The Juniors: An Imagine Fantastic Film Festival Podcast

Presenting The Juniors: An Imagine Fantastic Film Festival Podcast which will dive into the world of fantastic media, behind the scenes titbits and controversial film opinions. Hosted by the junior programmers, Seth Verhaart (⁠⁠⁠@sethverhaart⁠⁠⁠) & Elina Meinerte (⁠⁠⁠@eliina.mein⁠⁠⁠). During this episode we talk about everyone's favourite film social media platform Letterboxd. What does Letterboxd mean for the community? We also create Seth's Hooptober 12 Challenge list of films live on air! 
 
Timestamps: 
0:00 – Intro 
1:08 - What Did We Watch Recently? 
19:09 – A Tentacular Touch: Programme & Trailer 
20:10 – What is Letterboxd? 
23:57 – Letterboxd as a Social Media Platform 
25:00 – Uwe Boll's Delusional Letterboxd 
26:53 – Our Favourite Letterboxd Users 
28:16 – What Kind of Reviews We Like & Write 
33:15 – The Genre film Community on Letterboxd: Hooptober 
35:46 – Making Seth's Hooptober List & Discussing Elina's Hooptober List  
 
Elina's Hooptober List: 
The Funhouse (1981) by Tobe Hooper 
Braindead (1992) by Peter Jackson  
Night of the Dead (1968) by George A. Romero 
[REC] (2007) by Paco Plaza & Jaume Balagueró 
Prince of Darkness (1987) by John Carpenter 
Black Sheep (2006) by Jonathan King 
Noroi: The Curse (2005) by Koji Shiraishi 
Society (1989) by Brian Yuzna 
Digging Up the Marrow (2014) by Adam Green 
Martyrs (2008) by Pascal Laugier 
Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock 
The Long Walk (2025) by Francis Lawrence 
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) by John Harrison 
Fear Street: 1994 (2021) by Leigh Janiak 
The Mist (2007) by Frank Darabont 
Night of the Comet (1984) by Thom Eberhardt 
Blade (1998) by Stephen Norrington 
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) by Ariane Louis-Seize 
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979) by Grigori Kromanov 
Cat People (1942) by Jacques Tourneur 
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) by Wojciech Jerzy Has 
Frogs (1972) by George McCowan 
Onibaba (1964) by Kaneto Shindo 
All the Colors of the Dark (1972) by Sergio Martino 
Doctor X (1932) by Michael Curtiz 
The Wizard of Oz (1939) by Victor Fleming 
 
Seth's Hooptober List: 
Braindead (1992) by Peter Jackson 
Dawn of the Dead (1978) by George A. Romero 
Black Sheep (2006) by Jonathan King 
Versus (2000) by Ryûhei Kitamura 
Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997) by Olaf Ittenbach 
Noroi: The Curse (2005) by Koji Shiraishi 
Martyrs (2008) by Pascal Laugier 
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) by Don Siegel 
Clown in a Cornfield (2025) by Eli Craig 
Jaws (1975) by Steven Spielberg 
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski 
A Quiet Place (2018) by John Krasinski 
The Mist (2007) by Frank Darabont 
Nope (2022) by Jordan Peele 
Tigers are Not Afraid (2017) by Issa López 
eXistenZ (1999) by David Cronenberg 
Viy (1967) by Georgi Kropyachyov & Konstantin Ershov 
The Wolf Man (1941) by George Waggner 
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) by Wes Craven 
The Birds (1963) by Alfred Hitchcock 
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) by Robert Wiene 
The Blob (1988) by Chuck Russel 
All the Colors of the Dark (1972) by Sergio Martino 
The Mummy (1932) by Karl Freund 
The Wizard of Oz (1939) by Victor Fleming 
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) by Tobe Hooper 
Black Swan (2010) by Darren Aronofsky 
Confessions (2010) by Tetsuya Nakashima 
Helter Skelter (2012) by Mika Ninagawa 
Häxan (1922) by Benjamin Christensen 

Mentioned in 'What Did We Watch Recently': 
Fear Street Trilogy (2021) by Leigh Janiak 
Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025) by Matt Palmer 
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) by David Blue Garcia 
The Grudge (2004) by Takashi Shimizu 
The Botanist (2025) by Jing Yi 
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) by Stanley Kubrick 
 
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Credits: 
Hosts: Seth Verhaart & Elina Meinerte 
Editor: Seth Verhaart 
Producer: Seth Verhaart 
Executive Producer: Rabia Sitabi Stigter 
Artwork: Anna Kallos 
Music: Benjamin De Murashkin - Can You Imagine (The Juniors Theme)

Presenting The Juniors: An Imagine Fantastic Film Festival Podcast which will dive into the world of fantastic media, behind the scenes titbits and controversial film opinions. Hosted by the junior programmers, Seth Verhaart (⁠⁠⁠@sethverhaart⁠⁠⁠) & Elina Meinerte (⁠⁠⁠@eliina.mein⁠⁠⁠). During this episode we talk about the new wave of straight to streaming films. What are the downsides? What are the upsides? We also talk in detail about War of the Worlds (2025), The Killer and Get Duked!. 
 
