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EPIX’s “Chapelwaite” Sinks Its Teeth Into the Gothic Side of Stephen King [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

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Welcome to Preacher’s Corners, where the sky is grey, the sea is green, and the people are blue. Beware, though, for there’s a curse across this small New England town. A curse that can be traced all the way up the road, past the pines, and behind the mansion doors of the creaky Chapelwaite manor. Deep within its walls lies an ancient evil that will swallow you whole.

Today, the Losers chance those odds as they discuss EPIX’s new series Chapelwaite. Based on Stephen King‘s Night Shift short story “Jerusalem’s Lot”, this epistolatory tale for ‘Salem’s Lot stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody, Schitt’s Creek stunner Emily Hampshire, and a crop of creepy creatures of the night. It’s a Lovecraftian epic from the Gothic side of King.

Join Losers Randall Colburn, Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, and Jenn Adams as they engage in a vaguely spoiler-free discussion of the show. Together, they’ll weigh in on its old-school touchstones, its prescient themes, its ties to King’s Dominion, and its marvelous production design. They’ll also digress on why it’s a new kind of adaptation for the King catalogue.

Stream the episode below, in addition to spirited interviews with Brody, Hampshire, and the masterminds behind the exciting new show. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. You can also unlock hundreds of hours of content in The Barrens (Patreon).

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The Double ‘Othering’ of David in ‘An American Werewolf in London’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

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After concluding March with Raja Gosnell’s Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen) and James Whale’s The Invisible Man (listen), we kicked off April with a discussion of  Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (listen).
Now we’re checking off another classic with John Landis‘ 1981 werewolf film, An American Werewolf in London.
In the film, American best friends David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) are horrifically attacked while backpacking through the UK Moors. Jack is killed and David spends a month recuperating in the hospital, where he befriends attractive nurse Alex (Jenny Agutter) and kindly Dr. Hirsch (John Woodvine).
On the cusp of his release, the mangled corpse of Jack visits David, warning that on the full moon he will become a lycanthrope unless he kills himself. But David is unable to accept his fate and a series of terrible murders follow.
As the bodies (and the comedy) pile up, the question becomes: what will David, Alex, and Dr. Hirsch do to stop the deaths?
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Episode 277: An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Try not to wolf out because we’re talking about John Landis’ classic, An American Werewolf in London (1981). Backpacking along with us is Xero Gravity, who went on a werewolf binge and has recommendations!
Up for discussion: Alex’s underdeveloped character, urban set pieces, dirty movie theaters, and British rural horror.
Plus: a queer reading of David and Jack’s relationship, Jewish horror, an unsexy sex scene, and extended tangents about werewolf anatomy.

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Coming up on Wednesday: We’re undergoing a risky experimental treatment for a “different” kind of child with Netflix’s 2019 title, Eli.

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