HOME INVASION Pt 31: The Gift (2015) & Mother! (2017)
The Evolution of Horror
Mike Muncer
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 120 minutes
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In order to avoid any uninvited guests, Mike ropes in his wife, broadcaster and film critic Rhianna Dhillon for this week's discussion as they explore awkward interactions and heavy-handed metaphors in Joel Edgertono's THE GIFT and Darren Aronofsky's MOTHER!
Music by Jack Whitney.
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| 0:00.0 | The Have you ever had that awkward experience where you politely but reluctantly invite an acquaintance |
| 0:30.0 | into your home only to find they won't leave. |
| 0:34.1 | In 2015, actor Joel Edgerton made his directorial debut |
| 0:40.4 | with a film about a couple who politely invite an old school friend over for dinner |
| 0:45.1 | only to find that this man intends to send their lives spiraling out of control. |
| 0:51.1 | You think you're done with the past but the past is not done with you. |
| 0:55.6 | In 2017, Director Darren Arunofsky took this idea to the extreme with mother. When a woman played by Jennifer Lawrence politely but reluctantly allows strangers into her home. |
| 1:09.0 | Hello? |
| 1:10.0 | Hello? |
| 1:11.0 | He's a stranger. |
| 1:12.0 | We're just going to let him sleep in our house. |
| 1:14.0 | Hello. |
| 1:17.0 | Only to find her peaceful domestic existence plummeting into a nightmare. |
| 1:23.0 | Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of home invasion and we discuss Joel Edgerton's The Gift and Darren Arunofsky's mother. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munzer and as ever I am |
| 1:47.6 | your host. In this podcast we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of |
| 1:52.1 | the horror genre one sub-genre at a time. |
| 1:55.4 | We are currently in the middle of our ninth season exploring the evolution of home invasion, |
| 2:00.4 | and this is part 31. |
| 2:03.0 | In this week's episode, as that intro suggested, |
| 2:06.0 | we're going to be looking at two incredible movies |
| 2:09.0 | from the last few years, |
| 2:10.0 | Joel Edgerton's The Gift, |
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