MIND & BODY Pt 34: Saint Maud (2020) & Possessor (2020)
The Evolution of Horror
Mike Muncer
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2021
⏱️ 136 minutes
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Summary
This week our Mind & Body series arrives in the year 2020, as Dan Martin and Rosie Fletcher join me to discuss our final 2 movies in the series: POSSESSOR and SAINT MAUD, in spoilerific detail. Mike also chats to Possessor director BRANDON CRONENBERG about making the film.
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| 0:00.0 | 2020 |
| 0:21.6 | The world has found itself in the midst of a global pandemic, civilization has ground |
| 0:26.9 | to a halt and everyone is confined to their own homes, avoiding risk of infection. |
| 0:33.7 | It seems as though horror of the body and of the mind has become more real than ever. |
| 0:41.1 | And it was in this strange tumultuous year that we saw the release of two masterful horror |
| 0:46.9 | movies. |
| 0:47.9 | Both movies were filmed and conceived before the pandemic, but both movies focused on |
| 0:53.1 | the destruction of the mind and the body in a way that it never felt quite so prevalent. |
| 1:02.3 | Join me as we conclude our journey through the mind and body as we discuss rose glasses |
| 1:17.6 | Saint Mord and Brandon Cronenberg's possessor. |
| 1:29.2 | Welcome back to the evolution of horror. |
| 1:31.7 | My name is Mike and as ever I am your host. |
| 1:34.9 | If you tune in for the first time, then welcome. |
| 1:38.0 | In this podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre |
| 1:43.0 | by looking at particular subgenres one series at a time. |
| 1:47.3 | This week we have reached the end of our journey through the mind and body in horror cinema. |
| 1:53.8 | This is part 34. |
| 1:56.6 | This week's episode is sponsored by $20 Patreon subscriber George Leak and in this week's |
| 2:02.0 | episode as that intro suggested, we're going to be discussing two very recent mind and |
| 2:07.2 | body horror films in spoiler-rific detail, Saint Mord and possessor from 2020. |
| 2:15.1 | What an incredible journey it's been. |
| 2:17.2 | We started this series with the Cabinet of Doctor Caligari back in 1919 and we have now |
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