Fear Level: Terrifying, Existentially disconcerting
Trigger Warnings: Rape, pedophilia, grooming, body mutilation, violence against youths, predatory behavior, allusions to child molestation, extended suspense, implied gore 

Literally this whole field could be a trigger warning and it wouldn't be enough! Katie Schenkel joins us to talk about the Elliot Page / Patrick Wilson claustrophobic, nauseating, incredibly tense drama about grooming, child molestation, murder, revenge, and mutilation.

Topics of Discussion:

• Oh boy
• this is a heavy one
• Discussions of pronouns
• RIP Goldfrap
• This ain't a cabin and it ain't in the woods
• How to make a movie about sexualizing minors without sexualizing minors
• JEFF IS SWEATING SO HARD!
• Indiscram
• Gritty?
• Ohio, you bastards!
• Judy Takuda's Malevolent Children
• Elliot Page, acting champion

Recommendations:

• Oldboy
• Once Upon a Time in the West
• Gladiator
• John Wick
• Revenge
• Lady Vengeance
• Audition
• Whip It!
• Freeheld
• Promising Young Woman
• Parasite
• Kill Bill Vol 1
• Black Christmas (2019)
• The Witches of Eastwick
• 9 to 5
• The Brave One
• Jennifer's Body
• Carrie
• I Spit on Your Grave (for research, it's problematic and contrasts interestingly with Hard Candy)

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