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Podcast: Rotten Rewind
Episode: What Lies Beneath & Gothika
Description: Before the "Saw" franchise staked their claim to the Halloween release slot, Dark Castle was delivering its annual nu-metal take on classic horror movies. Ah yes, that blissful period in between the 90's slasher wave and the post-9/11 torture porn/J-horror remake craze. During that brief window, we got movies like "House on Haunted Hill" and "Ghost Ship," but their last hurrah was the 2003 supernatural thriller "Gothika" starring a post-Oscar win Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz and Robert Downey, Jr. in his first comeback role. A minor box office success, but a critical disaster at 14%, Matheiu Kassovitz's American debut was...