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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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After winding down June with discussions of our vey first William Castle film Homicidal (listen) and queer director Roland Emmerich’s summer tentpole Independence Day (listen), we’re heading back to 1981 to check out Joe Dante‘s seminal werewolf film The Howling.
The Howling sees television journalist Karen White (Dee Wallace) attend a psychiatric retreat with her husband Bill (Christopher Stone) after being attacked and traumatized by local serial killer Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo). It isn’t long before Karen realizes that the retreat is actually a secret cult of werewolves, and they’ve already got their sights set on Bill.
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Episode 394: The Howling (1981)
Make note of that smiley face sticker and snag that conveniently-placed jar of acid because we’re talking Joe Dante’s stealth werewolf classic The Howling (1981)!
Join us as we discuss the film’s deviations from its source material before doing a deep dive into this very tongue-in-cheek, self-aware horror film. It honestly feels like a precursor to Scream, in many ways!
Plus: Roger Corman (again!) those incredible special effects, differentiating “color movies” from “movies in color,” and why queer icon Elisabeth Brooks has us going “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!”
Cross out The Howling!
Coming Up Next: We’re tackling our very first Ken Russell film with a look at his controversial 1984 erotic thriller Crimes of Passion!
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