You are now listening to Post-Mortem with Mick Garrus, where the most influential voices

in horror cinema will spill their guts to the renowned horror director, writer, and producer.

Now here's your host, Mick Garrus.

From Nice Guy Productions World Headquarters overlooking the glamorous San Fernando Valley,

I'm Mick Garrus and this is Post-Mortem.

How much is too much?

Most of us consume our movies and entertainment through streaming services,

a wonderful technological opportunity afforded us by the increasing sophistication of internet capabilities.

How great is it to be able to access virtually any movie that we like with the click of a cursor?

Vast cinema libraries, including films that have been lost for decades, obscure indies, hidden involves for years,

and even neglected studio movies can be seen instantly and on demand.

It used to be that Netflix was the source we would turn to for our movies, but that system has been fractured.

Rather than license their movies to Netflix, the studios and the networks have discovered that they can make mountains of money

by mounting their own streaming networks, splintering audiences, and making them have to choose where they spend their hard-earned dollars.

Netflix is still the king of the streamers, followed closely behind by Amazon Prime and Disney Plus,

but that is just the tip of the iceberg.

Paramount and CBS have Paramount Plus, NBC Universal has peacock, Disney also owns Hulu,

but there are so many more pay streamers to choose from for every film interest.

The Criterion channel, Shutter, HBO Max, Discovery Plus, Crunchyroll, Roku, Apple TV Plus, and so many more,

and that's not counting the free channels like Sony's, Crackle, Tubi, Hoopla, Canopy, and a ton of others.

So how do you choose? Because certainly no one will want to pay for them all,

and each of them has been creating their own original movies and shows exclusive to their services.

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