S2E07: Zoë Smith on Excision (2012)

Content warning: Contains discussions of dysfunctional families, gore, misogyny, and kink.

On this episode of The Beauty of Horror, Chandler talks with horror creator and EIC at Ghouls Magazine, Zoë Smith aka ZoboWithaShotgun about the blood-soaked beauty of Richard Bates Jr.’s EXCISION (2012)!

They explore extreme horror, coming of age as a teenage girl, toxic parenting, and, of course, aesthetics.

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Mentions

Films

• Metropolis
• Cannibal Holocaust
• The Poughkeepsie Tapes
• Tumbling Doll of Flesh
• We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Daria

Other works

• The Collector by John Fowles (1963)

Other

• Beauty of Horror season 1, episode 9: Rebecca McCallum on Psycho
• Ghouls Magazine
• Ghouls Magazine: Top 10 Horror Films of 2021
• Ghouls Magazine: Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2022

Quote from On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry (1999)

Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)

Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)

Edited by Aviva Dassen

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