Podcasts
Singing for the Holidays with ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’! [Horror Queers Podcast]
Rom Com Zom Musical
After dealing with cryptids in The Mothman Prophecies, giallos in Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key and killer baby mamas in Inside (2007), we’re closing out our film coverage for the year with a holiday classic.
Director John McPhail‘s Anna and the Apocalypse finds a group of disaffected teens struggling with the usual holiday-related concerns (absent family, desire to escape, unrequited love for your best friend) but throws in the complication of a zombie apocalypse.
Oh and it’s a musical!
Come celebrate the holiday as we unpack all of the songs, the choreography and why Mr. Savage sucks.
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Episode 261 – Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
We’re tired of pretending that there’s no such thing as a Rom Com Zom Musical!
The time has finally come to discuss John McPhail’s Anna and the Apocalypse (2017), which has charming Scottish actors, a Canadian choreographer, and three (?!) different versions.
Plus: Joe’s issue with villainous Mr. Savage, our fave songs, the sad Ryan Gosling connection, nearly good queer representation, and why we need more horror movie musicals pleeeeease
Cross out Anna and the Apocalypse!
Coming up on Wednesday: With no film to discuss, we’re closing out the year with our Best of 2023 picks, reflections on the year’s horror trends, and more than a few bloopers!
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Heart-wrenching horror.
After kicking off May with discussions of Stephen Sommers’ perfect action-adventure-horror-romantic-comedy The Mummy (listen) and the iconic jump scare in the Audrey Hepburn-starring Wait Until Dark (listen), we’re delving into the real-life horrors of child sexual abuse in Gregg Araki‘s 2004 adaptation of Scott Heim‘s novel Mysterious Skin.
Mysterious Skin tells the story of how child sexual abuse affects the lives of two pre-adolescent boys in different ways. Neil (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous sex worker, while Brian (Brady Corbet) retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction. The film is told in parallel narratives before culminating in a heart-breaking reunion that will change each boy’s life forever.
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Episode 282: Mysterious Skin (2004)
Look out for UFOs and stay away from Froot Loops because we’re discussing Gregg Araki‘s tender-yet-traumatizing adaptation Mysterious Skin (2004). Tagging in for the conversation is RogerEbert.com Assistant Editor and The Spool founder & EIC Clint Worthington.
Join us as we have many difficult conversations about a film filled to the brim with controversial subject matter. From Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet‘s heartbreaking performances to the accurate depiction of the long-term effects of child sex abuse, there’s no shortage of things to talk about.
Plus: a defense of the single working mother, praise for Michelle Trachtenberg, MPAA woes (again) and the journey of Scott Heim‘s source novel from page to screen.
Cross out Mysterious Skin!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re tackling another juggernaut filled (and some more male rape) in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien!
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