Nightmares & Nerdscapes

Nightmares & Nerdscapes

31 movie-matched episodes
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Monthly conversations surrounding the best and worst of horror cinema, literature, serial podcasts, and the stage.

The Matrix
The Matrix Is Not About the Simulation - It Is About Extraction
The Matrix (1999) · Aug 4, 2026
eXistenZ
eXistenZ and the Horror of Not Knowing Where Reality Ends
eXistenZ (1999) · Aug 4, 2026
The Truman Show
The Truman Show and the Horror of a Life Built for an Audience
The Truman Show (1998) · Aug 4, 2026
Dark City
Dark City and the Horror of a World That Writes You
Dark City (1998) · Aug 4, 2026
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect and the Cost of Trying to Fix the Past
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine Is Not About Forgetting - It Is Love Without Consequence
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive and the Version of Yourself You Never Became
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko (2001) | Narrative and the Horror of Uncertainty
Donnie Darko (2001) · Aug 4, 2026
Backrooms
The Backrooms (2026) | Certainty and the Horror of Being Wrong
Backrooms (2026) · Aug 4, 2026
Shutter Island
Shutter Island (2010) | Reality and the System of Preservation
Shutter Island (2010) · Aug 4, 2026
Memento
Memento (2000) | Memory and the System of Reconstruction
Memento (2000) · Aug 4, 2026
High Life
High Life (2018) | Reproduction and the System of Control
High Life (2018) · Aug 4, 2026
Alien
Alien (1979) | Labor and the System of Extraction
Alien (1979) · Aug 4, 2026
Prometheus
Prometheus (2012) | Creation and the Permission to Create
Prometheus (2012) · Aug 4, 2026
Event Horizon
Event Horizon (1997) | Knowledge and the Collapse of Reality
Event Horizon (1997) · May 23, 2026
Sunshine
Sunshine (2007) | Purpose and the Destruction of Identity
Sunshine (2007) · May 16, 2026
Annihilation
Annihilation (2018) | Transformation & the Collapse of Identity
Annihilation (2018) · May 9, 2026
Inland Empire
Inland Empire (2006) | Dissolution and the Collapse of Identity
Inland Empire (2006) · May 2, 2026
Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder (1990) | Perception and the Collapse of Reality
Jacob's Ladder (1990) · Apr 25, 2026
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse | Isolation, Identity Collapse, and the Horror of Authority
The Lighthouse (2019) · Apr 18, 2026
Personal Shopper
TRANSMISSION | How Personal Shopper Turns Grief Into a System of Contact
Personal Shopper (2016) · Apr 11, 2026
The Platform
HIERARCHY | Why The Platform Works Without Accountability
The Platform (2019) · Mar 28, 2026
Faults
Faults (2014) | Control, Consent, and the Horror of Voluntary Surrender
Faults (2014) · Mar 14, 2026
The Hunt
BETRAYAL | The Social Horror at the Heart of The Hunt
The Hunt (2020) · Feb 28, 2026
Vivarium
Vivarium - The System That Replaces Escape
Vivarium (2019) · Feb 21, 2026
The Blackcoat's Daughter
The Blackcoat's Daughter - Waiting for Meaning
Saint Maud
Saint Maud - Devotion as Consequence
Saint Maud (2020) · Feb 7, 2026
The Lodge
The Lodge - Belief Without Consent
The Lodge (2020) · Jan 31, 2026
They Look Like People
They Look Like People — When Fear Has No Face
Vampire Hunter D
N&N Presents Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D (1985) · May 21, 2025