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Dissecting the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of Netlfix’s ‘Resident Evil’ Series [Safe Room Podcast]
Before diving into this week’s episode of Safe Room, check out last week’s discussion on Puppet Combo’s The Glass Staircase!
Few horror franchises are as beloved as Resident Evil. Due to that stature, attempts at adapting it to other mediums have increased scrutiny and skepticism surrounding them. Especially when the ever-churning content mill that is Netflix gets involved.
To be fair, there have been numerous Resident Evil adaptations over the years, ranging from faithful to fundamentally foreign to the traditional Resi story or tone.
And no matter their quality, it’s undeniable that Resident Evil hasn’t found a consistent audience with even its most outlandish film adaptations. However, while the bombastic direction the films go generally unfolds within the parameters of a less than two-hour movie, how does it fare in an eight-episode series?
For this week’s episode, Neil and I unpack that question and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of Netflix’s Resident Evil series and whether it deserves a second season. – Jay Krieger
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After winding down June with discussions of our vey first William Castle film Homicidal (listen) and queer director Roland Emmerich’s summer tentpole Independence Day (listen), we’re heading back to 1981 to check out Joe Dante‘s seminal werewolf film The Howling.
The Howling sees television journalist Karen White (Dee Wallace) attend a psychiatric retreat with her husband Bill (Christopher Stone) after being attacked and traumatized by local serial killer Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo). It isn’t long before Karen realizes that the retreat is actually a secret cult of werewolves, and they’ve already got their sights set on Bill.
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Episode 394: The Howling (1981)
Make note of that smiley face sticker and snag that conveniently-placed jar of acid because we’re talking Joe Dante’s stealth werewolf classic The Howling (1981)!
Join us as we discuss the film’s deviations from its source material before doing a deep dive into this very tongue-in-cheek, self-aware horror film. It honestly feels like a precursor to Scream, in many ways!
Plus: Roger Corman (again!) those incredible special effects, differentiating “color movies” from “movies in color,” and why queer icon Elisabeth Brooks has us going “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!”
Cross out The Howling!
Coming Up Next: We’re tackling our very first Ken Russell film with a look at his controversial 1984 erotic thriller Crimes of Passion!
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