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Reviews of ‘Dead Island 2’, ‘Rewind or Die’, and More in ‘The Inventory’ [Safe Room Podcast]
Before diving into last month’s edition of The Inventory, Safe Room’s review show, check out our 100th episode in which we name our top 10 Resident Evil games!
For this month’s edition of The Inventory, Safe Room’s review show, Neil and I have amassed another list of notable AAA and indie horror experiences!
We tackle the PSX horror of Rewind of Die, discuss the Norse dark fantasy world of Bramble: The Mountain King, tackle the friendship and nostalgia of Varney Lake, and Dead Island 2‘s penchant for splattery gore, amongst a few others!
We are also pleased to announce that Horror Bytes: our bite-sized indie horror segment, will become a weekly feature! New episodes of Safe Room will continue to be released on Mondays, while Horror Bytes will be released every Thursday! The Horror Bytes format will be slightly tweaked, as we will either highlight a few bite-sized horror games or interview developers. And such is the case with this coming Thursday’s Horror Bytes, as Neil and I chatted with the developers and composer behind 10 Dead Doves!
Next week we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of Metro: Last Light, so feel free to tweet us @SafeRoompod or email us at SafeRoomPod@gmail.com, to share your thoughts on this post-apocalypse sequel!
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After spending June on explicitly queer texts like Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn (listen) and William Castle’s Homicidal (listen), it’s only appropriate that Horror Queers celebrate the American holiday with a blockbuster film with a not-so-secret gay connection.
In Independence Day, an unlikely group of people come together when the human race faces extinction from a threatening alien race. After spaceships destroy every major city, pilot Steven Hiller (Will Smith) must team up with secret tech genius David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum), as well as the US President (Bill Pullman), to execute a daring plan to save the planet from annihilation.
Along for the ride are the two saviors’ romantic partners – WH Communications Director Constance (Margaret Colin) and stripper Jasmine (Vivica A. Fox) – plus eccentric scientist Dr. Okun (Brent Spiner), who is at the center of the film’s most horrific set piece.
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Episode 393: Independence Day (1996)
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day…courtesy of gay German director Roland Emmerich.
As the summer blockbuster celebrates its 30th anniversary, we’re looking back on an alien disaster film that scared young Trace (thanks to that alien autopsy scene) and turned Will Smith into a star.
Plus: the death that upsets the most; bemoaning Vivica A. Fox’s career; pondering what could have been with the casting; why Smith’s bravado and the film’s patriotism doesn’t always work for Joe; and plenty of riffing on the atrocious sequel.
Cross out Independence Day!
Coming Up Next: We’re retreating to the country for some questionable therapy courtesy of Joe Dante’s 1981 classic, The Howling!
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