Timestamps: 
0:00 – Intro & Imagine Talk 
2:35- What Did We Watch Recently? 
14:32– War of the Worlds & Ice Cube 
24:11– History of Straight to Streaming: Netflix & The First Movie on the Internet 
28:47– Straight to Streaming Films: The Bad 
43:03 – How Do These Movies Make Money? 
52:15– Straight to Streaming Films: The Downsides & the Upsides 
01:01:26– Outro (feat. Trashy Shark Flicks) 
 
Films Mentioned: 
War of the Worlds (2025) by Rich Lee 
War of the Worlds (2005) by Steven Spielberg 
Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991) by David Blair 
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind (1984) by Robert Hegyes 
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) by Michael Chaves 
Get Duked! (2019) by Ninian Doff 
Cam (2018) by Daniel Goldhaber 
The Invisible Raptor (2023) by Mike Hermosa 
Madame Web (2024) by S.J. Clarkson 
Morbius (2022) by Daniel Espinosa 
Kraven the Hunter (2024) by J.C. Chandor 
Birdbox (2018) by Sussane Bier 
The Old Guard (2020) by Gina Prince-Bythewood 
The Electric State (2025) by Joe & Anthony Russo 
Crumbs (2015) by Miguel Llansó 
Borderlands (2024) by Eli Roth 
Enola Holmes (2020) by Harry Bradbeer 
Damsel (2024) by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo 
Holland (2025) by Mimi Cave 
Don't Worry Darling (2022) by Olivia Wilde 
The Killer (2023) by David Fincher 
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) by Joel & Ethan Coen 
Fargo (1996) by Joel Coen 
No Country for Old Men (2007 by Joel & Ethan Coen 
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) by Charlie Kaufman 
The Call (2020) by Lee Chung-hyun 
Revelations (2025) by Yeon Sang-ho 
Wall to Wall (2025) by Kim Tae-joon 
Sharks in Venice (2008) by Danny Lerner 
Under Paris (2024) by Xavier Gens 
Ninja vs. Shark (2023) by Koichi Sakamoto 
The Shark Exorcist (2015) by Donald Farmer 
Sharktopus (2010) by Declan O'Brien 
Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (2014) by Emile Edwin Smith 
Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf (2015) by Kevin O'Neill 
Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014) by Kevin O'Neill 

Mentioned in 'What Did We Watch Recently': 
Ran (1985) by Akira Kurosawa 
Kagemusha (1980) by Akira Kurosawa 
Caught Stealing (2025) by Darren Aronofsky 
The Roses (2025) by Jay Roach 
Weapons (2025) by Zach Cregger 
Barbarian (2022) by Zach Cregger 
Together (2025) by Michael Shanks 
From Beyond (1986) by Stuart Gordon 
Re-Animator (1985) by Stuart Gordon 
Dagon (2001) by Stuart Gordon 
War of the Worlds (2025) by Rich Lee 
 
 
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Credits: 
Hosts: Seth Verhaart & Elina Meinerte 
Editor: Seth Verhaart 
Producer: Seth Verhaart 
Executive Producer: Rabia Sitabi Stigter 
Artwork: Anna Kallos 
Music: Benjamin De Murashkin - Can You Imagine (The Juniors Theme)

Presenting The Juniors: An Imagine Fantastic Film Festival Podcast which will dive into the world of fantastic media, behind the scenes titbits and controversial film opinions. Hosted by the junior programmers, Seth Verhaart (⁠⁠⁠@sethverhaart⁠⁠⁠) & Elina Meinerte (⁠⁠⁠@eliina.mein⁠⁠⁠). During this episode we talk about the Horror subgenre of Found Footage and its origins, tropes and subgenres of found footage, some of the essential watches, like The Blair Witch Project, [REC] and Creep.  
 
Timestamps: 
0:00 - Intro 
0:45 - What Did We Watch Recently? 
9:50 – The Origins of Found Footage: Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair Witch Project & Orson Welles 
14:40 - The Difference Between Found Footage & Mockumentaries 
18:10 – Cloverfield 
19:45 – The Screen Recording Subgenre: Unfriended, Host & Spree 
26:22 – The Ghost Hunter Subgenre: Grave Encounters, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum & Hell House LLC 
34:26 - [REC] & the Motivation to Keep Filming 
 
