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Podcast: Rotten Rewind
Episode: 2000s Horror Vol. 1: Final Destination & Saw (with Jaime Bolker)
Description: After “Scream” revived the teen slasher movie in the late 90s, the genre was on life support again by the early 2000s. But after 9/11 changed the tone of the country, a new wave of horror was ushered in: one that was meaner, grittier, and far more violent than any of the previous decades. Instead of looking for a light escape, Americans seemed angrier and more bloodthirsty than ever. Horror in the new millennium began to reflect that as a new era of franchises satisfied audience’s appetites with films like “Saw” and “Hostel.” For the next five weeks, we’ll be looking ba...