Podcasts
Wacky Colors and Nuns Aplenty in ‘Psycho III’! [Horror Queers Podcast]
Mother 2.0.
Our month of 3s (to celebrate the podcast’s third year of existence) started with a bang with our longest episode ever (on Wes Craven’s Scream 3), and then got weird with Anthony Hickox’s Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth. So what better way to celebrate our third week of 3s than with Anthony Perkins‘ directorial debut: the darkly comedic slasher Psycho III?
In the film, which takes place one month after the events of Psycho II, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is still running the Bates Motel with the corpse of Emma Spool still sitting up in the house. A suicidal nun (Diana Scarwid), with whom Norman falls in love, comes to the motel along with a drifter named Duane Duke (Jeff Fahey). A reporter (Roberta Maxwell) also tries to solve the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Spool as someone begins another murder spree.
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Episode 109 – Psycho 3 (1986)
We’re in our third week of 3s, and what better way to celebrate than with good ol’ Norman Bates himself in Anthony Perkins’ directorial debut Psycho III? Despite the film’s iconic opening line, there has to be a God, right? Otherwise, we wouldn’t have this darkly comedic entry in the Psycho franchise!
Join us as we delve deep into the closeted life of Anthony Perkins, look for queerness in his unique directing style (so many colors and fun transitions!), lament the rushed third act and become flabbergasted at one of the most incoherent exposition dumps ever put on film.
Plus, suicidal nuns, Jeff Fahey’s teeth, bloody ice, strategically placed purple lamps and the franchise’s very own Gale Weathers in Roberta Maxwell’s ambitious journalist Tracy Venable. This is a wild one, y’all!
Cross out Psycho III!
Coming up on Wednesday: Our month of 3s concludes as we discuss the controversial third entry in the Alien franchise with David Fincher’s Alien3 (1992)! Please note that we’ll be covering the Extended Cut of the film as opposed to the Theatrical Cut.
– Joe & Trace
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Podcasts
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.