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[Horror Queers Podcast] A Queer Director and a Star-making Lead Performance in ‘Happy Death Day’
If you haven’t been keeping up with the Horror Queers Podcast these last few weeks, you’ve been missing out! Since we launched back in mid-January, we’ve had the pleasure of discussing the Billy/Stu (b)romance Scream (1996), homophobia in Hostel (2005), the cultural renaissance of Jennifer’s Body (2009), the campy fun of Swimfan (2002) and the implied twincest in David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers (1988).
In the latest episode, we’re tackling out-and-proud director Christopher Landon‘s 2017 horror-comedy slasher film Happy Death Day and its surprising critical & commercial success. Also on the docket? Tree’s (Jessica Rothe) likability, queer inclusion in a major studio horror film and our porn-watching habits!
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Episode 7 – Happy Death Day (2017)
Join Joe and Trace as they relive Happy Death Day, then die.
Join Joe and Trace as they relive Happy Death Day, discuss why Jessica Rothe is so great, then die.
Join Joe and Trace as they relive Happy Death Day, discuss why Jessica Rothe is so great, review “out” director Chris Landon’s career, then die.
Ok, you get the idea. The guys talk about 2017’s fun slasher entry, Joe tries not to laugh over “Baby Face” and Trace uses every opportunity to use Danielle’s acerbic dialogue.
Plus: this week’s inane game cribs from the wonderful Kill By Kill Podcast to investigate which of Tree’s many, many deaths the boys would prefer to go out on.
Cross out Happy Death Day! Coming up Wednesday: we get a late start to celebrating Women in Horror Month with an episode on Stewart Thorndike’s lesbian Rosemary’s Baby-esque film Lyle. Never heard of it? We hadn’t either! But it’s available to stream for free if you have Amazon Prime and it’s only 65 minutes long, so give it a watch before Wednesday!
– Joe & Trace
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P.P.S. As an added bonus, if you subscribe to our Patreon you can hear Trace take Joe to task for his lukewarm review of Happy Death Day 2U!
Coming Soon & Now Showing is a monthly series on Halloweenies that catches up on the latest horror headlines and round robins capsule reviews of new and old horrors.
This month, Michael Roffman and Justin Gerber discuss the blockbuster weekend involving Backrooms and Obsession. They also brush on some franchise news and dust off oldies for the first time: 1987’s Dead of Winter and 1977’s False Face.
Stream the episode below. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, Alien, and the Universal Monsters.This year? Hellraiser!
You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Re-Animator, Darkman), one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals (e.g. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Manhunter, ), and even spinoffs like their recent run Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.
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