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We're back for PART TWO of our Evil Dead series. We're here to chat about production, acting, gore and more! We'll swallow your soul with our conversation on how utterly dope these films are.

Naturally, there's SPOILERS here folks.

And here's a few footnotes because we love research!

Evil Dead (2013) is a soft reboot/sequel:

https://movieweb.com/evil-dead-reboot-sequel-debate-answered/

Practical FX only:

https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3211894/no-cgi-at-all-in-the-new-evil-dead/

Tom Sullivan giving The Evil Dead some life:

https://www.tested.com/art/movies/462662-how-evil-deads-tom-sullivan-mastered-low-budget-effects/

Jane Levy loves getting prosthetic work done:

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33123/jane-levy-talks-evil-dead-remake/

Evil Dead fans are kinda crazy about locations:

http://www.bookofthedead.ws/website/the_evil_dead_locations.html

Evil Dead as a sort of homage to Equinox:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/37vwpa/what_was_the_first_cabin_in_the_woods_horror_film/

What up Babes? What's the one franchise we can all unite around? Did we hear "Evil Dead"? Because that's the right answer! We know you've all been waiting on this series. Don't lie. This week is part one of our two-parter on The Evil Dead (1981) and it's sorta-kinda sequel Evil Dead (2013).

Naturally, there's gonna be SPOILERS. Also, we really want to throw in a CW/TW for sexual assault since that features in both movies. We love y'all and want you to be safe.

Have fun listening and join us next week for Part 2!

The gang's all here: Nicole, Topher and all twelve of the demons between them are here to talk about The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005). We're talking courtroom dramas, why studio suits don't understand art and about the TRUE story behind the movie.

There's definitely SPOILERS in here because that's how we do it.

Nicole and Topher are talking about the movie with the longest title of all time! It's a fact! Definitely don't look it up! Oz Perkins' 2016 gothic horror film I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives in the House is on the docket this week, and they're talking tone poems, silent film, camera angles and women in horror.

Definitely some SPOILERS here.

FOOTNOTES:

First and foremost, check the linktree on our website for places and ways to support Black and Black trans lives.

Second, the articles we referenced:

Stephen Dalton at The Hollywood Reporter:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/i-am-pretty-thing-lives-929814

April Wolfe at The Village Voice:

https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/09/15/toronto-film-festival-i-am-the-pretty-thing-that-lives-in-the-house-is-the-best-of-gothic-horror/

Brian Tallerico at Roger Ebert:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-am-the-pretty-thing-that-lives-in-the-house-2016

We're back talking about a great anthology wholly written and directed by women: XX (2017). You want creepy morality plays? They're here. A straight up-and-down slasher? Yup. Spiritual sequel to Rosemary's Baby? It's here. And we're talking about 'em.

Naturally, there's SPOILERS.

Better than spoilers or discussions or Topher giving himself a nosebleed resisting multiple invitations to dunk on someone whose name rhymes with Par E. Pastor are places to support Black folks and Black trans women. Here are some links where you can do that!

The Okra Project:

https://www.theokraproject.com/

The Marsha P. Johnson Institute:

https://marshap.org/

FOOTNOTES:

Horror Homeroom Review:

http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/xx-dont-look-box/

Monkeys Fighting Robots Review:

https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/xx-horror-review/

Get your copies of The Left Hand Path ready because Nicole and Topher are going in on PyeWacket (2017) this week. They're talking witchcraft, goth teens, creepy dancers and Miyazaki as they discuss Adam MacDonald's sophomore feature film.

Naturally, there's gonna be SPOILERS!! Because it's a movie podcast.

Also, feel free to browse the links below for more information on this super-rad witchy film!

Laurie, Nicole and Adam in Dread Central:

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/269775/interview-laurie-holden-nicole-munoz-and-adam-macdonald-talk-pyewacket/

Film School Rejects:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/filmschoolrejects.com/pyewacket-review/%3Famp

This month on Horror Or Nah? Topher has Nicole back. Because he's sheltered in place at her apartment. Quarantine! They're talking Red Eye (2005) and trying to sort out if a Macgyver tracheotomy is sufficient fuel for a horror movie.

Naturally, there's SPOILERS!

Let's get freaky in technicolor! We're grappling with the feminist throwback film The Love Witch (2016) this week, sorting out great production from feminist film theory. We're talking Anna Biller's refutation of period pieces, M. David Mullen's perfect period cinematography and some cool philosophy tidbits. Find your chunky glassware, throw on a Dusty Springfield record and enjoy.

As always, SPOILERS. Additionally, no original songs were harmed in the making of this podcast.

FOOTNOTES:

1. Baltimore Sun talking to Anna Biller:

https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/bal-dispatches-from-maryland-film-festival-orange-sunshine-director-s-risk-taking-pays-off-20160506-story.html

2. ASC interview with M. David Mullen:

https://web.archive.org/web/20170224053853/https://www.theasc.com/site/podcasts/the-love-witch-m-david-mullen-asc/

3. Empire Mag on stylization:

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/love-witch-review/

4. AV Club on aesthetics:

https://film.avclub.com/the-love-witch-paints-the-battle-of-the-sexes-with-a-ga-1798189434

5. Transgressive Femininities in Anna Biller’s The Love Witch

https://www.anothergaze.com/crazy-love-transgressive-femininities-anna-billers-love-witch/

It's right behind you! What? You can't see the sex demon? You must not have seen It Follows (2015) then. And that's a terrible decision. Okay - you've watched it now? Great! Then listen along with our discussion where we talk about rape culture, why using John Carpenter as an influence is only ever a good decision, and awful "Nice Guys". Barf.

First and foremost, we want to throw out a TRIGGER WARNING for some discussion of rape, sexual assault and general sexual violence. We care about y'all and want this to be fun and safe.

Second and most obviously, SPOILERS dum dums! That's why we told you to watch the movie first! Gosh.

If you want to read more like we do, peep these links!

1. David Christopher Bell on the new subgenre of horror:

https://www.cracked.com/blog/how-get-out-pioneering-brand-new-genre-horror/

2. Mike Gioulakis on how to shoot a horror film:

https://filmmakermagazine.com/93629-we-didnt-have-to-add-too-much-creepiness-it-follows-dp-mike-gioulakis/#.XrSnDnVKg2x

3. Disasterpeace is a good music boy:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150415031918/http://balzertown.com/cinemaknifefight/2015/02/24/scoring-horror-interview-rich-vreeland/

4. "Professional" opinion (ours are better):

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/it-follows-2015

5. Quentin Tarantino can honestly just leave:

https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/how-quentin-tarantino-would-fix-it-follows.html

Moms and dads and good gore galore! We're talking the barely-bridled filicidal chaos of Brian Taylor's "Mom and Dad" (2018). Nicole dunks on idiotic critics. Topher does some ASMR. We both love Nic Cage now? That'll probably change on the next movie we watch from him. Statistically speaking. Listen! Watch! Maybe in that order!

Definitely SPOILERS here. Get on Hulu and watch it whydoncha?

Plus! Some footnotes!

*That* scene: https://www.vulture.com/2018/01/lets-talk-about-that-scene-with-the-newborn-in-mom-and-dad.html

Selma Blair interview: https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2299531/why-we-shouldnt-overthink-mom-and-dad-according-to-selma-blair

Reviews from idiots:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mom-and-dad-2018

https://observer.com/2018/01/movie-review-zero-stars-mom-and-dad-is-a-pointless-exercise-in-violence/