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In the final complete movie released before Bruce Lee's death, ENTER THE DRAGON, characters stand in for themes and empires stand in for philosophies. It’s a little rough around the edges as a movie, but what can't be denied is its impact writ large on every form of media to this day.

In this episode, we try to pick apart ENTER THE DRAGON’s various competing philosophical accusations and discover that the only way to confront the self is to realize it doesn’t exist. Cody also ties the movie to STAR WARS and COWBOY BEBOP, which makes so much goddamn sense I’m angry I didn’t think of it first.

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Media & Cultural Studies major who says he doesn’t know what that means ✔️

David Lynch hater ✔️

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One of our favorite things is talking to people who know the Trylon from the inside out. On today’s episode, we’re elated to share a conversation we had with Ben Savard, a Trylon volunteer and professional film editor who says that his time with the theater has helped him figure out what kind of cinema he likes, what he doesn’t, and why. Most importantly, he says that places like the Trylon can be a great equalizer, shrinking the perceived space between “prestige” and “trash” film.

Check out Ben’s work at benjaminsavard.com or find Benjamin Savard on Vimeo.

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Brian De Palma is a legendary and divisive filmmaker. Stephen King is an even more legendary and divisive storyteller. These two careers came together in 1976 to make CARRIE, now considered a landmark of the horror genre and one of King's most successful screen adaptations. Have you ever wondered what two cishet male twenty-something podcasters who don't know De Palma from De Niro think of it? Well, now you can find out!

Recorded mere minutes after watching the questionably feminist would-be creature feature, not-so-legendary but certainly divisive podcasters Harry and Jason attempt to reconcile our ambivalent feelings about how genre films exploit and/or utilize misogyny, examine whether King's story was aided or hindered by the film's pulpy sensibilities, and – as always – fail to let our ignorance stop us from serving up some hot, hot takes.

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We’re all going to lose ourselves someday. The betrayal of the body is the surest thing since taxes. We’ll forget, or we’ll die, or both at the same time. It’s when we lose each other – the social trust of our communities – that our understanding of the world shatters like frozen blood.

THE THING (1982) is another one of those horror classics that defies nature by remaining relevant, astounding, and popular decades after its release. From the mechanical mirroring of its soundtrack and plot to the ways it’s inculcated pop depictions of body horror, we’re going as deep as we know how for this week’s episode about one of our favorite movies.

This showing at the Trylon was chosen by Nicole Pamela, volunteer projectionist since July 2009.

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CW: discussions of violence.

HAUSU is still a singular work 42 years after its release. In its walls, you'll find twists and parodies of pastoral life, arranged marriage, social expectations of women, and dozens of references to director Nobuhiko Obayashi's childhood trauma as a survivor of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks.

More than draw your eye with absurd grotesqueries, HAUSU wants to remind you that suffering is a burden all should seek to lessen for future generations – especially those who've experienced it themselves.

Listen to Faculty of Horror Episode 76: "Girls Trip – HOUSE (1977): https://www.facultyofhorror.com/2019/09/episode-76-girls-trip-house-1977/

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Content warning: Discussions of suicide and self-harm.

We can't escape our demons. We could go to the other edge of the universe, or jump to an entirely new one, but the burdens we bear will always follow – and despite the lack of gravity, they might be even heavier up there.

A mishmash of bad CGI, decent acting, cheesy writing, and hellish concept hamstrung by bad editing courtesy of (you guessed it) capitalist motivation, EVENT HORIZON is the "HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL in space" you never wanted!

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Everyone who runs into eccentric amnesiac Mamiya develops a murderous apathy, fully aware of their crimes but unable to explain their motives. Toxically repressed detective Takabe is put on the case, set on discovering a reason – for Mamiya’s madness, for his victims’ bloodlust, and for his own fragile sanity.

Who do we become when faced with the platonic ideal? How do our perceptions – of ourselves, of others, of the lost and longing – change when we are ourselves aware of being perceived? By dancing with these questions while building tense scene after tense scene, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s unnerving 1997 thriller CURE puts less effort into being scary than showing us why we’re all scared of ourselves.

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Excerpt of Heinrich Lichner’s “Gypsy Dance” performed by Gary Ashiya ゲイリー芦屋 from CURE.

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Welcome back Eric Leith (@biggergooseegg) for another episode!

Whatever ALIEN (1979) added to cinema (including a treatise on aiming pop media at the powerful), ALIENS (1986) undid in favor of marketability and bloodshed. In the former, we found ourselves tightly wound aboard the Nostromo, trusting only in each other as Ellen Ripley faced the terrors of interplanetary capitalism. In ALIENS, we get dick jokes, incongruous themes of motherhood, and – gasp – lore.

Though it’s an inoffensive action ride, the fact that it’s often paired with (and compared to) its predecessor is an element of ALIENS’ legacy that deserves to be scrutinized.

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CONTENT WARNING: Brief mention of rape and sexual assault.

Featuring special guest Eric Leith (@biggergooseegg)!

A perfect marriage of pulpy science fiction and gritty, sparse horror, Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece isn't just frequently cited as one of the best movies in either of these genres--it's frequently cited as one of the best movies ever made period! In this episode, the last surviving members of the ship Trylove examine ALIEN's mastery of worldbuilding, set design, and cinematography, chart how the film was influenced and the movement it went on to influence in turn, and examine how the state of the world around the time when ALIEN was made may have influenced its design and message.

Tune in to hear the crew discuss ALIEN as a universal, timeless classic about the existential horrors of struggling for self-determination in a universe fundamentally hostile to our attempts! Tune in to hear them discuss ALIEN as a deeply timely film about the encroaching horrors of capitalism and corporatism! Tune into to hear them... discuss one of these things more than the other! But which?! There's only one way to find out!

...well, you probably know which, but listen anyway. Why didn't they just freeze him?

Articles mentioned in the episode:

Alien's Typography, by Dave Addey: https://typesetinthefuture.com/2014/12/01/alien/

"Xenomorph," by Sara Eliza Johnson

https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2019/05/06/xenomorph-alien-1979/

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Content warning: Discussion of problematic depictions of queer and marginalized communities. Brief mention of sexual assault.

We start talking about the movie around four minutes in.

HACKERS (1995) will always be fun to look back on. But it also feels timeless in how it uses the anti-capitalist queer origins of cyberpunk to build a world where young, tech-literate outcasts, blamed (and framed) for society’s ills, band together to stick it not just to The Man but to an entire generation – boomers – whose corrupt worldview poisons not just the literal earth, but the very tools we adapt to navigate it.

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