Sean’s Secret Seance ep 2- Murder Party directed by Jeremy Saulnier

S&M unearth this gem from 2007 and give you our decision to resurrect it or rebury it. We ask the hard hitting questions-is candy corn disgusting? What is art? Why do SOME people use racism to be edgy? Can parking cops be hot? What is BDE? Listen now for some half assed answers to most of these questions! 

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In this episode we discuss:

Green Room

Murder Party

Blue Ruin

Velvet Buzzsaw

This episode S&M talk with Ellelectrick from the Blunt Letters Podcast about the novel Mexican Gothic by Silvia Mereno-Garcia. Both Elle and Sean were English majors and in fact Sean is a Professor, giving Micaela the BEST talking partners when it comes to Gothic, horror, weird fiction, and more.

What are THE HIGHBALLERS drinking?

Ellelectrick- Curacao/Mescal/Lime/Simple syrup/Seltzer

Sean-Don Julio blano in a mason jar

Micaela-Peach schnapps/Sapphire gin/Peach seltzer

“She drinks gin cause it rhymes with sin.” 

BL episode with Scientist Sara about liquor

In this episode we discuss:

Silvia Merenno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Gods of Jade and Shadow

Certain Dark Things

Fledging

Jane Eyre

Frankenstien

Dracula

The Monk

The Awakening

Lil Wayne no ceilings

Shirley Jackson

We Have always lived in the castle

The Sundial

The Haunting of Hill House

Gothic fiction

Wuthering Heights

Criticism of racism in Jane Eyre

Interview from YouTube of Silvis talking about Mexican Gothic

and another here

Wide sargasso sea

Eugenics

HP Lovecraft known racist

Charlotte GIlman known eugenist

The Yellow Wallpaper

Silver mining in Mexico by colonizers

Enter Sean’s Secret Seance if you dare!

This week's film is Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things

This is the first episode of Bleed With Me - Sean’s Secret Seance! We decided twice a month just wasn’t enough, so we are bringing you a long buried or forgotten movie every Wednesday between regularly scheduled programs. Each episode, Sean brings a hidden gem to Micaela to watch and they discuss it to death! Enjoy this first installment with the unearthed freak show that is Children Shouldn’t Play wWith Dead Things. 

Our apologies ahead of time to the incredible and handsome Peter Dinklage.

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In this episode we discuss:

Bob Clark

Carl Zittrer

Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things

Porky’s

Prom Night

Christmas Story

Weekend at Bernie’s

Black Christmas

The Walking Dead

Babie Geniuses

Blonde and Blonder

She-Man

Lemora

Peter Dinklage

This episode Micaela and Sean bring back Kreven to talk about the newest installment in the Evil Dead Franchise, Evil Dead Rise. Spoilers and much silliness ahead. We discuss the films and TV show as a whole, talk briefly about the director’s first film and reveal our plans for a Yellowjackets roundtable coming soon! 

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The Films we discuss:

Evil Dead

Evil dead 2

Army of Darkness

Ash Vs. Evil Dead

Evil Dead (2013)

Evil Dead Rise

Knock at the Cabin

The Hole in the Ground

Southland Tales

The Box

Richard Kelly

This episode Micaela finds a CO-HOST! Reunited with her oldest pal, Sean, they decide to join forces and bring you BWM together from now on! We’ll still have all our favorite guests of course! In episode 6 we introduce Sean to the listeners and give you a little peak into our film-obsessed youth. Then we move on to discuss an entire episode devoted to some key films in French horror. We talk Martyrs, Them, Inside, Frontier(s), and the classics Eyes Without A Face and Diabolique. At one point Micaela gets the hiccups so forgive her in advance. Enjoy the show and be sure to follow us online!

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What are we drinking?

Luxardo Cherries

Blue Curaco

Films we discuss:

The Revenant (2009) 

Martyrs

Frontier(s)

Inside

Them (2006) 

Eyes without a face

Diabolique

The favourite

Yorgos Lanthimos

Killing of a sacred deer

The lobster

Dogtooth

Dead ringers

Barbarian

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This episode Micaela talks with her good friend and one of her go-to scientists on the BL, Dr. Lee! Turns out Lee loves horror, so Micaela invited her to talk about a few key women in Stephen King adaptations. They talk Misery, Dolores Claiborne and The Shining, and how the main female characters fell a little short for them both when brought the big screen. They also discuss their horror movie induced nightmares many of which are thanks to the twisted mind of Stephen King!

