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Craving Camp In Neil Jordan’s May/December Stalker Film ‘Greta’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
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We’ve spent February discussing Albert Lewin’s 1945 adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray (listen), the perfectly serviceable remake of Friday the 13th (listen), and Pedro Almodóvar’s controversial 2011 thriller The Skin I Live In (listen). Now we’re wrapping up the month with Neil Jordan’s wacky May/December stalker film, Greta (2018).
In the film, Chloë Grace Moretz plays Frances, a new to New York girl who befriends an older woman, Greta (Isabelle Huppert) after returning her lost purse. While the pair strike up an unlikely friendship, Frances’ roommate Erica (Maika Monroe) finds the relationship unusual.
What Frances doesn’t know is that Greta is more than a sad, lonely old woman. She’s got secrets in a trunk, a syringe full of sedatives, and a penchant for burying her secrets, including private investigator Stephen Rea, in the basement.
Will Frances wind up like all of Greta’s other girls?
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Episode 271: Greta (2018) feat. Rachel Scanlon
Leave a purse on the subway and stick with us like chewing gum because we’re talking about Neil Jordan’s May/December stalker film, Greta (2018).
Hanging out in a trunk with us is comic Rachel Scanlon, who appreciates the film’s sapphic handplay and lesbian dog-adopting energy.
Plus: wishing the film would go harder, Isabelle Huppert dance memes, texting thrills, useless men, comparable films, and Maika Monroe’s Erica as the best roommate/wannabe girlfriend.
Cross out Greta!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re kicking off March with a look at Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper (2016).
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Following the success of Re: Dracula, which recently surpassed 2.2 million lifetime downloads, writer and creator Stephen Indrisano is returning to the Bloody FM network with a new original scripted podcast.
Shelterwood: A Suburban Gothic will bring a unique voice to the network, combining the style of True Crime investigative podcasts and the surreal horror of Silent Hill and Twin Peaks.
Shelterwood: A Suburban Gothic follows podcaster Nicholas DeRoso, who stumbles upon an endless expanse of nightmarish suburbia as he searches for his long-lost sister. Will he find her or be lost to the development beyond the veil? What other secrets does the impossible neighborhood hold?
In addition to his work as a producer, Stephen Indrisano has voiced multiple roles across the network, including episodes of Mayfair Watcher’s Society, The Dead, SCP Archives, and Nightmare Soup.
“This show combines some of my favorite horror obsessions: stories about grief, found footage, and that uncanny feeling of being in unfamiliar ‘burbs late at night,” says Indrisano. “This show was born out of the long walks I used to take at night in the sprawling, maze-like suburbs of Maryland and northern Virginia. When you’re out in those places, you can feel eyes on you all the time. You can feel that you’re an outsider, even if you’re from there. Shelterwood is my way of exploring that paranoia. It’s my way of grappling with wanting the American dream but not really trusting it.”
What other secrets does the impossible neighborhood hold?
When asked why people should listen to the show, they said, “I hope you’ll come for the evil Homeowner’s Association and stay for the heartbreaking and twisty story. This is a great podcast if you’re into complicated characters and weird monsters.”
Shelterwood will debut its 16-episode season on August 15th with Episode 1: Location, Location, Location and Episode 2: Foundations. New episodes will be released biweekly through March 2025. Special crossover episodes are also planned to be released for both Re: Dracula and SCP Archives.
Shelterwood can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other industry-standard podcasting apps.
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