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I saw ye! Yer fond of me podcast! This week your favorite ghouls are joined by Kate MF Sculley to talk about Robert Egger's sophomore film, The Lighthouse! --- Music by Lily LeBlanc: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: How Robert Eggers Built a 19th-Century ‘Lighthouse’ That Could Shine for 16 Miles by Bill Desowitz https://www.indiewire.com/2019/10/the-lighthouse-robert-eggers-period-production-design-1202184244/amp/ What the hell did 'The Lighthouse' even mean? By JESS JOHO https://mashable.com/article/the-lighthouse-robert-eggers-meaning-explained-ending.amp 'The Lighthouse,' 'The Witch' and the Horror of Robert Eggers by Richard Newby https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/heat-vision/lighthouse-explained-how-it-connects-witch-1250507 ‘The Lighthouse’ Ending Feeds Myth and Symbolism to the Birds By Vinnie Mancuso https://collider.com/the-lighthouse-ending-explained/?amp What Is ‘The Lighthouse’ Really About? By Dani Di Placido https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2020/04/20/what-is-the-lighthouse-really-about/amp/ The Lighthouse explained: the meaning behind the images and symbolism in the gripping new film by Ross mcIndoe https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/the-lighthouse-explained-the-meaning-behind-the-images-and-symbolism-in-the-gripping-new-film-395464/amp ‘The Lighthouse’ is a darkly funny and harrowing examination of masculinity by Sydny Long https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/11/the-lighthouse-is-a-darkly-funny-and-harrowing-examination-of-masculinity The Lighthouse: A Hypnotic Nightmare About Masculinity by Matt Taylor https://thepopbreak.com/2019/10/15/the-lighthouse-a-hypnotic-nightmare-about-masculinity/ The Lighthouse Review: Madness in the Fog https://thespool.net/reviews/movies/2019/10/the-lighthouse-review/ ‘He Sort Of Wants A Daddy’: Decoding The Homoeroticism In ‘The Lighthouse’ by Matthew Jacobs https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5da9c888e4b0e71d65b801ae/amp The Lighthouse Shines Bright with Wild Performances by Dafoe and Pattinson by Joe Lipsett https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/10/film-review-the-lighthouse/amp/ The Lighthouse: New England Dread Meets Greek Myth by Mark Judge https://lawliberty.org/the-lighthouse-new-england-dread-meets-greek-myth/ The Lighthouse: the myths and archetypes behind the movie explained by Rosie Fletcher https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-lighthouse-the-myths-and-archetypes-behind-the-movie-explained/?amp 'The Lighthouse' is an Amazing Descent into Madness by Anna Collins https://www.34st.com/article/2019/11/the-lighthouse-robert-pattinson-willem-dafoe-robert-eggers The Lighthouse Ending Explained: Lovecraft, That Mysterious Light and More by Nick Limon https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/20/the-lighthouse-ending-explained The Lighthouse’ Spoiler Review: “A Promethean Tragedy” by Ernesto Valenzuela https://fullcirclecinema.com/2019/10/29/the-lighthouse-spoiler-review/ The Lies of The Lighthouse (2019) by Acolytes of Horror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yllMFY1Mb08

This week your favorite ghouls are discussing another Rob Zombie film... The Lords of Salem (2013)! Topics include but are not limited to Nathaniel Hawthorne and the History of Salem, Women and Bodily Autonomy, The Lords and what they represent, The Power of Music, and Female Trauma in Rob Zombie movies. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TransLifeline: https://translifeline.org/ --- Resources: ‘Sisters United’ Feminist Nostalgia, Queer Spectatorship and the Radical Witch Politics of Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem by Ben Raphael Sher from New Queer Horror: Film & Television Studies https://www.amazon.com/Queer-Horror-Film-Television-Studies/dp/1786836262 https://filmschoolrejects.com/18-things-we-learned-from-rob-zombies-the-lords-of-salem-commentary-80525a0013b8/?amp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lords_of_Salem_(film) https://screenrant.com/rob-zombie-lords-salem-movie-meta-twist/amp/ https://screenrant.com/lords-salem-movie-production-problems-explained/amp/ https://amazingstories.com/2013/08/lords-of-salem/ https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lords-of-salem-2013 https://listverse.com/2017/06/20/10-songs-that-have-killed-in-real-life/amp/ https://otherworldlyoracle.com/music-magick/ https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/05/ominous-curses-and-dark-mysteries-of-the-musical-world/ https://medium.com/@alexandralanders/feminism-in-rob-zombie-s-the-lords-of-salem-e1ba76ecada2 https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3482490/revisiting-lords-salem-rob-zombies-hocus-pocus/ https://robzombie.com/2013/05/sheri-moon-zombie-on-the-lords-of-salem-a-very-female-driven-cast-which-is-something-you-dont-see-very-often-in-films-these-days/ https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3623780/prop-forces-darkness-women-sentinel-lords-salem/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/filmschoolrejects.com/the-lords-of-salem-five-years-later/%3famp https://robzombie.com/2012/09/rob-zombie-talks-about-casting-older-actresses-in-the-lords-of-salem-women-sick-of-playing-the-mother/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nylon.com/rob-zombie-movies-female-trauma/amp

