Schlock and Awe

  On this week's big Episode 20, Lindsay is joined by film writer and Podcast Host Brian Keiper - from the excellent Movies For Life Podcast - and they dive into the darkness with  Fritz Lang's M and Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street. 'This is a special Double Feature; two seminal movies that defined their decade.  Brian is an expert of A Nightmare of Elm Street (please read his article listed below from Manor Vellum) and Lindsay just loves these movies and wants to talk about them - so you know the usual.  It's time to get into two of cinemas greatest Monsters. Sins of the Father - Manor Vellum Listen to Movies for Life Here Follow Movies for Life on Twitter @MovieLifePod Follow Brian Keiper on Twitter @BrianDKeiper   Follow Schlock and Awe on Twitter @schlockandawe1 Follow Schlock and Awe on Instagram @schlockandawe1 Follow Lindsay on Twitter @readandgee k Podcast Can Also be Listening in the Following Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts   Spoti...

Wes Craven was one of the  defining directors of the 1980s.        By 1984 Horror was already turning to a more supernatural and creature features, but A Nightmare on Elm Street refined it and perfected it.  And because of this, and Craven's general talent, he worked a lot in the 1980s.  Even what is to come in his career I would say the 80's is considered his peak.  The Nightmare and what Craven could do with it define what kinds of movies he was allowed to make.  Within these confines, Craven was still able to make a wide verity of movies that are filled with different ideas.   THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 1984      Yes, it's the movie where the dog gets a flash back.  But to be fair, Beast saw some shit in that desert.  My first reaction to Wes Craven's sequel to The Hills Have Eyes is that it looks a lot like the original.  As in Wes went back to the shed, picked up the same camera and lenses and went...