Episode 5: The Platform

Episode 9, Malevolent

This is the second episode of a 4-episode mini-series tournament.   Join us for episode 9, featuring Malevolent (2018) (available on Netflix) This is a British horror film and fictional telling of a group of young scam artists that fake paranormal encounters to relinquish spirits from peoples homes. Things go awry as our protagonist discovers her own supernatural senses.    Watch the movie in full to join this weeks two hosts, Gabriel Becker and Bryn Shouse, or join our two naive hosts design and guess the story based on the first 16:30 min, or don't watch it at all and come follow along as we determine this episode's Underlectual. Director - Olaf de Fleur (Icelandic film director, scriptwriter and producer). Cast - Florence Pugh, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Scott Chambers, Georgina Bevan, James Cosmo Screenplay/Writers - Ben Ketai, Eva Konstantopoulos DP - Bjarni Felix Bjarnason

Episode 8, The Power of the Dog

Episode 8, featuring The Power of the Dog (2021) (available on Netflix) is a western psychological drama based on its namesake book by Thomas Savage.  The story and relationship between characters unearths strong themes of love, grief, identity, resentment, jealousy and sexuality.  Watch the movie in full to join this weeks two hosts, Nicholas Becker and Rylan Rudebusch, or join our two naive hosts design and guess the story based on the first 16:30 min, or don't watch it at all and come follow along as we determine this episode's Underlectual.

Episode 7: I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore

Welcome back to the Underlectual for our 7th episode, we're playing our game with I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore.  This episode is hosted by, Rylan, so join him laugh at our attempts to guess our way through this stories plot, character developments, total death count, and how much money is stolen: suitcase size, fanny pack, wallet, money clip, or nothing?..  Next Episode: Prospect - Check out our Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/join/theunderlectual

Episode 6: Children of the Sea

Welcome back to the Underlectual for our 6th episode, we're playing our game with The Children of the Sea. That phrasing sounds bad... Anyway, Nicholas is running our game this week! Next Episode: I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore - Check out our Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/join/theunderlectual

Episode 5: The Platform

Episode 5, The Platform (available on Netflix), is out and ready for ears to listen! This is a Spanish film and another psychological thriller about a fictional prison called 'the pit' and how one prisoner looks for a way out after choosing to be inside.   We go over the rules at the beginning of every episode, so if you want to play along, you can watch the first 15 minutes on Netflix, watch it beginning to end to join our host, Alex French, or don't watch it at all and just have fun creating with us. Nonetheless, join us as we determine this week's Underlectual! - Remember to check out our PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/theunderlectual?fan_landing=true - Next Episode, we'll be watching: The Children of the Sea on Netflix. - Contact us at theunderlectual@gmail.com - And, we'd like to thank Kai Burley once again for our new theme song. Tell him at bkaiburley on Instagram how much you love the song.