Somebody's Watching

My friend Karolin joins me on this episode to talk about something we both really love - the coming-of-age film (and show). We spoke about why we love them, the depiction of movie high school and how they affected our own high school expectations, our list of the films and shows that mean the most to us, and a whole lot more.

Apologies for my freshly post-Covid voice in this and the technical glitches!

Karolin’s website

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Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

400 Blows (1959)
Almost Famous (2000)

IT (1990)
The Wonder Years (1988)

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Dawson’s Creek (1998)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

On Matrescence

2023 Coming Of Age Retrospective @Berlinale

Kids (1995, movie on YouTube)

Clueless (1995)

American Pie (1999)

Twilight (2008)

The Souvenir (2019)

Grazuole (1969)

Ordinary People (1980)
Petite Maman (2021)

River’s Edge (1986)

Tully (2018)

Six Feet Under (2001)

Gilmore Girls (2000)

Heartbreak High (2022)

The Cosby Show (1984)

The Adults (2023)

My So-Called Life (1994)

Freaks and Geeks (1999)

Looking for Alaska (2019)

My Own Private Idaho (1991, movie on YouTube)

Say Anything (1989)
Heavenly Creatures (1994, movie on YouTube)

Friday Night Lights (2006)

Boyhood (2014)

The Up Series (1964)

Fame (1980)
Judy Blume

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023)

Molly Ringwald

Eighth Grade (2018)

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995, movie on YouTube)

Streetwise (1984, movie on YouTube)

Lilya 4-ever (2002)

Boarders (2024)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

The Half of It (2020)

Never Have I Ever (2020)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

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Show Notes:

Samm Deighan’s Patreon

Revolution in 35mm Book – Andrew Nette & Samm Deighan

The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film – Michael Weldon

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue – Samuel R. Delany

Cinema of Transgression

Caffe Cino

The Rialto Report – Jamie Gillis in Europe, 1977

No Wave Cinema

Roberta Findlay

Lydia Lunch

Nick Zedd

Andy Milligan

Joe Spinell

Susan Seidelman

Bette Gordon

Lizzie Borden

Films mentioned:

Cruising (1980)

Maniac (1980)

Born in Flames (1983)

Ms 45 (1981) (Film Link)

Driller Killer (1979) (Film Link)

Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965)

Sweet Smell of Sex (1965)

Fleshpot on 42nd Street (1972)

Little Murders (1971) (Film Link)

The New York Ripper (1982)

Times Square (1980)

The Warriors (1979)

After Hours (1985) (Film Link)

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In 2018, film scholar Dr. Erin Harrington wrote a vital book titled "Women, Monstrosity, and Horror Film: Gynaehorror" about the depictions of virginity, menstruation, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause in horror. In this episode, I had the great pleasure of chatting with Erin Harrington about her book, the limits of psychoanalysis in horror, why horror is fertile ground for speaking about women’s experiences, and much more.

Show Notes:

Follow Erin Harrington on Instagram/bluesky/letterboxd - @ladyhorrors

Robin Wood – Robin Wood on the Horror Film

Carol Clover – Men, Women, and Chainsaws

Barbara Creed – The Monstrous Feminine

Hays Code

Claire Dederer – Monsters

Kelly Oliver – Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down: Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films

Sarah Arnold - Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood

Films mentioned:

Rosemary’s Baby

Madam Satan

Once Bitten

Psycho

Amityville Horror

The Shining

The Stepfather (YouTube)

Nightswim

The Taking of Deborah Logan

Barbarian

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

The Life Zone

Repulsion (YouTube)

The Brood (YouTube)

Lyle

Grace

Promising Young Woman

Violation

Birth/Rebirth

Knives and Skin

Prevenge

Titane

Inside

Relic

Men

Hatching

The Lure (YouTube)

Huesera: The Bone Woman

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This is an episode that was released on my other podcast, The Bend. I talked with Lizzie Borden, director of BORN IN FLAMES and WORKING GIRLS, during the height of the pandemic. It was an honor to have a chance to talk with her about her craft.

The book about sex work that Lizzie Borden mentions in the episode is now out, you can find it here

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Programmer, writer, and podcaster extraodinaire Millie De Chirico co-hosts I Saw What You Did - one of the best, most entertaining film podcasts around. Millie also worked at the classic movie channel TCM for almost 20 years and so I had the chance to talk to her about film programming, her book

Show Notes:

Millies‘ substack: Professional Sweetheart

Millie‘s book: TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema

Films:

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Remember My Name

Shack Out on 101

Basket Case

References:

Cult Movies – Danny Peary

The Psychotronic Guide to Film – Michael Weldon

Night Flight

USA Up All Night

FilmStruck

Tubi

@jeffreymixed

Back in October I went to Sitges Festival in Spain for the first time. Sitges is one of the largest horror festivals in the world and I got to watch a slew of fantastic films and meet some excellent people from the film horror world. Overall, it was an incredibly positive experience and I hope that comes through here. Enjoy this somewhat disjointed episode!

