Bitch, you dead.
We closed out July with a look at Joshua Grannell’s 2010 campy horror comedy All About Evil, and kicked off July discussing the ins and outs of the photography industry in the American giallo Eyes of Laura Mars. Now we’re getting serious with a discussion on the afterlife and religion in queer director Alejandro Amenábar‘s The Others (which just had a Criterion Blu-Ray announcement).
The Others sees Grace (Nicole Kidman), the devoutly religious mother of Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), move her family to the English coast during World War II. She awaits word on her missing husband while protecting her children from a rare photosensitivity disease that causes the sun to harm them. Anne claims she sees ghosts, and while Grace initially thinks the new servants are playing tricks on her, chilling events and visions make her believe something supernatural may be occurring.
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Episode 242: The Others (2001) feat. Nichole Goble
Pray you don’t get lost in the fog because we’re heading to Jersey Island to discuss spooky ghost things in Alejandro Amenábar’s 2001 film The Others! Joining us for the conversation is Nichole Goble, the host of the Bodies of Horror podcast!
Join us as we trace the origins of the film through Tom Cruise(???) and Dimension Films(??????) before going all in on the atmospheric charms of this Gothic horror gem. From Nicole Kidman’s powerful performance, to a look at the film through a lens of disability, we’ve got you covered.
Plus: much discussion on Catholicism and the afterlife, the not-always-clear rules of the film, and the happiest version of filicide you’ll ever find in a horror film.
Cross out The Others!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re heading into genre-adjacent territory with a look at the anxiety-inducing antics of Emma Seligman’s 2020 gem Shiva Baby!
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