The Core

Season 1

Season • Oct 26, 2017–Jan 11, 2018

A genre filmmaking special with blood, guts, and brains. Mickey Keating hosts frank conversations with iconic filmmakers and real-life experts, punctuated by vividly stylish demonstrations.

  1. S1E1 - Halloween Special

    30 min • Oct 26, 2017 (8 years ago)

    Even if you've never seen the films: you know the mask, and you know what those haunting piano notes portend. Why? Who better to explain than heir-apparent Halloween child star Danielle Harris.

  2. S1E2 - Steve Ellison AKA Flying Lotus

    30 min • Nov 16, 2017 (8 years ago)

    How'd Steven Ellison follow up his diverse, Grammy-nominated music career? By prompting walkouts with his controversial debut film Kuso. Plus, SFX expert Jim Ojala shows us how to look pretty in puke.

  3. S1E3 - Simon Barrett

    30 min • Nov 23, 2017 (8 years ago)

    Simon Barrett (writer of You're Next, The Guest, Blair Witch) talks tension and what's so great about a blender - as an instrument of death.

  4. S1E4 - The Soska Sisters

    30 min • Nov 30, 2017 (8 years ago)

    The Soska Sisters show how they achieve their films' practical body horrors without CG.

  5. S1E5 - Mary Harron

    30 min • Dec 7, 2017 (8 years ago)

    Wanna hear from an American master? Good. We've got iconic director Mary Harron to talk holding audiences in the palm of her hand. Plus, a mentalist shows how to execute a psyche out.

  6. S1E6 - Leigh Whannell

    30 min • Dec 14, 2017 (8 years ago)

    Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious) created not one but two massive horror franchises that radically shifted the direction of the genre. The reigning king of delicious, masterful, utterly surprising jump scares tells us how to get audiences involuntarily elevated out of their chairs. Hold on to that popcorn. Plus, we'll push the boundaries of haunted houses with an examination of the extreme, surreal vision of H E R E T I C.

  7. S1E7 - Rodney Ascher

    30 min • Dec 21, 2017 (8 years ago)

    The Nightmare's Rodney Ascher shows us how he turns his vivid childhood traumas into adulthood art. Then, a sleep specialist gets into the science of sleep paralysis, hallucinatory demons and all.

  8. S1E8 - Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, Josh Waller, AKA SpectreVision

    30 min • Dec 28, 2017 (8 years ago)

    Elijah Wood's acclaimed company SpectreVision rips into the heart at the core of even the most provocative genre films. Plus, a doctor has her patients strap on VR glasses to confront their fears.

  9. S1E9 - Tribute to Tobe Hooper and George A. Romero

    30 min • Jan 4, 2018 (8 years ago)

    The Core pays tribute to George A. Romero and Tobe Hooper with Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Daniel Pearl (DP, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Gabriel Bartalos (FX, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2).

  10. S1E10 - Danzig

    30 min • Jan 11, 2018 (8 years ago)

    Punk and metal icon Glenn Danzig discusses the genre films that have influenced his work, including his favorite on-screen bloodbaths.