46: A Quiet Place (2018)

50: Bad Hubby Horror

We've been watching a lot of bad husbands. So we built a rubric. This encore to our Rosemary's Baby deep dive introduces our three-tier taxonomy of bad partners in horror - Trevors, Guys, and Billys - and the films that gave us each one. Plus the demo for our new song based on Rosemary's Baby.   Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:03:28 Tier 1: The Trevor 00:08:28 Tier 2: The Guy 00:16:46 Tier 3: The Billy 00:29:45 Song Demo 00:33:39 Losing Light

49: Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Part Two

Rosemary's Baby Part 2: we finish what we started. Rosemary, Guy, and the entire Castavet operation get the deep dive they deserve - coercive control, bodily autonomy, and the Rosemary's Baby curse. Then both original songs, live for the first time, with a split perspectives gimmick.   Chapters 00:00 Intro 05:24 Story Time: Characters 24:18 Story Time: Murder, Mayhem & Myths 47:55 Story Time: The Rosemary's Baby Curse 52:31 Story Time: Themes 1:08:41 Open Mic 1:28:04 Losing Light

48: Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Part One

Rosemary's Baby is one of our all-time favorites, and it's easy to see why. Part 1 covers the film's production history, the real buildings behind the Bramford, the complicated legacy of its director, and the cinematography that turns a dream apartment into something much worse - all without a single special effect. No music this week, too much to cover everything in just one episode! Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:06:22 Distribution & Reception 00:26:46 Let's Make a Movie: Filmmakers 00:50:29 Let's Make a Movie: Cast 01:02:39 Let's Make a Movie: Production 01:11:46 Vibe Check: Cinematography 01:29:14 Vibe Check: SFX 01:32:47 Vibe Check: Music & Sound Design Citations Booker, M. Keith. “Rosemary’s Baby (1968): Director Roman Polanski”. Comments on Culture. 2026. https://bookerhorror.com/rosemarys-baby-1968-director-roman-polanski/ [https://bookerhorror.com/rosemarys-baby-1968-director-roman-polanski/]. Bose, Swapnil Dhruv. “Dissecting the curse of Roman Polanski’s horror classic ‘Rosemary’s Baby’.” Far Out Magazine UK. 24 November 2020. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/roman-polanski-horror-curse-rosemarys-baby/ [https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/roman-polanski-horror-curse-rosemarys-baby/]. Eggert, Brian. “Rosemary’s Baby (1968).” Deep Focus Review. 7 October 2018. https://www.deepfocusreview.com/definitives/rosemarys-baby/ [https://www.deepfocusreview.com/definitives/rosemarys-baby/]. Johnson, Eleanor. “Guy Horror: ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and Coercive Control.” Public Books. 12 June 2023. https://www.publicbooks.org/guy-horror-rosemarys-baby-coercive-control/ [https://www.publicbooks.org/guy-horror-rosemarys-baby-coercive-control/]. Juneau, Jen. “Mia Farrow Recalls the Moment Frank Sinatra Served Her Divorce Papers on ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Set.” 8 November 2024. Yahoo! Entertainment. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mia-farrow-recalls-moment-frank-162038936.html [https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mia-farrow-recalls-moment-frank-162038936.html]. Kirk, Sarah. “Rosemary’s Baby Film Analysis 1968”. Medium. 28 July 2021. https://sarahck36.medium.com/rosemarys-baby-film-analysis-1968-274d742dddb6 [https://sarahck36.medium.com/rosemarys-baby-film-analysis-1968-274d742dddb6]. Lyons, Kevin. “Rosemary’s Baby (1968).” The EOFFTV Review. 31 October 2019. https://eofftvreview.wordpress.com/2019/10/31/rosemarys-baby-1968/ [https://eofftvreview.wordpress.com/2019/10/31/rosemarys-baby-1968/]. Nelson, Jillian. “’This is no dream! This is really happening!’: Rosemary’s Baby Horrific Reflections of Female Subjectivity in 1968 and Present-Day America.” Perisphere. 5 October 2025. https://www.perisphere.org/2025/10/05/this-is-no-dream-this-is-really-happening-rosemarys-babys-horrific-reflections-of-female-subjectivity-in-1968-and-present-day-america/ [https://www.perisphere.org/2025/10/05/this-is-no-dream-this-is-really-happening-rosemarys-babys-horrific-reflections-of-female-subjectivity-in-1968-and-present-day-america/]. Ramirez, Jake. “10 Eerie Tales From Behind the Scenes of Rosemary’s Baby.” Listverse. 22 July 2025. https://listverse.com/2025/07/22/10-eerie-tales-from-behind-the-scenes-of-rosemarys-baby/ [https://listverse.com/2025/07/22/10-eerie-tales-from-behind-the-scenes-of-rosemarys-baby/]. Waldron, Abigail. “[Roe]smary v Wade: Bodilyl Autonomy & Choice in ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ (1968).” Horror Press. 1 June 2022. https://horrorpress.com/editorials/1597/roesmary-v-wade-bodily-autonomy-choice-in-rosemarys-baby-1968/ [https://horrorpress.com/editorials/1597/roesmary-v-wade-bodily-autonomy-choice-in-rosemarys-baby-1968/]. Williams, David E. “Beyond the Frame: Rosemary’s Baby.” American Cinematographer. 30 March 2017. https://theasc.com/article/beyond-the-frame-rosemarys-baby/ [https://theasc.com/article/beyond-the-frame-rosemarys-baby/]. Williams, Marisa. “Horrors of Domesticity: Rosemary’s Baby.” Digital Literature Review. 14 January 2020. https://blogs.bsu.edu/dlr/2020/01/14/horrors-of-domesticity-rosemarys-baby/ [https://blogs.bsu.edu/dlr/2020/01/14/horrors-of-domesticity-rosemarys-baby/].

