The Whorrors!

In honor of National Dog Day, we’re back in Maine to visit a man’s best friend…but a mother’s worst nightmare in Cujo (1983).

***CONTENT WARNING: harm against a child, harm against an animal, sexual harassment, domestic abuse  

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Sources: 

• Cujo (film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cujo_(film) 

• Cujo IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085382/ 

• Eggan, Michele. “Noteworthy Heroines of Horror: Donna from Cujo.” Wickedhorror.com. https://www.wickedhorror.com/features/noteworthy-heroines-of-horror-donna-from-cujo/ 

• Kirchner, Donnie. “Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: A Look At Stephen King’s Cujo.” Horrorobsessive.com. https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/02/25/nope-nothing-wrong-here-a-look-at-stephen-kings-cujo/ 

Weapons is the talk of the town, but what is it truly about?  We won’t spoon feed you this one, just take a 2:17am stroll with us as we discuss the wigs, the witches, and the weaponry of Zach Cregger’s 2025 box office success.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of addiction, police brutality, gun violence, self-harm, harm against children

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• @JakeLubb. “I can’t stop thinking about it.” TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/@jakelubb/video/7536302666998205709?lang=en 

• Weapons Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_(2025_film)

• Weapons IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26581740/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

Welcome to Club Juke— where bloodlust means a killer playlist. The only sin about Sinners (2025) is if you haven’t seen it yet.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racism, racial violence & discrimination, colonization, enslavement, hate groups

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Sources: 

• ​Anderson, Maureen. “The White Reception of Jazz in America.” African American Review, vol. 38, no.
• ​          1, 2004, pp. 135–45. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1512237. Accessed July. 2025.
• ​Hobson, Janell. “Blood Money, Blues Women, and the Power of Price: How ‘Sinners’ Rewrites the Gothic South.” Msmagazine.com. https://msmagazine.com/2025/05/08/sinners-feminist-film-review-black-women-history-power-south/. Accessed July 2025. Web.  
• ​Hoepfner, Fran. “The Women at the Heart of Of Sinners.” Vulture. 24 April 2025.  https://www.vulture.com/article/the-women-at-the-heart-of-of-sinners.html 
• ​Kabeya, Victoria. ““How the Theme of Racial Escapism made Mary the Only Survivor in ‘Sinners.’” Medium.com. https://medium.com/@editions.canaan/how-the-theme-of-racial-escapism-made-mary-the-only-survivor-in-sinners-ffa421a52649. Web. 
• ​McBride. “Hip-Hop Planet.” The Language of Composition. New York; Bedford, 2019. Pg. 301-311. Print.
• ​Sinners (2025 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_(2025_film) 
• ​Sinners (2025) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193180/ 
• ​@Teppertoks. “Spoilerish warning! Yes im still thinking about this movie!!” Tiktok. 19 April, 2025. https://www.tiktok.com/@teppertoks/video/7495079197350612254?lang=en 
• ​The Eras & History Of Jazz Music" GreaterTorontoMusic.ca. Greater Toronto Music School, 2022.
• ​          https://www.greatertorontomusic.ca/post/the-eras-history-of-jazz-music. Accessed July 2025. Web.
• ​"Timeline." JazzInAmerica.org. The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.
• ​          https://www.jazzinamerica.org/JazzResources/Timeline/. Accessed July 2025. Web. 

Lack of eye contact ratio continues to be a problem 30 years later for the young adults of Southport.  WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?  Listen to find out if the new person behind the slicker got slick-er in 2025’s I Know What You Did Last Summer.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion about addiction

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• Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_What_You_Did_Last_Summer_(2025_film)
  IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4045450/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

All aboard the Antonia Graza where the entertainment is to die for and horrors are senza fine.  Travel back in time to a more grim time (2002) as we explore the seas in Ghost Ship.

***CONTENT WARNING: death of a child

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• Ghost Ship (2002 film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Ship_(2002_film) 

• Ghost Ship IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0288477/ 

• Costa Concordia Disaster : https://www.britannica.com/event/Costa-Concordia-disaster 

Today we check another movie off Elyse’s “Never Will I Ever Watch” list where the aliens may not look at much, but they hear all.  Skip the bag of chips and don’t make a sound as we whisper through 2018’s A Quiet Place.

***CONTENT WARNING: death of a child

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• A Quiet Place IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6644200/trivia/

• 'A Quiet Place' Falls Into A Tired Trope About Deafness by Pamela Kincheloe: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-kincheloe-quiet-place-deaf-people_n_5ad10645e4b0edca2cb9acc6

• A Quiet Place: A Review from the Deaf Perspective by T. Frohock: https://www.tfrohock.com/blog/2018/4/23/a-quiet-place-a-review-from-the-deaf-perspective

• A Quiet Place Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quiet_Place

• Toxic Masculinity and the Gender Politics of A Quiet Place by Shelby Boyer:

• https://saboyer.medium.com/toxic-masculinity-and-the-gender-politics-of-a-quiet-place-d114b3b23b0d

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Maxine Minx has gone Hollywood and is on the run from more than just Pearl and her farmhouse.  Enjoy the third installment of Ti West’s franchise with a view from the Hollywood sign in 2024’s MaXXXine.

***CONTENT WARNING: violence against sex workers, drug use, religious trauma, true crime involving sexual assault

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• Maxxxine IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22048412/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

• “MaXXXine” Is a Fun Ride to a Predictable Party by Jenn Adams: https://femaleantagonist.com/maxxxine-is-a-fun-ride-to-a-predictable-party/

• MaXXXine’s True Crime References Explained: Who Is The Night Stalker? By Dani Kessel Odom: https://screenrant.com/maxxxine-true-crime-references-night-stalker-black-dahlia/

• Maxxxine Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaXXXine

In anticipation of the holiday weekend, we’re headed to the beach to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the summertime slasher that started it all: Jaws (1975).

***CONTENT WARNING: death of a child

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Sources: 

• Gambino, Megan. “The Shark Attacks That Were the Inspiration for Jaws.” Smothsonianmag.com. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shark-attacks-that-were-the-inspiration-for-jaws-15220260/#:~:text=Joseph%20Dunn%20was%20luckier.,and%20Steven%20Spielberg's%20blockbuster%20film. 

• Geiling, Natasha. “The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Triggered the Worst Shark Attack in History”. Smothsonianmag.com. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sinking-uss-indianapolis-triggered-worst-shark-attack-history-25715092/ 

• Jaws (film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)

• Jaws (1975) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/?ref_=ttfc_ov_i 

• Rutigliano, Olivia. “On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: ‘Jaws’”.  Lithub.com. https://lithub.com/on-the-endless-symbolism-of-the-best-summer-movie-ever-made-jaws/ 

This month’s theme has been one hell of a ride, but we’re slowing to a stop to get a clear snapshot of death’s design in 2006’s Final Destination 3.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, 9/11

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• Final Destination 3 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414982/trivia/

• Final Destination 3 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Destination_3
  

As the lore begins to pile up, we have to log everything we know about death’s design before we submerge too far and lose sight of the surface.  See how clear these rivers truly are in 2003’s Final Destination 2.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, loss of a child 

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• Final Destination 2 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309593/trivia/

• Final Destination 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Destination_2