Queer Horror Cult

Let the existential times roll as Lori & Aria take a stroll through the nuclear wasteland, seeking refuge from radiation sickness in such genre gems as "Threads" (1984), "Rats: Nights of Terror" (1984), "Hell Comes to Frogtown" (1988), and "Final Flesh" (2009).

Audio clip from "Hardware" (1990).

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Aria & Lori really sink their teeth into this week's topic as they rearrange some guts in the cannibal genre! Bring a hearty appetite and really dig in to "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980), "Ravenous" (1999), "Cannibal Flesh Riot!" (2007), and "Raw" (2016).

Audio clip from "Troll 2" (1990).

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This week, Lori and Aria bask in the hell world their local election results have created and do an appropriately-themed episode all about kids getting fucked up. If the government is determined to totally fuck over the future generations, why not watch some movies that follow suit? Movies discussed are "Cooties" (2014), "Mom and Dad" (2017), and "Who Can Kill a Child?" (1976).

Audio clip from "Cooties" (2014).

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This week, Aria and Lori look at a sampling of movies that feature iterations of the killer lesbian trope. Movies discussed are "What Keeps You Alive" (2018), "High Tension" (2003), and "Windows" (1980).

Audio clip from Cameron Esposito's "Same Sex Symbol" (2014).

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This week Aria and Lori get into a discussion on class and depictions of poverty in horror, discussing Candyman (1992), Street Trash (1987), and C.H.U.D. (1984).

Audio clip from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"

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Ciao, giallo fans! Lori and Aria are back with another episode of Queer Giallo Cult. This week the discussion focuses on the movies where the killers target and punish (a very normative sense of) femininity. Movies discussed are "What Have They Done to Solange?" (1972), "Torso" (1973), and "Don't Torture a Duckling" (1972).

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIES DISCUSSED

Audio clip from "All Women Are Bad" by The Cramps

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Tune in this week as Lori and Aria bask in the warming glow of the cathode ray. Television terror hits your ears as the discussion includes "TerrorVision" (1986), "Demons 2" (1986), and "Videodrome" (1983).

Audio clip from "Repo Man" (1984)

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This week we go SPOILER heavy as we take a deep dive into Jordan Peele's new movie "Us" (2019).

SPOILERS for "Us" (2019)

Articles referenced are:

https://shadowandact.com/the-ending-of-us-explained-review

and

https://www.vox.com/2019/3/22/18277163/us-movie-ending-what-happened-adelaide-red-explained

Hans Christian Anderson's "The Shadow":

http://hca.gilead.org.il/shadow.html

Audio clip from "Futurama"

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Yee-haw! Lori and Aria are taking a quick survey of Hicksploitation this movie, so saddle-up as we look at class, fear of the disfigured other, and cultural taboo in "Wrong Turn" (2003), "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977/2006), and "Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil" (2010).

Audio clip from "Wrong Turn 2: Dead End" (2007)

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This week Aria and Lori are talking horror movies based on popular urban legends, discussing "Unfriended: Dark Web" (2018), "Alligator" (1980), "When a Stranger Calls" (1979), and Urban Legend (1998).

Audio clip from "Freaky Stories" (1997)

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