47: Horror Villain Draft - A Quiet Place Encore

20 deep dives in, we finally settled it - a horror villain draft from every film we've covered. Mrs. Voorhees, the Thing, Pazuzu, the Overlook Hotel, and more are all on the table. We close with Breaking Our Silence, our new song demo based on A Quiet Place.   The Villains Ghostface (Scream) Pazuzu (The Exorcist) Deadites (The Evil Dead) Black and White Zombies (Night of the Living Dead ) Jerry Dandridge (Fright Night ) The Thing (The Thing) Michael Myers (Halloween) The Crawlers (The Descent) Mrs. Voorhees (Friday the 13th) Billy (Black Christmas) Billy Chapman (Silent Night, Deadly Night) Death (Final Destination) Norman Bates (Psycho) Candyman (Candyman) Remmick and his vampires (Sinners) Russ Thorn (The Slumber Party Massacre) The Overlook Hotel (The Shining) Bill Roberts (Intruder) The Monstrosity (Smile) Death Angels (A Quiet Place)   00:00 Intro 01:24 The Draft: Team Picks 15:37 Final Scores & Rankings 28:25 Song Demo: Breaking Our Silence

46: A Quiet Place (2018)

This week we tackled A Quiet Place, and one thing we’re completely sure of is that our family absolutely would not survive. John Krasinski's 2018 PG-13 creature feature is 91 minutes of the most efficient horror storytelling we've covered. We dig into Industrial Light & Magic’s last-minute creature redesign, the cochlear implant debate, and what it means to watch a parent-child horror film when your kids are close to the age of the kids on screen. And as always, we debut our new songs inspired by the film - John’s is a banger and Rachel’s has Disney chords. Citations Bishop, J.W. “How John Karsinski Created ‘A Quiet Place’.” Smithsonian Magazine. December 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/john-krasinski-created-quiet-place-180970716/ [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/john-krasinski-created-quiet-place-180970716/]. Flaherty, Keely. “Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Monsters in ‘A Quiet Place’.” BuzzFeed. 11 April 2018. Kincheloe, Pamela J. “’A Quiet Place’ Falls Into a Tired Trope About Deafness.” HuffPost. 16 April 2018. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-kincheloe-quiet-place-deaf-people_n_5ad10645e4b0edca2cb9acc6 [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-kincheloe-quiet-place-deaf-people_n_5ad10645e4b0edca2cb9acc6]. Krasinski, John. “The Making of A Quiet Place”. Empire. 20 April 2018. https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/making-quiet-place-john-krasinski/ [https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/making-quiet-place-john-krasinski/]. “Millicent Simmonds on Reprising Her ‘A Quiet Place’ Role.” Casting Frontier. 7 June 2021. https://castingfrontier.com/blog/blog-millicent-simmonds-on-reprising-her-quiet-place-role/ [https://castingfrontier.com/blog/blog-millicent-simmonds-on-reprising-her-quiet-place-role/]. Nichols, Mackenzie. “’A Quiet Place II’ Star Millicent Simmonds on Casting Hearing Actors as Deaf Characters: ‘It’s Not Fair’.” Variety. 28 May 2021. https://variety.com/2021/film/features/quiet-place-2-millicent-simmons-john-krasinski-1234977160/ [https://variety.com/2021/film/features/quiet-place-2-millicent-simmons-john-krasinski-1234977160/]. “Tom Wholley ‘11 On Creating Monsters for ‘A Quiet Place’.” Gordon College Alumni Stories. 8 December 2021. https://www.gordon.edu/stories/tom-wholley-11-on-creating-monsters-for-a-quiet-place [https://www.gordon.edu/stories/tom-wholley-11-on-creating-monsters-for-a-quiet-place]. Trapunski, Charles. “Interview: A Quiet Place’s Noah Jupe.” 9 July 2018. Brief Take. https://brieftake.com/interview-a-quiet-place-noah-jupe/ [https://brieftake.com/interview-a-quiet-place-noah-jupe/]. Van Horn, Shawn. “John Krasinski Completely Changed ‘A Quiet Place’ Monsters at the Last Second.” Collider. 29 May 2024. https://collider.com/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-monsters/ [https://collider.com/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-monsters/]. Waxler, Caroline. “Episode 8: John Krasinski, ‘A Quiet Place’”. On Writing. 7 December 2018. https://www.wgaeast.org/onwriting/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place/ [https://www.wgaeast.org/onwriting/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place/]. Wiese, Jason. “Millicent Simmonds: 5 Cool Things to Know About A Quiet Place Part II Actress.” Cinema Blend. 7 June 2021. https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2568520/millicent-simmonds-cool-things-to-know-about-a-quiet-place-part-ii-actress [https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2568520/millicent-simmonds-cool-things-to-know-about-a-quiet-place-part-ii-actress].   Chapters 00:00 Intro 06:26 Intro: Distribution & Reception 21:53 Let's Make a Movie: Filmmakers 33:03 Let's Make a Movie: Cast 40:31 Let's Make a Movie: Production 49:56 Vibe Check: Cinematography 56:39 Vibe Check: SFX 1:04:09 Vibe Check: Music & Sound Design 1:12:53 Story Time: Characters 1:31:30 Story Time: Murder & Mayhem 1:52:20 Story Time: Themes 2:08:41 Open Mic 2:22:14 Losing Light