Czechoslovak Gothic drama film directed by Juraj Herz , based on a novel by Alexander Grin , Jessie and Morgiana (1929, Wikisource: Джесси и Моргиана ). [1] The story is about two sisters, Klara and Viktoria, and the jealousy that overcomes Viktoria when her sister inherits most of their father's property. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves, Viktoria begins to plot her murder .The roles of both sisters are played by the actress Iva Janžurová . [2] ” Also discussed: CEO ...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 147
This week the hosts discuss one of Josh’s favorite movies, 1978’s The Eyes of Laura Mars. From wiki: “ Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 American neo-noir supernatural horror [3] thriller film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway , Tommy Lee Jones , Brad Dourif , René Auberjonois , and Raul Julia . It follows a New York City fashion photographer (Dunaway) who suddenly develops the clairvoyant ability to witness disturbing serial murders from the point of view of the killer. The screen...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 146
Josh and Drusilla are joined by Steve Kleinedler to discuss The Other (1972). Steve is an editor, a former lexicographer, and the submissions coordinator for Salem Horror Fest. From wiki: “ The Other is a 1972 American horror [4] psychological thriller film, much in the vein of Stephen King and The Twilight Zone , directed by Robert Mulligan , adapted for film by Thomas Tryon from his 1971 novel of the same name . It stars Uta Hagen , Diana Muldaur , and twins Chris and Martin Udvarnoky, with Vi...
Nov 25, 2024•58 min•Ep. 145
This week, Josh and Drusilla discuss the 2015 punk thriller, Green Room. From wiki: “ Green Room is a 2015 American horror - thriller film [5] [6] written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier , and produced by Neil Kopp , Victor Moyers and Anish Savjani. Starring Anton Yelchin , Imogen Poots , Alia Shawkat , Joe Cole , Callum Turner and Patrick Stewart , the film focuses on a punk band who find themselves attacked by neo-Nazi skinheads after witnessing a murder at a remote club in the Pacific Northwe...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Josh and Drusilla recorded this the day before the election. Yikes! From wiki: “ The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American film noir thriller directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum , Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish . The screenplay by James Agee was based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Davis Grubb . The plot involves a serial killer (Mitchum) who poses as a preacher and pursues two children in an attempt to get his hands on $10,000 of stolen cash hidden by their late f...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Today the ghouls discuss the 2012 remake of the sleaze classic, Maniac . From wiki: “ Maniac is a 2012 psychological slasher film directed by Franck Khalfoun , written by Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur , [4] [5] and starring Elijah Wood and Nora Arnezeder . It is a remake of the 1980 film of the same name , and follows the violent exploits of a brutal serial killer.” Also discussed: mannequin hands, Lebron, Paul Morrissey, Mary Woronov, Good Luck Miss Wyckoff, Polly Platt, The Bad Seed , Al...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Happy Halloween! Drusilla and Josh are doing their annual High Brow/Low Brow double feature! On the high brow side, its Bones and All (2022). And on the low brow side, it’s Nothing But Trouble (1991). From wiki: “ Bones and All is a 2022 romantic horror film directed by Luca Guadagnino from a screenplay by David Kajganich , based on the 2015 novel Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis . Set in the late 1980s, the film stars Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet as a pair of young cannibals who dev...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 141
This week, Drusilla and Josh watch the punishing Michael Hanake film, Funny Games (Austrian version.) From wiki: “ Funny Games is a 1997 Austrian psychological horror - thriller film written and directed by Michael Haneke , and starring Susanne Lothar , Ulrich Mühe , and Arno Frisch . The plot involves two young men who hold a family hostage in their vacation home and torture them with sadistic games. The film was entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival . [3] A shot-for-shot remake , filmed a...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 140
This is a classic from the 70s that both ghouls love, The Stepford Wives ! From wiki: “ The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American satirical psychological thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes . It was written by William Goldman , who based his screenplay on Ira Levin 's 1972 novel of the same name . The film stars Katharine Ross as a woman who relocates with her husband ( Peter Masterson ) and children from New York City to the Connecticut community of Stepford, where she comes to find that the wom...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 22 min
