Send us a text In this episode, Ambrose and Kelly astral project straight into Insidious (2011) and break down how James Wan and Leigh Whannell reinvented the modern jump scare with almost no gore and a tiny budget. They dig into the “quiet creative desperation” that pushed the Saw duo back to their indie roots and turned a low-budget ghost story into a box office monster. You’ll hear how Insidious pulled in nearly 100 million on a shoestring, why that 66.6x budget ratio is horror-movie perfe...
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Send us a text In this episode, Ambrose and Kelly astral project straight into Insidious (2011) and break down how James Wan and Leigh Whannell reinvented the modern jump scare with almost no gore and a tiny budget. They dig into the “quiet creative desperation” that pushed the Saw duo back to their indie roots and turned a low-budget ghost story into a box office monster. You’ll hear how Insidious pulled in nearly 100 million on a shoestring, why that 66.6x budget ratio is horror-movie perfe...
The Prom Night Massacre: What Carrie Tells Us About Bullying and Rage
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The Prom Night Massacre: What Carrie Tells Us About Bullying and Rage
Send us a text This week on The THING about Films, we are stepping into the telekinetic terror that started it all. Stephen King’s Carrie did not just launch one of horror’s most tragic characters. It launched Stephen King himself into the pop-culture stratosphere. We break down the journey from King’s debut novel in 1974 to the iconic 1976 film adaptation that made prom night a blood-soaked cautionary tale. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie brought Carrie and Margaret White to life with performa...
The THING about Films
Send us a text In this episode, Ambrose and Kelly astral project straight into Insidious (2011) and break down how James Wan and Leigh Whannell reinvented the modern jump scare with almost no gore and a tiny budget. They dig into the “quiet creative desperation” that pushed the Saw duo back to their indie roots and turned a low-budget ghost story into a box office monster. You’ll hear how Insidious pulled in nearly 100 million on a shoestring, why that 66.6x budget ratio is horror-movie perfe...
