Subway Screaming.
After closing out January with a revisit of the Dark Castle slasher remake House of Wax, Joe and I settled into our birthday month with Videodrome, kicking off four weeks of ‘Weird Sex’ films! Next up is Andrzej Żuławski‘s 1981 classic Possession, which is finally available to stream on Shudder again!
In the film, Anna (Isabelle Adjani) reveals to her husband, Mark (Sam Neill), that she is having an affair. Mark is devastated, and seeks out Heinrich (Heinz Bennent), the man who cuckolded him, only to receive a beating. After a series of violent confrontations between Mark and Anna, Mark hires a private investigator to follow her. Anna descends into madness, and it’s soon clear that she is hiding a much bigger secret — one that is both inexplicable and shocking.
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Episode 216: Possession (1981)
Put down that carving knife and pull out that tentacle monster because we’re heading all the way to divided Berlin to discuss Andrzej Żuławski’s loud and proud 1981 masterpiece Possession! Joining us for the conversation is Losers’ Club and Psychoanalysis Podcast co-host Jenn Adams!
Join us as we sing all the praises for Isabelle Adjani’s mesmerizing performance (if you’ve seen the subway scene, you know why) before trying to pick apart every single bit of emotion that this film exudes. And it’s…a lot.
Plus: hot Sam Neill, deranged rocking, gay detectives, dirty-ass feathers, a queer reading of Heinrich and so, so so many slaps. Are we dealing with Sister Faith or Sister Chance? You tell us!
Cross out Possession!
Coming up on Wednesday: It’s only gonna get weirder as we continue Weird Sex Month as we take a look at Kevin Smith’s polarizing 2014 body horror film Tusk.
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