Kino Royale

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Kino Royale is a podcast for those who like their cinema dark, hosted by the Film Lady — a Russian émigré of dubious royal lineage, residing in Australia. Expect horror, horror-adjacent, and the occasional genre detour, alongside book-to-screen explorations when a story demands it.

  1. 19 hr ago

    Ep 18: Carrie - Part 1 - Novel by Stephen King (1974 )

    This is part 1 of Carrie saga, ‘Blood Sport’, where we dissect the OG novel by SK. Expect scary spoilers, deep dives & terrifying tangents! In part 2 (out soon!), ‘Prom Night’, we follow Brian de Palma to the bloody school dance in his 1976 movie. In BONUS part 3 , ‘Wreckage’, we peek behind the curtain to look at earlier versions of Carrie in the Monsters in the Archives. So, stash some sanitary products from the bathroom vending machine, PLUG IT UP & enjoy this bloody ride! CW: like all of my eps, this is an explicit episode which is targeted at adults. It is labelled accordingly on your pod platforms with *E* symbol. However, if you’re listening on my website - take care of yourselves & your fam first! Please go through the triggers below before jumping in! TW: blood, menstruation, trauma, parental abuse towards their children, bullying, violence, school systems, sexual assault, religious mania. Cold Open: from Monsters in the Archives Music - CC BY- Music Archive: Tiga Maine - Tiga Maine - Uhamba Nami (ft. Bhlaklyn & Lady Kay) Grumplefunk - Questions Pufino - Vibing (Chill Lofi Royalty Free Music) Julia Felix - The Topography of Metaphysics & Actuality Ethos - Forever Ending Mr Smith - Harmonics and the Night Equipment: JBL Quantum Stream Studio | Quad pattern premium USB microphone for streaming, recording and gaming Audacity Lit: Finger & Rainy Season - Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) Night Shift (1978)   Survivor Type & The Jaunt - Skeleton Crew (1985) Good Neighbours (2021) & Trad Wife (2026) - Sarah Langan Yesteryear (2026) - Caro Claire Burke We Sold Our Souls (2018) & Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (2025) - Grady Hendrix Girl Dinner (2025) - Olivie Blake Danse Macabre (1981) , 'Salem's Lot (1975), The Shining (1977), Pet Sematary (1983), It (1986), The Institute (2019), Firestarter (1980), Doctor Sleep (2013) - SK The Dorians (2026) - Nick Cutter Sources: Bicks, Caroline. Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King. New York: Hogarth, 2026.  Birzer, Bradley J. "The Haunting of Hill House." The Imaginative Conservative, January 6, 2017 https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2017/01/shirley-jackson-haunting-of-hill-house-bradley-birzer.html "Book Review of Monsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks." BookPage, April 28, 2026 https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/monsters-in-the-archives-caroline-bicks-book-review/ "Carrie Is Shining: Internal Monologue in Stephen King's Carrie and The Shining." Cool Lima Bean, January 22, 2018. https://coollimabean.wordpress.com/2018/01/22/carrie-is-shining-internal-monologue-in-stephen-kings-carrie-and-the-shining/ Hong, Ze. "The Evolutionary-Cognitive Foundation and Cultural Persistence of Menstrual Taboos in Human Societies." Evolution and Human Behavior 47, no. 4 (2026): 106899 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2026.106899 King, Stephen. Carrie. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. Rumel, John E. "Back to the Future: The In Loco Parentis Doctrine and Its Impact on Whether K-12 Schools and Teachers Owe a Fiduciary Duty to Students." Indiana Law Review 46, no. 3 (2013): 711– https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law-reviews/ilr/pdf/vol46p711.pdf Sechrest, Jason. "Firestarter and Standing Up to 'The Man.'" Cemetery Dance Online, August 24, 2018 https://www.cemeterydance.com/extras/what-i-learned-stephen-king-firestarter/ "Stephen King's Early Carrie Draft Featured the Telekinetic Teenager Morphing into an Alien Being." Fangoria, April 24, 2026 https://www.fangoria.com/stephen-kings-original-carrie-draft-alien-being/ "UMaine English Professor Caroline Bicks Talks New Book: 'Monsters in the Archives.'" UMaine News, June 8, 2026 https://umaine.edu/news/2026/04/umaine-english-professor-caroline-bicks-talks-new-book-monsters-in-the-archives/ "What Was Found in Stephen King's Private Archive Changes How You'll Read His Books Forever." Yahoo Entertainment, April 21, 2026. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/found-stephen-kings-private-archive-171027031.html

    Ep 18: Carrie - Part 1 - Novel by Stephen King (1974 )

