It's Birthday Mandate time, and by Alysa's command, the Brides are dodging extreme acting and buckets of blood for a chat all about Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 epic, Bram Stoker's Dracula! Alysa shares how watching this movie's trailer at a very young age during a screening of A League of Their Own traumatized her for literal years, while Lindsay recaps her experience of watching it this week for the very first time. This movie is legendary for some of the most beautiful costumes ever produced for cinema and the most bonkers acting ever committed to film thanks to Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins chewing every piece of scenery they could get their hands on - as well as Keanu Reeves trying so, so hard, and Tom Waits eating bugs! This movie raises more questions than it answers, but it's a question mark on a scale so huge and beautiful you can't not look at it and relish every second. Except for the kissing. The kissing is bad. Don't worry, we talk about it. At length.

Also, seriously, where did Dracula get that baby??

And for the first time in podcast history, we have a shared REPEAT palate cleanser, but you'll understand why when you listen. HAPPY FIRST DAY OF FALL, Y'ALL!

Bram Stoker's Dracula. 1992. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Written by John Hart. Starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves.