We welcome strange and beautiful visitors with this week’s double feature of two underrated gems: “Under the Skin” and “Glorious”.
Under the Skin
We begin, as always, with talk about the latest and greatest horror, cinema, and pop culture news.
We have franchises on our minds this week. We did not think The Pope’s Exorcist was a big hit. It underperformed at the box office, and whenever we heard about the Russel Crowe movie, it was just about how awful it was. Apparently, it has gathered a cult following. How big of a fanbase? Would you believe a trilogy?
We also talk about the new Matrix movie and the importance of knowing when to quit.
Then it’s on to this week’s double feature, a couple of underseen otherworldly films about dangerous visitors.
Scarlett Johansson is one of the biggest movie stars in the world. Big as in the second box office-grossing actor in the history of movies. She has acted in a number of different genres and is known the world over. But even she has starred in some films that did not set the box office on fire.
Released in 2013, Under the Skin is one of those that did not do as well, failing to recoup its $13 million (!) budget. We talk about its guerilla filmmaking, Johansson’s amazing performance, and why audiences will have trouble getting into it. Is this the best work on an impressive resume?
Glorious
It seems like we are seeing a Lovecraft renaissance. The horror author has been a big influence on many, but his views have left him as a person of non-grata for a long time. But every week seems to bring us a new work inspired by him. (To be fair, Lovecraftian themes and ideas have never gone away.)
What is especially fun about this latest way of Lovecraftian horror is its willingness to try new themes. Take 2022’s Glorious.
The Shudder original takes many familiar themes, puts them in a road stop restroom, and makes a glory hole central to the plot. Does it work? And what about that wild twist?
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Every week AIPT Movie Editor Nathaniel Muir and his cinema partner in crime Blake Heath discuss indie and genre movies you have have never heard of, the ones you cannot hear enough about, and the ones you never want to hear about again.
Episode 370: Mid year recap
Time moves more quickly now than it ever has. It was not that long ago that we were talking about a new show executive produced by the Duffer brothers. About a month later, it is one and done. As someone once reminded us, we are just two guys who watch movies. Production budgets and domestic grosses are only a passing interest to us. Still, there are some things that catch our attention. Were we right to say that Michael would get to $1 billion? And what does the future hold for Obsession?
There was a major change to our humble little podcast this year. We decided it would be in our best interests to be a little more focused. To that end, we went to just covering one movie each show. Despite this, we still managed to cover twenty-three movies over seventeen episodes. And twenty of them were released in 2026.
So, what do we have to talk about? And will we get as worked up as we did last week? The horrors of high school, zombies, musicals, buff nuns, and grindhouse adjacent fun. It may not all have been good, but everything left some sort of impression on us.
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Adventures in Movies! is hosted by Nathaniel and Blake. You can find Nathaniel on Instagram at nathaninpoortaste. Blake can be found on Twitter @foureyedhorror and on Instagram at foureyedhorror. You can reach us personally or on Twitter @AdventuresinMo1.
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