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This is Blood Suckers, a podcast where the ladies of Little Renegade Films endeavor to watch every vampire film we can get our fangs into. As super fans and film makers, we'll be pumping you full of our own personal brand of heroin. i.e. commentary and opinions and stuff. Suck it up and listen in @bloodsuckerspod
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Why is everything sooo aggressive? Join comedian Vanessa Johnston and her friends as they discuss relationships, the industry, and every other red flag in the book. It’s Sooo Agressive with Vanessa Johnston!
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Our sketch show gives feminism a voice. A silly voice. The Second Sketch condenses the concerns and contradictions of modern day feminism into 15-minute chunks for your amusement. Written by Josie Throup and Kit Foxley.
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She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career
Linda Schwartz
She Shed Comedy began as a service project to educate and empower women pursuing a career in comedy by sharing stories and wisdom from women who are currently working in entertainment. It is our mission to serve these women through lighthearted, soulful, and meaningful conversations with working women in entertainment; as such, this show will serve as a platform for female comedians to share their stories, wisdom, and insights and be a guiding Light for aspiring female comedians. To that end ...
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We watched Interview with the Vampire (2022) S1 Ep 3/4 and wanted more boy butts that we did not get. But we loved discussing all the differences in the book and this adaptation, including tiny red sunglasses and another tit! We Also Learned Tattoos are confusing Eric Baloney is bad at his job Hi Kelly Hassnerdsnsnsnsns! Support the show Please lea…
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We watched Interview with the Vampire (2022) S1 Ep 2 and learned to watch more than one episode at a time for the pod from now on. She's short and sweet and she'll show you her tit! And we love you, thanks for listening. We Also Learned We learned how thoughts work To stay close to your humanity, eat glue! What would YOU do with a drunken sailor? S…
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We watched Interview with the Vampire (2022) S1 Ep 1 and saw man butts! MAN BUTTS AND MAN KISSES AND DREAMY EYEBALLS and we're watching the whole thing as soon as vampirically possible. Unless there's not more man butts. No more man butts and we're out. We Also Learned It is NOT KC's destiny to educated young (of legal age) boy butts on how to be l…
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We watched The Transfiguration (2016) and were entranced, amazed, disturbed by the film and distracted by the newest member of the Curry fluff brigade. Don't get your prions in a twist when you watch this sad and lovely thing. Make sure you have a kitty to cuddle! We Also Learned SM wants a pen knife Troma Films are a genre Broadway is just a stree…
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We watched A Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) and had too many giggles about the 90's and the wacky running and the terrible scripting. It was a hoot according to SM, a total fart for KC and a disaster through and through. We loved it? We Also Learned I mean who DOESN'T have a crush on Angela Bassett right? SM is a stupid time and will like anything with…
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We watched All the Moons (2020) and have no complaints... Okay just one: Change your clothes, brush your teeth, get more than one dress. IT'S NOT HARD! Seriously, we loved this film. Treasure our gushing because it doesn't happen often! We Also Learned Boys are toxic because they don't know if they're human because they don't bleed like girls do "T…
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We watched Blood & Donuts (1995) and have some serious questions for the Canadian Mob. Kacey learns she's a film otter auteur and eyebrows are discussed in depth and girth. We Also Learned It was about… Blood? And donuts? It could also be called "Sad Weirdo Wakes Up, Eats Rats" We are waiting for our record deal Mr. Demille… Support the show Please…
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We finished watching Family Blood and in a dramatic turn of events it ended up being just as terrible as we predicted! But we stuck it out and trashed it thoroughly. #blessed We Also Learned The Tisch Fucking School of Fucking Fine Arts can't save you from a bad script Sad Time Shower Reflection Time is for being sad, washing off blood, and reflect…
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We watched Castlvania Season 1 and learned that women don't exist and neither does the color blue or calm male energy in Walla-cha-cha-chia! We Also Learned If SM had fun being mad at it, it counts as liking it even if she hated it. Just so we're clear. You like this series but this series didn't like you #micdrop Rotten Potatoes is a thing we're m…
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We watched Blood Red Sky (2021) and learned that we have nothing to fear but fear itself and also that we might be a vampire monster on a cross atlantic overnight flight that gets hijacked. We Also Learned Insert ____ on a Plane for hijinks and hijackers! It's all gonna come out in therapy later The cowl necked hijacker really just loves fashion Su…
