Hot for Creature

A podcast about Creature Features! Rob and Dylan track the history of monster movies, from the birth of cinema to the present!

Hot for Creature Episode 72 - SMOOCHIE AWARDS 2023

It's been a wonderful season, creatures. Let's smooch some witches.

06-16
01:25:46

Hot for Creature Episode 71 - You Won't Be Alone

The creatures explore the quiet countryside of macedonia and explore the world from different points of view through 2022’s You Won’t Be Alone. They discuss shoegaze, allegories and plans for a post-season special.

05-26
01:08:37

Hot for Creature Episode 70 - Hellbender

The creatures are back with Addams Family indie darling Hellbender! They cough up blood and dish on regional filmmaking, COVID productions and CGI. Spring eats winter, baby...

04-21
52:47

Hot for Creature Episode 69 - The Witches (2020)

This week Rob & Dylan watched Robert Zemeckis's The Witches. They're lucky to be alive.

03-17
01:12:45

Hot for Creature Episode 68 - Gretel & Hansel

In one of their most divisive eps yet, the creatures debate the quality of Oz Perkins's Gretel & Hansel. They talk nepo babies, child actors and a chance encounter with Alucarda

03-10
53:47

Hot for Creature Episode 67 - The Wretched

The creatures are back in the new year to discuss the 2020 box office smash The Wretched. Dylan tells the story of meeting on of his heroes, Rob muses on the personalities and streaming services and the two mine the canon for unrecognized auteurs. Happy New Year!

02-17
01:03:05

Hot for Creature Episode 66 - Lux Æterna

For the first and last time on this podcast the creatures are diving into Gaspar Noe’s oeuvre to see his singular take on witches in 2019’s Lux Æterna. They pay tribute to Charlotte Gainsbourg, discuss the film’s messages of misogyny in filmmaking, and talk about where in the world of cinema they would want to move. Cw: gendered industry abuse

09-16
01:00:34

Hot for Creature Episode 65 - Suspiria (2018) (feat. Julian Sky Aldana-Tejada)

The creatures are joined by screenwriter, playwright and theatre practitioner Julian Sky Aldana-Tejada to discuss the most difficult film they've ever reviewed: the polarizing remake of Dario Argento's Suspiria. They go through some new physcial media acquisitions and straight into the weeds to decipher this mind-bending reimagining. It's all a mess, isn't it?

09-02
01:17:15

Hot for Creature Episode 64 - Pyewacket

Angst. The final frontier. The creatures are watching indie darling Pyewacket and reliving their young almost-goth days with the summoning of a witch-demon. They compare the film to other indie offerings, discuss sci-fi nomenclature and film noir, getting as nerdy as possible for your listening pleasure.   Cw: self-harm, familial trauma

07-15
40:36

Hot for Creature Episode 63 - The Autopsy of Jane Doe

The creatures are ready to dissect this 2016 horror/thriller with a doctor’s precision, taking on The Autopsy of Jane Doe. They discuss the trappings of late 2000’s horror, the connections between this movie and the earlier witch classics and, of course, how Star Wars could be rebooted to amazing effect.

06-24
52:03

Hot for Creature Episode 62 - The Love Witch (feat. Juliana Kuttruff)

In this bonkers episode, the creatures fall in love with Anna Biller’s The Love Witch and witch queen of the screen Juliana Kuttruff is there to help break the spell. Dylan is hypnotized by Elvira sex magic, Rob thirsts over Elliott Gould and Juliana de-mystifies the world of DILF energy.

05-27
01:16:35

Hot for Creature Episode 61 - The VVitch (& The Northman) feat. Eponymous John

The creatures are rearing up on their goaty li'l hind legs to watch Robert Eggers's The VVitch, and also discuss his new film The l\lorthman. Rob extols their love for Eggers's filmography and John brings the heat (and by heat we meet historical religious background).

05-13
01:04:02

Hot for Creature Episode 60 - Witching & Bitching

The creatures bitch about witching in Spain as they discuss Alex de la Iglesias’s Witching & Bitching. They discuss Sumerian idols, the latest Pixar releases and attempt to pronounce the name of this movie’s locations. They’re really good at this.

04-08
49:13

Hot for Creature Episode 59 - The Lords of Salem (feat. Lars Addams)

The creatures are joined by world’s greatest artist and Tweeter Lars Addams to discuss Robert Zombini’s [sic] The Lords of Salem. This work of cinema spins them around like no other and leaves them mystified. Come ride the goat with us, creatures.

03-25
01:12:46

Hot for Creature Episode 58 - The Woods

The creatures venture into THE WOODS. Will they make it out of THE WOODS? What do they think about the movie THE WOODS? Stay tuned and listen to them talk about Lucky McKee’s THE WOODS.

03-04
57:19

Hot for Creature Episode 57 - Bewitched

Love is in the air as the creatures celebrate Valentine’s Day with this Nora Ephron box-office bomb. They discuss the sexual energy of Will Ferrel, the Lubitsch touch, chemistry and toasters as they decode this mystifying work of cinema.

02-18
01:04:01

Hot for Creature Episode 56 - Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows & Blair Witch 2016

The creatures are 2 hot 2 handle in this episode comparing sequels to The Blair Witch Project. They stumble through the dark woods that is this crazy trilogy and discuss goth Scooby Doo, sequel expectations and branded underwear. Seriously. They want that branded underwear.

02-11
01:09:04

Hot for Creature Episode 55 - The Blair Witch Project (feat. Michael Stahler)

In 2022, two little creatures and acclaimed actor Michael Stahler ventured off into the woods to record a podcast about hiking, Animal Planet and Michael’s real life Blair Witch experience. A week later, these recordings were found thoroughly edited. These are those recordings.

01-28
01:21:09

Hot for Creature Episode 54 - Practical Magic

The creatures are back from their jolly break and getting back into the groove. They show off their physical media gifts and acquisitions from the holidays and indulge in this odd 90s melange of horror and sisters comedy. Over midnight margaritas they pitch an artistic masterpiece for Sandra Bullock, discover the original Borat and fly off the roof into greatness.

01-21
01:03:29

Hot for Creature Episode 53 - Eve's Bayou (feat. Selis Vargas)

The bayou calls and the creatures answer. With the help of Sweet ‘n Spooky’s Selis Vargas they dissect what makes this gem a forgotten classic and wrestle with its plethora of themes. They also talk Christmas movies, voiceover and the works of Toni Morrison and Faulkner. Cw: sexual assault, childhood trauma

12-17
01:22:07

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