episode 133 — ten films for the lost

This week, we turn once more to the wonderful world of media as we consider ten films for Changeling: the Lost inspiration. We did this previously with Changeling: the Dreaming (check out episode 50!), so it seemed like the right time to pull a similar for the other fae game. There are a couple crossover titles whose themes and plots and aesthetics work equally well in both, in our opinion... but otherwise, this list has a slightly eerier, horror-inflected vibe overall, we suppose? We've tried to keep the discussion as spoiler-light as possible, but for your edification, here are the deets and some trailers for the films we discuss in this order:

• Alice (Něco z Alenky) (dir. Jan Švankmejer, 1988): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxugr1jEYj8
• Black Swan (dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jaI1XOB-bs
• Annihilation (dir. Alex Garland, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89OP78l9oF0
• The Blair Witch Project (dir. Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, 1999): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBZ-POVsrlI
• The Cell (dir. Tarsem Singh, 2000): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIpy4p_yMV0
• Labyrinth (dir. Jim Henson, 1986): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2yd4em1I6M
• The Green Knight (dir. David Lowery, 2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6ksY8xWCY
• Rocky Horror Picture Show (dir. Jim Sharman, 1975): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldo_spDyLKc
• Spirited Away (dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2001): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByXuk9QqQkk
• Smile (dir. Parker Finn, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDK7lkzzsU

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