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We watched Thirst (2009) and learned that KC hates things that are awesome. #micdrop We Also Learned He can't have sex with her if he can't float! It's the floating defense. Blahcorder is a fun gross new musical instrument. Ask us how! Father Priest Father is the proper title Geena Davis's most excellent foundation Support the show Please leave a r…
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We watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer the Movie (1992) and loved it but also someone was very very mad and it might have been the vampire cramps or the real cramps. Who can tell? We Also Learned SM doesn't know what sci fi is. KC once again, has the eternal patience of a Saint for the whole episode. Menstrual cramps are silently bourne. If she says "…
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We watched Fascination (1979) and it turns out, it's porn. Jean Rollin the porny porntastic porn director tricked us again ya'll! We Also Learned Not to trust the criterion channels curated list of "vampire films" Open palmed rubbing is not erotic unless your kink is frusteration KC hates the pink caftan and if you give it to her she will scythe yo…
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We watched Once Bitten (1985) and we clock our longest and most distracted intro yet! We Also Learned KC only *thinks* she watched tv as a child. SM is beginning to think she's a replicant. Jane Asher's Fancy Dress Costume Book is the definitive book of costumes Gratitude is the venereal disease of spirituality. Support the show Please leave a revi…
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We watched Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) and learned a lot about how not to make a ballet film crossed with a 1920's film and also that no one gets dracula like we get dracula. Gaw. We talk about death and grief, as SM's dad is on his journey out of this mortal coil. KC's cries. It's a beautiful ep. We Also Learned Where does dracula …
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We watched A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night from 2014. Did you know black and white film is an artform? KC didn't, doesn't refuses to in the future. SM retaliates by refusing to tell you the synopsis of this incredible persian delight and everyone had a good new yearses. We Also Learned That you can send us tit pics but you better keep your peens t…
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We watched Blood Relatives (2022) and really didn't bother to discuss the film. All you need to know is that it was really cute and by cute we mean stupid. We Also Learned FUCKING WAGNER UGH Vampires are frosting and they're delicious Great News! Life is a construct. Support the show Please leave a review, like, subscribe, comment below, tell a fri…
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We watched Children of the Night (2015) and were delighted by how surprised we were that we wanted to keep watching this weird Argentinian children's theater fest. Seriously. It's wild and delightful. We Also Learned An insane amount of bleach must have been used Homopheliacs can't stop won't stop the confetti Sir Fluff is the star. Sir Fluff saved…
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S2E18: REPLAY: Why Letting Your Set BREATHE (by doing THIS) is So Important
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Have you ever been out to dinner with a group of friends and after a bunch of chit chat the table falls to a dead silence… And as that awkward feeling starts creeping up your shoulders someone starts babbling again and relief washes over you? What is it about silence that gets to people? I think that we are so used to being bombarded by sound, that…
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Ep 44 "Nilsson Broke the Bloodsuckers"
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We watched Son of Dracula (1974) and it was "coocoo bananas" to put it mildly. I mean, what is acting? Who is an actor? What does Nillson DO in this film and how did the man who put the lime in the coconut break us? Who are WE even? Is this the end of Blood Suckers again? If you're in a film and you're supposed to be an actor but you're not acting …
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S2E17: REPLAY: The Best Nuggets From Season 1
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We watched Daybreakers (2009) with too many blue filtered unhappily frumps. You're a vampire! ENJOY SOMETHING DAMNIT. This very special episode of Bloodsuckers brought to you by goals, acceptance, and smoking. We Also Learned If the world is mostly vampires, and you need blood from a human, just ASK. Ten years in the future, we'll be 50 years in th…
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S2E16: REPLAY: Going PRO - What It Means To Be A Professional Comedian
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-If you are going to do this, just decide to be a professional. Learn some skills; give it some time. It's not going to be easy; set proper expectations, go out there and give it your best and just keep doing it.- 'Go Pro' by Eric Worre. For some people, being professional is synonymous with having years of experience on stage. For others, it could…
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We watched Lips of Blood (1975) and will proceed to give you a play by play of all the naked weird transitions of walking and being naked. It sounds simple but it's like a weird sexy french labyrinth all up in this plot! We Also Learned Jackets on Straight Jackets on Jackets! About a lot of naked ladies How to Model: Confidence! Standing There! Cha…
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S2E15: REPLAY: Pt2 Going From A Tight 5 to Tight 7 - Deconstructing My 7 Min Set
