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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.
***CONTENT WARNING: mention of sexual assault
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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.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of gender dysphoria, transphobia, repression, abuse, suicide
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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.
***CONTENT WARNING: implied sexual violence
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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.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of self-harm, misogyny, hanging
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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.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of addiction, domestic violence, self-harm
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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.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual violence, rape, domestic abuse, suicide
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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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Ever wake up from a nap and feel like you entered a different time period? Grab some clippers to fix your wacky haircut and brush up on your driving lessons before sitting down to hear about what happened while you were sleeping in 2002’s 28 Days Later.
***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, drug use, suicide, 9/11
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28 Days Later Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Days_Later
28 Days Later IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/?ref_=ttpl_ov
Gellner, Sydney. “How '28 Days Later' Became an Accidental 9/11 Film.” https://collider.com/28-days-later-accidental-911-film/
Kelly, Alan. “How '28 Days Later' Forever Changed Zombie Movies.” https://collider.com/28-days-later-zombie-movie/
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Our favorite 4th of July slasher is back to have you hooked as we spin in more circles and find trouble in Paradise in 1998’s I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130018/trivia/
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Still_Know_What_You_Did_Last_Su
ISTWYDLS Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/1bsj6mc/i_still_know_what_you_did_last_summer_why_didnt/
JHL on IKWYDLS Legacy Sequel: https://www.cbr.com/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-sequel-jennifer-love-hewitt/
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The sun is setting on Take 2 June, so we’re descending back to hell (or…up in a spaceship?) to revisit the kinky, gooey, and reality-bending box in 2022’s Hellraiser.
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Hellraiser (2022) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser_(2022_film) Hellraiser (2022) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887261/?ref_=tttrv_ov Smith, Nadine. “Beyond Pain and Pleasure, the New Hellraiser Challenges All Human Binaries.” https://www.them.us/story/hellraiser-2022-review-jamie-clayton-pinhead Shatto, Rachel. “Hellraiser Is Modern, Unabashedly Queer, And It Gets Its Hooks In You.”https://www.pride.com/gay-movies/hellraiser-is-modern-unabashedly-queer-and-it-gets-its-hooks-in-you#:~:text=The%20original%20film%20came%20out,who%20himself%20is%20LGBTQ%2B%20identified. -
We’re taking Take 2 June lakeside to the hellscape that was 2009…or Camp Crystal Lake to revisit our infamous summertime slasher, Friday the 13th.
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Friday the 13th (2009) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(2009_film) Friday the 13th (2009) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758746/ White, Michael. “10 Years Without Jason, Can We Now Admit ‘Friday the 13th’ 2009 Was Damn Good?” Bloody-Disgusting.com. https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3540680/revisionist-history-looking-back-positively-ten-years-since-friday-13th/ -
Mirror mirror on the wall, which version of Candyman will be my downfall? Our 2nd installment of Take 2 June is taking us to the other side of the medicine cabinet as we revisit Cabrini Green in 2021’s Candyman.
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Candyman 2021 IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9347730/trivia/
Candyman 2021 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candyman_(2021_film)
How “Candyman” Fails Black Women and Femmes by Jessica Lanay : https://electricliterature.com/how-candyman-fails-black-women-and-femmes/
Nia DaCosta Breaks Down the Silhouette Stories from 'Candyman' by Alyssa Miller: https://nofilmschool.com/dacosta-breaks-down-candyman-shadow-puppetry
They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror: A Murder in the Projects by Steve Bogira: https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/
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For Shay’s birthday episode, we’re taking a trip back down Elm Street to swoon over Kyle Gallner and meet Freddy’s new face in 2010’s A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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ANOES 2010 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179056/trivia/
ANOES 2010 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_(2010_film)
Christensen, Kyle. “‘Look What You Did to Me!’: (Anti)Feminism and Extratextuality in the Remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).” Journal of Film and Video, vol. 68, no. 2, 2016, pp. 29–45. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.5406/jfilmvideo.68.2.0029. Accessed 12 Apr. 2024
Pied Piper wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin
Robert Englund: an Exclusive Interview by Aaron Williams: https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/725682-robert-englund-an-exclusive-interview
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We’re covering two movies with “man” in the title, but DON’T BE FRIGHTENED - there’s lots of ladies committing trickery in the folk horror flick, The Wicker Man (1973 & 2006).
***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, spoilers for Midsommar
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Campbell, Dr. Danny. “Weekly Sermons: The Unholy Trinity.” The Tabernacle Family. The Tabernacle, 2022. https://www.thetabernaclefamily.org/tabernacle-sermons/weekly-sermons/sermon/650-the-unholy-trinity. Accessed December 2022. Web.
Chambers, Jamie. "Troubling Folk Horror: Exoticism, Metonymy, and Solipsism in the "Unholy Trinity" and Beyond." JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 61 no. 2, 2022, p. 9-34. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/cj.2022.0014. Accessed December 2022.
“Constructing The Wicker Man: Film and Cultural Studies Perspectives.”Offscreen.com. https://offscreen.com/view/wicker_man#:~:text=Ashurst's%20essay%20demonstrates%20how%20The,the%20usual%20male%2Ddriven%20narrative.
Poole, W. Scott. “Monstrous Beginnings.” Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsessions with the Hideous and the Haunting. 2nd edition. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2018. Print.
The Wicker Man (1973) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man
The Wicker Man (1973) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/
The Wicker Man (2006) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man_(2006_film)
The Wicker Man (2006) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450345/
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This is not a test.
This is your emergency broadcast system announcing the commencement of The Whorrors!’s coverage of The Purge (2013). Commencing at the siren, any and all crime, including murder, will be legal for 12 continuous hours. Listen in to hear about this hellish nation reborn.
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McClendon, Blair. “The ‘Purge’ Films Reveal the Ugly Truth About America.” NYTimes.com. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/magazine/the-purge-movies.html The Purge Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purge_(2013_film) The Purge IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2184339/?ref_=ttpl_ov -
It’s Elyse’s birthday! As a treat for our historical context giving, period piece adoring, and literary loving host, we present you something campy that has it all: 2016’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
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Baiesi, Serena. “Remediating Jane Austen through the Gothic: ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.’” 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/1889/5045. Accessed 29 March 2024. Web.
Miquel-Baldellou, Marta. “‘As Soon As Ever She Died, the Hauntings Began’: Revisiting the Victorian Fallen Woman as a Gothic Archetype in Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black." Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media [Online], 0.5 (2021): 164-183. Web. 27 Apr. 2023
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_(film)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1374989/
Tongco, Tricia. “What 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' Tells Us About Women And Marriage” Huffpost.com. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-marriage_n_56bbfa21e4b0b40245c55ec9. Web.
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This is no dream, this is really happening…we’re finally covering Rosemary’s Baby.
***CONTENT WARNING: r*pe, discussions of childhood sexual abuse, abortion
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Carstensen, Thorsten. “Is It Really Happening? The Postmodern Horror of Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby.” American Studies in Scandinavia, vol. 55, no. 2, 2023, https://doi.org/10.22439/asca.v55i2.7039.
Jacobs, Laura. “The Devil Inside: Watching Rosemary’s Baby in the Age of #MeToo.” VanityFair.com. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/watching-rosemarys-baby-in-the-age-of-metoo
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(film)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/
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