Horrorscope

This week we're watching Ari Aster's debut nightmare, Hereditary (2018), which we can most easily describe as "a KFC family bucket of trauma". Jaime faces her horror fears and puts herself to the test while Eric relishes in the research and flinches at the film.  We talk about seeing this movie in theaters, the glory that is Toni Collette, and what element gender plays in Aster's works. Make sure to buckle your seatbelt for this one!

Content Warnings: Decapitation, gore, extreme depictions of grief and trauma, nose breaking, gaslighting, a brief discussion of suicide, A LOT of ants, animal death, and animal beheading.

This week we donated to the Abortion Fund of Arizona. Learn more here: https://www.abortionfundofaz.org/

Show Notes:

Toni Collette on ‘Hereditary’ and How She Crafted the Most Haunting Performance of the Year
https://collider.com/hereditary-toni-collette-interview/#ari-aster

“Family Swallows Everything”: Artificiality and Determinism in Ari Aster’s Hereditary (2018)
https://brightlightsfilm.com/hereditary-artificiality-determinism-ari-aster-hereditary-2018/#.X4klNNBKiUl

Heredity’s Ari Aster Answers Our Burning Questions About His ‘Upsetting’ Horror Film
https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/hereditarys-ari-aster-breaks-down-his-upsetting-film.html

Hereditary director Ari Aster on family trauma and researching that ending
https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/6/14/17460560/hereditary-director-interview-spoilers?__c=1

Australian Movie Theater Plays ‘Hereditary’ Trailer Before ‘Peter Rabbit,’ Families Panic and Flee the Cinema
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/australian-theater-hereditary-trailer-peter-rabbit-families-freak-out-1201957530/

Alex Wolff Lost “A Little Bit” of His Sanity While Filming Hereditary, the Horror Movie of the Summer
https://www.wmagazine.com/story/hereditary-movie-alex-wolff/

'Hereditary' Actor Thinks He Has PTSD from Shooting the Year's Scariest Movie
https://www.vice.com/en/article/j5kvd4/hereditary-actor-thinks-he-has-ptsd-from-shooting-the-years-scariest-movie

We’ve got a spicy one for you today, folks! We dive into Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s 2011 “loving hate letter”, The Cabin in the Woods. If you can’t tell from the episode title, we have some OPINIONS about this one. Jaime talks ‘death of the author’ while Eric digs into the special effects. Get ready to seal your fate with this episode! 

Content Warnings: gore, brief nudity, brief discussion of abuse

This week we donated to Unsheltered PHX Street Watch!
https://www.instagram.com/unshelteredphx/


Show notes:

Monsters in the Movie
https://thecabininthewoods.fandom.com/wiki/Monstersh

WTF Moments: The Perfectly Apocalyptic End of The Cabin in the Woods
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-end-of-cabin-in-the-woods-wtf-moments

Filmography/Reels of AFX Studios
https://www.afxstudio.net/filmography

Joss Whedon was never a feminist
https://aux.avclub.com/joss-whedon-was-never-a-feminist-1798346253

Joss Whedon and the problem with ‘male feminists’
https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/37120/1/joss-whedon-and-the-problem-with-male-feminists

Conscientious King Chris Pine Exudes Tremendous Internet-Boyfriend Energy
https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a33002144/chris-pine-face-mask-outfit/

We dive right into James Wan’s directorial debut, Saw (2004), which is the reverse Uno card of horror movies. We hope you like shaky cam, because this movie launched the torture porn genre as we know it today. Jaime gets conspiratorial, Eric gives us the details, and special guest Erin brings insight into why this movie gets under your skin. (Gross.) 

Content Warnings: Blood, gore, brief scenes of torture, and poop.

