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Episode 61: The Shining (1980) Apr 10, 2023

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This week the children eschew the obscure and throw a bone to a classic by covering Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. From wiki: “The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd. The film's central character is Jack Torrance (Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies, with his wife, Wendy Torrance (Duvall), and young son, Danny Torrance (Lloyd). Danny is gifted with psychic abilities named "shining". After a winter storm leaves the Torrances snowbound, Jack's sanity deteriorates due to the influence of the supernatural forces that inhabit the hotel.”

But also! Italian Greyhound Trouble, the best kind of cishet men, Henry Rollins and RuPaul, Parks & Rec, The Fisher King, Harold and Maude, Hairspray, Bergman Report returns with Summer with Monika, plus some spicy Stephen King takes, Sleepwalkers, the brown 80s, Hong Kong Phooey, Scatman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Lolita, Babylon reappraisal, Pauline Kael, Dorothy Parker, and Bernie Sanders talking through movies.

NEXT WEEK: Poison for the Fairies

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Episode 60: Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971) Apr 03, 2023

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This episode of Bloodhaus is covering the controversial 1971 French film, Don’t Deliver Us From Evil. From wiki: “Don't Deliver Us from Evil (French: Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal) is a 1971 French horror drama film directed by Joël Séria, in his directorial debut, and starring Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener, and Bernard Dhéran.[3] It follows two Catholic schoolgirls in France who are drawn toward increasingly evil deeds. It is loosely based on the Parker–Hulme murder case of 1954.The film was controversial upon release due to its depiction of adolescent crime and sexuality,[4] receiving an X rating in the United Kingdom and being banned in its native France.”

Otherwise, Josh is still sick, Drusilla explains poster design, buying VHS from Be Kind Video, The House That Screamed, Who Can Kill a Child?, Arrow Video, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Last and First Men, Dallas, Mondo Macabro, Daisies, Heavenly Creatures, Natural Born Killers, Moonrise Kingdom, Muffin from Friday the 13th Part 2, and more!

NEXT WEEK: The Shining

Episode 59: The Alchemist Cookbook (2016) Mar 27, 2023

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This week Drusilla and Josh cover the 2016 micro-budget horror film, The Alchemist Cookbook. Josh is sick, being lazy is anti-capitalist, How to Do Nothing, They talk a long time about SCREIVI or SCREAM 6.

From wiki: “The Alchemist Cookbook is a horror film directed by Joel Potrykus. The film was released on the 7th of October 2016 in New York City. The film stars Ty Hickson as "Sean" and Amari Cheatom as "Cortez". The film was produced by Oscilloscope Laboratories and by producers Andrew D. Corkin, Bryan Reisberg and Ashley Young.[1] "Sean" is an outcast who isolates himself from society to practice alchemy, accompanied by only his cat. As his mental condition deteriorates the line of what is real and what is not becomes blurred, and as his chemistry turns to black magic, he instead summons a demon.[1] The film breaks the conventional boundaries of genre, as elements of a black comedy, horror and a psychological thriller are all incorporated and intertwined.[2] The Alchemist cookbook was released on an alternate release strategy, as a pay what you want film, in both theatres and on BitTorrent bundle.[2] The film was an official selection at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival.[1]”
NEXT WEEK: Don’t Deliver Us From Evil (1972)

Episode 58: Liquid Sky (1982) (w/special guest Breanna Whipple) Mar 20, 2023

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This week the ghouls watch new wave sci fi classic, Liquid Sky. And what’s more, they’re joined by a very special guest, Breanna Whipple of Heavy Horror (https://www.heavyhorror.com/). From wiki: “Liquid Sky is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard.[1] It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well-received at several film festivals thereafter.[2] It was produced with a budget of $500,000. It became the most successful independent film of 1983, grossing $1.7 million worldwide.[3]The film is seen as heavily influencing a club scene that emerged in the early 2000s in Brooklyn, Berlin, Paris, and London called electroclash.[4]”

