Director Kyle Edward Ball had a nightmare as a child: "I was in my parents’ house, my parents were missing, and there was a monster." Turns out, this is a nightmare a lot of people have had. After honing this craft on his YouTube channel, he finally made his film… and then it leaked online. Joined by Ball himself and Dread Central’s editor-in-chief MaryBeth McAndrews , Anna explores how SKINAMARINK became the perfect haunted house movie for the internet age. Season 6, titled Haunted Homes , explores how haunted house movies have mirrored our relationship with our homes. Each episode visits a horror movie that changed the way we imagine a haunted house, from the crumbling Gothic mansions to white picket fences, what it says about the people who live in the houses and what scares them the most. Guest written and hosted by Anna Bogutskaya . Find her book on horror films and feelings, FEEDING THE MONSTER , online and in all good bookshops. You can also listen to her horror film history podcast The Final Girls and subscribe to her movie newsletter Admit One . THE SUBSTANCE is now showing in theaters across the US, UK, Latin America, Germany, Canada and Netherlands and streaming exclusively on MUBI. SKINAMARINK is now streaming on MUBI in Latin America. To watch some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast . Availability of films varies depending on your country. After listening, check out our piece that explores the visual aesthetics of Skinamarink (2022), "Digital Impressionism: Cinema between Figuration and Abstraction". Read the article here . MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.