  2. 6 days ago

    Ep 17 - Winterween Special - My Top 10 Horror Movies

    While the Northern Hemisphere is camping it out at SummerWeen, we’re in the Land Down Under getting what chills we can during WinterWeen! Join Film Lady at her debut at production studio discussing her top 10 Horror Hits. Content Warning: Content-related mentions of ED & Suicide. SPOILERS: this ep spoils the plot of 10 horror movies mentioned by the author. Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com Extended Show Notes here KR online: https://kinoroyale.net/ Discover Film Lady: https://filmladyproductions.netlify.app/ Letterboxd Top 100 by FL List in full here Mentions: Emsolation pod by Em Rusciano Rode Caster Pro II - recording equipment One of the many disappointing reviews of Eli Roth’s Ice cream man: https://cityhub.com.au/ice-cream-man-review/ EA (owner of the Sims) buyout news: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjejyl34345o Not Malcom’s video on that topic: EA is actually, finally dead. Author of HP,  J.K. Rowling, continues to publicly support anti-trans legislation and further targets the asexual community. A Complete Breakdown of the J.K. Rowling Transgender-Comments Controversy | Glamour Movies mentioned: I Saw the TV Glow  Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma Seven  Hunger Games Battle Royale Escape Room Home Movies (Shudder) Blue Velvet Mulholland Dr Inland Empire Backrooms Novel: Bloody Brick Road (reimagining of Wizard of OZ) Post Soviet phenomena of ‘Who Killed Laura Palmer?’ View of “Kto ubil Loru Palmer?” | Apparatus. Film, Media and Digital Cultures of Central and Eastern Europe What Would You Do? - pod or something like that? SOZ forgot the name So the commode I'm referring to in relation to Oculus & Alice through the Looking Glass actually has 2 meanings: a kind of a mobility-friendly toilet (yes!) & French style antique dressing table. I think I meant the latter, haha :D My grandma's one looked kinda like this but in brown: Large Dressing Table Mirror Home Decor Folding 3 Sided Tri Fold Champagne Vanity | eBay Australia Warm Close: a piece about Winterween generated by Claude AI Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY:  Soularflair - Soundscape 36 (shrill, scary, ghostly, drone) Soularflair - Soundscape 35 (dark, scary, mechanized drone) Soularflair - Call Of The Void (soundtrack, dark, creepy, scary) Amarent - Caught in the Middle (Instrumental) - Remastered Jake Hunter - Scary Cinematic Background Piano Triple5 Here - Creepy Mindseye - Orion - Instrumental Mindseye - Spores - Instrumental Amarent - To the Moon (Instrumental) Acknowledgment of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

    Ep 17 - Winterween Special - My Top 10 Horror Movies

  3. 1 Aug

    Ep 16: Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

    To kick off the Bloody Month of August Film Lady travels to Camp Miasma to potentially get together with Gillian Anderson. Little does she know she has to compete not only with Hannah Einbinder, but Little Death too! The new movie Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026) by Jane Schoenbrun gets the blood pumping like nothing else does! 9/10 Little Deaths. Content Warning: Blood, Teenage Sex, Death, Camping and Campiness. SPOILERS: this is an extremely spoilerific episode discussing characters & plot, listen at your own risk. Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com Listen to all the eps here: https://kinoroyale.net/ This episode: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/miasma The Cinefile Blog: https://cinefileblog.com/ Discover Film Lady: https://filmladyproductions.netlify.app/ Mentions & links: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - Gillian Anderson & Hannah Einbinder Jane Schoenbrun, Gillian Anderson & Hannah Einbinder Talk Queer Horror at Cannes Jane Schoenbrun on Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Jane Schoenbrun pronounced as Jane SHOHN-bruhn , as in this video: Jane Schoenbrun’s Closet Picks Francis Rogerson, May 20, 2026. Independent Magazine, Cannes Review. Don’t Watch Yourself, Watch the Movie: ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ - Independent Magazine ‎‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ review by Joshua Minsoo Kim • Letterboxd Rejectacon Aus (@rejectaconaus26) • Instagram photos and videos Cold Open, Intermissions & Warm Close: Edgar Allan Poe, "A Dream Within a Dream" from The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, ed. R. W. Griswold. New York: J. S. Redfield, 1850. Public Domain. A Dream Within a Dream | The Poetry Foundation Recs: I Saw the TV Glow (2024) - IMDb We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021) - IMDb Twin Peaks (TV Series 1990–1991) - IMDb The Shining (1980) - IMDb The X Files (1993-2018)  Sleepaway Camp (1983)  Friday the 13th (1980) - IMDb The Last House on the Left (1972)  A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - IMDb American Horror Story/1984 Yellowjackets (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us by Anna Bogutskaya | Goodreads Leviticus & Saccharine movies - check respective eps on KR pod Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY:  Mr Smith - In the Mist YuraSoop - Nature Ambient YuraSoop - Beautiful Ambient Universfield - Mysterious Dark Background tabi fields - WEATHER REPORT 1 Mystery Mammal - A Brief Intermission To Rest the Robots (Instrumental) Universfield - Dark Mystery Atmosphere GrW - Alaska 1 Tea K Pea - light Kirk Osamayo - (Ambient) Fleur Acknowledgment of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