 
Films Mentioned: 
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) by Ruggero Deodato 
The Blair Witch Project (1999) by Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez 
The Other Side of the Wind (2018) by Orson Welles 
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) by Rob Reiner 
What We Do in the Shadows (2014) by Jemaine Clement & Taika Watiti 
Megan is Missing (2011) by Michael Goi 
Cloverfield (2008) by Matt Reeves 
Unfriended (2014) by Levan Gabriadze 
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018) by Stephen Susco 
Host (2020) by Rob Savage 
Mayhem (2017) by Joe Lynch 
Spree (2020) by Eugene Kotlyarenko 
Grave Encounters (2011) by Stuart Ortiz & Colin Minihan 
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) by Jung Bum-shik 
Hell House LLC (2015) by Stephen Cognetti 
[REC] (2007) by Pasco Plaza 
As Above, So Below (2014) by John Erick Dowdie 
Creep (2014) by Patrick Brice 
 
 
Mentioned in 'What Did We Watch Recently': 
Mamma Mia! (2008) by Phyllida Lloyd 
Shaun of the Dead (2004) by Edgar Wright 
There Are Monsters (2013) by Jay Dahl 

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Credits: 
Hosts: Seth Verhaart & Elina Meinerte 
Editor: Seth Verhaart 
Producer: Seth Verhaart 
Executive Producer: Rabia Sitabi Stigter 
Artwork: Anna Kallos 
Music: Benjamin De Murashkin - Can You Imagine (The Juniors Theme)

Presenting The Juniors: An Imagine Fantastic Film Festival Podcast which will dive into the world of fantastic media, behind the scenes titbits and controversial film opinions. Hosted by the junior programmers, Seth Verhaart (⁠⁠@sethverhaart⁠⁠) & Elina Meinerte (⁠⁠@eliina.mein⁠⁠). During this episode we talk about the Alien series, M. Night Shyamalan and even more alien horror.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - What Did We Watch Recently?
7:10 - Alien vs. The Thing
18:40 - Aliens
26:00 - Signs (& M. Night Shyamalan)
39:12 - Event Horizon
45:29 - AVP: Alien vs. Predator (& Aliens vs. Predator Requiem)

Films Mentioned:
Alien (1979) by Ridley Scott
The Thing (1982) by John Carpenter
Aliens (1986) by James Cameron
Signs (2002) by M. Night Shyamalan
Unbreakable (2000) by M. Night Shyamalan
The Sixth Sense (1999) by M. Night Shyamalan
Split (2016) by M. Night Shyamalan
Glass (2019) by M. Night Shyamalan
The Visit (2015) by M. Night Shyamalan
The Village (2004) by M. Night Shyamalan
Creepshow (1982) by George A. Romero
Event Horizon (1997) by Paul W. S. Anderson
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) by Paul W. S. Anderson
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) by Colin & Greg Strause

Mentioned in 'What Did We Watch Recently':
Mamma Mia! (2008) by Phyllida Lloyd
Dancing With the Birds (2019) by Hugh Cordy
Motel Destino (2024) by Karim Äinouz
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Credits:
Hosts: Seth Verhaart & Elina Meinerte
Editor: Seth Verhaart
Producer: Seth Verhaart
Executive Producer: Rabia Sitabi Stigter
Artwork: Anna Kallos
Music: Benjamin De Murashkin - Can You Imagine (The Juniors Theme)

Presenting The Juniors: An Imagine Fantastic Film Festival Podcast which will dive into the world of fantastic media, behind the scenes titbits and controversial film opinions. Hosted by the junior programmers, Seth Verhaart (⁠@sethverhaart⁠) & Elina Meinerte (⁠@eliina.mein⁠). During this episode we talk about Club Imagine June, the interesting dilemma of hyperfixations and our disagreements on both I Saw the Devil and Final Destination.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Club Imagine
12:20 - Hyperfixations
28:05 - What Did We Watch Recently?
53:55 - Outro

Films Mentioned:
- Plein Soleil (Purple Moon, 1960) by René Clément
- Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature (2024) by Léo Favier
- Harvest (2024) by Athina Rachel Tsangari
- Kind (2025) by Jan Verdijk
- Bring Her Back (2025) by Michael & Danny Philippou
- U Are the Universe (2024) by Pavlo Ostrikov
- Clown in a Cornfield (2025) by Eli Craig

Mentioned in "What Did We Watch Recently":
- Jurrasic World Rebirth (2025) by Gareth Edwards
- Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) by Jim Jarmusch
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) by Jim Jarmusch
- I Saw the Devil (2010) by Kim Jee-woon
- Final Destination (2000) by James Wong

TV-Series Mentioned:
- Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
- Stranger Things (2016-2025)
- Steins;Gate (2011)
- Steins;Gate 0 (2018)

Books Mentioned:
- Clown in a Cornfield (2020) by Adam Cesare
- A Game of Thrones (1996) by George R.R. Martin

Video Games Mentioned:
- Steins;Gate (2009)

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Credits:
Hosts: Seth Verhaart & Elina Meinerte
Editor: Seth Verhaart
Producer: Seth Verhaart
Executive Producer: Rabia Sitabi Stigter
Artwork: Anna Kallos
Music: Benjamin De Murashkin - Can You Imagine (The Juniors Theme)