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- #143: IT (2017)
Spooky season is coming up quick and we wouldn’t Derry clown around with you…come float with us in 2017’s IT.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assault, abuse, racial violence, self-harm
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Sources:
Foutch, Haleigh. "IT: Beverly Marsh and How the Movie Both Improves and Fails Her." Collider, 7 Sept. 2017, https://collider.com/it-movie-beverly-marsh/. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.
It (2017) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484/
It (2017) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(2017_film)
Tierney, Joan. "Freddy and Pennywise: Memory Loss and the Personification of Childhood Trauma." Medium, 27 Oct. 2022, https://medium.com/we-die-first/freddy-and-pennywise-memory-loss-and-the-personification-of-childhood-trauma-2bb17e3f000c. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.
1 hr 6 min - #142: Child's Play (1988)
Throw everything you know about haunted dolls out the window - today we’re unboxing Chucky, the toy that’ll be your friend till the end (of your life) in 1988’s Child’s Play.
***CONTENT WARNING: mention of sexual assault
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Sources:
Cabbage Patch riots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_riots
Child’s Play IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094862/trivia/
Child’s Play Reflects on the Gendered Panic of Boys n Dolls by Alison Stine: https://www.salon.com/2022/10/06/chucky-childs-play-boys-dolls-gender/
Child’s Play Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(1988_film)
45 min - #141: I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
Today we explore where nostalgia and dissociation meet in 2024 metaphorical masterpiece I Saw the TV Glow.
*Recorded before Jack Haven announced their name
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of gender dysphoria, transphobia, repression, abuse, suicide
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Sources:
'I Saw the TV Glow' director breaks down that emotional ending, teases potential sequel by Patrick Ryan: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/05/18/i-saw-the-tv-glow-ending-explained/73672439007/ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Director Jane Schoenbrun Shares a Theory for Why We’re So Nostalgic for the ’90s by Chris O’Falt: https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-jane-schoenbrun-90s-nostalgia-hauntology-1235002972/ ISTTVG IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15574270/ I Saw the TV Glow’s Ending Is Full of Hope, If You Want It to Be by Emily St. James: https://www.vulture.com/article/the-hidden-hope-in-i-saw-the-tv-glows-ending-explained.html I Saw the TV Glow Stars Address Trans Allegories of A24 Film by Jeremy Dick: https://www.cbr.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-justice-smith/ ISSTV Transcript: https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/i-saw-the-tv-glow-2024-transcript/ ISTTVG Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Saw_the_TV_Glow New Yorker article: Jane Schoenbrun Finds Horror Close to Home by Holden Seidlitz: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/jane-schoenbrun-finds-horror-close-to-home
1 hr 12 min - #140: Freaky (2020)
Pre-Homecoming checklist:
Ditch plans with your mom who’s really into community theater
Flirt with the cute guy on the football team
Switch bodies back with a raging serial killer by getting possession of a powerful blade with questionable origins before midnight
Find out if Millie is stuck as the Blissfield Butcher forever in 2020’s Freaky.
***CONTENT WARNING: implied sexual violence
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Sources:
- Freaky (2020) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaky_(film)
- Freaky (2020) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10919380/
- Freaky Friday. Directed by Gary Nelson, Walt Disney Productions, 1976.
- "Philemon and Baucis." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Aug. 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baucis_and_Philemon.
Pulver, Andrew. "Freaky Review – Wildly Entertaining Body-Swap Comedy Horror." The Guardian, 11 Nov. 2020, www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/11/freaky-review-wildly-entertaining-body-swap-comedy-horror.1 hr 2 min - #139: Saw 3D (2010)
We've reached the end of Sawgust, and we're going out with a bang...right through the TV screen in 2010's Saw 3D.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of self-harm, misogyny, hanging
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Sources:
Saw 3D IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477076/trivia/
Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History
Saw 3D Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_3D
1 hr 14 min - #138: Saw VI (2009)
Jigsaw takes on corporate America and makes a compelling argument for universal healthcare in this next installment of Sawgust. Make sure you know all your coworkers’ dirty secrets, because it just may save your life in Saw VI (2009).
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of self-harm
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
Standard Music License
Sources:
Saw VI IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233227/trivia/
Saw VI Was the Perfect Early Obama Era Horror by Darren Mooney: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/saw-vi-was-the-perfect-early-obama-era-horror/
Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History
Saw VI Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_VI
1 hr 8 min - #137: Saw V (2008)
Jigsaw may have a new face, but the new man behind the mask is just as determined to bleed you dry. Find out what 5 strangers have in common and don’t get crushed when you find out who dies next in Saw V.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of addiction, domestic violence, self-harm
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
Standard Music License
Sources:
Nerve Gas House reddit threads:
https://www.reddit.com/r/saw/comments/15ede1i/was_the_house_mallick_burnt_down_the_saw_ii_nerve/
https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/j8fbmx/the_one_great_thing_about_saw_v_that_no_one_ever/
Saw V IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132626/trivia/
Saw V Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_V
Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History
56 min - #136: Saw IV (2007)
We want to play a game…again. We’ve given you Sawtember…Jigsaw came early this year, and we’re kickin’ off Sawgust with 2007’s Saw IV.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual violence, rape, domestic abuse, suicide
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
Standard Music License
Sources:
- Saw IV IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0890870/trivia/
- Saw IV Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_IV
- Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History
- Ten Years Ago: Saw IV by Stevi Costa: https://tenyearsago.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/ten-years-ago-saw-iv
1 hr 6 min - #135: Longlegs (2024)
LET US IN NOWWW, AND IT CAN BE NIIIICE, LISTEN TO US COVER LONGLEGS (2024) NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIIIIIIKE.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide, transphobia
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
Standard Music License
Sources:
Longlegs IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23468450/
Longlegs Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longlegs
@roomforscream. “Spoilers: There are a lot of references in Longlegs so here is a breakdown of the lore to help better understand the film.” TikTok. 12 July 2024. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRETnun7/
1 hr 3 min - #134: Psycho (1960)
We’re throwing it as far back as we’ve ever thrown it to visit the Bates Motel and find out what Jamie Lee Flirty’s mom was up to in 1960 with Hitchcock’s seminal film, Psycho.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of transphobia
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Email us at [email protected]
Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
Standard Music License
Sources:
Clover, Carol J. Men, Women, and Chainsaws. Princeton University Press: New Jersey, 1992. Print.
Klein Martins, David. “‘We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes. Haven’t You?’: Psycho and the Postmodern Rise of Gender Queerness.” Aspeers : Emerging Voices in American Studies, vol. 10, 2017, pp. 39–53, https://doi.org/10.54465/aspeers.10-05.
Psycho (1960) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
Psycho (1960) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)
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