Episode 135: Revealer Director Luke Boyce and A Thief in the Night (1972)

This week, we sit down to chat with Luke Boyce, the co-writer, director and producer of Revealer, which will premiere on Shudder on June 23rd. We discuss his evangelical upbringing, his relationship to horror, finding his niche in Joe Bob's Monstervision and then catching up as an adult. We also talk about Revealer, a film that pulls some bits and pieces from his upbringing and runs with it in a subversive way.

Then we go back to 1972 to discuss the Christian propaganda film A Thief in the Night, which presents the idea that the Rapture can AND WILL happen at any moment. Nonsensical plotting is helped along by some really nice bits of humorous editing as vets fight cobras, doctors fight planes to arrive with an antidote, women wonder whether they're Christian enough and little girls are terrified they'll be left behind. Along the way, we talk about how the film posits the UN as bad and barcodes are filled with demons. Songs about trampling kids, bad versus good Christians, automaton cult members and so much more unfold...

Side note: if you listened to our episode with Robbie Banfitch about The Changeling, this acts as a surprising follow-up for Terry's traumatic first girlfriend. We unpacked some buried PTSD in Terry's life. Whew.

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