The show where we discuss arthouse horror movies but in a fun, not at all snobby way. Hosted by Joshua Conkel and Drusilla Adeline.
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Josh and Drusilla discuss another one of Dario Argento’s giallo classics, Tenebrae . From wiki: “ Tenebrae (lit. '"darkness"', also known as Tenebre ) is a 1982 Italian giallo [2] [3] [4] [5] film written and directed by Dario Argento . The film stars Anthony Franciosa as American author Peter Neal, who – while in Rome promoting his latest murder-mystery novel – becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who may have been inspired to kill by his novel. John Saxon and Daria Nicolodi co-s...
This week the ghouls discuss Romero’s iconic zombie classic, Night of the Living Dead . From wiki: “ Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent zombie horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero , written by Romero and John Russo , produced by Russell Streiner and Karl Hardman, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea . The story follows seven people trapped in a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania , under assault by flesh-eating reanimated corpses. Although the ...
The movie of the week is Stephen Sayadian’s Dr. Caligari (1989). From wiki: “ Dr. Caligari is a 1989 American avant-garde horror erotic film co-written and directed by Stephen Sayadian and starring Madeleine Reynal, Laura Albert, Gene Zerna, David Parry, Fox Harris and Jennifer Balgobin. [2] It is a quasi-sequel to the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari .[ citation needed ] The film details a disturbed doctor (the granddaughter of the original Dr. Caligari) and her illegal experiments on her ...
Josh and Drusilla are OBSESSED with The Ugly Stepsister. From wiki: “ The Ugly Stepsister ( Norwegian : Den Stygge Stesøsteren ) is a 2025 Norwegian-speaking satirical [3] [4] dark comedy [5] body horror [6] [7] film written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt (in her directorial debut). The film, starring Lea Myren , Thea Sofie Loch Næss , Ane Dahl Torp , and Flo Fagerli, making use of the motif of the fairy tale " Cinderella ", retells a twisted story of Elvira, who competes against her beautifu...
Josh and Drusilla discuss Roman Polanski’s Repulsion . From wiki: “ Repulsion is a 1965 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Roman Polanski , and starring Catherine Deneuve . [2] Based on a story written by Polanski and Gérard Brach , the plot follows Carol, a withdrawn, disturbed young woman who, when left alone in the apartment she shares with her sister, is subject to a number of nightmarish experiences. The film focuses on the point of view of Carol and her vivid hallucinat...
The children return once again to David Cronenberg with his body horror banger, The Brood. From wiki: “ The Brood is a 1979 Canadian psychological body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Oliver Reed , Samantha Eggar , and Art Hindle . Its plot follows a man and his mentally ill ex-wife, who has been sequestered by a psychiatrist known for his controversial therapy techniques. A series of brutal unsolved murders serves as the backdrop for the central narrative.” Als...
This week, Drusilla and Josh discuss Kasi Lemmon’s gorgeous 90’s gothic melodrama, Eve’s Bayou. From wiki: “ Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American Southern Gothic drama film written and directed by Kasi Lemmons , who made her directorial debut with this film. Samuel L. Jackson served as a producer, and starred in the film with Lisa Nicole Carson , Jurnee Smollett , Lynn Whitfield , Debbi Morgan , Meagan Good , and Diahann Carroll . The film premiered at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival and ...
Josh and Drusilla discuss the 1962 Japanese film, Pitfall. From wiki: “ Pitfall (おとし穴, Otoshiana ), a.k.a. The Pitfall and Kashi To Kodomo , is a 1962 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara , written by Kōbō Abe . It was Teshigahara's first feature, and the first of his four film collaborations with Abe, the others being Woman in the Dunes , The Face of Another and The Man Without a Map . Unlike the others, which are based on novels by Abe, Pitfall was originally a television play called ...
A classic this week! Jonathan Demme’s beloved but controversial, The Silence of the Lambs (1990.) From wiki: “ The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally , adapted from Thomas Harris 's 1988 novel . It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling , a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer named " Buffalo Bill " ( Ted Levine ), who skins his female victims. To catch him, she seeks the advice of the impriso...
This week the duo discusses a movie that Josh… well, doesn’t like; Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook (2014). From wiki: “ The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film written and directed by Jennifer Kent in her feature directorial debut , based on her 2005 short film Monster . Starring Essie Davis , Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall , Hayley McElhinney , Barbara West, and Ben Winspear , the film follows a widowed single mother who with her son must confront a mysterious humanoid monster i...
