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[Horror Queers Podcast] Exploring Toxic Masculinity in ‘Better Watch Out’
Power Rangers.
The month of December has been dominated by holiday horror so far. Trace and I have tackled Krampus and the ill-advisedly-released-at-Christmas animated film, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
Now it’s time to dissect a new classic: queer director Chris Peckover‘s Better Watch Out.
In the film, teenage babysitter Ashley (Olivia DeJonge), her young charge Luke (Levi Miller) and his best friend Garrett (Ed Oxenbould) are caught up in a home invasion. Events quickly and unexpectedly spiral out of control to include Ashley’s boyfriend Ricky (Aleks Mikic) and her ex-boyfriend Jeremy (Dacre Montgomery) in a film where not everything is as it seems.
The podcast does contain MAJOR spoilers, so be sure to watch the film before listening if you haven’t already seen it!
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Episode 104 – Better Watch Out (2016) feat. Ariel Fisher
This week on the pod, we’re wrapping up the holiday season with queer writer/director Chris Peckover’s 2016 film Better Watch Out. We’re joined by returning guest Ariel Fisher and…well let’s just say that both the film and the discussion go places that you might not expect.
Big, flashing SPOILER WARNINGS for the film, as well as We Summon the Darkness.
Also: TRIGGER WARNING. We get into some heavy, uncomfortable, challenging topics, including rape, sexual assault, toxic masculinity and microaggressions. Take care of yourself before listening.
It’s not all doom and gloom, though: there’s also a running gag about the Power Rangers movie.
Cross out Better Watch Out!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re taking a week off for the holidays, but rest assured that we’re still dropping a “new to most folks” episode. For its 20th anniversary this year, we’re looking back on Tarsem Singh’s The Cell with the release of the audio from our Nightstream Festival appearance back in October!
– Joe & Trace
P.S. Subscribe to our Patreon for tons of additional content! For December, we’re digging into the top horror stories of 2020 and our Best films of the year. Plus: full length episodes on Possessor, Freaky and an audio commentary on Dial Code Santa Claus, the R-rated Home Alone film that came out before Home Alone!
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.