Jacob's Ladder

About this episode

Nikki and Kate discuss the film Jacob’s Ladder, exploring its themes and technical aspects.

This week Nikki and Kate watched Jacob’s Ladder and discussed undercranking, heaven and hell in lighting, and being jumpscared by Macaulay Culkin. Rated R Blood, gore, audio gore, racial slurs, homophobic slurs, ableist slurs, ableism, institutionalization, needles/syringes, gun violence, PTSD If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts- it really does help! You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

People in this episode

Hosts: Nikki, Kate

Topics covered

• film review
• horror
• cinematography
• psychological themes
• jump scares

Keywords

• Jacob's Ladder
• undercanking
• lighting
• jumpscare
• PTSD
• horror film
• film discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Jacob’s Ladder

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