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Progressive Portrayals of Women in Bob Clark’s ‘Black Christmas’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

October 21, 2024 Trace Thurman Andrea Martin, Black Christmas, Bob Clark, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Podcasts

Bitchin’ Barb. After kicking off October with discussions of David Fincher’s Gone Girl (listen) and Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (listen), we’re tackling another juggernaut of horror history with a look at Bob Clark‘s Black Christmas. Black Christmas follows sorority sisters Jess (Olivia Hussey), Barb (Margot Kidder) and Phyl (Andrea Martin) as they begin to […]

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Cool Girls and Gender Politics in ‘Gone Girl’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

October 7, 2024 Trace Thurman Ben Affleck, Carrie Coon, David Fincher, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Horror Queers, Missi Pyle, Podcasts, Rosamund Pike

Pike-y perfection. After closing out September with a re-do of Jennifer’s Body (listen), a film we covered in one of our earliest episodes, and a discussion of Jonathan Glazer’s controversial Birth (listen), we’re continuing our theme of Anniversary/Diva Worship with a look at David Fincher‘s Gone Girl (2014). Gone Girl sees Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike), the inspiration […]

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‘The Severed Sun’ Review – Folk Horror Tale Offers Timeless Message [FF 2024]

September 27, 2024 Trace Thurman Dean Puckett, Fantastic Fest 2024, Folk Horror, Reviews, The Severed Sun

Evil comes in many forms. In horror films, it’s often in the form of an inhuman creature or supernatural entity. With folk horror films, however, evil is often personified in people and their actions, seeing the sub-genre interrogate the dark nature of mankind. In The Severed Sun, writer/director Dean Puckett‘s feature debut, a creature may […]

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‘Mr. Crocket’ Review – Impressive Effects Can’t Save a Pedestrian Script [FF 2024]

September 27, 2024 Trace Thurman Brandon Espy, Fantastic Fest 2024, Huluween, Mr. Crocket, Reviews

1980s nostalgia is out and 1990s nostalgia is in, with the horror genre doling out films like I Saw the TV Glow (review) and now Mr. Crocket, an adaptation of Brandon Espy’s 2022 short of the same name (itself a part of Hulu’s Bite Size Halloween series). Espy’s feature debut sadly sees the filmmaker struggling to find inspiration, […]

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‘Little Bites’ Review – This Monster Metaphor Needs a Tighter Edit [FF 2024]

September 24, 2024 Trace Thurman Barbara Crampton, Fantastic Fest 2024, Heather Langenkamp, krsy fox, Little Bites, Reviews, Spider One

Monsters as metaphors are nothing new to the world of fiction, allowing creators to find novel ways to explore the unknown through horror tropes. The genre has seen a surplus of films using this device in the 10 years since Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook was released to critical and commercial success, and we can now add […]

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‘Bone Lake’ Review – Erotic Thriller Goes for the Jugular [FF 2024]

September 23, 2024 Trace Thurman Bone Lake, erotic thriller, Fantastic Fest 2024, maddie hasson, Mercedes Bryce Morgan, Reviews

Erotic thrillers are a bit of a lost art, enjoying a Golden Age in the ’80s before tapering off in the mid-’90s around the time the genre was parodied in 1993’s Fatal Instinct. By the 2000s, notable entries in the the genre had all but disappeared thanks to its success on the direct-to-video market and […]

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Celebrating 300 Episodes With the Misunderstood ‘Jennifer’s Body’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

September 23, 2024 Trace Thurman Amanda Seyfried, Diablo Cody, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jennifers Body, Karyn Kusama, Megan Fox, Podcasts

“Needs moar bewbs.” After kicking September off with discussions of Tim Burton’s classic Beetlejuice (listen) and the modern zombie film The Girl With All the Gifts (listen), we’ve finally reached our 300th episode! To celebrate this milestone, we’re doing a 6-week theme month of Diva/Anniversary worship (running all the way through Halloween), and we’re starting by revisiting a […]

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‘Get Away’ Review – Horror Comedy Culture Clash Offers Amusing Thrills [FF 2024]

