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[Horror Queers Podcast] Evil Esther is a Threat to the Nuclear Family in ‘Orphan’
After making a brief detour into the world of television with In the Flesh last week, we return to Hollywood with Jaume Collet-Serra’s Orphan (just in time for its 10th anniversary!). In the film, a couple (Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard) adopt a mysterious 9-year-old girl named Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) after the death of their unborn child. That’s really under-selling the movie, though, because it contains one of the most ridiculous (and amazing) twists in horror history. Joining us for the discussion is Sade Sellers, one of the co-hosts of the Afro Horror Podcast.
And in case you missed it: we spent the first half of the summer covering entries from popular horror franchises! Here’s a quick recap: we got a little too deep into a discussion of bodily fluids when we watched Ginger Snaps, drooled over Billy Zane’s gay Collector in Tales From the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight and lamented how poorly 1999’s killer crocodile horror comedy Lake Placid has aged.
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Episode 31 – Orphan (2009)
Joe and Trace are traversing the spooky halls of Dark Castle Entertainment to discuss Jaume Collet-Serra’s (The Shallows, House of Wax) creepy-kid movie Orphan! Joining them on their tour is Sade Sellers, one of the co-hosts of the Afro Horror Podcast! Her expertise on black horror cinema will prove crucial when the boys analyze Sister Abigail’s (C.C.H. Pounder) brutal death by hammer!
Other topics on the table are the film’s obscenely long 123-minute runtime, Trace’s thoughts on Taissa Farmiga’s acting abilities (or lack thereof) and Joe’s fight for deaf actors’ rights.
Also: Why is Peter Sarsgaard’s character the absolute worst? Why doesn’t Character Actress Margo Martindale believe anything Vera Farmiga says? And what is Asia Argento’s secret connection to the film?
Cross out Orphan!
Coming up Wednesday: We cover our first family film as we travel to Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts to raise the dead with ParaNorman and its shocking gay character reveal in its final moments!
– Joe & Trace
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Freddy’s Back, So Is Jason, ‘Hellraiser’ Goes to Horror Nights, and ‘The Odyssey’ [Halloweenies Podcast]
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 week, Michael Roffman and McKenzie Gerber hit up Elm Street, Haddonfield, and Crystal Lake before braving the high seas to discuss the horrors within Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey. They also review this year’s Exit 8 and Forbidden Fruits before dusting off old classics for the first time in 2020’s Caveat and 1985’s The Mean Season.
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.