This week we donated to Black Queer Rent Relief, a fund run by Trans is Beautiful Apparel. Donate on Venmo @blacktransrentrelief and follow them for more info. http://www.linktr.ee/transisbeautiful


Show notes:

Now Playing at Your Local Multiplex: Torture Porn
https://nymag.com/movies/features/15622/

Saws, hostels, and human centipedes: A long and unpleasant history of torture porn
https://ew.com/movies/2020/01/28/history-of-torture-porn-saw-hostel-human-centipede/

Saw too much: why the horror genre doesn't need a torture porn comeback
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/24/saw-too-much-why-the-horror-genre-doesnt-need-a-torture-porn-comeback

Original Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vWAGzlq110

Other torture in 2000's related content: Why We Don’t Need More ’24’: The Torture-Happy Jack Bauer Should Stay Retired
https://www.indiewire.com/2013/05/why-we-dont-need-more-24-the-torture-happy-jack-bauer-should-stay-retired-38400/

Grab your ballet slippers and get ready to enjoy Dario Argento’s technicolor spectacle, Suspiria (1977). This movie has ALMOST everything: gruesome stabbings, enviable home decor, dramatic escape scenes, and a whole lot of prog rock. Eric pivots like a professional while Jaime looks high and low for the plot.

Content Warnings: Animal death, stylized gore, MAGGOTS, and needles.

This week we donated to Free Arts Arizona: https://www.freeartsaz.org/


Show Notes:

How Suspiria turns the color red into a plot point
https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/11/7/18056244/suspiria-red-meaning-aesthetic-luca-guadagnino-dario-argento

Chromatic March analysis: Suspiria (1977)
http://benefitofthedoubt.miksimum.com/2010/03/chromatic-march-analysis-suspiria-1977.html

HARK! A NEW EPISODE! We watched the perfect quarantine movie, Robert Egger’s bleary and bizarre The Lighthouse (2019). Are Jaime and Eric ready to face the face of madness itself? What else is there to do right now, anyway? Exactly how horny is this movie? (Spoilers: incredibly.) Get ready for us to spill the beans!

Content Warnings: Animal death, unreality, gaslighting, sexual content, brief discussion of rape.

This week we donated to Wikipedia, we literally couldn't make the show without it:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/support/

Show notes:

He Sort Of Wants A Daddy’: Decoding The Homoeroticism In ‘The Lighthouse'
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-lighthouse-homoeroticism-robert-pattinson-willem-dafoe_n_5da9c888e4b0e71d65b801ae

But Just How Gay is ‘The Lighthouse'(2019)?
https://flipscreened.com/2020/02/18/thats-so-gay-the-lighthouse-2019/

Deep Cuts with Robert Eggers & Ari Aster
https://a24films.com/notes/2019/07/deep-cuts-with-robert-eggers-and-ari-aster

It’s time for.....US. We dive into Jordan Peele’s 2019 slasher and talk about race, national trauma, and Eric’s extreme customer service energy. Jaime gets hyped and continues to break the format, while Eric is both baffled and delighted. Get ready to not think about it too hard with us.

Content Warnings: Doppelgängers, unreality, fate, strangling, general slasher shenanigans, white supremacy, and briefly, the COVID 19 pandemic.

This week we donated to Mutual Aid Tempe: https://www.instagram.com/mutualaidtempe/?hl=en


Show Notes:

Jordan Peele Says The Genre Confusion Surrounding ‘Get Out’ “Broke My Heart” & Will Go Full Horror For ‘Us’
https://theplaylist.net/jordan-peele-get-out-genre-confusion-20190130/

Jordan Peele Just Explained the Real Meaning of the Us Twist Ending
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a27028615/twist-ending-explained-jordan-peele-interview/

What About US
https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/what-about-us-1833193908

Your Guide to the Visual Symbols of Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’
https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/zmadbe/jordan-peele-us-visuals

Shit's Totally FUCKED! What Can We Do?: A Mutual Aid Explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PopmGAvsggg&ab_channel=DeanSpade

Code Switching
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching

We’re starting off Spooky Season™ with John Carpenter and Debra Hill’s 1978 Halloween, starring a very young Jamie Lee Curtis (iconic) and apparently also Mike Meyers, since Jaime can’t manage to say the character’s name right. Eric gives us the deets, Jaime gets her facts straight, and we get into one of the founding films of the slasher genre and also fate and mortality and all that good stuff.