"The horror is history..." This week your favorite ghouls discuss Oprah Winfrey and Jonathan Demme's film version of Toni Morrison's prize winning novel, Beloved (1998). Topics include but are not limited to The horrors of the past: slavery, trauma and ghosts, Southern Gothic horror, mothers and daughters, and sisterhood. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilyleblanc.com --- Resources: Beloved (1998 Film) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beloved_(1998_film) Beloved: The Best Horror Novel the Horror Genre Has Never Claimed by Grady Hendrix https://www.tor.com/2016/02/18/beloved-the-best-horror-novel-the-horror-genre-has-never-claimed/ Black Horror Rising BY TANANARIVE DUE https://uncannymagazine.com/article/black-horror-rising/?fbclid=IwAR2_acNtT-tCRsQ30f17jrzuTVmYpCsio-wGvAIkX2Nm5mHQyI55UaviH7E Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’: A Gothic Classic of Black Horror Media by Donyae Coles https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3578911/toni-morrisons-beloved-gothic-classic-black-horror-media/ “Should ‘Beloved’ Be in the Black Horror Film Canon?: An interview with two Black women horror creators, Tananarive Due and Robin R. Means Coleman” by Juliana Ukiomogbe https://zora.medium.com/should-beloved-be-in-the-black-horror-film-canon-7e523a419c90 AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORE, MAGICAL REALISM AND HORROR IN TONI MORRISON NOVELS by Sumiko Saulson https://mochamemoirspress.com/uncategorized/african-american-folklore-magical-realism-and-horror-in-toni-morrison-novels/ Horror in the 90s: The Southern Gothic by Ashlee Blackwell https://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com/2014/01/horror-in-90s-southern-gothic.html The Horrors of Remembrance: The Altered Visual Aesthetic of Horror in Jonathan Demme’s Beloved by Ellen Scott https://www.colorado.edu/gendersarchive1998-2013/2004/09/01/horrors-remembrance-altered-visual-aesthetic-horror-jonathan-demmes-beloved Slavery, Human Cruelty, Survival, Horror, Maternity and Rememory : Translating “Beloved” to the Screen by Matty Stanfield https://mattystanfield.com/2015/07/25/slavery-human-cruelty-survival-horror-maternity-and-rememory-translating-beloved-to-the-screen/ African American Gothic: Screams from Shadowed Places by Maisha L. Wester https://books.google.com/books?id=wmKKOzK422QC&q=Beloved#v=snippet&q=Beloved&f=false Searching for Sycorax: Black Women's Hauntings of Contemporary Horror by Kinitra D. Brooks https://books.google.com/books/about/Searching_for_Sycorax.html?id=F3BADwAAQBAJ Mother/Daughter Relationship: Psychological Implication of Love in Toni Morrison’s Beloved https://www.ajol.info/index.php/lwati/article/view/46583 “Analyzing Relationship of Sethe and Denver as Mother and Daughter Relationship in the Novel Beloved Written By Toni Morrison” by Debora Tambun https://www.google.com/amp/s/deboratambun.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/analyzing-relationship-of-sethe-and-denver-as-mother-and-daughter-relationship-in-the-novel-beloved-written-by-toni-morrison/amp/ ''Motherlove was a Killer:'' Mother-Daughter Relationships in A Mercy and Beloved by Chrysa Titi https://www.academia.edu/11978901/Motherlove_was_a_Killer_Mother-Daughter_Relationships_in_A_Mercy_and_Beloved Mothering Violence: Ferocious Female Resistance in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Sula, Beloved, and A Mercy by Amanda Putnam https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.5406/blacwomegendfami.5.2.0025.pdf?ab_segments=0%252Fbasic_SYC-5187_SYC-5188%252Fcontrol THE RETURN OF THE SISTER: SISTERHOOD AND BLACK FEMALE SUBJECTIVITY IN TONI MORRISON'S "BELOVED" by Su-lin Yu https://www.jstor.org/stable/44325441?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Among Women: Toni Morrison's Mothers, Sisters, and Daughters. By Hazel Ruth reames Caillouet https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7469&context=gradschool_disstheses

This week your favorite ghouls discuss the cult classic: Carnival of Souls! Topics of discussion: shared consciousness, dreams, The Man and how he relates to Mary Henry, and women and driving in horror films. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com TranslifeLine: https://translifeline.org/ BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ --- Resources: Carnival of Souls (1962) TCM http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/70341/Carnival-of-Souls/articles.html How Obscure Horror Film 'Carnival of Souls' Influenced Everything You've Ever Seen by Justin Morrow https://nofilmschool.com/2016/10/how-carnival-souls-bridges-art-house-and-horror 5 Lessons on Making Low-Budget Horror From Cult Classic 'Carnival of Souls' by Greg Cwik https://nofilmschool.com/2016/08/5-lessons-making-low-budget-horror-cult-classic-carnival-souls Dead in the Water? Dream and Reality in Carnival of Souls by Peter Wilshire https://offscreen.com/view/carnival_of_souls Carnival of Souls (1962) - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Souls Carnival Of Souls: The Strange Story Behind the Greatest Horror Movie You’ve Never Seen by Joshua Winning https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/carnival-of-souls-the-strange-story-behind-the-greatest-horror-movie-you-ve-never-seen/?amp Carnival of Souls: “Thinkin’ Like That, Don’t It Give You Nightmares?” By Kier-La Janisse https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4143-carnival-of-souls-thinkin-like-that-don-t-it-give-you-nightmares So Different in Daylight: On the Masterful “Carnival of Souls” by Brian Tallerico https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/so-different-in-daylight-on-the-masterful-carnival-of-souls October Film: Carnival of Souls Analysis by Culturedarm.com https://culturedarm.com/october-film-carnival-of-souls-analysis/ Carnival of Souls (1962): Dead in the Water by Nitrate Diva https://nitratediva.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/carnival-of-souls/amp/ CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962) - Review by Frank Collins https://www.framerated.co.uk/carnival-souls-1962/ 'Carnival of Souls': The movie that inspired 'Insidious' is the spookiest, weirdest, and maybe greatest horror film you've never seen by Owen Gleiberman https://ew.com/article/2011/04/07/carnival-of-souls-the-original-insidious/?amp=true

