Horrorscope

BOO! This week, we watched James Wan’s 2013 The Conjuring. This one has it all: exorcism, a haunted music box, too many ghosts, witches, a room full of FUCK THAT, a basement of nightmares, and some incredibly cheesy paranormal investigators. Join us for a haunting experience that finally gets Jaime spooked out of her goddamn mind!

Content Warnings: Mention of animal death, graphic images, exorcism.

This week, we donated to Mutual Aid Phx: https://www.mutualaidphx.com/


Show notes:

The True Story Of The Conjuring
https://allthatsinteresting.com/true-story-of-the-conjuring-perron-family-enfield-haunting

The Real Bathsheba Sherman- True History vs. "Conjured" Fiction
https://dreamingcasuallypoetry.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-real-bathsheba-sherman-true-history.html

In our longest episode to date, we finally unpack Midsommar (for real this time we PROMISE), Ari Aster’s 2019 weird as folk horror break-up movie. We watched the Director’s cut, Jaime gets way too invested, and Eric loses his mf mind over….we’ll just let you listen and see. Skål!

Content Warnings: Suicide, graphic images, violence, gaslighting, abusive relationships, incest, rape, cult stuff, drug use, and perjury.

This week, we donated to Teen Life Line: https://teenlifeline.org/

Our first sponsor, Wit, Will & Witchcraft! Get 10% off your order of $10 or more with the code HORRORSCOPEWITCH. https://www.witwillandwitchcraft.com/


Show Notes:

In ‘Midsommar,’ Silent White Supremacy Shrieks Volumes: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/in-midsommar-silent-white-supremacy-shrieks-volumes/ (Note: we don’t agree with everything in this article, but it’s interesting to think about!)

11 Warning Signs of Gaslighting:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201701/11-warning-signs-gaslighting

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

Aquaslash "Official" Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AquaslashMovie

We're back from the dead and ready to party! (If by party, you mean talk about the power of punk rock, on set nightmares, and real life police brutality.) We watched Dan O'Bannon's 1985 cult classic, Return of the Living Dead. Eric digs into the details of the film, Jaime says zombies aren't that scary and immediately changes her mind, and we are reminded how unfortunately relevant this film is during civil unrest and a global pandemic. Grab your baseball bats!

Content Warnings: Animal death, zombies, self-sacrifice, the COVID-19 pandemic, nudity, graphic content, and police brutality. 

This week, we donated to Defense Fund PDX (www.instagram.com/defensefundpdx/), Robert Forbes' GoFundMe (https://www.gofundme.com/f/car-speeds-up-into-bakersfield-protester) and Summer Taylor's GoFundMe (https://www.gofundme.com/f/summer-taylor-support-fund). Rest in power. 

Show notes:

Horror movie fans are better at coping with the coronavirus pandemic
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2247744-horror-movie-fans-are-better-at-coping-with-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

More Brains!: A Return To The Living Dead - The Definitive Return of the Living Dead Documentary
http://www.getmorebrains.com/

Robert Forbes: https://heavy.com/news/2020/06/robert-forbes-protester-dies-bakersfield/

Summer Taylor:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/06/summer-taylor-death-seattle-protest

Protesters in Indiana and New York injured in alleged car attacks, days after Seattle demonstrator was killed
https://abcnews.go.com/US/protesters-indiana-york-injured alleged-car-attacks-days/story?id=71647189

Are we watching what's going on in Portland, OR? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/22/opinion/are-we-watching-whats-going-portland-ore/

It's time for some REAL CLOWN SH*T 🤡 🤡  Eric and Jaime delve into the sewers of #1 grossing horror movie, IT (2017). Eric bullies Stephen King, Jaime gets overly confident in her horror viewing capacity, and we talk about how this Stranger Things knock off made a ton of money but not a ton of sense. We get spooked, we get MAD, and we get into it. 

Content Warnings: Discussion of child orgy (jfc), child death, sexual abuse, implied incest, body horror, graphic depictions of violence, CLOWNS. 

We donated to RAINN this week. The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is an American nonprofit anti-sexual assault organization, the largest in the United States. Join us in donating: https://donate.rainn.org/donate

Show notes:

Stephen King’s Magical Negro Problem Isn’t Magical (2015) by Scott Woods
https://scottwoodsmakeslists.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/stephen-kings-magical-negro-problem-isnt-magical/

Chocano, Carina “Hell Hath No Fury.” Entertainment Weekly, 1 Dec. 2017, pg. 52-57.

Stephen King Needs More Black Friends by Scott Woods
https://level.medium.com/stephen-king-needs-more-black-friends-5547f245d424

BONUS CONTENT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpnWwqwwkTU

We watched our first movie and set the bar way, way too high. Alien has it all: anti-capitalistic overtones, sensible protagonists, soft-butch heartthrob Ripley, a plot twist Jaime did NOT clock, and lots and lots of Penis Stuff. A true delight. Find out what Eric learned watching 2 documentaries and what Jaime learned about watching a horror movie on purpose.

CWs for the second half: abortion, sexual content, body horror, impregnation, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Show notes:
Memory: The Origins of Alien https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Origins-Alien-Tom-Skerritt/dp/B07Y8R7MRS
The Scariest Thing About 'Alien' Is How Real It's Become, by Sady Doyle
https://gen.medium.com/the-scariest-thing-about-alien-is-how-real-it-s-become-fa2182d2207e
The Sex Toy That Lays Alien Eggs Inside You- VICE TV
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1058380467860537
Abortion Fund of Arizona: https://www.abortionfundofaz.org/

Are you a horror buff? Is reading the spoilers and avoiding the movies all together more your scene? We get it. Horrorscope is a podcast featuring Eric, resident horror fan, and Jaime, fascinated but terrified horror hopeful, who have come together to give you the full scope of horror movies throughout the decades. As an introduction, Eric & Jaime talk about their history with horror, what scares them, the movies they'll be watching, and why they love horror or want to love it. Let's get spooky.