Queer Horror Cult

This week, Lori and Aria are once again locked in conflict with the Discourse™ as they unpack the need for less-than-perfect, flawed representation in queer characters. Listen along as we lionize lesbian scumbags in cinema through an examination of "All Cheerleaders Die" (2013), "I Care a Lot" (2020), and, for the second time, "Knife+Heart" (2018).

Audio clip from the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters.

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Ahoy! This week, Lori and Aria talk gender essentialism, how it fuels bigotry, and how it can be used to subvert itself, as they dive into the French queer arthouse morass of sexual confusion and gender collapse. So kick back with your fave takeout from femboy hooters, and all aboard for a voyage into the spoiler-filled territory of deconstructing "The Wild Boys" (2017)!

Audio clip from "Frankenhooker" (1990).

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Oh boy. Pride month is once again upon us, so we're back at it. Let's ease back into things with a conversation about some of the most fun we've had in the past year as we take a look at Canada's own PG: Psycho Goreman (2020).

Audio clips from The Cure - "Boys Don't Cry" and "PG: Psycho Goreman" (2020)

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This week, Aria and Lori are putting on their tinfoil hats, pulling out their fillings, and burning off their fingerprints with a look at three paranoid horror films. Films discussed are "The Thing" (1982), "Bug" (2006), and "Someone's Watching Me!" (1978).

Audio clip from "The Wrong Guy" (1997).

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This week, Aria and Lori get political as they look at the topic of resource extraction, expansionism, and colonialism in terms of the films "Alien" (1979), "Congo" (1995), and "Underwater" (2020).

Audio clip from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2008).

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This week, Aria and Lori pull themselves away from the internet long enough to talk about the internet. Movies discussed are "Pulse" (2001), "Pulse" (2006), "The Card Player" (2004), and "Open Windows" (2014).

Audio clip from "Kids' Guide to the Internet" (1997).

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This week Lori and Aria look at some truly inexplicable films, all centred around big cats. Movies discussed are "Wild Beasts" (1984), "Roar" (1981), and the Netflix mini-series "Tiger King" (2020).

Audio clip from "The Making of Roar"

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This week Aria and Lori look at a pair of April Fool's themed movies, with "April Fool's Day" (1986) and "Slaughter High" (1986).

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR "APRIL FOOL'S DAY" (1986) AND "SLAUGHTER HIGH" (1986).

Audio clip from "I Started a Joke" by Faith No More.

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This virus is no laughing matter, and our hearts go out to everyone who is struggling. This week, resident Italian Aria, along with Lori, show solidarity from abroad with Italy, by looking at American attempts at showing Italian culture that often yield disastrous results, watching "Jersey Shore Shark Attack" (2012), "Massacre Mafia Style" (1974), "Family Honor" (1973), and, inexplicably, "Super Mario Bros" (1993). Please stay home and stay safe during the pandemic, and if you need some company, tune in.

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This week Aria and Lori hunker down and do some social distancing while discussing adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's The Color Out of Space. Movies discussed this week are "Color Out of Space" (2019), "The Curse" (1987), and "Die, Monster, Die!" (1965).

Audio clip from "The Astronomer" Vermillion Lies

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