As the lore begins to pile up, we have to log everything we know about death’s design before we submerge too far and lose sight of the surface. See how clear these rivers truly are in 2003’s Final Destination 2.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, loss of a child

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• Final Destination 2 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309593/trivia/

• Final Destination 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Destination_2
  

When 7 people cheat death’s design, the path forward isn’t as Clear as it appears. Come find out why you don’t want to mess with the Mack Daddy Grim Reaper in 2000’s Final Destination.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion 9/11, hanging, suicide

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• Determinism Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinism

• Fatalism Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatalism

• Final Destination IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195714/

• Final Destination Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Destination_(film)

• Predeterminism Wiki:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predeterminism#:~:text=Predeterminism%20is%20the%20philosophy%20that,is%20closely%20related%20to%20determinism.

• Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/5yl579/determinism_vs_predeterminism_vs_fatalism_arent/

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A night of Sax and Stars on the boardwalk opens up a underworld of glam rock aesthetics, motorcycling on the beach, and vampires…what could go wrong? Celebrate Shay’s birthday with the 1987 bloodsucking bash, The Lost Boys.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of child abuse, sexual abuse

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• The Lost Boys IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/trivia/

• ‘The Lost Boys’ through a ‘Dracula’ Lens Highlights the Film’s Queer Subtext On Its 35th Anniversary by Sezin Devi Koehler: https://blackgirlnerds.com/the-lost-boys-through-a-dracula-lens-highlights-the-films-queer-subtext-on-its-35th-anniversary/

• The Lost Boys Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys

• 30 Years Ago, The Lost Boys Introduced Me to Queer Cinema by Alcy Leyva: https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/12/01/30-years-ago-lost-boys-introduced-queer-cinema/

  Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/bfmv0r/the_lost_boys_an_allegory_on_the_lasting_impact/

Iris was ready to spend a relaxing weekend by the lake with her boyfriend - but when she’s forced to kill the host of the party, she realizes that her relaxing was never a part of the program. Make sure your voice command settings are turned off before tuning in to 2025’s Companion.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, suicide

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• Companion (Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companion_(film)

• Companion (2025) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26584495/

• Willmore, Alison. “Review: ‘Companion’ Is a Perfectly Mean Romp.” Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025, https://www.vulture.com/article/review-companion-is-a-perfectly-mean-romp.html#:~:text=Friend%2C%20Guill%C3%A9n%2C%20and%20an%20unusually,is%20never%20less%20than%20perfect.

• Ruppert, Audrey. “Companion Explores an Unsettling Reality.” Severna Park Voice, 19 Jan. 2025, https://severnaparkvoice.com/stories/companion-explores-an-unsettling-reality,67425.

When Reese gets a crush on a theater nerd, he’s faced with the Troy Bolton conundrum of love or football…and he’s going to wish he chose football. Sneak into school with us after hours to catch a midnight performance of The Gallows (2015).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of hanging

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• The Gallows (Wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gallows

• The Gallows (IMDb): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2309260/

For Elyse’s birthday episode, we’re taking it way (way, way) back to one of the oldest horror films to grace our screens (except this time it’s in 4k). Join us as we unwrap the most twisted love triangle to date in Nosferatu.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of childhood sexual abuse/grooming, death of children, necrophilia

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• Lomaia, Natalia. “Return of the Repressed: The Real Horror of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu”. Headspace.org. https://headstuff.org/entertainment/film/the-real-horror-of-robert-eggers-nosferatu/

• Nosferatu (2024) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_(2024_film)

• Nosferatu (2024) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5040012/

• Weston, Kelli. “Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu Is a Modern Gothic Triumph.” The Nation.com. https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/robert-eggerss-nosferatu/

• https://filmint.nu/nosferatu-2024-against-tradwives-and-uplift-stories-j-m-tyree/

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Happy Mother’s Day! Make sure you water your plants on stable ladders, avoid unnecessary globe-trotting, and check your kid for birthmarks before tuning in to our coverage of the poster-child for being child-free by choice in 1976’s The Omen.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, infanticide, religion

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• Balanzategui, Jessica. “The Child and Adult Trauma in American Horror of the 1980s.” The Uncanny Child in Transnational Cinema: Ghosts of Futurity at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, Amsterdam University Press, 2018, pp. 35–66. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv80cc7v.5. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

• Berlatsky, Noah. “Hell Is for Children: The Revolutionary Politics of ‘The Omen’”. https://wearethemutants.com/2020/10/30/hell-is-for-children-the-revolutionary-politics-of-the-omen/

• The Omen (1976) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omen

• Nosferatu (2024) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/

A night of roleplay with a stranger from a bar ends with a homemade breakfast in a farmhouse in the woods - but this isn’t the romance you may think. Join us on a misadventure of expectations in 2023’s Strange Darling.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual violence & assault

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• Strange Darling Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Darling

• Strange Darling IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22375054/

• Ex Machina, Derek. "’Strange Darling’ Review: A Modern Classic Thriller that Brilliantly Deceives its Audience.” Derekexmachina.com. https://www.derekexmachina.com/blog/2024/8/28/strange-darling-review-a-modern-classic-thriller-that-brilliantly-deceives-its-audience