BLOODHAUS

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...

Happy Mother's Day! Joshua and Drusilla discuss both Evil Dead Rise and Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid. Plus Josh is back from Salem Horror Fest! He discusses the new Severin release for Morgiana. Drusilla visits the Academy Museum, Patty snubs Melvin Van Peebles, and then the kids discuss all things Evil Dead. Then they get into the main feature. From wiki: " Beau Is Afraid is a 2023 A...

This week Josh and Dru discuss 2019's Saint Maud. From Wiki: " Saint Maud is a 2019 British psychological horror film written and directed by Rose Glass in her feature directorial debut. The story follows hospice nurse Maud (portrayed by Morfydd Clark ), a recent convert to Roman Catholicism , who becomes obsessed with a former dancer in her care ( Jennifer Ehle ), believing she must sav...

The movie this week in Curtis Harrington’s Night Tide (1961) starring Dennis Hopper in his first starring role. But first! Drusilla’s art for the new criterion cover of After Hours and movie art in general. Josh isn’t hungry, he has COVID! But he still has gay body dysmorphia. Drusilla saw Renfield and loved it with its Mario Bava lighting. Josh has beef with a certain horror icon because of her b...

It’s Easter! The world has the children down. Drusilla takes a date to Forest Lawn Cemetery because of The Loved One. It’s a country club for dead people.  Drusilla watched Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. They play down the homosexuality so much! She also watched Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets for the first time. Josh did a mini marathon of movies from 1980: Cruising, which brought out his internalized hom...

This week the kids discuss 80s Mexican film, Poison for the Fairies from Vinegar Syndrome’s new Mexican Gothic Boxset. From wiki: “ Veneno para las hadas ( Poison for the Fairies ) is a 1984 Mexican supernatural horror film that was written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada .” Also discussed: the valley, soft focus, Brooklyn vs Manhattan, Josh is a cabin hermit, the movies are back! It’s NEW...

This week the children eschew the obscure and throw a bone to a classic by covering Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. From wiki: “ The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson . The film is based on Stephen King 's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson , Shelley Duvall , Scatman Crothers , and D...

This episode of Bloodhaus is covering the controversial 1971 French film, Don’t Deliver Us From Evil. From wiki: “ Don't Deliver Us from Evil ( French : Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal ) is a 1971 French horror drama film directed by Joël Séria, in his directorial debut, and starring Jeanne Goupil , Catherine Wagener , and Bernard Dhéran . [3] It follows two Catholic schoolgirls in France wh...

This week Drusilla and Josh cover the 2016 micro-budget horror film, The Alchemist Cookbook. Josh is sick, being lazy is anti-capitalist, How to Do Nothing, They talk a long time about SCREIVI or SCREAM 6.  From wiki: “ The Alchemist Cookbook is a horror film directed by Joel Potrykus . The film was released on the 7th of October 2016 in New York City . The film stars Ty Hickson as "Sean&quot...

This week the ghouls watch new wave sci fi classic, Liquid Sky . And what’s more, they’re joined by a very special guest, Breanna Whipple of Heavy Horror (https://www.heavyhorror.com/). From wiki: “ Liquid Sky is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard. [1] It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982...

Today on Bloodhaus, everyone’s mom hates Don’t Look in the Basement! Anyway, the ghouls discuss arthouse classic, 1960’s Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage.) But first! Lindsay Anderson (The Sporting Life, If, Britannia Hospital), I Saw What You Did, Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master, Magnolia, Phantom Thread, Boogie Nights, Licorice Pizza, Inherent Vice, Punch Drunk Love), Guy Ritchie (Lock...

This week, NOT Liquid Sky . The children are discussing Ti West’s 2022 X prequel, Pearl . But also! Drusilla takes a sip, a John Waters themed fondue party, Female Trouble , David Lochary, Pink Flamingos , Desperate Living , Happy Birthday to Me , May , James Duval, Jeanette Wall’s podcast The Horrors of Love podcast ( https://thehorrorsoflove.buzzsprout.com/ ), Carmel, Indiana, Palm Springs, Stev...

This week the kids discuss the 1997 Japanese classic, Cure, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. But first! They discuss L.A. finance, Jane Fonda, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Ernest Dickerson, Billy Zane, William Sadler, the weird career of Dennis Miller, Disclosure, The Net, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Columbo, Robert Culp, Straw Dogs, Video Archives, The Loved One, and more.   From Wiki: “ Cu...

Year two of Bloodhaus begins with President’s Day and Peter Bogdanovich’s anti-gun classic, Targets . And there’s more! Our own Drusilla did the artwork for Criterion’s new release for Targets . Go buy it right now! From wiki: “ Targets is a 1968 American crime thriller film directed by Peter Bogdanovich , produced by Roger Corman , and written by Polly Platt and Bogdanovich, with cinematography b...

Happy Valentine’s Day! And Happy One Year Anniversary to Bloodhaus! Today the ghouls discuss a “romantic” horror film, 2008’s Swedish vampire phenomenon, Let the Right One In .  In particular, Drusilla has a lot to say about the gender rep in the film from a trans perspective. From wiki: “ Let the Right One In ( Swedish : Låt den rätte komma in ) is a 2008 Swedish romantic horror film directed by...

Welcome to a very ethereal episode! Today the ghouls discuss Peter Weir’s 1975 Australian classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock. From wiki: “ Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film produced by Hal and Jim McElroy , directed by Peter Weir , and starring Rachel Roberts , Dominic Guard , Helen Morse , Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver . It was adapted by Cliff Green from the 1967 novel of the...