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Two best friends who happen to be an Autistic and an English major sit down and discuss media, film and whatever they need to to justify a degree. So come along and waste some time with us or at the very least an hour a week. Updates weekly unless life impedes us. All episodes can be found at https://www.patreon.com/berricouch New episodes should be up once a week unless life proceeds to stop us.

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Ep 301 - Wolf Creek

2026/10/11

Gotta start with a ripper of a film that apparently was a horrifying, sensationalist, glorification of violence. But was it? Is perhaps Wolf Creek a victim of a trend that it wasn't really ever part of? Can it hold up all these years afterwards? What marks this film as the almost quintessential Australian horror film?

Ep 300 - What is Ozzy Horror?

2026/10/04

From the perspective of people who grew up post Ausploitation and weren't yet old enough to watch Wolf Creek when it came out we are breaking down our thoughts and theories on why the Australian made horror movies garner such a unique reputation for supposed brutalism.

Ep 299 - Creepy v Spooky

2026/09/27

Now we shall discuss the differences between a creepy kid vs a spooky kid. It's a distinction many won't be bothered with but after watching multiple films in this topic and horror in general they are different and it should be defined. Nebulous though it may be.

Ep 298 - Village of Creepy Kids

2026/09/20

Well now we have the quintessential creepy kids story, or at least the remake of it. How do these creepy children stand against others? Can such iconic creep be recreated or are the children are victim to studio meddling in what might have been a fresh take on something everyone is familiar with?

Ep 297 - The Exorcist Has A Scary Child Kinda

2026/09/13

Scariest movie ever gets to be looked at with fresh modern eyes. Does it hold up to that title or is it just a victim of it as time passes. More importantly to the actual theme of the month how does Regan as a scary kid work in the context of her movie? Does she even count given the nature of the spookums?

Ep 296 - Children, Cults and Corn

2026/09/06

We're going back to Mr Stephen King to begin talking about creepy kids and, at least in this case, they brought a snack. We got corn puns. We got murder. We got religious schism based on doctrine interpretation. We got adults playing kids roles. And for once we're not in Maine.

Ep 295 - Greek Gods vs Representation

2026/08/30

This is absolutely not going to have a bunch of knee jerk responses. While we supposedly all learn about Greek myths and the pantheon attached to them have we ever actually represented them correctly?

Ep 294 - Anime vs Western Kids

2026/08/23

The cultural exchange of a century, two animated mediums that borrow from each other but with different degrees of care, implementation and desire to influence. From classic 4kids censorship dubbing to the idea of certain character tropes entirely. We talk about anime and it's impact on current and possible future media aimed at a younger generation.

Ep 293 - Avatar vs Raya in Worldbuilding

2026/08/09

So in a not at all surprising dive we compare Avatar the Last Airbender to Raya and the Last Dragon in how they show and care for the cultures they drew influence from. One came and went like a brief gust of wind but the other is still being talked about to this day, does the world building have anything to do with that? Yes but still go for a listen cuz why not?

Ep 292 - The Little Ushers

2026/08/02

And finally we come to the last 3 of the children of Roderick Usher. They have more limited screen time but the depth of writing gives each a lasting impact and a showing of relationships that speak to a history that, while not shown to us, is rich and worth thinking about.

Ep 291 - The Big Children

2026/07/27

We finally get to look at the adult children in this family. Starting with the self identified (mostly by Victorine) "bigs". Tamerlane, Victorine and Frederick get the arm chair look at and attempted breakdown's on how they are the victims and perpetrators of generational and new types of trauma.

Ep 290 - The Smallness of Madeleine Usher

2026/07/19

The matriarch and decision maker of the Ushers, or is she? An almost case study of how different people react to the same traumas with Madeleine Usher and the questions on why she makes the decisions she does. Her hypocrisy and inability to see things clearly make her an intriguing study that can effect us more due to nothing more than lived bias.

Ep 289 - The Poverty of Roderick Usher

2026/07/12

The storyteller and first domino that lead to the fall of an entire familial line, a man who is as defined by his trauma as he is ignorant of it. What makes the man who lead to a fictional opioid crisis? We sift through the lies and decisions that lead to deals with birds, many children and an inevitable fall.

Ep 288 - Verna Analysis

2026/07/05

Back on our bollocks to discuss the characters from a piece of media we've already discussed. Verna just flies into the narrative and haunts us so we must attempt to grasp at what she is or at least what we can interpret of her. *Insert obligatory Poe reference here*

Ep 287 - Historical Beauty

2026/06/28

We are finally unearthing the problem with depicting beauty standards through a historical lens. We have discussions of Shakespeare, the Tudors, Borgias and the great poet of the times Sir Mix-a-lot.