He loves your mother’s cookies.
We’ve spent all of January celebrating our one-year anniversary by covering films that mirrored our first handful of episodes. First, we declared Scream 2 to be the best film in the Scream franchise (mirroring our episode on Scream), then we marveled at the surprising feminism in Eli Roth’s Hostel: Part II (mirroring our episode on Hostel) and then we lamented the colossal misfire that was All Cheerleaders Die (mirroring our episode on Jennifer’s Body). To close out our anniversary month, we’re mirroring our episode on Swimfan by having some fun with Rob Cohen‘s (The Fast and the Furious, xXx) 2015 erotic thriller The Boy Next Door.
In the film, a high school teacher named Claire (Jennifer Lopez) is in the midst of being separated from her husband (John Corbett) and has a one-night stand with her 19-year-old neighbor Noah (Ryan Guzman), who develops a dangerous obsession with her.
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Episode 58 – The Boy Next Door (2015)
Grab your first edition copy of The Iliad, because we’re closing out our anniversary month by covering Rob Cohen’s The Boy Next Door, an erotic thriller that is neither erotic nor thrilling! Joining us for this riff-fest is noted The Boy Next Door defender (and fellow Bloody Disgusting columnist) Matt Donato, and he’s brought along a raw chicken for all of us to share!
Join us as we commend Lopez for using her own clothes to cut down on production costs, but lament how the film completely wastes Kristin Chenoweth (despite her awesome “Can I Speak to Your Manager?” haircut).
Also on the docket: we try to figure out why people hate Lopez and why all of the male characters in the film going through crazy mood swings. Trace goes to bat for one of the film’s deleted scenes, Joe is confused by the concept of a penis purse and Matt can’t get over all of the references to The Wiz.
Finally, we attempt to list off the multitude of Chekhov’s items in the film (EpiPen, engine, cookies, etc.).
Cross out The Boy Next Door!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re celebrating Joe’s birthday by finally covering a Hellraiser film (his favorite horror franchise), but it’s not going to be a good one. That’s right, we’re discussing Hellraiser: Bloodline, aka the one in space!
– Joe & Trace
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