MM46 - Serial Killers feat. Theda Hammel
Added 2025-10-25 18:27:35 +0000 UTCIn this edition of Ghoulvie Screamset Horrortober, Will and Hesse are joined by the writer, director and star of STRESS POSITIONS, Theda Hammel, to discuss two horror films about serial killers.
First is Michael Powell’s PEEPING TOM (1960) which stands along with Hitchcock’s PYSCHO as one of the first movies to connect having a parent to something called “psychology” which is what makes people into sexually-depraved murderers. Banned in the UK following its initial release for being too twisted, PEEPING TOM follows a victim of parents and psychology, aspiring filmmaker Mark Lewis, who makes documentaries about killing women with a camera tripod as he records their final moments.
Next up is perhaps the most genuinely upsetting and sickening movie we’ve ever done, John McNaughton’s HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER starring Michael Rooker as “Henry” a drifter who we the viewer follow as we observe his behavior and methods of murdering women and eventually begin to feel complicit in his nauseating crimes.
Both films strongly investigate the nature of watching other people on screens and imply there is something inherently perverse about making and watching movies.
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Comments
I watched Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer when I was in high school and I don’t retain much about it but I feel like it’s because my brain locked it in a box and made me promise to never watch it again.
Bryce3dKeygen.midi
2025-11-07 06:48:55 +0000 UTCIt is a true pleasure to hear Theda talk about film. She’s really got a gift for film analysis.
Bryce3dKeygen.midi
2025-11-07 06:41:48 +0000 UTCI rewatched Cliffhanger last night and had to come here to remind Will of a Rare Rooker, he's definitely a good guy in that despite his animosity towards Gabe
Declan Kennedy
2025-11-02 07:01:49 +0000 UTCI really appreciated Theda's insights into Peeping Tom. Also I don't know why anyone would watch these kinds of movies when you could just watch something fun that doesn't make you feel disgusting.
Drew
2025-10-31 14:06:53 +0000 UTCYall ever seen man bites dog? Seems germane
Michael
2025-10-29 21:41:28 +0000 UTCGreat episode. I wonder if you all considered discussing Snowtown.
HP
2025-10-29 20:03:47 +0000 UTCOff topic, but what's the Movie Mindset party line on Patrick Keiller? I love the Robinson trilogy.
Austin Williams
2025-10-29 14:54:00 +0000 UTCI was gonna just watch the second movie and listen to y'all talk about Peeping Tom, but 20 minutes in and the way you're describing this made me pause and rent the movie for tonight
Drew
2025-10-27 20:58:27 +0000 UTCHas Movie Mindset done a Brian De Palma movie yet? I thought they did, but I couldn't find it by searching in Patreon. Maybe I'm just remembering other times Will talked about De Palma
T
2025-10-27 19:44:03 +0000 UTC“I guess I love you too” is like his “kept you waiting huh”
Kevin
2025-10-27 07:19:34 +0000 UTCLove the MM series. I think creature-feature is one region of horror films that’s missing from the MM canon. The Birds, Arachnophobia?
Jacob Calcutt
2025-10-26 23:24:04 +0000 UTC
