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You know we had to pump it up for our last movie of 2024 . . . join us in front of the TV for some snacks (and assorted body parts) as we discuss 2024’s The Substance.
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The Substance IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
The Substance Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Substance
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It’s giving…Thanks(giving, 2023, directed by Eli Roth).
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"John Carver (Governor)." Wikipedia, 24 Oct. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carver_(governor).
Grobar, Matt. "‘The Designer’: Gina Gershon, Ethan Slater to Star in Body Horror Movie." Deadline, 2024, www.deadline.com/2024/08/gina-gershon-ethan-slater-to-star-the-designer-body-horror-movie-1236046609/.
Malkin, Marc. "Thanksgiving 2: Addison Rae and Eli Roth Join Cast." Variety, 2024, https://variety.com/2024/film/columns/thanksgiving-2-addison-rae-eli-roth-1236099017/.
"The True, Dark History of Thanksgiving." Potawatomi.org, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 25 Nov. 2020, www.potawatomi.org/blog/2020/11/25/the-true-dark-history-of-thanksgiving/.
Thanksgiving (2023) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(2023_film)
Thanksgiving (2023) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1448754/
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We’re back to back with literary adaptations, but be careful not to get stuck in your imagination’s creation. Look through the looking (stone) as we discover the world behind the crawl space in 2009’s Coraline.
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Belle Develle Co. “Part 68| Replying to Amethystjackson… This is my Theory on the Cat.” Tik Tok. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024. Coraline (2009) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline_(film) Coraline (2009) IMDb: Curtis, James. “Why Were You Born?: An Analysis of the Anti-Feminist Implications of the Film Adaptation of Coraline.” Gender Forum, no. 57, 2016, p. N_A-. Keller, Michael. “Coraline Fan Theories Scarier than the Movie.” CBR, 18 Oct. 2023, www.cbr.com/coraline-fan-theories-scarier-than-movie/. Picado, Claudia. “'Coraline’ Gave Us One of the Best Monstrous Mothers in All of Horror." Collider, 13 Sept. 2023, https://collider.com/coraline-other-mother/. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024. -
Episode 150 of The Whorrors! is here, and we decided to take a bite out of the vampire genre in Anne Rice’s queer and twisted love story (with 0 romantic chemistry), Interview with the Vampire.
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Female autonomy and the illusion of choice in Interview with the Vampire by Ada Kalu: https://www.soundspheremag.com/news/female-autonomy-and-the-illusion-of-choice-in-interview-with-the-vampire/
Interview with a Vampire IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110148/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
Interview with a Vampire Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interview_with_the_Vampire_(film)
The Vampire Chronicles Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vampire_Chronicles
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Idle hands are the devil's playthings . . . and the reason all your friends and family are dying. We’re back with Elyse’s first foray into horror where pulling yourself up by your bootstraps might be the way to go in 1999’s Idle Hands.
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Keetley, Dawn. "It’s Alive! Why so Many Hands in Horror?" Horror Homeroom, 23 Sept. 2016, www.horrorhomeroom.com/hands-in-horror/.
Idle Hands (1999) IMDb:
Idle Hands (1999) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Hands
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In spirit of the holiday season and our fourth year of podcasing, we’re revisiting Our First Times and giving them their proper coverage - starting with Shay’s favorite, Poltergeist (1982).
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Cursed Films Docuseries on Shudder
Poltergeist IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/trivia/
Poltergeist Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_(1982_film)
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Moving into your boyfriend’s haunted house is a literal nightmare, but wait until you find out it’s you that’s haunted. Find out how a shitty boyfriend can make EVERYTHING worse in 2007’s Paranormal Activity.
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Paranormal Activity wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_Activity
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You’ll never believe what the cat dragged in. Find out why sometimes, dead is better in 1989’s Pet Sematary.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, terminal illness, death of a child, killing of an animal
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Pet Sematary (1989) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary_(1989_film)
Pet Sematary (1989) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098084/
Lopez, Kristen. “When Your Own Body Is the Big Screen Monster.” IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2022, www.indiewire.com/features/general/pet-sematary-zelda-women-horror-1234771017/.
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We’re not in Connecticut anymore . . . the long-awaited coverage of the most unnecessary sequel to exist is here: find out what the deal is in 2013’s A Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia.
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The Haunting in Connecticut 2: The Ghosts of Georgia (2013) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_in_Connecticut_2:_Ghosts_of_Georgia The Haunting in Connecticut 2: The Ghosts of Georgia (2013) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457765/?ref_=nm_knf_t_2 Wiggins, Steve A. "The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia." 22 July 2019, https://steveawiggins.com/tag/the-haunting-in-connecticut-2-ghosts-of-georgia/. Accessed 30 Aug. 2024. -
We saved you the time-travel and are bringing you right back to Derry 27 years later to see if this Penny is any more the wiser in IT Chapter 2.
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ChatGPT. "Key Differences Between Stephen King's Novel, It, and the 2017 & 2019 Film Adaptations." ChatGPT, 16 Aug. 2024, openai.com/chatgpt.
It: Chapter 2 (2019) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7349950/
It: Chapter 2 (2019) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Chapter_Two
Moniz, Alyssa. "Stephen King’s IT: Why It Has Both Male & Female Forms." Screen Rant, 14 Aug. 2023, https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-it-male-female-confusing-reason-answer/. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.
Peitzman, Louis. "How the Ending of It Chapter Two Differs From the Book." Vulture, 9 Sept. 2019, https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/it-chapter-two-ending-how-the-movie-differs-from-the-book.html. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.
