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Episode 140: Funny Games (1997) Oct 21, 2024

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This week, Drusilla and Josh watch the punishing Michael Hanake film, Funny Games (Austrian version.) From wiki: “Funny Games is a 1997 Austrian psychological horror-thriller film written and directed by Michael Haneke, and starring Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, and Arno Frisch. The plot involves two young men who hold a family hostage in their vacation home and torture them with sadistic games. The film was entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.[3] A shot-for-shot remake, filmed and set in the United States, was released in 2007, also directed by Haneke, this time with an English-speaking cast and a mostly American crew.”

Also discussed: intrusive thoughts, diner waitresses in horror movies, Drusilla’s The Grifters cover for Criterion, Point Blank, The Split (1968), Threads (1984),

NEXT WEEK: The Halloween Special! A highbrow/low brow double feature of Bones and All (2022) and Nothing But Trouble (1991), When the Wind Blows, moralism, Sleepaway Camp, misogyny in horror, Brian De Palma, JAFAs, GLOW, Speak No Evil, and more!

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Episode 139: The Stepford Wives (1975) Oct 14, 2024

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This is a classic from the 70s that both ghouls love, The Stepford Wives! From wiki: “The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American satirical psychological thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes. It was written by William Goldman, who based his screenplay on Ira Levin's 1972 novel of the same name. The film stars Katharine Ross as a woman who relocates with her husband (Peter Masterson) and children from New York City to the Connecticut community of Stepford, where she comes to find that the women live lives of unwavering subservience to their husbands.”

Also discussed: The Entity, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ladybugs, Strange Darling, Girl, Interrupted, Ira Levin, William Goldman, Rosemary’s Baby, and more!

NEXT WEEK: Funny Games (1997)

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Episode 138: The Substance (2024) Oct 07, 2024

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This week, a new film that Josh and Drusilla are obsessed with, Coralie Fargeat‘s The Substance (2024). From wiki: “The Substance is a 2024 satirical body horror film co-produced, written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. An international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States and France,[2] its plot follows a fading celebrity (Moore) who uses a black market drug that temporarily creates a much younger version of herself (Qualley), with unexpected side effects.”

Also discussed: Tarsem Singh’s The Fall, Christiane F. Guy Maddin’s Rumours, BeyondFest, spooky season, Jennifer’s Body, Wings of Desire, Der Fan, Mubi, Joker 2, and more!

NEXT WEEK: The Stepford Wives (1975)

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Episode 137: Mad Love (1935) Sep 30, 2024

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Josh returns! This week he and Drusilla go way, way back for the 1935 classic Mad Love. From wiki: “Mad Love (also released as The Hands of Orlac) is a 1935 American body horror film, an adaptation of Maurice Renard's novel The Hands of Orlac. It was directed by German-émigré film maker Karl Freund, and stars Peter Lorre as Dr. Gogol, Frances Drake as Yvonne Orlac and Colin Clive as Stephen Orlac. The plot revolves around Doctor Gogol's obsession with actress Yvonne Orlac. When Stephen Orlac's hands are destroyed in a train accident, Yvonne brings them to Gogol, who claims to be able to repair them. As Gogol becomes obsessed to the point that he will do anything to have Yvonne, Stephen finds that his new hands have made him into an expert knife thrower.”

Also discussed: The Feather Weight (2023), The Virgin Suicides, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Kirsten Dunst’s Architectural Digest tour, farmhouse nightmares, Looney Tunes, Arsenic and Old Lace, Steve Buscemi, Body Parts, Drusilla’s Peter Lorre impression, Lana Del Rey’s alligator wrestler, Key Luke, and more!

NEXT WEEK: The Substance (2024)

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Episode 136: The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973) (w/special guest BJ Colangelo) Sep 23, 2024

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This week, Drusilla is joined by special guest BJ Colangelo (This Ends at Prom) to discuss The Corruption of Chris Miller. From wiki: “The Corruption of Chris Miller (Spanish: La corrupción de Chris Miller) is a 1973 Spanish psychological horror [3] film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring Jean Seberg, Marisol, and Barry Stokes.[4] The film follows a woman and her stepdaughter who come to suspect a handyman they have recently hired is responsible for a rash of violent murders in their small mountain community. Marisol's first film in which she does not perform musical numbers. The only brief exception is a moment in which the three protagonists perform a verse of the song Au clair de la lune on guitar, in which Marisol sings a single verse. The film was Marisol's first film apart from Manuel Goyanes. Anabel Films founder and producer, actor Javier Armet, developed an original idea from Santiago Montcada to produce this high-budget, international film (number 7 in the USA). It was filmed outdoors in Comillas (Cantabria) and Las Fraguas (Cantabria) and indoors at Isasi Isasmendi's Esplugas Films Studios in Esplugas de Llobregat (Barcelona).”

