No Bodies

Episode 09: A24 Cagematch - Part 1

This episode was recorded on September 24, 2023 and posted on October 14, 2023.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to the A24 Cagematch!
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our Cagematch cohost Mister Watson
• Addressing Lonely & Watson's "internet feud"

The Cagematch Bracket & Rules

• Bracket: To create the brackets, we pulled a total of 28 horror films from the A24 filmography which were placed into "seeds" based on their IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes ratings. After ranking all of the films, we used a bracket creator, like people do for fantasy football or March madness, which generated our full A24 Cage match bracket. Check out the full bracket here.
• Rules: For scoring and advancing, each host will rate the movie from 1 to 10 on the following metrics: acting, storytelling, scares, and cinematography. We can't give zeroes so the lowest possible overall score will be 12 and the highest possible overall score will be 120. In the event of a tie - the film with the highest Rotten Tomatoes score will advance. Each host will also have one wild card which will allow the host to rescore any film that has advanced to another round.

Rounds

Preliminary Rounds - All reviews contain spoilers!

• It Comes at Night vs Lamb
• Green Room vs Life After Beth
• The Monster vs Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Midsommar vs Slice
• The Blackcoat's Daughter vs Beau is Afraid

Thank you to our honorary partner in crime - Mister Watson!

• Instagram: @mister_watson
• Twitter: @WatZeeParty
• Watson's show with Dave Zee: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show
• Watson on Jay's bro club podcast: Jay of the Dead's New Horror Movies

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

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Episode 08: Horror of East Asia

This episode was recorded on August 26, 2023 and posted on October 7, 2023.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 8
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - Kelvin from @hk_movieaddict on Instagram
• Today's Topic: Horror of East Asia

Discussion of East Asian Horror

• History of horror in East Asia & our experiences with East Asian horror
• Representation gap of Asian cultures in film
• Why is extreme horror concentrated in East Asia?
• Defining themes of East Asian horror including extreme body horror, vengeance, American remakes, family dynamics, and folk religion.
• Kelvin's favorite folklore & urban legends from Hong Kong - the Long Braid Lady, Yau Ma Tei Station, and the Speed Camera

Worst & Best Representations of East Asian Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• Sadako vs. Kayako (2016) - Suzie & Kelvin
• Re/Member (2022) - Lonely

Best

• House (1977) - Suzie
• The Imp (1981) - Kelvin
• Ringu (1998) - Kelvin
• Train to Busan (2016) - Lonely
• The Medium (2021) - Lonely

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• Tomie (1998)
• Uzumaki (2000)
• Marebito (2004)
• Carved-Slit Mouth Woman (2007)
• White: The Melody of the Curse (2011)
• Eerie (2018)
• Detention (series) (2020)

Thank you to our guest!

• Check out Kelvin on Instagram @hk_movieaddict!

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.
• Lonely's 10 Top Religious Horror Films on The Horror Countdown Podcast with Don Anelli

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources & Additional Reading

Asia Society. (2023). East Asia. https://asiasociety.org/countries-regions/east-asia#:~:text=East%20Asia%20includes%20China%2C%20Hong,territories%20can%20be%20found%20below

Malfanksin. (2021, March 21). Iceberg of Disturbing Movies (from top to bottom). IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls088541907/

Naing, L. (2022, July 18). Asianization of Hollywood: From stereotypes to diversity. Spheres of Influence. https://spheresofinfluence.ca/asianization-of-hollywood-from-stereotypes-to-diversity/

Nickerson, C. (2023, February 8). Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Theory & Examples. Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/hofstedes-cultural-dimensions-theory.html#:~:text=Hofstede's%20Cultural%20Dimensions%20Theory%2C%20developed,vs.%20long%2Dterm%20orientation.

