After a long delay caused by the non-zero chance that the boys were marooned by weather in an eldritch beacon, the boys found someone who likes their lobster in Stephen Foxworthy, co-host of the Disenfranchisedpodcast! 2019 was a banger of a year for films – The Farewell, Parasite, Uncut Gems – and the fact that the claustrophobic, tense, paranoid, nightmare sophomore entry from Robert Eggers is included amongst conversation with those masterpieces is a testament to how firmly of a grasp the writer/director had on how to balance the Lovecraftian inspirations with his own unique story. It’s a little bit of Greek mythology mixed with madness and just a touch of tentacles.
To read more about Eggers’ Lovecraftian inspirations, read the full article referenced in this episode over at IGN.