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Books and Films mentioned in the episode:

Monstrilio

Hell House

Misery book

Misery movie

Misery play

Castle Rock

Dolores Claiborne film

DC book

DC opera

The shining book

The shining Kubrick

Room 237 Documentary

The shining Garris

That cold day in the Park

Rob Riener

Monster film

Aileen Wuornos

The Real angel of death nurse Annie is based on

Carrie book

Carrie movie

Poltergeist

Alien

Jaws

Arachnophobia 

Cujo

Creepshow 2 “The Raft”

Everything Buffy

Xander’s broken D

The Blunt Letters talk Low Low Woods

The BL talks The Black Phone

The Low Low Woods comic

Joe Hill

Heart Shaped Box

Black Phone short story

Black Phone movie

This episode Micaela talks with her bestie and co-host from her other science and science fiction podcast the Blunt Letters. They start off the episode by touching on a horror themed tabletop game named Betrayal at Hill House and the collection of horror shorts titled Her Body and Other Parties. They then get to the flesh of the show and delve into the haunting art of Laurie Lipton, and the Apple TV show Servant. Spoiler heavy and full of fan theories!

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Laurie Lipton

Laurie Lipton Documentary

Betrayal at Hill House

Her Body and other Parties

Servant

M NIght

Yellowjackets casting 

Six feet under

Hitchcock

Faust 

This episode Micaela invited Jon B. (aka Jerbil) from Naked And Afraid fame to discuss the Grady Hendrix novel We Sold Our Souls. We talk a lot of heavy metal, music, conspiracy theories, dragons, epic quests, never giving up on your dreams and *trigger warning * LOTS of self harm talk. And general harm talk but that's the nature of a horror podcast! There are, as usual many spoilers.

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Naked and afraid 

Jerbil

Grady Hendrix

We sold our souls

BL ep with Jon

My best friends exorcism movie

System of a down

Marilynn Manson

Kreator

Manowar

The Stand

Anvil documentary

Kindred

Chris Cornell death

The Covert War Against Rock

In this episode, Micaela co-hosts with one of her best friends and co-creator of Ghostcult Magazine, Omar, to discuss the film Barbarian. Theythen go on to ponder if Justin Long is a scream king, Micaela's short lists of Meh and Just Bad flicks to avoid and a sneak peaak into what Micaela and Omar will be talking about next! (it's comic books)

Where to find Omar and Ghostcult Magazine

Where to find Micaela  and The Blunt Letters

What are we drinking?

Ember mug 

Water bottle bong 

Gina Calamansi Juice 

The films we discuss:

Barbarian 

Jeepers Creepers 

Jeepers Creeeprs Director being Creepy  

Drag Me to Hell 

Creepshow 

It 

House of Darkness 

Yoga Hosers 

Tusk 

Sissy 

Nanny 

Skinamirink 

The Blunt Letters Podcast Episode with Keefy 

Halloween kills 

Hellraiser 2022

In BWM's premiere episode, Micaela talks with Kreven about found footage films and one of Micael's favorite new movies, The Menu. They review a whole bunch of horror movies for you this episode! Going through the history of found footage films best they can, and discuss why they find them so effective and scary. Kreven then reviews some of his latest picks from the genre. Finally they talk about the Menu, its brilliance, the great performances and how Kreven and Micaela both know first-hand how hard it is to exist in the service industry. 

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What are we drinking?

Phony Negroni 

Trader Joes spicy ginger beer 

The films we discuss:

Found Footage Phenomenon documentary on Shudder 

V/H/S-

The Blair Witch Project 

Ufo Abduction/The McPherson Tape 

The Host 

Cloverfield 

Cannibal Holocaust 

Mondo Films 

Faces of Death 

Paranormal Activity 

Lake Mungo 

Creep 

Rec 

The Invitation 

Afflicted 

Willow Creek 

Bobcat Gothwait 

Pheonix Forgotten 

Guinea Pig movies-Mermaid in a Manhole 

Happiness 

The Menu 

Pig  

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