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Oh, The Humanity!

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★★★★★
5
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34 episodes
Language
English
Publisher
Zoe + Deni
Explicit
Yes
Date created
2020/06/04
Latest episode
2021/08/03
Average duration
67 min.
Release period
19 days

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A podcast examining the historical contexts of monster movies and monster design from the beginning of film, hosted by a folklorist/public historian and another person who loves monsters.

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Dead of Night (1945)
2021/08/03
An architect visits a country estate and feels like he’s been there before, the other guests share incidents about odd happenings in their own lives. Also discussed: do dolls have sex? What’s the most dramatic sport to use to decide who gets a girl and why is it somehow golf? Horror anthology movies should come back into style. Trigger Warnings: unreality, violence Next Week: Hausu (1977)
Independence Day (1996)
2021/07/04
USA! USA! Okay that’s enough patriotism for this summery. You know it, you love it, Will Smith saves humanity with Jeff Goldblum with jingoism and American Superiority against slimy aliens who blew up the White House. Also, 90s individualism as family politics, tentacles, and absolute exhilarating joy! 💥💥💥 Enjoy this, the Barbecue of Summer Movies. Trigger warnings: bombs, major character death, guns, explosions, military presence, choking, flashing lights Next Week: We’re dropping this in before it strictly speaking was supposed to air so it will be Dead of Night (1945) next week
It Follows (2015)
2021/06/28
A magical STD stalks a young woman trying to become an adult and cope with a violation of intimacy. Discussion points include: water symbolism, soundtrack parallels, and a clamshell shaped e-reader. Trigger Warnings: sexual violence, incest, rape, violence, implied incest, drowning, hospitals, stalking behavior Next week: Independence Day (1996) is getting dropped in the feed! Happy Fourth of July and remember that we all live on stolen land
Babadook (2014)
2021/06/25
Coping with the violent death of her husband, a single mother is haunted by a children’s monster. Also talked about is the stages of grief, gay rights, and hands to suffocate. Trigger Warnings: child abuse, child endangerment, depression, grief, attempted murder, gore, animal death
Hogzilla (2014)
2021/06/10
Some people are allegedly hunted by a feral hog while deep in a Florida nature preserve, and there might have been a ghost. Featuring a guest star and Florida Resident. Also discussed is absolutely anything we could find to avoid talking about this movie, bombs on the border of Canada, and the different ways Florida wilderness can hurt you. Trigger Warnings: fat phobia, guns Next week: Ba Ba Dook (2014)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
2021/06/05
The third installment of the Hammer Frankenstein series, it has a very basic caveman plot with some hypnosis thrown in for color.  Discussed are Monster rights, gay subtext, and hypnosis discourse.  Trigger Warnings: attempted sexual assault, arson, violence, hypnosis Next Week: Hogzilla (2007) 
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
2021/05/23
Two boyfriends and their girlfriend go to the fair to see a sleepwalker turned into a sideshow by our titular doctor, before dragging everyone into a nightmare. Discussion topics: contrasting points of therapy in the Weimar Republic, hypnosis crimes, and unnecessary poetry perpetrated by the host.  Trigger Warnings: Psychiatric Abuse, Violence, Unreality  Next Week: The Evil of Frankestien (1964)
The Monster That Challenged The World (1957)
2021/05/02
Hello we are back from our hiatus because of some life related things,  with a B Monster movie about a large mollusk who threatens a small navy base and presumably a truck stop. Also discussed, Eisenhower and his friend Walt Disney and HIS friend and yours: the Atom, a circumcised penis, and the never-ending injustices of the imdb pages.  Trigger Warnings: hydrophobia, guns, child endangerment Next Week: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Lilo and Stitch (2002)
2021/02/25
An alien mini kaiju crash lands in Hawaii and learns the true meaning of family from a pair of sisters learning to be a new kind of family themselves. Also discussed: Bantu is thicc, Hawaiian perspectives, the concept of ohana and misrepresented cultural concepts, and how an alien is shaped like a rascal  Trigger warning: drowning, wide ocean, mild violence,  Next week sorry that this is late: The Monster that Challenged the World (1957)
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
2021/02/05
Its uhhhhhh, a sequel, and in twenty sixteen this movie is espousing that the War on Terror is Good actually. A mystery cube is exploded on the moon and it turns out it was a warning, the aliens from the first one are coming back, and this time they're twice as big and twice as bad! Also discussed: Battleship the Movie (you know, with Rihanna), race and terrorism, and the awards this movie won for being bad. Trigger Warnings: Guns, Racism, Violence, Jumpscares, Flashing Lights, Unreality In Two Weeks: Lilo and Stitch (2002)
Attack of the Eye Creatures (1967)
2021/01/21
A couple of teenagers and their horny friends are the only thing standing between the eye creature and the rest of the world, while being held up by the Man, and a government coverup. Discussed is the building of youth culture of rebellion, the instigation of the two famous wars America did in Asia, and when is appropriate to wear a sweater-dress. trigger warning: car accidents, guns, gaslighting, police overreach, flashing lights for a brief moment  In two weeks: Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
2021/01/10
Two backpacking American college students are walking across the moors when they are attacked by a werewolf, one of them dies and the other is haunted by both his friend and the monster he himself is becoming. It’s a good one folks. Discussion topics: the holocaust as it was being understood in 1980s, what coming of age means when it means you have to die, and hypothesizing on the etiquette of sitting in an adult film theater with a werewolf in there Trigger warnings: blood, gore, violence, suicide, suicidal ideation, guns, nudity, anti-Semitism, no really suicide is a big one here Next Time: The Eye Creatures (1967)

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5 out of 5
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patrickreads 2020/08/22
Much gets sucked into the vortex that is “horror movies”
Much gets sucked into the vortex that is “horror movies “ so many interesting connections! Very smart and full of surprises
★★★★★
LonesomeRose 2020/08/08
Film history with a twist!
Deni and Zoe lay out monster movies through a film history lens with some great comedic moments in a great way. Highly recommend if you like movies or...
★★★★★
candychrisk 2020/06/09
Oh the Humanity!
Funny, smart, nuanced and ultra entertaining! If you love monsters, or just hearing some cheery, clever conversation, this is for you.
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