Horror Queers

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Splice (2010) feat. Prince Jackson Feb 03, 2021

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Our month of 3s has ended, so we're kicking off February with a discussion of Vincenzo Natali's supremely messed up sci-fi horror film (and secret Dark Castle film) Splice, which also acts as an early celebration of Joe's birthday! Joining us for the chat is Prince Jackson, host of our sister podcast Knight Light!

Before we get to it, just a heads up if you've never seen the film: we're issuing content warnings for rape, animal death, incest and (depending on how you view Dren) pedophilia and/or bestiality.

Obviously, we've got to talk about that ending, but we'll also gush over Canadian national treasure Sarah Polley, debate the film's unlikable mad scientist protagonists and try to gauge audience reactions when this hit theaters 11 years ago.

Plus, discussions of bad parenting paired with comparisons to Renny Harlin's Deep Blue Sea and Francis Ford Coppola's Jack!

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> Trace: @tracedthurman

> Joe: @bstolemyremote

> Prince: @theheadknight / Pod: Knight Light: A Horror Movie Podcast

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Micro Queers: Schism (2018) Jan 29, 2021

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This week on Micro Queers, we're discussing John Clayton's short Schism(click the link to view the 8-minute-long short), an animated personification of the fear of public intimacy.

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> Trace: @tracedthurman

> Joe: @bstolemyremote

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Alien 3 (1992) feat. Sade Sellers Jan 27, 2021

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Our month of 3s comes to a close with David Fincher's Alien 3 (1992), which may take the prize for most convoluted production history. Here to help us make sense of the Assembly Cut (not the theatrical cut) is returning guest Sade Sellers (see previous episode Orphan), who has issues with the film's treatment of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and sexual assault (content warning!)

Plus: our secret connections to the number three, the xenomorph as drag queen, the differences between the theatrical and assembly cuts and Charles S. Dutton as a sacrificial lamb. Also: Joe's love of Charles Dance, confusion over "womb stuff" and why Fincher needs to get over his hatred of his directorial debut.

References:

Anat Zanger. Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise: From Carmen to Ripley
Scott Tafoya. "The Unloved, Part 1: Alien 3". Roger Ebert.com

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> Trace: @tracedthurman

> Joe: @bstolemyremote

> Sade: @IAMSadeSellers / Pod: Afro Horror

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The Stand (Patreon Clip) Jan 27, 2021

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Here's a sneak peek at our Patreon episode on the first six (of nine) episodes of the new adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand, which is now streaming on CBS All Access!

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Psycho 3 (1986) Jan 20, 2021

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We're in our third week of 3s, and what better way to celebrate than with good ol' Norman Bates himself in Anthony Perkins' directorial debut Psycho III? Despite the film's iconic opening line, there has to be a God, right? otherwise we wouldn't have this darkly comedic entry in the Psycho franchise!

Join us as we delve deep into the closeted life of Anthony Perkins, look for queerness in his unique directing style (so many colors and fun transitions!), lament the rushed third act and become flabbergasted at one of the most incoherent exposition dumps ever put on film.

Plus, suicidal nuns, Jeff Fahey's teeth, bloody ice, strategically placed purple lamps, and the franchise's very own Gale Weathers in Roberta Maxwell's ambitious journalist Tracy Venable. This is a wild one, y'all!

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> Trace: @tracedthurman

> Joe: @bstolemyremote

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Promising Young Woman (Patreon Clip) Jan 20, 2021

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Emerald Fennell's polarizing debut feature Promising Young Woman (2020), which is now in theaters and on VOD!

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Micro Queers: Flesh (2016) Jan 15, 2021

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This week on Micro Queers, we're discussing Monika Estrella Negra's short Flesh(click the link to view the 15-minute-long short), which follows a young, Black queer woman (Esther Matthews Alegria) in the DIY Punk scene in Chicago. Feeling entrapped by her own community, she seeks to destroy what ultimately is destroying her.

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> Trace: @tracedthurman

> Joe: @bstolemyremote

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Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth (1992) feat. Bryan Christopher Jan 13, 2021

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Our month of 3s continues with Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, the third entry in the Hellraiser franchise and who better to join us than mega fan Bryan Christopher? In the 1992 Anthony Hickox-directed film, the action shifts from the UK to New York (cough North Carolina cough) as Doug Bradley's Pinhead channels Freddy and Wishmaster while tempting a playboy club owner, a homeless runaway and an ambitious reporter.

Expect another troubled production, the first use of CGI in a horror film and not one, but TWO over the top set pieces, including an infamous nightclub murder spree and a blasphemous church sequence. Plus: pillar jokes, kitchen fires and lots of tangents about the terrible sequels in the franchise's back half.

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> Trace: @tracedthurman

> Joe: @bstolemyremote

> Bryan: @eviltaylorhicks

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The 2020 Hereditaries (Patreon Clip) Jan 13, 2021

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode revealing the 2020 winners of our version of the horror Oscars, the Hereditaries!

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Scream 3 (2000) Jan 06, 2021

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The third year of the pod kicks off with our annual tradition: a Scream film! Scream 3 (2000) is arguably the least popular film in the franchise, but it's due for a critical reappraisal as we unpack all of the its challenges, including no script, an in-demand Neve Campbell, post-Columbine timing, a move to comedic Hollywood and studio interference (The Weinsteins again!)

Thankfully we have Parker Posey, Patrick Dempsey's luscious hair, an ambitious - if misguided - attempt to retcon the root of all of Sid's trauma and a post #MeToo reckoning that makes the film quite prescient.

For a good time, throw in a game of toot it or boot it, Trace's confusion over the expression "Red Shirts", and a Meryl Streep blaxploitation film. Plus: how many times will we say the words Scooby Doo? Welcome to our third year!

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> Trace: @tracedthurman

> Joe: @bstolemyremote

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