This week your favorite ghouls discuss The Haunting (1963). No, not the one with Catherine Zeta Jones...NO not the Netflix one... we're talking about THE OG black and white goddess of a film! Topics of discussion include but are not limited to: Queer Coding, Houses the kill, the neo-domestic, and depression. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com https://translifeline.org/ https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ --- The Haunting of Fun Home: Shirley Jackson and Alison Bechdel's Queer Gothic Neodomesticity by Jill Anderson https://www.academia.edu/32669290/The_Haunting_of_Fun_Home_Shirley_Jackson_and_Alison_Bechdels_Queer_Gothic_Neodomesticity Elegant Chills: The Haunting by George E Turner https://ascmag.com/articles/flashback-the-haunting-1963 Terror, suspense, and the power of suggestion in The Haunting By Farran Smith Nehme https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1208-terror-suspense-and-the-power-of-suggestion-in-_the-haunting_ Synæsthetic Specters: Haunting Hill House on the Silver Screen by Elizabeth Mullen http://www.imageandnarrative.be/inarchive/Images_de_l_invisible/Mullen.htm Queer & Now & Then: 1963 by Michael Koresky https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/queer-now-1963/ The Haunting of Shirley Jackson by Laura Miller https://lithub.com/the-haunting-of-shirley-jackson/ When Buildings Kill: Sentient houses in fiction and film by KEITH EGGENER https://placesjournal.org/article/when-buildings-kill/?cn-reloaded=1 THE HAUNTING 1963: 10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW By Kayleigh Marie Edwards https://www.spookyisles.com/the-haunting-1963-facts/ How Robert Wise Manipulated the Ghosts of Hill House for The Haunting by Meagan Navarro https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/the-haunting-door-scene-how-it-came-together.html Topographical Terrors in the Ghost Film: Mediating Space and Place in Robert Wise's 'The Haunting' by Conrad Aquilina https://www.academia.edu/4694574/Topographical_Terrors_in_the_Ghost_Film_Mediating_Space_and_Place_in_Robert_Wises_The_Haunting The Haunting (1963) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_(1963_film) WHY “THE HAUNTING” HAUNTS ME STILL by Jon Farr https://www.bestmoviesbyfarr.com/articles/the-haunting/2018/10 HALLOWEEN HORROR: THE HAUNTING (1963) by Anders Bergstrom https://3brothersfilm.com/blog/2017/10/27/halloween-horror-the-haunting-1963

"Hey, Coraline... how about you leave your mom alone for one got dang minute!" This week your favorite ghouls (who also happen to be moms... can ya tell!!??) are discussing Laika's amazing gateway horror film, Coraline (2009)! --- Donate to BLM: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Donate to Translifeline: https://www.translifeline.org/donate/ Thanks Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: An eye for an I: Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Questions of Identity by David Rudd http://ubir.bolton.ac.uk/218/1/emcs_journals-1.pdf The Grass Isn't Always Greener on the Other Side: Coraline's Journey to the Other Side by Isabella Martinez https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=first-class The Key is in the Mouth: Food & Orality in Coraline http://www.longwood.edu/staff/miskecjm/380Coralinekeeling.pdf Examining the Works of Neil Gaiman: Children Don’t Need Their Literature Dumbed Down by Thomas Byrne https://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/ojs/index.php/tlg/article/view/544/484 Psychosocial Development in Coraline https://droverreview.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/drvol1201809henderson.pdf Why Were You Born?: An Analysis of the Anti-Feminist Implications of the Film Adaptation of Coraline https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296486285_Why_Were_You_Born_An_Analysis_of_the_Anti-Feminist_Implications_of_the_Film_Adaptation_of_Coraline "Something Very Old and Very Slow": Coraline, Uncanniness,and Narrative Form by Richard Gooding https://www.academia.edu/1533907/_Something_Very_Old_and_Very_Slow_Coraline_Uncanniness_and_Narrative_Form_ Coraline and “The Other Mother” Narrative by Louisa https://louisaleontiades.com/coraline-by-neil-gaiman/ The Maternal Narcissist by Louisa https://louisaleontiades.com/the-maternal-narcissist/ Problematizing the Ideal Homely Mother in the Movie “Coraline” by Wilful Wordiness https://www.google.com/amp/s/wilfulwordiness.wordpress.com/2018/10/20/problematizing-the-ideal-homely-mother-in-the-movie-coraline/amp/ Why Was Wybie in Coraline (2009)? by The Princess and the Scrivener https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ4GTaSfuB0 RE: Wybie in Coraline (2009) & 10k Subscribers by The Princess and the Scrivener https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMH0dPMPawk

This week your favorite ghouls are discussing the South Korean hit, Train to Busan! Topics include but are not limited to: Seok-Woo's two foils, Covid-19 & pandemic response, and the social commentary in Train to Busan. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Train to Busan (2016). Dir. Yeon Sang-ho Yeon Sang-ho talks Korean zombie hit 'Train To Busan’ by Jean Noh https://www.screendaily.com/features/yeon-sang-ho-talks-korean-zombie-hit-train-to-busan/5111006.article Train to Busan IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5700672/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv Aloha ʻOe Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_%CA%BBOe TRAIN TO BUSAN - A MASTERPIECE OF SOCIAL COMMENTARY by Jack Buchanan https://www.filmosophy.co.uk/train_to_busan_social_commentary.html S. Korea's Hit Zombie Film Is Also A Searing Critique Of Korean Society by Elise Hu https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/09/01/492185811/s-koreas-hit-zombie-film-is-also-searing-critique-of-korean-society Train to Busan (2016) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_to_Busan Eat the Rich: Pandemic Horror Cinema by Johan HÖGLUND https://journals.openedition.org/transtexts/706?lang RAIN TO BUSAN (2016): CLASS CRITICISM IN SOUTH KOREAN CINEMA by Tara Edwards https://www.thecinegogue.com/train-to-busan-2016-class-criticism-in-south-korean-cinema/ Train to Busan is a zombie action film with a social bite by Mark Farnsworth http://globalcomment.com/train-to-busan-is-a-zombie-action-film-with-a-social-bite/ Fatherhood on the Train to Busan by Tim Winterstein https://www.google.com/amp/s/thejaggedword.com/2017/06/16/fatherhood-on-the-train-to-busan/amp/ Women and Children First: The Sacrifice for Women in Train to Busan by Erin Edwards http://www.thebackseatdriverreviews.com/women-and-children-first-the-sacrifice-for-women-in-train-to-busan

