Squid Game & Lamb (Movie Squad Podcast #45)

This week on the Movie Squad pod, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo return to the world of streaming television, before looking at an arthouse horror fairytale with Breakfast host Taylah Strano.

Tristan is up first, reviewing the Netflix phenomenon Squid Game. The nine-episode series follows a group of South Koreans in a battle royale to the death in pursuit of millions of dollars. But how does it compare with other ‘last person standing’ films and series like The Hunger Games, The Running Man and, of course, Battle Royale?

Next, Simon covers the strange Icelandic tale Lamb, starring Noomi Rapace as a farmer who takes in a baby animal as her own child, interfering with a very unnatural side of nature. Listen in to hear how this slow-burner (from producer Béla Tarr, and co-written by Sjón from The Sugarcubes) maintains its tension… or doesn’t.

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

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