But first! Welcome to the Dollhouse, Sleepaway Camp by BJ and Harmony Colangelo, Young Doctors in Love, Red Rooms, true crime as exploitation, Stay Tuned, Hero at Large, The Substance, Barbarian, Worst Person in the World, Vinegar Syndrome, and more!

NEXT WEEK: Mad Love (1935)

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Episode 135: Eyes of Fire (1983) (w/special guest Christopher Norris aka Steak Mtn) Sep 16, 2024

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This week Drusilla is joined by a very special guest Christopher Norris aka Steak Mtn to discuss 1983’s Eyes of Fire. From wiki: Eyes of Fire (also known as Cry Blue Sky) is a 1983 American folk horror film written and directed by independent filmmaker and noted still photographer Avery Crounse. “

Also discussed: Jean Rollin, Christopher Norris’s The Holy Day, the death of Vice, House of Spoils, Blow the Man Down, Bunuel box sets, Oddity, Noises Off, Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln, And Justice for All, All the Haunts Be Ours, Vestron Video, banned phrases, Blink Twice, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The Big Lebowski, Punch Drunk Love, Eli Roth, and more!

NEXT WEEK: Corruption of Chris Miller

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Episode 134: Vacation of Terror & Vacation of Terror II (w/special guest Jose Gallegos) Sep 09, 2024

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This week Josh and Drusilla have a special double feature from Mexico with special guest, Jose Gallegos. The ghouls watch Vacation of Terror and Vacation of Terror II. They also discuss Angel (1982), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Maxxxine, movie themes, Drive Me Crazy, The Time Masters, Rock and Rule, Vinegar Syndrome, Appalachian folk magic, The Smiths, Mexican goths, and more!

From wiki: “Vacaciones de terror (English: 'Vacations of Terror') is a 1989 cult Mexican supernatural horror film starring Julio Alemán, Pedro Fernández and Gabriela Hassel.[1] It was directed by Rene Cardona III and the film main plot follows a wealthy family during a weekend trip to a vacation house only to be haunted by the spirit of an evil witch who was executed there many years ago.[2]”

NEXT WEEK: Eyes of Fire (1983)

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Episode 133: Daughters of Darkness (1971) Sep 02, 2024

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Today on the podcast, Josh and Drusilla discuss one of their very favorite European lesbian vampire films, Daughters of Darkness. From wiki: “Daughters of Darkness[b] is a 1971 erotic horror film co-written and directed by Harry Kümel and starring Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Andrea Rau, and Danielle Ouimet.”

Also discussed: Laserdiscs, VCRs, Alice Sweet Alice, Psycho II, Scream, franchises, It’s Alive, Karen Black, The House that Screamed, Delphine Seyrig, Klaus Kinski, Jean Rollins, Dark Shadows, haint blue, queer villains, gigolos, and more!

NEXT WEEK: Vacation of Terror and Vacation of Terror II

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Episode 132: Kwaidan (1964) Aug 26, 2024

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Josh and Drusilla take in the enormous beauty of Masaki Kobayashi’s 1964 anthology film, Kwaidan. From wiki: “Kwaidan (Japanese: 怪談, Hepburn: Kaidan, lit. 'Ghost Stories') is a 1964 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales, mainly Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), for which it is named. The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories. Kwaidan is an archaic transliteration of the term kaidan, meaning "ghost story". Receiving critical acclaim, the film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival,[5] and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.[6]

Also discussed: Alien: Romulus, pinball, Strange Darling, production design, Jacques Demy, Lady Snowblood, Tales from the Crypt comics, Raw Dawn Chong and Tales from the Darkside (the movie), Conan the Barbarian, Crying in H Mart, Agnes Varda, Nothing But Trouble, and more!

NEXT WEEK: Daughters of Darkness (1971)

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