pete Wright as they unwrap this action-packed holiday film.
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.
On this super spooky BONUS episode: We cover Jamie Lee Curtis in her debut film, Halloween! Special guest Pete Wright! Is the refinement of the “Final Girl?”…and more!