    Ep 16: Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

  4. 28 Jul

    Ep 15: The Substance (2024)

    Bonjouur! Prepare to get your best self out & dress it up in 80s workout gear, and follow me into episode 15 - the last episode of July, the Birth month, for which The Substance (2024) could not have been more perfect! 9/10 MonstroElisabethSues. Content Warning: Body Dysmorphia, Misogynistic Themes, Blood, Body Horror, French Extremity SPOILERS: this is an extremely spoilerific episode discussing characters & plot, listen at your own risk. Question to Listeners: Whadya reckon The Substance smells like? Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com Extended Show Notes: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/substance Discover Film Lady: https://filmladyproductions.netlify.app/ Correction by FL - from memory: Film Lady did not draw agent Scully’s face on her fake FBI card in primary school, she actually cut her photo out from a magazine. Soo professhh.  Mentions: koh-rah-lee far-ZHAH pls guys, listen to the auteur’s Cannes press conference how it's pronounced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftOcGyJtNXU Fast Forward (1989–1992) - YT: https://youtu.be/GoBpSvm75rk?si=PBn_savhx8SdUr-M Big Girls Blouse (1994–1995) - YT: https://youtu.be/TdqmwMo0I8U?si=zRvj7aBHSuwBe6l6 Political Muppet Shows: Le Bébête Show (France,1982), Les Guignols de l'info (France, 1988), Spitting Image (UK, 1984), Rubbery Figures (Australia, 1984-1990), Puppets (Russia, 1994-1998) A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987-1995): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101049 The Eric Andre Show (2012 - present): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2244495 Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995–1998) with David Cross & Bob Odenkirk: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112084 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35298123/ Destination Calabria YT music video: https://youtu.be/Kq4OtRsdXls?si=QMNU0pMmE3NT8IR7 The Big Steal (1990) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099138/ Revenge (2017) by Coralie Fargeat: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6738136/ Saccharine (2026) by Natalie Erika James: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35050712 The Sims ‘Hollywood’ world, Del Sol Valley: https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Del_Sol_Valley In my skin (2002): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337961 Martyrs (2008): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029234 Trouble Every Day (2001): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204700 The Blob (1988): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094761 Inside (2007): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856288 Swallow - a novel by Alexandria Burnham: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244559671-swallowThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid⁠ Cronenburgia:  Crimes of the Future (2022): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14549466/ The Fly (1986): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064 Crash (1996): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115964 The Shrouds (2024): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20212786 Cold Open, Intermissions & Warm Close: Belle by Notre Dame de Paris  Performed by Garou, Patrick Fiori & Daniel Lavoie Producers Jannick Top, Serge Perathoner  Notre Dame de Paris (Version Intégrale), 1998 https://genius.com/Garou-belle-lyrics Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY:  AurosonMusic - Energetic Pop Background Geoff Harvey - Purple Planet Music - French Life Geoff Harvey - Purple Planet Music - French Romance Geoff Harvey - Purple Planet Music - Paris Accordian Geoff Harvey - Purple Planet Music - Parisian Waltz Geoff Harvey - Purple Planet Music - Promenade JMHBM - French Toast Mr Smith - French Girls & Cigarettes Music for Creators - Energetic Stock Music Upbeat & Energetic Funky Groove Upbeat Energetic Sport Kit Soularflair - ONE PERSPECTIVE SCREAMING INTO THE VOID (dark ambient, unsettling) Kirk Osamayo - Unsettling Ambience ------ Acknowledgment of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

    Ep 15: The Substance (2024)

  5. 16 Jul

    Ep 14: Heated Rivalry - part 2 - TV Show (2025)

