The movie this week is William Friedkin’s Bug (2006) adapted from the play by Tracy Letts. Joining the ghouls is filmmaker/writer Jon Nix who plugs his documentary about Justin Pearson, Don’t Fall in Love With Yourself . ( Available from the fine folks at Vinegar Syndrome .) They also discuss Gaspar Noe’s Lux Aeterna , Alfred (1973) Conner O’ Malley’s The Mask , Colegas aka Pals , and all about Phrogging: Hider in my House and movies where someone is hiding in the walls. From wiki: “ Bug is a 20...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 87
The film of the week is Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979.) From wiki: “ Nosferatu the Vampyre ( German : Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht , lit. 'Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night') is a 1979 horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog . It is set primarily in 19th-century Wismar , Germany and Transylvania , and was conceived as a stylistic remake of F. W. Murnau 's 1922 German Dracula adaptation Nosferatu . The picture stars Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula , Isabelle Adjani as Lucy Har...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 86
This week the ghouls discuss one of film’s greatest tough watches, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986). From wiki: “ Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a 1986 American psychological horror crime film directed and co-written by John McNaughton about the random crime spree of a serial killer who seemingly operates with impunity. It stars Michael Rooker in his debut as the nomadic killer Henry, Tom Towles as Otis, a prison buddy with whom Henry is living, and Tracy Arnold as Becky, Otis's ...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 85
This week, the kids discuss the Czech new wave film The Cremator from 1969. From wiki: “ The Cremator ( Czech : Spalovač mrtvol ) is a 1969 Czechoslovak dark comedy horror film directed by Juraj Herz , based on a novel by Ladislav Fuks . The screenplay was written by Herz and Fuks. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee. [1] In 1972, it won the Festival de Cine de Sitges Best Film award,...
Sep 25, 2023•58 min•Ep. 84
Get cozy, ghouls! This week’s episode is all about Roger Corman’s cozy spin on HP Lovecraft starring Vincent Price; The Haunted Palace (1963). From wiki: “ The Haunted Palace is a 1963 horror film released by American International Pictures , starring Vincent Price , Lon Chaney Jr. and Debra Paget (in her final film), in a story about a village held in the grip of a dead necromancer . The film was directed by Roger Corman and is one of his series of eight films largely based on the works of Amer...
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 83
The film of this week is Full Circle aka The Haunting of Julia (1977). From Wikipedia: “ Full Circle , released in the United States as The Haunting of Julia , [4] is a 1977 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Loncraine , and starring Mia Farrow and Keir Dullea . Based on the novel Julia by the American writer Peter Straub , it is the first film realization of one of his books, and follows a woman who, after the death of her daughter, finds herself haunted by the vengeful ghost of a you...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 82
Drusilla and Josh are back with a packed episode on Ti West’s House of the Devil with special guest Joe Vallese from It Came From the Closet and also actress, musician, writer Heather Robb. From wiki: “ The House of the Devil is a 2009 American horror film written, directed, and edited by Ti West , starring Jocelin Donahue , Tom Noonan , Mary Woronov , Greta Gerwig , A. J. Bowen , and Dee Wallace .The plot concerns a young college student who is hired as a babysitter at an isolated house and is ...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 81
Bloodhaus spent the week studying the late great Spanish filmmaker, Eloy de la Iglesia! This week they cover his early works, The Cannibal Man (1972) and No One Heard the Scream (1973). From wiki: “De la Iglesia was an outspoken gay and socialist filmmaker who is relatively unknown outside Spain despite a prolific and successful career in his native country. He is best remembered for having portrayed urban marginality and the world of drugs and juvenile delinquency, with many of his films dealin...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 80
This week our hosts return to House (1977) by director Nobuhiko Obayashi. From wiki: “ House ( Japanese : ハウス, Hepburn : Hausu ) is a 1977 Japanese experimental comedy horror film directed and produced by Nobuhiko Obayashi . It is about a schoolgirl traveling with her six friends to her ailing aunt's country home, where they come face to face with supernatural events as the girls are, one by one, devoured by the home. It stars mostly amateur actors , with only Kimiko Ikegami and Yōko Minamida ha...
Aug 14, 2023•54 min•Ep. 79
This week, Drusilla and Josh discusses Nanny (2022) by director Nikyatu Jusu. From wiki: “ Nanny is a 2022 American psychological horror film written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu , in her feature directorial debut . The film stars Anna Diop , Michelle Monaghan , Sinqua Walls , Morgan Spector , Rose Decker, and Leslie Uggams . Jason Blum serves as an executive producer through his Blumhouse Television banner.” But first! The Righteous Gemstones ! Oppenheimer ! James Urbaniak! Josh’s celebrity cru...
