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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ – Stream Weekly Recaps With The Losers’ Club: A Stephen King Podcast
To no one’s surprise, It: Welcome to Derry is a blockbuster smash for HBO Max. Developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, the prequel series brings Constant Readers back to Stephen King’s titular town, dusting off every nook and cranny as we revisit the town halls, movie theaters, secondhand shoppes, and more.
Here’s the good news: Although The Losers’ Club aren’t around in 1962, you can join them weekly right here on Bloody Disgusting. Each Monday, co-hosts Randall Colburn, Jenn Adams, Julia Marchese, and Michael Roffman will splish-splash through every new episode, offering insights, tangents, bits, and theories on the many, many arcs threading through their town.
Stream their coverage on the first two episodes below ahead of this Sunday’s third installment. You can also head to the stacks in the Derry Public Library with Jenn Adams as she keeps meeting notes for each episode on Bloody Disgusting . After all, there’s a whole lotta history to Derry, and who better than The Losers’ Club to keep track of it all.
Subscribe now and we’ll see you over long days… and pleasant nights.
Founded in 2017, The Losers’ Club® is an award-winning weekly series that chronologically digs through the work of Stephen King with humor, irreverence, and a critical eye. Each episode, the Losers gather together to read between the iconic pages and share the latest in King’s Dominion, whether it’s the author’s oft-controversial tweets, the boldest Hollywood headlines, or his endless forthcoming projects. The series also regularly features special guests. In the past, the Losers have spoken to Mike Flanagan, Thomas Jane, Tananarive Due, Chapo Trap House, Owen Teague, Mick Garris, Mary Lambert, Jerry O’Connell, Wil Wheaton, Joe Bob Briggs, and even King himself. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. You can also unlock hundreds of hours of content in The Barrens (Patreon).
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Shakespearean Education in the Vincent Price-Starring ‘Theater of Blood’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Butch knows best…
After concluding May with discussions of the disaster “slasher” The Poseidon Adventure (listen) and Michael Biehn’s demon twink in the messy-but-watchable The Fan (listen), we’re heading back to the ’70s to discuss our very first Vincent Price film in Douglas Hickox‘s horror comedy Theater of Blood (1973).
In Theater of Blood, Vincent Price stars as Edward Lionheart, a disgraced Shakespearean actor who begins targeting the critics who shamed him. The gimmick? He’s taking inspiration from the death scenes in William Shakespeare’s plays! Aiding him is his daughter Edwina (Diana Rigg), who acts as the honeypot for her father’s macabre scheme.
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Episode 388: Theater of Blood (1973)
Brush up on your Shakespeare and protect those poodles because we’re covering our very first Vincent Price film in Douglas Hickox’s horror comedy Theater of Blood (1973), a personal favorite of both Price and Diana Rigg.
Join us as we go all in on this somewhat episodic (but also educational!) proto-slasher, wondering if we’re supposed to know that’s Diana Rigg in hippie drag, and cackling at some of these murder set pieces.
Plus, “Handsy Dickman,” narcissistic gravestones, antisemitic stage makeup, and the ultimate debate: is it theatER or theatRE?
C/W: Attempted suicide, off-screen dog murder.
Cross out Theater of Blood!
Coming Up Next: We’re celebrating the premiere of AMC’s The Vampire Lestat with a look at the much-maligned 2002 adaptation Queen of the Damned!
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