He hath risen! The ghouls spend Easter discussing the underseen Finnish film from 1952, The White Reindeer . From wiki: “ The White Reindeer ( Finnish : Valkoinen peura , Swedish : Den Vita Renen ) is a 1952 Finnish folk horror film directed by Erik Blomberg in his feature film debut. [1] Blomberg wrote the screenplay with his wife Mirjami Kuosmanen , who also stars in the lead role. Based on pre-Christian Finnish mythology and Sami shamanism , the film is set in the Finnish Lapland and centers ...
The movie of the week is Deliverance (1972), and the team discusses all things hillbilly. From wiki: “ Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey , who adapted it from his own 1970 novel . It follows four businessmen from Atlanta who venture into the remote northern Georgia wilderness to see the Cahulawassee River before it is dammed, only to find themselves in danger from the area's inhabitants and nature. It stars Jon Vo...
This week, Josh and Drusilla are joined by dear friend, Jose Gallegos, to discuss Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989). From wiki: “ The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 crime drama art film written and directed by Peter Greenaway , starring Richard Bohringer , Michael Gambon , Helen Mirren and Alan Howard in the title roles. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and France, the film's graphic violence and nude scenes, as well as...
We’re running a giveaway! Leave us a five star review on Apple, screengrab it, and send to bloodhauspod@gmail.com to be entered to win a blu-ray of Dressed to Kill or Cruising . The ghouls watch one of their favorite movies, Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace . From wiki: “ Blood and Black Lace ( Italian : Sei donne per l'assassino , lit. 'Six Women for the Murderer') is a 1964 giallo film directed by Mario Bava and starring Eva Bartok and Cameron Mitchell . The story concerns the brutal murders ...
This week, Drusilla and Josh discuss the exploitation video nasty classic, The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976). From wiki: “ The Witch Who Came from the Sea is a 1976 American psychological horror film produced and directed by Matt Cimber and starring Millie Perkins , Lonny Chapman , Vanessa Brown , Peggy Feury , Rick Jason , George Buck Flower , and Roberta Collins . The film centers on an emotionally scarred woman who goes on a killing spree after taking a job as a waitress in a seaside bar...
A very special episode this week, as Josh and Drusilla dive into the work of video artist Cecilia Condit and Possibly in Michigan. From wiki: “ Cecelia Ann Condit [2] (born 15 December 1947) is an American video artist. Condit's films are noted for their attempts to subvert traditional mythologies of female representation and psychologies of sexuality and violence. Condit has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation , American Film Institute , National Endowment for the Arts , Mary L. Nohl...
This week, Josh and Drusilla discuss Ben Wheatley’s influential 2013 film, A Field in England. From wiki: “ A Field in England is a 2013 British historical psychological horror film directed by Ben Wheatley . [3] The film, shot in black-and-white, is set during the mid-17th-century English Civil War . The film was released on 5 July 2013 on multiple platforms simultaneously, including cinemas, home media and video on demand. It was also broadcast on Film4 on the day of its release. [4] Also disc...
This week Josh and Drusilla watched the incredible The Vanishing (1988). From wiki: “ The Vanishing ( Dutch : Spoorloos , literally: "Traceless" or "Without a Trace") is a 1988 psychological thriller film directed by George Sluizer , adapted from the novella The Golden Egg (1984) by Tim Krabbé . It stars Gene Bervoets as a man who searches obsessively for his girlfriend following her disappearance at a rest area. The Vanishing was released on 27 October 1988, and received positive reviews. Sluiz...
Today Drusilla and Josh discuss Peter Weir’s under loved The Plumber (1979). From wiki: “ The Plumber is a 1979 Australian psychological thriller film about a psychotic plumber who terrorizes a grad student. Written and directed by Peter Weir , The Plumber was originally made and broadcast as a television film in Australia in 1979 but was subsequently released to theatres in several countries beginning with the United States in 1981. [1] The film was made shortly after Weir's critically acclaime...
The third anniversary of Bloodhaus! What a journey. Instead of celebrating President’s Day (boo!) their celebrating Valentine’s Day (yay!) The gruesome twosome celebrates with a double feature by Guillermo Del Toro: Crimson Peak (2015) and The Shape of Water (2017). From wiki: Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðel ˈtoɾo] ; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales , gothicism and horror often ...
