That's Dark Press Kit

THAT’S DARK
EPISODES SEASON ONE
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER
ALTERNATIVE FACTS OF HENRY LEE LUCAS
Another film that lives in the mythology tucked within Danny’s mind, John McNaughton’s Henry:
Portrait of a Serial Killer is this week’s film. Things get lively when Pappy takes his turn at the
three-minute drill, and Danny goes “Full Henry” on his fact-checking. The conversation focuses
on the reality of Henry Lee Lucas and McNaughton’s cinematic representation of the notorious
serial killer.
GROSTESQUE
THEORIZING TORTURE PORN
Squirmish-ness abounds when Danny, David and Pappy watch Koji Shiraishi’s Grotesque (2009).
Danny and Pappy play head games, and questionable activity happens at the start of the threeminute
drill. This is the first real journey into both Japanese cinema and a popular subgenre of
extreme film. The conversation focuses on trying to understand the genre of torture porn and the
role of the body in extreme cinema.
IN A GLASS CAGE
WHERE DEATH & PLEASURE DRIVES MEET
The one that got away. Danny, David and Pappy piece together their discussion on Agusti
Villaronga’s In A Glass Cage (1987). Organized through audio flashbacks, the boys retrace their
steps through a surprise three-minute drill twist and their discussion regarding the problems of
genre, the pleasure principle, and the death drive. Conversational etiquette flys by the wayside and
the boys try to figure out where it went wrong, in retrospect.
A SERBIAN FILM
BREAKING DANNY’S WILL
In the season finale, Danny finally meets Srdjan Spasojevic’s A Serbian Film (2010). After the
big reveal is nearly blown, David and Pappy execute a game of deception to surprise Danny with
a film he doesn’t want to watch. Listen to Danny run an emotional gauntlet as he navigates the
most notorious film in the genre. We cover intentional fallacy, whether or not the film is a Serbian
allegory and consider the film as a tragedy. Season one goes out with a bang, not a whimper.
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