On Slasher, on slits 'em! We're dreaming of a Black Christmas. Dir. Bob Clarke. Screenplay by A. Roy Moore. Starring Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, and Keir Dullea. We also briefly discuss the grotesque 2006 remake Dir. by Glen Morgan with screenplay by Morgan. Starring Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lacey Chabert and, again, Andrea Martin. Toronto Star article on the house: https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2017/08/18/toronto-house-was-wh...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Happy Holidays, wee ghosties. Grab yourself a hot cocoa and some carbon monoxide. We are kicking off a month of Christmas Gothic with the modern classic "The Lodge." Dirs. Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. Screenplay by Fiala, Franz, & Sergio Casci. Starring Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, and Alicia Silverstone. “It’s all her fault”: Gaslighting & the Virgin Mary in THE LODGE by C.H. Newell. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday e...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 16
It's why we say "pinano" all the time: The Power of the Dog. Oh yeah, also a western about the damaging effects of toxic masculinity. Dir. Jane Campion, screenplay by Campion based on the book by Thomas Savage, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Thomasin McKenize. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instag...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 15
We're donning vampire fangs and biting down on fake blood capsules as we enjoy a special Halloween episode! It's the movie that launched a thousand careers: Interview with the Vampire (1994) dir. Neil Jordan, screenplay Anne Rice, starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, and Christian Slater. We spend an exorbitant amount of time talking about how difficult and crazy Anne Rice was (RIP). That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go! The Visit (2015) dir. and written by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, with special appearances by Kathryn Hahn and Celia Keenan-Bolger. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Ja...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 13
The most beheadings per (de-)capita in any movie -- but none of them end up in a box! Candyman (1999) dir. Tim Burton. Script by Andrew Kevin Walker, based on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving. Starring Jxxxxy Dxxp, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken, Michael Gambon (Dumbledore #2) and a slew of other interchangeable white British men. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterb...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Look in the mirror and say his name five times! Candyman (1992) dir. Bernard Rose. Script by Bernard Rose, based on "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker. Starring Virginia Madsen (Dune, Sideways), Tony Todd (Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, Candyman: Day of the Dead, Candyman 2022) and Kasi Lemmons (director of Harriet and Eve's Bayou). That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @...
Sep 15, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Getting paid tons of money to care for a doll named Brahms is the worst babysitting gig ever. Or maybe it's the best? The Boy (2016) dir. William Brent Bell, director of Orphan: First Kill (2022). Script by Stacey Menear. Starring Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead), Rupert Evans (The Man in High Castle) and James Russell as [redacted], a man who doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Cha...
Sep 01, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Need a Halloween costume? Grab some yellow converse, rough up an old wedding dress, and arm yourself with blanks. Dirs. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Script by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. Starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, and Andie MacDowell. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by Javolenus 2014 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non...
Aug 18, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Princess Diana is a real-life Gothic heroine. Dir. Pablo Larraín. Written by Steven Knight. Cinematography Claire Mathon. Starring Kristin Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, and Sean Harris. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by Javolenus 2014 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)...
Aug 05, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Dakota Johnson joins the Markos Dance Academy to show off her jumps (meh) and her NFTs (woo). Dir. Luca Guadignino. Written by David Kajganich. Starring Dakota Johnson, Mia Goth, Tilda Swinton, and Lutz Ebersdorf. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by Javolenus 2014 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Your mind is in Suspiria. It's like the darkness is the light. Suspiria. Am I scaring you tonight? Ain't used to what you like. Suspiria. Suspiria. Bum-bum-be-dum-bum-bum-be-dum-bum. Dir. Dario Argento. Written by Argento and Daria Nicolodi. Starring Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Joan Bennet, and Alida Valli. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by Javolenus 2014 - License...
Jul 07, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Harry Potter escapes the house of horrors that JK Rowling built and finds himself in another manse haunted by a woman who kills children. Dir. James Watkins. Written by Jane Goldman. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, and Janet McTeer. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by Javolenus 2014 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)...
Jun 23, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Gothic films must have four key elements: a girl, a guy, a house, and a haunt. "House" has a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, a literally haunted house that eats people, and a crazy cat. Dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi. Written by Chiho Katsura. Starring Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Yōko Minamida, and Kiyohiko Ozaki. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by J...
Jun 16, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Gothic films must have five key elements: a girl, a guy, a house, a haunt, and Mia Wasikowska. Crimson Peak has all five! Dir. Guillermo del Toro. Written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Loki, Jessica Chastain, and Charlie Hunnam. Hosts Chance Lee and Amanda McAvoy. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by Javolenus 2014 - Licensed under Creati...
Jun 02, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Wentworth Miller broke out of prison (and the closet) to write Stoker, a horny coming of age story about an 18-year-old girl. But is it Gothic? Dir. Park Chan-Wook. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Alden Ehrenreich, and cameo by Harmony Korine (Spring Break forevah!) Hosts Chance Lee and Amanda McAvoy. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Gui...
May 19, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Mia Wasikowska invented the Gothic in 2011 with Jane Eyre, dir. Cary Joji Fukunawa, adapted by Moira Buffini (playwright), starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, and Sally Hawkins. Hosts Chance Lee and Amanda McAvoy. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by Javolenus 2014 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)...
May 05, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 1
