Welcome to episode 44 of The Horror Double Bill, where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

The Wind (2018) dir. Emma Tammi, with Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, Julia Goldani Telles, and Miles Anderson.

The Dark and the Wicked (2020), dir. Bryan Bertino, with Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Lynn Andrews, and Xander Berkeley.

Recommendations 

Curse of the Undead (1959), Near Dark (1987), Ravenous (1999), The Burrowers (2008), Bone Tomahawk (2015), The Monster (2016)

References

The Geography of Horror by Marco Lukic

The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture by Bernice M. Murphy

Desert Horror Movies and Horror Westerns by John LeMay

West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns by Jane Tompkins.

https://www.thecherrypicks.com/stories/emma-tammi-on-the-horrors-of-isolation

https://filmthreat.com/interviews/the-wind-with-emma-tammi

https://moveablefest.com/caitlin-gerard-emma-tammi-teresa-sutherland-wind/

https://latinhorror.com/interview-emma-tammi-the-wind/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/prairie-madness-study-silence-great-plains

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1893/09/the-isolation-of-life-on-prairie-farms/523959/

https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/director-bryan-bertino-vicious-horror-movie-north-texas-40601111

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/355261/interview-michael-abbott-jr-talks-working-with-bryan-bertino-on-the-dark-and-the-wicked-and-that-three-legged-goat/

https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/the-dark-and-the-wicked-marin-ireland-interview

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-dark-and-the-wicked-star-marin-ireland-faced-her-fears-4089466/

https://dailydead.com/interview-xander-berkeley-discusses-his-enigmatic-character-in-the-dark-and-the-wicked-and-reflects-on-candyman/

www.gonewiththetwins.com/interview-bryan-bertino-strangers

https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-producer-adrienne-biddle-on-the-family-terrors-of-the-dark-and-the-wicked/

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