Ghouls, Girls, and Gays

WARNING! THIS FILM CONTAINS CONTENT INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT, VICTIM BLAMING, AND MAN ON WOMAN VIOLENCE!! In this episode I discuss some updates on my release format, but we are mainly going to discuss 2019’s Black Christmas, directed by Sophia Takal, starring Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, and Cary Elwes. It’s Christmas time at Hawthorne University, and Imogen and her sorority are all spending the holidays in their sorority house, but they soon discover there’s trouble. A girl from another sorority goes missing, and the girls are receiving suspicious text messages from an anonymous account, things don’t seem right. As Riley and her sisters fight to survive, they begin to uncover a hidden conspiracy within their school that may be much more sinister than anyone could have expected. Who is behind the attacks? What is the motive? If Claudette doesn’t have a mom anymore, can I have her?

Merry Belated Christmas from me and my sinus infection! This week we talk the 2006 remake of 1974's Black Christmas, directed by Glen Morgan and starring Katie Cassidy, Lacey Chabert, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michelle Trachtenberg, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Oliver Hudson, and Andrea Martin. On Christmas Eve, a sorority celebrates the holiday with a Secret Santa where the bitchy yet iconic sisters discuss holiday plans and enjoy each other's company, however, things begin to appear off as multiple girls disappear, and the girls begin receiving ominous and threatening phone calls throughout the night. When one of the girls' boyfriend shows up along with one of their sisters, no one can be trusted, and with the house's demented history following serial killer Billy, there's no telling who could be after them? Has Billy come home? Will the girls survive the holiday? Did Lauren drink ANY water?

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Let's take a look at this festive horror gem of 1974, Bob Clark's Black Christmas. This film stars Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Andrea Martin, and Kier Dullea. It's Christmastime, and the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority is celebrating with a party. The vibe of the evening is killed shortly after a horrific phone call from a repeat offender they named "the moaner." After one of their sorority sisters, Clair,  goes missing, the girls join together with the help of Clair's father in order to find her, but there's still a killer on the loose, and he stalks and takes the house out one by one. Along with these terrors, Jess finds herself to be pregnant, and her very much controlling and loose cannon boyfriend seems to have thoughts of how she should handle that situation, and he'll stop at nothing to have his way. Will the girls make it out alive? Will Clair be found? Did something happen in the park today? 

WELCOME BACK! In our first remake, we discuss Rob Zombie's interpretation of Michael and Laurie's story. This adaption stars Malcom McDowell, Scout Taylor Compton, Danielle Harris, Brad Dourif, and Tyler Mane.  Young Michael Myers is being raised in a very toxic household which tends to often be violent, he also seems to have a fun little fascination (NOT FUN) with killing small animals. On Halloween night, Michael snaps and kills off his alcoholic and abusive stepfather, and his sister and her boyfriend. Fifteen years later, Michael escapes captivity and returns to his hometown of Haddonfield to go on a rampage, and to find his baby sister. Laurie and her friends and family are caught in a web of violence and madness as Michael targets them mostly. Who will survive? Will Laurie make it out alive on Halloween night? Will Sherri Moon Zombie be making an appearance? (of course she is)

Hello Angels! Let's step away from the scares and discuss one of the most entertaining and fun rides which bent the typical spy film formula into something fun, colorful, and often times, nonsensical. We're talking McG's rendition of Charlie's Angels (2000), starring Cameron Diaz, Lucy Lui, Drew Barrymore, Bill Murray, Tim Curry, Sam Rockwell, Tom Green, Luke WIlson, Matt Leblanc and a surprise appearance by Melissa McCarthy apparently. This film follows super spies Dylan (Drew), Natalie (Cameron), and Alex (Lucy) in a reimagination of the popular 70's television series of the same name. These girls work well together, and they have a very dynamic and strong friendship which helps them even more. The girls work with their unknown boss, Charlie, along with their handler Bosley (Bill) as they attempt to rescue tech genius Eric Knox (Sam) and recover his technology, stolen by a tech entrepreneur by the name of Roger Corwin (Tim). With twists and turns throughout, this case is not as is may seem. Will they succeed in rescuing Knox? Will they recover his tech? Is this the most star studded cast ever known?   

Yes she's delayed af, but she's HEREEE!  It's 1978's Halloween, the iconic John Carpenter film starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis Laurie (Jamie) is a teenaged girl living in Haddonfield, Illinois, who is a good student and a babysitter on the side. Halloween night, she babysits a young child along with one of her friends, but things go awry when a killer from a Halloween fifteen years prior, Michael Myers, breaks out of captivity and begins to wreak havoc on the town he came from. Will Laurie survive the night? How many bodies will Michael add to his count? Will Laurie be getting paid for the night?

WARNING! This film is very heavy so prepare yourself please, we discuss child abuse, abduction and abuse, along with religion associated trauma.  This week we’re going to take a look at Pascal Laugier’s 2008 film Martyrs, starring Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, and Catherine Bégin.  Lucie (Mylène) is troubled by her past, which brings her to an explosive confrontation with it. She enlists the help of her childhood friend, Anna (Morjana), who is skeptical of her methods and if she went to the right place for revenge. While dealing with the result of her actions, Lucie also faces a horrific creature which has haunted her since she was a child. As things progress, Anna begins to find more out about her friend’s past, and what she uncovers will make things clearer than she may like. Who is behind Lucie’s suffering? Can she work passed her trauma? Why did they remake this??

This week, we take a look at this gorgeous yet terrifying coming-of-age film following a young girl who is being...followed. Let's talk 2014's It Follows, directed by David Robert Mitchell, starring Maika Monroe and Kier Gilchrist,  Jay (Maika) is a normal girl living in a Michigan suburb (like me!), but her whole life is flipped upside down when she is passed a curse which causes a force that nobody but her can see. This curse causes her to be followed by an unknown entity which will stop at nothing to kill her. Jay must not only be smart, but quick to get away from this thing, and the only way she can rid of it is to pass it on. With the help of her friends, Jay tries to put an end to the entity that is following her, all the while trying to avoid it catching up to her. Will Jay escape it? Will the entity eventually catch up to her? Will she pass it on? Will Paul finally get the girl-cue eye roll-

I'M BACK! And we're gonna talk about "one effed up horror picture", 2022 Ti West's X. This film stars Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Kid Cudi, Brittany Snow, Martin Henderson, and...Mia Goth. A group of filmmakers in Texas looking to shot a porn flick find the perfect filming location in a guest house on the property of an older couple on a farm. The husband is untrustworthy of our filmmakers but appears harmless, but there's something about his wife who he claims is not well and gets out at night some times. The group have fun and work to create the greatest adult film since Debbie Does Dallas, but when night falls, the group soon discovers that the older woman, Pearl (Mia) may be a little more threatening than she appears. Will our group survive the bloody and...horny night? Will Miss Maxine become a star? Will I ever stop praising Jenna Ortega? Probably not! 

It's been a while, I haven't given up, but I've taken some time to better organize things and will be back soon! Until then, I'm dropping a bonus episode to talk recent horror media! In this episode, we discuss the "choose your fate" video game The Quarry, I give my spoiler free thoughts on The Black Phone, and we discuss Scream 6...Scream 2...2cream filming details? Idk at this point, but I like 2cream! Timestamps below indicate the start of each segment in case you want to miss one of these specific discussions! Loves ya!<3 The Quarry - 8:30 The Black Phone - 29:11 2cream - 32:44