Time Enough Podcast: A Twilight Zone Podcast
Jul 1, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 11 segments
We truly enter the Peele zone with the first of the films he both wrote and directed. You'll find John doing his spiritualist/leftist take on film at Popcorn Eschaton…
Matt ComegysHost
John ArminioGuest
i definitely saw in theaters uh because i'm uh I'm a horror boy, and yeah, I think this movie is definitely one of the most important horror movies in the 21st century.
I it's difficult to know how big its influence is going to be like in, in the coming years.
Um, certainly it made, uh, a star out of Daniel Kaluuya, who was amazing and, and, and like, I think it was so incredibly prescient when it was released, like, um, you know, released in the wake of the death of George Floyd, and so everything it has to say about, like, American perceptions of race and how racist it is talked about.
three years before that, but we had, like, Trevor Martin and other people, so, yeah.
We could do the David Byrne thing where you just shout out everyone's name if you want, but...
Yeah, I mean, it's been in the horror conversation, you know, since then, especially like comparing every Jordan Peele film since, like ranking them and whatever.
I was actually surprised because when it starts, you know, the Blumhouse logo shows up, which I've sort of always heard is like kind of like shorthand for kind of like current version of cheap exploitation, which is movie was cheap 4.5 millions, uh, pretty cheap for a movie made in a 2016 or 2017 whenever they were filming.
So, um, so I guess I'll ask you what, what exactly is the Blumhouse vibe? Cause maybe, I don't know.
yeah, I think they definitely make their money on like, uh, the Conjuring franchises and a lot of the legacy remakes and legacy sequels and stuff like that, which is much less appealing to me.
But they do every once in a while get a hit with, you know, a movie like Get Out.
Oh, that just came out, didn't it? Sorry, I'm trying to sound smart and say, oh, that just came out, but I don't know if it's Blumhouse or not.
i definitely saw in theaters uh because i'm uh I'm a horror boy, and yeah, I think this movie is definitely one of the most important horror movies in the 21st century.
I it's difficult to know how big its influence is going to be like in, in the coming years.
Um, certainly it made, uh, a star out of Daniel Kaluuya, who was amazing and, and, and like, I think it was so incredibly prescient when it was released, like, um, you know, released in the wake of the death of George Floyd, and so everything it has to say about, like, American perceptions of race and how racist it is talked about.
three years before that, but we had, like, Trevor Martin and other people, so, yeah.
We could do the David Byrne thing where you just shout out everyone's name if you want, but...
Yeah, I mean, it's been in the horror conversation, you know, since then, especially like comparing every Jordan Peele film since, like ranking them and whatever.
I was actually surprised because when it starts, you know, the Blumhouse logo shows up, which I've sort of always heard is like kind of like shorthand for kind of like current version of cheap exploitation, which is movie was cheap 4.5 millions, uh, pretty cheap for a movie made in a 2016 or 2017 whenever they were filming.
So, um, so I guess I'll ask you what, what exactly is the Blumhouse vibe? Cause maybe, I don't know.
yeah, I think they definitely make their money on like, uh, the Conjuring franchises and a lot of the legacy remakes and legacy sequels and stuff like that, which is much less appealing to me.
But they do every once in a while get a hit with, you know, a movie like Get Out.
Oh, that just came out, didn't it? Sorry, I'm trying to sound smart and say, oh, that just came out, but I don't know if it's Blumhouse or not.
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