Also! Jimmy Carter tried the metric system. Josh and Breanna will both be at Salem Horror Fest the weekend of April 20th. Drusilla watched some Michelle Yeoh movies like the Heroic trio, also Bride of Reanimator, Desperately Seeking Susan, Times Square, Shock Treatment, After Hours, Repo The Genetic Opera, Veronica, Danzig, Henry Rollins, Henry and Glenn, Drusilla’s Fred Armisen impression, Video Hound’s Complete Guild to Cult Flicks and Trash Pics, Grease 2, Cannibal Hookers, I Shot Andy Warhol, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Alice Sweet Alice, Richard Kern, Ms .45, I Spit on Your Grave, Gregg Araki’s “Nowhere”, Earth Girls Are Easy

NEXT WEEK: The Alchemist’s Cookbook (2016)
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Episode 57: Eyes Without a Face (1960) Mar 13, 2023

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Today on Bloodhaus, everyone’s mom hates Don’t Look in the Basement! Anyway, the ghouls discuss arthouse classic, 1960’s Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage.) But first! Lindsay Anderson (The Sporting Life, If, Britannia Hospital), I Saw What You Did, Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master, Magnolia, Phantom Thread, Boogie Nights, Licorice Pizza, Inherent Vice, Punch Drunk Love), Guy Ritchie (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrel, Madonna’s Swept Away), Oceans 12, Snatch, Smokin’ Aces, Bullet Train, The Wrath of Man, Josh Hartnett supremacy, Skinamarink, fake film grain, the trailer for Robert Altman’s Images.

From wiki: “Eyes Without a Face (French: Les yeux sans visage) is a 1960 French-language horror film co-written and directed by Georges Franju. A French-Italian co-production, the film stars Pierre Brasseur and Alida Valli. Based on the novel of the same name by Jean Redon, it revolves around a plastic surgeon who is determined to perform a face transplant on his daughter, who was disfigured in a car accident. During the film's production, consideration was given to the standards of European censors by setting the right tone, minimizing gore and eliminating the mad scientist character. Although Eyes Without a Face was cleared by censors, its release in Europe caused controversy nevertheless. Critical reaction ranged from praise to disgust.”

NEXT WEEK: Liquid Sky

Episode 56: Pearl (2022) Mar 06, 2023

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This week, NOT Liquid Sky. The children are discussing Ti West’s 2022 X prequel, Pearl. But also! Drusilla takes a sip, a John Waters themed fondue party, Female Trouble, David Lochary, Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living, Happy Birthday to Me, May, James Duval, Jeanette Wall’s podcast The Horrors of Love podcast (https://thehorrorsoflove.buzzsprout.com/), Carmel, Indiana, Palm Springs, Steve Miner, Friday the 13th Part 2, House (1985), Sean S. Cunningham, Lake Placid, Halloween H20, Soul Man, Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, House of the Devil, Lizzie Borden, Hagsploitation, Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula, Joshua Conkel’s He Watches.

From Wiki: “Pearl (subtitled An X-traordinary Origin Story) is a 2022 psychological horror film directed by Ti West, co-written by West and Mia Goth, who reprises her role as the title character, and featuring David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, and Emma Jenkins-Purro in supporting roles. A prequel to X (2022) and the second installment in the X film series, it serves as an origin story for the title villain, whose fervent aspiration to become a movie star led her to committing violent acts on her family's Texas homestead in 1918.”

NEXT WEEK: Eyes Without a Face (1960)
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Episode 55: Cure (1997) Feb 27, 2023

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This week the kids discuss the 1997 Japanese classic, Cure, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. But first! They discuss L.A. finance, Jane Fonda, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Ernest Dickerson, Billy Zane, William Sadler, the weird career of Dennis Miller, Disclosure, The Net, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Columbo, Robert Culp, Straw Dogs, Video Archives, The Loved One, and more.

