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The Standout Set Pieces in the ‘Saw’-lite ‘Escape Room’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Justice for Woll.
After visiting the lovely, bitchy ladies of Sorority Row and enjoying the French countryside in Julia Ducournau’s cannibalistic debut film Raw, we’re celebrating the release of Escape Room: Tournament of Champions with a release of our exclusive Patreon episode of the original Escape Room!
In the film, six adventurous strangers (Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine and Nik Dodani) travel to a mysterious building to experience the escape room — a game where players compete to solve a series of puzzles to win $10,000. What starts out as seemingly innocent fun soon turns into a living nightmare as the four men and two women discover each room is an elaborate trap that’s part of a sadistic game of life or death.
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Episode 134 – Escape Room (2019)
This week, we’re digging deep into the Patreon vault to discuss queer director Adam Robitel‘s Cube/Saw V sibling ‘Escape Room’ (just in time for the release of its sequel!).
We break down the actors/characters, the different rooms (#1 is obvious, but where do the other traps…er….rooms fall?) and the long, drawn-out ending of the film. You’re welcome to join us…provided that you can solve your Hellraiser-wannabe cube (or, you know, just go watch a video on YouTube)!
Cross out Escape Room!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re heading back to the classic world of Universal Monsters to revisit queer director James Whale’s better-than-the-original sequel The Bride of Frankenstein!
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After winding down June with discussions of our vey first William Castle film Homicidal (listen) and queer director Roland Emmerich’s summer tentpole Independence Day (listen), we’re heading back to 1981 to check out Joe Dante‘s seminal werewolf film The Howling.
The Howling sees television journalist Karen White (Dee Wallace) attend a psychiatric retreat with her husband Bill (Christopher Stone) after being attacked and traumatized by local serial killer Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo). It isn’t long before Karen realizes that the retreat is actually a secret cult of werewolves, and they’ve already got their sights set on Bill.
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Episode 394: The Howling (1981)
Make note of that smiley face sticker and snag that conveniently-placed jar of acid because we’re talking Joe Dante’s stealth werewolf classic The Howling (1981)!
Join us as we discuss the film’s deviations from its source material before doing a deep dive into this very tongue-in-cheek, self-aware horror film. It honestly feels like a precursor to Scream, in many ways!
Plus: Roger Corman (again!) those incredible special effects, differentiating “color movies” from “movies in color,” and why queer icon Elisabeth Brooks has us going “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!”
Cross out The Howling!
Coming Up Next: We’re tackling our very first Ken Russell film with a look at his controversial 1984 erotic thriller Crimes of Passion!
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