Aug 07, 2023•56 min•Ep. 78
This week on Bloodhaus, Josh and Drusilla cover Abel Ferrara’s 90s vampire joint, The Addiction . From wiki: “ The Addiction is a 1995 American vampire horror film directed by Abel Ferrara and written by Nicholas St. John . Starring Lili Taylor , Christopher Walken , Annabella Sciorra , Edie Falco , Paul Calderón , Fredro Starr , Kathryn Erbe , and Michael Imperioli , the film follows a philosophy graduate student who is turned into a vampire after being bitten by a woman during a chance encount...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr
This week, Josh and Drusilla have the blues, BUT! They cheer themselves up with the incredibly chic The Sentinel (1977.) From wiki: “ The Sentinel is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Winner , and starring Cristina Raines , Chris Sarandon , Ava Gardner , Burgess Meredith , Sylvia Miles , and Eli Wallach . The plot focuses on a young model who moves into a historic Brooklyn brownstone that has been sectioned into apartments, only to find that the building is owned by th...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 76
This week! A literature episode. The hosts are back on Ken Russell with his adaptation of the Mary Shelley adaptation, Gothic (1986). Drusilla watched Death Game (1977) and they talk all about Colleen Camp. She also watched Ken Russell’s Tommy and Listzomania . They discuss Ken Russell’s unproduced script for Dracula. Josh comes in with book recs. The Icelandic semi-adaptation of Dracula called The Powers of Darkness and Riley Sager’s The Only One Left . Also mentioned: the tragic death of Julia...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 75
This week, Josh and Dru watch Penelope Spheeris’ treatise on toxic masculinity, The Boys Next Door . From wiki: “ The Boys Next Door is a 1985 American adventure - crime drama film about two teenage boys who leave their small town home on the day of their high school graduation and embark on a crime and murder spree. Roy Alston ( Maxwell Caulfield ) and Bo Richards ( Charlie Sheen ) are two outcasts of their high school community. Bo receives $200 as a graduation gift from his grandparents. Faci...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 74
This week! Drusilla tours the American South and watches a ton of Ken Russell films in the process. Josh does a Russ Meyer double feature at Secret Movie Club ( https://www.secretmovieclub.com ) : Faster Pussycat… Kill! Kill! and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls . He also saw and loved No Hard Feelings . Drusilla hypes the KanKan Theater ( https://kankanindy.com ) in Indianapolis where she saw Multiple Maniacs. She also watched The Twentieth Century (2019) by Matthew Rankin which leads to a discus...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 73
Today on Bloodhaus, it’s Josh’s favorite movie of all time: Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby . From wiki: “ Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski , based on Ira Levin 's 1967 novel of the same name . The film stars Mia Farrow as a young (soon pregnant ) wife living in Manhattan who comes to suspect that her elderly neighbors are members of a Satanic cult and are grooming her in order to use her baby for their rituals. The film's suppo...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 72
Today the girls cover one of Drusilla’s favorites, 1962’s Carnival of Souls . From wiki: “ Carnival of Souls is a 1962 American psychological horror film [3] produced and directed by Herk Harvey and written by John Clifford [1] from a story by Clifford and Harvey, and starring Candace Hilligoss . Its plot follows Mary Henry, a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident. She relocates to a new city, where she finds herself unable to assimilate with the locals and becomes drawn to th...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 71
Everybody loves Julia Ducournau’s Titane (2022)! From wiki: “ Titane (French: [titan] ( listen ), lit. "Titanium") is a 2021 French body horror psychological drama film [5] [6] written and directed by Julia Ducournau . The French-Belgian co-production stars Agathe Rousselle in her feature film debut as Alexia, a woman who, after being injured in a car accident as a child, has a titanium plate fitted into her head. Vincent Lindon , Garance Marillier and Laïs Salameh also star.” Josh and Dru are p...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 70
This week the Ghouls discuss 1969’s sexy Italian giallo, Umberto Lenzi’s Orgasmo (or Paranoia as it’s called in the United States.) “ Orgasmo (Italian for "orgasm") is a 1969 giallo film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Carroll Baker , Lou Castel , and Colette Descombes . It follows a wealthy American socialite who finds herself preyed upon by two nefarious young siblings who indulge her in sex, drugs, and alcohol while she vacations at an Italian villa. This film helped launch the second ...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 69
Corn rigs are bonny! It’s Wicker Man (1973). But first: the WGA writers’ strike continues, Disney/Max axe shows, Howard Ashman, Josh watched El Pico by Eloy de la Iglesia in Severin’s Quinqui boxset, Drusilla did the artwork for his film, Colegas. Drusilla watched Ashes and Diamonds before the duo gets into the most iconic folk horror film, The Wicker Man! From wiki: “ The Wicker Man is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward , Britt Ekland , Diane Ci...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 68
This week! The writers’ strike is a week in and Josh is feeling it. The AMPTPA is full of evil-doers, the WGA rules, and AI can’t write a good CSI: Miami. Drusilla watched Norma Rae, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Cycle, and Mike Leigh’s Mean Time. Josh watched And Then the Darkness. Also discussed: Life is Sweet, Legend of Hell House, The Vanishing. The TWINS sequel that got squashed, Danny DeVito was almost in Conan the Destroyer, Coma, House of Yes, Sid & Nancy, Christiane F., Sweet Valley H...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 67
Happy Mother's Day! Joshua and Drusilla discuss both Evil Dead Rise and Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid. Plus Josh is back from Salem Horror Fest! He discusses the new Severin release for Morgiana. Drusilla visits the Academy Museum, Patty snubs Melvin Van Peebles, and then the kids discuss all things Evil Dead. Then they get into the main feature. From wiki: " Beau Is Afraid is a 2023 American surrealist tragicomedy horror film [5] [6] written, directed, and produced by Ari Aster . The film stars Jo...
