In this episode, the Halloween season is upon us. While Michael enjoys a slight hiatus, Jason and Dustin delve down into the darkest depths to spend all month talking about Extreme Horror. Just like last year, we’re coming at you with one episode a week all month long. It all kicks off with one of the most infamous and controversial horror films of all time: Srđan Spasojević’s A Serbian Film from 2010. Jason navigates discussing the film’s touchier subject matter. Dustin tries to understand the age old question regarding whether the film exists purely for shock or if it’s a vehicle for some sort of meaningful message. Before we destroy our souls discussing the film, we spend some time giving a whirlwind overview of the subgenre as usual and share what our own personal hardest film watches have been. And so much more!
Part of the Prescribed Films Podcast Network (www.thepfpn.com)
What We’ve Been Watching:
-Dustin: Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
-Jason: Gore in Venice (1979)
Our Hardest Film Watch:
-Jason: Men Behind the Sun (1988)
-Dustin: Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Show Notes:
–A Serbian Film Trailer
–Check out Jason talking The Misfits over on The Jacked Up Review Show
–Go check out Good Bad Flicks on Gore in Venice
–Go check out Full Moon Features Streaming
–Related Topic: Extreme Cinema
–Related Film: The Poughkeepsie Tapes
–Related Film: Silence of the Lambs
–Related Film: The Conjuring
–Related Film: Audition
–Related Film: Old Boy
–Related Film: Un Chien Andalou
–Related Topic: Torture Porn
–Related Film: Grotesque
–Related Film: Saw
–Related Film: Cannibal Holocaust
–Related Film: Blood Feast
–Related Film: Salo
–Related Film: Ebola Syndrome
–Related Film: Untold Story
–Related Film: Doctor Lamb
–Related Film: Jigoku
–Related Film: Guinea Pig: Devil’s Experiment
–Related Film: Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh & Blood
–Related Film: August Underground
–Related Film: Visitor Q
–Related Film: Suicide Club
–Related Film: Strange Circus
–Related Film: Cold Fish
–Related Film: Hostel
–Related Film: The Green Inferno
–Related Film: High Tension
–Related Film: Irreversible
–Related Film: Martyrs
–Related Film: Inside
–Related Film: Frontiers
-Related Film: Nymphomaniac Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
–Related Film: I Spit on Your Grave
–Related Film: Blood Sucking Freaks
–Related Film: Last House on the Left
–Related Film: Maniac
–Related Film: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
–Related Film: In a Glass Cage
–Related Film: Nekromantik
–Related Film: Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
–Related Film: Combat Shock
–Related Film: Eraserhead
–Related Film: Tetsuo: The Iron Man
–Related Film: Man Bites Dog
–Related Film: Island of Death
–Related Film: Watership Down
–Related Show: Twin Peaks
–Related Film: Videodrome
–Related Film: Ichi the Killer
–Related Film: Guilty of Romance
–Related Film: Squirmfest
–Related Film: American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore
Next Time:
Angst (1983)
I didn’t expect you two laughing through this one (sick fucks ; )), but I guess there is some dark humor found in it. Haven’t seen it for a while and might go back to see it again, just to compare how I feel about it today. I wasn’t totally appalled, but I wasn’t “entertained” either. Looking forward to the next two in this interesting batch.
We didn’t expect that either. Jason may be onto something with the idea that, on at least some level, it is intentionally trying to be comedic at times. That or the only way to process something this fucked up was to just laugh about it. We’ll gladly bear that title anyway, though.