Poh, E. (2020, October 2). Lurking in the shadows of the Asian psyche - what makes Asian horror so terrifying?. Sinema.SG. https://www.sinema.sg/2020/10/02/how-asian-horror-scares/

Richards, J. (2019). Libguides: Portrayals of Asians in film and television: Get started. Get Started - Portrayals of Asians in Film and Television - LibGuides at Ithaca College. https://libguides.ithaca.edu/asianfilm

Townsend, K., Gilbert, S., Sims, D., & Cruz, L. (2021, November 11). You won't regret rewatching "The ring." The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2021/11/ring-modern-horror-classic/620620/

Zhang, C., Lu, Y., & Sheng, H. (2021, November 8). Exploring Chinese folk religion: Popularity, diffuseness, and diversities. https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X2110426

Episode 07: Art in Horror Storytelling

This episode was recorded on August 20, 2023 and posted on September 23, 2023

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 7
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - horror illustrator Bonnie Bozell
• Today's Topic: Art in Horror Storytelling

Discussion of Art in Horror

• Our experiences with fine art and "dark" art
• Defining dark art and the tortured artist
• Why are mental health and art so intertwined, especially in horror?
• Dark art examples & recommendations from Bonnie
• Horror films that feature tortured artists
• Horror films that feature art as horror elements

Worst & Best Representations of Latin American Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) - Lonely & Bonnie
• The Death Artist (1995) - Suzie

Best

• Ghostbusters 2 (1989) - Suzie
• Bliss (2019) - Bonnie

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
• The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
• The Haunting of Helena (2012)
• Malicious (2018)
• Golem (2018)

Final Thoughts

• How do you think the element of art as horror storytelling could be improved or fine tuned in the feature?

Dark Art Mentioned in this Episode

• The Papal Portraits of 1953 by Francis Bacon
• The Scream by Edvard Munch
• Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya
• The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli
• The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch
• Girl with Death Mask (She Plays Alone) by Frida Kahlo
• The Severed Heads by Theodore Gericault
• Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette by Van Gogh
• Medusa by Caravaggio

Thank you to our guest!

• Check out Bonnie's art on Instagram @bbozellart and her store at https://bbozellart.bigcartel.com/

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources & Additional Reading

Dafoe, T. (2021, October 29). Why are so many contemporary horror flicks set in the art world? spoiler alert: It's a metaphor about power. Artnet News. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/why-are-so-many-scary-movies-set-in-art-world-2026754

Eddy, C. (2019, February 5). 10 horror films that contain equally horrifying works of art. Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/10-horror-films-that-contain-equally-horrifying-works-o-1832198507

Grey, O. (2023, July 31). Horror movies about artists and the Art World. Ranker. https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-films-about-art/orrin-grey

Hunt, P. (2022, October 28). Art and Horror. National Galleries of Scotland. https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/art-and-horror

IGN. (2021, October 18). Scream 25th anniversary - exclusive "The story behind the ghostface mask" clip (Neve Campbell). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWgGsdmPE5o&ab_channel=IGN

Kayinska, O. (2022, June 21). The Dark Side of Painting: What is dark art?. Art Web List. https://artweblist.com/the-dark-side-of-painting-what-is-dark-art/#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9Cdark%20art%E2%80%9D%20covers,airy%20style%20of%20traditional%20art

Premnath, A. (2022, November 2). The significance of Horror in art. RTF | Rethinking The Future. https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/architectural-community/a8413-the-significance-of-horror-in-art/

Rae, K. (2023, January 29). 7+ horror movies about artists. Creepy Catalog. https://creepycatalog.com/horror-movies-about-artists/

Richman-Abdou, K. (2022, September 20). 13 of art history's most horrifying masterpieces. My Modern Met. https://mymodernmet.com/scary-art/

Russo, J. D. (2014, October 28). Dead letter: The aesthetics of horror: Arts: The Harvard Crimson. Arts | The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/10/28/arts-cover-horror-aesthetics/

Soukayna. (2019, April). Art & Horror: A Living Portfolio. Offscreen. https://offscreen.com/view/art-horror-portfolio

Stephanie. (2020, January 16). The tortured artist: An exploration of creativity and mental illness. The Pop Cult. https://thepopcult.blog/the-tortured-artist-an-exploration-of-creativity-and-mental-illness/

Episode 06: Horror of Latin America

This episode was recorded on August 8, 2023 and posted on September 9, 2023.

