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In which hosts Red & Puffer take a break from the rigors of the Lottery to celebrate Samhain by watching all of 9 of the Halloween movies. (We did not watch the Rob Zombie reboot.) Pitting each against the next at random, the final of which will be the ultimate Halloween movie that represents the franchise in the Lottery. Honestly, this is just more off the cuff then usual but we had some fun with this.
Halloween Theme arranged and performed by Occidental Dirt Farmers.

In which your hosts spend some time with creepy kids, in the homicidal coming of age period piece ALICE SWEET ALICE (1972) and the supernatural creepiness of SINISTER (2012). Red and Puffer dig deep into the burdens of the structures that bind us, family, religion, and things kept hidden. Two terrific, scary movies and a good discussion.
Episode music and theme by Ulrike Mod. Sound design by Dread Lottery.

In which your hosts explore a couple of neighborhoods to chase down that which is hidden: lower Manhattan in the mid-80s in C.H.U.D (1984), and a Toronto apartment complex after dark in IMPOSSIBLE HORROR (2017). Red & Puffer join in a search for  mysterious screams and subterranean monsters, and hunt for meaning in the dark.
Episode music by Emily Milling from the Impossible Horror soundtrack (available at https://emilymilling.bandcamp.com/album/impossible-horror-ost).
Sound design by Dread Lottery.

In which your hosts unpack two horror movies about young women in bad situations facing no good options, GINGER SNAPS 2: UNLEASHED (2004) and THE WITCH (2015). Red & Puffer try to see what a couple of teenage girls, one fated to become a werewolf and the other a witch, have in common. These are both terrific movies so this was a fun discussion.
Show music and theme by Ulrike Mod. Sound design by Dread Lottery.

In which your hosts Red & Puffer remember the 80s from two very different perspectives, Q - THE WINGED SERPENT (1982) & RE-ANIMATOR (1985). Two visionary directors, two tales of sacrificing and resurrecting the dead, multiple decapitations, but remarkably dissimilar movies. These movies are each a blast in their own unique ways and we had a lot of fun taking them apart.
Episode music Ulrike Mod "les échos dans le puits" from the new album Les Maison Sombre.

In which Red & Puffer dust off a recording from a few months prior, that concerns, weirdly enough, two movies about being confined to the house, A DARK SONG (2016) & HOUSEBOUND (2014). Life got in the way of releasing it until now but, wow, how fitting. Anyway, they're both terrific movies and it was a fun conversation.
Episode music from the new Ulrike Mod record Les Maison Sombre.