The October celebration of condemned and controversial films continues with a film that Drusilla and Josh did NOT enjoy, aka Lars von Trier’s Antichrist. From wiki: “Antichrist (stylized as ANTICHRIS♀) is a 2009 art horror film[5] written and directed by Lars von Trier. It stars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a married couple who experience the accidental death of their infant son, after which they retreat to a cabin in the woods to grieve, where the man experiences strange visions and the woman manifests increasingly violent sexual behavior and sadomasochism. The narrative is divided into a prologue, four chapters, and an epilogue.”
ALSO DISCUSSED: You Can See Everything, Wildwood, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Rehearsal, Digger, A Kind of Hush: Cinema of Ambient Dread at Philosophical Research Society and Next of Kin (1982), lesbian vampires, Halloween and ad libbed dialogue, Dogme 1995, and more.
ALSO DISCUSSED: The Stanley Kubrick Criterion boxset, Mike Flanagan’s Carrie adaptation for Amazon, The Horrible Sexy Vampire (1971), The Entity (1982), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Derek Jarman, and more.
NEXT WEEK: Antichrist (2009)
Bloodhaus:
Episode 239: Witchhammer (1970)
Épisode 239
lundi 12 octobre 2026 • Durée 01:40:05
Josh and Drusilla continue their exploration of condemned films for October with 1970’s Witchhammer (1970). From wiki: “Witchhammer (Czech: Kladivo na čarodějnice) is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Elo Romančík. Based on the novelKladivo na čarodějnice by Václav Kaplický, Witchhammer relates the story of the Northern Moravia witch trials of the 1670s, focusing on the priest Kryštof Lautner, played by Romančík, who falls victim to the witchhunt after opposing the trials. The film contains possible allegory about Communist show trials in Czechoslovakia.”
ALSO DISCUSSED: mooses, Digger, The Devils, Cry_Wolf, The Crucibe, Ninotchka, communist propaganda, and more!
The hosts begin a monthlong exploration of condemned films with 1971’s A Clockwork Orange. From wiki: “A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel. The film employs disturbing and violent themes to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and broader social, political, and economic issues in a dystopian near-future Britain.”
ALSO DISCUSSED: Pathetic Fallacy (2026), Primetime (2026), Beyond Fest 2026, Penelope Spheeris, Anthony Burgess, Stanley Kubrick, If, Heathers, Clueless, Trainspotting, what is punk?, and more.
ALSO DISCUSSED: Resident Evil (2026), the escalators at AMC Burbank, Zach Cregger, Salem Horror Festival submissions are open, Miss March (2009), Jordan Peele, the connection between comedy and horror, Guillermo Del Toro, The Goonies (1984), Backrooms (2026), Key & Peele, the time Josh spent Thanksgiving with Lupita Nyong’o, Greta (2018), Hands Across America, and more.
Today, Josh and Drusilla discuss Bong Joon Ho’s early thriller, Memories of Murder (2003). From wiki: “Memories of Murder (Korean: 살인의 추억) is a 2003 South Korean neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Bong Joon Ho, from a screenplay by Bong and Shim Sung-bo, and based on the 1996 play Come to See Me by Kim Kwang-lim. It stars Song Kang-ho and Kim Sang-kyung. In the film, detectives Park Doo-man (Song) and Seo Tae-yoon (Kim) lead an investigation into a string of rapes and murders taking place in Hwaseong in the late 1980s, by a man known as the Hwaesong Killer. The film is a semi-biographical retelling of Korea's police hunting Lee Choon-jae.”
Also discussed: Coyote vs. Acme (2026), Hope (2026), Zodiac (2007), French Connection (1971), and more.
Also discussed: The Night of the Iguana (1964), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998), Flowers in the Attic, The Baby (1973), and more.
NEXT WEEK: Black Zombie (2026) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Also discussed: The End of Oak Street (2026), (2017), (2011), (2021), (2025) and more.
Episode 232: Freaks (1932)
Épisode 232
lundi 24 août 2026 • Durée 01:25:52
This week the film is 1932’s Freaks. From wiki: “Freaks (also re-released as The Monster Story,[6]Forbidden Love, and Nature's Mistakes[7]) is a 1932 American pre-Codedramahorror film produced and directed by Tod Browning, starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, and Roscoe Ates. Freaks, originally intended as a vehicle for Lon Chaney,[7] is set amongst the backdrop of a travelling French circus and follows a conniving trapeze artist who joins a group of carnivalsideshow performers with a plan to seduce and murder a dwarf in the troupe to gain his inheritance. However, her plot proves to have dangerous consequences. The film is based on elements from the short story "Spurs" by Tod Robbins, first published in in February 1923, with the rights being purchased by (MGM). , a childhood friend of Robbins and MGM art department chief, was responsible for the purchase.”
Also discussed: Dark Shadows, Bunny Lake is Missing, Onslaught, Theresa Harris, Jacques Tourneur, Val Lewton, Curse of the Cat People (1944), The 7th Victim (1943), Black Zombie (2026), George Romero, Night of the Living Dead (1968), World War Z (2013), Darby Jones, voodoo, Sinners (2025), Haitian vodou, Crooklyn (1994),
Also discussed: The Legend of the Stardust Brothers, Hot Spot (2026), The Lure (2015), Gypsy 83 (2001), Twinless (2025), The Invite (2026), Geek Love, and more.
Découvrez des podcasts liées à BLOODHAUS. Explorez des podcasts avec des thèmes, sujets, et formats similaires. Ces similarités sont calculées grâce à des données tangibles, pas d'extrapolations !
