Ep. 44 RAVENOUS (1999) - You Are Who You Eat

Don’t eat strange soup! It might have been made with human flesh! This week your favorite ghouls discuss Antonia Bird’s 1999 film, Ravenous! The discussion includes but is not limited to: American Exceptionalism, Manifest Destiny, Wetiko disease, lost Europeans and gender studies! Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com Buy some coffee from our sponsors: www.recesscoffee.com Patreon Shout Out Music: www.purple-planet.com Resources: “Exceptional Zombie Cannibals” – Antonia Bird’s ‘Ravenous’ (1999) and the discourse of American exceptionalism by Olga Ackroyd http://www.baas.ac.uk/usso/exceptional-zombie-cannibals-antonia-birds-ravenous-1999-and-the-discourse-of-american-exceptionalism/ Ravenous Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenous_(1999_film) Hungry? 'Ravenous' May Spoil Your Appetite by Dann Gire Monstrous Nature: Environment and Horror on the Big Screen By Robin L. Murray; Joseph K. Heumann Carnal Appetites: Foodsexidentities by Elspeth Probyn Roger Ebert Review of Ravenous https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ravenous-1999 Why You Should Chew on Ravenous by Luis H.C. https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3460304/editorial-chew-ravenous/ Wendigo Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo Ravenous Featurette - Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QB2LY6hoXA Audio Commentary for Ravenous (1999) with Director: Antonia Bird Unsettling America: Wetiko by Paul Levy https://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com/tag/wetiko/