Splattercast episode 22: Mirror, Mirror

In which Amie, Adrienne & Heather discuss the AMAZING Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022), Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera. Featuring layers upon layers of meaning, and the horrors of being trapped in a hetero-normative nuclear family.

Amie talks with filmmaker Toby Poser (Adams Family Films / Wonder Wheel Productions) about her and her family's passion for making indie films, her inspirations - and what's next!

In which Amie and Adrienne watch SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (2021), Directed by Danishka Esterhazy. Featuring many twists and turns, lots of camp, and some of the funniest lines we've ever heard.

In which Amie & Adrienne discuss Mirror, Mirror (1990), Directed by Marina Sargenti. Featuring a L.A. Goth girl in Iowa, bad wigs, creepy demon hands, and the longest sandwich making scene ever put on film. “Face eating’s always on the table for me...” - Adrienne Reflecting on Marina Sargenti’s Teenage Horror ‘Mirror, Mirror' | Bloody Disgusting https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3707423/reflecting-on-marina-sargentis-teenage-horror-mirror-mirror-young-blood/ Cult Classic Mirror, Mirror Turns 30 | SYFY https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/cult-horror-classic-mirror-mirror-turns-30

In which Amie & Adrienne discuss XX (2017), an anthology Directed by Sofia Carrillo, Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin & Karyn Kusama. Featuring hopeless horror, a rapping panda, camping bros, and a devilish sequel. 

In which Amie & Adrienne discuss THE LURE (2015), Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. Featuring man-eating mermaids, a neon 1980’s nightclub, the grossest surgery EVER, and some of the most fantastic musical numbers of ALL TIME. Alexandra Waliszewska Artworks: https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/147928 Interview: Agnieszka Smoczyńska on Heeding the Siren Call of “The Lure” | Moveable Feast: https://moveablefest.com/agnieszka-smoczynska-lure/ “Discover the flavour of things denied to you…”: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s The Lure | cléo: http://cleojournal.com/2017/12/19/agnieszka-smoczynskas-the-lure/

In which Amie & Adrienne discuss SAINT MAUD (2019), Directed by Rose Glass. Featuring twisted religious obsession, thumb tacks, queer love, and FIRE. Writer/Director Rose Glass Keeps the Frightening Faith with ‘Saint Maud’ | Rue Morgue https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-writer-director-rose-glass-keeps-the-frightening-faith-with-saint-maud/ Revelations: An Interview with ‘Saint Maud’ Director Rose Glass | Anatomy of a Scream https://anatomyofascream.com/2021/02/11/revelations-an-interview-with-rose-glass/

In which Amie & Adrienne discuss the works of our Gothic Queen Anne Rice! Including how they first discovered her books, Tom Cruise understanding the assignment in Interview with the Vampire, and the Nu Metal disaster of Queen of the Damned. The Legacy of Anne Rice: The Modern Day Queen of the Vampires | Slash Film https://www.slashfilm.com/742364/the-legacy-of-anne-rice-the-modern-day-queen-of-the-vampires/ AUTHOR BUYS 8-PAGE AD TO CRITIQUE `VAMPIRE’ FILM | Deseret News https://www.deseret.com/1994/12/26/19150082/author-buys-8-page-ad-to-critique-vampire-film Rice's About-Face: Cruise Is Lestat : After Screening 'Interview With the Vampire,' Author Lauds His Work | LA Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-21-ca-41119-story.html CRUISE'S VAMPIRE TURNS OFF OPRAH - SHE WALKS OUT | Orlando Sentinel https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1994-10-20-9410200300-story.html

Amie talks with Kate Dolan about her first feature film, YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER - just released in theaters and on demand. 

In which Amie & Adrienne discuss FREDDY’S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (1991), Directed by Rachel Talalay. Featuring the (supposed) death of Freddy Krueger, Breckin Myer hopping like a cartoon, throwing stars, and stunt casting. [Interview] ‘Freddy’s Dead’ (For Now, Anyways…): Director Rachel Talalay! | Bloody Disgusting https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/27226/interview-freddys-dead-for-now-anyways-director-rachel-talalay/ WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare and how Rachel Talalay tackled the patriarchy | Screen Queens https://screen-queens.com/2017/02/27/women-in-horror-month-freddys-dead-the-final-nightmare-and-how-rachel-talalay-tackled-the-patriarchy/ 'Freddy's Dead' at 30: Robert Englund says death of hearing-impaired teen showed he was an 'equal-opportunity killer' | Yahoo https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/freddys-dead-the-final-nightmare-robert-englund-hard-of-hearing-character-carlos-death-210702333.html