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[Horror Queers Podcast] Bitchery, Jaundice and Incest in Glen Morgan’s Remake of ‘Black Christmas’
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Following a non-horror detour to discuss Jawbreaker, celebrating our 50th episode with a heavy discussion on The X Files: I Want To Believe (of all things), and making our first foray into Marvel superhero territory with all of the queerbaiting and gay panic in Blade: Trinity, Joe and I flash forward two years to 2006 to discuss Glen Morgan‘s (Willard) 2006 remake of Bob Clark‘s iconic 1974 slasher Black Christmas (just in time for the release of Sophia Takal’s new take on the film, which was released this past weekend).
In the film, a group of sorority sisters (Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lacey Chabert and Crystal Lowe) and their house mother (Andrea Martin, returning from the 1974 film) are stalked and murdered in their house during a winter storm by a jaundiced serial killer name Billy and his sister-daughter Agnes.
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Episode 52 – Black Christmas (2006)
Just in time for the 45th anniversary of Bob Clark’s iconic 1974 original film and the release of its second remake, the Horror Queers are celebrating the holidays with some eye bolas masquerading as Christmas tree ornaments in Glen Morgan’s 2006 remake of Black Christmas! Joining them for this festive event is Alex Wiggins, the Acquisitions Supervisor for World of Death, who shares his traumatic experience of a hate crime that intruded on his first viewing of the film.
Join them as they dive deep into the Weinstein shenanigans that plagued the film (not to mention those absolutely insane post-production shoots meant exclusively for the trailer), the jaundice-y and incest-y backstory of the film’s male killer and the odd decision to have the film’s female killer be played by a male actor.
Oh, and why can’t Andrea Martin’s Mrs. Mac find any presents underneath that goddamn tree?
Cross out Black Christmas!
Coming up on Wednesday: We return to TV Land with a look back at aversion therapy and murderous Santa Clauses played by Ian McShane in American Horror Story: Asylum (aka the best AHS).
– Joe & Trace
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P.P.S. As an added bonus, if you subscribe to our Patreon you can listen to our minisode on the ‘Best Horror of 2010s’, as well as our full-length bonus episode on Nic Cage’s Primal, and, coming later this week, our take on Sophia Takal’s new remake of Black Christmas.
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!
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