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Aquatic Found Footage Horror, Scissor-Wielding Maniacs, and More in the June Horror Bytes [Safe Room Podcast]
Before diving into this month’s edition of Horror Bytes, check out last week’s episode, in which writer Brandon Trush joined Neil and me to chat about Evil Dead: The Game!
As we’re on the cusp of major AAA horror releases and what is surely a new crop of announcements, why not take a step back and enjoy smaller, dare I say, bite-sized horror experiences?
Well, we have just the show for you! Horror Bytes is our monthly segment, in which Neil and I each highlight four bite-sized indie horror games that can generally be completed in less than an hour.
And this month, we have another crop of creative experiences that range from underwater found footage, a retelling of Cthulhu mythos, dark victorian fantasy, fleeing a scissor-wielding serial killer, and more in another month chock-full of indie standouts in the June Horror Bytes! – Jay Krieger
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After kicking off July with discussions of Joe Dante’s seminal werewolf film The Howling (listen) and Ken Russell’s controversial erotic thriller Crimes of Passion (listen), we’re heading to Maine to dissect one of Stephen King‘s most misguided adaptations in Lawrence Kasdan‘s 2003 misfire Dreamcatcher!
Dreamcatcher sees friends Henry (Thomas Jane), Jonesy (Damian Lewis), Pete (Timothy Olyphant) and Beaver (Jason Lee) reunite for their annual hunting trip in Maine. Their reunion is cut short when they find themselves caught in the middle of a war between a hostile race of farty-farty aliens and an elite US military unit led by Colonel Abraham Curtis (Morgan Freeman), who has been driven mad after spending decades tracking the extraterrestrials. When Jonesy is possessed by one of the aliens, the remaining friends seek out their disabled childhood friend Duddits (Donnie Wahlberg), who they believe has powers that can save Jonesy…and the world.
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Episode 396: Dreamcatcher (2003)
Watch out for “ister gay” (oof), take some Gas-X and bite our bags because we’re talking Lawrence Kasdan’s baffling 2003 adaptation of Stephen King’s equally baffling novel Dreamcatcher.
Join us as we go all in on the farty-farty aliens populating this hilarious misfire that often feels like a bad Kevin Smith script. It’s a film filled with characters who get a single defining trait (if they’re lucky), played by respectable actors who are here for the paycheck (looking at you, Morgan Freeman).
Plus: blown-out assholes, using guns as telephones, pitying poor Donnie Wahlberg, and wondering why the hell this movie is called Dreamcatcher.
Cross out Dreamcatcher!
Coming Up Next: We’re going to be lounging around a posh Greenwich Village apartment as we check in on Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954).
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