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Welcome to Episode 096 and Happy Halloween this month! Here is yet another extremely delayed release that is SIX YEARS LATE! In this special Considering Horror Cinema release, Jay of the Dead welcomes longtime friend and found-footage enthusiast Donnie Darko from New Jersey to discuss three very different films in the subgenre. Together, they consider the quietly haunting grief drama of Lake Mungo (2008), the escalating scares of South Korea’s Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018), and the clever, self-referential Horror Comedy Found Footage 3D (2016). Along the way, Jay and Donnie talk about why found footage can feel uniquely immersive, how effective films hide unsettling details in plain sight, and what makes the convention work when it works well. Join us!

Note: This episode was recorded in September 2020!

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