Nitram & Séance (Movie Squad Podcast #43)

This week on the Movie Squad pod, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo kick off the spookiest of months, October, with horrors both real and fictional.

The conversation with Breakfast host Taylah Strano begins with a discussion of Justin Kurzel’s controversial Nitram, starring American actor Caleb Landry Jones as Australia’s most notorious mass shooter. Simon weighs up the benefits of art that examines real tragedy, and how Kurzel’s depiction of the lead-up to the Port Arthur massacre is actually quite “moral” in its intentions.

Next, Tristan turns to the streaming service Shudder for Séance, the directorial debut of screenwriter Simon Barrett. Does this “ghost at a boarding school” story have enough twists in its tail? How does it compare with Barrett’s previous efforts You’re Next and The Guest (two of Tristans all time faves)? And why is this the rare horror flick Taylah actually wants to see? Listen in to find out!

Theme music by Eddie Electric. Logo by Stage Left Design.

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