Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
A Halloween-themed video looking at Ari Aster's movies and modern horror in general, specifically the corruption of female protagonists by evil forces. Spoilers for Hereditary and Midsomer (I also talk about The Witch, Talk to Me, Smile and Babadook).
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A Halloween-themed video looking at Ari Aster's movies and modern horror in general, specifically the corruption of female protagonists by evil forces. Spoilers for Hereditary and Midsomer (I also talk about The Witch, Talk to Me, Smile and Babadook).
To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos
Twitter: https://x.com/CarlosPerona13
For expanded/written versions of videos: europos.substack.com
![The Hero and the Beast [or Man as Self-Slayer]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FdaJFzHTucw/mqdefault.jpg "The Hero and the Beast [or Man as Self-Slayer]
Exploring the sacrificial animal as the heros own animal-self, focusing on the Greco-Roman oxen of the sun. [My interpretation of these myths.]
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00:00 Introduction
00:53 Minos
04:37 Zeus
04:56 Bull Symbolism
06:42 Holy Mountain
07:50 Odysseus
11:05 Hermes
13:09 Jason the Argonaut
17:27 Aeneas
19:34 Heracles
20:49 Phases of the Journey
23:12 Bilbo (The Hobbit)
25:09 Beast vs. Dragon
26:07 Ranking Heroes
26:30 Cosmic Sacrifice
29:03 Outro")
![Odyssey Deep-Dive [Myth and Movie]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oo3htcF0XN0/mqdefault.jpg "Odyssey Deep-Dive [Myth and Movie]
00:00 Intro
01:00 Achilles vs. Odysseus
07:06 Achilles Regret?
11:03 Odysseus Lies
11:57 Odysseus Purification
18:00 Chthonic Waters
21:52 Ordeal of Exile
23:42 Polytropos
27:24 Self-Control
32:29 Penelope
34:50 Zeus Representative
36:10 Christ-Like
38:40 Ithacas Holy Covenant
41:32 The New Heroism
42:25 Household as Heroic Unit
43:24 Demigod Extinction
45:45 Nolans Movie: Desacralized?
46:45 Christianized Odyssey?
47:54 Regret over Troy
49:32 Movie Ending
50:30 Race Swap
53:19 Damons Odysseus Fail
55:22 Women
55:54 Jonathan Pageaus Take
58:10 Based? [Conclusion]
1:00:10 Outro
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Footage from:
-1954 Mario Camerinis Ulysses
-1956 Robert Wises Helen of Troy
-1981 anime Ulysses 31 / Space Legend Ulysses 31
-1995 Achilles animation
-1997 Andrey Konchalovskiys The Odyssey")
