Episode 178: His House

Watch If You Dare

Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Film History

5.0 • 548 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Aaron and Derek cover 2020's supernatural folk horror film "His House" written and directed by Remi Weekes. They talk about why movies like this are so important in understanding world views that are not often represented in media, and they get into how the flawed nature of the characters Rial and Bol is well written. They also discuss the context of the South Sudan's history of conflict, the effectiveness of supernatural horror mixed in with trauma and social commentary, why this is movie is more important now than ever, and many other aspects of the flick. Aaron and Derek might paint this podcast red.ONLY $5 A MONTH to join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/WatchIfYouDareWe are on PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, Amazon Music, Spotify, iHeartRadio and CastBox. Please rate, review, subscribe, and share our show. Also, check out our Spotify Music playlist, links on our Twitter and Podbean page. Our socials are on Bluesky and Facebook and Twitter @WatchIfYouDare

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0:00.0	Guess what, ghouls and goblins? The spook boys have officially joined Patreon.
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0:32.9	the Spoop Troop today.
1:13.7	Thank you. Boop Troop today. Listeners, I think this is the first time in a long time I felt this betrayed by Aaron my co-host I'm about to get my annual cancer scans I'm already a nervous wreck from that but then on top of that every time I open
1:19.2	my phone I just see the death of democracy happening before our very eyes and I just get more
1:24.6	angry and more depressed I'm like hey Aaron let's Arid, what should we do for our next episode?
1:30.8	And you suggested, well, it's Black History Month.
1:33.8	We should at least do one episode on a horror movie that focuses on black creatives or a story or whatever.
1:40.7	And I was like, perfect, cool.
1:41.8	And I was thinking, let's do tales from the hood. That seems like a ton of fun. We haven't done an anthology yet. Yeah, let's do bones where that dog vomits up in there's everywhere. Fun times. Yeah, let's have a fun time. No, we're going to do his house. And I watched this movie, and it was as devastating as I thought it would be and it made
2:03.6	me even more angry and upset with the state of the world, which I guess with this being
2:09.5	our show where we discuss the fears of phobias and social relevancy of horror movies across
2:15.6	all ages and subgenres.
2:22.7	It's very apropos with what the hell is going on right now in the world, especially where Aaron and I are in the United States.
2:25.5	So yeah, welcome to watch if you dare.
2:27.3	Thanks, Aaron.
2:28.3	Really, really appreciate watching his house as I'm staring on the barrel of cancer scans
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