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In E34, your hosts Jared and Lauren crack open the Negronomicon to talk about the fiasco that was the Emmys and a remake no one asked for before they get into the 2021 release Werewolves Within, a uniquely hilarious horror-comedy take on the which-one-of-us-isn't-like-the-other genre. From the way the film uses archetypes to its advantage, the rapid-fire humor, Finn's interesting characterization and the question of "What is considered horror?" being raised, there's a lot to ponder with a film that critics have called "Clue with werewolves."
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Gems from Episode 34

• Family Guy (1999)
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000)
• Squidbillies (2005)
• Celebrity Deathmatch (1998)
• Futurama (1999)
• Robot Chicken (2005)
• Sealab 2021 (2000)
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
• Superjail (2007)
• Criminal Minds (2005)
• Ted Lasso (2020)
• Schitt’s Creek (2015)
• Insecure (2016)
• Mare of Easttown (2021)
• The Sopranos (1999)
• The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
• Lovecraft Country (2020)
• I May Destroy You (2020)
• Hamilton (2015)
• The Muppet Show (1976)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009)
• Pose (2018)
• Ed Edd n’ Eddy (1999)
• The Lost Boys (1987)
• A Quiet Place (2018)
• It (2007)
• Stranger Things (2016)
• Halloween Kills (2021)
• No Time to Die (2021
• Werewolves Within (2021)
• Clue (1985)
• Among Us (2018, video game)
• The Beast Must Die (1974)
• Veep (2012)
• The Tomorrow War (2021)
• Van Helsing (2004)
• Underworld (2003)
• Hide and Seek (2005)
• Needful Things (1993)
• 30 Days of Night (2007)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2011)
• Jurassic Park III (2001)
• Slice (2018)
• Scary Movie (2000)
• Scream (1996)
• Scare Me (2020)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

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As the world has been extremely uneventful these past two weeks, we've left the Negronomicon on the shelf for E7 and went straight into the Crit: unpacking the inner workings and social/political implications of The First Purge and fangirling over Black Rambo. Get into it.
Special shouts out to Kaitlin for requesting a crit on The First Purge! Got a movie you want us to crit? Slide into our DMs.
Gems from E07:

• Halloween (2007)
• Scream (1996)
• P-Valley (2020)
• The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
• Pet Sematary (1989)
• Rat Race (2001)
• The Ruins (2008)
• The First Purge (2018)
• The Purge (2013)
• The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
• The Purge: Election Year (2016)
• Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
• The Wire (2002)
• Meet the Browns (2008)
• Jason’s Lyric (1994)
• God Loves Uganda (2013)

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In E6, Lauren and Jared talk about what they're currently watching (08:09), and we take the Negronomicon off the shelf (13:23) to talk about the desperate state of the movie theatre business, say our condolences for everyone's favorite game show hose Alex Trebek (22:27), give our new Bond her flowers (29:40), and discuss Wes Craven's hidden gem The People Under the Stairs (50:00).
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Gems from E06:

• Get Out (2017)
• The Girl With all the Gifts (2016)
• Schitts Creek (2015)
• Insecure (2016)
• The Wire (2002)
• True Blood (2008)
• Queen Sugar (2016)
• Twilight (2008)
• Big Little Lies (2017)
• No Time to Die (2021)
• Jumanji: The Next Level (2017)
• The Assistant (2019)
• The Shape of Water (2017)
• Moonlight (2016)
• Jeopardy (1978)
• Wheel of Fortune (1975)
• 20/20 (1978)
• 60 Minutes (1968) (forgot to mention this one!)
• ABC World News with Peter Jennings (1984)
• The United Negro College Fund Telethon (1989)
• Captain Marvel (2019)
• The Flash (2014)
• Sherlock Holmes (1887) (novels)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
• American Housewife (2016)
• Dr. No. (1953)
• Glee (2009)
• Roseanne (1988)
• Lovecraft Country (2020)
• The People Under the Stairs (1991)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• Boyz in the Hood (1991)
• Disturbia (2007)
• Halloween (1978)
• Dexter’s Laboratory (1995)
• Twin Peaks (1990)
• Scream (1996)
• Don’t Breathe (2016)
• Us (2019)
• Scream 5 (2022)
• Hellraiser (1987)
• Alien (1979)
• Demon Knight (1995)
• Grindhouse (2007)