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Standup comedy is a personal development course in action, according to our host, Linda Schwartz. Her comedy is a work in progress, as is she, but she’s sharing her (cringeworthy) experiences to help you improve, too. On the last episode of She Shed Comedy, we dissected Linda’s tight five from her 2022 Pretty Funny Women show. Today, we’re taking a…
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We watched The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) and if you listen close you can hear KC die a little out of boredom everytime SM say's "in the book tho…" We Also Learned House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski is KC's least favorite idea of a book The most upsetting thing for KC? Pizza that's been treated without respect We highly recommend the menstr…
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S2E14: REPLAY: Going From A Tight 5 To A Tight 7 - Deconstructing My 5 Min Set
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Every comic starts out with a five-minute set or what the industry refers to as a ‘tight five’. This tight five will evolve over time and eventually expand into a seven-minute set, then a 15-minute set, then a 45-minute set, and so on. Since Linda started performing, her set has evolved constantly, with minor tweaks from show to show. Today, we dec…
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We watched Beautiful Vampire (2018) and were entranced by the descriptive visual subtitles, the mysteriously nosy landlord and the gallons of sunscreen elegantly thrown around like glitter. Give us a sunhat and a velvet dress and a smash cut edit style any night! We Also Learned KC doesn't have recurring dreams. This is not the Talk Dirty to Me Pod…
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S2E13: REPLAY: Bombing Pt 1: Why You Must Embrace This To Get Better
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A comic’s biggest fear is going on stage and hearing crickets, or worse, heckles. Bombing on stage is quite traumatic, it can stay with you for years to come and even be the reason you leave comedy all together. However, chances are, most comics WILL bomb, it’s just the name of the game. So how can we look at bombing differently and reframe our per…
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We watched The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) and had special guest Stephanie from our sister pod Talk Dirty to Me to answer our many many questions about snow and vampires and cabbage! We Also Learned How to NOT set up the audio inputs correctly. (Again, sorry KC and the Suckers) KC didn't know anything about the very sad death of Sharon Tate Ste…
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S2E12: REPLAY: How To Mine Your Life For Comedic Gold
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We’ve heard this from women time and time again, “I don’t want to become my mother”. This begs the question, why are mother-daughter relationships so complicated? This is a tricky question, especially if you’ve grown up with a mother who was abusive, narcissistic, and neglectful. As a comic, you would think, wow, these traumatic events could be com…
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We watched Black As Night (2021) and are so so glad we aren't vampires in this world. Oooooft. It was complicated ya'll. Complicated bad. Not complicated good. Which is tragic because Black As Night had some very cool stuff in it. Somewhere. We Also Learned When in need of medical advice, ask an opera singer KC does not like to think about drinking…
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S2E11: REPLAY: Funny Mom? Start Here… This Episode is For YOU.
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“You can’t pour from an empty cup”, is a quote our host Linda Schwartz now lives by. Linda lived this reality when realizing she had abandoned herself and her creative pursuits after diving headfirst into motherhood. However, being a mother and a wife doesn’t mean you stop being you. This is a fact Linda wants to drive home to you listeners by hear…
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We watched 1993's Cronos and were so underwhelmed that we found ourselves being delighted by a hot grandpa and a wacky undertaker and a bug. It was confusing. We Also Learned: KC can read! We think… If you don't have a bruise on your butt SM doesn't want to see your butt WE WON! GO 'STROS! Support the show Please leave a review, like, subscribe, co…
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S2E10: News News News: NEW YORK & Holiday Hiatus
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As Fall rolls through, it's time for us to slow down and get settled into a space of reflection. As Linda heads to NY next week for the NY Comedy Festival, we are winding down the year with a Holiday Hiatus and will not be producing new episodes until the new year. If you're in NY and want to attend a show Linda's performing in, please buy tickets …
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN SUCKERS! For this very spooky and wonderful holiday we watched Bram Stoker's William Shakespeare's Francis Ford Coppola's Baz Luhrmann's Oprah Winfrey's Enya's Dracula and it was indeed, Tits Out Ridiculous. We Also Learned That we absolutely cannot be trusted with new microphones and our executive producer Travis is to blame. EEE!!…
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S2E9: Pausing: Why Letting Your Set Breathe(by doing THIS) Is So Important
