Scarred For Life

This week we chat with Zach Donohue! He's the filmmaker behind the terrifying screenlife horror film The Den! Lately, he has an audio show on PocketFM called Uncomfortably Numb that shares some DNA with The Den. He also has an upcoming YouTube show called The Unknowable which will debut in October and can be found here. We talk about his horror history, his dad who made a bunch of films and has a Vimeo page where you can watch them! In particular, we talk about Zach's Dad's short film Haunted Dreams which is like A Nightmare on Elm Street. Check them out! Then we turn our attention to the fantastic Carnival of Souls, a movie that was ahead of its time and whose presence can be felt in a number of films over the years. We discuss purgatory, the push/pull of religion and secularism, creepy men, and why this movie terrified Zach growing up. This movie is fantastic, y'all and we recommend watching it if you haven't. You can follow Zach on Twitter and make sure to go watch/listen to the audio play, his upcoming cosmic horror YouTube show and his dad's Vimeo channel, all linked above.Follow Mary Beth, Terry and the Podcast on Twitter. Support us on Patreon! If you want to support our podcast, please please take a moment to go rate us on Spotify and give us a rating and review on iTunes. It really helps us out with the algorithms. We also have a YouTube channel! If you want to join our community on Twitter, go here. 

On this week's Little Cuts, Terry and MB chat the HEATHERS cinematic universe, MISSING, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, WHITE LOTUS, and DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT.Follow Mary Beth, Terry and the Podcast on Twitter. Support us on Patreon! If you want to support our podcast, please please take a moment to go rate us on Spotify and give us a rating and review on iTunes. It really helps us out with the algorithms. We also have a YouTube channel! If you want to join our community on Twitter, go here. 

This week we're joined by filmmaker Duncan Birmingham! He’s a writer, TV producer and filmmaker who helped create the IFC series Maron and was a writer on the Starz show Blunt Talk. His debut feature film Who Invited Them was just released on Shudder! We chat about his relationship to horror as a scaredy-cat kid and growing to appreciate the genre as an adult as well as his job working at Weekly World News and his debut feature film Who Invited Them! Then we dig into Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill, a film that is absolutely stunning and incredibly hurtful to trans viewers. As three cis people, we do try to tackle the themes but we also wanted to include writings about the film that we referenced in the episode. Articles for further reading on the problematic aspects of Dressed to kill:“Dressed to Kill”: The Danger of NarrativeThe Unintentional Empathy of Brian De Palma’s Dressed to KillHollywood's Cringey Transgender EvolutionAside from the trans narrative, we also dig into the stunning museum scene, the exquisitely staged chases, and how Duncan saw it way too young.Follow Duncan on Twitter and Instagram.Follow Mary Beth, Terry and the Podcast on Twitter. Support us on Patreon! If you want to support our podcast, please please take a moment to go rate us on Spotify and give us a rating and review on iTunes. It really helps us out with the algorithms. We also have a YouTube channel! If you want to join our community on Twitter, go here.