Horror Babes

Hey, Babes! Redux Month continues with Maniac (1980 & 2012). Listen along to hear about our developing Theory of Remakes and our thoughts on two cult classics.

There are SPOILERS in here for both movies and, weirdly, Romeo and Juliet.

TW/CW for violence against women, discussions of sex work and mental illness.

Guess what, Babes! Nicole's BDay Month continues with The Witches! Both of them! Thirty years apart! That's right - we're doing the OG 1990 Anjelica Huston adaptation of the Roald Dahl book and the 2020 remake featuring Octavia Spencer and a couple folks you might have heard of. Listen in to hear about both of these movies, but definitely more importantly, our takes on remakes as a concept.

So one of these movies is the same age as Topher, but one of them is younger than his niece and nephew, so there are SPOILERS here, Babes.

That's right, Babes! It's another themed month - this time for our very own Nicole! She chose remakes so remakes it is all April! To kick off, we're covering a high school favorite: The Craft and its recent sequel, The Craft: Legacy. We're gonna work all month to come up with our Perfect Theory of Remakes, so make sure you stay tuned.

One of these movies can legally drink, but the other can't even hold its own head up, so, yeah, there's SPOILERS here!!

Also, because we love y'all, TW/CW for discussions of self-harm and sexual assault. Horror is a rough genre, Babes.

Don't drink turpentine, Babes! And def don't spill your beans. Y'know why? Because you'll end up like the two fools in this movie!! What movie? Well it's obviously Robert Eggers' second feature The Lighthouse! Dive in with us while we ILLUMINATE some fun film theory for y'all!

AVAST! There be SPOILERS here, ye hearties! And more seriously, a CW/TW for implied sexual violence.

As always, we love y'all, Babes.

Time to get BabaSHOOK, Babes!! We had the amazing and ear-destroying Charlotte Byrd (from The Midnight Record podcast) back to talk about one of her favorite horror films: The Babadook (2014). Listen in to hear us discuss grief, depression, and terrifying children.

There are SPOILERS for this movie in our chat. Also, because we love you, CW/TW for self-harm in here.

Hey, Babes! Down with the aristocracy and colonialism right? This week we're covering Joe Marcantonio's debut feature: Kindred (2020). Listen to us nerd out about music, talk about the need for diversity behind the screen, and the politics of women's bodily autonomy!

This movie is almost brand new, so just know there's SPOILERS here.

FOOTNOTES

Kate Berland for IndieWire:

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/kindred-trailer-fiona-shaw-1234589882/

Simon Abrams for RogerEbert.com:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kindred-movie-review-2020

Ariel Fisher for SlashFilm:

https://www.slashfilm.com/kindred-review/

We're back with a new episode on It Comes At Night (2017). We didn't mean for this to be an on-topic movie as we approach a year of lockdown/quarantine/pandemic stress, but it's the movie we chose to cover. We're diving in on how films portray trauma, how creators borrow from their own lives and what artists owe their audience in this one.

As always, there are SPOILERS here, just so you know.

FOOTNOTES:

Tasha Robinson for The Verge:

https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/8/15762548/it-comes-at-night-director-trey-edward-shults-krisha-interview-horror

Matt Patches for Thrillist:

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/it-comes-at-night-movie-ending-explained

We are closing out John Carpenter Month with an absolute blast of a movie and it's one that sits right on that borderline of Horror or Nah! That's right - we're covering They Live (1988) with "special guest" Nicole Leigh Hood. Thank all y'all Babes so much for joining us while we talk about your favorite director's favorite director.

John Carpenter Month continues with The Fog (1980). Once again we're diving into what makes our favorite director who he is. We're talking indie greatness, deep metaphor and nth degree film nerdiness.

Y'all know we had to do this one right?? It's an absolute legend!! And so is our dedicated topic for February: the (in Nicole's words) ICONIC John Carpenter. As y'all know, it's all about celebrating him (and a little bit Topher), and we're keeping it up with 1978's Halloween. We're talking about legacy, film nerd stuff and - of course - the Final Girl trope.

This movie is old enough to be your dad, so there are SPOILERS, Babes.