Horror's Greatest

Season 1
Masters of horror celebrate the best of the genre: the essential giant monsters and must-see Stephen King adaptations, wildest Japanese horror films and funniest horror comedies--plus a deep-dive into films that embrace and subvert tropes & clichés.
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  1. S1 E1 - Tropes & Cliches
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    August 26, 2024
    57min
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    Creepy houses, murderous rednecks, final girls: horror films often rely on these tried-and-true storytelling devices, and audiences have come to expect them. What are the most common genre tropes and clichés? How do modern filmmakers subvert them?
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  2. S1 E2 - Giant Monsters
    September 2, 2024
    53min
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    Nearly a century after King Kong first ran amok, images of giant marauding monsters continue to enthrall us. Godzilla is hotter than ever, and filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho, J.J. Abrams, and Jordan Peele have all added their unique spins to the genre.
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  3. S1 E3 - Japanese Horror
    September 9, 2024
    56min
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    Veering between slow dread and shocking violence, the wild world of Japanese horror has something for everyone. From Ugetsu to Ring, Onibaba to Audition, Tetsuo to Battle Royale: the greatest J-Horror films are essential viewing for horror fans.
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  4. S1 E4 - Horror Comedies
    September 16, 2024
    49min
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    Horror comedies make us laugh at things we might recoil from in real life. They come in many flavors, including splatstick (Evil Dead II), high camp (M3GAN), subversive "family entertainment" (Gremlins) and stone-cold classics (Shaun of the Dead).
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  5. S1 E5 - Stephen King Adaptations
    September 23, 2024
    59min
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    Stephen King's stories attract the world's greatest filmmakers, and have been the basis of over a dozen horror classics - and at least as many failures. What elements need to come together to successfully adapt King on the page to King on the screen?
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