September 23, 2024 Trace Thurman Fantastic Fest 2024, Get Away, Nick Frost, Reviews, Steffen Haars

Nick Frost is no stranger to horror comedies, having starred in such modern classics as Shaun of the Dead and Attack the Block. This year, the actor has already starred in Krazy House (review), and now he is reuniting with that film’s director Steffen Haars in Get Away, a frequently amusing folk horror comedy that relishes in bloodshed […]

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‘Don’t Mess With Grandma’ Review – Home Invasion Goes Awry in Violent Comedy [FF 2024]

September 22, 2024 Trace Thurman Don't Mess With Grandma, Fantastic Fest 2024, Michael Jai White, Reviews, Tubi Original

Home invasion films are a dime a dozen nowadays, with this year alone seeing the wide releases of The Strangers: Chapter One and Abigail. But surplus can often breed creativity, with filmmakers forced to seek innovative ways to make their films stand out from the pack. That’s just what Jason Krawczyk (He Never Died) does with Don’t […]

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‘Never Let Go’ – Alexandre Aja Discusses the Film’s Fairy Tale Influences [Interview]

September 18, 2024 Trace Thurman Alexandre Aja, Halle Berry, Interviews, Movies, Never Let Go

Director Alexandre Aja has certainly made his mark on the horror genre over the past 20 years. After bursting onto the scene in 2003 with the controversial High Tension, he weaved his way through American genre films with the remake of Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes, the remake of Into the Mirror, the remake […]

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‘Never Let Go’ – Halle Berry Previews Her First Horror Film in 20 Years [Interview]

September 17, 2024 Trace Thurman Alexandre Aja, Halley Berry, Interviews, Movies, Never Let Go

Few actresses have had as eclectic a career as Academy Award-winner Halle Berry, but while she has dabbled in genre-adjacent films like Perfect Stranger, Dark Tide and The Call, she hasn’t starred in a straightforward horror film since Gothika, a film released more than 20 years ago. That changes this year, with the release of Alexandre […]

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The Family-Friendly Antics of ‘Critters’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

September 2, 2024 Trace Thurman Critters, Dee Wallace, Don Opper, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Podcasts, Scott Grimes, Stephen Herek, Terrence Mann

Kill Krites. After kicking off August with discussions of Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (listen) and Julia Ducournau’s confronting Raw follow-up Titane (listen), we’re dialing things back a bit with a comfort watch of Stephen Herek‘s 1986 cult classic (and franchise originator) Critters! Critters sees an fuzzy alien race known as the Krites flee a prison […]

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A Diva Dracula in Paul Morrissey’s ‘Blood for Dracula’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

August 19, 2024 Trace Thurman Andy Warhol, Blood For Dracula, Dracula, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joe Dallesandro, Paul Morrissey, Podcasts, Udo Kier

Wirgin Worries. After kicking off August with discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (listen) and the screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen), we’re returning to the world of Andy Warhol with a look at Paul Morrissey‘s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (1974). In the film, the deathly ill Count Dracula (Udo Kier) and his slimy underling Anton […]

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The Beautiful Horror of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Santa Sangre’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

August 5, 2024 Trace Thurman Alejandro Jodorowsky, Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Podcasts, Sabrina Dennison, Santa Sangre

Elephants, Eagles & Chickens, Oh My! After wrapping up July with a Jan de Bont double feature discussing the movie magic of Twister (listen) and the laundry list of problems with his 1999 remake of The Haunting (listen), we’re heading down to Mexico City to discuss Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (1989). Santa Sangre sees Fenix […]

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Marveling at the Movie Magic in ‘Twister’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

July 22, 2024 Trace Thurman Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jami Gertz, Jan d e Bont, Podcasts, Twister, Twisters

Cowtastrophe. After kicking off July with discussions on the badass babes of Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror (listen) and the queer undertones of Stanley Kubrick’s final film Eyes Wide Shut (listen), we’re taking a vacation from heavy analysis and having fun with Jan de Bont‘s 1996 special effects extravaganza Twister! In the film, a series of intense storms […]

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