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Justice for Clarice Starling in Ridley Scott’s ‘Hannibal’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
“YOU SWEAR TOO!”
After concluding April defending the much-maligned fourth Alien franchise entry Alien Resurrection (listen) and celebrating Earth Day with a look at Lee Haven Jones’ The Feast (listen), we’re kicking off May by revisiting the wonderful world of Thomas Harris in Ridley Scott‘s 2001 adaptation Hannibal.
Hannibal sees the world-famous cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) still at large following his escape at the end of The Silence of the Lambs. The disfigured Mason Verger (Gary Oldman), Hannibal’s only surviving victim, is dead set on revenge and begins working with the corrupt and misogynistic Justice Department official Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) to capture him.
You can’t catch something without bait, though, and Verger has the perfect person in mind to fill that role: Special Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore).
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Episode 333: Hannibal (2001)
Bowels in or bowels out? That’s the question we hope to answer as we discuss Ridley Scott‘s controversial sequel to The Silence of the Lambs in 2001’s Hannibal!
Join us as we discuss the Clarice of it all before heading to Italy to check in with everyone’s favorite cannibal. There’s no denying it: this is just a weird movie. Be it Gary Oldman‘s prosthetics or Ray Liotta‘s brain sac, there’s a lot here that mainstream audiences weren’t ready for 20+ years ago!
Cross out Hannibal!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re taking a look at Ana Lily Amirpour’s Iranian vampire Western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014).
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After spending June on explicitly queer texts like Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn (listen) and William Castle’s Homicidal (listen), it’s only appropriate that Horror Queers celebrate the American holiday with a blockbuster film with a not-so-secret gay connection.
In Independence Day, an unlikely group of people come together when the human race faces extinction from a threatening alien race. After spaceships destroy every major city, pilot Steven Hiller (Will Smith) must team up with secret tech genius David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum), as well as the US President (Bill Pullman), to execute a daring plan to save the planet from annihilation.
Along for the ride are the two saviors’ romantic partners – WH Communications Director Constance (Margaret Colin) and stripper Jasmine (Vivica A. Fox) – plus eccentric scientist Dr. Okun (Brent Spiner), who is at the center of the film’s most horrific set piece.
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Episode 393: Independence Day (1996)
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day…courtesy of gay German director Roland Emmerich.
As the summer blockbuster celebrates its 30th anniversary, we’re looking back on an alien disaster film that scared young Trace (thanks to that alien autopsy scene) and turned Will Smith into a star.
Plus: the death that upsets the most; bemoaning Vivica A. Fox’s career; pondering what could have been with the casting; why Smith’s bravado and the film’s patriotism doesn’t always work for Joe; and plenty of riffing on the atrocious sequel.
Cross out Independence Day!
Coming Up Next: We’re retreating to the country for some questionable therapy courtesy of Joe Dante’s 1981 classic, The Howling!
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