High School Scrapbook: The Skeleton Key (2005) & Donnie Darko (2001) w/ LaShaunte Wade

Find your low-rise jeans and come with us on a journey through time, to the epicenter of our youth: the early aughts. Candace and Ariel are talking to filmmaker LaShaunte Wade about two movies in our mental horror scrapbooks: Louisiana Gothic of menacing Spanish moss The Skeleton Key (2005), and mind-freak Millennial anthem Donnie Darko (2001).

We also talk scary grandmas, problematic jump scares, the mean streak in early 2000’s culture, thrifting tips, Ariel’s Gary Jules obsession, the sounds of Are You Afraid of the Dark, and The Cheeseburger Phone movie - you know the one. Also is Donnie Darko a Halloween romcom? Listen to find out. Trust us, we would never doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

LaShaunte is a professional traveling chef and fashion photographer turned filmmaker, writer, and creator of Dark Creeds Productions. Her first short film, Let Them Eat, has won over 8 awards for best special fx and best female director - and 11 nominations on top of honorable mentions and over achievement awards for special fx, best actress, and best director.

Check out Dark Creeds Productions at https://www.darkcreedsproductions.com/. You can follow LaShaunte at https://www.instagram.com/lashauntewadevoa/?hl=en

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Movies Discussed: The Skeleton Key (2005), Donnie Darko (2001)

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