Spectacle Without Emotional Impact
Nolan delivers spectacle, but does it resonate?
Aug 7, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 25 segments
Coming up on this episode: - EVIL DEAD BURN Review, Interviews & franchise ranking - THE ODYSSEY Review - THE WESTIES Review & interviews with cast & creative team - BOWELS OF HELL & INSECTASY…
Chloe GascoigneHostYes.
The latest instalment in the hellish iconic horror franchise, which we're both big fans of.
Oh, I
The originals were some of the first horror films I kind of got into because they're like, they're not so scary that you're going to be terrified, but they're fun.
They're very over the top gory.
Quite

camp quite when you look back i just wonder when you look at like those those movies that are really camp from like the 80s and the 70s and stuff were they camp then or was that like horror back then because i look at that now and i'm like spoofy yeah the
acting is very over the top i mean very

theatrical yeah almost like a stage performance but i'm like was that how it was viewed at the time
Yeah.

Or did people generally watch that and think this is the most horrific thing I've ever seen in my life? Well, the first
one was banned in the UK for a long time.
But there was a lot

of movies that were banned that I look back now and I'm like, what for? Yeah, yeah,
yeah.
And some that should be banned today and they're just rolling around.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So we're big fans of the franchise.
Yes.
The latest instalment in the hellish iconic horror franchise, which we're both big fans of.
Oh, I
The originals were some of the first horror films I kind of got into because they're like, they're not so scary that you're going to be terrified, but they're fun.
They're very over the top gory.
Quite

camp quite when you look back i just wonder when you look at like those those movies that are really camp from like the 80s and the 70s and stuff were they camp then or was that like horror back then because i look at that now and i'm like spoofy yeah the
acting is very over the top i mean very

theatrical yeah almost like a stage performance but i'm like was that how it was viewed at the time
Yeah.

Or did people generally watch that and think this is the most horrific thing I've ever seen in my life? Well, the first
one was banned in the UK for a long time.
But there was a lot

of movies that were banned that I look back now and I'm like, what for? Yeah, yeah,
yeah.
And some that should be banned today and they're just rolling around.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So we're big fans of the franchise.
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