About this episode
Mike and Jamie discuss the new film The Waves of Madness, exploring its unique storytelling and design elements.
Once the most derided type of film adaptation, video game movies have been seeing a renaissance as of late. So what better time to borrow the conventions of a once-derided medium to tell a story all your own? In this Mini-BOP, Mike and Jamie gush about the new film by genre filmmaker Jason Trost, The Waves of Madness, the world’s first side-scrolling motion picture. With a premise that could have outstayed its welcome in minutes, Waves draws you in with its loving pastiche of PS1-era survival horror, and keeps you with a sincere Lovecraftian mystery at sea, with the best monster design we’ve seen all year. You’ll never look at load screen monologues the same way again! Check out the mega documentary IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS 1995-99 by CreatorVC: https://90shorrordoc.com?sca_ref=9729058.lIiOUEN8Xd https://www.boxofficepulp.com/ Listen on Apple: https://www.boxofficepulp.com/apple Listen on Spotify: https://www.boxofficepulp.com/spotify Listen on Amazon: https://www.boxofficepulp.com/amazon All The OTHER Ways to Listen: https://www.boxofficepulp.com/listen Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoxOfficePulpPodcast/ Follow on Twiter/X: https://x.com/BoxOfficePulp
People in this episode
Hosts: Mike, Jamie
Topics covered
- film
- video game adaptations
- horror
- Lovecraftian
- cinema
Keywords
- video game movies
- Jason Trost
- side-scrolling motion picture
- PS1-era survival horror
- monster design
Mentioned in this episode
Products: IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS 1995-99
Books & works: THE WAVES OF MADNESS, Waves, IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS 1995
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