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OV493 - Bugonia (2025) & Black Phone 2 (2025) - Guest: Keegan King

·2 hr 15 min·5 clips

Emma Stone's CEO character navigates a kidnapper's echo chamber with sharp, calculating dialogue in Bugonia.

Host Matt Hurt and guest Keegan King review Yorgos Lanthimos's 2025 horror film Bugonia, discussing its themes of conspiracy theories, echo chambers, and eat-the-rich satire. They analyze the performances, compare it to the original South Korean film Save the Green Planet, and critique the ending's relevance in modern times. The episode also includes brief mentions of Black Phone 2 and local Indianapolis movie events.

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A spoiler-on Bugonia discussion that gets into the ending, the cop subplot, and Teddy's family backstory.

Matt Hurt spends this episode with Bugonia in a conversational, spoiler-on mode, circling the ending, the cop subplot, and the uneasy way Teddy's family backstory sits beside the larger conspiracy machinery.

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If you want a Bugonia spoilercast that also covers another recent release.

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