Let The Right Films In

Welcome to episode two of our 2018 year end series - the horror and horrifying edition.

We've gathered guests old and new to talk about a favorite film from the endless year 2018. These talks are generally spoiler free, but all do contain several basic plot elements, so use the timestamps to avoid anything you're even slightly wary of spoiling.

Many thanks to our guests on this episode: Jess Peacock (https://rue-morgue.com/category/hallowed-horrors/, https://www.amazon.com/Such-Dark-Thing-Theology-Narrative/dp/1620327198), Gabriel Aikens (https://substreammagazine.com/), Sean Laughery, and Stephen Cognetti (https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/hell-house-llc/id1150208694).

01:45 Suspiria

11:56 You Were Never Really Here

17:15 Annihilation

30:38 A Quiet Place

44:52 First Reformed

57:06 The Haunting of Hill House

Music from: Suspiria, Annihilation, Mandy, Upgrade, Hereditary, Halloween

Our annual year's end tradition returns! Welcome to the awards edition.

We've gathered guests old and new to talk about a favorite film from the endless year 2018. These talks are generally spoiler free, but all do contain several basic plot elements, so use the timestamps to avoid anything you're even slightly wary of spoiling.

Many thanks to our guests on this episode: Monica Date, Raul Mendoza (https://www.patreon.com/thenerdcorps), Patrick Haynes, and Charlie Mangan (https://muchadoaboutcinema.com/tag/author:charlie/). Be sure to check out their work, as they are smart and good.

02:37 Mission: Impossible - Fallout

11:43 Eighth Grade

21:34 Black Panther

34:40 Roma

49:20 A Star Is Born

59:04 Wildlife

Music from Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Black Panther, Sorry To Bother You, A Star Is Born, First Man, Hearts Beat Loud

Kayla and Tyler discuss the highs and lows of the newest entry in the Halloween franchise: complicated female relationships, questionable decision-making, and rich podcasters.

Fresh off their final Salem Horror Fest 2018: Weekend of the Witch event, Kayla and Tyler briefly discuss every single event of the weekend (that they made it to). Does this end up taking the familiar form of more praise for The Faculty of Horror and critical analysis of even the art you hold most dear? Who's to say? Slight warning: there is much less editing and lucidity in this episode than usual.

Friday - Suspiria, The House of the Devil, The Faculty of Horror live

Saturday - Women Who Killed in Film in 1990s, Death Becomes Her

Sunday - Horror as Resistance, Cinematic Depictions of Hell in Horror, Rosemary's Baby

General links:

Salem Horror Fest - https://www.salemhorror.com/

The Faculty of Horror - http://www.facultyofhorror.com/

Rue Morgue - https://rue-morgue.com/

Hallowed Horrors - https://rue-morgue.com/category/hallowed-horrors/

(A few of) the lecturers' books:

The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle: Final Girls and a New Hollywood Formula - https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-1990s-teen-horror-cycle/

Such a Dark Thing: Theology of the Vampire Narrative in Popular Culture - https://www.amazon.com/Such-Dark-Thing-Theology-Narrative/dp/1620327198

The Undead and Theology - https://www.amazon.com/The-Undead-Theology-Kim-Paffenroth/dp/1610978757/

The team is visited by director Stephen Cognetti! We discuss two creepy faux docs in this episode: the creepy 2008 cult favorite Lake Mungo and Stephen's own haunted house-set Hell House LLC. Come for the discussions of Stephen's writing process, stories from the set, and on-brand praise for subtle horror. Stay for the Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction wiki deep dive and a Jurassic Park: The Lost World diatribe!

Hell House LLC II is coming soon! in, news of its exclusive Shudder debut dropped days after we released this episode! Watch the trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZRb60THkwg) and stay tuned to the official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/HellHouseLLC) or Stephen's Twitter (https://twitter.com/sajc05) to get that news as soon as it drops.

Timestamps:

01:22 Lake Mungo

25:59 Hell House LLC

58:41 Hell House LLC II

Watch Hell House LLC on

DVD: https://hellhousellc.com/hell-house-llc-directors-cut-dvd/

Shudder: https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/hell-house-llc/3596928

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hell-House-Kristin-Michelle-Taylor/dp/B01LWN5RHK

Request it on Netflix: https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest

Past and future Oscar star Eva Friedman returns to the podcast to talk about the 2017 Norwegian film Thelma and its elements of Christian repression, fraught familial relationships, and the discovery of one's sexuality and previously unknown abilities.

The crew also talks about some great indie releases still in theaters and recommend good genre follow-ups to Thelma.