Hey y'all! This week your favorite ghouls discussing From Hell! Topics of discussion include but are not limited to: sex-work in 1888, the REAL victims of Jack the Ripper, and why our obsession with Jack is problematic AF. --- Theme song by Lily LeBlanc: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: From Hell (2001) Dir. The Hughes Brothers From Hell (1999, Graphic Novel) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Hell WHY IT’S TIME TO STOP TALKING ABOUT JACK THE RIPPER by Ann Foster https://bookriot.com/2019/04/02/stop-talking-about-jack-the-ripper/amp/ ‘Jack the Ripper’ was a serial killer who disembowelled women – we need to stop celebrating that by Charlotte Mallinson https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/jack-the-ripper-serial-killer-disemboweled-women-stop-celebrating-a8094826.html THE FEMINIST JACK THE RIPPER TOUR https://lookup.london/live/feminist-jack-the-ripper-walk/ Jack the Ripper and the Myth of Male Violence by Judith R. Walkowitz https://www.jstor.org/stable/3177712?seq=1 Our Jack the Ripper Obsession Is Misogynist by Katie Engelhart https://newrepublic.com/article/119375/jack-ripper-versus-feminists The women killed by Jack the Ripper are finally having their stories told by Maya Crockett https://www.stylist.co.uk/books/the-five-untold-lives-women-killed-jack-the-ripper-hallie-rubenhold-book-tv-series/252545 FED UP WITH JACK THE RIPPER https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/fed-up-with-jack-the-ripper Jack the Ripper: A Twenty-First Century Investigation? by Jennifer Pegg https://www.casebook.org/dissertations/pegg.html From Hell (2001) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Hell_(film) Roger Ebert’s Review of From Hell (2001) https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/from-hell-2001 (F)ailing women in psychiatry: lessons from a painful past by Andrea Tone, PhD https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5962395/ Lobotomy: Definition, Procedure & History By Tanya Lewis https://www.livescience.com/42199-lobotomy-definition.html What Does Misogyny Look Like? By Nina Rinata Aron https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/style/misogyny-women-history-photographs.html

Please help the Black Lives Matter movement by visiting this website: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Donate to Trans Lifeline: https://www.giveoutday.org/organization/Translifeline We're back! AGAIN! This week your favorite ghouls discuss Ana Lily Amirpour's sophomore film: The Bad Batch (2016). Topics of discussion: racism, white privilege, the boarder wall, post-apocalyptic fairytales, and the American Dream. --- Follow Bianca Xunise: https://www.instagram.com/biancaxunise/?hl=en Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: The Bad Batch (2016). dir. Amirpour, Ana Lily The Bad Batch Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Batch Ana Lily Amirpour on romance in the desert and the racial controversy over her new film, The Bad Batch by Kaitlyn Tiffany https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/23/15855842/the-bad-batch-interview-ana-lily-amirpour-dystopia Ana Lily Amirpour Responds to Racism Charges — But Won’t Apologize For Making You Uncomfortable by Eric Kohn https://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/ana-lily-amirpour-interview-the-bad-batch-1201846307/ The Bad Batch isn't a great dystopian film, but it's definitely an interesting one by Alissa Wilkinson https://www.vox.com/summer-movies/2017/6/23/15844944/bad-batch-review-ana-lily-amirpour ‘The Bad Batch’ is a poetic — and disturbingly persuasive — parable by By Michael O'Sullivan https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-bad-batch-is-a-poetic--and-disturbingly-persuasive--parable/2017/06/22/c8368164-5389-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html ‘The Bad Batch’ Review: It’s Social Rejects vs. Cannibals in Dystopia U.S.A. by Peter Travers https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-bad-batch-review-its-social-rejects-vs-cannibals-in-dystopia-u-s-a-204752/ 'Bad Batch' director on racism, her intentions and growing up Iranian-American by Michael Phillips https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ana-lily-amirpour-bad-batch-20170627-column.html Maybe someday the world will appreciate The Bad Batch, but not today by Katie Rife https://film.avclub.com/maybe-someday-the-world-will-appreciate-the-bad-batch-1798191861 ‘The Bad Batch’ Review: Cannibals Battle Skateboarders in Confusing Saga by Tricia Olszewski https://www.thewrap.com/the-bad-batch-review-jason-momoa-ana-lily-amirpour/ ‘The Bad Batch’ Review: A Half-Cooked Cannibal Tale BY ADAM CHITWOOD https://collider.com/the-bad-batch-review/ The Title of The Bad Batch Tells You All You Need to Know by Jordan Hoffman https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/the-bad-batch-movie-review Film Review: ‘The Bad Batch’ Cannibals and Trump-era politics converge in Ana Lily Amirpour's striking but dissatisfying sci-fi mashup. By Guy Lodge https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/the-bad-batch-review-1201852606/ The Bad Batch': Venice Review https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/suki-waterhouse-bad-batch-review-925877 Keanu Reeves Gives a Dramatic Pitch for ‘The Bad Batch’ with Ana Lily Amirpour https://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/keanu-reeves-the-bad-batch-interview-1201846642/

Your favorite ghouls are back from maternity/sick leave! It's been a hell-of-a-3-months! To lift your spirits from this GOT DANG 'Rona virus... why don't you spend a little time with the family? The Addams Family of course! This week we'll be discussing the women of The Addams Family and Addams Family Values! Topics include but are not limited to: motherhood & hellish crusades, Mother-Maiden-Crone, Femme Fatales, and what exactly the Addams family values are! --- Theme song by Lily LeBlanc: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: The Addams Family (1991) Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld Addams Family Values (1993) Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld The Addams Family (1991 film) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family_(1991_film) From Feminism to BDSM: The Powerful Life Lessons Morticia Addams Taught Us by Kayleigh Dray https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/morticia-addams-family-values-feminist-life-lessons-role-model-girl-power-empowerment-sex-bdsm-bondage/169052 10 Reasons Why ‘The Addams Family’ Is Awesome(ly) Feminist Posted By Myrna Waldron: http://www.btchflcks.com/2012/10/10-reasons-why-the-addams-family-is-awesomely-feminist.html#.XqhsUBNKjfY The Addams Family Is the Aspirational Tale of Familial Love I Crave by Kelly Faircloth https://pictorial.jezebel.com/the-addams-family-is-the-aspirational-tale-of-familial-1820013520 Here’s why “The Addams Family” was one of the most progressive and feminist films of the ‘90s by Jessica Wang https://hellogiggles.com/reviews-coverage/movies/the-addams-family-progressive-feminist-film/ Potts Shots: Gen Z Vs. "The Addams Family (1991)" by Madeline Potts https://bleedingcool.com/movies/potts-shots-gen-z-vs-the-addams-family-1991/ MORTICIA ADDAMS: A WITCH ICON WORTHY OF ALL THE PRAISE Contributed by Tai Gooden https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/morticia-addams-a-witch-icon-worthy-of-all-the-praise The Hidden Message of 'Addams Family Values' by Simon Abrams https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/addams-family-values-had-secret-political-message-reveals-writer-1162918 We Need to Talk About Morticia Addams’ Healthy Attitude Toward Sex, Marriage and Motherhood by Alexia Dellner https://www.purewow.com/news/morticia-addams-feminist-icon

