“The real monster was humanity all along!”
We all love a good metaphor, but in today’s episode the human monsters are literal.
You better watch your back!
Films covered in this episode.
Misery (1990)
Timestamp : 6:20
Directed by Rob Reiner & written by William Goldman, based off the novel by Stephen King
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Timestamp : 21:20
Directed by Jonathan Demme & written by Ted Tally, based off the novel by Thomas Harris
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Freaks (1932)
Timestamp : 40:00
Directed by Tod Browning, Written by Willis Goldbeck & Leon Gordon, suggested by the story Spurs by Clarence Aaron ‘Tod’ Robbins
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
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