Thank you to everyone who chatted with me at the fest! If you want to follow my guests, you can find their info is in the show notes!

Show Notes:

Woman in Fan in Sitges

Alessia Gasparella instagram

Ilaria instagram

Ravenna Nightmare Festival

profondorossostore.com/

Final Girls Berlin YouTube

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas website

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas instagram

Alex West instagram

Faculty of Horror Podcast

Elisa Puerto Aubel instagram

Sabina Pujol instagram

B-Retina Festival

Heidi Honeycutt instagram

Etheria Film Festival

Ax Wound Film Festival

Heidi Honeycutt’s book I Spit On Your Celluloid

Sara Neidorf instagram

Sara & Eli’s Sitges Faves:

Sorcery

Hollywood 90028

The Appointment

Stopmotion

O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization

Riddle of Fire

Poor Things

The Uncle

Films mentioned:

Hollywood 90028

Don’t Torture A Duckling

Masters of Horror

3 Women

The Appointment

Tiger Stripes

Funeral

Late Night with the Devil

Poor Things

Braindead

Videodrome

Demons

Appendage

Talk to Me

When Evil Lurks

Godless

Club Zero

White Plastic Sky

Mamantula

La Venere d’Ille

Contempt

The Darkside of Society

Satan Wants You

2023 Sitges Films directed/co-directed by women (thank you for the list, Sara!):

Where the Devil Roams

Tiger Stripes

My Animal

Birth/Rebirth

La Ermita

Superposition

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Sacrifice Game

Auxilio

Club Zero

En attendant la nuit

Living with Chucky

The J Horror Virus

The Wrath of Becky

Luka

VHS/85

Wake Up

We Are Zombies

White Plastic Sky

You’ll Never Find Me

Pet Sematery

Siesta

Hollywood 90028

I talked to the Adams Family right before the world premiere of their latest film Where the Devil Roams back in July. I've been a fan of The Adams Family, who make films as a family, for some years now, and it was a delight to have them on the podcast! In our chat, we talked about how they started making films, the overarching themes in their work, and, of course, their new film Where the Devil Roams.

Show Notes:

Toby Poser IMDb

John Adams IMDb

⁠Hellbender – Tiny Little Pieces (music heard in the episode)

Follow the Adams Family:

Instagram: @adams.family.films

Twitter: adams_films

Website: www.wonderwheelproductions.com

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My guest this episode is Professor Nikolaj Lübecker, a French and film studies professor at Oxford who wrote the book The

Show Notes:

Nikolaj Lübecker’s book The Feel-Bad Film

What is Literature? – Jean-Paul Sartre

Chroniques Du Temps Sensible – Julia Kristeva (for French speakers)

Films Mentioned:

Funny Games

Dogville

Elephant

I Can‘t Sleep

Cache

Innocence

Fat Girl

The Idiots

The Act of Killing

Monkey Ostrich Gray

Redacted

The Vanishing

Audition

In My Skin

Evolution

Nectar

Earwig

Harmonium

Show Me Love

Nikolaj Lübecker’s email: nikolaj.lubecker(at)sjc.ox.ac.uk

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I spoke with film scholar Dr. Kate Robertson about cannibalism in cinema! We talk a bit about the history of cannibalism in film, why cannibalism is considered a taboo, depictions of female cannibalism, and more!

Kate is going to publish a book about female cannibalism soon, follow her on social media to receive updates!

Show Notes:

Kate Robertson‘s website: https://katerobertson.me/

instagram: @kate_in_bk

twitter: @final_fatale

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/03/why-female-cannibals-frighten-and-fascinate/519276/

Kate discussing Trouble Every Day:

Films mentioned in the episode:

King of the Cannibal Islands

Terror Island

Blood Feast

Cannibal Holocaust

Dumplings

Raw

Neon Demon

In My Skin

The Lure

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Fresh

The Cannibal Club

Slack Bay

Jennifer‘s Body

Ginger Snaps

Trouble Every Day

Die Weibchen (The Women)

Possibly in Michigan

301/302

Yellowjackets

Omnivores

Bloodthirsty

Eating

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This is part two of the top 3 horror films of the decade project, this time we talk about our favorite horror from the 2000s & 2010s. After we finished our lists, we discussed our favorite decades and certain common themes that popped up for us. Thanks to my guests Sara Neidorf & Jess Sweetman for joining me this episode!

Show Notes:

Film Links:

The Eyes Of My Mother

Bubba Ho-Tep

Sara‘s Instagram @saraneidorf

Jess‘ Instagram @jesssweetman

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