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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. 
NEXT WEEK: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
 
Bloodhaus: 
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https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/
https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/
Drusilla Adeline:
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https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/
https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/
Joshua Conkel
https://www.joshuaconkel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/
https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/

Condemned film month continues with a deep dive (and redux!) on Ken Russell’s newly restored masterpiece, The Devils (1971). From wiki: “The Devils is a 1971 historical psychological horror-drama film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell, and starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed.[3] A dramatised historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the possessions in Loudun, France, the plot also focuses on Sister Jeanne des Anges, a sexually repressed nun who inspires the accusations.”
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: 
https://www.bloodhauspod.com/
https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/
https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/
Drusilla Adeline:
https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/
https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/
https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/
Joshua Conkel
https://www.joshuaconkel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/
https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/

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 novel Kladivo 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!
NEXT WEEK: The Devils (1971) REDUX
 
Bloodhaus: 
https://www.bloodhauspod.com/
https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/
https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/
Drusilla Adeline:
https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/
https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/
https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/
Joshua Conkel
https://www.joshuaconkel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/
https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/

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. 

NEXT WEEK: Witchhammer (1970) 
 
Bloodhaus: 
https://www.bloodhauspod.com/
https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/
https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/
Drusilla Adeline:
https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/
https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/
https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/
Joshua Conkel
https://www.joshuaconkel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/
https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/

This week, the ghouls discuss all things Jordan Peele with a focus on Us (2019). From wiki: “Us is a 2019 American psychological horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele, and starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker. The story follows Adelaide Wilson and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing doppelgängers, called the "Tethered".”
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. 
NEXT WEEK: A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Bloodhaus: 
https://www.bloodhauspod.com/
https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/
https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/
Drusilla Adeline:
https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/
https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/
https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/
Joshua Conkel
https://www.joshuaconkel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/
https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/