Content Warning: Vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 6
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - Vincente from Beyond the Frame
• Today's Topic: Horror of Latin America

Discussion of Latin American Cultures in Horror

• Our experiences with Latin American Horror
• Representation gap of Latin American cultures in film
• Why are horror films more prominent in Latin cultures than others in the U.S?
• Major themes in British horror: colonialism/political corruption, Christianity, and femicide
• Vincente's favorite folklore and urban legends from Chile - Trauco

Worst & Best Representations of Latin American Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• Caleuche: El llamado del Mar (2012) - Vincente
• The Untamed (2016) - Vincente
• Menendez: Day of the Lord (2020) - Suzie
• We Are the Flesh (2016) - Suzie
• The Curse of La Llorona (2019) - Lonely

Best

• La Llorona (2019) - Vincente
• Bestia (2021) - Vincente
• Terrified (2017) - Suzie & Vincente
• Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) - Suzie & Lonely
• The Similars (2016) - Suzie

Suzie's Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

• We Are What We Are (2010)
• Visceral: Between the Ropes of Madness (2012)
• Aftershock (2012)
• Downhill (2016)

Final Thoughts

• If you could sum up where you want to see the future of Latinx storytelling in horror, what would be your highlights?

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Vincente's reviews and film analyses on Instagram - @beyondtheframe._ !

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources & Additional Reading

ABC13 staff. (2023, March 10). Latinos and Hispanics face big hurdles in Hollywood, vastly underrepresented in TV and movies, data shows. ABC13. https://abc13.com/amp/hispanics-latinos-actors-representation-in-tv-and-movies/12934732/

Bojorquez, K. (2021, November 2). Why U.S. Latino and Hispanic audiences love horror movies. The Sacrament Bee. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article255103562.html

Chavez, D. (2022, November 21). Gateway Staff. The Gateway. https://www.unothegateway.com/latino-representation-and-stereotypes-in-american-film-and-television/

Guerra, J. (2021, June 7). Why do horror films like "The conjuring" have particular appeal with Latinos? Why do horror films like "The Conjuring" have particular appeal with Latinos? | Datebook. https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/movies-tv/why-horror-films-have-particular-appeal-with-16223674/amp

Luiz Suppia, A. (2019). Horror in literature and film in Latin America. Oxford Bibiliographies. https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199766581/obo-9780199766581-0124.xml

Malone, S. (2020, September 15). Hispanic heritage: Exploring Latin American horror. Morbidly Beautiful. https://morbidlybeautiful.com/exploring-latin-american-horror/

Peralta, M. (2022, October 12). Celebrating Latinx Heritage month with 5 horror films that challenge the colonial mindset. Dread Central. https://www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/439817/celebrating-latinx-heritage-month-with-5-horror-films-that-challenge-the-colonial-mindset/?amp

Seijas, J. L. (2018). Latin American myths and legends. Latinolife. https://www.latinolife.co.uk/articles/latin-american-myths-and-legends

Shaw, D. (2020, August 29). How Latin American horror films highlight femicides, political corruption and other human rights abuses - entertainment news , Firstpost. Firstpost. https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/how-latin-american-horror-films-highlight-femicides-political-corruption-and-other-human-rights-abuses-8756111.html/amp

Title: Episode 05: Horror of Great Britain & The UK

This episode was recorded on July 28, 2023 and posted on August 26, 2023.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 5
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - Poppy from How Many Films in a Year
• Today's Topic: Horror of Great Britain & The UK

Horror of Great Britain & The UK

• Our experiences with British horror
• Discussing British horror classics
• Major themes in British horror: folk horror, dark humor, & "hoodie horror"

Worst & Best Representations of British Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The Children (2008) - Poppy
• Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) - Poppy & Suzie
• The Witch (2015) - Suzie
• A Banquet (2021) - Lonely

Best

• Feed Me (2022) - Poppy
• Last Night in Soho (2021) - Poppy
• The Final Prayer (2018) - Suzie
• Hollow (2011) - Suzie
• Hellraiser (1987) - Lonely

Suzie's Deep Cuts

• Company of Wolves (1984)
• Creep (2004)
• Exhibit A (2007)
• Cherry Tree Lane (2010)
• ManFish (2022)
• Lonely's fever dream on Old Gregg that she shouldn't have seen at 13

Final Thoughts

• If you had to make a case for British horror, maybe convincing a newbie on why they should start exploring this subgenre, what would you say?

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Poppy's reviews @howmanyfilmsinayear on Instagram!

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.

• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.

• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources & Additional Reading

Bright, S. (2022, January 7). A portrait of Broken Britain. Byline Times. https://bylinetimes.com/2022/01/07/a-portrait-of-broken-britain/

Gervais, R. (2011, November 9). The difference between American and British humour. Time. https://time.com/3720218/difference-between-american-british-humour/

Horrified Magazine. (2023). Top 50 british horror films. Horrified Magazine. https://www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk/film/top-50-british-horror-films/

McMurdo, S. (n.d.). "we are never going in the woods again": The horror of the underclass white monster in American and British horror - cine-excess. Cine-Excess. https://www.cine-excess.co.uk/lsquowe-are-never-going-in-the-woods-againrsquo-the-horror-of-the-underclass-white-monster-in-american-and-british-horror.html

Samuelson, K. (2021, August 4). How the 2011 london riots unfolded. The Week UK. https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/society/953705/how-the-2011-london-riots-unfolded

Stephenson, L. (2023, June 22). Eden Lake and the British "Hoodie horror" genre: How they reinforced policies to demonise the working class. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/eden-lake-and-the-british-hoodie-horror-genre-how-they-reinforced-policies-to-demonise-the-working-class-168701

Strantzas, S. (2023). From Weird Horror #6: Horror's Mount Rushmore. Weird Horror Magazine. https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/on-horror6

U.S. Department of Health & Human Studies. (2020). Social Determinants of Health. Social Determinants of Health - Healthy People 2030. https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health

This episode was recorded on July 11, 2023 and posted on August 12, 2023.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity, discussions of extreme and disturbing media.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 4
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - Jay of the Dead host of Horror Movie Weekly & JOTD's New Horror Movies, movie critic extraordinaire, podcasting master, & dear friend
• Today's Topic: Extreme Horror & Ethics of "Unwatchability"

Extreme Horror Discourse

• Our experiences with extreme horror
• Defining extreme horror and exploitation horror
• "Is it extreme horror?" rapid fire
• Historical lens of extreme & exploitation horror
• Ethics of making & consuming extreme media
• Censorship in horror media
• Jay's perspective on balancing horror & faith

Worst & Best Representations of Extreme Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Unwatchable Lists

• Salo: 120 Days of Sodom (1975) - Jay & Lonely
• August Underground (2001) - Lonely
• The Human Centipede (2009) - Suzie
• A Serbian Film (2010) - Jay & Lonely

Worst

• Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) - Jay
• Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - Suzie
• The Sadness (2021) - Lonely
• Eden Lake (2008) - Lonely

Best

• Martyrs (2008) - Suzie
• Kidnapped (2010) - Jay
• Eat (2014) - Jay
• Raw (2016) - Lonely

Suzie's Deep Cuts

• Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
• Ichi the Killer (2001)
• The Girl Next Door (2007)
• Megan is Missing (2011)

Other Extreme Examples from Jay

• Feed (2005)
• The Bridge (2006)
• The Act of Killing (2012)
• The Corpse of Anna Fritz (2015)

Final Thoughts

• As extreme horror continues to grow in popularity, are we risking becoming desensitized to violence?

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Jay's podcasts Horror Movie Weekly and Jay of the Dead's New Horror Movies.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.

• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.

• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources & Additional Reading

Kerner, A., & Knapp, J. (2016, June 17). Extreme cinema. De Gruyter. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474402910/html?lang=en

Lewis, J. (1970, January 1). Hollywood v. Hard Core. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/hollywoodvhardco00lewi_0/page/198/mode/2up

Phillips, K. R. (2022). The ethical edge of a chainsaw, or how horror invites us to ponder the limits of our exprience. Media Ethics Magazine. https://www.mediaethicsmagazine.com/index.php/browse-back-issues/218-spring-2022-vol-33-no-2/3999383-the-ethical-edge-of-a-chainsaw-or-how-horror-invites-us-to-ponder-the-limits-of-our-experience

Splatterpunk for dummies, or defining the genre for those who love horror fiction. FANGORIA. (2023, January 13.). https://www.fangoria.com/original/splatterpunk-for-dummies-or-defining-the-genre-for-those-who-love-horror-fiction/

Szabo, S. (2023, March 7). Horror movies banned for being too disturbing. Looper. https://www.looper.com/4613/horror-movies-banned-disturbing/

This episode was recorded on July 8, 2023 and posted on July 29, 2023.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 3
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - Aukai Ligairi, documentary filmmaker and podcasting legend, aka Wolfman Josh
• Today's Topic: Indigenous Cultures in Horror

