Episode 11
February 25, 2019
American Mary
Hosted by Adam Clarke and Sarah Chamberlain
Sarah & Adam celebrate Women in Horror month by discussing Jen & Sylvia Soska’s American Mary. This divisive film splits your hosts on some aspects, like so many split tongues, but there’s a lot to like about this ode to body modification, revenge, torture, and female empowerment.
Content warning: Unpacking this film’s sexual violence leads to a larger discussion about sexual assault in the genre. This discussion runs from 22:10–35:25 of the program.
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Show Notes.
Our previous episode on Ginger Snaps.
The Soskas are remaking David Cronenberg’s Rabid.
The Soskas wrote 2015’s Secret Wars Journal 1.5.
The Soskas are also working on a Black Widow series for Marvel.
The Soska Sisters on Instagram.
Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator.
I Spit On Your Grave and its remake.
Last House On The Left and its remake.
A Nightmare On Elm Street and its remake.
Wes Craven was a thoughtful and interesting guy.
Trailer for the Soska’s first film, Dead Hooker In A Trunk.
John Carpenter, lovable curmudgeon.
Robert Eggers first film is indeed a masterpiece.
Spoilery vlogs on William Peter Blatty’s two films as director: The Ninth Configuration and Exorcist III.
One of our iTunes reviews came care of Michael from This Is Your Mixtape. Not sure what episode to start with? Adam recorded an episode of the podcast back in October.