Josh and Drusilla discuss Jack Clayton’s gothic masterpiece, The Innocents (1961). From wiki: “ The Innocents is a British-American 1961 gothic psychological horror film directed and produced by Jack Clayton , and starring Deborah Kerr , Michael Redgrave , and Megs Jenkins . Based on the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by the American novelist Henry James , the screenplay was adapted by William Archibald and Truman Capote , who used Archibald's own 1950 stage play —also titled The Innocents —...
The show goes to Quebec to discuss the 2023 thriller, Les chambres rouge aka Red Rooms . From wiki: “ Red Rooms ( French : Les chambres rouges ) is a 2023 Canadian psychological thriller film written and directed by Pascal Plante . [3] The film stars Juliette Gariépy , Laurie Babin , Elisabeth Locas, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos , Natalie Tannous, Pierre Chagnon and Guy Thauvette . The film's production was first announced in November 2022. [4] Also discussed: dark times, To Die For , Barb and Star Go t...
This week, Josh and Drusilla watched Jerzy Skolimowski’s The Shout (1978.) From wiki: “ The Shout is a 1978 British horror film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski . It was based on a short story by Robert Graves and adapted for the screen by Skolimowski and Michael Austin. The film was the first to be produced by Jeremy Thomas under his Recorded Picture Company banner. But also: transgender girl scouts, woodworking as a hot boy hobby, Dangerous Liasons , The Wizard of Oz , Wild at Heart , Nights of C...
This week, Josh and Drusilla watched Issa Lopez’s 2017 film; Tigers Are Not Afraid . They felt mixed on it. From wiki: Tigers Are Not Afraid ( Spanish : Vuelven , lit. 'They Return') is a 2017 Mexican fantasy crime horror film, with elements of magical realism , written and directed by Issa López . The film is produced by Marco Polo Constandse, under the banner of Filmadora Nacional, and Peligrosa. The film stars Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Ianis Guerrero, Rodrigo Cortes, Hanssel Casillas, Ner...
Josh and Drusilla are living through the awful Los Angeles fire. Here’s how you can help: https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=1014-resources-to-support-those-during-the-l-a-fires They discuss the 1949 film The Queen of Spades. From wiki: “ The Queen of Spades is a 1949 British fantasy - horror film directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring Anton Walbrook , Edith Evans and Yvonne Mitchell (in her cinematic debut). It is based on the 1834 short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin . [3] [4]...
This week, Josh and Drusilla discuss Michael Mann’s troubled, previously hard-to-see The Keep. From wiki: “ The Keep is a 1983 supernatural horror film written and directed by Michael Mann and starring Scott Glenn , Gabriel Byrne , Jürgen Prochnow , Alberta Watson , and Ian McKellen . Set in Romania during World War II , it follows a group of Nazi soldiers who unleash a malevolent supernatural force after setting up camp in an ancient stone fortress in the Carpathian Mountains . It is an adaptat...
Happy New Year! Josh and Drusilla close out 2024 with favorites for both the new films of the year and favorite first-time watches on Bloodhaus. Some included are: Anora, The Substance, Rumour, Conclave, Baby Blood, Litane, Twisters, The Room Next Door, and more. The film of the day however is Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu. From wiki: “ Nosferatu is a 2024 American gothic horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers . It is a remake of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu , which was inspired by Bram ...
Happy Holidays! This week, Josh and Drusilla watch the Christmas-y RKO classic, The Curse of the Cat People from Val Lewton. From wiki: “ The Curse of the Cat People is a 1944 American psychological supernatural thriller film [1] [2] [3] directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise , produced by Val Lewton , and starring Simone Simon , Kent Smith , Jane Randolph , and Ann Carter . It tells a story about a young girl who befriends the ghost of her father's deceased first wife, a Serbian fashio...
This week, Josh and Drusilla are divided on Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 film, Under the Skin . From wiki: “ Under the Skin is a 2013 science fiction film directed by Jonathan Glazer and written by Glazer and Walter Campbell, based on the 2000 novel by Michel Faber . It stars Scarlett Johansson as an otherworldly woman who preys on men in Scotland. The film premiered at Telluride Film Festival on 29 August 2013. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2014, and in other territories later in ...
