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It’s a good one this week: Yann Gozalez’s Knife + Heart. From Wikipedia: Knife+Heart ( French : Un couteau dans le cœur , lit. 'A Knife in the Heart') is a 2018 horror - thriller film [4] directed by Yann Gonzalez , who co-wrote the screenplay with Cristiano Mangione. It was produced by Charles Gillibert and stars Vanessa Paradis , Nicolas Maury, Kate Moran, Jonathan Genet and Romane Boh...

Welcome back to another episode of Bloodhaus, where the ghouls are very sleepy. They watched A Dark Song from 2016. From wiki: “ A Dark Song is a 2016 Irish-British independent horror film , written and directed by Liam Gavin and starring Steve Oram and Catherine Walker . It was released to select theatres and digital streaming platforms on 28 April 2017. It is Gavin's directorial debut. But...

Happy Halloween! This week the kids celebrate with a high brow/low brow double feature of David Cronenberg and Frank Henenlotter. CRONENLOTTER! They watch Naked Lunch (1991) and Brain Damage (1988).  From wiki: “ Naked Lunch is a 1991 surrealist science fiction drama film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller , Judy Davis , Ian Holm , and Roy Scheider . It is an adapta...

This movie is not for all tastes, but it IS for Drusilla and Josh. It’s Singapore Sling: The Man Who Loved a Corpse by Nikolai Nikolaides. From wiki: “ Singapore Sling: The Man Who Loved a Corpse ( Greek : Singapore Sling: Ο Άνθρωπος που Αγάπησε ένα Πτώμα , tr. Singapore Sling: O Ánthropos pou Agápise éna Ptóma ) is a 1990 Greek black and white horror underground art film directed by Nikos Nikolai...

The movie this week is William Friedkin’s Bug (2006) adapted from the play by Tracy Letts. Joining the ghouls is filmmaker/writer Jon Nix who plugs his documentary about Justin Pearson, Don’t Fall in Love With Yourself . ( Available from the fine folks at Vinegar Syndrome .) They also discuss Gaspar Noe’s Lux Aeterna , Alfred (1973) Conner O’ Malley’s The Mask , Colegas aka Pals , and all about Ph...

The film of the week is Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979.) From wiki: “ Nosferatu the Vampyre ( German : Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht , lit. 'Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night') is a 1979 horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog . It is set primarily in 19th-century Wismar , Germany and Transylvania , and was conceived as a stylistic remake of F. W. Murnau 's 1922...

This week the ghouls discuss one of film’s greatest tough watches, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986). From wiki: “ Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a 1986 American psychological horror crime film directed and co-written by John McNaughton about the random crime spree of a serial killer who seemingly operates with impunity. It stars Michael Rooker in his debut as the nomadic killer Hen...

This week, the kids discuss the Czech new wave film The Cremator from 1969. From wiki: “ The Cremator ( Czech : Spalovač mrtvol ) is a 1969 Czechoslovak dark comedy horror film directed by Juraj Herz , based on a novel by Ladislav Fuks . The screenplay was written by Herz and Fuks. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards , bu...

Get cozy, ghouls! This week’s episode is all about Roger Corman’s cozy spin on HP Lovecraft starring Vincent Price; The Haunted Palace (1963). From wiki: “ The Haunted Palace is a 1963 horror film released by American International Pictures , starring Vincent Price , Lon Chaney Jr. and Debra Paget (in her final film), in a story about a village held in the grip of a dead necromancer . The film was...

The film of this week is Full Circle aka The Haunting of Julia (1977). From Wikipedia: “ Full Circle , released in the United States as The Haunting of Julia , [4] is a 1977 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Loncraine , and starring Mia Farrow and Keir Dullea . Based on the novel Julia by the American writer Peter Straub , it is the first film realization of one of his books, and follow...

Drusilla and Josh are back with a packed episode on Ti West’s House of the Devil with special guest Joe Vallese from It Came From the Closet and also actress, musician, writer Heather Robb. From wiki: “ The House of the Devil is a 2009 American horror film written, directed, and edited by Ti West , starring Jocelin Donahue , Tom Noonan , Mary Woronov , Greta Gerwig , A. J. Bowen , and Dee Wallace...

Bloodhaus spent the week studying the late great Spanish filmmaker, Eloy de la Iglesia! This week they cover his early works, The Cannibal Man (1972) and No One Heard the Scream (1973). From wiki: “De la Iglesia was an outspoken gay and socialist filmmaker who is relatively unknown outside Spain despite a prolific and successful career in his native country. He is best remembered for having portra...

This week our hosts return to House (1977) by director Nobuhiko Obayashi. From wiki: “ House ( Japanese : ハウス, Hepburn : Hausu ) is a 1977 Japanese experimental comedy horror film directed and produced by Nobuhiko Obayashi . It is about a schoolgirl traveling with her six friends to her ailing aunt's country home, where they come face to face with supernatural events as the girls are, one...

