Podcasts
Three Years Later, How Does ‘Halloween’ Hold Up? [Horror Queers Podcast]
We Need to Talk About Cameron….
After touring the streets of Los Angeles in David Lynch’s masterpiece Mulholland Drive, we went all the way back to the ’30s to check in with Countess Zaleska in Lambert Hillyer’s queer horror classic Dracula’s Daughter, before hitting the road with Steve Zahn and Paul Walker in Joy Ride. Now, in celebration of the release of Halloween Kills this past weekend, we’re heading back to Haddonfield to discuss David Gordon Green‘s 2018 sequel Halloween!
It’s been 40 years since Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) survived a vicious attack from crazed killer Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) on Halloween night. Locked up in an institution, Myers manages to escape when his bus transfer goes horribly wrong. Laurie now faces a terrifying showdown when the masked madman returns to Haddonfield, Ill. — but this time, she’s ready for him.
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Episode 147 – Halloween (2018)
Pull your phone out of that pudding because we’re heading to Haddonfield to revisit David Gordon Green’s 2018 sequel to Halloween titled…Halloween! Tapping in for the discussion is Richard Newby, the author of the horror short story collection We Make Monsters Here!
Join us as we take a deep dive into this legacy sequel that wants to remind us of every previous sequel in the franchise despite also wanting us to forget about them. We’ll discuss the film’s portrayal of trauma and how it compares to the portrayal in Halloween: H20. Oh, and how about the 30 minutes of deleted scenes (not all of which are on the Blu)?
Plus, Joe’s magical talents, Creighton Duke, British Ellie Kemper, baby-killing, Bánh Mi, “Gotcha!” and…..is that the same wig from 1981’s Halloween II just spray-painted gray? Oh, and we need to talk about Cameron…
Cross out Halloween!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re going back to the original Marvel vampire movie with a discussion of 1998’s Blade!
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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!
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