Hey goblins and ghouls! It's the last episode before maternity leave! This week Gracie is joined by her very good friend, Kate Mother F*ckin' Sculley. They're both extremely pregnant so they're both going to talk about Alice Lowe's pregnancy horror film, PREVENGE! Topics of discussion: The Pregnant Woman as the Monster, Ruth's Motivations and Hatred for Society, the Mother/Killer Archetype, and Ruth's Baby/Kill Book. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Prevenge (2016) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevenge Motherhood Isn’t Sacrifice, It’s Selfishness https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/opinion/sunday/motherhood-family-sexism-sacrifice.html? How a Pregnant Actress Overcame Her Frustrations With the Industry and Directed Her First Feature by Kate Erbland https://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/alice-lowe-prevenge-horror-interview-1201795842/ Alice Lowe: 'It wasn’t part of the plan to direct while pregnant' by Katie Puckrik https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/14/alice-lowe-on-violent-british-horror-comedy-prevenge From Kubrick to Kate Bush: Alice Lowe on her influences for killer mum horror Prevenge by Nikki Baughan https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/interviews/kubrick-kate-bush-alice-lowe-influences-prevenge Reduce Stress by Journaling by Dr. Pamela Peeke https://www.healthywomen.org/content/article/reduce-stress-journaling Prevenge review – audacious horror from a mother of invention by Mark Kermode https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/12/prevenge-review-alice-lowe-sightseers Pregnancy Is the Perfect Time to Make a Horror Movie By Jenni Miller https://www.thecut.com/2017/03/prevenge-alice-lowe-interview.html 'Prevenge' (2016) by Alice Lowe by Lindsey Pugh https://www.womaninrevolt.com/prevenge-2016-by-alice-lowe/ Alice Lowe stars in Prevenge: The mother of all horror revenge films by Ester McCarthy https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/alice-lowe-stars-in-prevenge-the-mother-of-all-horror-revenge-films-442230.html Alice Lowe’s Prevenge: A Response by Harriet Cooper https://www.mamsie.bbk.ac.uk/articles/10.16995/sim.249/ Alice Lowe Talks PREVENGE and the Horrors of Pregnancy by Jacob Knight https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/03/27/alice-lowe-talks-prevenge-and-the-horrors-of-pregnancy Pregnancy Horror 'Prevenge': The Twisted Female 'Taxi Driver' Shot in 11 Days by Emily Buder https://nofilmschool.com/2017/03/prevenge-alice-lowe-interview-pregnancy-horror-slasher Prevenge and the Power of Pregnancy Horror By Jordan Crucchiola https://www.vulture.com/2017/03/prevenge-is-proof-we-need-more-horror-movies-about-pregnancy.html

Get your mind out of the gutter because there's nothing sexy about this episode! This week your favorite ghouls discuss the vampire flick, 30 Days of Night! Topics of discussion: What exactly IS the 30 days of night and where?, the unique depiction of vampires, and the REAL threat to women in Alaska... --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Cinematic Vampires: From Shadows to Spotlight https://the-artifice.com/cinematic-vampires/ 30 Days of Night Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Days_of_Night_(film). What Are The Four Types of Vampires? By Ashley Abercrombie https://mysticinvestigations.com/paranormal/four-vampire-types/ 30 Days Grabbed Raimi's Eye by Cindy White https://web.archive.org/web/20071011135029/http://scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=42890 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: SURVIVING WILL COST YOUR HUMANITY by Brandi Blahnik http://www.audienceseverywhere.net/30-days-night-surviving-will-cost-humanity/ Nosferatu: VTM https://vtmb.fandom.com/wiki/Nosferatu The Family Circle by Nancy Freeborne DrPH https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-community/201906/the-family-circle Belonging Is Our Blessing, Tribalism Is our Burden by Saul Levine M.D. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifelong-love/201212/community-is-needed-now-more-ever%3famp Steve Niles Interview w/Den of Geek - 30 Days of Night https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/batman/13298/steve-niles-interview Vampires Don’t Suck? 30 Days of Night at 10 https://www.headstuff.org/entertainment/film/30-days-of-night-at-10/

Hey ghouls! We're back with another crime drama this season! David Fincher's Se7en! Topics of discussion: A brief history of Dante's The Divine Comedy, Horror & True Crime in the 90s, Mills and Somerset: Equal but opposite parallels, and Expendable Women. --- Music by Lily LeBlanc www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Crime and Horror: Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together BY DAVE RICHARDS http://www.criminalelement.com/crime-and-horror-together-genre-bending-mashups-thriller-private-detectives-paranormal/ THE HORROR: ‘SE7EN’: HOW DAVID FINCHER'S ICONIC CRIME/HORROR HYBRID SHOCKED THE WORLD BY THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. https://controlforever.com/read/the-horror-se7en/ The Thrilling Parallels Between Detective Somerset and John Doe in 'Se7en' https://filmschoolrejects.com/se7en-good-and-evil/ Philosophy NOW! Se7en https://philosophynow.org/issues/78/Se7en 14 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Seven by Jake Rossen https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61908/14-things-you-might-not-know-about-se7en Seven (1995) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_(1995_film) Where Did The 7 Deadly Sins Come From? by Chloe Langr https://epicpew.com/7-deadly-sins-history/ The Seven Deadly Sins Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

