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In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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This week, we discuss two films from American cult horror director Fred Dekker.
The first is The Monster Squad (1987), co-written by Shane Black, which sees a group of young kids take on the Universal monsters.
The second is Night of the Creeps (1986), where two uncool college students find themselves at the centre of an alien invasion that turns people into zombies.
Timestamps
What we’ve been watching (00:00:55) – Sexy Beast, Ocean’s Twelve, Wolfman’s Got Nards
The Monster Squad (00:14:05)
Night of the Creeps (00:41:45)
Coin toss (01:08:50)
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