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The Evolution of Horror

NATURE BITES BACK! Pt 21: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) & Jumanji (1995)

The Evolution of Horror

Mike Muncer

Tv & Film, Film History

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 99 minutes

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It's kid horror week! Rob Watts joins Mike to discuss two family friendly animal attack movies...

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0:00.0

The through the Through the 1980s,

0:25.0

1980s, thanks to filmmakers like Stephen Spielberg, horror for kids became increasingly

0:30.4

popular in mainstream cinema. in 1989 director Joe Johnston

0:35.3

made a family movie written by horror maestro Stuart Gordon and Brian

0:40.8

Usner based on 50s monster movies, about a group of kids who are shrunk and

0:46.4

abandoned in their backyard surrounded by hundreds of giant deadly bugs. A few years.

0:54.0

A few years.

0:57.0

A few years later that same director Joe, followed this up with another animal attack

1:05.0

film, this time about a supernatural board game that unleashes the horrors of the jungle

1:11.0

upon an unsuspecting family in an affluent upper middle class home.

1:16.0

Run, it's a stampede. Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of nature in horror and we discuss two family-friendly

1:35.2

animal attack horror films, Honey I Shrunk The Kids and Jumangee. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munzer and as ever I am your

1:51.1

host in this podcast we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre one sub-genre at a time.

1:58.7

We are currently in the middle of our 10th season exploring the evolution of nature biting back in horror and this is

2:05.8

part 21. In this week's episode as that intro suggested we're going

2:10.5

family friendly we're looking at two kids movies.

2:13.4

This is usually the week when many of you choose to chew now or get cross with me or send me an

2:17.5

angry email or comment, but it's happening. We're covering Honey I Shrunk The Kids from 1989 and Jumange from 1995 both

2:26.4

directed by Joe Johnston both absolute bangers if you ask me go and give them a

2:31.2

watch before you listen to our discussion.

2:34.4

So joining me to discuss this week's movies,

2:36.5

it's our kids horror aficionado.

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