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Episode 110: Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) Mar 25, 2024

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This week, Drusilla becomes a fitness girlie! Josh and she talk body dysmorphia and dieting, Tyra Banks, gay social media, Josh’s personal connection to Brand Upon the Brain and Lynn Shelton at Cornish College of the Arts, Drusilla does a Dennis Hopper double feature with The Hot Spot (1990) and Red Rock West (1993), they do a deep dive on the career of William Sadler, Josh rewatched Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and they discuss Sheryl Lee, the 80s version of The Blob, Filmstruck (RIP), and more!

They cover the Guy Maddin ballet adaptation, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary. From wiki: Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary is a 2002 horror film directed by Guy Maddin, budgeted at $1.7 million[1] and produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a dance film documenting a performance by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet adapting Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Maddin elected to shoot the dance film in a fashion uncommon for such films, through close-ups and using jump cuts.[2] Maddin also stayed close to the source material of Stoker's novel, emphasizing the xenophobia in the reactions of the main characters to Dracula (played by Zhang Wei-Qiang in Maddin's film).”

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Episode 109: And Soon the Darkness (1970) Mar 18, 2024

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Josh and Drusilla go on a bike ride through France with Robert Fuest’s 1970 banger, And Soon the Darkness. From wiki: “And Soon the Darkness is a 1970 British thriller film directed by Robert Fuest and starring Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice and Sandor Elès. The plot follows two British nurses on a cycling holiday in rural France; during their trip, one of them vanishes, and the other struggles to search for her in a rural community.” But also! Drusilla did the cover for the Criterion Collection’s new release of Bound (1996). Josh moved and the two discuss the evils of landlords. Josh and Drusilla both saw Julio Torres’ directorial debut, Problemista. Drusilla saw Rose Glass’s Love Lies Bleeding. Josh watched Sidney Lumet’s 1966 film The Group. Also discussed: Halloween, Watcher, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Legend of Hell House, Blood of Satan’s Claw, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Avengers, Dr. Who, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, and more!

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Episode 108: The Beyond (1981) Mar 11, 2024

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This week, Drusilla and Josh discuss Lucio Fulci’s gloopy, grody classic, The Beyond (1981). From wiki: “The Beyond (Italian: …E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà, lit. "… And you will live in terror! The afterlife") is a 1981 Italian Southern Gothic [6][7] supernatural horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. It is based on an original story created by Dardano Sacchetti, starring Catriona MacColl and David Warbeck. Its plot follows a woman who inherits a hotel in rural Louisiana that was once the site of a horrific murder, and which may be a gateway to hell. It is the second film in Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy after City of the Living Dead (1980), and was followed by The House by the Cemetery (1981).[8]”

But first, Josh watched Krull (1983) and Death Walks at Midnight (1972). Drusilla watched some mainstream hits, including Vanilla Sky (2001.) They discuss all things Cameron Crowe, The Sentinel, The Evil Dead, Bridget Fonda, and do some horror gossiping.

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Episode 107: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) Mar 04, 2024

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This week Drusilla and Josh watch the world’s only Iranian feminist vampire wester, Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Hone Alone at Night (2014). From wiki: “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Persian: دختری در شب تنها به خانه می‌رود Dokhtari dar šab tanhâ be xâne miravad) is a 2014 Persian-language American Western horror film [4] written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Promoted as "The first Iranian vampire Western", it stars Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Mozhan Marnò, Marshall Manesh, and Dominic Rains. It was financed in part by a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.”

They also discuss Miracle Mile (1988), They Shoot Horses Don’t They (1969), Day of the Locust (1975), You’re the Worst, Reckless by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, and more.

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Episode 106: Blonde Death (1984) (w/special guest Dylan Dawson) Feb 26, 2024

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This week on Blondehaus – I mean, er—Bloodhaus, Josh and Dru are joined by trash movie genius, Dylan Dawson! They discuss the best shot-on-video film of all time, BLONDE DEATH!!! This is a tape by James Dillinger aka queer novelist James Robert Baker. From wiki: James Robert Baker (October 18, 1947 – November 5, 1997) was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California. After graduating from UCLA, he began his career as a screenwriter, but became disillusioned and started writing novels instead. Though he garnered fame for his books Fuel-Injected Dreams and Boy Wonder, after the controversy surrounding publication of his novel, Tim and Pete, he faced increasing difficulty having his work published. According to his life partner, this was a contributing factor in his suicide.”

They also discuss the Frankenhooker VHS, Dylan’s wife was in House of the Devil, erotic thrillers, Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island, the novels of James Robert Baker, EZTV, The Beaver Trilogy, Guy Maddin’s Archangel, Rape of the Vampire, Freeway, Ken Russell’s Whore, My Bloody Valentine, Redneck Zombies, Henry & Glenn Forever, Angry Samoans, Boy Wonder, Tim & Pete, Sean Baker, and more!

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NEXT WEEK: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

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