Night of the Living Academic Podcast
Join Matt and Caitlin as they discuss a different horror movie each episode. Caitlin is a dedicated enthusiast of the genre and is writing a PhD dissertation on horror films and gothic fiction, while Matt prefers auteur films. Can Caitlin convince Matt that these movies are good? And there's a twist- in order to keep things fair, every fourth episode, Matt gets to choose the movie. Segments include: Academic Corner, Scariest Moment, What Beer Pairs Well With this Movie?, and more! Show artwork by Evan Lau.
Night of the Living Academic Podcast
Episode 19: Vampire's Kiss (1988): A, B, C This Movie!!! Ft. Jessica Hautsch
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Caitlin Duffy & Matthew Au
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Episode 19
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This time around, Caitlin and Matt are joined by special guest and vampire expert (and maybe real life vampire?) Jessica Hautsch to discuss Vampire's Kiss (1988), one of the greatest Nicolas Cage films ever. And perhaps one of the greatest films period.
Talking points include...
- Nicolas Cage... duh!
- Vampires! Renfields!
- Toxic masculinity!
- Hypermasculinity and capitalism!
- City as character!
- Nosferatu! Dracula! Twilight!
- Bats! Cockroaches! Pigeons!
- Psychoanalysis!
- Cult film!