Grab your baby monitor, oil up the chainsaw, and for the love of all that is holy stay away from the tree line because this week Art and Erik are diving head-first into William Friedkin's The Guardian, the 1990 "Wait… Friedkin made THIS?" supernatural horror oddity.
That's right: the director of The Exorcist, The French Connection, Sorcerer, and To Live and Die in L.A. decided to go full druid-nanny-tree-monster—and we're here to lovingly pick through every branch, twig, and inexplicable creative decision.
From mystical kidnappings to nature-worshipping erotica to questionable Nanny Agency advertisements.
We get into the production history and how Friedkin - Oscar-winning, stone-cold legend -ended up making a druid-tree-monster movie that somehow feels like both an expensive studio horror film and a fever dream from a forgotten VHS rental shelf.
If you escape the enchanted forest with all your limbs intact, come hang with us for more late-night deep dives into cult classics, horror oddities, and the cinematic weirdness we love at midnightcinemapod.com
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