Beware the stare of Mary Shaw

She had no children, only dolls

This movie may be insufferably blue

But bite your tongue, and we’ll Dead Silence (2007) to you

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• Dead Silence Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Silence
  

We’re back from spring break and taking on a MisterRei(d) full of religious horror in 2024’s Heretic.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of religious trauma, entrapment

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• Ashley [@ewdatsgross]. "Did Anyone Else Put That Together or Am Do I Need to Get Off of Conspiracy Theory Tik Tok” TikTok. 16 November 2024. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YKo7q8/ 

• “Heretic.” Google.com. https://www.google.com/search?q=heretic+definition&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1044US1044&oq=heretic+definition&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyEwgAEEUYJxg5GEYY-QEYgAQYigUyBwgBEAAYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQgzMjU2ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 

• Heretic Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_(film) 

• Heretic IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28015403/?ref_=tttrv_ov 

• McNamara, Kelly. “‘Heretic’s’ villain treats women as props. Unfortunately the film does, too.” LATimes.com. “https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-11-12/heretic-a24-hugh-grant-election 

• Stephen Nothum [authorstephennothum]. “Part 4| I Have So Much More Analysis Planned for This Film…” Tik Tok. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YKtX3r/ 

• Stephen Nothum [authorstephennothum]. “Part 6| Love When Films Use Weather So Powerfully in the Storytelling. Heretic Does It Exceptionally Well.” Tik Tok. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YEFXbf/ 

To close out our body horror month, we’re discussing an extraterrestrial being that brings with it extra-tentacle effects in 2011’s prequel to the 1982 classic, The Thing.

***CONTENT WARNING: mention of sexual assault, suicide

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• The Thing 2011 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0905372/trivia/
• The Thing 2011 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(2011_film)
• The Upsetting Story Behind 2011’s The Thing by Isenhart Productions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAWfrfIbgMY

We’re taking some active recovery during our body horror month with The Stuff (1985)…it’s never enough.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racism, diet culture 

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• Eggert, Brian. “The Stuff.” Deepfocusreview.com. https://www.deepfocusreview.com/reviews/the-stuff/ 

• The Stuff IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090094/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv 

• The Stuff Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stuff 

Before brat juice and The Substance, there was another green serum that was raising hell in the 80’s.  Listen in as we take on our second installment of our body horror month with 1985’s Reanimator.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual assault, death of an animal

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• Frankenstein Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein 

• Petrie, Raine. “The Homoerotic History of Re-Animator (Part I)” https://medium.com/@thegorezone/comrades-in-science-the-homoerotic-history-of-re-animator-part-i-f8bf3f2785e8 

• Re-Animator (1985) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Animator 

• Re-Animator (1985) IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089885/?ref_=nm_flmg_knf_t_1 

• “This Can't Be Happening: Mad Science, Disbelief and the Female Perspective in Re-Animator.” View from the Morg, 18 Nov. 2019. https://viewfromthemorg.com/2019/11/18/this-cant-be-happening-mad-science-disbelief-and-the-female-perspective-in-re-animator/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

When the nerdy guy you met at a party starts doing calisthenics in his living room after performing science experiments on himself, be afraid…be very afraid.  Join us as we kick off our body horror-themed month with 1986’s The Fly. 

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of abortion, death of an animal, terminal illness

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• ‘DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A SICK MAN TO YOU?’: The Horror of Identity and the Identity of Horror in David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’ by Travis Woods: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/fly/#:~:text=In%20Cronenberg's%20The%20Fly%2C%20all,of%20their%20own%20masculine%20identities

• The Fly IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/trivia/

In this mall, the deals aren’t the only thing that’s killer.  Be sure to stay alive while you shop till you drop in 1986’s Chopping Mall.

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• Chopping MallWiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopping_Mall 

• Chopping MallIMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090837/ 

• JoBlo Horror Originals. “WTF Happened To Chopping Mall?” YouTube, 24 Mar. 2023,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYi6Avw2zEo&t=510s. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

• "Reaganomics."The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, edited by David R. Henderson, Library of Economics and Liberty, https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Reaganomics.html. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025. 

We’re quenching your thirst for a new-ish release and tackling our first sequel of the year - grab your product placement water and Pizza Hut to enjoy 2024's Smile 2.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, addiction, domestic violence, stalking

Minor spoilers for shows Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Bly Manor 

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Smile 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_2

We’re back to the seasonal slasher that’ll pierce you right through the heart (or in this version, the screen) in 2009’s My Bloody Valentine.

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Who knew a semester abroad would lead to such bad vibes?  Grab your rabbit’s tail and don’t trust the cat in 2004’s The Grudge.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of domestic violence, suicide, death of a child, death of an animal

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