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Have you ever been out to dinner with a group of friends and after a bunch of chit chat the table falls to a dead silence… And as that awkward feeling starts creeping up your shoulders someone starts babbling again and relief washes over you? What is it about silence that gets to people? I think that we are so used to being bombarded by sound, that…
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We watched I Like Bats! (1986) and learned nothing that made any sense about anything and also our brains are broken. Polish film people. We love you. We Also Learned This has "The Best Sex Scene I've Ever Seen In My Whole Life" - KC THUTT is the thigh to butt area The the Polish will never explain themselves and that is a special kind of wack-a-do…
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We watched The Vampire Doll (1970) and learned that having "dracula" in the title does not a vampire movie make. HOW?! We Also Learned No one had pajamas!!! Where do the voicemails and telegrams for all the dead children go? Terrified? Weird Sex? Just a dog? This film had a lot of noises. Just cause your bloodthirsty doesn't mean you're a vampire!!…
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S2E7: Going PRO What It Means To Be A Professional Comedian
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-If you are going to do this, just decide to be a professional. Learn some skills; give it some time. It's not going to be easy; set proper expectations, go out there and give it your best and just keep doing it.- 'Go Pro' by Eric Worre. For some people, being professional is synonymous with having years of experience on stage. For others, it could…
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We watched What We Do in the Shadows (the 2014 film) and found out that we have 125 HOURS OF FOOTAGE to go find on the dark web. The shadow web? Whatever it is we're doing it in there and watching it hard. We Also Learned KC doesn’t care that it breaks all the narrative rules!!! KC says this is "Everybody's' favorite vampire movie" KC is definitely…
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S2E6: Expanding Your Set, Going From A Tight 5 to 7 Deconstruction Pt2
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Standup comedy is a personal development course in action, according to our host, Linda Schwartz. Her comedy is a work in progress, as is she, but she’s sharing her (cringeworthy) experiences to help you improve, too. On the last episode of She Shed Comedy, we dissected Linda’s tight five from her 2022 Pretty Funny Women show. Today, we’re taking a…
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We watched Let the Right One In (2008) and had a very large debate, with a TayLord in the back to laugh at us the whole time. We Also Learned Eli is a trans and/or gender neutral icon AND WE'RE OBSESSED KC hates hates hates hates hates cold weather Puss Puss is the Swedish way to say Kiss Kiss, which is why we like saying Kissy so much. Follow us o…
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S2E5: Going From a Tight 5 To A Tight 7 - Deconstructing my Tight 5 Pt 1
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Every comic starts out with a five-minute set or what the industry refers to as a ‘tight five’. This tight five will evolve over time and eventually expand into a seven-minute set, then a 15-minute set, then a 45-minute set, and so on. Since Linda started performing, her set has evolved constantly, with minor tweaks from show to show. Today, we dec…
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This week we watched a movie in the theater! We invited ourselves to The Invitation (2022) and were NOT disappointed by that delicious Big D Energy. His 12 shades of gaslighting, hubris, and monstrous grey were GORGEOUS. Swooooon. We Also Learned To let our vagina's do the talking A pottery studio built on lies and blood and creepiness The Dracula …
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S2E4: Bombing Pt2: An Audience Member's Perspective
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You don’t have to be a comic to be part of the comedy circuit. Having an intense passion for the art and creating a buzz around open mics to get people excited to see shows is a great way to be part of the scene without having to get on stage. This is what our guest on today’s episode has done. As a standup super fan, she is skilled in discovering …
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This week we watched our first vampire found footage film: Afflicted from 2013. We found a lot of silliness, but we also found a lot of heart and eyeballs and blood and dedication. It was inspiring to watch two indie filmmakers write and direct their own vampire film. GOALS! We Also Learned BIPOC INFO! https://www.healthline.com/health/bipoc-meanin…
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S2E3: Bombing Pt 1: Why You Must Embrace This To Get Better
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A comic’s biggest fear is going on stage and hearing crickets, or worse, heckles. Bombing on stage is quite traumatic, it can stay with you for years to come and even be the reason you leave comedy all together. However, chances are, most comics WILL bomb, it’s just the name of the game. So how can we look at bombing differently and reframe our per…
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This week we watched two films! Two Last Vampires of Blood the Last Vampire! One anime OVA from 2000 and one live action silly fest from 2009. I think the most important thing to remember is that KC hasn't seen an anime she loves yet and that fact is making SM grumpier than a last vampire who may not be a last vampire, or a vampire? If only we had …
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