Black Christmas; Carmilla; I May Destroy You; I Am Not Okay With This

Melissa and Jarret discuss two recent horror remixes: the 2019 remake of Black Christmas and Carmilla, a reimagining of the prototypical Gothic lesbian vampire story. We’re also discussing some recent news and what we’ve been watching.

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SPOILER DETAILS We’ll have mild spoilers for Carmilla that we’ll warn you about toward the end of the episode. Also, there are mild spoilers for I Am Not Okay With This and I May Destroy You, and Black Christmas

 

Topic 1: Black Christmas [SPOILERS]

2nd remake of the 70s horror classic? slasher

Directed and written Sophia Takal 

co-written by April Wolfe (Switchblade Sisters)

starring Imogen Poots

Aleyse Shannon as Kris

 

0:27:00 Utopia trailer

Gillian Flynn’s new Prime show discussed at Comic-Con panel, available on YouTube

premiering this fall

Desmen Borges (You’re the Worst), Sasha Lane (Hearts Beat Loud) 

 

0:29:00 Ratched

coming Sept on Netflix: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2020/07/netflix-ratched-first-look

 

0:31:20 Emmys https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/7/28/21340848/emmys-2020-nominees-full-list-date-time

Vanity Fair’s Little Gold Men podcast: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/little-gold-men

 

0:40:00 Palm Springs (Hulu)

 

0:41:30 I May Destroy You (HBO)

12 episode, half hour comedy drama 

High Fidelity (2000 film, VOD; 2020 series, Hulu)

 

0:49:00 I Am Not Okay With This (Netflix) [SPOILERS]

FlCl (Adult Swim)

 

1:00:30 The Rental (VoD) [mild SPOILERS]

The Wrap review: https://www.thewrap.com/the-rental-film-review-dave-franco-dan-stevens-alison-brie/ 

 

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

 

1:05:00 Carmilla 

https://www.filmmovementplus.com

dir Emily Harris, DP Michael Wood

inspired by the 1872 Gothic vampire novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Irish), which predated Dracula

 

synopsis: Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara (Hannah Rae) lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine (Jessica Raine). Lara anticipates a visitor her age, Charlotte, but she gets sick. Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires.

 

other cast

Devrim Lingnau - Carmilla

Lorna Gayle - servant Margaret

Tobias Menzies - doctor

Daniel Tuite - stableman

Greg Wise - father

 

score by Phil Selway (Radiohead drummer)

 

links and references: 

Let The Right One In (2008, Hulu)

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44688/to-his-coy-mistress

 

1:46:00 SPOILERS for Carmilla start

 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161031-the-real-life-disease-that-spread-the-vampire-myth

https://www.fsw.uzh.ch/foucaultblog/essays/254/understanding-corona-with-foucault

Mary Douglas’s concept of dirt as “matter out of place” comes from her book Purity And Danger.

 

There’s some weird audio on Jarret’s end around 2:05:00

 

SPOILER AT 2:06:30

 

Gay For Horror podcast reviewed the movie & one of the hosts participated in the Q&A hosted by Cinema Detriot: https://youtu.be/ioQE3qjjXWg 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TfYWLrHohxn5SlgI3REaU?si=xXADIcd0StGzbBwO7DUjCA 

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For more vampire talk, our friends at Failurepiece Theater recently covered the first Twilight movie. https://anchor.fm/failurepiecetheater

 

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songs:

Carpenter Brut - Grand Final and Gone Now https://carpenterbrut.bandcamp.com/album/blood-machines-ost

10,000 Maniacs - Like The Weather

Bloodwitch - Motorcade

Maya Nadir - Fallen https://mayanadir.bandcamp.com/album/anchorite

Au/Ra - Dance in the Dark  https://www.heyitsaura.com/music/