July 21, 2023

TorTR #573 - Baa Baa Black Lungs is Afraid

2 hours 57 minutes

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Prior to the events of their upcoming milestone, a group of mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden men confront their darkest fears as they embark on an epic auditory odyssey back home. On Episode 573 of Trick or Treat Radio, therapy is in session as we discuss Beau is Afraid, the latest tour de force from director Ari Aster! We also talk about complex emotional trauma, the long-reaching effects of the current WGA/SAG strike, head trauma. All the head trauma. So grab your meds of choice, try not to lose your head, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: German Expressionist Horror, NECA, Nosferatu, SDCC, London After Midnight, Mama Juana, the butt bottle, drinking cigarettes out of beer cans, Caddyshack, getting chokeslammed on the kitchen floor, Riddler mask, Santa at Petsmart, The Human Torch, SAG-AFTRA & WGA Strike, Ron Perlman, John Cusack, Napster, Steel Panther, merch sales for bands, the difficulty making money as a band these days, 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!, Stephen Scarlata, Jaws, Sharksploitation, Shudder, Greatest Movie Never Made, Josh Miller, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Sea Thomas Howell, doing lines, Table Read, Weird Science, Anthony Michael Hall, John Hughes, Sitcoms from the 70s 80s and 90s, Zombie Grrlz, More Deadly, getting put over by other podcasts, Six Degrees of Sitcoms, Bill Hader, Hereditary, Midsommar, Ari Aster, Beau is Afraid, Robert Eggers, David Lynch, Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Father’s Day, Astron-6, Yellowstone, dealing with anxiety, Gotham City, Chekhov’s Spider, MZ’s balls as stand-ins, Birthday Boy Stab Man, complex emotional trauma, mommy issues, Affluenza, Dingo Dane, head trauma, Parker Posey, Richard Kind, Mother, fucked up Forrest Gump, Sally Field, The Blackening, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, The Thing, Leviathan, Jason Takes Manhattan, Deep Star Six, Night of the Demons, Kelly Jo Minter, Scream 2, bed on the bar, and sending the wrong message since ‘76.