In this episode of Why Are You Making Me Watch This? George and Jayne discuss liminality and uncanny valley, how the Strava app revealed the exact co-ordinates of US military bases, the allure of Gillian Anderson and Kane Parsons’ directorial debut and box office hit Backrooms. They do so over the course of a bottle of rosé La Vieille Ferme, or chicken wine.
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We additionally discuss:
* Ice Cream Man (2026)
* A Short Stay In Hell by Stephen L. Peck (2009)
* Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison (2023)
* Good Boy by Neil McRobert (2025)
* Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram (2024)
* Severance (2022-)
* Coraline (2009)
* Only Fools and Horses (1981-2003)
* In The Dust of This Planet by Eugene Thacker (2011)
* Wyrd and Other Derelictions by Adam Nevill (2020)
* The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)
* Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
* Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare (2020)
* X-files I Want To Believe (2008)
* Sinners (2025)
* The Shards (2026-)
* Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
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