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‘Rocky Horror’ vs ‘Phantom of the Paradise’: It’s Rocktober with Nightmare on Film Street!

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We’re taking a trip over to the Frankenstein place on this week’s episode of Nightmare on Film Street. As Halloween night draws near, we’re revisiting two goth-rock opera classics for Rocktober, and our month-long celebration of  The Sound of Screams. Join your horror hosts Jon & Kim as we take a jump to the left and a step to the right into the iconic Halloween freak-out musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show before donning our raven masks, stomping on our distortion pedals, and crowd-diving into Brian De Palma’s Phantom of The Paradise. If you’ve been waiting patiently for us to fangirl over Frank-N-Furter & The Phantom this episode is for You, you freaky fiend. So press play now! We see you quiver with antici———pation!

As always, let us know what you thought about this week’s episode on Twitter @NOFSpodcast, our Subreddit, and join our Horror group on Facebook to continue the conversation and share your #31DayHorrorChallenge picks! Oh, and don’t forget to check out Salem Horror Fest all October long to see the 30th Anniversary Reunion Panel of Gremlins 2: The New Batch with director Joe Dante, producer Michael Finnell, and stars Zach Galligan & Robert Picardo, (hosted by yours truly). PS! We’ll be hosting a double-feature of The House on Haunted Hill and Night of The Living Dead over on Scener, October 25th @ 8:00pm EST. Join usss…

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This episode is co-produced, with the generous support of Dustin Lewis & Darra Stone. Unlock access to exclusive bonus content and earn some other frightfully good rewards, including shoutouts, merch, and swag by supporting Nightmare on Film Street on Patreon. We recently sat down to discuss Ryan Spindell’s HalloweenTastic horror-anthology The Mortuary Collection. Listen to our full thoughts on the film in our Drive Home From The Drive-in review episode HERE.

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The Double ‘Othering’ of David in ‘An American Werewolf in London’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

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After concluding March with Raja Gosnell’s Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen) and James Whale’s The Invisible Man (listen), we kicked off April with a discussion of  Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (listen).
Now we’re checking off another classic with John Landis‘ 1981 werewolf film, An American Werewolf in London.
In the film, American best friends David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) are horrifically attacked while backpacking through the UK Moors. Jack is killed and David spends a month recuperating in the hospital, where he befriends attractive nurse Alex (Jenny Agutter) and kindly Dr. Hirsch (John Woodvine).
On the cusp of his release, the mangled corpse of Jack visits David, warning that on the full moon he will become a lycanthrope unless he kills himself. But David is unable to accept his fate and a series of terrible murders follow.
As the bodies (and the comedy) pile up, the question becomes: what will David, Alex, and Dr. Hirsch do to stop the deaths?
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Episode 277: An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Try not to wolf out because we’re talking about John Landis’ classic, An American Werewolf in London (1981). Backpacking along with us is Xero Gravity, who went on a werewolf binge and has recommendations!
Up for discussion: Alex’s underdeveloped character, urban set pieces, dirty movie theaters, and British rural horror.
Plus: a queer reading of David and Jack’s relationship, Jewish horror, an unsexy sex scene, and extended tangents about werewolf anatomy.

Cross out An American Werewolf in London!

Coming up on Wednesday: We’re undergoing a risky experimental treatment for a “different” kind of child with Netflix’s 2019 title, Eli.

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