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No Scripture, No Priests (Saint Maud - 2019)
Ep. 89
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Saint Maud made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019 to excellent response, but the pandemic meant that non-possession religious film's wide release was significantly delayed. Join Juliet and Theresa to talk about what for them was a pandemic era movie, how horror can explore issues of the body without being body horror and all of the Catholic things.
CW/TW: self-harm and suicide
Theme music: "Book of Shadows" by Houseghost (Rad Girlfriend Records)
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