    This bitch is a cunning linguist, she loves languages! - Film Lady describing herself, probably. Listen to an ex-Russian straight chick ramble about the hyped-up gay sports romance adaptation - ‘Heated Rivalry (2025)’. 9/10 Banana Socks. Content Warning: Sexual Language (Explicit), Mentions of Suicide. Mentions: HR novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heated_Rivalry_(novel) Cheburashka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheburashka Doxa vid on HR: https://youtu.be/L9ruQnm8kYM?si=8-PpfCbyGhhqlric SPOILERS: this is an extremely spoilerific episode discussing characters & plot, listen at your own risk. Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com Extended Show Notes: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/heated-rivalry-show Discover Film Lady: https://filmladyproductions.netlify.app/ My top 100 movies list: https://letterboxd.com/filmladyroyal/list/my-fave-horror-movies-of-all-times/ Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY:  GrW - Alaska 1 LaFaena - Sexy Meydän - Away Tea K Pea - light Cold Open - song ‘Мальчик-Гей (Gay Boy)’ by t.A.T.u.  Producer: Ivan Shapovalov 200 po vstrechnoy  https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-tatu-gay-boy-english-translation-lyrics https://genius.com/Tatu-gay-boy-lyrics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.A.T.u. Warm Close: song by Mylène Farmer Fuck Them All Producer: Laurent Boutonnat Avant que l’ombre… https://genius.com/Mylene-farmer-fuck-them-all-lyrics Acknowledgment of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

    Ep 14: Heated Rivalry - part 2 - TV Show (2025)

  6. 14 Jul

    Ep 13: Heated Rivalry: part 1 - Novel (2019)

    A straight Russian chic discusses Russian-Canadian gay sports romance! Join FL in a hot game of hockey. Content Warning: Sexual Language, Mentions of Suicide. Mentions: HR novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heated_Rivalry_(novel) Cheburashka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheburashka Doxa vid on HR: https://youtu.be/L9ruQnm8kYM?si=8-PpfCbyGhhqlric PH blockade: https://www.thedailyaus.com.au/crime/aussies-content-on-pornhub-09-03-2026 Dark Romance: Penelope Douglas: Birthday Girl Credence Corrupt (DNFd) Five Brothers (TBR) Navessa Allen: Lights Out Caught Up SPOILERS: this is an extremely spoilerific episode discussing characters & plot, listen at your own risk. Hot Open: passage from HR Warm & Fuzzy Nostalgic Close: Chorus & 1st Verse of Wham’s Last Christmas: https://genius.com/Wham-last-christmas-lyrics Sources: Wikipedia: LGBTQ rights in Russia LSE European Politics Blog: A history of LGBTQ rights in modern Russia The Conversation: 30 years of LGBTQ+ history in Russia CRIN: Russia's "gay propaganda" law Council for Global Equality: The Facts on LGBT Rights in Russia Equaldex: LGBT Rights in Russia Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi (2018, Bloomsbury Academic)  Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com Extended Show Notes: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/heated-rivalry-novel Discover Film Lady: https://filmladyproductions.netlify.app/ Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY:  Doctor Turtle - The Talons Of Adventure, The Antlers Of Romance GrW - Alaska 1 Kirk Osamayo - (Ambient) Fleur LaFaena - Sexy Meydän - Away PC-ONE - Love Steve Combs - Love Tea K Pea - light YuraSoop - Beautiful Ambient YuraSoop - Nature Ambient Geoff Harvey - Purple Planet Music - Romance of the Isles Magenta Six - Christmas 1 Acknowledgment of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

    Ep 13: Heated Rivalry: part 1 - Novel (2019)

  7. 7 Jul

    Ep 12 - Saccharine (2026)

