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VundaHalloweenathon Day 22: Black Horror

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  #VundaHalloweenathon Day 22: "Black Horror" In defining today's theme we turn to a description outlined on the  website for  Horror Noire  Executive Producer Tananarive Due and author/screenwriter Steven Barnes's six-part online course , "The Sunken Place: Black Horror" (based on Due's UCLA class "The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and the Black Horror Aesthetic"): “We define 'Black Horror' as Horror by Black creators and/or featuring a Black protagonist(s) in service to a story through a Black lens. Black creators may (though not always) tackle themes of social justice, ritual and magic, ancestors, and Black survival in their work. But all Black Horror combats the erasure of Black voices in Horror.”  Check out our TikTok all month long. RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: - Tales From the Hood (1995) directed by Rusty Cundieff - Us (2019) directed by Jordan Peele - Talk to Me (2023) directed by Danny & Michael Philippou - Nanny (2022) d

VundaHalloweenathon Day 21: LG-Boo!-TQ

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  #VundaHalloweenathon Day 21: "LG-Boo!-TQ" Today we celebrate the rich history and bright future of queer horror. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Nonbinary, Intersex, Asexual and beyond, we love all the beautiful queers in horror!  Check out our TikTok all month long. RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: - Nightbreed (1990) directed by Clive Barker - HeBGBTV (2023) directed by Eric Griffin, Adam Lenhart, & Jake McClellan - Knife+Heart (2018) directed by Yann Gonzalez - Terror Firmer (1999) directed by Lloyd Kaufman - It's a Wonderful Knife (2023) directed by Tyler MacIntyre - Sissy (2022) directed by Hannah Barlow & Kane Senes - Perpetrator (2023) directed by Jennifer Reeder - Totally Killer (2023) directed by Nahnatchka Khan Stephen and Dani: - The Lost Boys (1987) directed by Joel Schumacher - Sleepaway Camp (1983) Robert Hiltzik - Cruising (1980) directed by William Friedkin - The Perfection (2019) directed by Richard Shepard - Psycho (1960) directed by Al

VundaHalloweenathon Day 20: Wake the Dead

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  #VundaHalloweenathon Day 20: "Wake the Dead" Today we're rocking any and all movies that involve raising the dead or the undead or pretty much any other zombie manifestations.  Check out our TikTok all month long. RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: - Zombie (1979) directed by Lucio Fulci - Birth/Rebirth (2023) directed by Laura Moss - Exhuma (2024) directed by Jang Jae-hyun - Satan's Slaves 2: Communion (2022) directed by Joko Anwar - The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster  (2023) directed by Bomani J. Story - The Demon's Rook (2013) directed by James Sizemore - Frankenhooker  (1990) directed by Frank Henenlotter - The Evil Dead (1981) directed by Sam Raimi Stephen & Dani: - Bubba Ho-tep (2002) directed by Don Coscarelli - The Pyramid (2014) directed by Grégory Levasseur - Pontypool (2008) directed by Bruce McDonald - Tarot (2024) directed by Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg - Dead Space: Downfall (2008) directed by Chuck Patton - Dawn of the Dead (1978) dire

VundaHalloweenathon Day 19: Southern Gothic

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  #VundaHalloweenathon Day 19: "Southern Gothic"  Today we take a trip down south for a little southern gothic horror. Ideally today is for true southern gothic movies but any horror set in the south will do--even the global south! RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: - The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) directed by Charles B. Pierce - Night of the Hunted (2023) directed by Franck Khalfoun - The Beyond (1981) directed by Lucio Fulci (Italy) - What Josiah Saw (2022) directed by Vincent Grashaw - The Night of the Hunter (1955) directed by Charles Laughton - Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) directed by Frank De Felitta - The Ruins (2008) directed by Carter Smith - No Country For Old Men  (2007) directed by Ethan & Joel Coen - Eaten Alive (1976) directed by Tobe Hooper Stephen & Dani: - Frailty  (2001) directed by Bill Paxton - Interview with the Vampire  (1994) directed by Neil Jordan - Joe (2013) directed by David Gordon Green - Angel Heart (1987) directed by Alan Park

VundaHalloweenathon Day 18: Drive-In Day

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  #VundaHalloweenathon Day 18: "Drive-In Day" Today we celebrate The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl on Shudder. A great day for all our #MutantFam to pick our favorite episodes of The Last-Drive In!  Check out our TikTok all month long. RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: - Donnie Darko  (2001) directed by Richard Kelly - Zombie  (1979) directed by Lucio Fulci - Ginger Snaps  (2000) directed by John Fawcett - Mad God (2022) directed by Phil Tippett - Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) directed by Deborah Brock - Popcorn (1991) directed by Mark Herrier - Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) directed by Issa López - Death Game (1977) directed by Richard S. Traynor Stephen & Dani: - Vamp  (1986) directed by Richard Wenk  - Deathstalker  (1983) directed by James Sbardellati  - Bloody Muscle Bodybuilder In Hell  (1995) directed by Shinichi Fukazawa - Fried Barry  (2020) directed by Ryan Kruger - The Babadook  (2014) directed by Jennifer Kent - Day of the Dead  (1985)

