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The Core

The Core

The Core

2017 1 Seasons 10 Episodes ⭐ 5.0 Talk

The Core is a dissection of the brilliant minds from which genre films spring. Whether it's a demo on head explosions, or a primer on avoiding predictable jump scares, The Core busts open the traditional talk show and plays with its guts. Host Mickey Keating and his guests examine the onscreen techniques and real-life psychologies that strike fear into our very core. We'll turn you on to what's thrilling in filmmaking today, without subjecting you to a chat with that dude Greg from film school.

The Core is a dissection of the brilliant minds from which genre films spring. Whether it's a demo on head explosions, or a primer on avoiding predictable jump scares, The Core busts open the traditional talk show and plays with its guts. Host Mickey Keating and his guests examine the onscreen techniques and real-life psychologies that strike fear into our very core. We'll turn you on to what's thrilling in filmmaking today, without subjecting you to a chat with that dude Greg from film school.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Halloween Special

Even if you've never seen the films: you know the mask, and you know what those haunting piano notes portend. Why? Who b

EP 2

Steve Ellison AKA Flying Lotus

How'd Steven Ellison follow up his diverse, Grammy-nominated music career? By prompting walkouts with his controversial

EP 3

Simon Barrett

Simon Barrett (writer of You're Next, The Guest, Blair Witch) talks tension and what's so great about a blender - as an

EP 4

The Soska Sisters

The Soska Sisters show how they achieve their films' practical body horrors without CG.

EP 5

Mary Harron

Wanna hear from an American master? Good. We've got iconic director Mary Harron to talk holding audiences in the palm of

EP 6

Leigh Whannell

Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious) created not one but two massive horror franchises that radically shifted the direction o

EP 7

Rodney Ascher

The Nightmare's Rodney Ascher shows us how he turns his vivid childhood traumas into adulthood art. Then, a sleep specia

EP 8

Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, Josh Waller, AKA SpectreVision

Elijah Wood's acclaimed company SpectreVision rips into the heart at the core of even the most provocative genre films.

EP 9

Tribute to Tobe Hooper and George A. Romero

The Core pays tribute to George A. Romero and Tobe Hooper with Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Daniel Pearl (DP, The Texas

EP 10

Danzig

Punk and metal icon Glenn Danzig discusses the genre films that have influenced his work, including his favorite on-scre

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Mickey Keating

Mickey Keating

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Samuel Zimmerman

Samuel Zimmerman

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