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It’s Man vs. Nature in John Boorman’s ‘Deliverance’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Masculine Men Doing Masculine Things.
After concluding May discussing the controversial production of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (listen) and reveling in Frank Henenlotter’s hilarious Frankenhooker (listen), we’re kicking off June with a long overdue look at John Boorman‘s adaptation of James Dickey‘s novel Deliverance!
Deliverance sees four friends and businessmen (Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox) venture out into rural Georgia to canoe the fictional Cahulawassee River before it is dammed. Upon arriving at their destination, they learn that the locals don’t take too kindly to city folk, often completely disregarding them. When a pair of mountain men brutally attack the four friends in the woods, their bonding vacation turns into a vicious fight for survival as they must contend with the whitewater rapids while being seemingly hunted by the locals.
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Episode 337: Deliverance (1972)
Prep your canoes and don’t anger the locals because we’re discussing John Boorman‘s (in)famous 1972 thriller Deliverance and all the baggage that comes with it.
Join us as we take a look at a film whose reputation precedes it, from its male rape scene to its portrayal of rural mountain folk. There’s plenty to unpack here!
Plus: Burt Reynolds‘ lamb bone, squealing pigs, raping landscapes, and the poignancy of watching a grown man weep.
Cross out Deliverance!
Coming Up Next: We’re taking a brief sojourn away from the horror genre to look at Joel Schumacher’s first camptastic Batman entry: Batman Forever (1995).
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It’s always a cruel summer, but 2026 is about to get crueler.
To blow off steam, the Losers hit the road to visit all the towns in Stephen King’s Dominion. Derry, Castle Rock, Ludlow, Boulder, the list goes on. They’ve got miles to drive and so many (scary) sights to see. At the end of the day, though, they have to ask themselves: Which one’s the best? And, more importantly, what does “best” mean in this context?
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