The Whorrors!

The Whorrors!

By Elyse Rose & Shay GillyTV & FilmFilm Reviews
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  • #53: Malevolent (2018)

    Before Florence Pugh was stuffing her ex-boyfriend inside of a bear and setting him on fire or girl-bossing at the Venice Film Festival, she was…running a scam paranormal investigative team in Scotland?  Tune in to see the team visit the ghoulish gals in Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends in 2018’s Malevolent. 


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    Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])


    Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

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    Works Referenced:

    • Malevolent Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malevolent_(2018_film)
    • Why those TV ghost-hunting shows are transparently fake by Scott Craven: https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/2017/10/02/ghost-hunting-shows-fake/705566001/


    • 48 min
    • #52: Insidious (2010)

      Welcome to our first installment of our Haunted House series where the husbands are back to being useless, dancing children are terrifying instead of endearing, and you’re not happy for the woman in the wedding dress.  Tune in tiptoe through the tulips with us in James Wan’s 2010 classic, Insidious.


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      Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])


      Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

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      Works Referenced:

      • “Female “madness” as the driving force behind the monstrous in the Insidious film series” by Maja Pandzic: https://www.outskirts.arts.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2950901/Outskirts-Pandzic.pdf
      • “Here's How to Watch the Insidious Movies in Order (Chronologically and By Release Date” by Lauren Gilmore:https://collider.com/insidious-movies-in-order-how-to-watch/
      • Insidious IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591095/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
      • “Insidious 5 release date, cast and everything you need to know”  by Ian Sandwell: https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a34549457/insidious-5-release-date-patrick-wilson/
      • Insidious Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insidious_(film)


      • 1 hr 4 min
      • #51: Orphan: First Kill (2022)

        Our reigning Villains March Madness champion is BACK to invade more mansions, steal more daddies, and cause chaos in the way only Esther can!  Tune in to learn more about the origin story of our favorite mini maniac in Orphan: First Kill.  


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        Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])


        Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

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        Works Referenced:

        • Orphan First Kill IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11851548/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu 
        • Orphan First Kill Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan:_First_Kill
        • https://www.fox5dc.com/news/orphan-first-kill-review-esther-age-prequel-is-it-streaming 
        • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_JonBen%C3%A9t_Ramsey 

        • 53 min
        • #50: Raw (2016)

          We are 50 episodes old and closing out Cannibal Power Hour with a bang…ing your gay roommate?!  Don’t do that.  Actually, don’t do a lot of what happens in this movie.

          Feast your ears as we discuss the notorious & all-consuming body horror film, Raw.

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          Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])

          Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

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          Works Referenced:

          • Raw IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4954522/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
          • Raw director Julia Ducournau: 'Cannibalism is part of humanity' By Alex Godfrey: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/30/raw-director-julia-ducournau-cannibalism-is-part-of-humanity
          • “Nevertheless, She Feasted: Why Girls Get Hungry in Horror Movies. Why female coming of age in horror movies means getting hungry.” by  Francesca Fau  https://filmschoolrejects.com/girls-get-hungry-in-horror-movies/
          • Raw Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_(film)
          • 1 hr 5 min
          • #49: Fresh (2022)

            When always-single Noa daydreamed about the prospect of a hot doctor putting her on a table to take her ass, I don’t think she imagined it’d happen quite so literally.  Tune in as we dive into episode 2 of our Cannibal Power Hour with 2022's Fresh.

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            Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])

            Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

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            Works Referenced:

            • Appetites and Anxieties: Food, Film, and the Politics of Representation -  Chapter 5: When Humans Are the Food Product: An Ideological Look at Cannibal Films by Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, and Mark Bernard: https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/sites/default/files/Pages%20from%209780814338056-epdf.pdf
            • Fresh Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_(2022_film)
            • The Horror Films Navigating Cannibalism and Female Desire by Alex Denny: https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/13972/the-horror-films-navigating-cannibalism-and-female-desire
            • Why are we so obsessed with cannibalism? By James Greig: https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/4awm3q/fresh-cannibalism-movies-tv
            • 1 hr 12 min
            • #48: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
              The Hills are aliiiiiive with the sound of…cannibalism!?  Join us in our first episode of our Cannibal Power Hour series where “eat the rich” takes on a whole new meaning in Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes.
              ***CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault, suicide attempt, 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:
              THHI Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hills_Have_Eyes_(1977_film)
              Through the Eyes of America: Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes by Matt Carlin: https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/through-the-eyes-of-america-wes-craven-s-the-hills-have-eyes
              The Horror & Meaning of The Hills Have Eyes video by Ryan Hollinger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmehGWAjpQU
              1 hr 3 min
            • #47: Saint Maud (2019)