This week it's a double feature with your favorite ghouls! The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) & it's reboot from 2014! Topics include a brief history of Texarkana and the Moonlight Murders, Embracing Tragedy, and The Phantom’s Duality! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: The Terrifying Real-Life Murders That Inspired THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN by GREGORY BURKART http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/03/30/the-terrifying-real-life-murders-that-inspired-the-town-that-dreaded-sundown/ The True Story Behind The Town that Dreaded Sundown by April Bennett https://www.wickedhorror.com/features/true-life-horror/real-life-cold-case-behind-the-town-that-dreaded-sundown/ Mourning Through Horror Movies by Eren Orbey https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/mourning-through-horror-movies Watching sad films boosts endorphin levels in your brain, psychologists say by Nicola Davis https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/21/watching-a-sad-films-boosts-endorphin-levels-in-your-brain-psychologists-say The Surprising Reasons We Like Sad Movies by Katie Koerner https://greatist.com/happiness/why-do-like-sad-movies#1 Why Bringing Tragedy To Life Through Film Is Important by Marshall Julius https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-bringing-tragedy-to-life-through-film-is-important_uk_588a1152e4b02af0a3d5b686?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAT3oojxEz5zhf0nWSrJzIyW29Pj_3RqiqKbmxFo2n8_DrB64VvSeVM958CrvWx51-jm_g023zL40O70ITSRq2mzByy5uZzJlwNsnYIVPDjbu4GuGmUMMYbUmxz5mCu4u2OWmlhx5lbgVuthdOQ9KK3ZeNXIXFK8jMDOrpy6rAdB Is our growing obsession with true crime a problem? By Kelly-Leigh Coope https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47474996

Check your windows! Check your doors! Make sure no one is peering in because this week your favorite ghouls are discussing the horror film that started the POV shot! Why, it's the British masterpiece: Peeping Tom (1960)! Topics of discussion: What is Scopophilia?, The Male Gaze, Sexual Themes, and Children and the Consequences from a Lack of Privacy. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song! www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Michael Powell's 'Peeping Tom': the film that killed a career by David Gritten https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7967407/Michael-Powells-Peeping-Tom-the-film-that-killed-a-career.html Peeping Tom: Criterion Film Collection By Laura Mulvey https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/65-peeping-tom Peeping Tom Review (Senses of Cinema) by Peter Wilshire http://sensesofcinema.com/2018/cteq/peeping-tom/ Classic Film Through a Feminist Lens: PEEPING TOM by Kimberly Pierce https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/classic-film-through-a-feminist-lens-peeping-tom/ PEEPING TOM & THE MALE GAZE by Adam Call Roberts https://www.themetropolistimes.com/the-metropolis-times/2012/04/07/peeping-tom Peeping Tom and the Critical Movie Viewer by Nora E Rossbach https://www.academia.edu/30553514/Peeping_Tom_and_the_Critical_Movie_Viewer.pdf?auto=download "Peeping Tom": A Second Look by William Johnson https://www.jstor.org/stable/1212185?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents THE GAZE OF THE VOYEUR by Jihane Mossali https://themissingslate.com/2014/02/15/the-gaze-of-the-voyeur/ Film Theory 101 – Laura Mulvey: The Male Gaze Theory by Rachael Sampson https://www.filminquiry.com/film-theory-basics-laura-mulvey-male-gaze-theory/ Peeping Tom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeping_Tom_(1960_film) The Male Gaze Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_gaze What We Post On Social Media May Harm Our Children's Development by Elizabeth Fernandez https://www.forbes.com/sites/fernandezelizabeth/2019/07/08/what-we-post-on-social-media-may-harm-our-childrens-development/#f48a59a536bb BBC News: Five Key Moments in Britain’s Sexual Revolution http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8456543.stm No turning back: family forms and sexual mores in modern Britain http://www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/papers/no-turning-back-family-forms-and-sexual-mores-in-modern-britain Sex Before the Sexual Revolution http://www.historyandpolicy.org/historians-books/books/sex-before-the-sexual-revolution

Get out your tarot cards and start brewing your witch bottles because this week your favorite ghouls are discussing Anna Biller's THE LOVE WITCH! Topics include: Witchsploitation and Patriarchal Exploitation, Toxic Beauty & Feminine Standards, gender roles, and the Psychology of Love, Fantasy & Narcissism. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: The Movies That Changed My Life by Anna Biller https://theplaylist.net/love-witch-director-anna-biller-movies-changed-life-20161110/ The Love Witch - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Witch The Love Witch paints the battle of the sexes with a gaudy Technicolor brush by Katie Rife https://film.avclub.com/the-love-witch-paints-the-battle-of-the-sexes-with-a-ga-1798189434 The Love Witch: a film about the perversities of desire that will soon be a cult feminist classic by Marlon Gibson http://theconversation.com/the-love-witch-a-film-about-the-perversities-of-desire-that-will-soon-be-a-cult-feminist-classic-73308 FANGRRLS ON FILM: GENDER NORMS MAKE EVERYONE MISERABLE IN THE LOVE WITCH by Sarah Marrs https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/fangrrls-on-film-gender-norms-make-everyone-miserable-in-the-love-witch 'The Love Witch' Is Campy Horror That Feminist Cinema Needs by Kate Loftus O'Brien https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wdbzk9/the-love-witch-is-the-camp-murderous-horror-anna-billers Anna Biller on The Love Witch and how she crafts spellbinding female fantasies by Sophie Monks Kaufman https://lwlies.com/articles/anna-biller-the-love-witch-female-fantasies/ Crazy In Love: Transgressive Femininities in Anna Biller’s ‘The Love Witch’ By Annette LePique https://www.anothergaze.com/crazy-love-transgressive-femininities-anna-billers-love-witch/ Under Her Spell: Anna Biller’s The Love Witch BY MICHAEL SICINSKI https://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-online/lovewitch/ “Poor baby”: The Love Witch by Laura Thomas https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30231-7/fulltext The Love Witch and witchcraft's appeal in the era of Trump by Clarisse Loughrey https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-love-witch-witchcraft-anna-biller-feminist-horror-film-donald-trump-lana-del-rey-a7627921.html ANNA BILLER ON CLASSIC FILMS AND TWITTER FEMINISMS BY KATHERINE FUSCO https://www.publicbooks.org/anna-biller-on-classic-films-and-twitter-feminisms/ ‘The Love Witch’ Looks Familiar but Feels Remarkably Fresh by Lee Jutton https://www.btchflcks.com/2017/04/the-love-witch-looks-familiar-but-feels-remarkably-fresh.html#.XaD_x-dKjOQ The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously by Lili Loofbourow https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/06/the-male-glance-how-we-fail-to-take-womens-stories-seriously

