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Posted on June 25, 2019

School’s Out Summer Special Part 1: But I’m a Cheerleader and Psycho Beach Party

Elizabeth Erwin

What do murder sprees and conversion therapy camp have in common? According to our latest podcast, everything! In part one of our School’s Out series for June, we’re pairing one horror film with one non-horror film in order to show the fluidity of the genre. In this episode, we’re celebrating Pride 2019 by breaking down all of the components that make But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) and Psycho Beach Party (2000) so darn irresistible. From camp culture to gender norms to killer soundtracks, these two films leverage a specifically queer sensibility in order to remind viewers that to be labeled ‘different’ is not always a bad thing. Read more

Posted on April 27, 2019

Retro Dread: Talking The Final Girls and Summer of 84

Elizabeth Erwin

It’s a totally bitchin’ two for one on this episode of Horror Homeroom Conversations in which we head back to the 1980s with Todd Strauss-Schulson’s The Final Girls (2015) and François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell’s Summer of 84 (2018). Criminally underrated, both films deploy depictions of nostalgia in order to reflect and then disrupt audience expectation of Reagan’s America. In doing so, each film reveals a surprising depth that challenges horror film conventions.

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