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Happy Easter! Jesus may have died for our sins, but did he do it wearing a Juicy Couture tracksuit? I don’t THINK SO.

For Episode 24 I’m joined by CASS CLARKE, editor at /Film, film critic, co-host of the Horror Hangover podcast and author of the upcoming novella THE CARETAKER which is due from our friends over at Hear Us Scream Press.

Join Cass and I as we discuss succubal angst, righteous redemption, the horror of bad marketing and ask ourselves: fellas, is it gay to be totally and utterly obsessed with your BFF? That’s right, we’re off the Devil’s Kettle to explore and embrace the feminine rage of Karyn Kusama’s JENNIFER’S BODY.

Follow Cass on Twitter: @cass__clarkeHorror Hangover: @HorrorHangover_
Check out their website:

www.cassandraashclarke.com

Rowan Ellis - Why Jennifer's Body Flopped, Explained (hint: it's sexism)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqAqu2mqZps



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Get in loser, we’re getting depressed as hell! For Episode 23 I’m joined by writer CHRISTINA BRENNAN, who is currently in the editing process for her Devil’s Advocate book on the film we’re discussing today. Kubrick called this film the most terrifying he had ever seen, yet there’s some debate as to whether it’s a horror - or just horrifying.

Join Dr Christina and I as we discuss determinism, disappearing and the Gothic nature of a fate worse than death, in George Sluizer’s 1988 thriller THE VANISHING.

Follow Christina on Twitter: @bigloudscreams
Check out her website: www.drchristinabrennan.com

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💘 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! 💘

We all know this day is a scam made up by card companies and capitalist overlords, but it’s also a day to celebrate love, lust and our most lavicious of horror crushes. I asked members of the horror and film community to call in to my Valentine’s Day hotline and confess their crushes: with the caveat that I wanted them creepy, weird and very problematic. And what kind of host would I be if I didn't include a few of my own very questionable fancies?

IMMEASURABLE THANKS TO THE CALLERS BOTH ANONYMOUS AND NAMED, YOU BEAUTIFUL HORNY FREAKS MAKE MY LIFE WORTH LIVING:

Kinell @Colak
Zoe Rose Smith @ZoboWithAShotgun
Mike Leitch @autistichorror
Rebecca McCallum @PendlePumpkin
Kat Hughes @gizmoshikari
Mal Jutley @maljutley
Cass Clarke @cass__clark
Liz Bishop @athomewithhorror
Austin Torres @wouldyoudieshow
Rebecca Sayce @blsaycewrites
Andy Connor @WhereIsKnowhere
Grace Britten @film_overload_
Iona Smith @Fall_Out_Iona
Andrew Jara @jarafilms
Clare Wright @sundayyscaries
LT @queerdem0n
Vannah Taylor @thehorrorhellion
Vincent Gaine @DrGaine
MX Bel Morrigan @MxBelMorrigan
Jenna Jarvis @JJnaedrums
Jessie Martinez @softxdeath
Ryan Scott @RyanScottWrites
Bry @peppermint_te3
John Patterson @AstroSlop
Dame Sash @cinematic_villainy
J.M. Brandt @mrjmbrandt
Tori Potenza @theneonbanshee
Andy CT @AndyCTWrites
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana @what_scream
Alice Boyd-Leslie @aboydleslie
Alice Taylor-Matthews @AliceTaylorM
Caitlyn Downs @ScaredSheepless
Chandler Bullock @_Shockaholic
Blayne Waterloo @somehaginblack
Niels Hárpøth @NielsHarpoth
Joe Higgins @Head_Haunter_
Christina Brennan @cmbrennan_
Brett Petersel @Brett

Episode 22 takes us to small-town surburbia where I'm joined by DEVAUGHN TAYLOR, co-host of the Specter Cinema Club, filmmaker and disco daddy. DeVaughn’s FFO of provocative, luscious and sticky is maybe my favourite to date (I know, I know, I say it all the time), and led us to the perfect culmination of teenage angst and bloodlust in a 2010’s cult classic.

So say your prayers, sharpen your scalpels and get ready to dissect the monstrous feminine, the philosophy of psychopathy and the life-changing power of embracing your bodily functions, in Richard Bates Jr.'s EXCISION.

Follow DeVaughn on:
Twitter: @_daddydisco
IG: @_DaddyDisco

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Subscribe to Specter Cinema Club podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/specter-cinema-club/id1516917857

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When discussing the 'the scariest found-footage movie of all time', I knew I needed an expert in the genre. So there was nobody better to ask than the KING of found footage horror art and illustration, Trevor Henderson. Trevor has long been inducing nightmares in the best of us, with his iconic works such as Siren Head and Mr Bag taking on lives and lore of their own in the viral world of creepypasta.

Trevor has a hugely exciting year coming up; already he's had one of his ghastly creations (compliment) feature in SCARE PACKAGE 2, an upcoming middle grade book with Scholastic, a new series of his podcast Mayfair Watchers Society and a very secret announcement upcoming regarding concept art for a feature film...

Get comfy, pop in that cursed video tape, and listen as Trevor and I discuss cosmic horror, demonic metaphors and ectoplasmic worms in Koji Shiraishi's J-horror masterpiece NOROI: THE CURSE

Follow Trevor on
Twitter: @slimyswampghost
IG: @TrevorHenderson
Website: https://trevorhenderson.format.com
Subscribe to Mayfair Watchers Society podcast here

HyperRealFilm club essay: https://hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/noroi-occult-koji-shiraishi-movie-review

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2022 aka twelve months of HITS AND BANGERS. What a year, eh? This was a hard episode to record I'll tell you that, but I finally did it. A huge bunch of honorable mentions, and the ten films I classed as my ultimate favourites of the year. Let me know what how our choices align; Would you have drank from Mother's hairy milk bottle? Or scrumped an apple from Geoffrey's orchard? Do you think Casey really got pizza with JLB? And what exactly did Howard do when he came home from the war and faced Pearl's mess?

TIMESTAMPS for the spoiler averse;

Honorable Mentions
WATCHER - Chloe Okuno 6:00
BODIES BODIES BODIES - Halina Reijn 7:00
THE HARBINGER - Andy Mitton 7:55
MEGALOMANIAC - Karim Ouelhaj 8:50
TERRIFER 2 - Damien Leone 9:45
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE - David Cronenberg 11:10
A WOUNDED FAWN - Travis Stevens 12:25
THE LEECH - Eric Pennycoff 13:00
HUESERA - Michelle Garza Cervera 14:00
HELLBENDER - The Adams Family 15:25
OZZY'S DUNGEON - Flying Lotus 16:15
THE FIFTH THORACIC VERTEBRA - Park Sye-yong 17:20

Top Ten
WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR - Jane Schoenbrun 18:30
MEN - Alex Garland 23:55
INCANTATION - Kevin Ko 27:00
THE SADNESS - Rob Jabbaz 31:00
BARBARIAN - Zach Cregger 34:50
NOPE - Jordan Peele 39:00
SPEAK NO EVIL - Christian Tafdrup 43:05
X/PEARL - Ti West 46:30
YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER - Kate Dolan 50:40
RESURRECTION - Andrew Semans 53:50

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