VundaHalloweenathon Day 17: Fresh Tongues

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#VundaHalloweenathon Day 17: "Fresh Tongues" Today is an extra special celebration in honor of all of our favorite foreign language horror films. Horror around the world is booming and I'm sure you'll notice that this is far from the only day where we've programmed foreign language films because there's just so much great stuff out there but today we celebrate foreign horror explicitly.  Check out our TikTok all month long. RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: - Tetsuo: The Iron Man  (1989) directed by Shinya Tsukamoto - The Vanishing  (1988) directed by George Sluizer - Yellow Dragon's Village  (2021) directed by Yugo Sakamoto - Goodnight Mommy (2014) directed by Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz - Satan's Slaves (2017) directed by Joko Anwar - Dearest Sister (2017) directed by Mattie Do - Sleep Tight  (2011) directed by Jaume Balagueró - No Reason (2010) directed by Olaf Ittenbach Stephen & Dani: - I Saw the Devil (2010) directed by Kim Jee-woon - Versu

The Faculty (1998) #VundaHalloweenathon Commentary Track

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  Stephen, Dani, and D-rock cut class to enjoy the Dimension films classic The Faculty. Stephen gets to let out his Robert Rodriguez nerdiness, and we discover what ship in the movie sailed in Dani's teenage psyche. D-rock may just find a new appreciation for this film afterall. If you want to support a great cause you should donate  to  the Make Pottstown Skate Again - at Ringing Rocks! fundraiser by Rockstar Roller Derby on Gofundme  any donation will help this wonderful institution that is doing good thingsand providing a safe space in this community.  Also take some time and 5 bucks and support D-rock's Patreon  to support their music.

VundaHalloweenathon Day 16: Creature Comforts

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  #VundaHalloweenathon Day 16: "Creature Comforts" Today is a creature-rific celebration of all things creepy crawly. From cryptids to insects to kaiju to microscopic parasites and everything in between, today we honor our favorite "creature features."  Check out our TikTok all month long. D-Rock: - Cloverfield (2008) directed by Matt Reeves - Monstrum  (2018) directed by Huh Jong-ho - Sea Fever (2020) directed by Neasa Hardiman - Good Manners (2017) directed by Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas - Dagon  (2001) directed by Stuart Gordon - The Being (1983) directed by Jackie Kong - The Host  (2006) directed by Bong Joon-ho - Winterbeast (1992) directed by Christopher Thies - The Brain (1988) directed by Ed Hunt Stephen & Dani: - Underwater (2020) directed by William Eubank - Tremors (1990) directed by Ron Underwood - Arcadian (2024) directed by Benjamin Brewer - The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) directed by John Sherwood - Infested (2023) directed by Sé

VundaHalloweenathon Day 15: Your Grandparents' Ghouls

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  #VundaHalloweenathon Day 15: "Your Grandparents' Ghouls" Today we celebrate old horror. We're talking the kinda stuff you'd see on Turner Classic Movies with the likes of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi--basically anything over 50 years old.  Check out our TikTok all month long.  RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) directed by Robert Wiene - Lady in a Cage (1964) directed by Walter Grauman - Fiend Without a Face (1958) directed by Arthur Crabtree - Eyes Without a Face (1960) directed by Georges Franju - Dracula  (1931) directed by Tod Browning Stephen & Dani: - The Thing From Another World  (1951) directed by Christian Nyby - Frankenstein (1931) directed by James Whale - Bride of Frankenstein (1935) directed by James Whale - The Man Who Laughs (1928) directed by Paul Leni - The Invisible Woman (1940) directed by A. Edward Sutherland For more recommendations, check out our Letterboxd list HERE Tell us about your picks on social

VundaHalloweenathon Day 14: Feminist Horror

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  VundaHalloweenathon Day 14: "Feminist Horror" Today we celebrate horror movies that are either directed by women and/or feature empowered or even just fully human, complex women (even unlikable women because we stan them too!).  Check out our TikTok all month long.  RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: - Give Me Pity! (2023) directed by Amanda Kramer - You'll Never Find Me (2024) directed by Josiah Allen & Indianna Bell - She Dies Tomorrow (2020) directed by Amy Seimetz - Saint Maud (2020) directed by Rose Glass - Censor (2021) directed by Prano Bailey-Bond - Hatching (2022) directed by Hanna Bergholm - American Mary (2013) directed by Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska - Torn Hearts (2022) directed by Brea Grant Stephen & Dani: - The Substance (2024) directed by Coralie Fargeat - The VVitch (2016) directed by Robert Eggers - Lisa Frankenstein (2024) directed by Zelda Williams - Suspiria (2018) directed by Luca Guadagnino - Pearl (2022) directed by Ti West - Alien: Re