Episode 47: Daniel Isn't Real (2019) & The Lighthouse (2019)

Welcome to episode 47 of the Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

First up is Daniel Isn’t Real (2019) dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer, w Miles Robbins & Patrick Schwarzenegger

Then The Lighthouse (2019) dir. Robert Eggers, w Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson.

Recommendations

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1940/10/thus-i-refute-beelzy/654631/

Enoch by Robert Bloch

Asylum (1972)

Tales that Witness Madness (1973)

In This Way I Was Saved by Brian DeLeeuw

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind, 

Some Kind of Hate (2015)

At Close Range (1986)

Archenemy (2020)

References

https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-speaks-the-truth-about-daniel-isnt-real-part-two/

https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/adam-egypt-mortimer-discusses-his-cosmic-horror-film-daniel-isnt-real/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffewing/2020/12/11/interview-a-chat-with-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-about-archenemy-superheroes-and-genre-film/

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3596127/8-films-inspired-daniel-isnt-real/

https://screenrant.com/patrick-schwarzenegger-interview-daniel-isnt-real-clip/

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/patrick-schwarzenegger-daniel-isnt-real

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/314433/exclusive-interview-with-daniel-isnt-real-director-adam-egypt-mortimer/

https://dailydead.com/sxsw-2019-interview-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-talks-daniel-isnt-real/

The Lighthouse - Arrow Video 4k special edition extras and comentaries

https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/lightha.htm

https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/robert-eggers-lighthouse-influences

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/04/robert-eggerss-historical-visions-go-mainstream

https://silverscreenriot.com/talking-robert-eggers-witch/

https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/screenwriters-lecture-series-2019-robert-eggers/

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/dec/22/robert-pattinson-i-dont-really-know-how-to-act-batman-the-lighthouse

https://www.gq.com/story/willem-dafoe-on-why-the-lighthouse-worked-so-well

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-lighthouse-robert-eggers-filmmaker-toolkit-podcast-episode-94-1202186291/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalls_Lighthouse#Smalls_Lighthouse_Tragedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Isn%27t_Real

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light-House

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Eggers

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