The Core
Season 18.22018NR
The Core is a genre filmmaking special with blood, guts, and brains. Mickey Keating hosts frank conversations with iconic filmmakers and real-life experts, punctuated by vividly stylish demonstrations.
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Episodes (10)
- 1. Halloween SpecialOctober 25 201734minNRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
Even if you’ve never seen the films: you know the mask, and you know what those haunting piano notes portend. Why? Who better to explain than heir-apparent Halloween child star Danielle Harris. - 2. Steve EllisonNovember 15 201727minTV-MASubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
How’d Steven Ellison follow up his diverse, Grammy-nominated music career? By prompting walkouts with his controversial debut film Kuso. Plus, SFX expert Jim Ojala shows us how to look pretty in puke. - 3. Simon BarrettNovember 22 201727minTV-NRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
Simon Barrett (writer of You’re Next, The Guest, Blair Witch) talks tension and what's so great about a blender... as an instrument of death. - 4. The Soska SistersNovember 29 201726minTV-MASubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
The Soska Sisters show how they achieve their films’ practical body horrors without CG. - 5. Mary HarronDecember 6 201738minNRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
Wanna hear from an American master? Good. We’ve got iconic director Mary Harron to talk holding audiences in the palm of her hand. - 6. Leigh WhannellDecember 13 201731minTV-NRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
What makes a film terrifying enough to make us jump? Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious) explains it all. We then examine immersive haunted houses, guided by one of the field’s most unique creators. - 7. Rodney AscherDecember 20 201724minTV-NRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
The Nightmare’s Rodney Ascher shows us how he turns his vivid childhood traumas into adulthood art. Then, a sleep specialist gets into the science of sleep paralysis, hallucinatory demons and all. - 8. SpectrevisionDecember 27 201733minTV-NRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
Elijah Wood’s acclaimed company SpectreVision rips into the heart at the core of even the most provocative genre films. Plus, a doctor has her patients strap on VR glasses to confront their fears. - 9. Hooper / Romero TributeJune 20 201838minTV-NRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
Punk and Metal icon Glenn Danzig discusses the genre films that have influenced his work, including his favorite on-screen bloodbaths. Plus, we chat with a real vampire. - 10. DanzigJune 20 201835minTV-NRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglishPunk and Metal icon Glenn Danzig discusses the genre films that have influenced his work, including his favorite on-screen bloodbaths. Plus, we chat with a real vampire.