This week, a new film that Josh and Drusilla are obsessed with, Coralie Fargeat‘s The Substance (2024). From wiki: “ The Substance is a 2024 satirical body horror film co-produced, written and directed by Coralie Fargeat . It stars Demi Moore , Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid . An international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States and France, [2] its plot follows a fading celebrity (Moore) who uses a black market drug that temporarily creates a much younger version of he...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 138
Josh returns! This week he and Drusilla go way, way back for the 1935 classic Mad Love. From wiki: “ Mad Love (also released as The Hands of Orlac ) is a 1935 American body horror film , an adaptation of Maurice Renard 's novel The Hands of Orlac . It was directed by German -émigré film maker Karl Freund , and stars Peter Lorre as Dr. Gogol, Frances Drake as Yvonne Orlac and Colin Clive as Stephen Orlac. The plot revolves around Doctor Gogol's obsession with actress Yvonne Orlac. When Stephen Or...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 137
This week, Drusilla is joined by special guest BJ Colangelo (This Ends at Prom) to discuss The Corruption of Chris Miller . From wiki: “ The Corruption of Chris Miller (Spanish: La corrupción de Chris Miller ) is a 1973 Spanish psychological horror [3] film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring Jean Seberg , Marisol , and Barry Stokes . [4] The film follows a woman and her stepdaughter who come to suspect a handyman they have recently hired is responsible for a rash of violent murders in ...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 136
This week Drusilla is joined by a very special guest Christopher Norris aka Steak Mtn to discuss 1983’s Eyes of Fire. From wiki: Eyes of Fire (also known as Cry Blue Sky ) is a 1983 American folk horror film written and directed by independent filmmaker and noted still photographer Avery Crounse. “ Also discussed: Jean Rollin, Christopher Norris’s The Holy Day , the death of Vice , House of Spoils , Blow the Man Down , Bunue l box sets, Oddity , Noises Off , Lover of Men: The Untold History of A...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 135
This week Josh and Drusilla have a special double feature from Mexico with special guest, Jose Gallegos. The ghouls watch Vacation of Terror and Vacation of Terror II . They also discuss Angel (1982), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , Maxxxine , movie themes, Drive Me Crazy , The Time Master s, Rock and Rule , Vinegar Syndrome, Appalachian folk magic, The Smiths, Mexican goths, and more! From wiki: “ Vacaciones de terror (English: 'Vacations of Terror') is a 1989 cult Mexican supernatural horror ...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 134
Today on the podcast, Josh and Drusilla discuss one of their very favorite European lesbian vampire films, Daughters of Darkness. From wiki: “ Daughters of Darkness [b] is a 1971 erotic horror film co-written and directed by Harry Kümel and starring Delphine Seyrig , John Karlen , Andrea Rau , and Danielle Ouimet.” Also discussed: Laserdiscs, VCRs, Alice Sweet Alice , Psycho II , Scream , franchises , It’s Alive , Karen Black, The House that Screamed , Delphine Seyrig, Klaus Kinski, Jean Rollins...
Sep 02, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 133
Josh and Drusilla take in the enormous beauty of Masaki Kobayashi’s 1964 anthology film, Kwaidan. From wiki: “ Kwaidan ( Japanese : 怪談, Hepburn : Kaidan , lit. 'Ghost Stories') is a 1964 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi . It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn 's collections of Japanese folk tales , mainly Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), for which it is named. The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories . Kwaidan is an archaic tr...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 132
This week, Drusilla and Josh watch Tillman Singer’s 2018 thesis film, Luz . They also discuss Cuckoo , Twisters , the passing of Alain Delon and Gena Rowlands, film criticism, the joys of Dan Stevens, Yellow Veil Pictures, Altered Innocence, Jurassic Park , Luz: The Musical , and more. From wiki: “ Luz is a 2018 German supernatural horror film written, produced, edited and directed by Tilman Singer in his directorial debut . It stars Luana Velis as the titular character, a taxi driver who is que...
Aug 19, 2024•55 min•Ep. 131
This week, Josh and Drusilla discuss Bob Balaban’s 1989 black comedy Parents . From wiki: “ Parents is a 1989 American black comedy horror film directed by Bob Balaban and starring Randy Quaid , Mary Beth Hurt , Sandy Dennis and Bryan Madorsky . Set in a 1950s California suburb, the film centers on a 10-year old boy (Madorsky), who suspects that his parents (Quaid and Hurt) are not what they seem. It was Balaban’s debut as a feature film director.” But also! Martha Stewart and Whatever, Martha ....
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 130
There’s lots going on this week. Josh and Drusilla cover the French folk horror surrealist film Litan (1982). From wiki: “ Litan is a 1982 French horror film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky and Jean-Claude Romer . It stars Marie-José Nat , Jean-Pierre Mocky, Nino Ferrer , and Marisa Muxen.” Josh wrote a play about Messiah of Evil and talks about playwriting and theater in general. Drusilla saw The Vourdalak and Oddity. They discuss Fantasmas , Radiance Films, Goda...
