BLOODHAUS

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...

This week Drusilla and Josh discuss the Fassbinder produced, Ulli Lommel directed The Tenderness of the Wolves. It’s very disturbing! They also discuss film vs digital print. From Wiki: “ The Tenderness of Wolves ( German : Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe ) is a 1973 West German crime drama film directed by Ulli Lommel . The story is based on the crimes of German serial killer and cannibal Fritz Haarma...

This week our ghouls discuss certified hottie Robert Eggers’ 2015 debut, The Witch aka The VVitch. From Wiki: “ The Witch (stylized as The VVitch , and subtitled A New-England Folktale ) is a 2015 folk horror film [7] written and directed by Robert Eggers in his feature directorial debut. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy in her first film appearance, along with Ralph Ineson , Kate Dickie , Harvey Scrimsha...

This week the kids discuss Ken Russell's exceptional folk horror film, Lair of the White Worm. From wiki: " The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 supernatural horror comedy film written and directed by Ken Russell , and starring Amanda Donohoe , Hugh Grant , Catherine Oxenberg , and Peter Capaldi . Loosely based on the 1911 Bram Stoker novel of the same name , it follows the residents in...

This week our ghouls discuss 2000's adaptation of the novel by Brett Easton Ellis, American Psycho. From wiki: " American Psycho is a 2000 slasher , horror film directed by Mary Harron , who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner . Based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis , it stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman , a New York City investment banker who lead...

Today on Bloodhaus the ghouls are joined by the founder of Salem Horror Fest and Executive Director of Cinema Salem, Kay Lynch. They discuss the 1960 film City of the Dead and all things witchcraft, curses, and Candlemas. From wiki: “ The City of the Dead (U.S. title: Horror Hotel ) is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee , Venetia Stevenson...

Happy Holidays! This week the vamps cover a 90s Spanish horror comedy that's set on Christmas. It's the hilarious Day of the Beast. From Wiki: " The Day of the Beast (Spanish: El día de la bestia ) is a 1995 Spanish-Italian [1] black comedy film [2] with horror elements co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia and starring Álex Angulo , Armando De Razza and Santiago Segura . Th...

Happy birthday, Drusilla! Today Josh and Dru get into one of her favorite films as a trans narrative, 1942's Cat People! From wiki: " Cat People is a 1942 American horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced for RKO by Val Lewton . The film tells the story of Irena Dubrovna, a newly married Serbian fashion illustrator obsessed with the idea that she is descended from an ancient...

Another Drusilla-less episode, but not to worry. Josh is joined by the fabulous Nay Bever, producer of Shudder’s Queer for Fear, to discuss Bill Gunn’s legendary Ganja & Hess. From wiki: “ Ganja & Hess is a 1973 American blaxploitation horror film written and directed by Bill Gunn and starring Marlene Clark and Duane Jones .  It is one of only two films in which the lead role was played by...

This is long overdue as one of the biggies of contemporary arthouse horror. Josh and his guest, Christian Tucci, discuss Ari Aster's Hereditary .  From wiki: " Hereditary is a 2018 American family horror film written and directed by Ari Aster in his feature directorial debut . It stars Toni Collette , Alex Wolff , Milly Shapiro and Gabriel Byrne as the members of a family haunted by a my...

The big Transgender Jubilee! Josh sends Drusilla off for surgery, but not before they discuss the movie from which Drusilla stole her username. From Wiki: " Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a 1971 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker based on the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson . The film was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions an...