Discussion of Indigenous Representation in Media

• Representation gap of native cultures in film
• Impact of harmful representations and stereotypes like "The Indian Burial Ground"
• Who has the right to tell which stories?
• Access for native creators in film and television
• Ethics of retelling native folklore, like the Wendigo, by nonnative creators
• Ethics of consuming media with "problematic" representations of native cultures
• Eurocentric folk horror connections to native reparations

Worst & Best Representations of Indigenous Cultures in Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The Manitou (1978) - Lonely
• The Ghost Dance (1982) - Suzie
• Scalps (1983) - Aukai
• Creepshow 2 (1987) - Lonely
• Wendigo (2001) - Lonely

Best

• The Dead Lands (2014) - Aukai
• Mohawk (2017) - Aukai
• Blood Quantum (2019) - Suzie
• The Dead Lands (2020) - Aukai
• Antlers (2021) - Suzie & Lonely
• Prey (2022) - Aukai
• Slash/back (2022) - Aukai & Suzie

Suzie's Deep Cuts

• Nightwing (1979)
• Ravenous (1999)
• The Dead Can't Dance (2010)

Final Thoughts

• Where do you see the future of native storytelling in horror?

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Aukai on Instagram & Twitter @aukaiviti and on Letterboxd @aukailigari. Stream Cleanflix (2012) on Tubi and Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (2022) on Disney+.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.

• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.

• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources & Additional Reading

Anthony, E. (2020, November 28). Native American horror: Exploring the people over the legends. The Emory Wheel. https://emorywheel.com/native-american-representation-in-horror/

Budzinski, N. (2021, December 10). "It's all an indian burial ground": Folk horror cinema's reckoning with Colonial Violence. ArtReview. https://artreview.com/its-all-an-indian-burial-ground-folk-horror-cinema-reckoning-with-colonial-violence/

Echo Hawk, C. (2021, October 11). Indigenous representation is still scarce in Hollywood: "we need more native stories" (guest column). Variety. https://variety.com/2021/film/opinion/indigenous-representation-hollywood-native-stories-1235086445/

Elliot, A. (2017, October 17). The rise of Indigenous horror: How a fiction genre is confronting a monstrous reality. CBCnews. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5323428

Hubbell-Hinton, K. (2021, August 20). The power of Indigenous Horror. Indigenous Goddess Gang. https://www.indigenousgoddessgang.com/indigenous-cinematics/2021/8/15/the-power-of-indigenous-horror

National Museum of the American Indian. (2023). Native knowledge 360°-celebrating native cultures through words: Storytelling and oral traditions. Home Page. https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/storytelling-and-oral-traditions

Welcome to No Bodies! Get ready to get ugly.

Content Warnings for this Episode

Light vulgarity.

Introduction

This episode was recorded on June 29, 2023 and posted on July 15, 2023.

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 2
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guests - hosts of Feature Creatures D.T.F Jordana & Sam.
• Today's Topic: Evolution of the Slasher

Slasher Discourse

• Our experiences with slashers
• Defining slashers
• "Is it a slasher?" rapid fire
• Scream (1996) & Wes Craven's impact
• Modern Slashers & Controversy

Worst & Best Representations of Slashers

Spoilers ahead!

• Worst Examples of a Slasher - Sam & Jordana
  • A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)
  • Halloween (2007)
• Worst Ending - Suzie
  • April Fool's Day (1986)
• Worst Backstory - Lonely
  • Leatherface (2017)
• Best Examples of a Slasher - Sam & Jordana
  • Black Christmas (1974)
  • Halloween (1978)
• Best Final Girl - Suzie
  • Mia from Evil Dead (2013)
• Best Final Guy - Lonely
  • Jesse from A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

Suzie's Deep Cuts

• May (2002)
• Cold Prey (2006)
• All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2016)
• Lake Bodom (2016)
• Scare Campaign (2016)
• Mandy (2018)
• Hellfest (2018)
• The Banana Split Movie (2019)

Slashers Made by Women

• Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
• Blood Diner (1987)
• Sorority House Massacre (1986)
• Jennifer's Body (2009)
• Piggy (2018)
• Fear Street Trilogy (2021)
• Candyman (2021)

Final Thoughts

• Where is the future of the slasher?

