Collective Nightmares

Collective Nightmares


Latest Episodes

Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey (Frake Waterfield 2023)
December 16, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey. The single most trite, banal, incompetent series of images we have watched since we s

The First Omen (Stevenson 2024)
December 03, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the Omen prequel The First Omen (Stevenson 2024). The film prompted an intense discussion of the Catholic Church, soci

Piggy (Perada 2022)
September 24, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the European horror film Piggy. This film features a phenomenal performance by a new actress and contributes to the bo

X (West 2022)
September 02, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of West's first film in his wildly ambitious horror trilogy, X. This film sparked a conversation about the state of the s

MaXXXine (West 2024)
August 13, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of West's third film, MaXXXine in his wildly ambitious horror trilogy. This film bring the trilogy to a very satisfying c

Pearl (West 2022)
August 05, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of West's second film, Pearl in his wildly ambitious horror trilogy. This film sets up the third film to either be a nota

Barbarian (Cregger 2022)
June 17, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of Cregger's breakout horror film, Barbarian. This film was well executed with a mix of progressive statements and baffli

Crimes of the Future (Cronenberg 2022)
June 11, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of Cronenberg's newest film, Crimes of the Future. Laura hated it, finding it overwrought, navel gazing, and abstruse. Ma

Scream 5 5cream (Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett 2022)
May 20, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the fifth film in the Scream franchise, Scream. We are thrilled to return to the slasher genre with this latest instal

Slumber Party Massacre (Esterhazy 2021)
April 29, 2024

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of Slumber Party Massacre from 2021. This is a companion episode to our discussion of the original 1982 film of the same