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Charmingly outdated-by-1981-standards practical effects, wild borrowings from the best of recent and distant masterpieces of influence, and maybe a pinch of the ol' booger sugar informed this revered Italian director's take on the supernatural something set in 1980 New Orleans for reasons not fathomable, but from a fathomableness of The Beyond! Tha…
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Welcome to the Neo-French Extremity? New French Post-Extremity? Who can say? It's a really rad zombie movie about youthful, drug-fueled sex and paranoia, poor parenting, and a very strange relationship with authority... or is it? Enter one of the top 5 greatest zombie movies of all time. Possibly THE greatest? I don't know. It's Loathsome Things: a…
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Not actually about Brian De Palma's female siblings, this film is instead about Brian De Palma weird, hazy, perhaps deeply subconscious feelings about white women, their role in society, their capabilities as functional humans, and the role that black men play in his feelings. Also, it's a Hitchcockian something-or-other in a decidedly pre-masterpi…
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Is it folk horror? Is it Babadookie? Is it sci-fi? We're not really sure from whence this sub-step monster was spawned, but we know we mostly liked it with a few quabbles. How long can we spend discussing the quabbles you ask? Well, you're in luck, because you're about to find out while listening to this thoughtful and un-biased think piece about t…
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New? Not so much. French? Absolue! Extremity? Not for long. Join us as we explore the surprising twists and turns of this horror masterpiece directed by a real piece of work. That's right, it's Pascal Laugier's 2008 masterpiece: Martyrs. Are we all victims, monsters, or dancers? You be the judge, then witness your own guilt... or something. Bourgeo…
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Do we mention Nicolas Cage? Did we find out that the Devil makes a variety of cameos in this movie before we recorded this episode? Are we more giddy with movie-watching glee than we are actually making a podcast? Find out the answers in this Satanic episode of Loathsome Things: the Horror Movie Podcast your mom wouldn't let you listen to, but then…
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We watched a cool little indie flick about a family stuck in their bathroom during an apocalypse, and somewhere along the way we lost the full entirety of our cool. Was it before we even started recording? You tell us after listening to this high-quality film review featuring bleeding-edge audio editing and extremely professional vocal skills. It's…
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This film is a strong recommend from us. Enjoy a uniquely splatterific experience! Rodrigo Aragão is from Espirito Santo, Brazil. His father was a magician and cinema owner. Rodrigo was influenced by The Empire Strikes Back and Evil Dead. He worked as a make-up effects artist in the 90s until he started with his own horror play, Mausoleum, and then…
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Welcome to the Loathsome Vault, where you get to hear an old, previously unreleased episode of Loathsome Things from the days of yore: 2001! This time, we reviewed the official film of "What H.P. Lovecraft, but with dirty sexy hippies?" We'll be back to our regularly scheduled podcasting next hence!By loathsomethings
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Likely the greatest horror movie in Houston, Texas, horror movie production history. This little gem manages to be campy and horrifically transgressive in a way that won't make anyone feel good! It's The Lamp, AKA The Outing, on this fortnight's episode of Loathsome Things: A good podcast to listen to when you're depressed and the Lexapro isn't wor…
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Gaelic Games Commentator, Brian Carthy recalls a 'Moment In Time' from September 2011 when Dublin goalkeeper, Stephen Cluxton kicked the winning point from a free in their 1-12 to 1-11 victory over Kerry in the All-Ireland Football Final in Croke Park. It was Dublin's first victory over Kerry in an All-Ireland decider since 1976.…
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It's time for everyone's favorite manic pixie dream frankenstein to ditch the snooze and get all rizz'd up, 2002 style! That's right, we're reviewing May, a complicated, weird, silly, serious, strange conflagration of emotions and inputs, straight from yore and into your brain. It's Loathsome Things: the best podcast to find horror movies you might…
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