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The “Horrality” of ‘Housebound’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
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After kicking off 2022 with a double-dose of Scream 4, Joe and I started our “Underrated or Underseen?” theme for the first quarter of the year with a look at 2012’s American Mary and 2013’s The Lords of Salem. Now we’re tackling 2014 with a hearty discussion of Gerard Johnstone‘s hilarious comedy horror film Housebound!
In the film, would-be thief Kylie (Morgana O’Reilly) is remanded to the custody of her estranged mother (Rima Te Wiata), who turns out to be correct in her assertion that evil spirits are afoot in their family domicile. Without anywhere to go, Kylie reluctantly teams up with security contractor Amos (Glen-Paul Waru) to appease the spirits before it’s too late
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Episode 162 – Housebound (2014)
Check your ankle monitor, grab your cheese grater and prepare for lockdown because we’re heading to New Zealand to discuss Gerard Johnstone’s hilarious comedy horror film Housebound (2014)!
Join us as we discuss Johnstone’s background in television before looking at the film through Philip Brophy’s not-so-household term “horrality.” Then we pretty much just spend the rest of the episode laughing at the endless barrage of hilarious scenes that Housebound throws our way!
Plus: Famous Amos, a lesson on how to navigate Rotten Tomatoes, Trace learns about commonwealths (and Coronation Street!) and Joe’s real-life New Zealand horror story involving….an apple?
Cross out Housebound!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re continuing our “Underrated or Underseen?” theme with a look at Oz Perkins’ dread-filled, boarding school-set horror film The Blackcoat’s Daughter!
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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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