This week, Drusilla and Josh discusses Nanny (2022) by director Nikyatu Jusu. From wiki: “ Nanny is a 2022 American psychological horror film written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu , in her feature directorial debut . The film stars Anna Diop , Michelle Monaghan , Sinqua Walls , Morgan Spector , Rose Decker, and Leslie Uggams . Jason Blum serves as an executive producer through his Blumhouse Televis...

This week on Bloodhaus, Josh and Drusilla cover Abel Ferrara’s 90s vampire joint, The Addiction . From wiki: “ The Addiction is a 1995 American vampire horror film directed by Abel Ferrara and written by Nicholas St. John . Starring Lili Taylor , Christopher Walken , Annabella Sciorra , Edie Falco , Paul Calderón , Fredro Starr , Kathryn Erbe , and Michael Imperioli , the film follows a philosophy...

This week, Josh and Drusilla have the blues, BUT! They cheer themselves up with the incredibly chic The Sentinel (1977.) From wiki: “ The Sentinel is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Winner , and starring Cristina Raines , Chris Sarandon , Ava Gardner , Burgess Meredith , Sylvia Miles , and Eli Wallach . The plot focuses on a young model who moves into a historic Brookl...

This week! A literature episode. The hosts are back on Ken Russell with his adaptation of the Mary Shelley adaptation, Gothic (1986). Drusilla watched Death Game (1977) and they talk all about Colleen Camp. She also watched Ken Russell’s Tommy and Listzomania . They discuss Ken Russell’s unproduced script for Dracula. Josh comes in with book recs. The Icelandic semi-adaptation of Dracula called Th...

This week, Josh and Dru watch Penelope Spheeris’ treatise on toxic masculinity, The Boys Next Door . From wiki: “ The Boys Next Door is a 1985 American adventure - crime drama film about two teenage boys who leave their small town home on the day of their high school graduation and embark on a crime and murder spree. Roy Alston ( Maxwell Caulfield ) and Bo Richards ( Charlie Sheen ) are two outcas...

This week! Drusilla tours the American South and watches a ton of Ken Russell films in the process. Josh does a Russ Meyer double feature at Secret Movie Club ( https://www.secretmovieclub.com ) : Faster Pussycat… Kill! Kill! and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls . He also saw and loved No Hard Feelings . Drusilla hypes the KanKan Theater ( https://kankanindy.com ) in Indianapolis where she saw Multi...

Today on Bloodhaus, it’s Josh’s favorite movie of all time: Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby . From wiki: “ Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski , based on Ira Levin 's 1967 novel of the same name . The film stars Mia Farrow as a young (soon pregnant ) wife living in Manhattan who comes to suspect that her elderly neighbors a...

Today the girls cover one of Drusilla’s favorites, 1962’s Carnival of Souls . From wiki: “ Carnival of Souls is a 1962 American psychological horror film [3] produced and directed by Herk Harvey and written by John Clifford [1] from a story by Clifford and Harvey, and starring Candace Hilligoss . Its plot follows Mary Henry, a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident. She relocates...

Everybody loves Julia Ducournau’s Titane (2022)! From wiki: “ Titane (French: [titan] ( listen ), lit. "Titanium") is a 2021 French body horror psychological drama film [5] [6] written and directed by Julia Ducournau . The French-Belgian co-production stars Agathe Rousselle in her feature film debut as Alexia, a woman who, after being injured in a car accident as a child, has a titanium...

This week the Ghouls discuss 1969’s sexy Italian giallo, Umberto Lenzi’s Orgasmo (or Paranoia as it’s called in the United States.) “ Orgasmo (Italian for "orgasm") is a 1969 giallo film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Carroll Baker , Lou Castel , and Colette Descombes . It follows a wealthy American socialite who finds herself preyed upon by two nefarious young siblings who indul...

Corn rigs are bonny! It’s Wicker Man (1973). But first: the WGA writers’ strike continues, Disney/Max axe shows, Howard Ashman, Josh watched El Pico by Eloy de la Iglesia in Severin’s Quinqui boxset, Drusilla did the artwork for his film, Colegas. Drusilla watched Ashes and Diamonds before the duo gets into the most iconic folk horror film, The Wicker Man!   From wiki: “ The Wicker Man is a 1973 B...

This week! The writers’ strike is a week in and Josh is feeling it. The AMPTPA is full of evil-doers, the WGA rules, and AI can’t write a good CSI: Miami. Drusilla watched Norma Rae, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Cycle, and Mike Leigh’s Mean Time. Josh watched And Then the Darkness. Also discussed: Life is Sweet, Legend of Hell House, The Vanishing. The TWINS sequel that got squashed, Danny DeVito w...