Thank you to our guests!

• Jordana is on Instagram as @prettykillerpodcast and hosts Pretty Killer Podcast on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
• Sam is on Instagram as @2bornot2bmovies!
• Follow Jordana & Sam's new podcast Feature Creatures D.T.F on Apple Podcasts & Spotify and Instagram

Keep Up With Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.
• Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!
• Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources & Additional Reading

Kench, Sam. "The Slasher Film - Definition, Characters, Villains & Tropes." StudioBinder, 25 Oct. 2021, www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-a-slasher-film-definition/.

Mikulee, Sven. "'Psycho': The Proto-Slasher That Brought on a Revolution in Cinema • Cinephilia & Beyond." Cinephilia & Beyond, 10 Feb. 2023, cinephiliabeyond.org/psycho-proto-slasher-brought-revolution-cinema/#:~:text=Most%20importantly%20for%20filmmaking%20in,era%2C%20the%20extremely%20blood%20eighties.

Rhuart, Britton, "A Blade in the Dark: Translating the Giallo Killer into the Slasher" (2018). Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies. 4. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/rbc/2018conference/005/4

Smith, Donnie. "How Scream Changed the Face of Horror." MovieWeb, 10 Jan. 2022, movieweb.com/scream-changed-horror-genre/#:~:text=As%20with%20the%20slasher%20giants,out%20breaking%20the%20fourth%20wall.

Welcome to No Bodies! Get ready to get ugly.

Content Warnings for this Episode

Light vulgarity. Discussions of mental illness including interpersonal trauma, suicidal ideation, substance abuse.

If you or a loved one are struggling with mental health, please reach out to a professional mental health resource.

US Resources

• Survivors of Sexual Violence | RAINN | https://www.rainn.org/
• Substance Abuse | SAMHSA | https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
• Perinatal & Postpartum Mental Health | National Maternal Mental Health Hotline | https://mchb.hrsa.gov/national-maternal-mental-health-hotline
• Suicide & Crisis Lifeline | https://988lifeline.org/

International Resources

• Directory of Mental Health Hotlines by Country: https://portal.cca.edu/thriving/counseling/international-mental-health-support/

Introduction

This episode was recorded on June 21, 2023 and posted on July 1, 2023.

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 1
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Today's Topic: Mental Health in Horror
• Why Mental Health? Suzie and Lonely's experience with mental illness

Unpacking Mental Health in Horror

• The Historic Treatment of the Mentally Ill from a US Lens
• Evolution of Mental Health in Horror Cinema

Worst & Best Representations of Mental Health in Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The Night House (2020)
• Split (2016)
• Secret Window (2004)
• The Invisible Man (2020)
• The Clock (2023)
• The House that Jack Built (2018)

Best

• The Lodge (2019)
• Censor (2021)
• Gerald's Game (2017)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• Swallow (2019)
• The Descent (2005)
• The Cat Lady (2012)
• Downfall (2016)

Other Recommendations for this Topic

• Saint Maud (2019)
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
• Relic (2020)
• Carrie (1976)
• Good Night Mommy (2014)
• A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
• The Uninvited (2009)
• Resolution (2012)
• Toad Road (2012)
• Bliss (2021)
• Lovely Molly (2011)
• His House (2020)
• A Spoonful of Sugar (2022)
• The Babadook (2014)

Final Thoughts

• Closing Thoughts on the Mental Health in Horror

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.
• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.
• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!

Sources & Additional Reading

Bao, J. (2020, March 9). Prisons: The new asylums. Harvard Political Review. https://harvardpolitics.com/prisons-the-new-asylums/

Mancine, R. (2020). Horror movies and mental health conditions through the ages. The American Journal of Psychiatry. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2020.160110

Rice University & OpenStaxCollege. (2014, February 14). Mental health treatment: Past and present. Psychology. https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/psychology/chapter/mental-health-treatment-past-and-present/

Weinstock, C. P. (2018, June 1). Risk of being a crime victim goes up with mental illness diagnosis. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-mentalillness-crime-victims/risk-of-being-a-crime-victim-goes-up-with-mental-illness-diagnosis-idUSKCN1IX5W2

Welcome to No Bodies! Get ready to get ugly.

Keep Up with Your Hosts

• Check out our Instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.

• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @horrormovieweekly.

• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!

Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!