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Nolan is joined by Emily von Seele, Philip Yount, Kat Adams, and Thomas Foster to discuss Tobe Hooper's POLTERGEIST (1982) and James Wan's INSIDIOUS (2011). The group recounts recent horror discoveries before the angry spirits inhabiting their homes try to take possession of their bodies in order to carry out nefarious agendas. Other movies discussed on this episode: HAPPY DEATH DAY, TORSO, REVENGE, THE ENDLESS, THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, MON MON MON MONSTERS, THE CONJURING, LAKE BODOM, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, WILD WILD COUNTRY, THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2, THE NINTH GATE, INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 As will always be the case with this show, be aware that our discussion contains spoilers. If you want to watch the movies before listening to the show, there are a couple of ways you can do so. Both POLTERGEIST and INSIDIOUS are available for purchase on Blu-ray as well as being available to rent via video-on-demand at Amazon, YouTube, VUDU, iTunes, and Google Play. Links of interest and/or sources cited for research on this episode: Women in Horror Annual (Book 1) Edited by C. Rachel Katz and Christine Makepeace (Amazon) The Shining with Lin Shaye (Switchblade Sisters) (podcast) Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood by Sarah Arnold (Amazon) [Horror Queers] The Villainous Cross-Dresser of ‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ by Trace Thurman and Joe Lipsett (Bloody Disgusting)
Out of the TV static left when 1982 signed off comes Steven Speilberg's-- um, Tobe Hooper's "Poltergeist," which among its many frights and delights also raises a killer tree of unanswered questions: What is the light and do we run toward it or away from it? What's up with the daughter's secret sex life? Who the hell dyes their hair while bathing? Did the movie really expect us to buy that Zelda Rubenstein's spiritual-guide character was named "Tangina"? And come on, who really directed this?
It's Halloween time and this time the Freaks talk through Tobe Hooper's POLTERGEIST, which along with ET, form the good and evil sides of Steven Spielberg's 1982 suburban diptych! Listen as Scott and Chris fawn over all the great Star Wars toys in the background! See the Hulk on a horse! Experience Kim Jong Il rescuing a little girl from inside a TV set! And always remember - IF YOU PICK AT IT - IT WILL NEVER HEAL!Feedback for this show can be sent to: commentary@twotruefreaks.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!
It's Halloween time and this time the Freaks talk through Tobe Hooper's POLTERGEIST, which along with ET, form the good and evil sides of Steven Spielberg's 1982 suburban diptych! Listen as Scott and Chris fawn over all the great Star Wars toys in the background! See the Hulk on a horse! Experience Kim Jong Il rescuing a little girl from inside a TV set! And always remember - IF YOU PICK AT IT - IT WILL NEVER HEAL!Feedback for this show can be sent to: commentary@twotruefreaks.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!
It's Halloween time and this time the Freaks talk through Tobe Hooper's POLTERGEIST, which along with ET, form the good and evil sides of Steven Spielberg's 1982 suburban diptych! Listen as Scott and Chris fawn over all the great Star Wars toys in the background! See the Hulk on a horse! Experience Kim Jong Il rescuing a little girl from inside a TV set! And always remember - IF YOU PICK AT IT - IT WILL NEVER HEAL!Feedback for this show can be sent to: commentary@twotruefreaks.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!
This week we take a look at Stuart Gordon's dark melodrama Stuck and revisit a favourite from the 1980s, Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist.