The Media Morgue

Welcome back to the Morgue -- for VOLUME 3!!! Friend of the Show Danielle Dougé returns to help kick off our third season with the most controversial film we could find: Andrew Dominik's fantasy biopic BLONDE. Though the conversation does wade deep into Marilyn's legacy and our culture's fascination with her sadness, we also make time to appreciate her gift by revisiting one of her classics. You k...

After a brief break, the Morticians close out Season 2 with a directorial double feature! This week, A self-made savant who nursed the superhero genre at the turn of the century has returned to ply his trade in the new era with 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'. Alongside it: a brief retrospective on his explosive post-wallcrawler gross-out horror comedy 'Drag Me to Hell'. Face your fe...

This week on the Morgue!  A double dip into vampire fiction with the long-delayed 'Morbius' and South Korean heavyweight Park Chan-wook's 'Thirst'. Put down that blood-filled Big Gulp and scrub in!  TIMESTAMPS  [0:00 - 16:35] Intro & News! Trailer Talk for 'Firestarter' and David Lynch at Cannes??? [16:45 - 49:50] 'Morbius' (2022) dir. Daniel Espinosa [50:10 - 1:28:40] 'Thirst' (2009) dir. Park Ch...

It's a Media Morgue mini!  A brief discussion about the new Daniels dramedy that blends multiversal mania with sincere human emotion.  TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 18:35] Intro & News! The Slap. That's it, really. Oh and Amy Schumer being bad at her job. [18:45 - 53:00] 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' (2022) dir. Daniels    

Welcome back to the Morgue!  Grindhouse and arthouse collide in this dual review of erotic A24 releases: 'X' and 'Red Rocket'. You might wanna take our "scrub in" catchphrase somewhat literally for this one.  TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 18:20] Intro & News! Trailer Talk for 'Hogwarts Legacy' and 'Sonic 2'; 'Evil Dead: The Game', 'Amityville in Space', and more. [18:30 - 47:35] 'X' (2022) dir. Ti West [47:4...

The Morticians are once again joined by special assistant Anirudh Pi for an entire episode devoted to dissecting Matt Reeves’ red-hot vigilante crime thriller: ‘The Batman’🦇🐈‍⬛. Where does “Battinson” rank among his caped crusading predecessors? Is this the best-looking Gotham City yet? Why is Zoë Kravitz so fine? And did they really have to tease *that guy* again? We can at least answer some o...

Welcome back to the Morgue!  In this Texas-sized Talkathon, the cinema surgeons dig through the bloody carcasses of the Texas Chainsaw franchise: specifically the latest Netflix-exclusive entry and the haunting legend that started it all in 1974. Also an episode full of questions, like: does Michael Chiklis still wear his Thing costume? Is Dan's avatar in No Man's Sky still alive? And which of the...

Welcome back to the Morgue!  Recorded last Wednesday in the wake of Oscar nomination announcements, the Morticians and guest Marissa T. took a tread through the mind of Pablo Larraín with his psychological historical fable 'Spencer' and the genre-defying 'Ema', set in his homeland of Chile.  TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 31:45] Intro & News! Oscar Nominations and GTA 6 confirmed!!! + Trailer Talk for 'Lighty...

Welcome back to the Morgue! Double, double, toil and trouble. It’s a bloody day as the Morticians take on two cinematic adaptations of William Shakespeare’s “Scottish play”; both in grayscale and boasting formidable casts, but with 65 years and a wealth of cultural difference between them. No more boasting like a fool—this episode you’ll play before the purpose cools! Scrub in! TIMESTAMPS [0:00 -...

Happy (Belated) New Year from the Morgue!  On this episode, the Morticians take a trip through meta-horror history to review highlights from the entire 'Scream' franchise before digging into the 2022 requel which mixes the original cast with some fresh blood. Joined by guest host Ryan Goodrich ( @ryancgoodrich ), scrub in to hear how the newest entry continues Wes Craven's genre-bending commentary...

Welcome back to the Morgue! That's right folks, you knew it was coming. One unbroken episode solely devoted to discussing the final entry in the MCU Homecoming trilogy. How great was Willem Dafoe in this? How do we feel about the future of the MCU? And what are the uh...complications of *that* spell? No news, no segments, just spiders. Scrub in!  [Recorded Remotely]

Welcome back to The Morgue! This week, the Morticians stick with the European excursion they started in the last episode and discuss Wes Anderson's shiny new anthology film 'The French Dispatch'📰 in pairing with the Lumières Award-nominated French thriller 'Nocturama'💣. Joined by guest host Charlie Dalencour ( @charliedalencour ), scrub in to find out if their French accents have at all improved...

Welcome back to the Morgue! And happy Thanksgiving weekend🍽 For this episode the Morticians are joined in-studio by Friend of the Show Anirudh Pi (@anircdh) to review LAST NIGHT IN SOHO👗 before bouncing back sixty years for a look at a foundational French new wave horror story: EYES WITHOUT A FACE😶. Many jokes and bad European accents lay on the other end of this play button, but you'll never kn...