Aug 05, 2024•56 min•Ep. 129
Drusilla and Josh discuss a beautiful Macedonian film , You Won’t Be Alone (2022.) But also, Josh’s play reading, which includes text from Messiah of Evil . They also get into the conversation around transphobia around Longlegs . Drusilla’s first book design is out. It’s the Book of Elsewhere by China Mielville and Keanu Reeves. And also, Drusilla attended the Midnight Mass screening of Elvira Mistress of the Dark at The Academy Museum. They also discuss Terrence Malick, Bel Ami, Palindromes , C...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 128
Josh and Drusilla talk about the Mexican arthouse classic by Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre (1989). From wiki: “ Santa Sangre (English: Holy Blood ) is a 1989 avant-garde surrealistic psychological horror film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Jodorowsky along with Claudio Argento and Roberto Leoni . It stars Axel Jodorowsky , Adán Jodorowsky , Teo Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra , Thelma Tixou , and Guy Stockwell . An international co-production of Mexico and Italy, the film is set...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 127
Watch The Uninvited (1944) here: Internet Archive with Spanish subtitles: https://archive.org/details/the-uninvited-1944 Otherwise go to Part 1 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37kb9n and Part 2: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37krhg This week, Josh and Drusilla mourn the passing of Shelley Duvall, MaXXXine , A Quiet Place: Day One , Angel , Vice Squad , Modern Girls , We Capture the Castle , and more. From wiki: “ The Uninvited is a 1944 American supernatural horror film that was directed...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 126
Drusilla and Josh honor the late, great Donald Sutherland in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). From wiki: “ Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 American science-fiction horror film [1] directed by Philip Kaufman , and starring Donald Sutherland , Brooke Adams , Veronica Cartwright , Jeff Goldblum , and Leonard Nimoy . Released on December 22, 1978, it is based on the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney . The novel was previously adapted into the 1956 film of the same name ...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 125
This week Josh and Dru discuss the Carl Theodor Dryer classic, Vampyr . From wiki: “ Vampyr ( German : Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Gray , lit. 'Vampyr: The Dream of Allan Gray') is a 1932 gothic horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer . The film was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from J. Sheridan Le Fanu 's 1872 collection of supernatural stories In a Glass Darkly . Vampyr was funded by Nicolas de Gunzburg who starred in the film under the name of Julia...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 124
Josh and Drusilla are joined by a very special guest, Kayte Terry (@kayteterry) of the Tender Subject podcast . They discuss Philadelphia, cannibal films, Raw , Texas Chain Saw Massacre , Ravenous , Dead Wood , Parents , Cannibal Holocaust , Blood Feast , Sorcerer , The Thief, the Cook, His Wife, and His Lover , Duel , The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant , Under Paris , One Dark Night , and more. The film of the week is David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future . From wiki: “ Crimes of the Future i...
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 123
This week, Josh and Drusilla discuss the 2010 South Korean film, I Saw the Devil . But also, mental health, Little Darlings , Hit Man , In a Violent Nature , perfect screenplays, Clueless , the Kids in the Hall , and more! From wiki: “ I Saw the Devil ( Korean : 악마를 보았다) is a 2010 South Korean action-thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon and written by Park Hoon-jung . Starring Lee Byung-hun and Choi Min-sik , the film follows NIS agent Kim Soo-hyun (Lee), who embarks on a quest for revenge whe...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 122
Drusilla and Josh discuss all things Mike Flanagan but specifically Oculus (2013). Plus! Josh goes to a dog party! Drusilla goes antiquing. Plus Four Flies on Grey Velvet, The Crawlers, the hottie announcer at New Beverly, Welcome to the Dollhouse , Ghost World , Porky’s , Furiosa , and more! From wiki: “ Oculus is a 2013 American supernatural psychological horror film co-written, edited, and directed by Mike Flanagan . [7] It is based on his short film Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan ...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 121
This week, Drusilla and Josh discuss the incredible Franco-era Spanish film, The House That Screamed aka La residencia . From wiki: “ The House That Screamed ( Spanish : La residencia , lit. The Residence ), also released as The Finishing School , [5] is a 1969 Spanish slasher film written and directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador , and starring Lilli Palmer , Cristina Galbó , John Moulder-Brown , and Mary Maude . It follows Señora Fourneau, the strict headmistress of a nineteenth-century French b...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 120
Happy Memorial Day! This week the hosts Joshua Conkel and Drusilla Adeline are joined by filmmaker and host of Specter Cinema Club, DeVaughn Taylor! They discuss the Darren Aronofsky joint, Mother! (2017). They also discuss all things Mad Max, Memorial Day, ranking John Waters films, Peter Greenaway’s The Falls, This is Me Now , Fade to Black (1980), and more! From wiki: “ Mother! (stylized as mother! ) is a 2017 American fantasy drama [1] film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky , and star...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 119
This week the hosts Joshua Conkel and Drusilla Adeline discuss doppelgängers with Robert Altman’s Images . From wiki: “ Images is a 1972 psychological horror film directed and co-written by Robert Altman and starring Susannah York , René Auberjonois and Marcel Bozzuffi . The picture follows an unstable children's author who finds herself engulfed in apparitions and hallucinations while staying at her remote vacation home.” But also discussed: a real-life horror story, Gawker in the 00s, a myster...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 118
