The Haunted Screen

Auteur(s): Travis Mushett
  • Résumé

  • The Haunted Screen is a narrative podcast about film, history, and the places they intersect. Incorporating extensive research and archival interviews, Professor Travis Mushett explores key movements in global cinema through engaging audio storytelling that appeals to both hardcore cinephiles and casual moviegoers. The first season—"From Caligari to Hitler"—investigates the chaotic, creative world of Weimar Germany. New episodes are tackling new topics!

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Épisodes
  • Cinema Oblivion: Lost Films, Haunted Histories
    Jan 31 2025

    As many as 90% of silent movies are lost to the ages, and many from later eras have vanished as well. How do these holes distort the story of film? This week: reel infernos, missing monsters, Jerry Lewis'... Auschwitz clown debacle, and a little hauntology as a treat.

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    40 min
  • A New Year, A New Orlok: Nosferatu vs. Nosferatu
    Jan 7 2025

    Robert Eggers' new version of Nosferatu is an absolute horror show in the best way possible. With Orlok Fever sweeping the nation, we're taking the opportunity to repost a 2022 episode on F.W. Murnau's century-old original.

    Travis also offers his take on the Eggers adaptation. He promises not to read it as a political allegory, then promptly does so anyway.

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    1 h et 10 min
  • Folk Horror, Pt. II: The Haunted Screen Gets Hauntological
    Nov 27 2024

    Folk horror is a past-haunted subgenre for our past-haunted times. Appearances from A-Ha, Christopher Lee, Jacques Derrida, Ronald Reagan, Mark Fisher, and creepy child laughter.

    Episode artwork by DALL-E. Yeah, I know.

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    52 min

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