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This week Josh and Drusilla discuss the deconstructed giallo fever dream that is The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears. From wiki: “The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (French: L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps) is a 2013 experimental giallo film written and directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. It stars Klaus Tange as a man seeking the whereabouts of his missing wife, only to become entangled in a com...

Today Josh and Drusilla watched the British arthouse folk horror, Enys Men (2022.) From wiki: “Enys Men (Cornish for 'Stone Island')[3] is a 2022 British experimental psychological folk horror film shot, composed, written and directed by Mark Jenkin, and starring Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe and John Woodvine. Set in 1973, the film follows a lone wildlife volunteer (Woodvine) who begins experiencing nightmarish s...

Today Josh and Drusilla are joined by filmmaker Owen Kline (Funny Pages) to discuss his grandfather’s film Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965). From Wikipedia: “Who Killed Teddy Bear? is a 1965 American neo-noir crime thriller film,[3] directed by Joseph Cates and starring Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray and Elaine Stritch. The film was written by Arnold Drake and Leon Tokatyan.[4] The film follows a New York City discotheque hostes...

The Host [a] is a 2006 monster film[b] directed and co-written by Bong Joon Ho. It stars Song Kang-ho as food stand vendor Park Gang-du whose daughter Hyun-seo (Go Ah-sung) is kidnapped by a creature dwelling around the Han River in Seoul. Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, and Bae Doona appear in supporting roles as Gang-du's father, brother, and sister, respectively, who help Gang-du escape quarantine against an alleged virus deriv...

Drusilla and Josh are joined by the rare guest, Isabel Custodio of Be Kind Rewind! (https://www.youtube.com/@bkrewind) They discuss the master Mario Bava’s final film, Shock. From wiki: “Shock (Italian: Schock) is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Mario Bava and starring Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, and David Colin, Jr. Its plot focuses on a woman who moves into the home she shared with her deceased former husban...

In this episode, hosts Joshua Conkel and Drusilla Adeline discuss their recent experiences in the horror film community, including screenings, coffee shops, and the transition into the spooky season. They review the film 'Together' and explore the evolution of horror films, particularly focusing on the works of Ari Aster. The conversation shifts to 90s comedies such as 'Dave' and their political commentary, lead...

This week, after an extended spoiler-free conversation about Zach Cregger’s Weapons (2025), Drusilla and Josh discuss Frankenheimer’s wonderful 1966 sci-fi creeper, Seconds. From wiki: “Seconds is a 1966 American science fiction psychological horror[3] film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, and Will Geer.[4] The film tells the story of a middle-aged New York banker who, disillusioned with his lif...

The ghouls are back! After a long break, Josh and Drusilla are back to discuss Humanist Vampire Seeking Consulting Suicidal Person. From wiki: “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (French: Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant), also released as Humanist Vampire Too Sensitive to Kill, is a 2023 French-language Canadian vampire comedy drama film co-written and directed by Ariane Louis-Seize.[3] It stars Sar...

Josh and Drusilla discuss another one of Dario Argento’s giallo classics, Tenebrae. From wiki: “Tenebrae (lit. '"darkness"', also known as Tenebre) is a 1982 Italian giallo[2][3][4][5] film written and directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Anthony Franciosa as American author Peter Neal, who – while in Rome promoting his latest murder-mystery novel – becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who ma...

This week the ghouls discuss Romero’s iconic zombie classic, Night of the Living Dead. From wiki: “Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent zombie horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, written by Romero and John Russo, produced by Russell Streiner and Karl Hardman, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea. The story follows seven people trapped in a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania,...

The movie of the week is Stephen Sayadian’s Dr. Caligari (1989). From wiki: “Dr. Caligari is a 1989 American avant-garde horror erotic film co-written and directed by Stephen Sayadian and starring Madeleine Reynal, Laura Albert, Gene Zerna, David Parry, Fox Harris and Jennifer Balgobin.[2] It is a quasi-sequel to the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.[citation needed] The film details a disturbed doctor (the granddaughter of th...

Josh and Drusilla are OBSESSED with The Ugly Stepsister. From wiki: “The Ugly Stepsister (Norwegian: Den Stygge Stesøsteren) is a 2025 Norwegian-speaking satirical[3][4] dark comedy[5] body horror[6][7] film written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt (in her directorial debut). The film, starring Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, and Flo Fagerli, making use of the motif of the fairy tale "Cinderella", retells...

Josh and Drusilla discuss Roman Polanski’s Repulsion. From wiki: “Repulsion is a 1965 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, and starring Catherine Deneuve.[2] Based on a story written by Polanski and Gérard Brach, the plot follows Carol, a withdrawn, disturbed young woman who, when left alone in the apartment she shares with her sister, is subject to a number of nightmarish experiences. The film foc...

The children return once again to David Cronenberg with his body horror banger, The Brood. From wiki: “The Brood is a 1979 Canadian psychological body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle. Its plot follows a man and his mentally ill ex-wife, who has been sequestered by a psychiatrist known for his controversial therapy techniques. A series of brutal unsolved m...

This week, Drusilla and Josh discuss Kasi Lemmon’s gorgeous 90’s gothic melodrama, Eve’s Bayou. From wiki: “Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American Southern Gothic drama film written and directed by Kasi Lemmons, who made her directorial debut with this film. Samuel L. Jackson served as a producer, and starred in the film with Lisa Nicole Carson, Jurnee Smollett, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Meagan Good, and Diahann Carroll. The film ...

Josh and Drusilla discuss the 1962 Japanese film, Pitfall. From wiki: “Pitfall (おとし穴, Otoshiana), a.k.a. The Pitfall and Kashi To Kodomo, is a 1962 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, written by Kōbō Abe. It was Teshigahara's first feature, and the first of his four film collaborations with Abe, the others being Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another and The Man Without a Map. Unlike the others, which are based on ...

A classic this week! Jonathan Demme’s beloved but controversial, The Silence of the Lambs (1990.) From wiki: “The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer named "Buffalo Bill" (Ted Levine), who skin...

This week the duo discusses a movie that Josh… well, doesn’t like; Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook (2014). From wiki: “The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film written and directed by Jennifer Kent in her feature directorial debut, based on her 2005 short film Monster. Starring Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West, and Ben Winspear, the film follows a widowed single mother who ...