Chuck and Justin take on Alex Garland’s Annihilation, a film that’s as haunting as it is hard to pin down. They dig into how it compares to Jeff VanderMeer’s novel, what Garland nailed, and where it falls short. From the nightmare bear to the lighthouse and those uncanny doppelgängers, they break down the movie’s wild mix of beauty, horror, and existential dread, and ask whether it ever truly captures the book’s strange, Lovecraftian soul.
Hosted by Charles Phillips Co-hosted by Justin Morgan Mixing by Scratchin’ Menace Music by Daniel Birch and Ben Pegley
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