Episode Description
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.wmagazine.com/culture/the-dark-and-the-wicked-marin-ireland-interview
www.gonewiththetwins.com/interview-bryan-bertino-strangers
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