The Throughout the 1990s and towards the turn of the new millennium a new

wave of indie and art house filmmakers emerged that were exploring extreme physical and psychological subject matters in new

interesting ways. In Europe, directors like Lars von Tria, Gasper Noe and Claire D'nee were rising to prominent with their provocative films.

While in America, filmmakers like Todd Salons were pushing the boundaries of taste and discomfort with movies like happiness.

But one American filmmaker in particular, called Darren Aronoski, rose to prominence on the indie circuit with his debut film Pie,

and was then able to push over into the mainstream, creating slick high-end Oscar-winning films with big stars.

But despite becoming a mainstream household name,

Arunofsky was able to retain that provocative art house sensibility, telling terrifying stories of obsession,

addiction, and the destructive effects these can have on the human mind and body and we discuss two disturbing Arinofsky

classics, Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike and as ever I am your host.

If you're tuning in for the first time then then welcome. In this podcast, we explore and

dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular sub-genres

one series at a time. We are currently in our mind and body series and this is part 20 in which as that

intro suggested we're going to be looking at two movies from one of the great

ortors of the 21st, Darren Arunofsky's Requiem for A Dream from 2000 and Black Swan from 2010.

These will of course both be spoilerific reviews so please do check them both out.

I know a lot of you have already mentioned that you will never ever ever sit through

Requiem for a Dream a second time.

That's fair enough, but I do think it's a film everybody should try and check out at least once,

because it's really something.

It's not a film you're likely to forget.

So we've got lots to cover this week. Let's get straight into it.

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