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Happy Halloween! Drusilla and Josh are doing their annual High Brow/Low Brow double feature! On the high brow side, its Bones and All (2022). And on the low brow side, it’s Nothing But Trouble (1991).  From wiki:  “ Bones and All is a 2022 romantic horror film directed by Luca Guadagnino from a screenplay by David Kajganich , based on the 2015 novel Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis . Set in th...

This week, Drusilla and Josh watch the punishing Michael Hanake film, Funny Games (Austrian version.) From wiki: “ Funny Games is a 1997 Austrian psychological horror - thriller film written and directed by Michael Haneke , and starring Susanne Lothar , Ulrich Mühe , and Arno Frisch . The plot involves two young men who hold a family hostage in their vacation home and torture them with sadistic ga...

This is a classic from the 70s that both ghouls love, The Stepford Wives ! From wiki: “ The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American satirical psychological thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes . It was written by William Goldman , who based his screenplay on Ira Levin 's 1972 novel of the same name . The film stars Katharine Ross as a woman who relocates with her husband ( Peter Masterson ) and c...

This week, a new film that Josh and Drusilla are obsessed with, Coralie Fargeat‘s The Substance (2024). From wiki: “ The Substance is a 2024 satirical body horror film co-produced, written and directed by Coralie Fargeat . It stars Demi Moore , Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid . An international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States and France, [2] its plot follows a fading...

Josh returns! This week he and Drusilla go way, way back for the 1935 classic  Mad Love. From wiki: “ Mad Love (also released as The Hands of Orlac ) is a 1935 American body horror film , an adaptation of Maurice Renard 's novel The Hands of Orlac . It was directed by German -émigré film maker Karl Freund , and stars Peter Lorre as Dr. Gogol, Frances Drake as Yvonne Orlac and Colin Clive as S...

This week, Drusilla is joined by special guest BJ Colangelo (This Ends at Prom) to discuss The Corruption of Chris Miller . From wiki: “ The Corruption of Chris Miller (Spanish: La corrupción de Chris Miller ) is a 1973 Spanish psychological horror [3] film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring Jean Seberg , Marisol , and Barry Stokes . [4] The film follows a woman and her stepdaughter who...

This week Drusilla is joined by a very special guest Christopher Norris aka Steak Mtn to discuss 1983’s Eyes of Fire. From wiki: Eyes of Fire (also known as Cry Blue Sky ) is a 1983 American folk horror film written and directed by independent filmmaker and noted still photographer Avery Crounse. “ Also discussed: Jean Rollin, Christopher Norris’s The Holy Day , the death of Vice , House of Spoils...

This week Josh and Drusilla have a special double feature from Mexico with special guest, Jose Gallegos. The ghouls watch Vacation of Terror and Vacation of Terror II . They also discuss Angel (1982), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , Maxxxine , movie themes, Drive Me Crazy , The Time Master s, Rock and Rule , Vinegar Syndrome, Appalachian folk magic, The Smiths, Mexican goths, and more! From wiki:...

Today on the podcast, Josh and Drusilla discuss one of their very favorite European lesbian vampire films, Daughters of Darkness. From wiki: “ Daughters of Darkness [b] is a 1971 erotic horror film co-written and directed by Harry Kümel and starring Delphine Seyrig , John Karlen , Andrea Rau , and Danielle Ouimet.”  Also discussed: Laserdiscs, VCRs, Alice Sweet Alice , Psycho II , Scream , franchi...

Josh and Drusilla take in the enormous beauty of Masaki Kobayashi’s 1964 anthology film, Kwaidan. From wiki: “ Kwaidan ( Japanese : 怪談, Hepburn : Kaidan , lit. 'Ghost Stories') is a 1964 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi . It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn 's collections of Japanese folk tales , mainly Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Thin...

This week, Drusilla and Josh watch Tillman Singer’s 2018 thesis film, Luz . They also discuss Cuckoo , Twisters , the passing of Alain Delon and Gena Rowlands, film criticism, the joys of Dan Stevens, Yellow Veil Pictures, Altered Innocence, Jurassic Park , Luz: The Musical , and more.  From wiki: “ Luz is a 2018 German supernatural horror film written, produced, edited and directed by Tilman Sing...

This week, Josh and Drusilla discuss Bob Balaban’s 1989 black comedy Parents . From wiki: “ Parents is a 1989 American black comedy horror film directed by Bob Balaban and starring Randy Quaid , Mary Beth Hurt , Sandy Dennis and Bryan Madorsky . Set in a 1950s California suburb, the film centers on a 10-year old boy (Madorsky), who suspects that his parents (Quaid and Hurt) are not what they seem....

There’s lots going on this week. Josh and Drusilla cover the French folk horror surrealist film Litan (1982). From wiki: “ Litan is a 1982 French horror film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky and Jean-Claude Romer . It stars Marie-José Nat , Jean-Pierre Mocky, Nino Ferrer , and Marisa Muxen.”  Josh wrote a play about Messiah of Evil and talks about playwriting and the...