Content Warnings: Unreality, stabbing, brief sexual content, sexual violence (just a discussion as a possible theme, not explicitly shown in the film), and the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week we donated to the Gofundmes for Jacob Blake, Jojo Rosenbaum, and Anthony Huber. See the Show Notes for links and more info.

Show Notes:

How ‘Halloween’ Brought Horror to the Suburbs and Inspired a Legion of Copycats
https://www.theringer.com/2018/10/1/17922416/halloween-unmasked-episode-1-john-carpenter

Halloween Unmasked
https://www.theringer.com/halloween-unmasked

In Myers We Trust:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/in-myers-we-trust-with-gyers-and-rust-premium/e/64532979

Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro: https://blmphxmetro.org/donate

How to demand justice for Jacob Blake and support Kenosha protesters: https://mashable.com/article/how-to-help-jacob-blake-kenosha-protesters/

Gofundme for Jacob Blake
https://www.gofundme.com/f/justiceforjacobblake

Gofundme for Jojo Rosenbaum
https://www.gofundme.com/f/249yn2bzqo

Gofundme for Anthony Huber
https://www.gofundme.com/f/249ip7bjxc

John Carpenter Is Fighting With Internet Nazis Over His Cult Classic They Live
https://gizmodo.com/john-carpenter-is-fighting-with-internet-nazis-over-his-1790754727

Jason DeRulo Denies Falling At Met Gala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG1mCzzf-dM 

Smile! Jaime finally got her way and we escape from the classics into Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018)! This movie has it all-- thrills, great special effects, compelling characters...wait. It has literally none of those things. OH WELL! Pour yourself a stiff drink (we certainly did) and settle into some stupidity with us.

Content Warnings: Gore, eye trauma, rape, and suicide

This week we donated to Poder in Action! https://www.poderinaction.org/


Show Notes:

Jason Blum Drops $14.3 Million on Frank Gehry-Designed Modernist Extravaganza
https://www.dirt.com/showbiz/producers/jason-blum-house-santa-monica-1203323189/

Jason Blum Plays ‘Truth or Dare’ in Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights’ Maze, Horrors of Blumhouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vtR5vWIx2M

This week, the Exorcist has our heads spinning. This 1973 classic has divided your show hosts pretty dramatically; get ready to ARGUE. Eric shares about the real-life horrors of questionable director behavior and on-set terror, and Jaime defies expectations and delivers multiple Spicy Takes™. Get ready, horse girls!

Content Warnings: Possession, suicide, graphic images, needles, Emetophobia (vomit warning), medical trauma, injury of actors on set, and shitty directing practices

This week, we donated to Wikipedia, we literally couldn't make the show without it: https://wikimediafoundation.org/support/

Our sponsor this week is Moder's Monsters! Get 10% off your order with the promo code HORROR till the end of September. https://www.witwillandwitchcraft.com/

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Show Notes:

Ross and Carrie Get Some Exorcise: Teenage Exorcist Edition
http://ohnopodcast.com/investigations/2012/12/1/ross-and-carrie-get-some-exorcise-teenage-exorcist-edition.html?rq=exorcist

Cursed Films S1E1: The Exorcist
www.shudder.com/

Hey, what's that behind you? It’s our first MINISODE! We watched the very recently released and highly reviewed paranormal horror movie, Host (2020). If you watch along with us, good luck staying composed on your next Zoom call. Eric gets spooked for once, and Jaime says NO! PRANKS!

Content Warnings: Paranormal shenanigans and suicide, mostly images of suicide.


Show notes:

Review: Shudder’s ‘Host’ Brings the Lockdown Terror
https://www.horrorgeeklife.com/2020/08/02/review-shudders-host-brings-the-lockdown-terror/

Behind the scenes of ‘Host,’ a British horror film shot on Zoom
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/behind-the-scenes-of-host-a-british-horror-film-shot-on-zoom

I’ve been hearing strange noises from my attic…
https://vimeo.com/409999884