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31 Days of Horror

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Welcome! It’s almost Halloween and we are counting down the days with our last horror-themed episode. This week, we have special guest Rizielde Roculan who challenges us to 31 days of horror. Rizie has taken on 31 days/31 horror movies and we go through all the movies she’s seen so far. How many has Shawn seen? How many has Earl seen? Well for Earl, probably zero, but there is only one way to find out for sure. We also get into why Rizie loves horror movies and the true meaning of Christmas. Not really, BUT REALLY! So put on your Halloween hat, whatever that is, and listen to our last horrific podcast for this Halloween.

Let it begin…the show now!

Guest:
Rizielde Roculan (@rizieroculan) – 31 Days of Horror on Letterboxd

What we’ve been checking out:
Rizie: Ketogenic diet, Looney Tunes baseball cards
Shawn: The Evil Within, Nightbreed Directors Cut
Earl: You’re Dead! by Flying Lotus, …Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age

Audio notes: (1hr. 22min. runtime)
0:04:45 – Explaining the challenge, Ontario cities, Amer, and James Cameron’s shame
0:18:30 – The Shining, del Toro, Invaders from Mars, horror movie night, and creepy dolls
0:31:50 – The Howling, werewolves, lens flares, fun horror, and watching horror with family
0:45:00 – The Babadook, Nightmare on Elm Street, ghosts, and serial killers
0:58:25 – Growing up horror, zombies, old jobs, tattoos, and Blair Witch
1:12:00 – What’s everyone checking out?

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The Last of Us

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This episode of All Kinds of Philler is all about The Last of Us: a tense, bloody, emotional, and morally complex video game. In other words, it’s the feel-good hit of the summer! Earl bands together with Brent and newcomer Stephen to discuss the critically-acclaimed survival horror game, the theme of partnerships, violence, enemy AI, and executing post-apocalyptic tropes. They also end up talking about Tomb Raider, and why Ellie looks a lot like Ellen Page. (Spoilers on the entire game.)

Guests:
Brent Peckham
Stephen

Supplementary Notes:
Story Trailer

Audio notes: (1hr. 8min. runtime)
00:30 – Intro to The Last of Us
01:40 – The prologue, Sarah, Joel’s morality, and evoking post-apocalyptic fiction
07:45 – Partnerships, Ishmael, Bill, Tess, Sam & Henry, and Joel & Ellie
17:25 – Realism, AI and level design, Uncharted, and game mechanics
29:20 – Emotional weight to each kill, Joel’s brutality, and the killcams
34:06 – The four seasons as chapters, and the Utah scene
38:10 – “It’s not a fun game!”, emotional drain, The Walking Dead, and cannibalism
42:55 – Threat of sexual violence, lack of female enemies or child clickers, and David
48:35 – The Firefly battle, dissonance between player & Joel, and the final scene
58:35 – Graphics, glitches, voice acting, and Ellen Page
61:20 – Comparisons to Tomb Raider
66:00 – Stephen and Brent’s playlists

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