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Josh and Dru discuss Peter Strickland’s film Berberian Sound Studio and its impact on the horror genre.

This week Josh and Dru discuss Peter Strickland’s breakthrough film, Berberian Sound Studio (2012). From wiki: “Berberian Sound Studio is a 2012 British psychological horror film. It is the second feature film by British director and screenwriter Peter Strickland. The film, which stars Toby Jones, is set in a 1970s Italian horror film studio.[2]” Also discussed:The Comeback, Dead Lovers (2026), 2010s horror, Clue fancasting etc, NEXT WEEK: The Leopard Man (1943) Bloodhaus: https://www...

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Hosts: Joshua Conkel, Drusilla Adeline

Topics covered

• psychological horror
• film analysis
• 1970s cinema
• sound design
• horror genre

Keywords

• Berberian Sound Studio
• Peter Strickland
• psychological horror
• 1970s horror
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Berberian Sound Studio, The Comeback, Dead Lovers, Clue, The Leopard Man

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