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Gettin’ Goopy with James Gunn’s ‘Slither’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Marriage is a sacred bond…
After concluding March discussing of the classic folk horror film The Wicker Man (listen) and observing the Easter holiday in Critters 2: The Main Course (listen), we’re gonna shine up our boots at the local Deer Cheer festival in James Gunn‘s 2006 horror comedy (and notorious box office bomb) Slither for its 20th anniversary!
In Slither, the quiet lives of the residents of Wheelsy, South Carolina are disrupted when an asteroid containing an alien parasite crashes in the local forest. Patient zero is Grant Grant (Michael Rooker), who begins an ooey, gooey takeover of the town using parasitic slugs. It’s up to Grant’s wife Starla (Elizabeth Banks) and sheriff Bill Pardy (Nathan Fillion) to stop the invasion before it’s too late.
Slither will celebrate its 20th Anniversary with a limited UK and Ireland theatrical release and a 4K Digital release from 1st May, and 4K UHD + Blu-ray Steelbook combo from 18th May which can be pre-ordered through HMV, ZAVVI & Amazon.
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Episode 381: Slither (2006)
Pack your box lunch and hand us a piece of that possum over there because we’re talking James Gunn’s hilariously goopy directorial debut Slither (2006) for its 20th(!!!) anniversary!
Join us as we lament the box office bomb status of this clever little creature feature (you better believe we were both in the theater back in 2006, though!) and laud the impressive practical effects on display.
Plus: marveling at the Brenda blob, gagging (literally) at the Society-esque Grant Grant blob, laughing at squid stickers and learning all about cooters.
Cross out Slither!
Coming Up Next: To celebrate the release of Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, we’re going back in time to check out the original appearance of the Universal monster in 1932’s The Mummy!
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On the DL.
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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