Queer Horror Cult

Join Lori and Aria as they hit their tenth episode with the obligatory rundown of requisite holiday horror, with "Silent Night, Bloody Night" (1972), "P2" (2007), and "The Children" (2008).

Audio clip from "Female Trouble" (1974)

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This week Lori and Aria keep it in the family as they talk Oedipal/Electra complexes in horror, looking specifically at Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981), Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981), and Julie Darling (1983).

Audio clip from "The Loved Ones" (2009).

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This week Lori and Aria are dissecting the depiction of sex work on the silver screen with a range from tired tropes to subversive screen-time. Films discussed include Cam (2018), Sugar Cookies (1973), Frankenhooker (1990), and Vampire Hookers (1978).

Audio clip from "King of the Hill."

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We've got a special bonus episode to continue the discussion from Episode 7: "Queer Giallo Cult" in which we're talking Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971).

THIS EPISODE FEATURES MAJOR SPOILERS FOR "FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET"

Audio clip from "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" (1971)

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This week Lori and Aria go Italian and give a brief primer on the Giallo film and more, before getting into the finer points of the hilarity that is LGBTQ+ "representation" in Giallo.

Films discussed: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, The Case of the Bloody Iris, and Tenebrae

Sound clips from "A Dirty Shame," "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage," "The Case of the Bloody Iris," and "Tenebrae."

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This week Lori and Aria prove that they are in no way Economics majors as they talk capitalistic horror via Dawn of the Dead (1978 AND 2004), They Live (1988), and Chopping Mall (1986).

Audio clips from "They Live," "Dawn of the Dead," and "Repo Man."

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Join Aria and Lori as they discuss body horror classic The Fly (1986), and a Lovecraft double-feature of From Beyond (1986) and Dagon (2001), as allegorical of heteronormative society's anxiety over trans bodies. Plus we get into our fave body horror glow-ups!

This episode contains spoilers for The Fly (1986), From Beyond (1986), and Dagon (2001).

CONTENT NOTE: This episode contains discussion of transphobia and anti-trans violence/rhetoric.

Audio clip from "Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers," "From Beyond," "The Fly," and "Dagon."

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Dystopic reality, roving queer vigilante gangs, and Fiona Dourif? This week we're talk everything Purge, and we're getting deep! Join us for our thoughts on the films and the television series as they pertain to, and reflect on, society.

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE PURGE FILMS AND SERIES.

Audio clip from "Pink Flamingos"

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As the days grow colder and shorter, gather around the garbage fire and stay cozy as Lori and Aria talk about their favourite character archetype, the Dirtbag Diva! They'll run through some of their favourite trash-fire women in horror and their best moments, and then talk about how these cinematic sleazes function as outsiders to normalcy within their respective films.

Films discussed: 68 Kill, Absurd, American Mary, Antibirth, The Evil Dead, Excision, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and Tragedy Girls

Audio clips from 68 Kill, American Mary, Antibirth, The Evil Dead, Excision, and Tragedy Girls

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In our special bonus Halloween 2018 episode, we discuss the new "Halloween" (2018)! And by discuss, Lori and Aria perform a full-blown autopsy as they deconstruct the film to study it in terms of trauma and the boogeyman. Further discussion looks at the film in terms of how a classic, golden-era slasher can be reborn in 2018.

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE FILM "HALLOWEEN" (2018).

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION OF ISSUES OF TRAUMA AND ASSAULT.

Audio clip from "Halloween" (1978)

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