Episode 108. Souped Up: Blade (1998) and Constantine (2005)

Faculty of Horror

Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West

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🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Using two popular examples, Andrea and Alex look at the collision between the horror and superhero genres. From conservative leanings to taboo-breaking stories, we explore two films that deviate from the norm (and occasionally, their own source material) to embark in two very different directions. Become a Patron! REQUIRED READING Blade. Dir. […]

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0:53.0	Hi everyone, welcome back to the Faculty of Horror podcasting from the
0:57.0	Horror halls of academia. I'm Alex Westwood, Andrea Supesati, and we are here
1:03.0	today to talk about horror superheroes. Oh, I thought we were here today to party.
1:09.0	No, Andrea, there's no blood rave tonight. Not tonight.
1:13.0	Really, what time do you think a blood rave starts?
1:15.0	Right, way past my bedtime.
1:17.0	Yeah, yeah, I would love to think like I could have blood raved back in the old days, but
1:23.0	Did you rave in the old days?
1:25.0	I went to one rave. I didn't do any drugs.
1:27.0	And so by 3am, I was really tired. I didn't mean my friend Joe.
1:31.0	We're like, why are all these people hugging pillows?
1:33.0	And we looked at each other and went, oh, yeah.
1:37.0	So no raves. I mean, my blood rave these days is like my favorite
1:41.0	bottle of $14 rosé and a friend over.
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