Slash-Friction

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2011

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

What IS a horror movie? Bryan's list of 100 horror movies is all about content. His friend Jay says it's all about the audience's reaction. Who is the master of the macabre? Only one justice of the deceased can decide!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast, I'm Baylor Fjessi Thorne.
0:05.5	This week's case, Slash Friction.
0:08.7	Brian is compiling a list of his top 100 horror films using a complex Excel spreadsheet
0:15.2	and rating system.
0:16.7	He brings the case against his friend, Jay.
0:19.7	Jay says that films which induce powerful fear are, by definition, horror movies, whether
0:26.1	or not they feature classic horror tropes like ghouls, ghosts, and monsters.
0:31.4	Brian disagrees.
0:32.4	He says horror is a genre defined by the content of the films, not the reaction of the audience.
0:38.6	He says that the central question is whether the characters are scared, and the audience's
0:44.0	feelings are irrelevant.
0:46.3	So does a scared audience mean it's a horror flick, or is it a thriller?
0:51.4	If it doesn't feature a few blood-curdling screams from the leading lady.
0:55.7	Only one man can decide.
0:57.6	Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the court.
1:01.8	The power of Judge John Hodgman compels you.
1:05.2	The power of Judge John Hodgman compels you.
1:08.4	The power of Judge John Hodgman compels you.
1:12.2	Hi, Jessie.
1:13.2	You can swear, man.
1:14.2	Please rise and raise your right hands.
1:17.0	Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you
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