Happy New Year! This week, your favorite ghouls discuss the controversial, feminist crime classic: 1991's The Silence of the Lambs. Topics include: The use of psychology and Rites of Passage in TSOTL, the male gaze, feminism, and transphobia. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Silence of the Lambs Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film) Why the Silence of the Lambs in a Feminist Fable by Nicholas Barber http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170307-why-the-silence-of-the-lambs-is-a-feminist-fable Silence of the Sexes: Gender Inversion in Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs https://urj.ucf.edu/docs/Evans.pdf Cultural analysis of Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs" by Arthur S. Almquist https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2971&context=etd Before we knew better: Silence of the Lambs is a win for women—but fails LGBTQ culture by By Annaliese Griffin https://qz.com/quartzy/1566136/silence-of-the-lambs-is-a-win-for-women-but-fails-lgbtq-culture/ The Enduring Feminist Vision of 'The Silence of the Lambs' by Madison Brek https://filmschoolrejects.com/feminist-vision-silence-of-the-lambs/ Feminist Forensics in The Silence of the Lambs https://thefilmstage.com/features/the-silence-of-the-lambs-and-the-intuitive-feminism-of-jonathan-demme/ Feminine Perspective And Power In THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by CH Newell https://www.filminquiry.com/feminine-perspective-power-silence-lambs/ Over 25 Years, Clarice Starling's Impact on Film Heroines Still Resonates by Sarah Marshall https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/over-25-years-clarice-starlings-impact-film-heroines-still-resonates-hearken The Not-So-Hidden Transphobia in Silence of the Lambs https://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/blog/the-not-so-hidden-transphobia-in-silence-of-the-lambs ‘Buffalo Bill Is NOT Transgender’ Claims ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Actor https://screenhub.blog/2018/06/05/buffalo-bill-is-not-transgender-claims-silence-of-the-lambs-actor-screenhub-entertainment/ MY AUNTIE BUFFALO BILL: THE UNAVOIDABLE TRANSMISOGYNY OF SILENCE OF THE LAMBS http://feministing.com/2016/03/10/my-auntie-buffalo-bill-the-unavoidable-transmisogyny-of-silence-of-the-lambs/ A Transgender Critic Revisits “The Silence Of The Lambs” On Its 25th Anniversary https://hornet.com/stories/a-transgender-critic-revisits-the-silence-of-the-lambs-on-its-25th-anniversary/ THE NEW FINAL GIRL OF 90S HORROR: PART 2 by DAWN KEETLEY http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/the-new-final-girl-of-90s-horror-part-2/ Pink pussyhats: The reason feminists are ditching them by Kristen Jordan Shamus, https://www.freep.com/story/news/2018/01/10/pink-pussyhats-feminists-hats-womens-march/1013630001/ McDermott, LeRoy (1996). "Self-Representation in Upper Paleolithic Female Figurines". Current Anthropology. 37 (2): 227–275. JSTOR 2744349. The Venus of Willendorf and its Controversial Interpretation http://scihi.org/venus-of-willendorf/

Happy Holidays! This week, your favorite ghouls discuss the one that REALLY started it all... 1974's Canadian classic: BLACK CHRISTMAS! That's right, the OG final girl slasher that STILL doesn't get enough credit. Topics of discussion: Women’s Reproductive Rights, Feminism, & Final Girls, Possible Anti-Feminist Themes in Black Christmas, house and home imagery and meaning, and the Black Pill. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Black Christmas (1974) Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(1974_film) 12 Surprising Facts About Black Christmas by Matthew Jackson https://mentalfloss.com/article/568067/black-christmas-horror-movie-facts The Quad: ‘Black Christmas’ remake to regift feminism to horror genre 45 years later BY RYAN WU https://dailybruin.com/2019/07/01/the-quad-black-christmas-remake-to-regift-feminism-to-horror-genre-45-years-later/ Women In Horror Series: “Black Christmas” by Kelcis Mattson https://medium.com/@wewillbethestars/women-in-horror-series-black-christmas-92b50051a9fc Black Christmas reminds us that nothing is sacred by Zack Handlen https://www.google.com/amp/s/film.avclub.com/black-christmas-reminds-us-that-nothing-is-sacred-1798275044/amp Skip Die Hard this year. Black Christmas is the cynical 2017 holiday movie alternative By Aja Romano https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/culture/2016/12/22/13872376/skip-die-hard-watch-black-christmas ‘BLACK CHRISTMAS’: THE GROUNDBREAKING 1974 SLASHER FILM THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR ‘HALLOWEEN’ https://dangerousminds.net/comments/black_christmas_the_groundbreaking_1974_slasher_film_that_paved_the_way_for The sexism is coming from inside the house: Patriarchal perspective in Black Christmas by cdionio https://visualculture.blog.ryerson.ca/the-sexism-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-patriarchal-perspective-in-black-christmas/ 40 THOUGHTS I HAD WHILE WATCHING BLACK CHRISTMAS by Carly Lane https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.syfy.com/syfywire/40-thoughts-i-had-while-watching-black-christmas%3famp Best Decades in Horror: The 1970s by Jon Espino https://www.theyoungfolks.com/film/111218/best-decades-in-horror-the-1970s/ Black Christmas Review by GODDESSESANDMONSTERS https://www.google.com/amp/s/goddessesandmonsters.com/2017/12/25/black-christmas-1974/amp/ Black Christmas (1974):: Do You See What I See? https://www.kindertrauma.com/black-christmas-1974-do-you-see-what-i-see/ Black Christmas and Gender Roles in the 1970s Slasher Film by Lenore Hipsher https://www.thetunnelsmagazine.com/hipsheracademicblackchristmas Black Christmas, a grueling art-piece of male aggression & female power by Jason Scott https://bsidesbadlands.com/black-christmas-1974-womanhood-essay/ Black Christmas & the Horror of Being Female in a Patriarchal Society by ashleymaniw https://www.google.com/amp/s/anatomyofascream.wordpress.com/2018/11/26/black-christmas-the-horror-of-being-female-in-a-patriarchal-society/amp/ More than horror, Black Christmas is the quintessential Canadian story by Justine Smith https://www.google.com/amp/s/nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/more-than-horror-black-christmas-is-the-quintessential-canadian-story/amp THE PRO-SEX SLASHER: TALKING BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) by Horrorhomeroom Podcast http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/the-pro-sex-slasher-talking-black-christmas-1974/ Incels & The Black Pill Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel#%22Black_pill%22

