Podcasts
The Inexcusable Transphobia of Controversial ‘Incident in a Ghostland’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Shut Up, Pascal!
May continues to be a month of extremes. Trace and I started the month with Jane Schoenbrun’s microbudget creepypasta film We’re All Going To The World’s Fair, followed by our usual Friday the 13th film, Friday the 13: Jason Lives. Then last week we headed Down Under for notorious kangaroo-killing Ozploitation flick, Wake in Fright. Now we’re tackling notorious French director Pascal Laugier’s North American film Incident in a Ghostland (2018) which has no shortage of controversies.
In the film, a family of three – Colleen (Mylène Farmer), older sister Vera (Taylor Hickson) and dreamy younger sister Beth (Emilia Jones) – move into a deceased family member’s home that is infested with creepy dolls. Almost immediately they are savagely attacked by a Fat Man (Rob Archer) and Candy Truck Woman (male actor Kevin Powell). Years later, Beth (Crystal Reed) – now a successful horror author – reunites with her mother and sister at the house where the nightmare really begins…
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Episode 179 – Incident in a Ghostland (2018) feat. Xero Gravity
Plus: TCM-meets-giallo production design, a sly police subversion, a groan-worthy typewriter and dolls everywhere.
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Coming up on Wednesday: We’re sticking with grim material as we dive into Álex de la Iglesia’s 1997 exploitation/crime film, Perdita Durango (aka Dance with the Devil). C/W: rape
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Podcasts
The Double ‘Othering’ of David in ‘An American Werewolf in London’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
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Coming up on Wednesday: We’re undergoing a risky experimental treatment for a “different” kind of child with Netflix’s 2019 title, Eli.
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