Horrorscope

Grab your hiking boots and your traumatized friends, we’re heading into David Bruckner’s dreary folk horror film, The Ritual. This movie packs a swift punch with stark performances and a cult classic (👀) creature design. Jaime works through the effectiveness of this film while Eric somehow still thinks hiking is a good idea after a third rewatch. 

Content warnings: animal death, body horror, PTSD, cult stuff, disembowelment, scary creature content, hand trauma, Our conversation also spoils the ending of the original Wickerman movie. 

Show Notes:

Monster Gallery: The Ritual (2017)

Buckle up, gang! This week, we tackled Julia Ducournau's newly released bloody fable, Titane. This movie is bizarre, grisly, and surprisingly tender, and has some of the wildest content we've watched for the podcast. 

Content warnings: abortion, body horror, pregnancy, trauma around pregnancy, sexual harassment and brief sexual assault, fire trauma, head trauma, car accident, a broken nose, surgery, sexuality, nudity, and spoilers for Neon Genesis Evangelion at the end of the episode.

Show Notes

Titane: The most shocking film of 2021

It’s a little new episode! A little new episode? A little..you get it, it’s time for our last horror musical of October, so we're diving into the grim and outlandish world of Darren Lynn Bousman’s 2008 passion project, Repo! The Genetic Opera. Eric repossesses a favorite film of his youth while Jaime tries to restructure this thing without going crazy. Does that work? No. 

Content warnings: gore, body horror, needles, drug use, trauma around childbirth, eye trauma, parent abuse including brief physical abuse and Manuchausin’s by proxy and lots and lots of blood.

Show Notes:

Darren Lynn Bousman + Alexa Vega Discuss Repo! The Genetic Opera

It's time to give yourself over to absolute pleasure and dive into the decadent debauchery of Jim Sharman's 1975 cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Everything about this movie is iconic with good reason; the cast and music have stood the test of time. But does the story? Jaime does the research and examines a favorite from her youth while Eric experiences the movie in a whole new way. 

Special thanks to Ben for consulting on this episode! 

Content warnings: sexual content, brief gory moments, cannibalism, and two brief scenes with dubious consent and sexual coercion. 

Show Notes:

CW!!! Transmisogyny  Rocky Horror star Richard O’Brien: Trans women can’t be women

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: The film that’s saved lives

We're diving headfirst (and mouth first 😦) into Frank Oz's movie adaption of the musical Little Shop of Horrors! This movie has a killer soundtrack, incredible practical effects, and excellent performances by a surprising cast. Eric shares about one of his favorite movies of all time (!!) while Jaime is baffled, delighted, and horrified, all at once.
 
Content Warnings: mouth stuff, teeth stuff, plant stuff, gore, domestic abuse

Show Notes: 

https://allthingsbroadway.com/blog/2019/11/2/why-do-we-feed-the-plants-the-success-and-legacy-of-little-shop-of-horrors

No One Makes It Out Alive: A Trans Reading of Little Shop of Horrors
http://gutsmagazine.ca/no-one-makes-it-out-alive/

It’s NOT a downright shame that we’re watching Sweeney Todd to kick off our murderous musicals Halloween theme for October! Tim Burton’s bloody 2007 adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical was a trip down memory lane. This movie has the usual suspects in a Burton movie, some surprising performances, and a stunning score (one of Jaime’s favorites!) Eric remembers his emo phase and Jaime does the research for this one. 

Content Warnings: lots and lots of blood, a few brief gory moments, body horror, cannibalism,  immolation, pedophilia, rape, and some violence against a child. 

Show Notes: 

10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Making Of Sweeney Todd
https://screenrant.com/sweeny-todd-making-of/

Sweeney Todd: 5 Things to Know
https://www.syfy.com/31-days-of-halloween/blog/sweeney-todd-5-things-to-know

Cut: Christopher Lee and Ghosts are Nixed from "Sweeney Todd" Film

https://www.playbill.com/article/cut-christopher-lee-and-ghosts-are-nixed-from-sweeney-todd-film-com-140979 

Hamilton cast performs bloody tribute to Sweeney Todd

https://ew.com/article/2016/04/27/hamilton-sweeney-todd-tribute-video/

(We watched this after the movie and lost our minds) 

We're kicking off October with James Wan's newest release, Malignant! This movie is, quite frankly, balls to the wall insane, with baffling performances, atmospheric set pieces, and one of the craziest scenes we've ever seen in a movie, PERIOD. Eric delights in the divisiveness while Jaime loses it, for real this time.

Content warnings (Spoilers!):  domestic abuse, domestic violence, miscarriages and discussion of child loss, rape against a minor, pregnancy of a minor, gore, body horror, medical horror, broken limbs, surgical footage. 

We’re diving into Clive Barker’s 1987 supernatural horror classic, Hellraiser. This movie has a tiny budget, a whole lot of atmosphere, and even more piles of skin. Eric breaks down the background of the film and its enduring cultural significance while Jaime grapples with the gore and tries to sort through complex feelings about a complex film. 

Content Warnings: torture, gore, animal death snd animal torture, goopy textures, sexual content, flaying, sexual harassment and sexual assault. 

Show Notes: 

'Hellraiser' Remake Headed To Hulu
https://www.slashfilm.com/581269/hellraiser-remake-hulu/

Shudders of Pleasure: The story of Hellraiser
https://lwlies.com/articles/shudders-of-pleasure-the-story-of-hellraiser/

https://bodystudiesjournal.org/domesticbodies-in-hell/

Welcome to the episode where we firmly earn our Explicit rating. Steve Beck’s 2001 supernatural horror remake has some surprising cast, baffling design choices, and a whole lotta GHOSTS. Eric goes off the rails while Jaime….also goes off the rails. 

Content warnings: strobe, a few very gory moments including someone getting vivisected, parental death, and brief nudity.

Show Notes:

Double Feature: 13 Ghosts (1960) and Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
http://www.bluefairyblog.com/reviews/13ghosts1960and2001

(We'd apologize for the title but we aren't sorry. You'll see what we mean.)

Grab your favorite cropped hoodie and your closest gal pal, it's time to dive into Karyn Kusama's iconic horror comedy, Jennifer's Body. There's a reason this movie is becoming a cult classic— it makes CHOICES and they pay off. Eric examines the cultural impact of this movie while Jaime delights in the hellish nature of teenage girls.

Content warnings: brief intense moments of gore, a scene of torture, brief sexual coercion, people on fire, and broken bones.

This week, we're highlighting Sojourner Center. Learn more about them here: https://www.sojournercenter.org/

Show Notes:

https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/31/18037996/jennifers-body-flop-cult-classic-feminist-horror

https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINTRE58C0ZI20090914?edition-redirect=in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkXzeZ0KE5Q