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Insightful, hilarious, and always curious - Jon and Ash have some of the most interesting conversations about peculiar films, 99% of which I’ve never seen, but I’ll never tire of hearing such intelligent dissections of “horror” films (whether mainstream, cult classic, or utterly obscure). Come for the jokes and camaraderie, stay for the radical critiques of our modern day political economy - can’t recommend enough!
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I am a long-time (years!) listener of this excellent podcast. Ash and Jon have truly shaped my analysis of film and sparked a love and appreciation of horror that I never had before. There is so much care that goes into this podcast, from Ash’s beautiful and poetic précis, to Jon’s consistently insightful analysis, and the dynamic of friendship that they have together. They have introduced me to so many films I never would have watched, educated me on entire sections of film history (giallo!) and made me a more well-rounded film watcher and political agent. Love these sweet ghosts!
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Really interesting and thought provoking criticisms of often overlooked films by two extremely affable and smart people. They’ve helped me discover TONS of reading and viewing material that I’ve made viewing events out of (well, remote events due to COVID, ha).
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What I think Horror Vanguard does better than most other podcasts out there is show that this isn’t just an intellectual exercise in Marxist media criticism. Instead, it’s an insightful exploration of how people, animals, the earth, and everything else connect together and how that connection is expressed in horror cinema. And then, how do we take that expression and synthesize it in a consciousness-raising way.
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