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The Core

Season 1 2017 - 2018

  • 2017-10-26T00:00:00Z on Shudder
  • 42m
  • 5h (10 episodes)
  • English
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.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

2017-10-26T00:00:00Z

1x01 Halloween Special

Series Premiere

1x01 Halloween Special

  • 2017-10-26T00:00:00Z30m

Even if you've never seen the films: you know the mask, and you know what those haunting piano notes portend. Why? Who better to explain than heir-apparent Halloween child star Danielle Harris.

1x02 Steve Ellison AKA Flying Lotus

  • 2017-11-16T00:00:00Z30m

How'd Steven Ellison follow up his diverse, Grammy-nominated music career? By prompting walkouts with his controversial debut film Kuso. Plus, SFX expert Jim Ojala shows us how to look pretty in puke.

2017-11-23T00:00:00Z

1x03 Simon Barrett

1x03 Simon Barrett

  • 2017-11-23T00:00:00Z30m

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

2017-11-30T00:00:00Z

1x04 The Soska Sisters

1x04 The Soska Sisters

  • 2017-11-30T00:00:00Z30m

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

2017-12-07T00:00:00Z

1x05 Mary Harron

1x05 Mary Harron

  • 2017-12-07T00:00:00Z30m

Wanna hear from an American master? Good. We've got iconic director Mary Harron to talk holding audiences in the palm of her hand. Plus, a mentalist shows how to execute a psyche out.

2017-12-14T00:00:00Z

1x06 Leigh Whannell

1x06 Leigh Whannell

  • 2017-12-14T00:00:00Z30m

Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious) created not one but two massive horror franchises that radically shifted the direction of the genre. The reigning king of delicious, masterful, utterly surprising jump scares tells us how to get audiences involuntarily elevated out of their chairs. Hold on to that popcorn. Plus, we'll push the boundaries of haunted houses with an examination of the extreme, surreal vision of H E R E T I C.

2017-12-21T00:00:00Z

1x07 Rodney Ascher

1x07 Rodney Ascher

  • 2017-12-21T00:00:00Z30m

The Nightmare's Rodney Ascher shows us how he turns his vivid childhood traumas into adulthood art. Then, a sleep specialist gets into the science of sleep paralysis, hallucinatory demons and all.

Elijah Wood's acclaimed company SpectreVision rips into the heart at the core of even the most provocative genre films. Plus, a doctor has her patients strap on VR glasses to confront their fears.

The Core pays tribute to George A. Romero and Tobe Hooper with Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Daniel Pearl (DP, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Gabriel Bartalos (FX, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2).

Season Finale

2018-01-11T00:00:00Z

1x10 Danzig

Season Finale

1x10 Danzig

  • 2018-01-11T00:00:00Z30m

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

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