Ep. 04-10: Metropolis (1927) & I Am Mother (2019)

Metropolis (1927) In the future, in a city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city’s mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

I Am Mother (2019) After humanity’s extinction, a teenage girl is raised by a robot designed to repopulate the earth. Their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

Episode 10 Metropolis/I Am Mother

Welcome to the first DOUBLE-FEATURE of our 4th season. In this special episode, we are diving back into silent move territory, before fast-forwarding almost one hundred years later to a current offering from Australia. Join us as we discuss the similarities and differences between the two and the dynamic of female characters in both. Listen as Johnny Has the Keys journeys into the future of two vastly different worlds, one a dystopia, the other an apocalypse, where we discover that human nature really never changes… does it?

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Stranger Things Special

Bonus – Stranger Things

A few years ago, Netflix created a pop culture phenomenon that has now, as of this last season, become their most successful original show to date. Stranger Things season 3 debuted on July 4th this year and has flayed any other summer television competition. What makes this show so resonant with viewers? Why is it that the pull of 1985’s nostalgia draws even non-genre fans… especially to a show that is filled with monsters, murder, and mad scientists? Join David and Tim for a Johnny Has the Keys Special Episode discussing the lure of memory lane and this welcome the addition to the canon of genre television. Listen… as we merely brush the surface of a treasure trove of keys that all fit the magical door to Stranger Things.

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Ep. 01-19: Hill House “Silence Lay Steadily”

Episode 19 – The Haunting of Hill House episode 10 “Silence Lay Steadily”

In this, the final installment of our deep-dive into The Haunting of Hill House, the Red Room’s contents are finally revealed as the Crain’s return to the house to confront old ghosts, unspeakable secrets and an insatiable evil. Join us as we discuss the conclusion to this extraordinary series, and the satisfying outcomes of the family in their final quest to save Luke. Will they survive the mysteries that have plagued them… and what will they do to ensure that Hill House no longer haunts them?

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Ep. 01-18: Hill House “Screaming Meemies”

Episode 18 “The Haunting of Hill House episode 9”

We continue our deep-dive into the Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House to discover some major reveals in the plot… the Crain children’s mysteries finally unraveled, exposing the secrets that they have harbored for most of their lives. This episode centers on Olivia and the reasons behind the choices she made. Join us as we finally break the surface of this deliciously layered series and discuss the aspects that make it a classic in its own right. Who will survive as the Crain family enters Hill House one last time?

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