
Collective Nightmares
Hosted by Laura Patterson and Marshall Smith and Laura and Marshall · Collective Nightmares
4.6from 27 ratings
- 134
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 27
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 26
- YouTube views
About Collective Nightmares
Sociologists Talk Horror
- Publisher
- Collective Nightmares
- Category
- society & culture · tv & film · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 23 Aug 2018
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 134 episodes have a transcript.

19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Alien: Romulus (Federez 2024)

6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
28 Years Later (Boyle 2025)

29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sinners (Coogler 2025)
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Alien: Romulus (Federez 2024)
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And we make it much worse or much harder to make those decisions because at the end of the day, everything's well, They're not going to do everything to save someone because that would cost them. All right, anyway, but I digress. I would like to see a film that does something more with those. I understand that's fine, but if I'm going to use iRobot as my baseline where at least right now I'm thinking of for when I really first saw that sort of conundrum put forth, that's 20 years. I'd like to do something more with that. We want to go back. I think Blade Runner raised these questions 40 years ago. […]
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- YouTube views
- 26
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- Quality
- 55
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 63
- Engagement
- 85
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- Does not typically book guests
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Questions about Collective Nightmares
Who hosts Collective Nightmares?
Laura Patterson and Marshall Smith and Laura and Marshall host the show. Published by Collective Nightmares.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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