    Satisfy Film Lady’s sugar cravings in exploring the Sick, Sad World of Eating Disorders in Saccharine episode! 9/10 Smokey Cadavers. CONTENT WARNING: prolonged & detailed discussions of Eating Disorders (ED), Anorexia in particular. Please take care of yourself first! SPOILERS: this is an extremely spoilerific episode, listen at your own risk. We're diving deep into the plot here! Episode extended show notes on KR website: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/saccharine Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com Discover Film Lady: https://filmladyproductions.netlify.app/ Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY:  Universfield - Creepy Horror Background Universfield - Creepy Tension Background Universfield - Dark Mystery Atmosphere Universfield - Mystery Horror Universfield - Mystery Dark Background Universfield - Paranormal Horror Background Universfield - Spirit Horror Mark Lingard - Insect Mind Triple5 Here - Creepy PCxTC - Treehouse Of Horror Rolemusic - ZX Spectrum Ringtone Links: Dendy cinema Newtown (AU): https://newtown.dendy.com.au/ Hungry Ghost Concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost Cold Open - Sound of Silence lyrics, 1st verse: https://genius.com/Simon-and-garfunkel-the-sound-of-silence-lyrics 100 years of Winnie: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9dzj1xj3o RECS: TV shows: DTF Saint Luis (FL calls it The Tiger Tiger Show): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34385331/ Russian Winnie Pooh: https://youtu.be/Wlk7O2-rnQs?si=Uzp9HKSMZylupqpb Movies: Crimes of The Future (2022) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14549466 The Substance (2024) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714 Requiem for a Dream (2000)- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093 To The Bone - movie about ED & Anorexia - (2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5541240 Basic Instinct (1992) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103772/ Pods: Maintenance Phase by Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes - eps on ‘The Food Pyramid’, ‘Ozempic’, ‘The F Factor’ & many more! What Would You Do? by Cinema IRL - ep 282 on Saccharine That Was Pretty Scary by Morbid Network - ep on Saccharine w/Natalie Erika James Sounds like a Cult by Studio 71 - all eps are ace Books: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Dr. Gabor Maté  https://drgabormate.com/book/in-the-realm-of-hungry-ghosts/ Question to listeners: Who is living under your closet under the stairs (or its equivalent)?  Remember that FL has put her Depression Broody Babadook (DBB) & her ED Bitch (EDB) there, with Harry Potter (HP) to keep ‘em company. HP is a decent person (and I don’t want to bring HP’s author in this mix - if you know, you know) - so Harry keeps DBB & EDB magically sedated & somewhat entertained in there. I come & feed them all regularly (leftover roaches for DBB & skinny milkshakes for EDB, HP can conjure food via magic - what’s the spell again?). Last I checked, the trio was deep into the game of Magic Marbles. It seems that Harry is winning (go, mate!). All is well. Let me know about the inhabitants of your deranged closets (or attics, cellars, under-the-beds or any other spaces to keep your monsters in check)! Acknowledgment of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

    Ep 12 - Saccharine (2026)

  8. 29 Jun

    Episode 11 - The Babadook (2014)

    Come and pet my Broody Babadook in the closet under the stairs. He’s a huge drama queen! 9/10 Broody Byronic Babadooks. Content Warning: animal cruelty, mental illness, grief, PTSD, potential child abuse/neglect, monsters in the closet! Links: Episode extended show notes on KR website: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/babadook Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com Discover Film Lady: https://filmladyproductions.netlify.app/ Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY:  Universfield - Creepy Horror Background Universfield - Creepy Tension Background Universfield - Dark Mystery Atmosphere Universfield - Mystery Horror Universfield - Paranormal Horror Background Universfield - Spirit Horror Mark Kingard - Insect Mind Triple5 Here - Creepy Cultural:  Spider - OZ drink - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_float Russians in Turkey: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Russians-like-to-visit-Turkey-so-much Doxa on YT on new Russian textbooks for schoolkids on how to build a ‘proper’ family: https://youtu.be/6HHkqfoniLk?si=N6ww08Hzqu1odqcT Make Russia Medieval Again: https://theconversation.com/make-russia-medieval-again-how-putin-is-seeking-to-remold-society-with-a-little-help-from-ivan-the-terrible-253812 Water pollution in Russia: https://factsanddetails.com/russia/Nature_Science_Animals/sub9_8c/entry-5064.html The State of the Black Sea Ecosystem: https://europeangreens.eu/resolutions/blacksea-ecosystem-danger/ Sources: Cold Open - excerpt from IMDB quotes from the movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/quotes/?item=qt6339100 Warm Close - excerpt from ‘Boogeyman’, short story from Stephen King’s ‘Night Shift’, 1978, Anchor Books Edition, 2012 copy. Movie IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/ Recs: Books: Brothers Grimm - "Cinderella", "The Frog Prince", "Hansel and Gretel", "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Snow White".  Hans Christian Andersen - "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", "Thumbelina."   Pods: House of CinemaBTW I found Mike Flanagan's pod - it's Directors Commentary w/MFTv shows: Lisey’s Story (2021), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3319460 Movies: Sinister (2012), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922777 Talk to me (2022), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638522 Bring Her Back (2023), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32246771 Boogeyman (2023), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3427252 Leviticus (2026), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39143902/ Acknowledgment of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

    Episode 11 - The Babadook (2014)
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Kino Royale is a podcast for those who like their cinema dark, hosted by the Film Lady — a Russian émigré of dubious royal lineage, residing in Australia. Expect horror, horror-adjacent, and the occasional genre detour, alongside book-to-screen explorations when a story demands it.

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  • Creator
    Film Lady
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Film Lady
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