BLOODHAUS

This week, Josh and Drusilla are excited to be joined by film critic and documentarian, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. Alexandra has written the book on film footage (literally) and thus brings the show the big mama jama of the sub genre: The Blair Witch Project. From wiki: “The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American found footage psychological folk horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. One of the most successful independent films of all time, it is a "found footage" pseudo-documentary in which three young students (Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard) hike into the Appalachian Mountains near Burkittsville, Maryland, to shoot a documentary about a local myth known as the Blair Witch.”
Also discussed: Iron Lung, 1000 Women in Horror, Terrifier, The Drama, Marble Hornets, Eddington, The Slap, Force Majeur, The Bad Seed, Night of the Living Dead, Hellier, and more. 

NEXT WEEK: Salo or The 100 Days of Sodom

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas:
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Bloodhaus: 
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Drusilla Adeline:
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Joshua Conkel
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Josh and Drusilla discuss 1943’s Val Lewton banger, The Leopard Man. From wiki: “The Leopard Man is a 1943 American horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Jean Brooks, and Margo. Based on the book Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich, it follows a series of violent murders in a town in New Mexico, which coincide with the escape of a leopard from a nightclub.It is one of the first American films to attempt an even remotely realistic portrayal of a serial killer (although that term had yet to be coined).[2]”
Also discussed: Spider Baby, comparing Ready or Not 2 and They Will Kill You, Over Your Dead Body, Josh watching normie movies, and more. 
NEXT WEEK: The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Bloodhaus:
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Drusilla Adeline:
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https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/
Joshua Conkel
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https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/

This week Josh and Dru discuss Peter Strickland’s breakthrough film, Berberian Sound Studio (2012). From wiki: “Berberian Sound Studio is a 2012 British psychological horror film. It is the second feature film by British director and screenwriter Peter Strickland. The film, which stars Toby Jones, is set in a 1970s Italian horror film studio.[2]”
Also discussed:The Comeback, Dead Lovers (2026), 2010s horror, Clue fancasting etc, 
NEXT WEEK: The Leopard Man (1943)

Bloodhaus:
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https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/
Drusilla Adeline:
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https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/
https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/
Joshua Conkel
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https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/
https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/

From wiki: “The House with Laughing Windows (Italian: La casa dalle finestre che ridono) is a 1976 Italian giallo thriller horror film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati. The film was shot in Lido degli Scacchi in the Ferrara province of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy.”
Also discussed: the new Faces of Death and its controversial posters, Frank & Eva, Dutch New Wave including Verhoeven, The Who’s Tommy, rural Gialli, and more. 
NEXT WEEK: Berberian Sound Studio (2013)

Bloodhaus:
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https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/
Drusilla Adeline:
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https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/
https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/
Joshua Conkel
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https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/
https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/

Josh and Drusilla discuss the uber chic 90’s vampire flick, Nadja. From wiki: “Nadja is a 1994 American horror film written and directed by Michael Almereyda, starring Elina Löwensohn in the title role and Peter Fonda as Abraham Van Helsing.”
Also discussed: the 2026 Oscars, Demons (1985), Timothee Chalamet, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Blue Moon (2025), Destroy All Movies, Return of the Living Dead, The Bride!, a long leftist debate, Bodies Rest in Motion, Warhol nostalgia, the 90s, The End of History, and more. 
NEXT WEEK: The House with Laughing Windows (1976)

Bloodhaus:
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https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/
Drusilla Adeline:
https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/
https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/
https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/
Joshua Conkel
https://www.joshuaconkel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/
https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/