5 - A Salad That Was Once Named Elizabeth (Frankenhooker with Shirley Blazen/Cam with Cruel Valentine)

The Calls Are Coming from Inside the Podcast

In this week’s episode, we discuss representations of sex work within horror between our two films. First, we call up Shirley Blazen to talk Frank Henenlotter's oddball grand opus, Frankenhooker (1990). Topics include iconic quotable lines, exploding mannequins, and secret connections to My Little Pony. Then in our horror correspondent segment, we look at Cam (2018) with Cruel Valentine, and discuss the challenges of cam modeling, the movie’s accuracy, and an unfortunate number of gross dudes.

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And check out The Screwbelles’ “Scared Silly” burlesque show on Friday, October 22, 2021

Follow Cruel Valentine online at http://cruelvalentine.com/links/
And learn more about the Click Clack Club’s upcoming “Strippergeist: The First Sexorcism” on October 21 and 22, 2021.

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Additional resources:

Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) Resources: https://swopusa.org/resources/

HIPS Policy Recommendations: https://www.hips.org/policiesandpositions.html

Juno Mac - The laws that sex workers really want: https://www.ted.com/talks/juno_mac_the_laws_that_sex_workers_really_want#t-1054087

Referenced in this episode:

Clark Collis - How a former sex worker dreamed up Blumhouse’s latest movie nightmare: https://ew.com/movies/2018/11/14/cam-blumhouse-netflix/

Dinner with Drac - John Zacherle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfNb9viis_4

Reina Sultan - Sex Workers Describe the Instability—and Necessity—of OnlyFans

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg89mb/sex-workers-describe-the-instability-and-necessity-of-onlyfans