              Sapphics, holy rollers, and God-gasms, oh my!  Join us as we discuss the A24 religious horror film that fucks, Saint Maud.


              ***CONTENT WARNING: Christianity, self harm, suicide, 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:

              • Saint Maud Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Maud
              • Saint Maud IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7557108/
              • “'Saint Maud' writer-director Rose Glass on the devilish details you may have missed” by Alison Foreman https://mashable.com/article/saint-maud-ending-explained-hidden-details 
              • https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=83
              • https://eidolon.pub/mary-magdalene-8f5e7bc13fdb
              • http://www.blakearchive.org/exhibit/biblicalillustrations


              • 1 hr 14 min
              • #46: The Invasion of the Body Snatchers Franchise

                “Alexa, queue Body by Megan Thee Stallion & Snatched by Big Boss Vette”

                This week, we’re tackling the Invasion of the Body Snatchers franchise, where the flowers can’t be trusted, sleep is the enemy, and an emotionally unavailable boyfriend might actually save your life.

                Big thanks to our friend Jason D of @jasondshotsauce for suggesting this one!


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                Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])


                Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

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                Works Referenced:

                • The Legacy of Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jim Knipfel: https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-legacy-of-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/
                • Howe, Andrew (2015). "Monstrous Flora: Dangerous Cinematic Plants of the Cold War Era". In Patrícia Vieira; Monica Gagliano; John Charles Ryan (eds.). The Green Thread: Dialogues with the Vegetal World. Lanham: Lexington Books. pp. 147–166. ISBN 978-1498510608.
                • Invasion of the Body Snatchers Wikis:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pod_People_(Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Snatchers_(1993_film)#CITEREFKn%C3%B6ppler2017
                • Knöppler, Christian (2017). The Monster Always Returns: American Horror Films and Their Remakes. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. ISBN 978-3839437353.
                • Horror Timelines Episode 73 : Invasion of the Body Snatchers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wBEBkTEJ7U

                • 1 hr 3 min
                • #45: The Invisible Man (2020)

                  A movie featuring a badass lady overcoming her abuser?  Us covering this shouldn’t come as a . . . surprise.


                  CONTENT WARNING: domestic abuse, stalking


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                  Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])


                  Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

                  Standard Music License 


                  Works Referenced:

                  • The Invisible Man IMDB Trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051906/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
                  • The Invisible Man Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(2020_film)
                  • Isolation and Abuse in The Invisible Man by Esmerelda Voegele-Downing: https://www.thefinalgirls.co.uk/bloody-women/the-invisible-man
                  • The Invisible Man Haunts Us in the Way Abusers always Have by Joshua Rivera: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/5/21166333/invisible-man-review-abuse-uncanny-valley-the-assistant-harvey-weinstein
                  • How The Invisible Man Based Its Gaslighting Thriller on Real-Life Stories of Abuse by Eliana Dockterman: https://time.com/5792835/the-invisible-man-domestic-abuse/
                  • 1 hr 8 min
                  • #44: Would You Rather (2012)

                    Tune in for our discussion of 2012’s Would You Rather, where the stakes (and foie gras) are much higher than your typical party game.


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                    Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])


                    Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

                    Standard Music License 


                    Works Referenced:

                    • https://www.ushistory.org/civ/6e.asp 
                    • “VIEWER PARTICIPATION AND DECISION MAKING IN WOULD YOU RATHER (2012)” by Gwyn from Horror Homeroom (http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/viewer-participation-and-decision-making-in-would-you-rather-2012/) 
                    • Would You Rather IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1999995/

                    • 58 min

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