Horrorscope

W3 M4D3 4 N3W 8357 Fr13ND! It's time to dig into the 2022 sci-fi horror M3GAN, spearheaded by James Wan! There's a lot of talent behind this meme of a movie, including stand-out child actors, unbelievable stunts, and a special effects department that blew us away. Jaime did the research for this one while Eric did the recap, and we had a blast watching this tiny robot's reign of terror.

Content Warnings: parental death, grief and trauma experienced by a kid (portrayed by a very talented child actor), brief body horror, gore, animal death, gaslighting, threat of sexual assault, and child death.  (Listen to the ad break for more details!)

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WE'RE BACK! It's our first episode of the year and the beginning of SEASON 4 OF HORRORSCOPE (!)  so we decided to kick things off with Brandon Cronenberg's latest sci-fi horror film, Infinity Pool. There's a lot going on here, but the good news is that Mia Goth had fun and so did we.
 
Content Warnings:
Gore, sexual content, nudity, non-consensual sexual contact  (listen to the ad break for context), racism,  anti-Semitism, and bodily fluids (like...all of them)

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“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” Link and context

It's the best and silliest time of the year: let's end 2022 on a dumb note with the 3rd annual Scopies awards! We watched a lot of heavy hitters and more than a few bizarre movies. Get ready for Girlboss of the Year, Biggest Bastard, Most Rewatchable, and more! 

Thank you to everyone for listening and making it a great year! 

Are you ready for A LOT OF SPOILERS?! We're covering four new (to us) releases from the last six months that we saw in theaters!

Dive into a  neo-Western science fiction horror, a black comedy horror, a good ol' fashioned horror film and a psychological thriller as we look at a very mixed bag of plots, directors, performances, and subject matter.

(Check the show notes for some very ironic real-life drama surrounding the films.)
 
Content warnings: spoilers for all movies listed, brief discussion of sexual assault, rape and incest as plot points in Barbarian (third film discussed), discussion of gore in all films, discussion of abuse and gaslighting in Don't Worry Darling.

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"What if Stepford Wives was Sword Art Online?" 

We're back with a new release of a classic franchise— it's time for David Bruckner's take on Clive Barker's classic Hellraiser! We went into this movie with our fingers crossed for more iconic designs and weird, horny vibes, but you'll have to listen to find out if this remake is more pain or pleasure. 💀

Content Warnings: torture, gore,  brief sex scenes, drug use, body horror

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The Dragon's Bride (A Deal With a Demon #1)
by Katee Robert

What's your favorite scary movie.....because there's a good chance that Wes Craven's 1996 slasher, Scream is going to reference it. We finally get around to this classic and revel in the most consecutive girlboss moments of ALL TIME as well as iconic kills and stand-out performances (hint: it's Matthew Lillard again).

Content warnings: gun violence, stabbing, gore, implied sexual assault. 

We're completing our summer slasher block by counting sheep and watching Wes Craven's 1984 American supernatural slasher film, A Nightmare On Elm Street! An inventive revitalization of the slasher genre, this movie has legendary special effects, questionable performance decisions, a stupid amount of blood, and one tiny girlboss trying to make it through the night.

Content warnings: gore, blood, dream stuff, mention of child death, maggots, burns and fire trauma, domestic violence, bugs, eels, and hanging. 

Let's dive into Crystal Lake and a classic slasher, Sean Cunningham's 1980 slasher Friday the 13th! This movie was surprising throughout and not for the reasons you might think. Eric tries to keep us on track while Jaime just fully loses it. 

Content Warnings: referenced drowning and child death, stabbing, gore, sex, nudity, animal death, racism, and a spoiler for Scream in the second half. 

It's time to meet one tenacious child, his mom on the beat, and a tiny, tiny, horrible doll man. We watched Child's Play, Tom Holland's supernatural horror film.  This movie is brisk, a little silly, self-aware, and filled with way more explosions than you'd expect from a possessed doll's reign of terror. Eric looks at the facts while Jaime confronts a childhood fear (and learns that they're not all named Chuckys! Who knew!)

Content warnings: CREEPY DOLL CONTENT, burns, animatronics, kid endangerment, electrocution, attempted sexual assault, and gun violence.

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