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- #93: The Ring (2002)
Your niece dies, you see a spooky video, and your kid won’t stop calling you by your first name…WELL, you better make the best of it. There’s a lot to this one but hold your horses, it won’t take us seven days to get to the end of 2002’s creepy text chain personified, The Ring.
***CONTENT WARNING: abuse, suicide, animal cruelty
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Works Referenced:
The Ring Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ring_(2002_film)
The Ring IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298130/
“The Full Story of The Ring Franchise”: https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/803373-ring-franchise-movies
“The Ring: Why The American Remake Cut 50 Percent Of The Original Story”
https://screenrant.com/ring-movie-gore-verbinski-changes-original-movie-explained/#:~:text=In%20the%20American%20version%2C%20when,layered%20mystery%20and%20psychic%20phenomena
“Okiku’s Ghost: The True Scary Story that Inspired ‘The Ring’”:
https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3421393/okikus-ghost-true-scary-story-inspired-ring/
Balanzategui, Jessica. The Uncanny Child in Transnational Cinema : Ghosts of Futurity at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century. Amsterdam University Press, 2018, https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462986510.
52 min - #92: Cabin Fever (2002)
Another cabin in the woods, another boy meeting a world of trouble after a mysterious rash turns into a bloody good time. Skip the pancakes and steer clear of drinking the water as we cover Eli Roth’s 2002 time capsule, Cabin Fever.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assault
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Works Referenced:
- Cabin Fever IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303816/trivia/
- Cabin Fever Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_Fever_(2002_film)
- Cabin Fever Q & A with Writer/Director Eli Roth
- https://www.cinema.com/articles/2568/cabin-fever-q-a-with-writerdirector-eli-roth.phtml
53 min - #91: Talk to Me (2023)
They tell you to reach out to somebody when you’re having a hard time, but they probably didn’t mean it so literally. Listen in as we let you in on the newest film to spook us in theaters, 2023’s Talk to Me.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
Standard Music License
Works Referenced:
- Talk to Me IBMb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638522/
- Talk to Me Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_to_Me_(2022_film)
- ‘That’s horrible — how do I do it?’ Inside A24’s latest horror hit, ‘Talk to Me’ by Jen Yamato https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-07-30/inside-a24-horror-talk-to-me-directors-danny-michael-philippou-rackaracka-spoilers
51 min - #90: The Night House (2020)
A spooky book, a strange doll, and a house on a lake are the makings of many horror movies - but this is Nothing like you’re guessing. Listen as Shay mispronounces everything and we return to our sad girl roots with David Bruckner’s gloomy 2020 film, The Night House.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Works Referenced:
- The Night House Ending Explained-Louvre Dolls, Caerdroia, And The Nothing by Tracy Palmer: https://signalhorizon.com/the-night-house-ending-explained-louvre-dolls-caerdroia-and-the-nothing/
- ‘The Night House’: Let’s Talk About That Ending by Matt Goldberg: https://collider.com/the-night-house-ending-explained/
- The Night House Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_House
- Vogue interview with Rebecca Hall: https://www.vogue.com/article/rebecca-hall-the-night-house-interview
1 hr 11 min - #89: Happy Death Day (2017)
Our post Cannibal Power Hour Palette Cleanser is here, and we even brought cupcakes! Check out what happens when a baby face isn’t so cute in 2017’s Happy Death Day.
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Works Referenced:
Happy Death Day IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5308322/
Happy Death Day Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Death_Day37 min - #88: The Green Inferno (2013)
It may be the last episode of cannibal power hour, but we’re remembering our greens. Don’t fall out of the plane as we crash into the jungles of Peru to discuss Eli Roth’s controversial cannibal flick, The Green Inferno.
**CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, FGM
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Works Referenced:
- Eli Roth Faces Off With Tribal Rights Campaigners Over Cannibal Film by Aaron Gell https://www.businessinsider.com/eli-roth-cannibal-rainforest-controversy-2014-8
- Eli Roth Joins Amazon Rainforest Fundraiser After Criticism From Advocacy Group by Gregg Kilday: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/eli-roth-joins-amazon-rainforest-816497/
- Green Inferno: Real Amazon Tribe Casted as Savage Cannibals in the Film: https://starmometer.com/2015/09/15/green-inferno-real-amazon-tribe-casted-as-savage-cannibals-in-the-film/
- The Green Inferno IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403021/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
- The Green Inferno Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Inferno_(film)
- Why Eli Roth's Green Inferno Was So Controversial by Mara Bachman: https://screenrant.com/eli-roth-green-inferno-movie-controversy-explained/
54 min - #87: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Our second entry into this season’s cannibal power hour has beauty, brawn, and especially brains. Get some fava beans and a nice chianti ready to listen to our discussion on 1991’s divisive award-winner, The Silence of the Lambs.
**CONTENT WARNING: discussions of transphobia
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Works Referenced:
- Colangelo, Harmony M. The Lambs Still Scream: Reanalyzing SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. https://www.shudder.com/blog/the-lambs-still-scream-reanalyzing-silence-of-the-lambs
- Dubois, Diane. “‘Seeing the Female Body Differently’: Gender Issues in The Silence of the Lambs.” Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 10, no. 3, 2001, pp. 297–310, https://doi.org/10.1080/09589230120086502.
- The Silence of the Lambs Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film)
- The Silence of the Lambs IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926/
1 hr 4 min - #86: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Fire up the smoker and grab some jerky to chew on - we’re back with Cannibal Power Hour and starting off strong with when a homemaker goes wrong: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
**CONTENT WARNING: discussions of animal cruelty & transphobia
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Works Referenced:
Astro-feminism in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & The Love Witch
https://anatomyofascream.com/2020/02/01/guest-astro-feminism-in-the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-the-love-witch/
‘If Looks Could Kill, He Wouldn’t Need a Chainsaw’: Gender, Transgenderism, and Leatherface in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series by TRANSylvania: https://medium.com/@transylvania/if-looks-could-kill-he-wouldnt-need-a-chainsaw-gender-transgenderism-and-leatherface-in-the-bef92e1aafdd
Sally Hardesty Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Hardesty
The intolerably putrid making of the Texas Chainsaw massacre by Larry Getlen:
https://nypost.com/2019/06/13/the-intolerably-putrid-making-of-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre/
TCM IMDB:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
TCM Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre
1 hr 16 min - #85: The Strangers (2008)
“She would’ve made such a lovely bride / what a shame she’s stabbed in the gut” they said . . . wait a minute. . .
Kristen & James have more than just champagne problems in 2008’s breaking and entering nightmare, The Strangers.
**CONTENT WARNING: home invasion
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Works Referenced:
- Kennedy, Michael. https://screenrant.com/strangers-movie-true-story-real-crimes-inspiration-explained/
- The Strangers IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482606/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
- The Strangers Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangers_(2008_film)
46 min - #84: Get Out (2017)
Back from summer break with a bang (or a clang of a tea cup) with the monumental film that proved Jordan Peele to be a horror mastermind and made audiences never trust Allison Williams again: 2017’s Get Out.
**CONTENT WARNING: discussions of racism/racial violence
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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])
Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd
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Works Referenced:
- Briefel, Aviva. "Live Burial: The Deep Intertextuality of Jordan Peele's Get Out." Narrative, vol. 29 no. 3, 2021, p. 297-320. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/nar.2021.0019.
- Get Out IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052448/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
- Get Out Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out
- Lavender, Isiah, III. "Getting all of it: On Jordan Peele's Get Out: Political Horror." Science Fiction Film and Television, vol. 15 no. 2, 2022, p. 219-226. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/859928.
- “Jordan Peele Reveals His Alternate ‘Get Out’ Ending”: https://www.thewrap.com/jordan-peele-reveals-alternate-get-out-ending/
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