Drusilla and Josh discuss a beautiful Macedonian film , You Won’t Be Alone (2022.)  But also, Josh’s play reading, which includes text from Messiah of Evil . They also get into the conversation around transphobia around Longlegs . Drusilla’s first book design is out. It’s the Book of Elsewhere by China Mielville and Keanu Reeves. And also, Drusilla attended the Midnight Mass screening of Elvira Mi...

Josh and Drusilla talk about the Mexican arthouse classic by Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre (1989). From wiki: “ Santa Sangre (English: Holy Blood ) is a 1989 avant-garde surrealistic psychological horror film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Jodorowsky along with Claudio Argento and Roberto Leoni . It stars Axel Jodorowsky , Adán Jodorowsky , Teo Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra , Th...

Watch The Uninvited (1944) here:  Internet Archive with Spanish subtitles: https://archive.org/details/the-uninvited-1944 Otherwise go to Part 1 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37kb9n and Part 2: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37krhg  This week, Josh and Drusilla mourn the passing of Shelley Duvall, MaXXXine , A Quiet Place: Day One , Angel , Vice Squad , Modern Girls , We Capture the Castl...

Drusilla and Josh honor the late, great Donald Sutherland in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). From wiki: “ Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 American science-fiction horror film [1] directed by Philip Kaufman , and starring Donald Sutherland , Brooke Adams , Veronica Cartwright , Jeff Goldblum , and Leonard Nimoy . Released on December 22, 1978, it is based on the 1955 novel The B...

This week Josh and Dru discuss the Carl Theodor Dryer classic, Vampyr . From wiki: “ Vampyr ( German : Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Gray , lit. 'Vampyr: The Dream of Allan Gray') is a 1932 gothic horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer . The film was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from J. Sheridan Le Fanu 's 1872 collection of supernatural s...

Josh and Drusilla are joined by a very special guest, Kayte Terry (@kayteterry) of the Tender Subject podcast . They discuss Philadelphia, cannibal films, Raw , Texas Chain Saw Massacre , Ravenous , Dead Wood , Parents , Cannibal Holocaust , Blood Feast , Sorcerer , The Thief, the Cook, His Wife, and His Lover , Duel , The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant , Under Paris , One Dark Night , and more. ...

This week, Josh and Drusilla discuss the 2010 South Korean film, I Saw the Devil . But also, mental health, Little Darlings , Hit Man , In a Violent Nature , perfect screenplays, Clueless , the Kids in the Hall , and more! From wiki: “ I Saw the Devil ( Korean : 악마를 보았다) is a 2010 South Korean action-thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon and written by Park Hoon-jung . Starring Lee Byung-hu...

Drusilla and Josh discuss all things Mike Flanagan but specifically Oculus (2013). Plus! Josh goes to a dog party! Drusilla goes antiquing. Plus Four Flies on Grey Velvet, The Crawlers, the hottie announcer at New Beverly, Welcome to the Dollhouse , Ghost World , Porky’s , Furiosa , and more!  From wiki: “ Oculus is a 2013 American supernatural psychological horror film co-written, edited, and dir...

This week, Drusilla and Josh discuss the incredible Franco-era Spanish film, The House That Screamed aka La residencia . From wiki: “ The House That Screamed ( Spanish : La residencia , lit. The Residence ), also released as The Finishing School , [5] is a 1969 Spanish slasher film written and directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador , and starring Lilli Palmer , Cristina Galbó , John Moulder-Brown , a...

Happy Memorial Day! This week the hosts Joshua Conkel and Drusilla Adeline are joined by filmmaker and host of Specter Cinema Club,  DeVaughn Taylor! They discuss the Darren Aronofsky joint, Mother! (2017). They also discuss all things Mad Max, Memorial Day, ranking John Waters films, Peter Greenaway’s The Falls, This is Me Now , Fade to Black (1980), and more!  From wiki: “ Mother! (stylized as m...

This week the hosts Joshua Conkel and Drusilla Adeline discuss doppelgängers with Robert Altman’s Images .  From wiki: “ Images is a 1972 psychological horror film directed and co-written by Robert Altman and starring Susannah York , René Auberjonois and Marcel Bozzuffi . The picture follows an unstable children's author who finds herself engulfed in apparitions and hallucinations while stayi...

Drusilla discuss Ingmar Bergman’s 1960 classic, The Virgin Spring. From wiki: “ The Virgin Spring ( Swedish : Jungfrukällan ) is a 1960 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman . Set in medieval Sweden , it is a tale about a father's merciless response to the rape and murder of his young daughter. The story was adapted by screenwriter Ulla Isaksson from a 13th-century Swedish ballad, " Tö...