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In Episode 4, Lauren and Jared talk politics, flies, and capitalism (4:30), Lovecraft country and pickaninny problems (12:10), the most beautiful television in the world (31:19), how vampires tried - and failed - to gentrify the Bronx (36:10), a quick tangent to remember The Descent (44:51), the whelmed-ness of Bly Manor - (49:09), cringe at Netflix trying so hard to be down (1:02:43), accessibility and diversity in horror (1:10:43), a reminder that we said covid was going to ruin everything (1:31:38), and get into one of Lauren's favorite films ever - Bill Gun's Ganja and Hess.
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Gems from E04:

• Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood (1968-2001 - 31 Seasons)
• It Follows (2015)
• Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Vampires in the Bronx (2020)
• Hubie Halloween (2020)
• The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
• The Descent (2005)
• Black Christmas (2006)
• The Village (2004)
• Scary Movie (2000)
• Scary Movie 2 (2001)
• Midnight Meat Train (2008)
• Terror Train (1980)
• Halloween (1978)
• Prom Night (1980)
• The Fog (1980)
• Trading Places (1983)
• Scream 2 (1997)
• Menace II Society (1993)
• Jason’s Lyric (1994)
• Higher Learning (1995)
• Demon Knight (1995)
• The Nutty Professor (1996)
• Cabin in the Woods (2011)
• Us (2019)
• If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
• One Day at a Time (2017)
• Insecure (2016)
• Midsommar (2019)
• Boomerang (1992)
• Boyz in the Hood (1990)
• Fargo (1996)
• Ganja & Hess (1973)

Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film (1992) Written by Carol J. Clover.

Special shout out to @DreaLeeanne for requesting the episode info! From now on, everything we talk about will be in the podcast descriptions and there will be a recap post on IG. Appreciate you!
Production Credits

• Host and Producer: Lauren La Melle
• Host and Editor: Jared Hudson

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Diving right into the Crit this week sans Negronomicon, Lauren and Jared join the crew on the Nostromo to discuss (13:20) the sci-fi horror classic Alien (1979). From Ridley Scott's direction of a veteran and newcomer (hi, Sigourney!) mixed cast, the intersectionality of Parker and Lambert, and Bolaji Badejo's deft use of height, there's a lot here to whet your Xenomorphic appetite.
Timestamps

• 13:20 - Crit
• 1:26:30 - Final Curls

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- Host and Producer: Lauren La Melle - instagram.com/laurenlamelle | twitter.com/laurenlamelle | Website: www.laurenlamelle.com
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Gems from E59

• Severance (2022)
• Chicken Run (2000)
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
• Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
• Black Mirror (2011)
• Bear in the Big Blue House (1997)
• Fake (short film) (forthcoming)
• The Northman (2022)
• The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
• Game of Thrones (2011)
• The Legend of Zelda (video game series)
• Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
• Alien (1979)
• Psycho (1960)
• How Did We Miss This? (podcast)
• Halloween (1978)
• Alien Resurrection (1997)
• Alien vs. Predator (2004)
• Aliens (1986)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• Shrek (2000)
• Rat Race (2001)
• Inspector Gadget (1999)
• Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
• Finding Dory (2015)
• The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
• Avatar 3 (2024)
• Avatar 4 (2026)
• Avatar 5 (2028)
• The Mist (2007)
• Star Wars (film series) (1977)
• Scream (2022)
• Catwoman (2004)
• Grey’s Anatomy (2005)
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Futurama (1999)
• It Follows (2015)
• Prometheus (2012)
• Alien: Covenant (2017)
• Jason X (2001)
• Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997)
• Amityville in Space (2022)
• Nope (2022)

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