Forbidden Cinema - 27 - Poltergeist

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10/31/21 • 81 min

What better mashup than the ET Guy and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre guy. Surely that will work. Strangely it does and creates one of the best haunted house movies ever made. We go way back to 1982 and watched Poltergeist for the first time for either of us. We delve into what would be done with a forbidden film in our respective households. We talk about how much of a debt one of our favorite films, Ghostbusters, owes to this. We discuss the supposed curse and spend a moment reflecting on the real life tragedies that accompanied the cast of the film. We also talk about how much we love to see an adult couple in a film who seem to actually like each other, seems rare these days.

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Forbidden Cinema - 28 - Wild Things

Come back with us to 1998 where we discuss a movie whose lurid details were discussed in hushed tones at the lunch table. Imagine it is senior year. Half of the class is over 18 and can get into the movie and share forbidden tales of sex, money, betrayal, and murder to the rest of the class. We watched Wild Things. This was a movie who's marketing said "Come for the girl-on-girl action, stay for the twists and turns." We break it down for you and find that while it is confusing, it actually does feel a little smarter than you would expect at the end. And also, Bill Murray is in this thing right as he is about to be discovered as one of the true treasures in film and culture. Snuggle up somewhere warm, put your oversized cordless phone on do not disturb, grab some popcorn, and don't forget to look over your shoulder for the inevitable betrayal.