02:50 - Recently watched: Hearts Beat Loud, Frances Ha, Sorry To Bother You

20:14 - Thelma discussion

1:12:24 - Recommendations: Killing Eve, The Lure, Raw

Follow Eva on the socials (https://twitter.com/Eva_Friedman, https://www.instagram.com/evaplaysthedrums/), hire her for things (http://www.evaplaysthedrums.com), and listen to her band Staircase Spirits (http://www.staircasespirits.com). Definitely check out her oft-referenced Oscar performance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbsDdzCyU5g).

Stream Killing Eve on BBC America (http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/killing-eve), The Lure on Filmstruck (https://www.filmstruck.com/us/watch/detail/1300011354), and Raw on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80115405).

Tyler Grimes joins the podcast for the first time to talk about The Monster Squad! The group discusses the movies' joys and longevity, its parents and monsters, and what they'd want from a sequel if it *must* happen.

Find Tyler online on twitter (https://twitter.com/RIPGRIMEY) and check out The Tyler Grimes Show (https://soundcloud.com/ripgrimey) and the Lovewell Institute (http://lovewell.org/).

Watch the new trailer for Wolfman's Got Nards, the upcoming The Monster Squad documentary: http://ew.com/movies/2018/06/28/wolfmans-got-nards-trailer-monster-squad-documentary/

0:29 Intro

1:32 Recently Watched: The Burbs, The Burning, Juno, Christine

19:18 The Monster Squad discussion

1:01:48 Recommendations: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Night of the Creeps, Silver Bullet, Fright Night

Kayla, Lauren, and Tyler discuss Hereditary, another critically acclaimed, financially successful, existentially devastating horror movie from A24.

After some recently watched and first reactions, the team digs into the movie with what tattered remains of their brains still function: intricate foreshadowing, technical proficiency, reckoning with trauma, and living with the fucking face on our face. What a waste!

00:00 - Recently watched: Oceans 8, Eighth Grade, Christine

20:00 - Hereditary

1:11:15 - Recommendations: Kill List, Terrifier, The Witch

Notes:

Ari Aster features: https://film.avclub.com/director-ari-aster-tells-you-everything-we-cant-about-h-1826651443, http://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/hereditary-ari-aster-interview-inspiration-history-1201972348/

Ari Asters' short films: http://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/hereditary-director-ari-aster-short-films-1201973245/

Ending explainer: http://screencrush.com/hereditary-explainer-twists-ending/

Box office: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/06/10/box-office-toni-collette-hereditary-a24-jodie-foster-hotel-artemis-mister-rogers-hearts-beat-loud/

Stream Terrifier: https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/270214/terrifier-now-on-vod-heres-where-to-see-it/

On this week's podcast, podcast superproducer and See Jurassic Right host Steven Ray Morris (https://twitter.com/StevenRayMorris) joins Lauren and Tyler to talk the Jurassic World franchise. The three discuss highs and lows of the latest entry, hopes for Fallen Kingdom, and, of course, Jimmy Buffet.

Also included: facehugger pacifiers, a 2011 Topher Grace comedy, Mechagodzilla, the Silence of the Lambs' true genre, and many other issues that are definitely related to the main topic.

Be sure to check out Steven's great work in many other places, including:

1) The April Fools' Day Congo episode of See Jurassic Right: https://www.acast.com/jurassicright/episodez-justzinjit-congo-

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2) The fantastic music-focused episode of SJR: https://www.acast.com/jurassicright/episode11-strangedance

3) The Purrrcast: http://thepurrrcast.com/

4) My Favorite Murder: https://www.myfavoritemurder.com

And find out which raptor you are: https://www.buzzfeed.com/equivocarly/which-raptor-from-jurassic-world-are-you-1oesm

Part two of the LTRFI Women in Horror Month celebration! Prepare for our deep dive on Anna Biller’s The Love Witch - a discussion on the female gaze, the relationship between witchcraft and femininity, and dealing with the emotional divide society foists upon us.

A light trigger warning for disordered eating discussion and talk about abuse.

Resources:

Let's Stop Calling Movies Feminist -https://annabillersblog.blogspot.com/2018/02/lets-stop-calling-movies-feminist.html?m=1

Director Anna Biller on the radical pleasures and subversive politics of The Love Witch - https://film.avclub.com/director-anna-biller-on-the-radical-pleasures-and-subve-1798259618

The Love Witch director Anna Biller: ‘I’m in conversation with the pornography all around us’ - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/02/love-witch-director-anna-biller-conversation-pornography

FEMALE GAZE: LANA DEL REY, I LOVE DICK, AND THE LOVE WITCH -http://www.mtv.com/news/3011777/female-gaze-lana-del-rey-i-love-dick/