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[Podcasts] Horror Queers and Halloweenies Discuss ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 2’
It wasn’t so long ago that Joe and I discussed A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge right here on Bloody Disgusting as part of our Horror Queers column (it’s been five months, to be exact), yet we still get requests to cover the film on the Horror Queers podcast! Alas, because we just covered it, you won’t be hearing us talk about it on the podcast for a while. Luckily, the guys over at Consequence of Sound‘s Halloweenies podcast happened to be covering the film in their March episode and they invited us on to the show to provide a queer perspective on this very, very queer horror film. It’s the horror podcast crossover event of the season!
Halloweenies is a monthly podcast for fans of all horror franchises. Each season, co-hosts McKenzie Gerber, Dan Caffrey, Justin Gerber, and Michael Roffman slice through an iconic series one movie at a time. In 2018, they started in Haddonfield, Illinois with Halloween, and for 2019, they’re heading to Springwood, Ohio for A Nightmare on Elm Street. There will be tricks, there will be treats, and, yes, there will be blood.
Be sure to subscribe to the Halloweenies podcast to get a new episode every month. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, Google Play, and RSS. You can also do a direct download of the episode here.
Season 2, Episode 2 – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
Things are getting hot for the Halloweenies at 1428 Elm Street. To keep things cool, they’ve invited over a few friends for a bowl of Fu Man Chews cereal, an epic dance-off to Fonda Rae, and a hilarious game of Probe.
Join Editor-in-Chief Michael Roffman, senior writer Dan Caffrey, and writers Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman of Bloody Disgusting’s Horror Queers Podcast to slice through 1985’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.
Together, they discuss the sequel’s behind-the-scenes controversies, the queer metaphorical implications of Freddy Krueger, why everyone’s so sweaty, and the curious birthdays of stars Clu Gulager and Hope Lange.
So, grab some Sta-Up and listen above.
And be sure to subscribe to the Horror Queers podcast to get a new episode every Wednesday. You can subscribe on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, SoundCloud, TuneIn, Libsyn, Google Play, and RSS.
If you want to watch a fun movie, watch a Ryuhei Kitamura movie. Whether it’s 2000’s Versus, 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, 2008’s The Midnight Meat Train or 2022’s underseen The Price We Pay, Kitamura always knows how to deliver a wild and crazy good time.
Up next from Ryuhei Kitamura? Deadline reports that he’ll be directing Thrill Ride, which sounds a bit like the best parts of Final Destination 3… expanded into a feature film!
Deadline details, “the English-language film will tell the story of a group of people, including two young women, who are trapped upside down on a roller coaster taken over by a mysterious saboteur threatening to drop them all one-by-one to their deaths.”
Film Bridge International is launching the project for sales ahead of the Cannes market.
Chad Law and Christopher Jolley wrote the screenplay.
“Thrill Ride is exactly the type of high-concept based thriller that our customers are looking for in the marketplace,” said Film Bridge’s Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra. “With Ryuhei at the helm, we know his vision and execution will deliver thrills of the highest quality.”
“As a hardcore rollercoaster fan since I was young, I immediately fell in love with this script filled with suspense, action, crazy ups and downs, turns, loops, and corkscrews at maximum speed,” adds Kitamura. “I can’t wait to get on a ride and bring life to the wildest rollercoaster imaginable.”
We’re already seated. Stay tuned for more on Thrill Ride as we learn it.
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