May 14, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 66
This week Josh and Dru discuss 2019's Saint Maud. From Wiki: " Saint Maud is a 2019 British psychological horror film written and directed by Rose Glass in her feature directorial debut. The story follows hospice nurse Maud (portrayed by Morfydd Clark ), a recent convert to Roman Catholicism , who becomes obsessed with a former dancer in her care ( Jennifer Ehle ), believing she must save her soul by any means necessary." Also! Josh watched two films of 1981's Dragonslayer starring Peter MacNico...
May 08, 2023•48 min•Ep. 65
The movie this week in Curtis Harrington’s Night Tide (1961) starring Dennis Hopper in his first starring role. But first! Drusilla’s art for the new criterion cover of After Hours and movie art in general. Josh isn’t hungry, he has COVID! But he still has gay body dysmorphia. Drusilla saw Renfield and loved it with its Mario Bava lighting. Josh has beef with a certain horror icon because of her bad behavior at a Jennifer’s Body screening. He watched Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and a discussion of...
May 01, 2023•57 min•Ep. 64
It’s Easter! The world has the children down. Drusilla takes a date to Forest Lawn Cemetery because of The Loved One. It’s a country club for dead people. Drusilla watched Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. They play down the homosexuality so much! She also watched Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets for the first time. Josh did a mini marathon of movies from 1980: Cruising, which brought out his internalized homophobia, and then they go on a Brian De Palma Dressed to Kill rant. Josh also watched The Fog, one of...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 63
This week the kids discuss 80s Mexican film, Poison for the Fairies from Vinegar Syndrome’s new Mexican Gothic Boxset. From wiki: “ Veneno para las hadas ( Poison for the Fairies ) is a 1984 Mexican supernatural horror film that was written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada .” Also discussed: the valley, soft focus, Brooklyn vs Manhattan, Josh is a cabin hermit, the movies are back! It’s NEW RELEASE WEEK: John Wick 4, Enys Men, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Plus books! Josh l...
Apr 17, 2023•54 min•Ep. 62
This week the children eschew the obscure and throw a bone to a classic by covering Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. From wiki: “ The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson . The film is based on Stephen King 's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson , Shelley Duvall , Scatman Crothers , and Danny Lloyd . The film's central character is Jack Torrance (Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 61
This episode of Bloodhaus is covering the controversial 1971 French film, Don’t Deliver Us From Evil. From wiki: “ Don't Deliver Us from Evil ( French : Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal ) is a 1971 French horror drama film directed by Joël Séria, in his directorial debut, and starring Jeanne Goupil , Catherine Wagener , and Bernard Dhéran . [3] It follows two Catholic schoolgirls in France who are drawn toward increasingly evil deeds. It is loosely based on the Parker–Hulme murder case of 1954.T...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 60
This week Drusilla and Josh cover the 2016 micro-budget horror film, The Alchemist Cookbook. Josh is sick, being lazy is anti-capitalist, How to Do Nothing, They talk a long time about SCREIVI or SCREAM 6. From wiki: “ The Alchemist Cookbook is a horror film directed by Joel Potrykus . The film was released on the 7th of October 2016 in New York City . The film stars Ty Hickson as "Sean" and Amari Cheatom as "Cortez". The film was produced by Oscilloscope Laboratories and by producers Andrew D. ...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 59
This week the ghouls watch new wave sci fi classic, Liquid Sky . And what’s more, they’re joined by a very special guest, Breanna Whipple of Heavy Horror (https://www.heavyhorror.com/). From wiki: “ Liquid Sky is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard. [1] It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well-received at several film festivals thereafter. [2] It was produced with a budget of $50...
Mar 20, 2023•56 min•Ep. 58