From Wiki: “Cure (キュア, Kyua) is a 1997 Japanese psychological thriller film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Kōji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki and Anna Nakagawa. The story follows a detective investigating a string of gruesome murders where an X is carved into the neck of each victim, and the murderer is found near the victim of each case and remembers nothing of the crime. It is considered a progenitor of the explosion of Japanese horror media in the late 1990s and early 2000s, preceding other releases like Hideo Nakata's Ring and Takashi Shimizu's Ju-On: The Grudge.[1]”

NEXT WEEK: Pearl

Episode 54: Targets (1968) Feb 20, 2023

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Year two of Bloodhaus begins with President’s Day and Peter Bogdanovich’s anti-gun classic, Targets. And there’s more! Our own Drusilla did the artwork for Criterion’s new release for Targets. Go buy it right now! From wiki: “Targets is a 1968 American crime thriller film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, produced by Roger Corman, and written by Polly Platt and Bogdanovich, with cinematography by László Kovács.[2] The film depicts two parallel narratives which converge during the climax: one follows Bobby Thompson (Tim O'Kelly), a seemingly ordinary and wholesome young man who embarks on an unprovoked killing spree; the other depicts Byron Orlok (Boris Karloff in his last straight dramatic role), an iconic horror film actor who is disillusioned by real-life violence and is contemplating retirement.”

Also mentioned: Creepy Gals, Poker Face, Knives Out, Death Trap, What Have You Done to Solange?, Columbo, Ghanaian movie posters, Cunk on Earth, The Harley Quinn Valentine’s Special, Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Marnie and ranking Hitchcock films, Roger Corman, Dick Miller, Polly Platt, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Karina Longworth, Paper Moon, What’s Up Doc?, Last Picture Show, The Terror, Gus Van Sant’s Elephant, Timothy Bottoms,

NEXT WEEK: Cure

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Episode 53: Let the Right One In (2008) Feb 13, 2023

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Happy Valentine’s Day! And Happy One Year Anniversary to Bloodhaus! Today the ghouls discuss a “romantic” horror film, 2008’s Swedish vampire phenomenon, Let the Right One In. In particular, Drusilla has a lot to say about the gender rep in the film from a trans perspective. From wiki: “Let the Right One In (Swedish: Låt den rätte komma in) is a 2008 Swedish romantic horror film directed by Tomas Alfredson, based on the 2004 novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist, who also wrote the screenplay. The film tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a strange child in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s.”

Also mentioned: Arrebato, Personal Shopper, The Tenant, Messiah of Evil, Lips of Blood, Derek Jarman, Wittgenstein, Jubilee, Little Nell, I Wanna Be a Beauty Queen, Pedro Almodóvar, Andy Warhol, Divine, New Beverly, Badlands, Straw Dogs, Bob Fosse’s Lenny, Sid & Nancy, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nekromantik, Happiness, Knock at the Cabin, Paul Tremblay, the M Night Shyamalan oeuvre, Jean Rollin, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Hunger, Juliet Landau, Legend of Hell House, Robyn, Sleepwalkers, Mick Garris, the indie sleaze era, Beth Ditto of The Gossip, Twilight, Infinity Pool, My Bloody Valentine (1981)

NEXT WEEK: Targets (1968)

Episode 52: Picnic at Hanging Rock Feb 06, 2023

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Welcome to a very ethereal episode! Today the ghouls discuss Peter Weir’s 1975 Australian classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock. From wiki: “Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film produced by Hal and Jim McElroy, directed by Peter Weir, and starring Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver. It was adapted by Cliff Green from the 1967 novel of the same name by Joan Lindsay.”

Also mentioned: The Madonna Inn, Esalen, Mad Men, Mildred Pierce, fighting capitalism with laziness, Poker Face, White Noise, Harold and Maude, The Virgin Suicides, Roger Ebert, Lana Del Rey, Videodrome, Lake Mungo, Earth Girls Are Easy, Once Bitten.

NEXT WEEK: Let the Right One In

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