Not Suitable For Anyone

**CW/TW: Suicide, self-harm, sexual assault, depression. If you are contemplating suicide or self-harm, please call the suicide hotline in the United States at 1-800-273-8255, or visit suicide.org to find help in your country. **

HOLY COW am I excited for this episode or what! Eat Me is an amazingly powerful film from experienced playwright and stage actress Jacqueline Wright. We are all truly blessed by her decision to bring both her writing and acting talents to the screen, as she stars in this very small cast. The premise is relatively straightforward. A suicidal woman and a violent home intruder test the limits of human endurance and the boundaries of forgiveness over the course of one torturous night. The result is a single-location home invasion nightmare with shocking, visceral violence and jaw-dropping performances. 

I first came across Eat Me when I reviewed it for Modern Horrors back in 2018, and got acquainted with Jacqueline not long after that when I interviewed her around the time of the movie's release. Links to the review and that original interview are below. I'm so glad I had a chance to catch up with her again, so we could look back on how much the world has changed in just a few short years, and how the film may be received differently now. But it's message is just as poignant as ever. 

You can find Eat Me to rent or purchase on most digital platforms, and on DVD from Amazon. Links are below. You can also find Jacqueline online at @jacquelinewrite. 

http://geni.us/EatMeMovie

https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Me-Jacqueline-Wright/dp/B07BF3V4QH/

https://modernhorrors.com/eat-me-review/

https://modernhorrors.com/catharsis-creation-interview-eat-writer-jacqueline-wright-part-one/

The NSFA Podcast takes a trip to East Hollywood (a/k/a Birmingham, AL) to visit with the one and only Chance Shirley. He and his production company, Crewless Productions, have released a trio of genre films, including Hide and Creep, For A Few Zombies More, and today's film: Interplanetary.  Promising monsters and mayhem 40 million miles from earth, Interplanetary follows the misadventures of the men and women employed by Interplanetary Corporation as they live and work on Mars in the year 2182. It's a delightful sci-fi office horror comedy, that feels a bit like Office Space meets Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Be sure to check it out (easily available on Amazon) and stay tuned for an upcoming blu ray release!

I had an absolute BLAST talking to Sophia Cacciola. She is an absolute triple-threat writer, producer, director and released a ridiculously funny satire called Clickbait last year!  Skewering the influencer/clout chaser subculture, Cacciola's script is packed with layered humor, often combining smart social commentary with poop jokes. With influences ranging from de Palma to Argento to Cohen, Clickbait impressed me with a combination of skillful cinematography and satirical humor. It definitely picks a lane and knows exactly what it wants to be.

Previously, Cacciola made Blood of the Tribades, a modern, feminist spin on lesbian vampire flicks of the 70's, along with Magnetic, and Ten with her filmmaking partner Michael Epstein. Currently, they are in post production on The Once And Future Smash, starring Michael St. Michaels (The Greasy Strangler) and Bill Weeden (Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD).

Their films are widely available, and you can find more information including links on where to watch them on their website: https://launchover.com/launch/film/

This week I caught up with writer/director Keir Burrows, to talk about his first feature film, Anti Matter. It's a mind-bending sci-fi horror thriller billed as a modern day take on Alice in Wonderland. It's the type of movie that definitely raises interesting philosophical questions without answering them, which can make for great conversation with friends once you've seen it.

It's an ambitious film, particularly for a first-time filmmaker on a limited budget, making it all the more impressive of an achievement. Watch it anywhere you can rent or buy movies digitally, including free for Amazon Prime members or currently free with ads on Vudu. Blu rays and DVDs are also available.

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/anti-matter

https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Matter-Blu-ray-Yaiza-Figueroa/dp/B0792SGJQY

Huge thanks to Sophia Cacciola (Clickbait), Chance Shirley (Interplanetary), & Keir Burrows (Anti Matter) for joining me on the next few episodes of the podcast! Check them out on Twitter: @SophiaCacciola, @Crewless, @keirburrows, respectively, and please check out their movies (links below). And remember to subscribe now so you don't miss these interviews!

Clickbait: https://launchover.com/launch/clickbait/

Interplanetary: http://www.crewless.com/

Anti Matter: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/anti-matter

Murder Loves Killers Too is one of my favorite titles of a movie ever. Drew Barnhardt's first feature is a low budget, high effort love letter to that intersection of films where slashers meet Barry Lyndon. It's filled with ambitious set pieces, practical effects, one-shots, and musical montages, not to mention a heavy does of wry, absurdist humor. 

Unlike last week's film, this one is much lighter. It's a fun watch for slasher fans, with some dumb humor and smart camera work. There's really not much to spoil here, so you can probably get into the episode and still have a good time watching it, but either way please check this film out and support it. You already have access to it if you're an Amazon Prime user in the US.

Drew's second film, Rondo, is also well worth a watch, and will be the subject of a future episode.

Check out Murder Loves Killers Too on VOD or DVD. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/murder-loves-killers-too

After back-to-back interviews, it's back to just me alone at the mic. Patrick's on an island with my favorite Brazilian horror film, Our Evil.

Our Evil is a small, Brazilian horror film that I discovered from Luke Rodriguez over at Modern Horrors. It's from first-time filmmaker Samuel Galli, and everytime I watch it I come away even more impressed. It pushes some boundaries with torture scenes and a character study of a real sick bastard. A lot of the movies covered on the show up until now have been more lighthearted, but this one is H E A V Y. 

It's also quirky in that it does include several dramatic tonal shifts. Another example of something that couldn't possibly have come from the studio system because it breaks too many "rules." But in this case, I think it works to tell a really dark, depressing tale in a more palatable way. This movie unfortunately got zero press coverage when it was released in the states, and still doesn't have a US physical release, which is a damn shame. But check it out on Amazon prime or VOD outlets. I think you'll find it worth your time. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/our-evil

Lastly, drop me a line .. @NFSAPod or @FinHorror on Twitter, or [email protected]. Let me know how you heard about the show, or if there's a movie you want me to cover!

Aaron B. Koontz's latest feature, the horror-western mashup The Pale Door is available in theaters and digital platforms NOW. He also produced and co-directed an anthology feature called Scare Package which you can stream right now on Shudder. But his first film, Camera Obscura, is absolutely phenomenal in its vision, ambition, and blending of dark, morbid, and comedic tones. It also features an amazing cast, including Christopher Denham, Nadja Bobyleva, Catherine Curtin, Noah Segan, and Chase Williamson.  Check it out on Amazon or Blu Ray: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0721CLG99/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Molly is probably, dollar for dollar, the best superhero movie no one's ever heard of. But it's time for that to change. It's Turbo Kid meets Hobo With A Shotgun on the Fury Road. The action is rough and messy, the dialogue is zany and delivered with bizarre pizazz (legit, one of the characters didn't speak English and learned her lines phonetically), and the set design is fantastic and flawless ... And that's before we get to the final 30 minute long set piece one-shot! This is a unique, ambitious film that more people definitely need to see.