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Spooky season is coming up quick and we wouldn’t Derry clown around with you…come float with us in 2017’s IT.
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Foutch, Haleigh. "IT: Beverly Marsh and How the Movie Both Improves and Fails Her." Collider, 7 Sept. 2017, https://collider.com/it-movie-beverly-marsh/. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.
It (2017) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484/
It (2017) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(2017_film)
Tierney, Joan. "Freddy and Pennywise: Memory Loss and the Personification of Childhood Trauma." Medium, 27 Oct. 2022, https://medium.com/we-die-first/freddy-and-pennywise-memory-loss-and-the-personification-of-childhood-trauma-2bb17e3f000c. Accessed 16 Aug. 2024.
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Throw everything you know about haunted dolls out the window - today we’re unboxing Chucky, the toy that’ll be your friend till the end (of your life) in 1988’s Child’s Play.
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Cabbage Patch riots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_riots
Child’s Play IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094862/trivia/
Child’s Play Reflects on the Gendered Panic of Boys n Dolls by Alison Stine: https://www.salon.com/2022/10/06/chucky-childs-play-boys-dolls-gender/
Child’s Play Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(1988_film)
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Today we explore where nostalgia and dissociation meet in 2024 metaphorical masterpiece I Saw the TV Glow.
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'I Saw the TV Glow' director breaks down that emotional ending, teases potential sequel by Patrick Ryan: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/05/18/i-saw-the-tv-glow-ending-explained/73672439007/ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Director Jane Schoenbrun Shares a Theory for Why We’re So Nostalgic for the ’90s by Chris O’Falt: https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-jane-schoenbrun-90s-nostalgia-hauntology-1235002972/ ISTTVG IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15574270/ I Saw the TV Glow’s Ending Is Full of Hope, If You Want It to Be by Emily St. James: https://www.vulture.com/article/the-hidden-hope-in-i-saw-the-tv-glows-ending-explained.html I Saw the TV Glow Stars Address Trans Allegories of A24 Film by Jeremy Dick: https://www.cbr.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-justice-smith/ ISSTV Transcript: https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/i-saw-the-tv-glow-2024-transcript/ ISTTVG Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Saw_the_TV_Glow New Yorker article: Jane Schoenbrun Finds Horror Close to Home by Holden Seidlitz: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/jane-schoenbrun-finds-horror-close-to-home -
Pre-Homecoming checklist:
Ditch plans with your mom who’s really into community theater
Flirt with the cute guy on the football team
Switch bodies back with a raging serial killer by getting possession of a powerful blade with questionable origins before midnight
Find out if Millie is stuck as the Blissfield Butcher forever in 2020’s Freaky.
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Freaky (2020) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaky_(film) Freaky (2020) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10919380/ Freaky Friday. Directed by Gary Nelson, Walt Disney Productions, 1976. "Philemon and Baucis." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Aug. 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baucis_and_Philemon.
Pulver, Andrew. "Freaky Review – Wildly Entertaining Body-Swap Comedy Horror." The Guardian, 11 Nov. 2020, www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/11/freaky-review-wildly-entertaining-body-swap-comedy-horror. -
We've reached the end of Sawgust, and we're going out with a bang...right through the TV screen in 2010's Saw 3D.
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Saw 3D IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477076/trivia/
Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History
Saw 3D Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_3D
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Jigsaw takes on corporate America and makes a compelling argument for universal healthcare in this next installment of Sawgust. Make sure you know all your coworkers’ dirty secrets, because it just may save your life in Saw VI (2009).
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Saw VI IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233227/trivia/
Saw VI Was the Perfect Early Obama Era Horror by Darren Mooney: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/saw-vi-was-the-perfect-early-obama-era-horror/
Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History
Saw VI Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_VI
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Jigsaw may have a new face, but the new man behind the mask is just as determined to bleed you dry. Find out what 5 strangers have in common and don’t get crushed when you find out who dies next in Saw V.
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Nerve Gas House reddit threads:
https://www.reddit.com/r/saw/comments/15ede1i/was_the_house_mallick_burnt_down_the_saw_ii_nerve/
https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/j8fbmx/the_one_great_thing_about_saw_v_that_no_one_ever/
Saw V IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132626/trivia/
Saw V Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_V
Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History
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We want to play a game…again. We’ve given you Sawtember…Jigsaw came early this year, and we’re kickin’ off Sawgust with 2007’s Saw IV.
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Saw IV IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0890870/trivia/ Saw IV Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_IV Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History Ten Years Ago: Saw IV by Stevi Costa: https://tenyearsago.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/ten-years-ago-saw-iv -
LET US IN NOWWW, AND IT CAN BE NIIIICE, LISTEN TO US COVER LONGLEGS (2024) NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIIIIIIKE.
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Longlegs IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23468450/
Longlegs Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longlegs
@roomforscream. “Spoilers: There are a lot of references in Longlegs so here is a breakdown of the lore to help better understand the film.” TikTok. 12 July 2024. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRETnun7/
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We’re throwing it as far back as we’ve ever thrown it to visit the Bates Motel and find out what Jamie Lee Flirty’s mom was up to in 1960 with Hitchcock’s seminal film, Psycho.
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Clover, Carol J. Men, Women, and Chainsaws. Princeton University Press: New Jersey, 1992. Print.
Klein Martins, David. “‘We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes. Haven’t You?’: Psycho and the Postmodern Rise of Gender Queerness.” Aspeers : Emerging Voices in American Studies, vol. 10, 2017, pp. 39–53, https://doi.org/10.54465/aspeers.10-05.
Psycho (1960) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
Psycho (1960) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)
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