Wake In Fright

Warning: Welp we did it twice in a row and we didn’t even realize it. We’re so sorry… but, horror!! Cody unknowingly selected a film of ill-repute (but wide acclaim) from the poisonous, everything-will-kill-you-including-the-booze-land of Australia, 1971’s WAKE IN FRIGHT. The film, while not as wildly torturous as Cannibal Holocaust, still features a scene about 4/5ths of the way through wherein many kangaroos are hunted and killed. The filmmakers claim that this was filmed on an already established and legal hunt (the kangaroos are apparently like deer in America, requiring a hunting season) but that still doesn’t make the events portrayed any less shocking. Not to mention one particular moment where a character literally fights and kills a kangaroo with his hands and I struggle to see the ways in which that falls under the legal claims the film makes but what have you… The film is wild and very interesting and we have some very (we think) interesting things to say about it. But sweet god… there is only beer in Australia.

So tune in for more of your typical shenanigans, including the introduction to Cody’s burgeoning excitement over having seen THE NORTHMAN, and stay for our in depth talk of some more challenging horror!

00:00 - 22:00ish Intros – Discrepancies between men’s and women’s pleasure products during the week we learned that Roe v. Wade was likely fucked (fuck you, Republicans), Cody’s pre-exhaltation at the alter of The Northman (stay tuned for this episodes long series where we wait for Austin to go see the flick), Curtis talks about the Dwayne Johnson that he used to love, and Vin Diesel and his reign over the Fast franchise.

22:00ish - 51:00ish What we watched this week: The Omen (1976), The Conjuring 2, Hereditary, Martyrs (2008), Livid, Mayhem, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The Batman (yes, again for Curtis and FIVE MORE TIMES FOR LUCAS), THE NORTHMAN (twice for three of us), The Survivor, Jackass Forever (Austin & his dad), The Night House, The Brood, The King’s Man, Death on the Nile, In the Tall Grass, The Gift (2015), and Lethal Weapon.

51:00ish - 1:43:00ish - WAKE IN FRIGHT

1:43:00ish - End - What’s our next movie?