Do you want to play a game? No not that one, the other one. Just in time for the confirmed renewal, the Morticians dive into a recap and review of the South Korean streaming sensation SQUID GAME🦑🚦. What moments did we see coming? What surprised us? What games would we win, and which would we want to see added? All these answers and more await at the press of a button. Scrub in! TIMESTAMPS [0:00...

This week, blaxploitation has arrived in the Morgue. The morticians get dusty, dastardly, and downright devious in a discussion about Netflix's new Western with a cast of bright black stars: THE HARDER THEY FALL💵. Then it's a disco shuffle back in time to 2009/the early 1970s for a romp through the unbelievably hilarious BLACK DYNAMITE🧨. Scrub in right now or you're a jiiiive mothaf****!!! TIMES...

You can't kill the Bogeyman...or his franchise rights👀👻 This very special episode brings all the Morticians together to discuss the legacy of John Carpenter's 1978 classic HALLOWEEN🎃🔪 alongside its continuations in the hands of David Gordon Green and its 2007 remake by Rob Zombie. Will time look back on either of them positively? Click through, wayward movie watcher, and you may be closer to r...

Welcome back to the Morgue!  The Morticians give their thoughts on how Denis Villeneuve approached one of the most ambitious science fiction stories ever written in DUNE🏜 ; then, a mini dive into the ayahuasca-fueled mind of Alejandro Jodorowksy with THE HOLY MOUNTAIN🏔, along with some fun facts about that one time *he* took a shot at adapting Frank Herbert’s world…without having read the novel. S...

This week on the Morgue... The Morticians dissect James Wan's newest horror effort MALIGNANT alongside a B-movie from 2009 that's seeing something of a resurgence: JENNIFER'S BODY. Scrub in! [This episode was recorded remotely, so prepare for some slight signal dipping in the early portions of segments 2 and 3] TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 20:35] News! Trailers for 'The Black Phone' and 'Scream', plus specu...

Welcome back to the Morgue -- for Volume 2! We're diving straight into spooky month with a review of Cannes' surrealist showstopper TITANE and the Clive Barker fetish fear classic HELLRAISER. Not much more to say than that--go ahead and press play. We're waiting. (Headphones Recommended!) TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 23:55] News! Lots of litigation over Chucky v. Child's Play, Friday the 13th v. Jason, and...

Welcome back to the Morgue! The Morticians go medieval with our (soft? mid?) season one finale discussing the new #a24 fantasy THE GREEN KNIGHT by David Lowery, which our boy Wes decided long ago he would pair with EXCALIBUR (1981) by John Boorman. Themes of mysticism, knighthood, possession, bravery, and lack thereof abound in both these Arthurian tales. But there’s uh….a sizable gap in delivery....

Welcome back to the Morgue! On this episode--joined by new Friend of the Show Ralph Irizarry ( @jazzandmfdoom )--we dive into our first TV review with Marvel's latest Disney+ original series: LOKI. How is the mischievous Asgardian getting on these days? Is his character redevelopment justified or just weird? What does that season finale mean for the future of the MCU? And just how profoundly broke...

Welcome back to the Morgue! Danielle Dougé joins us again for a review of two current releases -- the absolutely manic gossip epic ZOLA, and an unsettling new indie horror release: CENSOR. Scrub in!  *Disclaimer* due to technical difficulties, this episode was recorded with just one mic. We're workin on it, folks. In the meantime, mind the volume button. Headphones recommended!  TIMESTAMPS [0:00 -...

Today on the Morgue! The very special, very smart, and very funny Danielle Dougé ( @fatblkbabe ) is the Morticians' first-ever guest on this musical episode where we tackle Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'In the Heights' by way of Jonathan Chu and then tap dance back through time to the mack daddy of all race-fueled New York City summer songfests: 'West Side Story'. Scrub In!  TIMESTAMPS  [0:00-27:50] News!...

Back in the Morgue! We hope you'll pardon this belated entry--which also had to be recorded across two sessions--for what might be one of our fullest and most fun conversations yet.  TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 15:00] News! E3 + Summer Games Fest & indie releases, Square Enix's 'Guardians of the Galaxy', Steven Soderbergh's 'No Sudden Move' [15:24 - 46:25] 'Army of the Dead' directed by Zack Snyder; starri...

Welcome back to the Morgue!  We morticians return from an impromptu break to crack open a couple of detective stories: 'Spiral: From the Book of Saw' and 'Brick', the filmmaking debut of much maligned Star Wars director Rian Johnson. Scrub In!  _____________ TIMESTAMPS [0:00 - 20:37] News! Trailers for 'Last Night in Soho', 'The Tomorrow War', & 'Eternals', + leaked script excerpts from CW's horre...