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Revisiting a Contemporary Classic With ‘Hereditary’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Joanie, The Scammer
After spending two weeks talking about dinosaurs with Tammy and the T-Rex and then Jurassic Park last week, it seemed like a good time to revisit a very serious, very somber contemporary classic: Ari Aster‘s 2018 family melodrama, Heredtiary, just in time for its 5th anniversary.
In the film, grieving diorama creator Annie (Toni Collette) has recently lost her mother, with whom she had a very contentious relationship. Almost immediately the family is hit with another loss when daughter Charlie (Milly Shapiro) is killed in a freak accident.
As Annie’s husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne) tries to keep the family together, Annie is befriended by Joan (Ann Dowd), a member of her grief counseling group, while her son Peter (Alex Wolff) begins to come under psychic attack. What’s really going on with all of these unusual events? The truth lies in the treehouse; just mind your head!
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Episode 234: Hereditary (2018) feat. Girl, That’s Scary
Avoid triangles and watch your head because we’re talking Ari Aster’s Hereditary (2018) aka the film that we named our horror awards after!
We’re joined by mega fans Jazz and Kat from Girl, That’s Scary, who love the film, but wonder if Aster is ok?
It’s all about Toni Collette’s “bad mom”, but also shout-outs to Alex Wolff and Ann Dowd.
Plus: a trans reading of Paimon, Dante’s Inferno, secret clues, skittering and turkey noises, and the perils of making deals with the 8th King of Hell.
Cross out Hereditary!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re travelling back to 1989 to discuss the hair politics of queer director Justin Simien’s Bad Hair (2020)!
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The Halloweenies celebrate Alien Day (LV-4/26) with a Resurrection!
Join co-hosts Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Michael Roffman, and Justin Gerber as they awaken from a cryosleep of 200 years aboard the Auriga. In the first of two episodes dedicated to Alien Resurrection, the gang talks the development, the production, Joss Whedon, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and what this all this might be like under Danny Boyle’s direction.
Stream the first of two episodes below, and stay tuned for Pt. on May 3rd. Later in May, they will also cover both 2004’s Alien vs. Predator and 2007’s Alien vs. Predator: Requiem.
Subscribe to the Halloweenies via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, RadioPublic, 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, and Chucky! This year? They’re looking to the stars with the Alien franchise.
You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gremlins, Jaws), one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals (e.g. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Invasion of the Body Snatchers ), and even spinoffs like their recent run Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.
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