[#Horror #Podcast] Horror Movie Podcast Ep. 064: The Found Footage Convention in Horror and an Interview With Eduardo Sánchez, Director of The Blair Witch Project
Have you ever wanted to hear the HMP hosts analyze the found footage format for hours, and then interview the director of “The Blair Witch Project,” Eduardo Sánchez? Good. Otherwise, Episode 064 of HORROR MOVIE PODCAST will be disappointing for you, because that’s exactly our agenda!
This is a themed episode where we explore The Found Footage Convention in Horror. And our Main Event is an interview that we recorded several months ago with Director Eduardo Sánchez. Best known for his co-direction of “The Blair Witch Project” and his more recent, found footage Bigfoot movie, “Exists” (2014), Sánchez has also directed the criminally underrated, “Altered” (2006) and “Lovely Molly” (2011). Sánchez also directed “Seventh Moon” and the segment titled, “A Ride in the Park,” from “V/H/S 2.” This episode is 3 hours and 45 minutes! Join us!
“Found Footage always gets beat up. It’s like the bastard child of Horror.”— Director Eduardo Sánchez
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SHOW NOTES:
I. Introduction
— Theme: The Found Footage Convention in Horror
— Real-life Beastly Freak creature lurks around Milwaukee
— Dentist and Cecil the Lion: Animal murder vacations
— Wolfman Josh’s giant killer caterpillars in Colombia
[ 0:09:59 ]II. THEME DISCUSSION: THE FOUND FOOTAGE CONVENTION IN HORROR
— A brief interview with Michael the Found Footage Critic from Found Footage Critic.com
— HMP hosts discuss the theme and its historically significant markers along the timeline
— Horror Movie Podcast T-shirts commercial
[ 1:23:53 ]III. Feature Review:EVIDENCE (2013)
Jay of the Dead = 4 ( Very Low-priority Rental )
Wolfman Josh = 6 ( Rental / Stream it )
[ 1:39:59 ]IV. Feature Review:THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN (2014)
Jay of the Dead = 7 ( Rental )
Wolfman Josh = 6 ( Rental / Stream it )
[ 2:08:56 ]V. An Interview With Eduardo Sánchez, director of “The Blair Witch Project”
[ 2:37:53 ]VI. Horror Movie Podcast’s TOP 5 FOUND FOOTAGE FILMS IN HORROR (or pretty close to it)
— Dishonorable Mentions: Our picks for the very worst Found Footage Horror movies
Jay of the Dead’s TOP 5
1. [ REC ]
2. Cloverfield
3. Home Movie
4. Exists
5. The Blair Witch Project — tie — Paranormal Activity
Dr. Shock’s TOP 5
1. Trollhunter
2. [ REC ]
3. The Blair Witch Project
4. Cannibal Holocaust
5. Grave Encounters
Wolfman Josh’s TOP 5
1. The Blair Witch Project
2. Trollhunter
3. Exists
4. [ REC ]
5. The Last Exorcism
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— Wolfman Josh’s Killer Clown in the Woods Story (A must-listen!)
— Found Footage Honorable Mentions
VII. Wrap-Up / Plugs / Ending
JOIN US NEXT WEEK ON HMP: Episode 065 for a review of “The Gift,” which is not necessarily a traditional Horror film per se, but it’s a creepy and unsettling psychological Thriller, and as a Blumhouse Production, it’s an interesting release to discuss in light of Jay’s previous message for Jason Blum in Episode 063.
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