452 - Gobbledyween: Nightbreed (feat. Joseph Lewis)

Listen to them, the children of the night. What movies they make! For the second installment of Gobbledyween 2021, A/V writer-director Joseph Lewis joins Paul and Arlo for a discussion of Clive Barker’s 1990 film Nightbreed. Butchered by the studio on initial release and restored to its full grotesquerie decades later, Nightbreed is a bizarre fusion of epic fantasy, slasher, and supernatural horror. The gang discusses why that mix is so fascinating, why it’s important that the monsters are the good guys, auteur David Cronenberg’s turn as the evil Dr. Dekker, and the queer framework that gives the film extra resonance. Plus, as promised, Joe has some thoughts on The House of the Devil.   NEXT: speaking of that Cronenberg guy, Alex Jonestown Massacre guitarist Kenn Edwards helps us continue Gobbledyween with a discussion of 1986’s The Fly.     BREAKDOWN 00:01:00  -  Intro / Joe’s thoughts on The House of the Devil 00:24:30  -  Nightbreed 01:43:53  -  Closing shenanigans (The Box-Office Game?) 02:00:18  -  Outro / Next     LINKS   [Horror Queers] The Inherent Queerness of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed by Trace Thurman, Bloody Disgusting Nightbreed: The Enduring Appeal of a Horror Classic by Marc Buxton, Den of Geek The Monsters of Midian by Duncan Ralston, duncanralston.com Mac Tonight Compilation (video) Joe’s Letterboxd Gobbledyween List     MUSIC “Blessed Are You” by Iced Earth, Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) “Johnny Get Angry” by Anne Bobby, Nightbreed Soundtrack (1990) “Berserker” by Love Among Freaks, Clerks (Music from the Motion Picture) (1994)     GOBBLEDYCARES National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/  Support AAPI communities and those affected by anti-Asian violence: https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate Support the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund: https://aapifund.org/ Support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Advocate for writers who might be owed money due to discontinuance of royalties: https://www.writersmustbepaid.org/  Help teachers and classrooms in need: https://www.donorschoose.org/ Do your part to remove the burden of medical debt for individuals, families, and veterans: https://ripmedicaldebt.org/ Register to vote: https://vote.gov/