Magickal Realist Horror

The Pointless Century

Episode Notes

Bonus Episode: Magickal Realist Horror Happy Halloween! Anna and Madalyn gush about Ari Aster; Will talks about Brecht; Frank explains some creepy things he read on the internet; we all love these movies, but there’s reason to be disturbed by the culture that produced them. That’s horror. Hereditary. Dir./Writ. Ari Aster. Perf. Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro. A24, 2018. Midsommar. Dir./Writ. Ari Aster. Perf. Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper. A24, 2019. Rosemary’s Baby. Dir./Writ. Roman Polanski. Perf. Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer. Paramount, 1968. The VVitch: A New England Fable. Dir./Writ. Robert Eggers. Perf. Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie. A24, 2015. The Pointless Crew: Anna Wendorff (she/her/hers) – Communications, Rhetorics of Sci & Tech, Feminism // Frank Fucile (he/him/his) – Lit & Theory, Film & Media, Genre, Enviro & Tech Studies // Will O’Brien (he/him/his) – Lit & Theory, Modernism, Ecocriticism, Drama // Madalyn McCabe (she/they) – Co-Producer, European Studies // Troll us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PointlessCent // T-shirts are now available: http://www.teepublic.com/users/the-pointless-century // Watch us on Instagram: @thePointlessCentury // Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ThePointlessCentury MUSIC: Fantômas – Rosemary’s Baby (written by Krzysztof Komeda) ART: Still from The Witch, dir. Robert Eggers, feat. Anya Taylor Joy (A24, 2015)