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‘The Frighteners’ Scares Up a Sexy Killer Couple [The Ladykillers Podcast]
“We’re in the mood for a little vivisection.”
We’ve all heard the saying “less is more.” Marie Kondo championed this minimalist sentiment when convincing us to rid our homes of unwanted items and Coco Chanel lived by the rule of taking one accessory off before leaving the house. We’re not sure Peter Jackson has ever heard this saying as his films tend to be extravaganzas filled with lavish plotting, eccentric characters, and over-the-top effects. And we’re not mad about it. Years before he wowed the world with expansive adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and a mammoth remake of the 1933 classic King Kong, Jackson honed his delightful excesses in the horror genre culminating in the 1996 splatstick comedy The Frighteners.
Michael J. Fox stars as Frank Bannister, a widower blessed – or cursed – with the ability to see the dead. When he runs afoul of a ghostly killer and his surprising accomplice, Frank must team up with his ghoulish buddies and a crush-worthy doctor to stop the numeric killing spree before the body count grows any higher. With perplexing roles by horror royalty and a cartoonish approach to the world of the dead, The Frighteners charms with its 90s nostalgia, perplexes with indulgent characterization, and wins us over with its stunning and sexy female killer.
In a new episode of The Lady Killers, co-hosts Jenn Adams, Sammie Kuykendall, Mae Shults, and Rocco T. Thompson dust off their Ouija boards and rush their ashes to the chapel as they discuss aspirational crones, creepy manors, supernatural kink, and off-putting sidekicks. Is Patricia a villain or the victim of an older man? Why are we so attracted to a murderous Jake Busey? What’s going on in that opening scene and what movie does Jeffrey Combs think he’s in? They’ll count off each of these questions and more as they carve numbers into their foreheads and hop on the express bus to hell in a “more is more” episode on a smokin’ hot killer couple.
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Dead Space: Deep Cover is an all-new story set in the perilous universe of the award-winning Dead Space games, a survival horror franchise known for its intense gameplay and atmospheric storytelling. Last year’s remake garnered critical acclaim for its immersive gameplay mechanics, innovative features like strategic dismemberment, and dark, suspenseful narrative.
In Dead Space: Deep Cover, journalist Emmeline Ayuba searches for her sister, who reportedly joined a local Unitologist church. As she delves into the mysterious world of this church, she uncovers internal conflicts, strange customs and the personal sacrifices she must make to reunite with her sister.
“Something I’ve particularly relished with licensed fiction is mining out a little corner of the background to explore,” said the podcast’s writer, Ben Counter, known for over a dozen novels, his own original fiction podcast, Out of Place, and his work in the Warhammer 40,000 franchise and Bloody FM podcasts like SCP Archives and Mayfair Watchers Society. “In the case of Dead Space: Deep Cover, it’s the Church of Unitology, which was my favorite aspect of the games’ background and my first choice for a focus of the podcast. I got to explore the Church and break some new ground. Similarly, using a new setting of Ganymede gave me somewhere to gleefully trash without clashing with the established timeline of the franchise.”
“Whether you love the game franchise or have never dived into it, the podcast follows a unique storyline that will immerse, grip and disorient listeners until they are unsure whether or not the Big Bad is really that bad,” said co-showrunner Rhys Tirado, known for their work on several other Bloody FM podcasts, and as the creator of horror audio drama Overbrook. They’re showrunning Dead Space: Deep Cover with Veronica California, co-creator of the Bloody FM fan favorite audio drama podcast The Hotel.
Subscribe to Dead Space: Deep Cover on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts to listen to the premiere now!
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