Hold on to your butts because this film is a wild ride! This week your favorite ghouls discuss Alexandre Aja's controversial New French Extremity horror film, High Tension aka Haute Tension aka Switchblade Romance. We won't go into anymore more detail here.... just... watch it (and then listen here!). --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: West, Alexandra. Films of the New French Extremity: Visceral Horror and National Identity. McFarland, 2016. High Tension (2003) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tension Expressing the Mind of a Serial Killer: The Unreliable Narrator in Alexandre Aja's High Tension by Beth Kattelman https://www.academia.edu/25830717/Expressing_the_Mind_of_a_Serial_Killer_The_Unreliable_Narrator_in_Alexandre_Ajas_High_Tension?auto=download Fille Finale: The Final Girl in New French Extremity by Alexandra West https://offscreen.com/view/fille-finale The Killer in/and the Girl: Alexandre Aja’s ‘High Tension’ by Rebecca Willoughby http://www.btchflcks.com/2015/10/the-killer-inand-the-girl-alexandre-ajas-high-tension.html#.XYkwdJNKjfY ‘High Tension’: Rethinking Female Sexuality and Subjectivity Through Violence by Laura Minor http://www.btchflcks.com/2015/10/high-tension-rethinking-female-sexuality-and-subjectivity-through-violence.html#.XYkwdJNKjfY Vampires, Psychics, and Ghosts: A Look at Queer Women in Horror by Sara Century https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/vampires-psychics-and-ghosts-look-queer-women-horror Queer Review: High Tension (2003) http://queeringthecloset.blogspot.com/2014/05/queer-review-high-tension-2003.html Villainizing Queerness in Alexandre Aja’s High Tension by Mary Beth McAndrews https://www.gaylydreadful.com/blog/2019/6/15/villainizing-queerness-in-alexandre-ajas-high-tension Take Back the Knife: Revisiting “High Tension” by Stacie Ponder https://www.afterellen.com/movies/81011-take-back-the-knife-revisiting-high-tension Horror Film’s Terrifyingly Harmful Use of Queer Tropes by Mary Beth McAndrews https://muchadoaboutcinema.com/2018/07/02/horror-films-terrifyingly-harmful-use-of-queer-tropes/ 28 Things We Learned from Alexandre Aja’s High Tension Commentary by Commentators: Alexandre Aja (director/co-writer), Grégory Levasseur (co-writer/art director) https://filmschoolrejects.com/commentary-high-tension-ea807d8a0c25/ The Misuse of Dissociative Identify Disorder & Demonization of Homosexuality in High Tension (2003) https://scriptophobic.ca/2018/07/02/the-misuse-of-dissociative-identify-disorder-demonization-of-homosexuality-in-high-tension-2003/

Heyo! We're back! This week your favorite ghouls discuss The Descent from 2005! Were the female characters represented in a positive or negative light? What do the crawlers and the cave represent? What does Jessica's birthday have anything to do with this? Finally, does Gracie's obsession with name meanings work for the characters? FIND OUT NOW & LISTEN! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: The Descent (2005) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descent Film Analysis | The Descent - Tragedy in Horror by Cristobal Olguin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H24zb6CJKK0 The Descent Redefined Women in Horror Movies by Hannah Bonner https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/the-descent/254201/the-descent-redefined-women-in-horror-movies Bechdel Test Canon: The Descent by Alyx Vesey https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/bechdel-test-canon-the-descent In Defense Of Lady-Terrorizing Horror Movies by Anna North https://jezebel.com/in-defense-of-lady-terrorizing-horror-movies-5623749 Feminist Halloween Day 14: The Descent by LM https://odorunara.com/2014/10/16/feminist-halloween-day-14-the-descent/ Horror Week 2011: The Descent by Stephanie Rogers http://www.btchflcks.com/2011/10/horror-week-2011-the-descent.html#.XXkEi5NKjfZ The Descent: A horror movie that broke the Bechdel Test by Lois https://www.geekquality.com/the-descent/ #2: The Descent by Alex https://www.onecriticalbitch.com/blog/the-descent-review The Descent: The Last Great Horror Film by Jon Lisi https://the-artifice.com/the-descent-great-horror-film/ Feminist Guide to Horror Movies, Part Three: Worlds Without Patriarchy by HOLLY L. DERR https://msmagazine.com/2012/10/31/feminist-guide-to-horror-movies-part-three-worlds-without-patriarchy/ Collins’ Crypt: On The Two Endings Of THE DESCENT by Brian Collins https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/03/10/collins-crypt-on-the-two-endings-of-the-descent The Descent: Devil’s Advocates by James Marriott