{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fa3f7ee3a-9069-4d6c-98fa-7dd270452266","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"The Darkness (2016)\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/a3f7ee3a-9069-4d6c-98fa-7dd270452266\"></iframe>","title":"The Darkness (2016)","description":"<p>Film Trace is a new podcast where we trace the life of a film from conception to production all the way to release and reception.</p>\n<p>This week's episode is The Darkness, newly released on Netflix.</p>\n<p>We cover how horror film upstarts George McLean and Jason Blum joined forces to bring us one of the most mediocre horror films of the last decade. The micro-budget film starring Kevin Bacon and Radha Mitchell attempts to build on the haunted house tradition of Paranormal Activity and The Conjuring. Instead, we get a mushy melodrama with the edge of the blunted knife.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Join us for the perilous journey into The Darkness.&nbsp;</p>\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d7046895-dc04-4d32-bc65-c12873fedecb/6334211-1597291249572-8c953c61a381.jpg"}