Welcome back to the best time of the year! And to celebrate it getting a little more spooky, we're covering one of the least seen but best ranked horror movies of the year: MĀRAMA.

About the film: When she receives a letter promising information about her birth family, a young Maori teacher travels to Victorian England only to find a Naval officer obsessed with her culture, a young motherless girl, and a house full of ghosts of the past.

Next time we'll be watching HOKUM.

Thanks for listening and stay spoopy ya'll!

Timestamps:

00:00:26 Intro

00:01:55 Start of Episode/Intro To Polynesian Cultures

00:03:48 MĀRAMA Background

00:05:48 The Horror of Colonialism

00:16:30 Fetishization of Culture

00:32:16 Honoring Māori Culture

00:40:00 Casting

00:44:25 Rundown

00:45:39 SPOILERS!!!

01:11:24 Ratings

01:16:57 Next Time: HOKUM with horror author Alex Glass

01:22:52 Wrap-Up/Goodbyes

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